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Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Turkvision Song Contest

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Member station
  
Hayat TV

First appearance
  
2013

Worst result
  
12th: 2015

Appearances
  
3

Best result
  
6th: 2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Turkvision Song Contest

Bosnia and Herzegovina has participated in the Turkvision Song Contest twice since its début in 2013. The Bosnian broadcaster, Hayat TV, has been the organiser of the Bosnian entry since its début in the contest. In 2013, the Bosnian entry, Ters Bosanka, qualified to the grand final, where they finished in 6th place with a score of 187 points.

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2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina made their début in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 contest, in Eskişehir, Turkey. Hayat TV internally selected the band Emir & Frozen Camels to represent them on their debut. On 19 November 2013 it was announced that the band would be singing "Ters Bosanka", the song features Mirza Šoljanin. It was later announced in an interview that they would sing the Turkish version of the song at the contest called "Bosnali Kiz".

At the contest Bosnia and Herzegovina performed 5th in the semi final and qualified for the final. In the final they performed 5th again and finished in 6th place with 187 points.

2014

On 10 September 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina were confirmed again as participating in the contest in Kazan, Tatarstan. On 14 October 2014 Hayat TV confirmed that they had internally selected the singer Mensur Salkić to represent them in Kazan. It was announced on 25 October that Mensur would singer "Šutim" at the contest, in Kazan the song was changed to "Susuyorum" an entirely Turkish version of the song.

In Kazan Bosnia and Herzegovina performed 16th in the final, they qualified for the final 13th place with 168 points. In the semi final Bosnia & Herzegovina was shown as having received 171 points which was incorrect, this changed an 11th-place finish into a tie with Yakutia and Bulgaria. It was decided the day after the semi final that the top.15 countries would qualify for the final. They performed 12th in the final and finished 10th on a total of 176 points.

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References

Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Turkvision Song Contest Wikipedia