Česko hledá SuperStar () is the Czech version of the Idol series which ran from 2004 to 2006. The show was broadcast on Czech TV Nova for three seasons. The first series was exceedingly popular, with the final in June 2004 being watched by 3.3 million people, an 84% viewership share. In 2009, SuperStar (Czech and Slovak TV series), a joint version between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, was launched.
Series overview Series Air date Finalists Final weeks Winner Runner-up Host(s) Judging panel One 29 February - 20 June 2004 10 9 Aneta Langerová Šárka Vaňková Two 9 January - 12 June 2005 12 10 Vlastimil Horváth Petr Bende Petr HolíkLadislava Něrgešová Three 27 August - 17 December 2006 10 9 Zbyněk Drda David Spilka Leoš Mareš
Season 1 (2004) Finalists (ages stated at time of contest) Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Aneta Langerová 17 Říčany Winner Grand Finale Šárka Vaňková 16 Jirkov 20 June 2004 Sámer Issa 18 Děčín 13 June 2004 Contestant's Choice Tomáš Savka 20 Horní Slavkov 6 June 2004 English/Czech Film Hits Martina Balogová 25 Ústí nad Labem 30 May 2004 Rock Ballads Julian Záhorovský 19 Pardubice 23 May 2004 Big Band Stanislav Dolinek 20 Brno 16 May 2004 60s Hits Petra Páchová 17 Mladá Boleslav 9 May 2004 Musicals Petr Poláček 19 Neratovice 2 May 2004 80s Hits Veronika Zaňková 19 Lično 25 April 2004 My SuperStar
Elimination chart + Legend Female Male Top 40 Wild Card Top 10 Winner Did Not PerformSafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated Stage: Semi FinalsFinals Week: 3/14 3/213/284/44/184/255/25/95/16 5/235/30 6/66/126/20Place Contestant Result1 Winner2 Elim 3Sámer Issa Elim 4Tomáš Savka Bottom 2 Bottom 2Elim 5Martina Balogová Bottom 2 Elim 6 Bottom 2 Bottom 2Elim 7Stanislav Dolinek Elim Elim 8Petra Páchová Elim 9Petr Poláček Bottom 2Elim 10Veronika Zaňková Elim Radka PoduškováElimElim Madalena JoaoElim Marta BalážováElimJan KořalkaElim ElimTomáš PoduškaElimSemi-Final 4ElimTomáš KrzyžanekDita HalováVeronika Šotová Semi-Final 3Veronika UlrichováElimJolana SmyčkováZuzana ZaharowskáPetra PudováIrini CharalambiduZdeněk MatulaVojtěch HrtanSemi-Final 2Leona UričkováElimPetra ŠtolfováMartin KubátInna ProskurňaLucie DvořákováLenka GotthardováSemi-Final 1Ivana HusákováElimVojtěch DingaTomáš BluchaKarolína HuvarováPatrick JurdićSilvie LehnerováKateřina Steinerová
The results of the first series were (the vote numbers are for the last night when the contestants were eliminated):
# Name Votes (people - %) Final night CD title Release date1.Aneta Langerová2,359,739 - 79.16% 20 June 2004"Spousta andělů" () "Dotyk" () "Jsem" () 2.Šárka Vaňková621,235 - 20.84% "Věřím náhodám" () 26 November 20043.Sámer Issa336,581 - 21.7%13 June "Busted"4.Tomáš Savka203,916 - 14.8%6 June "Já si tě stejně najdu" () 15 November 20045.Martina Balogová85,774 - 7.9%30 May "I Am Not From Here" 18 April 20056. ca 76,000 - 7.5%23 May "Obraz J. Z." () 24 January 20057.Stanislav Dolinek43,005 - 5.6%16 May "Standa 001" 15 November 20048.Petra Páchová35,613 - 4.3%9 May –9.Petr Poláček31,696 - 5.0%2 May "Petr Poláček & Iluze" 7 Mar 200510.Veronika Zaňková23,418 - 3.0%25 April "Zpátky na Zemi" () 1 Oct 2004 The finalists also recorded SuperStar Top 10, an album that includes three songs that they sing together. Two of them are by Top 10, "Veď mě dál" () and Superstar. The Top 5 sing together "Hvězdy" (). Their first single is "Veď mě dál" with 4 versions on the CD single.
Season 2 (2005) There were twelve finalists instead of the previous ten, with two eliminated on the first evening. They recorded the SuperStar Top 12 album that includes the single "Hvězda snů" () that has four versions on the CD Single. The winner Vlastimil Horváth's Romani origin, like Martina Balogová in the first series, was widely noted.
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Vlastimil Horváth 27 Vranov u Benešova Winner Grand Finale Petr Bende 27 Újezd u Rosic 12 June 2005 Gabriela Al Dhábba 19 Prague 5 June 2005 Musicals Michal Hudček 26 Prague 29 May 2005 Hits of the New Millennium Ali Amiri 25 Plzeň 22 May 2005 Rock Hits Michael Foret 18 Prostějov 15 May 2005 Hits from Semafor Klára Zaňková 16 Lično 8 May 2005 Big Band Filip Jankovič 19 Trenčín 1 May 2005 Love Songs Michaela Nosková 22 Brno 24 April 2005 Country Hits Kristýna Peterková 21 Prague 17 April 2005 70s Hits Janika Kolářova 17 Brno10 April 2005My SuperStar Monika Šramlová 26 Hostinné
Elimination chart + Legend Female Male Top 40 Wild Card Top 11 Winner Did Not PerformSafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated Stage: Semi FinalsFinals Week: 2/27 3/63/133/203/274/34/104/174/245/1 5/85/15 5/225/296/56/12Place Contestant Result1 Vlastimil Horváth Winner2 Bottom 2 Bottom 2 3Gabriela Al Dhábba Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Elim 4Michal Hudček 2nd Elim 5Ali Amiri Elim 6Michael Foret Elim Elim 7Klára Zaňková Elim 8Filip Jankovič Bottom 2Elim 9Michaela Nosková Bottom 2Elim 10Kristýna Peterková Elim Elim 11Janika Kolářová 2ndElim 12Monika Šramlová 2ndElim Simona BernardováElim Kamil Řezníček Zuzana Schubertová Aneta Šmidrkalová Naděžda VálováMartin MüllerSemi-Final 4Daniela KubečkováElimSandra Ferková Josef Živčák Matouš KubáčekBarbora ZajptováSvětlana ŠáchováAdam VojtěchSemi-Final 3Markéta PoulíčkováElimAdam ValášekRudolf GabrišLukáš BajtMarkéta VítkováTereza ŽenatáEva KašparováVojtěch DingaSemi-Final 2Michał RzeszutElimMichaela HanusováAdéla AichingrováNatalie HavrdováTomáš LöblJan HönigNikoleta SpalasováLukáš MichnaSemi-Final 1Lucie BakešováElimAndrea JanczarováLeona ČernáTereza TerčováThomas GlockMichaela TalašováMonika HavlíčkováLukáš Janota
Season 3 (2006) The third season premiered on 27 August 2006, with the finals (back to ten in number) starting on Sunday, 22 October. The voting always took place for a whole day until the results announcement on Monday evening.
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Zbyněk Drda 19 Karlovy Vary Winner Grand Finale David Spilka 20 Olomouc 17 December 2006 Leona Černá 25 Jiřetín 11 December 2006 Barbora Zemanová 16 Svojšín 4 December 2006 Martin Ševčík 17 Kozlovice 27 November 2006 Soňa Pavelková 15 Zlín 20 November 2006 Abba vs. The Beatles Roman Lasota 19 Český Těšín 13 November 2006 Musicals Tereza Najdekrová 20 Prague 6 November 2006 Aleš Burket 19 Chomutov 30 October 2006 Rock Ballads Karolína Pavlíková 18 Polička 23 October 2006 Hits of the 21st Century
Elimination chart + Legend Female Male Top 20 Top 10 Winner SafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated Stage: Semi FinalsFinals Week: 10/210/910/1610/2310/3011/611/13 11/2011/27 12/412/1112/17Place Contestant Result1Zbyněk Drda Winner2David Spilka 3Leona Černá Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Elim 4Barbora Zemanová Elim 5Martin Ševčík Bottom 2Elim 6Soňa Pavelková Bottom 2 Elim 7Roman Lasota Bottom 2 Bottom 2Elim 8Tereza Najdekrová Bottom 2Elim 9Aleš BurketElim 10Karolína Pavlíková Elim Jaroslav ParčiElimPetra Hlávková13-16Robert DanielElim Eva KrutákováJan KřížEliška Faicová17-20Michal MichajlecElimZuzana VlčekováJan KopečnýBarbora Opplová
Starship Troopers General In each season, the worst contestant as voted by the audience would receive the title of "generál Hvězdné pěchoty" ("). These were Anna Gleisnerová in 2004 (singing "Thank You" by Dido), Štěpán Turek in 2005 (singing an original song, "Velká diskotéková stávka") and Štěpán Fadrný in 2006 (singing "Sonne" by Rammstein).
References
External links Official webpage Season 1 (2004) and Season 2 (2005)