Dino Merlin life and biography

Dino Dervišhalidović more commonly known as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer/songwriter and musician. He is popular in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is also popular in the other countries of the former Yugoslavia, such as: Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia and Turkey.

Edin Dervišhalidović founded the band Merlin in 1983 and has been its singer and songwriter since. With the band, he has recorded 5 studio albums: Kokuzna vremena in 1985, Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) in 1986, Merlin in 1987, Nešto lijepo treba da se desi in 1989, and Peta strana svijeta in 1990.

In 2011, he was chosen internally to be the representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Düsseldorf, singing "Love in rewind".

Eurovision Contest 2011 - Dino Merlin "Love in rewind" :

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