Česko Slovenská SuperStar (English: Czech&Slovak SuperStar) is the joint Czech-Slovak version of Idol series' Pop Idol merged from Česko hledá SuperStar and Slovensko hľadá SuperStar which previous to that had three individual seasons each. The sixth season premiered in winter 2020 with castings held in Prague and Bratislava. It is broadcast on two channels: «TV Nova» (Czech Republic) and «Markíza» (Slovakia) which have also been the broadcast stations for the individual seasons.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic audience were cut off from Semi-final and Final weeks were reduced from planned 5 to only 2 live shows.
Regional auditions Auditions were held in Bratislava and Prague in the autumn of 2019.
Audition CityDateBratislava, SlovakiaOctober 4–5, 2019Prague, Czech RepublicOctober 19–20, 2019
Bunker - TOP 80 All 80 contestants who made it through auditions were allocated to Bunkr Drnov - Muzeum protivzdušné obrany (Drnov Bunker - Museum of Air Defense).
In the first round, the girls were called in groups of five to sing a cappella in front of the judges. Each girl had a few seconds to sing and after the entire group performed, they found out whether they were eliminated or they would continue in the next round.
The boys did not get to perform at all, the judges told them they all advanced to the next round, due to the smaller number of boys in the contest. Only five boys joined girls in this round.
The next round took place at the same night. All contestants have to perform songs of their choice in front of the judges. Not all contestants perform because some had impressed the judges before.
Divadlo (Theater) - TOP 48 48 contestants who made it through Bunker were allocated to Karlovy Vary Theater and they were divided into groups of 4. They have one day to learn song chosen by producers. All groups have session with vocal coach.
ContestantSongArtistResultContestantSongArtistResult Jaroslav Oláh"Baroko"Richard Müller Advanced Daniel Mrózek"Let Me Entertain You"Robbie Williams Eliminated Veronika Weissová Advanced Gabriela Beranová Eliminated Nikola Šroubková Eliminated Júlia Kramárová Advanced Jaroslav Dolník Advanced Štěpán Mráz Advanced Michaela Hanudelová"Lose You to Love Me"Selena Gomez Eliminated Samuel Meyers"Story of My Life"One Direction Eliminated Diana Chodžajanová Eliminated Jan Fanta Advanced Alica Urcikánová Eliminated Michal Choma Advanced Nela Žáková Eliminated Mikuláš Hrbáček Advanced Andrea Loužecká"The Scientist"Coldplay Eliminated Silvester Roštár"Úsmev"Modus Eliminated Martin Schreiner Advanced Martina Puchalová Eliminated Hana Džurbanová Advanced Dominika Rovňanová Eliminated Miroslav Šimůnek Eliminated Tomáš Mikulka Advanced Vlastimír Povolný"Let Her Go"Passenger Eliminated Klára Berisha"Telephone"Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé Advanced Dominika Lukešová Advanced Valerie Lynn Advanced Martina Koniariková Advanced Esther Lubadika Advanced Giovanni Ricci Advanced Lucie Bikárová Advanced Adéla Krejdlová"Elastic Heart" Sia Advanced Michal Šafrata"Come Together" The Beatles Advanced Hana Paceková Eliminated Barbora Piešová Advanced Diana Kovaľová Advanced Matěj Vávra Advanced Tereza Navrátilová Eliminated Sandrine Amadou Titi Eliminated Václav Krušina"Demons"Imagine Dragons Eliminated Luboš Mráz"Príbeh nekončí" Anthem of SuperStar Eliminated Kamila Polonyová Eliminated Zara Prágerová Eliminated Timotej Májsky Advanced Karin Křižová Advanced Natália Kollárová Advanced Dávid Jakubkovič Eliminated
26 contestants who made it through the first round were singing duets. Every duo will perform song chosen by production. This round is based on duels, which means from each duo the better singer will move on, but both singers could move on to the next round or both singers could be eliminated. Performances took place in Imperial Hotel in Karlovy Vary.
ContestantSongArtistResultContestantSongArtistResult Júlia Kramárová"Proud Mary"Tina Turner Advanced Dominika Lukešová"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi Advanced Klára Berisha Advanced Jaroslav Dolník Eliminated Giovanni Ricci"Señorita"Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello Advanced Esther Lubadika"Perfect"Ed Sheeran Advanced Martina Koniariková Advanced Michal Choma Eliminated Timotej Májsky"Dancing on My Own"Calum Scott Advanced Lucie Bikárová"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Advanced Hana Džurbanová Advanced Jan Fanta Advanced Mikuláš Hrbáček"Stitches"Shawn Mendes Advanced Valerie Lynn"Smooth Criminal"Michael Jackson Eliminated Karin Křížová Advanced Matěj Vávra Advanced Martin Schreiner"Dusk Till Dawn"Zayn Malik ft. Sia Advanced Veronika Weissová"Angels"Robbie Williams Advanced Diana Kovaľová Advanced Štěpán Mráz Eliminated Tomáš Mikulka"V slepých uličkách"Marika Gombitová and Miroslav Žbirka Eliminated Natália Kollárová"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"Elton John and Kiki Dee Eliminated Barbora Piešová Advanced Jaroslav Oláh Eliminated Michal Šafrata"Shallow"Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Advanced Adéla Krejdlová Eliminated
Semi-final 18 contestant made it to the semi-final. From the first time semi-final is not live event and it's prerecorded also for the first time judges pick whole TOP 10. Semi-final took place in Epic Club in Prague. Semifinal took place on March 18, 2020 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic audience were cut off from this round.
Top 18 + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Matěj Vávra "Mercy" (Shawn Mendes) Eliminated 2 Karin Křížová "Million Reasons" (Lady Gaga) Eliminated 3 Dominika Lukešová "Love Me like You Do" (Ellie Goulding) Advanced 4 Timotej Májsky "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley) Advanced 5 Klára Berisha "If I Were a Boy" (Beyoncé) Eliminated 6 Martin Schreiner "Jealous" (Labrinth) Advanced 7 Lucie Bikárová "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" (Tori Kelly) Advanced 8 Diana Kovaľová "Hello" (Adele) Advanced 9 Michal Šafrata "On My Head" (Dan Bárta) Advanced 10 Júlia Kramárová "Hurt" (Christina Aguilera) Advanced 11 Jan Fanta "I'm Still Standing" (Elton John) Eliminated 12 Martina Koniariková "A Thousand Years" (Christina Perri) Eliminated 13 Esther Lubadika "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (Whitney Houston) Advanced 14 Hana Džurbanová "Lásko, voníš deštěm" (Marie Rottrová) Eliminated 15 Giovanni Ricci "Say You Won't Let Go" (James Arthur) Advanced 16 Veronika Weissová "Bound to You" (Christina Aguilera) Eliminated 17 Mikuláš Hrbáček "Sorry" (Justin Bieber) Eliminated 18 Barbora Piešová "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) Advanced
Finalist
ContestantAgeHometownPlace finished Barbora Piešová 19 Prievidza, Slovakia Winner Diana Kovaľová 15 Fuengirola, Spain Runner-up Martin Schreiner 22 Prague, Czech Republic 3rd Dominika Lukešová 17 Králův Dvůr, Czech Republic 4th Giovanni Ricci 22 Nitra, Slovakia 5th Michal Šafrata 21 Litohoř, Czech Republic 6th - 10th Lucie Bikárová 15 Brno, Czech Republic Esther Lubadika 28 Prague, Czech Republic Timotej Májsky 22 Púchov, Slovakia Júlia Kramárová 18 Vienna, Austria
Finals Final TOP 10 will perform in two live shows. Final shows will be filmed live in Studio Jinonice in Prague. Contestant and production members from Slovakia were tested for COVID-19 before they crossed borders of Czech Republic and after return they will take quarantine. Contesntat from Czech Republic were tested in Czech Republic and Diana Kovaľová who lives in Spain was tested in Spain. Also judge Pavol Habera was tested in USA where he was during last weeks.
Top 10 + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Michal Šafrata "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) Eliminated 2 Barbora Piešová "Somebody to Love" (Queen) Safe 3 Lucie Bikárová "One Night Only" (Dreamgirls) Eliminated 4 Timotej Májsky "Myslím, že môže byť" (IMT Smile & Marián Čekovský) Eliminated 5 Júlia Kramárová "The Edge of Glory" (Lady Gaga) Eliminated 6 Dominika Lukešová "Stay with Me" (Sam Smith) Safe 7 Giovanni Ricci "I Don't Care" (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) Safe 8 Martin Schreiner "Tančíš sama" (Petr Muk) Safe 9 Esther Lubadika "Can't Hold Us" (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) Eliminated 10 Diana Kovaľová "You Lost Me" (Christina Aguilera) Safe
Group performance: "Will You Be There" (Michael Jackson)
Top 5 - Grand Final Unlike the First live show in this due lifting the quarantine in both Slovakia and Czech Republic family members will be in studio as audience. Judge Monika Bagárová will be judge via online broadcast from home in Grand final because she gave birth to a daughter 4 days before final. + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Barbora Piešová "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters) Safe 2 Martin Schreiner "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) Safe 3 Dominika Lukešová "No Time to Die" (Billie Eilish) Eliminated 4 Diana Kovaľová "Set Fire to the Rain" (Adele) Safe 5 Giovanni Ricci "Your Song" (Elton John) Eliminated 6 Barbora Piešová "Milovanie v daždi" (Richard Müller) Safe 7 Martin Schreiner "Žal se odkládá" (Jiří Korn) Safe 8 Dominika Lukešová "Na ostří nože" (Ewa Farna) Eliminated 9 Diana Kovaľová "Voda čo ma drží nad vodou" (Elán) Safe 10 Giovanni Ricci "Mám ťa rád" (Karol Duchoň)Eliminated
Group performance: Medley of Czech and Slovak songs
Top 3 - Super Final + Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result 1 Diana Kovaľová "Someone You Loved" (Lewis Capaldi) Runner-up 2 Martin Schreiner "Say Something" (A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera) Eliminated 3 Barbora Piešová "Next to Me" (Imagine Dragons) Winner
Elimination chart + Legend Female Male Top 18 Top 10 Winner Did Not PerformSafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated Stage:FinalsWeek: 5/17 5/245/31Place Contestant Result 1 Barbora Piešová Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner2 Diana Kovaľová Safe Safe Safe Safe 3 Martin Schreiner Safe Safe Safe Eliminated 4 Dominika Lukešová Safe Safe Eliminated 5 Giovanni Ricci Safe Safe Eliminated6-10 Lucie Bikárová Safe Eliminated Michal Šafrata Safe Timotej Májsky Safe Júlia Kramárová Safe Esther Lubadika SafeSemi-Final Klára BerishaEliminated Martina Koniariková Jan Fanta Veronika Weissová Matěj Vávra Mikuláš Hrbáček Karin Křížová Hana Džurbanová
Contestants who appeared on other seasons/shows Matěj Vávra was a finalist on X Factor season 1. Esther Lubadika was a semi-finalist on Česko Slovensko má talent season 3. Jan Fanta appeared on Česko Slovensko má talent season 7 but didn't make it through the audition. Daniel Mrózek was an artist on the first season of The Voice, joined Team Josef Vojtek and eliminated during fourth Live show. Jaroslav Dolník was a contestant from Česko Slovenská Superstar 2009 where he was eliminated during audition. Júlia Kramárová was a contestant from Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 17. She was eliminated in TOP 40.
References
External links Official Czech homepage hosted by Nova Official Slovak homepage hosted by Markíza