Bosnia-Herzegovina Artist - Dino Merlin Song - Love In Rewind Draw - Semi-Final 2, Place 1
Edin Dervišhalidović, more commonly known as Dino Merlin, is a popular singer/songwriter from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Not only is he popular in his own country, but also in the former Yugoslavian countries, such as Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia. In 1983, he founded the band "Merlin". They had hit albums such as "Merlin" and "Peta strana svijeta". Dino wrote the first Bosnian National Anthem called "Jedna si, jedina". This was used until 1998. He wrote the Bosnian entry to Eurovision in 1993, and sung the entry in 1999, placing seventh.
On the 1st December 2010, it was announced that he had been internally selected to represent the Balkan country in May. The song, "Love in Rewind", was both written and composed by Dino Merlin.
Current Betting Odds (William Hill) - 14/1 My Prediction - Obviously Bosnia will qualify. It's a catchy song, and has grown on me. Top ten.
Betting agents across Europe have been sticking to the same pattern this year when it comes to who they think will be in the top ten.
Unusually, normal Eurovision favourites such as Turkey, Greece and Ukraine, have all been ranked fairly low, with Turkey at 40/1 and with Greece and the Ukraine at a rather suprising 100/1. Also the tope ten is being largly dominated by Western countries this year. Are we starting to see a comeback for the Western nations, after wins from Norway and Germany?
Take a look at the new top ten (William Hill) -
France 5/1 United Kingdom 6/1 Estonia 6/1 Norway 10/1 Azerbaijan 10/1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 10/1 Sweden 12/1 Germany 12/1 Hungary 14/1 Denmark 14/1
Just missing out on the tope ten are Ireland, Russia and comeback nation, Austria.
Yet again, Portugal are dominating the bottom of the leaderboard, with a rather dismal 250/1.
So what do you think of these predictions? Will we be saying Bonjour Paris in 2012??
Check back later today when we'll be taking a look at Nina and Caroban from Serbia!!
Edin Dervišhalidović, more commonly known as Dino Merlin, is a popular singer/songwriter from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Not only is he popular in his own country, but also in the former Yugoslavian countries, such as Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia. In 1983, he founded the band "Merlin". They had hit albums such as "Merlin" and "Peta strana svijeta". Dino wrote the first Bosnian National Anthem called "Jedna si, jedina". This was used until 1998. He wrote the Bosnian entry to Eurovision in 1993, and sung the entry in 1999, placing seventh. 
