Bosnia-Herzegovina 2007

Bosnia-Hertsegovinan edustaja Helsingissä on valittu. Se on 19-vuotias Marija Sestic, kotikaupunki Banja Luka. On mielenkiintoista mainita, että hänen isänsä on nykyisen Bosnian kansallislaulun säveltäjä ja professori musiikkiakatemialla.

Marija Šestić going to Helsinki

Several weeks now, rumors have been spreading that Marija Šestić was tipped as the singer to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. PBSBiH has finally made this official.

The songwriters of the songs are Aleksandra Milutinović from Belgrade, Serbia and Goran Kovačić from Banja Luka.

Dejan Kukrić, the head of the BH Eurosong 2007 project explains that the theme of this year's selection if "Sound of Rivers." Last year, the theme was "It's Time for BiH!" The songs selected in the shortlist reflect this theme in their verses and overall atmosphere.

"BiH is a land of river. Her rivers have been sung about in numerous traditional songs and are subjects of many legends and stories."

Marija Šestić, who is the daughter of Dušan Šestić, the author of Bosnia and Herzegovina's national anthem, said that the Eurovision competition is a great responsibility and duty for her.

"In some way, I was hoping for this competition. In any case, it will afford me excellent opportunities in the field that I will be in my whole life," said Šestić.

Around 30 songs were received by PBSBiH, according to Ninoslav Verber, the Director of the Musical Production of PBSBiH.

March 4 is when a special show will be broadcast on the national TV channel BHT1, when the chosen song will be performed for the first time.

In plans is also a release of a CD/DVD compilation of all Bosnian representatives at Eurovision from 1964 to 2006.

Biography:

Marija Šestić was born in 1987, and today is a student at the Art Academy in Banja Luka, major piano. Since age six, took part in festivals:
"St. George's Day Festival," in Banja Luka 1995 - third place
"St. George's Day Festival," in Banja Luka 1996 - first place
"Naša radost," in Podgorica, Montenegro 1998 - award for interpretation
"Zlatno zvonce," in Novi Sad, Serbia 1999 - first place for interpretation
"International Festival of Young Talents," in Zenica 2000-2002 - first place for interpretation
"Banja Luka pop music festival," 2003 - award for best young vocal performer
"The Golden Star," in Bucharest, Romania 2004 - earned the FIDOF diplima
At 13 years of age, was the first solo singer, from the are of former Yugoslavia, to be invited to take part at MTV Berlin. The same year she released her first CD.

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