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Bosnia & Herzegovina launch Eurovision 2008 site
In the new bheurosong website, visitors can find a host of information on this year's Eurovision Song Contest, archive material from past Bosnian entries, information on Laka- this year's Bosnian representative and Belgrade as well as a forum.
The site is entirely in Bosnian except for the biogaphical information on Laka and you can visit it here.
A special thank you to Djamila Nesuvic for the submission of the information.
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(This is just my opinion, and so I hope I have not offended anyone)
You probably didn't offend anyone, Kush, because to do so you'd have to claim something which is offensive. As it is, it's not the case, your logic is not coherent enough to be even offensive, and that's putting it nicely.
a) Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia have participated since 1993, Macedonia joining in a little later, and they had ample chance to prove their worth and win the contest. They haven't done it yet and have forever blown their chance to use their years in the spotlight. Serbia, on the other hand, has done it on its first attempt as an independent country. The facts speak for themselves, and that will always be for the record, no matter how much anyone tries to twist it around.
b) Kosovo never participated in the selection of the Serbian representative (Marija Serifovic). It is in all but title a separate entity to Serbia and it has been so since 1999. So the forthcoming seccession of Kosovo and its self-proclaimed independence won't "hurt" the Serbian victory from last year at all, as it never contributed in any shape or form to that victory. Serbia without Kosovo is exactly the same country which won last year, in practical terms. If for no other reason (and there are a few) - this is why your logic is completely reduntant and is to be dismissed as downright silly, I'm afraid.
@Mario Mir
Also- you said that it seems as though Kosovo independence is what I want- it is in fact what the Kosovans want for themselves.
And then I don't understand your comment on Bosnia- why will it be breaking up?
@ Mario Mir
If you have been watching or even reading the news recently- you will know that Kosovo will be gaining independence in the near future. On the BBC website on Sunday, it said that Kosovo would be declaring independence in the next few days!
It was as earlier as March 2007 that the UN were considering independence, even though there is strong opposition from both major parties of the Serbian government.
But the main point I am making is that if Kosovo does gain independence, the country that won last year, will not geographically exist the same- because it’s borders will have change, even though its name will, as far as I know, will remain the same.
For example Yugoslavia won in 1989- so that is a winner for Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and FYR Macedonia. But since the break up- only Serbia have won. However if Serbia breaks up again- that nation has changed- and two new nations will appears- and so in my opinion- it will be a restart to the race to become the first Ex- Yugoslavian winner. (This is just my opinion, and so I hope I have not offended anyone)
Mario Mir,
Reading your reaction, I can perfectly understand why is so obvious that Kosova will proclaim its independence in the next few weeks. But how do you think Srpska Republic or, better to say Serbia, will perform that what you're talking about?
Please, leave my country alone, we don't care about Kosovo or Kosmet, and, of course, Bosnia will exist as long as BOSNIAN people want it to exist.
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okay i have to admit when i heard rijeka bez imena i didnt think much of it... i thought it was a bland version of lejla, however the song and particularly the lyrics have grown on me immensely and now i can say i adore it. the music in that song warms my heart and optimises what makes the balkans beautiful, and why the balkans should never subscribe to mainstream eurotrash! i really hope the bosnian entry is good this year.. i wish funky G would go in hehe but i may b waiting a while for that
@ Kush
Sorry, but your comment is absolutely nonsense.
And if Kosovo gets the independence, as you seem to want, you know the next one could be clearly the Srpska Republic, so Bosnia could even not exist on 24th May (I wish I'll be wrong).
So, take off those unconciously dangerous comments about Balkans politics, please, this is ESC and we've enough about Balkan political disputes!!
Hey guys
You may not know, but soon Kosovo will gain independance from Serbia. (sometime in February). Although Yugoslavia won in 1989- I think- ,after the break up and until last year, all the yugoslavian republics wanted to be the first nation to win ahead of their neighbours.
But with Serbia changing- the country of Serbia that won last year, is different to that which will host this year, and so in my opinion the race is reopened!
Good Luck to Bosnia Herzegovina- Become the first true Ex-Yugoslavian to WIN!
@ zingo star: actually grahame just commented "I’d love to do Eurovision" when asked...that doesnt mean we r going to see her in Belgrade...or even MYMU
Nikki Grahame is about to sing in the Eurovision for the UK 
It seems like Bosnia is not interested in a kind of good presentation in Belgrade this year.
First I thought they will send some turbo-folk material and there were some rumours that Dino Merlin will write or perform the song dedicated to the victims of genocide, then I got shocked when I heard that he (Laka) will represent Bosnia, now I don't know what to think, though I'm sure he won't pass the Semi.
Last year's ballad from Bosnia was beautiful, one of my favourite Bosnian entries, and this year the great ballad could come from Croatia - "Andjeo" by Emilija, which you can hear on jamglue.com or download it from yucafe.com.
I hope Croatia will choose her.
"..tesko sam se napusio, umijte me ljudi..." HAHA 
"Letu stuke" is perfect material indeed, fab tune, love it. Thumbs up for Bosnia, I too sincerely hope it's along these lines. Great clip too, well done. Thanks Djamila.
@Djamila N
Can i have your MSN?
I ja sam iz Bosne. 
ako ne mozes ostaviti, dodaj me.
mehicajdin@hotmail.com
Also, I realize religion is a sensitive issue for Eurovision and especially for Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, there is so much beauty in our religious styles of music - from every background. The anthem of Sarajevo is based on an old Jewish melody that came here with the Jews of Spain centuries ago. It's as beautiful today as it was then. Last year, in Serbia's national final, the song Nebo - it was beautiful. The styles of music that you can hear at Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches here is as beautiful as any ballad we could ever send. And the same is true of Islamic music as well. We have a long tradition of beautiful music.
Take this song as an example:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p5AD8e6HTIU
Now obviously we can't send a song with overtly religious lyrics, but we can borrow from these musical styles to create a really beautiful entry as well.
I hope Laka's song is something similar to this one:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fxw4TJ4YFHI
I don't mean I hope it sounds the same. I just hope it's authentic. There seems to be this impression with BHRT that if we don't send something that is purely folk music, we have to emulate the musical traditions of the West. That's true to a certain extent, these genres come from the West, but we don't need to fake it. We have great musicians already doing their own thing here in a way that is authentic.
We should send something like the song by Letu Stuke, above. It doesn't have to be a fake song like that horrible melody that made those poor girls from Feminnem sing. At least in Bosnian the lyrics made sense so it wasn't as bad, but... no wonder they called the final product an Abba tribute.
And, if we have to sing in English, send an artist who understands what they're singing. Zana Mesihovic, for example, a beautiful blues singer. She's fluent in English and it shows in her music:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FFfY0-ZbR0A
So no more of these fake entries. It's as sad for us as it was for poor Tina Karol. Half of Europe thinks she's a blond bimbo with that song, when her music is outstanding - the kind of music people pay a fortune to hear in theaters in chairs with golden arms.
I agree. After two great ballads and two first places in my book, it is time for a change of tune from BiH. They have already shown that they can send great stuff in a different genre. Dino and Beatrice should have won the thing in 1999.
i really have this feeling of that carola and andreas will fail in Melodifestivalen next weekend not totally bu only go to the second chance round and thats a failure for carola. i think that would be refreshing for the competition. ggooooo ola and sanna nielsen instead!!
I think so too, Djamila, in 2006, Marija would have placed higher, she would have stood out much better.
I liked Hari Mata Hari but I just feel so much more for Marija's song and yes, she is the Marija who has been beautiful on the outside AND on the inside!
Hope there's more to come of her in the future.
As far as the ballad- issue is concerned, I agree that the variety of a country should be wider but each year I hope for at least one decent, heart- breaking ballad. They are just irresistably beautiful and touching but I also think that a country should show more facets so good luck to Laka anyway, let's hope for a pleasant surprise. This year the great ballad could be Jelena Tomasevic with the amazing and very poetic "Oro."
I agree, Bosnia should have come into the top 10 last year:
I thought that the outcome would have looked like this:;
1st Serbia
2nd Belarus
3rd Turkey
4th Latvia
5th Bosnia
6th Armenia
7th GREECE
8th Switzerland- but they didn't even qualify!
9th Spain- Unfortunate that they didn't get the points
10th Moldova
Marija Sestic should had won!
As for Marija Sestic - I agree also, Florian.
However, there was a lot of competition for songs like hers last year. She also had the misfortune of being drawn first. Perhaps if she had competed in 2006, in Hari Mata Hari's place, Rijeka bez imena would have finished as well as Lejla.
She has had another hit here since Eurovision:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pSTryF5XtVQ
Above everything else, I'm just very proud of her. Compared to that other Marija, she's been a true symbol here of the values Eurovision represents. She has earned the respect of many, many people.
I don't know what to expect from Laka. It could be a horrendously artistic song that is entirely inappropriate for Eurovision or it could be a fun, intelligent, catchy song. His style changes so much that it wouldn't surprise me either way. I'm just glad we're sending something a little different this year. I don't know if I can handle another heartbreaking ballad - that might be our folk music, and it's good, but it's depressing just the same. It's better we send a variety of styles. We have a lot of great artists here in almost every genre that exists. We have blues artists like Zana Mesihovic, we have alternative artists like Letu Stuke, we have hip hop artists like Dubioza Kolektiv, we have rock artists like Irina Kapetanovic. We really don't need to only send ballads all the time so for that, this year, I am very glad.
Yes I agree Florian G.
I loved Marija Sestic last year, she had a wonderful ballad with amazing lyrics, a very decent entry which should have placed higher than just 11th place!
But this I think I won't be too fond of this year's entry.
