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Dodging the snipers to get to Eurovision
In 1993, newly-independent Bosnia sent a delegation to the contest while Sarajevo was under siege. Performers dodged snipers and walked across mountains for several days to have a presence on the Eurovision stage. Ismeta Dervoz recalls the journey and how it felt to take part.
Image: Rockets explode on Sarajevo downtown center, closed to the Cathedral, on June 5, 1992 Credit: read Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images
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