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BHRT decided to chose artist and song internally this time, and they have chosen Dino Merlin!!!

Edin Dervišhalidović stage name Dino Merlin, is a prominent Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is a popular singer and songwriter in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is also popular in the other countries of the former Yugoslavia and in other regional countries such as Turkey and Bulgaria. He is also famous amongst the Bosnian and ex-Yugoslav diaspora communities in the United States, Germany, Austria, Norway and Sweden. Dervišhalidović began his solo career under the name Dino Merlin in 1991, and recorded five studio albums: "Moja bogda sna" in 1993, "Fotografija" in 1995, "Sredinom" in 2000, "Burek" in 2004, "Ispočetka" in 2008 and 2 live albums, "Vječna vatra" in 1999 and "Live Koševo" 2004 in 2005.
Dino Merlin wrote the first national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina called "Jedna si, jedina". He has also taken part in Eurovision Song Contests, in Millstreet in 1993 (Dino is the author of "Sva bol svijeta") and in Jerusalem in 1999 (singing "Putnici" with Béatrice, a French singer). Dino Merlin has also taken part in other big European festivals, such as Copenhagen in 1996 and Turkovision in 1997. His tour promoting his "Sredinom" album, which was released in 2000, included over 200 concerts, with a spectacular performance at the Koševo Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, in front of an audience of about 80,000. The "Sredinom"-album was the top-selling album in Bosnia and Herzegovina and sold in all of the countries that were once part of Yugoslavia. Dino Merlin's next album, "Burek", was released in 2004. Three songs were featured as singles: "Burek", "Supermen" and "Ako Nastaviš Ovako". The album includes 15 tracks, many of which are new. The song "Supermen" is sung by Dino Merlin with a guest appearance by Željko Joksimović, who is also the composer of the song.
Many of the songs on this album have also appeared on his "Live Koševo" 2004 album released in 2005. The other guest appearances on the "Burek" album include Nina Badrić on "Ti si mene", Željko Joksimović on "Supermen" and Edo Zanki on "Verletzt" and many others.
Dino Merlin's tenth album titled "Ispočetka" (English Translation: "From the Beginning") was released in 2008.
In December 2010, it was revealed that Merlin would represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. He came sixth in the final singing "Love in Rewind".
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