Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	2 March 2008
Selected entrant	Laka & Mirela Laković
Selected song	"Pokušaj"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (9th, 72 points)
Final result	10th, 110 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

Laka was chosen to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The song representing Bosnia-Herzegovina at the 2008 Contest in Belgrade was first announced to the public following the most recent tradition of a Sunday prime time TV show. This time, the song was presented in a prime-time live special on Sunday, 2 March 2008 on BHRT and BHT SAT.

Selection

The Bosnia-Herzegovinian national broadcaster announced that the Bosnia-Herzegovinian entry would be selected during a show called BH Eurosong on 2 March 2008. Firstly the artist would be selected and then the song was to be chosen while both would separately be revealed. On 27 December 2007 the seven-member Committee formed by the BHRT, listened to all 31 shortlisted songs selected from a total of 50 received by 20 December deadline.

At Eurovision

Bosnia-Herzegovina took part in the first semi-final held in Belgrade on 20 May 2008. The country qualified to take part in the finals on 24 May 2008 where they performed 6th following Armenia and preceding Israel. Laka finished 10th with 110 points

Points Awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Semi final

12 points	Montenegro
10 points	Slovenia
8 points	Greece
7 points	Russia
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Israel
4 points	Norway
3 points	Azerbaijan
2 points	Ireland
1 point	Finland

Final

12 points	Serbia
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Turkey
7 points	Greece
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Israel
4 points	Russia
3 points	Ukraine
2 points	Norway
1 point	Albania

Points Awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Semi-Final 1)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Montenegro Norway Slovenia		Finland	Germany Netherlands	Moldova
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Azerbaijan	Ireland		Estonia

Points Awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Croatia Serbia	Montenegro Norway Slovenia Sweden		Netherlands Switzerland	Finland Turkey
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Germany Macedonia		Azerbaijan	Denmark France Ireland	Czech Republic

Commentators and spokespersons

• Commentators - Dejan Kukrić
• Spokespersons - Melina Garibović