Eurovision 2008: Bosnia-Herzegovina

Tuomo writes: As perhaps the most tragic country in recent European history, Bosnia-Herzegovina has been a showcase of persistance even in the context of Eurovision. Considering that the first performers for the newly independent countries in the early 90s had to avoid snipers just to make it to the finals alive, Bosnia is in my book the epitomy of striving to succeed. With somewhat uneven rate of success Bosnia-Herzegovina is still with us this year with Laka and Pokušaj:

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This entry has to be the bizarrest stage performace by far this year, even after Azerbaijan. It actually made me think of it as a musical version of Waiting for Godot. Once again this is a schoolbook example of an entry would benefit from a translation to fully appreciate the Bosnian effort. Despite the visual surrealism, I may warm up to this - eventually, but not quite yet.

A live chicken? Now that's a nice touch - this trick should bring in a point or two from at least the Irish who should find this endearing with their related fowl on stage performance of 2008 :-) Birds of the feather anyone?