Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
National selection
Selection process	Artist Internal Selection Song BH Eurosong 2004
Selection date(s)	6 March 2004
Selected entrant	Deen
Selected song	"In The Disco"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	7th, 133 points
Final result	9th, 91 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2003 • 2004 • 2005►

Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by Deen and the song "In the Disco". The Bosnian broadcaster decided to select the performer internally and to hold a competition to select the song. On March 6, the Bosnian national final took place at the Bosnian TV studios in Sarajevo and hosted by Ana Vilenica & Enis Bešlagić. The winning was chosen by an "expert" jury which included Deen (50%) and televoting (50%). "In the disco" was the favourite with both. The song was written by Vesna Pisarović, who represented the Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn with her song 'Everything I want'. Deen, whose real name is Fuad Backović, was the lead singer of the boyband 'Seven Up' who came third in the Bosnian National Final of 1999. Deen ended 7th in the National Final of 2001 and 2nd in the National Final of 2003. The 21-year-old singer was born in Sarajevo and studied at the Faculty of Economy.

At Eurovision, Deen created a disco out of the Istanbul stage. A disco ball stage prop was mounted on the ceiling of the venue and lower down during Deen's presentation. The performance contained elaborate choreography and dancers who wore very little clothing. Everyone was dressed in either pink, purple, or blue and Deen wore a disco ball earring. The performance contained attention grabbing shots, which led to a score of 91 points placing Bosnia in the 9th position.

National final

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest.Because Bosnia and Herzegovina placed 16th at the 2003 contest , Deen was forced to compete in the first Eurovision semi-final, held on 12 May 2004.B&H qualified to the final, placing 7th in the semi-final and scoring 133 points. At the final on 15 May,he came 9th with 91 points, meaning that Bosnia and Herzegovina automatically qualified for the final in the 2005 contest.

Points Awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina^[1]

Semi final 12 points  Serbia and Montenegro 10 points  Croatia 8 points  Macedonia 7 points  Ukraine 6 points  Albania 5 points  Greece 4 points  Malta 3 points  Denmark 2 points  Netherlands 1 point  Slovenia

Final 12 points  Serbia and Montenegro 10 points  Croatia 8 points  Macedonia 7 points  Turkey 6 points  Ukraine 5 points  Greece 4 points  Albania 3 points  Germany 2 points  Sweden 1 point  Malta

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