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. Finalists Season 1 Žanamari Lalić Winner Pamela Ramljak 5 June Neda Parmać 29 May Linda Švarc 22 May Alan Šćuric 15 May Ivana Marić 8 May Denis Mladenović 1 May Karmen Matković 24 April Season 2 Patrick Jurdić WinnerLidija Bačić 26 February Marina Kristić 19 February Teo Nikolac 12 February Siniša Vidović 5 February Ana Bebić 29 January Karmen Papić 22 January Ivana Jelečević 15 January
Season 1 Hosts
Nikolina Božić Vinko Štefanac
Judges
Đorđe Novković Miroslav Škoro Ivanka Boljkovac Nikša Bratoš
Auditions
Rijeka (03/17/04) Split Osijek Zagreb
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Žanamari Lalić 22 Split Winner Grand Finale Pamela Ramljak 24 Zagreb June 5, 2004 Neda Parmać 18 Split May 29, 2004 Judges'/Contestant's Choice Linda Švarc 25 Zagreb May 22, 2004 The 90s Alan Šćuric 23 Zagreb May 15, 2004 The 70s Ivana Marić 21 Split May 8, 2004 The 80s Denis Mladenović 18 Zagreb May 1, 2004 Film Songs Karmen Matković 19 Zagreb April 24, 2004 My Idol
Finals Elimination Chart
Stage:Semi FinalsFinalsWeeks:12/2512/2601/0101/0201/1501/2201/2902/0502/1202/1902/26PlaceContestantResult1Žanamari Lalić1 Winner2Pamela Ramljak 1 Runner-up3Neda Parmać 2 Btm2 Btm3 Btm2 Elim4Linda Švarc1 Btm2 Btm2 Elim5Alan Šćuric2 Btm3 Elim6Ivana Marić 2 Btm2 Elim7Denis Mladenović 1 Btm3 Elim8Karmen Matković2 Elim + Legend Female Male Safe Safe first Safe second Eliminated
Season 2 Hosts
Nikolina Božić Predrag Šuka
Judges
Zrinko Tutić Goran Karan Ricardo Luque Marija Husar
Auditions
Split (10/31/04) Osijek (11/07/04) Opatija (11/14/04) Zagreb (11/21/04)
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Patrick Jurdić 19 Osijek Winner Grand Finale Lidija Bačić 19 Split February 26, 2005 Marina Kristić 21 Zagreb February 19, 2005 Number 1 Hits Teo Nikolac 24 Zagreb February 12, 2005 Love Songs Siniša Vidović 17 Split February 5, 2005 Film Hits Ana Bebić 18 Split January 29, 2005 My Birth Year Karmen Papić Split January 22, 2005 Croatian Songs Ivana Jelečević Osijek January 15, 2005 My Idol
Finals Elimination Chart
Stage:Semi FinalsFinalsWeeks:12/2512/2601/0101/0201/1501/2201/2902/0502/1202/1902/26PlaceContestantResult1Patrick Jurdić1 Winner2Lidija Bačić 1 Btm3 Runner-up3Marina Kristić 2 Btm3 Btm3 Btm2 Elim4Teo Nikolac2 Btm2 Btm3 Btm2 Elim5Siniša Vidović 1 Btm2 Elim6Ana Bebić1 Elim7Karmen Papić 2 Btm2 Elim8Ivana Jelečević2 Elim + Legend Female Male Safe Safe first Safe second Eliminated
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