Dutch singer Mia Nicolai joins us this week as our special guest – fresh from Liverpool and bringing the gift of new music for us! We head to the Balkans for a triple play tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina and your fan favourite has us singing along with our friends! Plus we bring you the latest big Eurovision News stories from the past seven days…
Show Timeline
This Weeks Highlights
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. The country also achieved five other top ten results: 1999 with Dino Merlin (seventh), 2004 with Deen (ninth), 2008 with Laka (tenth), 2009 with Regina (ninth), and 2011, again with Dino Merlin (sixth). Bosnia and Herzegovina returned to the contest for the first time since 2012 at the 2016 contest, where it failed to advance from the semi-finals for the first time. The country then withdrew once again from the contest and has yet to return.
Mija Martina Barbarić is a Bosniak Croat singer and TV host from Bosnia and Herzegovina who used to work as a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Tourism and Environment of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
She represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song “Ne brini”. Mija also provided the results of the Bosnia and Herzegovina televote in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
She was also organizer of special events during the biggest Economy Fair in Mostar (for Mostar Inc.) for 10 years.
Track List
| 1 | Walk On Water | Ira Losco | 2016 Malta |
| 2 | Fight | Natalia Barbu | 2007 Moldova |
| 3 | Bistra Voda | Regina | 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 4 | Thunder And Lightning | Vukasin Brajic | 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 5 | Ne Brini (Could It Be) | Mija Martina Barbaric | 2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 6 | Hour Of The Wolf | Elnur Huseynov | 2015 Azerbaijan |
| 7 | Burning Daylight | Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper | 2023 Netherlands |
| 8 | Loop | Mia Nicolai | 2023 Non Contest |
| 9 | Stad i ljus | Tommy Körberg | 1988 Sweden |
| 10 | Friend Of A Friend | Lake Malawi | 2019 Czech Republic |
| 11 | Waterline | Jedward | 2012 Ireland |
