Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented at the

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with the song "", written by

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, Adnan Bajramović, and Aida Frljak, and performed by

Amila Glamočak Amila Glamočak (née Čengić; ; born 19 July 1966 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song " Za našu ljubav" for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosn ...

. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian participating broadcaster,

Radiotelevision of Bosnia-Herzegovina BHRT (Bosnian-Herzegovinian Radio Television; ''Bosnian language, Bosnian: Bosanskohercegovačka radio-televizija; Croatian language, Croatian: Bosanskohercegovačka radio-televizija; Serbian language, Serbian: Босанскохерцегова ...

(RTVBiH), selected its entry for the contest through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally. They finished on 22nd place out of 23 countries with 13 points. It was the worst result for Bosnia and Herzegovina until .

Before Eurovision

''BH Eurosong 1996''

(RTVBiH) internally selected

as its representative for the

. A total of 23 songs were submitted to the competition, and 8 were selected to be performed by Amila at the national final. RTVBiH held the national final on 7 March 1996 at its television studios in

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, hosted by Segmedina Srna. All of the songs were sung by

and the winner was chosen by an expert jury.

At Eurovision

In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only qualifying round of the 29 songs entered (excluding hosts Norway who were exempt) was held in March in order for the seven lowest-scoring songs to be eliminated before the final. "Za našu ljubav" placed 21st with 29 points, thus qualifying for the final. On the night of the final Amila Glamočak performed 21st in the running order, following and preceding . At the end of the voting, Bosnia and Herzegovina received 13 points (highest being 6 from ) placing 22nd out of 23 entries, ahead of only . It would be the worst result for Bosnia and Herzegovina until

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. The Bosnian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .

Voting

Qualifying round

Final

References

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