Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "" written and performed by Nino Pršeš. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian participating broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PBSBiH), selected its entry for the contest through the national final BH Eurosong 2001. They returned to the contest after a one-year absence following their relegation in as one of the six entrants with the lowest average scores over the previous five contests. Nineteen entries participated during the show on 10 March 2001 and an eight-member jury selected "" performed by Nino Pršeš as the winner.

Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2001. Performing during the show in position 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina placed fourteenth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 29 points.

Background

Prior to the 2001 contest, Radiotelevision of Bosnia-Herzegovina (RTVBiH) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Bosnia and Herzegovina six times since its first entry in . Its best placing in the contest was seventh, achieved with the song "" performed by Dino and Béatrice. Its least successful result has been 22nd place, have achieved .

After RTVBiH's membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was transferred to the new parental broadcasting organisation Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PBSBiH) in 2000, it was the latter who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, PBSBiH organised the selection of its entry in the contest and broadcast the event in the country. From to , RTVBiH selected the artist through an internal selection process, while a national final was set up to choose the song. In , the broadcaster selected the entry through a national final that featured several artists and songs, a procedure that PBSBiH continued for its 2001 entry.

Before Eurovision

BH Eurosong 2001 PBSBiH held the sixth edition of BH Eurosong, BH Eurosong 2001, on 10 March 2001 at its television studios in Sarajevo, hosted by Selma Alispahić and Darko Gutović. The show was broadcast on BHTV1 and BH Radio 1.

Competing entries The broadcaster opened the submission period for composers to submit their songs up until 20 December 2000. A total of 82 submissions were received at the closing of the deadline and a selection committee consisting of representatives from the two Bosnian broadcasters, Radio-Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTVBiH) and (RTRS), selected nineteen songs to compete in the national final. Among the competing artists was Amila Glamočak, who represented .

Final The final was held on 10 March 2001 at the PBSBiH studios in Sarajevo. Nineteen entries participated and the votes from a jury panel selected "Hano" performed by Nino Pršeš as the winner. The eight-member jury panel that voted during the show consisted of Zlatan Fazlić (1993 Bosnian Eurovision entrant), Jasmin Komić (Vice Dean of the Academy of Economics at the University of Banja Luka), Miro Janjanin (musician), Aida Kurtović (member of the Apeiron Mostar Youth Association), Mladen Matović (student at the University of Banja Luka), Predrag Đajić (music editor), Anica Vrilić (music student at the University of Banja Luka), and Branislav Petar Štumf (music editor).

+ Final – 10 March 2001 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Al' Dino "Sve ti opraštam" Al' Dino 65 2 2 Ružica Čavić "Oprosti mi" Milorad Petrić 64 3 3 Ljiljana Galić-Lily "Ginem za tobom" Ljiljana Galić-Lily 45 15 4 Fuad Backović "10 miliona ljubavi" Zele Lipovača, Faruk Buljubašić 60 7 5 Tatjana Vidojević "Pronađi me" Božidar Bobo Vučur 31 19 6 Narcis Vučina "Sloboda" Narcis Vučina 46 13 7 Nesib Delibegović and Željka Katavić-Pilj "Vrati sjećanja" Nesib Delibegović 43 17 8 Mija Martina "Ništa mi ne može" Ines Prajo, Arjana Kunštek 55 11 9 Mugdim Avdić Henda "Stara vremena" Mugdim Avdić Henda 46 13 10 El' Vana "Evo vam sve" Elvana Dučić 59 9 11 Punkt "No Language" Nurudin Vatrenjak, Amina Agić 56 10 12 Andrej Pucarević "Priča se" Momo Nikić 47 12 13 Biljana Matić "Vrijeme je" Siniša Ninković, Igor Kravić 63 4 14 Nino Pršeš "Hano" Nino Pršeš 69 1 15 Nikolina and Davor "Mustafa" Mustafa-Bato Muharemagić, Zoran-Zoki Stanisavljević 37 18 16 Boris Režak "Ja vjerujem" Dušan Šestić, Dijana Rajčević 61 5 17 Elvira Rahić "Ljubav je kao vatra" Suad Jukić-Šule, Fahrudin Pecikoza 45 15 18 Amila Glamočak "Ljubi me sad" Mustafa Tanović 61 5 19 Davor Ebner and Grunti Bugli "Ko mi te uze" Ivan Baralić 60 7 + Detailed Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Sve ti opraštam" 8 10 7 9 8 7 8 8 65 2 "Oprosti mi" 5 10 9 7 9 6 10 8 64 3 "Ginem za tobom" 8 5 6 4 5 4 6 7 45 4 "10 miliona ljubavi" 10 8 7 2 7 9 7 10 60 5 "Pronađi me" 3 4 3 2 5 4 4 6 31 6 "Sloboda" 9 5 3 6 6 5 5 7 46 7 "Vrati sjećanja" 6 6 3 3 6 6 5 8 43 8 "Ništa mi ne može" 8 4 9 7 8 7 6 6 55 9 "Stara vremena" 9 7 4 4 4 6 4 8 46 10 "Evo vam sve" 7 6 9 4 9 6 10 8 59 11 "No Language" 10 4 3 8 7 10 7 7 56 12 "Priča se" 3 5 5 3 8 8 7 8 47 13 "Vrijeme je" 3 9 10 7 10 7 9 8 63 14 "Hano" 9 9 7 10 7 9 9 9 69 15 "Mustafa" 6 6 1 2 4 4 4 10 37 16 "Ja vjerujem" 4 8 10 7 9 7 9 7 61 17 "Ljubav je kao vatra" 9 8 3 5 5 4 6 5 45 18 "Ljubi me sad" 9 7 5 7 8 8 7 10 61 19 "Ko mi te uze" 9 6 10 5 8 9 5 8 60

At Eurovision According to Eurovision rules, the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the 12 countries with the highest average scores between the and contests competed in the final. On 21 November 2000, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Bosnia and Herzegovina was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from the and before the entry from . Bosnia and Herzegovina finished in fourteenth place with 29 points.

The contest was broadcast on BHTV1, with commentary by Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac.

Voting Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the contest. The Bosnian jury awarded its 12 points to .

PBSBiH appointed Segmedina Srna as its spokesperson to announced the Bosnian-Herzegovinian votes during the show.

+ Points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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