Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007


Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Marija Šestić performing "Rijeka bez imena" (River without a name). The song was written and composed by Aleksandra Milutinović and Goran Kovačić.

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 16 January 2007
Song: 5 March 2007
Selected entrantMarija Šestić
Selected song"Rijeka bez imena"
Finals performance
Final result11th, 106 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Marija Šestić was born on 5 May 1987 in Banja Luka. She has had a very impressive career, despite her young age. Most notably, she has achieved top results in domestic festivals and also had the chance to be the first artist from the former Yugoslavia to appear on MTV Europe. Marija attempted to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "In This World", finishing in a respectable fourth place at the national final.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

BHRT opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 29 December 2006. Artists and songwriters from any nationality were able to submit songs, however songs were required to be submitted in either Bosnian, Serbian or Croatian.[1] At the closing of the deadline, 30 submissions were received by BHRT. On 16 January 2007, the broadcaster announced that they had internally selected Marija Šestić to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in Helsinki.[2][3]

The song to be performed at the contest, "Rijeka bez imena", was presented during a television special entitled BH Eurosong 2007 on 5 March 2007. The show was broadcast on BHT 1. In addition to the presentation of the song, the show featured guest performances by 2007 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Dmitry Koldun, 2002 and 2007 Macedonian Eurovision entrant Karolina Gočeva, 2007 Slovenian Eurovision entrant Alenka Gotar, 1998 Croatian Eurovision entrant Danijela Martinović and Petar Grašo. A Serbian language version and English language version of the song were prepared. BHRT decided that the song would be performed in Serbian at the Eurovision Song Contest.[4]

At Eurovision
Marija Šestić performing "Rijeka bez imena" on Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Bosnia & Herzegovina automatically qualified to the grand final, because it had reached the top 10 at the last year's contest. Marija Šestić performed first on the night of the contest, and at the close of voting, she received 106 points for her performance (highest being 10 from Croatia and Turkey), finishing 11th out of 24 entries. The Bosnian televoting awarded its 12 points to the fellow Balkan nation and contest winners Serbia.

Points awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina
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