Bosnia-Herzegovina - Dino Merline - Love in Rewind

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

Dino Merlin - Love in Rewind

Dino Merlin fly the flag for Bosnia - Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Dusseldorf and brings to the contest his vast experience. A hugely popular singer across much of the former Yugoslav nations, Merlin will be a familiar face to many. Indeed he has previously written the 1993 Bosnian entry and represented the nation in 1999 finishing a respectable seventh. He has had major hit albums across the continent both as a solo artist and as part of his band and even wrote the first national anthem for the nation. Merlin. Add to the mix a life time of live gigs to massive audiences and what you have here is a successful, known and experienced singer representing his home nation.

So how well will Merlin perform in Dusseldorf and can he succeed to land Bosnia-Herzegovina their first Eurovision crown?

The song itself is a medium paced pop track that is, in actual fact, very catching and memorable with a ton of hooks thrown in there from the actual chorus, to the melody down to the lyrics. What Merlin has constructed here then is a song which will be remembered in the mix, particular given the charisma of the performer and the staging as you can see in the above video will get a reaction. Merlin sings it well, he sings with a smile on his face and seems all around that he is thrilled to be back at Eurovision. Each a combination of factors that should stand this in good stead to make the final.

After all, since first entering the contest back in 1993 Bosnia-Herzegovina have never failed to make the final and have placed in respectable position in and around the top 10 for 4 out of the last 5 years. Better songs than this, that had better backing and more hype in the lead up to the contest have failed to break the top 5 though and I have a feeling Dino will do the same. 

There is no doubt that he will make the final and Dino will be sitting down come Eurovision Final night awaiting the points to come rolling in. I forsee this hanging about the top 10 for much of the voting procedure and ending up around 8th-12th.