Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Love in Rewind" written and performed by Dino Merlin, who had represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999. On 1 December 2010, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) revealed that they had internally selected Dino Merlin to compete at the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. His song, "Love in Rewind", was presented to the public during a show entitled BH Eurosong Show 2011 on 21 February 2011. Bosnia and Herzegovina was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2011. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Love in Rewind" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Bosnia and Herzegovina placed fifth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 198 points. In the final, Bosnia and Herzegovina performed in position 2 and placed sixth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 125 points. Background Prior to the 2011 contest, Bosnia and Herzegovina had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen 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 has, up to this year, 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 2011 Eurovision Song Contest on 19 November 2010. The broadcaster had selected the Bosnian entry through an internal selection process since , a selection procedure that was continued for their 2011 entry. Before Eurovision Internal selection On 18 September 2011, the broadcaster opened the suggestions for the public to submit possible artists or ideas via their Facebook page. On 1 December 2010, BHRT announced that they had internally selected Dino Merlin to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in Düsseldorf. Dino