- Putnici
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Putnici
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year = 1999
country = Bosnia and Herzegovina
artist = Edin Dervišhalidović, Béatrice Poulot
as = Dino & Béatrice
with =
language =
languages = Bosnian, French
composer = Edin Dervišhalidović
lyricist = Edin Dervišhalidović
conductor =
place = 7th
points = 86
place_semi =
points_semi =
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1999ba Lyrics]
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prev = Goodbye
prev_year = 1997
prev_link = Goodbye (Eurovision song)
next = Hano
next_year = 2001
next_link = Hano (song)Putnici (English: "Travellers") was the Bosnian and Herzegovinian entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1999 , performed in Bosnian and French (the first time that Bosnia had not entered a song entirely in Bosnian) by Dino and Béatrice.
The song was performed twenty-second on the night (followingGermany 'sSürpriz withReise Nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat and precedingEstonia 'sEvelin Samuel & Camille withDiamond Of Night ). At the close of voting, it had received 86 points, placing 7th in a field of 23.The song itself is elliptical in meaning, with lyrics dealing with being travellers through life.
The folk-inspired performance of the duo has become something of a favourite in fan circles, however, based on the fact that they were not the first-choice contestants. Bosnian bandHari Mata Hari had been selected to perform, but their intended entryStarac I More had already been released elsewhere (they would, however, represent the country in the 2006 Contest).It was succeeded as Bosnian and Herzegovinian representative at the 2001 Contest (Bosnia having been ineligible to enter the 2000 Contest) by
Nino Pršeš with Hano.
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