Hrvatski Idol


Hrvatski Idol is the Croatian version of Pop Idol. There have been two seasons of Hrvatski Idol. The first one was won by Žanamari Lalić who received 54% of the vote in the final night. Patrick Jurdić won the second season with 50.22% of the vote in the final. Since the number of received phonecalls was only 2.296, Jurdić won with not more than 10 votes over runner-up Lidija Bačić. Both winners did try out on other countries similar casting shows before: Lalić in Germany and Jurdić in both his home country Austria and the Czech Republic. However, both failed to achieve some success on their first tries and were eliminated pretty early in the competition.
Although season one has successful viewership, the sophomore season failed to continue this success. Third season was delayed and after an absence of four years the show returned to Croatian screens under the new name Hrvatska traži zvijezdu on RTL Televizija.
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Season 1

Hosts

  • Nikolina Božić
  • Vinko Štefanac

Judges

Auditions

Finalists

ContestantAgeHometownVoted OffLiveshow Theme
Žanamari Lalić22SplitWinnerGrand Finale
Pamela Ramljak24ZagrebJune 5, 2004Grand Finale
Neda Parmać18SplitMay 29, 2004Judges'/Contestant's Choice
Linda Švarc25ZagrebMay 22, 2004The 90s
Alan Šćuric23ZagrebMay 15, 2004The 70s
Ivana Marić18SplitMay 8, 2004The 80s
Denis Mladenović18ZagrebMay 1, 2004Film Songs
Karmen Matković19ZagrebApril 24, 2004My Idol

Season 2

Hosts

  • Nikolina Božić
  • Predrag Šuka

Judges

Auditions

Finalists

ContestantAgeHometownVoted OffLiveshow Theme
Patrick Jurdić19OsijekWinnerGrand Finale
Lidija Bačić19SplitFebruary 26, 2005Grand Finale
Marina Kristić21ZagrebFebruary 19, 2005Number 1 Hits
Teo Nikolac24ZagrebFebruary 12, 2005Love Songs
Siniša Vidović17SplitFebruary 5, 2005Film Hits
Ana Bebić18SplitJanuary 29, 2005My Birth Year
Karmen PapićSplitJanuary 22, 2005Croatian Songs
Ivana JelečevićOsijekJanuary 15, 2005My Idol