Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Na jastuku za dvoje" written by Dragan Mijatović and Ružica Čavić. The song was performed by Maja Tatić. The Bosnian broadcaster Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PBSBiH) organised the national final BH Eurosong 2002 in order to select the Bosnian entry for 2002 contest in Tallinn, Estonia. Sixteen entries participated during the show on 23 February 2002 where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. The top four entries in the first round selected by an eight-member jury advanced to the second round, during which "Na jastuku za dvoje" performed by Maja Tatić was selected as the winner.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | BH Eurosong 2002 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 23 February 2002 | |||
| Selected entrant | Maja Tatić | |||
| Selected song | "Na jastuku za dvoje" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 33 points | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 15, Bosnia and Herzegovina placed thirteenth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 33 points.
Prior to the 2002 contest, Bosnia and Herzegovina had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times since its first entry in 1993.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was seventh, which it achieved in 1999 with the song "Putnici" performed by Dino and Béatrice. Bosnia and Herzegovina's least successful result has been 22nd place, which they have achieved in 1996. The Bosnian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PBSBiH), broadcasts the event within Bosnia and Herzegovina and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In 1999 and 2001, PBSBiH had selected the Bosnian entry through a national final that featured several artists and songs, a procedure that was continued for their 2002 entry.
BH Eurosong 2002
The seventh edition of BH Eurosong, BH Eurosong 2002, was held on 23 February 2002 at the FTV studios in Sarajevo and hosted by Segmedina Srna and Mladen Vuković.[2] The show was broadcast on BHTV1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website pbsbih.ba.[3]
Competing entries
115 valid submissions out of 170 were received during a submission period where artists and composers to submit their entries, and the broadcaster announced the sixteen entries selected to compete in the national final on 11 January 2002. Among the selected songwriters included 1999 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Dino Dervišhalidović.[4] The eight-member selection committee that determined the competing entries from the received submissions consisted of Milorad Kenjalović (Dean of Academy of Arts at the University of Banja Luka), Dragan Džidić (director of Melodije Mostara), Elmir Rekić (director of Festival Bihać), Ismeta Dervoz (FTV Eurovision Song Contest 2002 executive producer), Miroslav Maraus (Bosnian Head of Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest), Sinan Alimanović (music director of PBSBiH), Vasilije Pokrajčić (music director of RTRS) and Luka Sekara (professor).[5]
Final
The final was held on 23 February 2002 at the FTV studios in Sarajevo. Sixteen entries participated and two rounds of jury voting selected the winner. In the first round, the top four entries were selected by an eight-member jury to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, an alternate three-member jury selected "Na jastuku za dvoje" performed by Maja Tatić as the winner.[6] The eight-member jury panel that voted during the first round consisted of Nino Pršeš (2001 Bosnian Eurovision entrant), Vesna Smiljanić (piano teacher at the Music School "Vlado Milošević"), Blaž Slišković (head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team), Dragan Kostić (surgeon at the Banja Luka Clinical Center), Mladen Vojičić Tifa (singer), Mediha Musliović (actress of the Sarajevo National Theatre), Vehid Šehić (President of the Forum of Tuzla Citizens) and Vesna Andree-Zaimović (musicologist), while the three-member jury panel that voted during the second round consisted of Miroslav Maraus (Bosnian Head of Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest), Amila Bakšić (opera director of the Sarajevo National Theatre) and Vasilije Pokrajčić (music director of RTRS).
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Slađana Mandić | "Kapije bola" | Mladen Matović | 53 | 8 |
| 2 | Romeo and Biljana | "Primabalerina" | Ivica Vinković, Suzana Vinković | 49 | 12 |
| 3 | Dragana Ilić Venus | "Trnje i ruže" | Ser Jean | 53 | 8 |
| 4 | Edin Pašić | "Priznajem" | Dino Muharemović | 42 | 16 |
| 5 | Tinka Milinović | "Sve što imaš ti" | Hamdija Salihbegović | 47 | 14 |
| 6 | Lada and Lana | "Slušaj moju pjesmu" | Lada Olujić | 43 | 15 |
| 7 | Mija Martina | "Nemoj danas" | Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek | 60 | 5 |
| 8 | Boje noći | "Budi malo moja" | Hamdija Mešić, Dinko Zukanović | 49 | 12 |
| 9 | Mica and Selma | "Samo zapjevaj" | Milić Vukašinović | 54 | 7 |
| 10 | Željka | "Ponoćno sunce" | Alen Mustafić, Miroslav Pilj | 50 | 11 |
| 11 | Boris Režak feat. Karney | "Ti i ja smo mogli sve" | Boris Režak | 69 | 2 |
| 12 | Lily | "Vjerujem" | Ljiljana Lily Galić | 58 | 6 |
| 13 | Dragana and Geronimo | "Zlatno, zlatnije" | Dragana Kajtazović, Geronimo | 53 | 8 |
| 14 | Maja Tatić | "Na jastuku za dvoje" (На јастуку за двоје) | Dragan Mijatović, Ružica Čavić | 73 | 1 |
| 15 | Al' Dino | "Sanjam bolji svijet" | Al' Dino | 65 | 3 |
| 16 | Emina and KC | "Emina – U, la, la" | Dino Dervišhalidović | 61 | 4 |
| Draw | Song | N. Pršeš | V. Smiljanić | B. Slišković | D. Kostić | M. V. Tifa | M. Musliović | V. Šehić | V. Andree-Zaimović | Total |
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| 1 | "Kapije bola" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 53 |
| 2 | "Primabalerina" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 49 |
| 3 | "Trnje i ruže" | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 53 |
| 4 | "Priznajem" | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | "Sve što imaš ti" | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 47 |
| 6 | "Slušaj moju pjesmu" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | "Nemoj danas" | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 60 |
| 8 | "Budi malo moja" | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | "Samo zapjevaj" | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 54 |
| 10 | "Ponoćno sunce" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 50 |
| 11 | "Ti i ja smo mogli sve" | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 69 |
| 12 | "Vjerujem" | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 58 |
| 13 | "Zlatno, zlatnije" | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 53 |
| 14 | "Na jastuku za dvoje" | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 73 |
| 15 | "Sanjam bolji svijet" | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 65 |
| 16 | "Emina – U, la, la" | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 61 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury Votes | Total | Place | ||
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| M. Maraus | A. Bakšić | V. Pokrajčić | |||||
| 1 | Mija Martina | "Nemoj danas" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 2 | Boris Režak feat. Karney | "Ti i ja smo mogli sve" | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| 3 | Maja Tatić | "Na jastuku za dvoje" | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 1 |
| 4 | Al' Dino | "Sanjam bolji svijet" | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | Emina and KC | "Emina – U, la, la" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest competed in the final. On 9 November 2001, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Bosnia and Herzegovina was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from the Denmark and before the entry from Belgium.[7] Bosnia and Herzegovina finished in thirteenth place with 33 points.[8]
The show was broadcast in Bosnia and Herzegovina on BHTV1 with commentary by Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac. The Bosnian spokesperson, who announced the Bosnian votes during the show, was Segmedina Srna.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina and awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Sweden in the contest.
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