SARAJEVO, April 17 (Hina) - The song "Starac i more" (The Old Man and the Sea), which was to present Bosnia-Herzegovina at this year's Eurovision song contest, is a copy of a Finnish song recorded two years ago, the Sarajevo press
reported on Saturday. Quoting a statement by the jury at the BH Eurovision song contest, the media said the author and performer of the disputable song, Hari Varesanovic, has been disqualified. Based on information published on the Internet by a Finnish journalist Jarmo Pentilla, an expert team from Sarajevo listened to the song performed by Janna Hurma and found that it was one and the same song, only with a different title and lyrics. According to the regulations of the Eurovision song contest, to be held in Israel in late May, Radio Television Bosnia-Herzegovina has the right to choose the song which won the second place at the national contest, which in t
SARAJEVO, April 17 (Hina) - The song "Starac i more" (The Old Man and
the Sea), which was to present Bosnia-Herzegovina at this year's
Eurovision song contest, is a copy of a Finnish song recorded two
years ago, the Sarajevo press reported on Saturday.
Quoting a statement by the jury at the BH Eurovision song contest,
the media said the author and performer of the disputable song, Hari
Varesanovic, has been disqualified.
Based on information published on the Internet by a Finnish
journalist Jarmo Pentilla, an expert team from Sarajevo listened to
the song performed by Janna Hurma and found that it was one and the
same song, only with a different title and lyrics.
According to the regulations of the Eurovision song contest, to be
held in Israel in late May, Radio Television Bosnia-Herzegovina has
the right to choose the song which won the second place at the
national contest, which in this case is a song performed by Dino
Merlin and a French singer Beatrice.
(hina) rml