page_title: Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
section_title: Internal selection
hierarchical_section_title: Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 / Before Eurovision / Internal selection
caption_attribution_description: English: Deen during a rehearsal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul Nederlands: Deen tijdens een repetitie op het Eurovisie Songfestival 2004 in Istanboel
context_page_description: Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Ljubav je" written by Almir Ajanović and Jasmin Fazlić Jala. The song was performed by Dalal and Deen featuring Ana Rucner and Jala. Dalal and Deen are Bosnian singers, the former known as a member of the duo Erato and the latter having represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, while Ana Rucner is a Croatian cellist and Jala is a Bosnian rapper. In November 2015, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a three-year absence after securing sponsorship to cover both the participation fee and all costs related to the participation. In the same month, the broadcaster revealed that they had internally selected Dalal Midhat-Talakić, Fuad Backović-Deen, Ana Rucner and Jasmin Fazlić Jala to compete at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Their song, "Ljubav je", was presented to the public during a show entitled BH Eurosong Show 2016 on 19 February 2016.
context_section_description: On 25 November 2015, the broadcaster announced that they had internally selected Dalal Midhat-Talakić and Fuad Backović–Deen to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in Stockholm. The announcement occurred during a press conference broadcast live on BHT 1 and BH Radio 1, hosted by Maja Miralem and featuring BHRT general director Belmin Karamehmedović, BHT 1 director Mario Vrankić and head of the international department of BHRT Lejla A. Babović. Dalal and Deen are Bosnian singers, the former best known as a member of the duo Erato and the latter having previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, placing ninth with the song "In the Disco". During the press conference, it was announced that Dalal and Deen would be joined in Stockholm by Croatian cellist Ana Rucner and Bosnian rapper Jasmin Fazlić Jala. Bosnian singer Zuzi Zu was also announced as part of the supporting stage team for the performance at Eurovision, but later withdrew her participation in the project. The song to be performed at the contest was also selected internally and was written by Almir Ajanović and Jasmin Fazlić Jala. The selection of both the artists and the song came as a proposal from Tempo Production Studio, headed by Almir Ajanović, which offered to finance the entire Eurovision participation along with several sponsors: APU Network (Swedish organisation of Bosnian businesses established by the diaspora), BBI Real Estate, Azel France, Amko Komerc, Farmavita, Lutrija BiH (state lottery), Bosnalijek and the Association of performers and musicians.
  The song, "Ljubav je", was presented during a television special entitled BH Eurosong Show 2016 on 19 February 2016, which was held at the Sarajevo City Hall and hosted by Maja Miralem. The show was broadcast on BHT 1 and BH Radio 1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website bhrt.ba and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. In addition to the presentation of the song, the show featured guest performances by Bosnian boy band Seven Up, 2012 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Maya Sar, 2012 Croatian Eurovision entrant Nina Badrić and Serbian Eurovision Song Contest 2007 winner Marija Šerifović. A Bosnian language version and English language version of the song were prepared. BHRT, in consultation with Tempo Production Studio, decided that the song would be performed in Bosnian at the Eurovision Song Contest.
caption: Deen performing "In the Disco" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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