THIS YEAR'S ENTRY

 SELECTION
For the fifth year in a row Bosnian national broadcaster BHRT decided to have an internal selection, to choose their Eurovision entry. On November 24th, BHRT issued an open call for potential Eurovision songs from local singers and songwriters. Just under one hundred submissions web made before the deadline in late December and on January 11th, the winning entry was announced; 'Munja I Grom' (Thunder And Lightning), composed by Edin-Dino Saran, the frontman of the band Letu Stuke  and that the song would be performed by Vukasin Brajic. On March 7th, the song was presented at a special show. Both the Bosnia and English versions were presented and within a couple of days it became clear that the song would be performed in English in Oslo.

 BIOGRAPHY
Vukašin Brajić, who placed second in the pan-balkan pop music TV-contest Operation Triumph, was nicknamed the assassin because he managed to eliminate all those nominated with him, although they were considered favourites of the audience. At the end of the show, the jury proclaimed him the participant with the highest average mark.

Even though he has been on the music scene for a little over a year, he has had many performances and concerts that qualified him to be the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest. He believes his greatest advantage is his capacity for transformation on stage. He likes rock music because he can draw energy from it for his performances and it is the only style that reflects his temperament. Emotional and impulsive.

Dino Šaran, who wrote his son, is one of the most respected composers in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. He has written songs for famous music stars such as Vanna, Crvena jabuka, Luka Nižetić, but also for the folk music star Halid Bešlić.

"This is a song about co-existence and tolerance. The lyrics are introspective and talk about the relationship between two people, but this can be applied to a strained relationship between any two subjects." he said about the entry.

 REACTION
The initial reaction to the Bosnian entry was quite subdued and the song has continued to perform quite poorly on most internet polls. The bookmakers are only marginally more favourable, seeing the Bosnian entry as a marginal qualifier and you can get 250/1 on Bosnia-Herzegovina winning Eurovision, for the first time. 

Vakasin, has done some international promotion, although trips to Romania and Ukraine were cancelled although time has been found to record a new version of the song, which will be performed in Oslo, was released on May 1st.

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