Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Pokušaj" written and performed by Elvir Laković Laka. On 27 December 2007, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) revealed that they had internally selected Laka to compete at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. His song, "Pokušaj", was presented to the public during a show entitled BH Eurosong 2008 on 2 March 2008. Bosnia and Herzegovina was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 13, "Pokušaj" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Bosnia and Herzegovina placed ninth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 72 points. In the final, Bosnia and Herzegovina performed in position 6 and placed tenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 110 points. Background Prior to the 2008 contest, Bosnia and Herzegovina had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in . The nation's best placing in the contest was third, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "Lejla" performed by Hari Mata Hari. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Bosnia and Herzegovina had, up to , managed to qualify on each occasion the nation has participated and compete in the final. Bosnia and Herzegovina's least successful result has been 22nd place, which they have achieved in . The Bosnian national broadcaster, Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT), broadcasts the event within Bosnia and Herzegovina and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BHRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest on 25 October 2007. The broadcaster had selected the Bosnian entry through an internal selection process since , a selection procedure that was continued for their 2008 entry. Before Eurovision Internal selection On 3 November 2007, the broadcaster opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 20 December 2007. Artists were required to be citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, have at least three years of television or concert appearances, and have released at least two albums and three music videos, while songwriters could be of any nationality but were required to submit songs