Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Thunder and Lightning", written by Dino Šaran and performed by Vukašin Brajić. On 11 January 2010, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) revealed that they had internally selected Brajić to compete at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. His song, "Munja i grom", was presented to the public during a show entitled BH Eurosong Show 2010 on 14 March 2010. The song was later translated from Bosnian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest with the new title "Thunder and Lightning".
Bosnia and Herzegovina was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing eighth, "Thunder and Lightning" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Bosnia and Herzegovina placed eighth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final, having been awarded 59 points. In the final, Bosnia and Herzegovina performed sixth and placed 17th out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 51 points.
Background
Prior to the 2010 contest, Bosnia and Herzegovina had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since their first entry in . The nation's best placing in the contest was third, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "Lejla" performed by Hari Mata Hari. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Bosnia and Herzegovina had, up to the 2010 contest, managed to qualify on each occasion to compete in the final. Bosnia and Herzegovina's least successful result was 22nd place, which they achieved in .
The Bosnian national broadcaster, Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT), broadcasts the event within Bosnia and Herzegovina and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BHRT confirmed their intentions to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on 29 October 2009. The broadcaster had selected the Bosnian entry through an internal selection process since , a selection procedure that was continued for their 2010 entry.
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
On 24 November 2009, BHRT opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries for consideration up until a 20 December 2009 deadline. Artists were required to be citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while songwriters could be of any nationality. 42 valid submissions out of 60 were received at the closing of the deadline and on 11 January 2010, BHRT announced that they had internally selected Vukašin Brajić to represent them in Oslo with the song "Munja i grom", written by Dino Šaran. Brajić previously attempted to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 as part of OT Band, placing second in their national final with the song "Blagoslov za kraj". The eight-member selection committee that selected Brajić and the song to be performed at the contest consisted of Dejan Kukrić (Bosnian Head of Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest), Jasmin Ferović (music editor at BH Radio 1), Adnan Mušanović (music producer of MP BHRT), Zoran Nikolić (assistant professor at the University of Banja Luka Academy of Arts), Amira Medunjanin (musician), Ismet Arnautalić (producer), Vesna Andree-Zaimović (musicologist) and Vlado Podany (musician).