The territory that makes up Bosnia-Herzegovina was part of the Ottoman empire before being annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. A political assassination in he Bosnia city of Sarajevo sparked the First World War and at the end of that war the territory was subsumed into the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After the second World War a second Yugoslavia was formed as a federal socialist state. In the early 1990s the break-up of Yugoslavia saw Bosnians declare independence and an extremely bloody civil war followed in 1992. Bosnians had their own television service when part of Yugoslavia and several Yugoslav Eurovision entries originated from Bosnia. After independence Bosnia made an emotional Eurovision debut in Millstreet in 1993. While the country has yet to make a major impact at the Eurovision Song Contest, the Bosnians achieved their best ever result in 2006, finishing in 3rd place in Athens.

Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Total area: 51,129 km².

Population: 4.2 million (UN, 2005)

Capital: Sarajevo

Major language: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian

Major religion: Christianity, Islam

Life expectancy: 73 years

Monetary unit: 1 marka = 100 pfenniga

GNI per capita: US $2,440 (World Bank, 2006)

Internet domain: .ba

International dialling code: +387

 

1956-1960: Did not enter
1961-1976: Entered as part of Yugoslavia
1977-1980: Did not enter
1981-1984: Entered as part of Yugoslavia
1985: Did not enter
1986-1992: Entered as part of Yugoslavia
1993: "Sva Bol Svijeta" - Fazla (16th) 
1994: "Ostani Kraj Mene" - Alma & Dejan (15th)
1995: "Dvadeset Prvi Vijek" - Davor (19th)
1996: "Za Našu Ljubav" - Amilia Glamočak (22nd)
1997: "Goodbye" - Alma (18th)
1998: Relegated
1999: "Putnici" - Dino & Beatrice (7th)
2000: Relegated
2001: "Hano" - Nino Pršeš (14th)
2002: "Na Jastuku Za Dvoje" - Maja (15th)
2003: "Ne Brini"- Mija Martina Barbaric (16th)
2004: "In The Disco" - Deen (9th)
2005: "Call Me" - Feminnem (16th)
2006: "Lejla" - Hari Mata Hari (3rd)
2007: Will compete in the final

Yugoslav entries from Bosnia-Herzegovina 

1964: "Život Je Sklopio Krug" - Sabahudin Kurt (13th)
1965: "Cežnja" - Vice Vukov (12th)
1973: "Gori Vatra" - Zdravko Čolić (15th)
1973: "Ne Mogu Skriti Svoju Bol" - Ambassadori (18th)

1976: "Lejla"- Seid Memic Vajta (15th)

 

Eurovision broadcaster: PBS (Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia-Herzegovina)
First entry: 1993
Number of entries: 12
Number of winners: -
Top 3 finishes: 1
Top 10 finishes: 3 
Best result: 3rd (2006) 
Worst result: 22nd (1996) 
Number of last place finishes: -
Highest score: 229 (2006)
Lowest score: 13 (1996)
Number of contest hosted: -

Most points awarded to: Croatia: 79, Turkey: 56, Malta: 46
Most points received from: Croatia: 83, Turkey: 77, Slovenia: 49
Least points awarded to: Bosnia-Herzegovina has yet to vote Cyprus in ten finals. 
Least points received from: Estonia has not voted for Bosnia-Herz. in ten finals. 
Average points awarded to the Eurovision winner: 7.8
Points Ratio: 0.99

* Only points awarded and received in finals since 1975 are included.
# Points ratio is total points received in Eurovision finals divided by points awarded. The higher the number the better a country has done.