Show #140

We’ve reached the half way point on our journey through this years contest contenders, and our superfans give their opinions on four more hopefuls! Our National Triple Play takes us to Bosnia & Herzegovina, and as always we catch up on the latest news from the world of Eurovision…

Bosnia and Herzegovina has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 19 times since making its debut in 1993, after coming second in the qualification round “Kvalifikacija za Millstreet”. Prior to 1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s best result was in 2006, when Hari Mata Hari finished third with the song “Lejla”. This remains the country’s only top five result in the contest.

This Weeks Highlights

The Rasmus

Contest Contender

The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school. The band represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song 'Jezebel'.

Feminnem

National Triple Play

Feminnem is a girl group trio from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 (with original members Ivana Marić, Neda Parmać and Pamela Ramljak) and Croatia in 2010 (when the group consisted of Nika Antolos, Parmać and Ramljak).

Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda, also known by the stage name LOBODA, is a Ukrainian singer and composer. As a young girl, Loboda studied the piano, conducting, variety and jazz vocal, and gained experience of being a composer, a leading role actress in a musical, a TV host, a designer, a photographer, a singer in Ukraine’s, Russia’s and CIS most popular girl band and finally as a solo artist. Loboda represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and finished in 12th place with 76 points.

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