Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by Deen and the song "In the Disco" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. 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'.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: BH Eurosong 2004
Selection date(s)6 March 2004
Selected entrantDeen
Selected song"In The Disco"
Finals performance
Semi-final result7th, 133 points
Final result9th, 91 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2003 • 2004 • 2005►

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.

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

7 artists applied for the selection of the Bosnian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. A twenty-one-member selection committee shortlisted and voted on five artists in four rounds, with Deen receiving the most points, thus being selected to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2004 contest.[1][2]

Contestant First Round Second Round Third Round Final Round
Deen 1st
192		 1st
148		 1st
116		 1st
77
Nermin Puškar 3rd
167		 2nd
93		 2nd
72		 2nd
49
Tinka Milinović 2nd
170		 2nd
93		 3th
64		 Eliminated
Igor Vukojević 4th
165		 4th
86		 Eliminated
Sajid Jusić 5th
72		 Eliminated

BH Eurosong 2004

The song that Deen will perform in the 2004 contest was selected through a national final called BH Eurosong 2004. BHRT also opened the song submission period for composers to send their entries. 32 songs were submitted, and a selection committee selected six songs for the national final, one of them which withdrew for unknown reasons.[1]

On 6 March 2004, the final took place at the PBSBiH studios in Sarajevo, hosted by Ana Vilenica and Enis Bešlagić. All songs were performed by Deen and the winning song was chosen by a 50/50 combination of votes from an eleven-member jury (which included Deen) and televoting. For the public vote, voting was open for 4 days starting on 2 March 2004.[3]

Final – 6 March 2004
DrawSong Songwriter(s) Jury TelevoteTotalPlace
1"Pobjednik" Muamer Fazlić 3 4,689 254
2"Trebam te" Lejla Ćatović 1 1,499 125
3"Spava Sarajevo" Nermin Morankić, Mahir Sarihodžić 4 5,163 372
4"Wanted To Make It" Narcis Hadžismajlović 2 5,812 463
5"In The Disco" Vesna Pisarović 5 14,015 5101

At Eurovision

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.

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. He performed 21st, following Serbia and Montenegro and preceding the Netherlands country qualified to the final, placing 7th in the semi-final and scoring 133 points. At the final on 15 May, he performed 12th following Croatia and preceding the Belgium which led to a score of 91 points placing Bosnia in the 9th position, meaning that Bosnia and Herzegovina automatically qualified for the final in the 2005 contest.

Points awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Macedonia
Points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. Eurobosnia http://eurobosniamp3.netfirms.com/final04.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "BH Eurosong 2004 jury votes".
  3. "BOSNIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2004".
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