Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

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For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by Putnici, performed by Dino & Beatrice. The song received 86 points, finishing 7th.

On March 6, the Bosnian final was held at the Skenderija City Hall in Sarajevo, and was hosted by Segmedina Srna and Lejla Babovic. There were 17 songs in the final, and the winner was decided by regional juries in the following cities: Tuzla, Zenica, Livno, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gorazde, Mostar, Bihac and the German city of Bonn.

Singing position Song title Act Points Final position
1 Volio obolio Eldin Huseinbegovic 13 13
2 Kunem te ja Beat House 39 6
3 U ritmu novom Krug 33 8
4 Daj spusti se Seven Up 58 3
5 Proveo bi zivot ispod mostova Drazen Zeric 16 12
6 Budi tu Dunja Galineo & Nurudin Vatrenjak 0 17
7 Sampion Sarajevo Old Stars 51 4
8 Dala bih ti zivot Zejnaida Mesihovic 38 7
9 Bog mi je svjedok Zeljka Katavic-Pilj 40 5
10 Jedini, ljubim te Sanja Volic 10 =14
11 Stare melodije Seid Memic-Vajta 19 11
12 Priznat cu ti sve Elvana Ducic 7 16
13 Starac i more Hari Mata Hari 70 1
14 Putnici Dino & Beatrice 65 2
15 Glumica Igor 28 9
16 Zelja Sarajevska Ruza 10 =14
17 Ostavi suze Andrej i Romana 25 10

On April 16, it was announced that the winning song had been released in 1997 by a Finnish act and was disqualifed, since entering a cover song was (and still is) contrary to the rules. They would later represent the country in 2006.