SuperStar Search Slovakia () is a casting television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Slovakia and is shown by the private TV network Markíza. The third season premiered in September 2007 with castings held in Banská Bystrica, Žilina, Bratislava and Košice.
Regional auditions Auditions were held in Bratislava, Košice, Banská Bystrica, Žilina in the summer of 2007.
Audition CityDateŽilina, SlovakiaJuly 15, 2007Banská Bystrica, SlovakiaJuly 22, 2007Košice, SlovakiaJuly 29, 2007Bratislava, SlovakiaAugust 6, 2007
Divadlo In Divadlo, there where 100 contestants. The contestants first emerged on stage in groups of 9 or 10 but performed solo unaccompanied, and those who did not impress the judges were cut after the group finished their individual performances. 22 contestants made it to the Semi-final.
Semi-final 22 semifinalists were revealed in September when the show premiered on screen. Eleven boys and eleven girls competed for a spot in the top 10. In three Semifinals, the guys performed on Saturday and the girls on Sunday night. The following Monday the lowest vote getters from each gender were eliminated.
Top 22 - Females + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "What a Feeling" (Irene Cara) Safe 2 Alexandra Ďurinová "Strong Enough" (Cher) Safe 3 Natália Hatalová "I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia) Safe 4 Ivana Kováčová "The Voice Within" (Christina Aguilera) Safe 5 Dominika Mirgová "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (Morcheeba) Safe 6 Lucia Olešová "Unfaithful" (Rihanna) Safe 7 Katarína Smolinská "Nobody Knows" (Pink) Safe 8 Dáša Šarkózyová "Vráť mi tie hviezdy" (Beáta Dubasová) Eliminated 9 Barbara Šulíková "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (Whitney Houston) Safe 10 Katarína Talanová "Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson) Eliminated 11 Alex Zelezníková "Spomaľ" (Peha) Safe
Top 22 - Males + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "So Sick" (Ne-Yo) Safe 2 Adam Briestenský "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day) Eliminated 3 Tomáš Buranovský "Lonely No More" (Rob Thomas) Safe 4 Michal Chrenko "1973" (James Blunt) Safe 5 Martin Konrád "Sail Away" (The Rasmus) Safe 6 Tomáš Krak "Klára" (Chinaski) Safe 7 Filip Lenárth "Otherside" (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Safe 8 Lukáš Piala "Feel" (Robbie Williams) Safe 9 Peter Račko "Every Breath You Take" (The Police) Eliminated 10 Jozef Rakyta "Nedá sa ujsť" (IMT Smile) Safe 11 Róbert Šimko "Behind Blue Eyes" (Limp Bizkit) Safe
Top 18 - Females + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "I'll Be There" (Mariah Carey) Safe 2 Alexandra Ďurinová "Angels" (Jessica Simpson) Eliminated 3 Natália Hatalová "Lost Without You" (Delta Goodrem) Safe 4 Ivana Kováčová "I'm with You" (Avril Lavigne) Safe 5 Dominika Mirgová "Say It Right" (Nelly Furtado) Safe 6 Lucia Olešová "Baby Can I Hold You" (Tracy Chapman) Eliminated 7 Katarína Smolinská "What's Up?" (4 Non Blondes) Safe 8 Barbara Šulíková "We Are" (Ana Johnsson) Safe 9 Alex Zelezníková "Amnestia na neveru" (Elán) Safe
Top 18 - Males + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "A Moment Like This" (Kelly Clarkson) Safe 2 Tomáš Buranovský "Beautiful" (Patrick Nuo) Safe 3 Michal Chrenko "Som na tebe závislý" (Desmod) Safe 4 Martin Konrád "Untitled" (Simple Plan) Safe 5 Tomáš Krak "Supreme" (Robbie Williams) Safe 6 Filip Lenárth "Čo ak" (IMT Smile) Safe 7 Lukáš Piala "Imagine" (John Lennon) Eliminated 8 Jozef Rakyta "My Immortal" (Evanescence) Eliminated 9 Róbert Šimko "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (Ozzy Osbourne) Safe
Top 14 - Females + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) Safe 2 Natália Hatalová "Saving All My Love for You" (Whitney Houston) Safe 3 Ivana Kováčová "Slnečný kalendár" (Marika Gombitová) Safe 4 Dominika Mirgová "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Fergie) Safe 5 Katarína Smolinská "Slnečná balada" (Peha) Eliminated 6 Barbara Šulíková "Hello" (Lionel Richie) Eliminated 7 Alex Zelezníková "One of Us" (Joan Osborne) Safe
Top 14 - Males + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "The Greatest Love of All" (George Benson) Safe 2 Tomáš Buranovský "Here Without You" (3 Doors Down) Eliminated 3 Michal Chrenko "Shape of My Heart" (Sting) Safe 4 Martin Konrád "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (Green Day) Safe 5 Tomáš Krak "Tears in Heaven" (Eric Clapton) Safe 6 Filip Lenárth "Aby bolo jasné" (Desmod) Eliminated 7 Róbert Šimko "Láska" (Gladiátor) Safe
Finalist ContestantAgeHometownPlace Finished Vierka Berkyová 16 Lučenec, Slovakia Winner Dominika Mirgová 15 Trnava, Slovakia Runner-up Róbert Šimko 17 Rožňava, Slovakia 3rd Ivana Kováčová 18 Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia 4th Martin Konrád 15 Neded, Slovakia 5th Marcel Berky 17 Sklabiná, Slovakia 6th Tomáš Krak 25 Košice, Slovakia 7th Michal Chrenko 17 Vráble, Slovakia 8th Natália Hatalová 17 Topoľčany, Slovakia 9th Alex Zelezníková 20 Partizánske, Slovakia 10th
Finals Ten contestants made it to the finals. The first single recorded by the TOP 10 is called "Dotkni sa hviezd" (Touch the Stars) and it was composed by judge Pavol Habera (music) and Slovak poem writer Daniel Hevier. Every final night has its theme. Audience can vote for contestants from the very beginning of the show, voting ends during result show on the next day.
Top 10 – Year They Were Born + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) Safe 2 Vierka Berkyová "Emotions" (Mariah Carey) Safe 3 Michal Chrenko "Poďme sa zachránit" (Peter Nagy) Safe 4 Natália Hatalová "All Around the World" (Lisa Stansfield) Bottom 3 5 Dominika Mirgová "Save the Best for Last" (Vanessa Williams) Safe 6 Alex Zelezníková "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Belinda Carlisle) Eliminated 7 Martin Konrád "O bláznech" (Michal Penk) Safe 8 Róbert Šimko "I Want It All" (Queen) Bottom 3 9 Tomáš Krak "Up Where We Belong" (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes ) Safe 10 Ivana Kováčová "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Whitney Houston) Safe
Top 9 – Rock + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "The Reason" (Hoobastank) Bottom 3 2 Vierka Berkyová "Don't Speak" (No Doubt) Safe 3 Michal Chrenko "Nepoznám" (IMT Smile) Safe 4 Natália Hatalová "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Joan Jett) Eliminated 5 Dominika Mirgová "Complicated" (Avril Lavigne) Safe 6 Martin Konrád "In the Shadows" (The Rasmus) Bottom 3 7 Róbert Šimko "My Sacrifice" (Creed) Safe 8 Tomáš Krak "Fairytale Gone Bad" (Sunrise Avenue) Safe 9 Ivana Kováčová "Free Your Mind" (En Vogue) Safe
Top 8 – Ballads + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "Modlitba Lásky" (Robo Grigorov) Bottom 3 2 Vierka Berkyová "Anjelik môj" (Dara Rolins) Safe 3 Michal Chrenko "Say You, Say Me" (Lionel Richie) Eliminated 4 Dominika Mirgová "Stickwitu" (Pussycat Dolls) Safe 5 Martin Konrád "Láska drž ma nad hladinou" (Tublatanka) Safe 6 Róbert Šimko "Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M.) Safe 7 Tomáš Krak "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (Elton John) Safe 8 Ivana Kováčová "Eternal Flame" (The Bangles) Bottom 3
Top 7 – Dance + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "Because of You" (Ne-Yo) Bottom 3 2 Vierka Berkyová "Dancing Queen" (ABBA) Safe 3 Dominika Mirgová "Čo o mne vieš" (Dara Rolins) Safe 4 Martin Konrád "Hey! Baby" (DJ Ötzi) Bottom 3 5 Róbert Šimko "Sex Bomb" (Tom Jones) Safe 6 Tomáš Krak "Faith" (George Michael) Eliminated 7 Ivana Kováčová "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Kylie Minogue) Safe
Top 6 – Big Bands and Duets + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Marcel Berky "Against All Odds" (Phil Collins) Eliminated 2 Vierka Berkyová "Lásko má já stůňu" (Helena Vondráčková) Safe 3 Dominika Mirgová "Unwritten" (Natasha Bedingfield) Safe 4 Martin Konrád "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith) Bottom 3 5 Róbert Šimko "The Unforgiven" (Metallica) Safe 6 Ivana Kováčová "Hero" (Mariah Carey) Bottom 3 7 Róbert Šimko & Marcel Berky "Loď ktorá sa plaví do neznáma" (Tublatanka) N/A 8 Vierka Berkyová & Ivana Kováčová "I'll Stand by You" (Girls Aloud) N/A 9 Martin Konrád & Dominika Mirgová "One" (U2 & Mary J.Blige) N/A
Top 5 – Miroslav Žbirka + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "Atlantída" (Miroslav Žbirka) Bottom 3 2 Dominika Mirgová "Zažni" (Miroslav Žbirka) Bottom 3 3 Martin Konrád "Poraď si sám" (Miroslav Žbirka) Eliminated 4 Róbert Šimko "Mám čierny deň" (Miroslav Žbirka) Safe 5 Ivana Kováčová "Prvá" (Miroslav Žbirka) Safe 6 Vierka Berkyová "Dvaja" (Miroslav Žbirka) Bottom 3 7 Dominika Mirgová "Nespáľme to krásne v nás" (Miroslav Žbirka) Bottom 3 8 Martin Konrád "Možno sa ti zdá" (Miroslav Žbirka) Eliminated 9 Róbert Šimko "Cesta zakázanou rýchlosťou" (Miroslav Žbirka) Safe 10 Ivana Kováčová "V slepých uličkách" (Miroslav Žbirka) Safe
Top 4 – Unplugged + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "Out of Reach" (Gabrielle) Safe 2 Dominika Mirgová "Umbrella" (Rihanna) Bottom 2 3 Róbert Šimko "Niekto ti to povie skôr než ja" (Desmod) Safe 4 Ivana Kováčová "Try" (Nelly Furtado) Eliminated 5 Vierka Berkyová "Killing Me Softly" (Fugees) Safe 6 Dominika Mirgová "Vietor" (Zdenka Predná) Bottom 2 7 Róbert Šimko "Fields of Gold" (Sting) Safe 8 Ivana Kováčová "It Must Have Been Love" (Roxette) Eliminated
Top 3 – Idol's Choice + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "From Sarah with Love" (Sarah Connor) Safe 2 Dominika Mirgová "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Avril Lavigne) Safe 3 Róbert Šimko "Kúpim si pekný deň" (Gladiátor) Eliminated 4 Vierka Berkyová "Ain't That Just A Way" (Lutricia McNeal) Safe 5 Dominika Mirgová "Sway" (Pussycat Dolls) Safe 6 Róbert Šimko "How You Remind Me" (Nickelback) Eliminated 7 Vierka Berkyová "Viem že povieš áno" (Tina) Safe 8 Dominika Mirgová "Irreplaceable" (Beyoncé Knowles) Safe 9 Róbert Šimko "Tonight" (Reamonn) Eliminated
Top 2 – Grand Final + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Vierka Berkyová "Killing Me Softly" (Fugees) Winner 2 Dominika Mirgová "Sway" (Pussycat Dolls) Runner-up 3 Vierka Berkyová "Tři oříšky" (Iveta Bartošová) Winner 4 Dominika Mirgová "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Mariah Carey) Runner-up 5 Vierka Berkyová "Angels " (Jessica Simpson) Winner 6 Dominika Mirgová "Angels " (Jessica Simpson) Runner-up 7 Vierka Berkyová & Dominika Mirgová "Dotkni sa hviezd" (TOP 10 Song) N/A
TOP 10 Performance: Happy Xmas (Plastic Ono Band)
Elimination chart + Legend Female Male Top 22 Top 10 Winner SafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated Stage: Semi FinalsFinals Week: 10/110/810/1510/2210/2911/511/12 11/1911/26 12/312/1012/17Place Contestant Result1 Vierka Berkyová Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Safe Winner2 Dominika Mirgová Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe 3Róbert Šimko Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated4Ivana Kováčová Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated5Martin Konrád Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Eliminated6Marcel Berky Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Eliminated 7Tomáš Krak Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated8Michal Chrenko Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated 9Natália Hatalová Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated 10Alex Zelezníková Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Filip Lenárth Safe SafeEliminated Barbara Šulíková Safe Safe Tomáš Buranovský Safe SafeKatarína Smolinská Safe Safe15-18Jozef Rakyta SafeEliminated Lucia Olešová SafeLukáš Piala SafeAlexandra Ďurinová Safe19-22Adam BriestenskýEliminatedKatarína TalanováPeter RačkoDáša Šárkózyová
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