Bosnia & Herzegovina: BHRT not coming back to Eurovision in 2023

Friday, 14 October 2022

Bosnia & Herzegovina's national broadcaster, BHRT, will not be returning to Eurovision next year in Liverpool.

BHRT, has confirmed to ESCToday that Bosnia & Herzegovina will not return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022 marking its 7th successive year away from the competition. Therefore Bosnia & Herzegovina joins Andorra, Slovakia, Monaco and Luxembourg in the list of countries which will not return in the next Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, UK next May.

The case has been the same for BHRT over the recent years, as it's facing a difficult financial situation which does not allow the broadcaster to allocate fund in expensive activities such the Eurovision Song Contest, which require a demanding budget in order to keep up with the competition's essential conditions.

Bosnia-Herzegovina in Eurovision

Bosnia-Herzegovina participated for the first time in the Contest in 1993. Its best position is the 3rd in 2006, with Hari Mata Hari and Lejla. In 2013 the country withdrew from the contest to come back in 2016 just for a year and then decided to withdraw again.

In 2016, the country was represented by Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala and their song “Ljubav Je” without succeeding to qualify to the grand Final,finishing at the 11th place with 104 points.

News Source: ESCToday

Image: BHRT