Merlin previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 together with Béatrice Poulot, placing seventh with the song "Putnici". The song to be performed at the contest was also selected internally and was written by Merlin himself. The song, "Love in Rewind", was presented during a television special entitled BH Eurosong Show 2011 on 21 February 2011, which was held at the BHRT Studio A in Sarajevo and hosted by Maja Čengić. The show was broadcast on BHT 1 and BH Radio 1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website bhrt.ba and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. In addition to the presentation of the song, the show featured guest performances by Béatrice Poulot, 1997 Italian Eurovision entrant Jalisse, 2010 Bosnian Eurovision entrant Vukašin Brajić and Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal. A Bosnian language version and English language version of the song were prepared, with the song being performed in English at the Eurovision Song Contest. Promotion Dino Merlin made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Love in Rewind" as the Bosnian Eurovision entry. On 26 February, Dino Merlin performed "Love in Rewind" during the semi-final of the Croatian Eurovision national final Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision!. On 9 April, Dino Merlin performed during the special concert Düsseldorf, venim! which was held at the Liceul Teoretic "Nichita Stănescu" in Bucharest, Romania. Dino Merlin also took part in promotional activities in Bulgaria, Denmark, Macedonia, Slovenia and Sweden which included several television and concert appearances. At Eurovision All countries except the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the host country, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 17 January 2011, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Bosnia and Herzegovina was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2011, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another