Bosnia-Herzegovina – The Bosnian newspaper Dnevniavaz reports that the Bosnian national broadcaster BHRT will announce the representative of the Balkan country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 by the end of December. Dejan Kukric from BHRT told the newspaper that they would probably go for an internal selection of the song and the artist. Earlier this week Hari Varešanović, the lead singer of Hari Mata Hari claimed that he was approached to represent Bosnia again in 2012. The proposition was that the band should fly the Bosnian flag with a song composed by Vladimir Grajić, who wrote the 2007 winning entry “Molitva“. According to Varešanović, a contract with the Bosnian national broadcaster BHRT was supposed to be signed on September 15.
Apparently BHRT were experiencing “financial and organizational” difficulties and was unsure whether they could stem a participation at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. According to Hari, the contract has not been signed yet. Hari Mata Hari has supposedly proposed to cover all the costs themselves as the band sees it as their “duty as artists and citizens.” Varešanović also revealed that in case he will be able to represent Bosnia again, he would work closely together with his friend Zjelko Joksimovic, who will represent Serbia to make sure that the songs are not too similar. BHRT has neither confirmed nor denied this information. But coming directly from Hari Mata Hari it can be considered to be very probable.
Despite these statements Dejan Kukric from BHRT is still not willing to confirm that Hari Mata Hari will represent Bosnia in Baku.
Source= dnevniavaz.ba with escdaily.com
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I certainly would like to see B&H in Baku. This country is almost always a safe haven songwise. Hara Mata Hari will most probably represent B&H and the Balkans will be present in Azerbaijan with some of their most prestigious musicians. What will Croatia and Montenegro do? Follow in their neighbours’ footseps, I hope.
P.S.: Slovenia is going down the wrong road and I am preparing for the worst.
I should have said the former Yugo countries and not the Balkans.
I like the new avatar
Me too!
Thank you both.
I am very glad to hear that B&H will be in Baku (if they say they’ll reveal someone, then they’ll make the trip); based on previous experience, B&H will be close to amazing again (reminder, only twice Bosnia failed to make my top 10, and one of these two they were 12th) and I hope for the best. Obviously, Hari Mata Hari, my all time #12 and best opf the 00s for me would be much welcomed. As Shevek said, we have the former yugoslav countries going for the best. As I said in a former analysis of mine, after the Baltics and the Balkans, it seems the Caucasus was the new hot eurovision place. Will the Balkans take it back ?
One Serbian tabloid wrote that Seka Aleksoc will represent Bosnia & Herzegovina in ESC, you can see here, but in Serbian language:
http://www.najnovijitracevi.com/2011/seka-aleksic-ce-pevati-za-bosnu-na-evroviziji/
This is Seka Aleksic:
LOL That clip has made my day!
I think it’s fake! They say the artist will be determined in February and we have a source from BHRT themselves saying it will be revealed very soon!
well yes that sounds fishy, tabloids are always a weird source for esc anyway and if Manuel can detect at least one mistake in the article, then everything else is more than suspicious… anyway based on that youtube, this would easily be the worst bosnian esc entry, and i seriously can’t see it happening
Yeah I know that won’t happen…I just posted what tabloids write about ESC here!
And be sure that more ppl in B&H would like her for ESC than those who BHRT chooses!
Reality is that ppl here love trash more than your classy ESC entries..so I dunno why they always have to choose those so called “classy” ESC entries.. in ESC there should be smth for everybody! And if they call some commercial singers n B&H and that goes for Serbia as well..popularity of contest will be higher a lot..
It will be hard to find anyone who is more popular than Dino Merlin imo.
Yeah that’s true..but I want more commercial one year, there are many here!
Yes, and I know and understand why you want the Balkan countries to present themselves in a more modern way to the rest of Europe. Believe me that I will be very happy for you if Serbia sends an RnB ballad in English f. e. in the future, even if I personally don’t like the song.
Not only that, I would like smth ppl here listen to…majority listen to so called “trash”, so it’s absurd not to send smth majority here like..
Well, personally I prefer a less popular contest with more quality to a very popular one full of trash. Besides, Italy would be much more interested in ESC if the contest was more like San remo. LOL
you are right but i’d rather have classy great entries chosen internally, than bad schlager europop… and anyway the only one trashy esc entry i like is Deen, and it’s still bosnia haha
I want like this for Serbia next year:
I want Inna and Andreea Banica to take part in Romanian NF, but that won’t happen!
NEVER!
This year Inna had soo many concerts in Europe, Asia and Africa!! She had a concert in Paris, noty in club for diaspora, but in Arena – Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy! WOW :O She doesn’t need ESC!
Sp I hope Andreea banica will take part! Alexandra Stan NO WAY!! 
I prefer listening to ZJ in a diaspora club to having to survive Inna in an arena, but that is only odd little me, I guess …
Alexandra Stan had AMAZING performance at The Dome in Germany! We will never see smth as god as that in ESC!
I want Hanne Sorvaag to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina!!!!!!! That MUST happen if I say so!!