Star Search Croatia


Star Search Croatia was a Croatian singing reality competition television series that served as the second Croatian version of Pop Idol. It ran on RTL Televizija for three seasons from 2009 to 2011.
In an elimination-style format, the series employs a panel of judges who look for a person with the best singing talent. Contestants selected during auditions progress onto live shows, where the winner is decided by televote. The first season was won by Bojan Jambrošić, followed by Kim Verson and Goran Kos winning the second and the third seasons, respectively.
In 2023, RTL rebooted the series under the title Superstar.

Format

The series consist of auditions and live shows. Antonija Blaće, known for participating and hosting the Croatian edition of Big Brother, is the host of the competition, which makes her the first person to host both local versions of these franchises. Due to hosting Big Brother in Spring 2011, she was replaced with Ivan Šarić.

Judges

In the first season, the competitors were judged by Croatian musicians Tony Cetinski, Jelena Radan and Goran Lisica-Fox. Due to private commitments, Radan left in the beginning of the second season and was replaced by Anđa Marić, who left after the second season and was replaced with Ivana Mišerić in the third season.

Series overview

Season 1 (2009)

was broadcast from February to June 2009. It was won by Bojan Jambrošić.
ContestantResult
Bojan JambrošićWinner
Zoran MišićJune 19
Barbara DautovićJune 12
Matej MiličićJune 5
Carla BelovariMay 29
Nikolina KovačevićMay 22
Iva UšaljMay 15
Duško ŠarićMay 8
Sementa RajhardMay 1
Manuela SvorcanApril 24
Anđela PoljakApril 24

Season 2 (2010)

was broadcast from April to June 2010, and was won by Kim Verson.
ContestantResult
Kim VersonWinner
Vilibald KovačJune 4
Duje StanišićMay 28
Juraj JurlinaMay 21
Jurica GoršaMay 14
Maja MalićMay 7
Petar BrkljačićApril 30
Adrijana BakovićApril 23
Helena HunčagaApril 16
Dino AntonićApril 9

Season 3 (2011)

was broadcast from March to June 2011, and was won by Goran Kos.
ContestantResult
Goran KosWinner
Marcela OrošiJune 17
Mark MarkuJune 10
Maja BajamićJune 3
Taher SanuriMay 27
Ines HuskićMay 20
Ivan DelićMay 13
Daniel DizdarMay 13
Romana PavlišaMay 6
Kristian MaroltApril 29

''Superstar''

In December 2022, RTL announced Superstar, a new Croatian edition of Pop Idol, which serves as a spiritual successor to Hrvatska traži zvijezdu. The series premiered on 23 September 2023 on RTL. Antonija Blaće, who hosted the first two seasons of HTZ, returned as the host for Superstar's live shows.