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SuperStar Search Slovakia
Season 1
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Hosted byMartin Rausch
Adela Banášová
Judges Ladislav Lučenič
Pavol Habera
Lenka Slaná
Julo Viršík
Winner Katarína Koščová
Runner-up Martina Šindlerová
Finals venueNational Tennis Centre
Release
Original network STV
Original releaseOctober 29, 2004 (2004-10-29) 
April 15, 2005 (2005-04-15)
Season chronology
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Season 2

SuperStar Search Slovakia (Slovak : Slovensko hľadá SuperStar) 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. It was broadcast by the national TV network STV in the late 2004 and early 2005. The first season premiered on October 29, 2004, and concluded on April 15, 2005. The main show was aired on Fridays, the accompanying SuperStar Search Slovakia Magazine was broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, premiering on December 14, 2004.

Judges and hosts

Judges

The show had four judges; singers and musicians Ladislav Lučenič and Pavol Habera, a music producer Lenka Slaná, and a radio personality Július Viršík. Lučenič served as the head-judge and had the main vote.

Hosts

The regional auditions and live shows were hosted by the then radio presenters Adela Banášová and Martin Rausch (referred to by his radio nickname, Pyco). The accompanying Superstar Search Slovakia Magazine was hosted by Banášová and Rausch's radio associate, Branislav Ciberej (aka Bruno). The magazine covered the making of the show and featured interviews with contestants, judges or musicians.

Regional auditions

Auditions were held in Bratislava, Košice, Banská Bystrica, Žilina in the summer of 2004.

Audition CityDate
Košice, Slovakia August 31, 2004
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia September 7, 2004
Žilina, Slovakia September 14, 2004
Bratislava, Slovakia September 21, 2004

Divadlo (Theatre)

The best 100 singers from the regional auditions advanced to Divadlo (Theatre). The contestants first emerged on stage in groups of 9 or 10 and performed a solo unaccompanied. Those who did not impress the judges were eliminated after the group members finished their individual performances. The remaining contestants then formed same-sex trios and had to perform given songs accompanied with piano. The female trios sang "Modrá" by Jana Kirschner, the male trios performed "Voda, čo ma drží nad vodou" by Elán. The best 50 contestants made it to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

The 50 contestants who reached this stage were referred to in the show as the semi-finalists. They were divided into groups of 10 and performed live from the studio. From each group, two people advanced to the final round, based on viewers' votes. Below are the five semi-final groups with contestants listed in their performance order.

Group 1

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Radka Tomášková"Diaľkové ovládanie" (Katarína Knechtová)Eliminated
2Jana Ferenčíková"I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)Eliminated
3Robo Mikla"Let Me Entertain You" (Robbie Williams)Advanced
4Mária Mladosievičová"Stop!" (Sam Brown)Eliminated
5Monika Zázrivcová"I Bruise Easily" (Natasha Bedingfield)Wild Card
6Adam Ďurica"Opri sa o mňa" (IMT Smile)Wild Card
7Marián Fatrsík"Let It Be" (The Beatles)Eliminated
8Mária Petríková"Tam kde sa naumiera" (Zuzana Smatanová)Eliminated
9 Samuel Tomeček "Wherever You Will Go" (The Calling)Advanced
10Jana Čonková"My Immortal" (Evanescence)Eliminated

Group 2

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Michaela Mrúzová"Čo o mne vieš" (Dara Rolins)Eliminated
2Petra Humeňanská"Black Velvet" (Alannah Myles)Advanced
3Igor Belaj"Vo veľkej škole dní" (Tublatanka)Eliminated
4Martin Kelecsényi"Feel" (Robbie Williams)Advanced
5Saskia Šipošová"Like a Prayer" (Madonna)Eliminated
6Katka Svrčeková"These Words" (Natasha Bedingfield)Eliminated
7Mário Dvorský"Love Me Tender" (Elvis Presley)Eliminated
8Rastislav Majerech"Every Breath You Take" (The Police)Eliminated
9Zdenka Menšíková"Don't Speak" (No Doubt)Eliminated
10Jana Mutňanská"Out of Reach" (Gabrielle)Eliminated

Group 3

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Zuzana Krivošíková"Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Irene Cara)Eliminated
2Eva Gažová"My Love Is Your Love" (Whitney Houston)Wild Card
3 Zdenka Predná "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Lauryn Hill)Advanced
4Peter Kotuľa"With or Without You" (U2)Wild Card
5Žaneta Ozaniaková"Underneath Your Clothes" (Shakira)Eliminated
6Silvia Ménová"What Happens Tomorrow" (Duran Duran)Eliminated
7Zachariáš Hubáček"Lovesong" (Pavol Habera)Wild Card
8Martin Lebek"My Love" (Westlife)Eliminated
9Daniel Gábriš"Dnes je skvelý deň" (Gladiátor)Eliminated
10 Katarína Koščová "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (Morcheeba)Advanced

Group 4

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Júlia Smolková"Killing Me Softly" (Alicia Keys)Eliminated
2Lucia Radecká"Easy to Be Hard" (Hair (musical))Eliminated
3Peter Konček"I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly)Advanced
4 Tomáš Bezdeda "Malý princ" (Aya)Advanced
5Zuzka Cibová"Posledná" (Jana Kirschner)Eliminated
6Jaroslav Závodský"Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M.)Eliminated
7Tünde Gogolová"The Power of Love" (Laura Branigan)Eliminated
8Nina Pavlovičová"I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor)Eliminated
9Andrej Vršanský"Feel" (Robbie Williams)Eliminated
10Marta Szábóová"The Winner Takes It All" (ABBA)Eliminated

Group 5

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Dodo Mikulášik"Against All Odds" (Phil Collins)Eliminated
2Jozef Šivák"Back for Good" (Take That)Eliminated
3Marek Kravjar"Milovanie v daždi" (Richard Müller)Eliminated
4Monika Vojtková"I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Yvonne Elliman)Eliminated
5Richard Vida"Just A Gigolo" (Lou Bega)Eliminated
6Simona Brezánová"If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys)Eliminated
7Lenka Rakárová"Women In Love" (Barbra Streisand)Eliminated
8Monika Rybárová"Sick & Tired" (Anastacia)Eliminated
9Miro Jaroš"When You Say Nothing At All" (Ronan Keating)Advanced
10 Martina Šindlerová "Stop!" (Sam Brown)Advanced

Wild Card Round

ContestantResults
Adam ĎuricaEliminated
Monika ZázrivcováEliminated
Zachariáš HubáčekEliminated
Peter KotuľaAdvanced
Eva GažováEliminated

Finalists

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Petra Humeňanská
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Miro Jaroš
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Zdenka Predná
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Tomáš Bezdeda
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Martina Šindlerová
ContestantAgeHometownPlace Finished
Katarína Koščová 22 Prešov, Slovakia Winner
Martina Šindlerová 16 Bratislava, Slovakia Runner-up
Tomáš Bezdeda 19 Žilina, Slovakia 3rd
Zdenka Predná 20 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 4th
Robo Mikla22 Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia 5th
Miro Jaroš26 Teplička nad Váhom, Slovakia 6th
Samuel Tomeček 19 Bratislava, Slovakia 7th
Peter Konček19 Nové Zámky, Slovakia 8th
Peter Kotuľa22 Bratislava, Slovakia 9th
Petra Humeňanská 20 Prešov, Slovakia 10th
Martin Kelecsényi25 Bratislava, Slovakia 11th

Peter Konček died in a car accident on January 6, 2012.

Finals

Eleven contestants made it to the finals. The first single recorded by TOP 11 is called "Kým vieš snívať" ("As Long as You Can Dream") and it was composed by the judge Pavol Habera (music) and a Slovak poem writer Daniel Hevier (lyrics). Each final night had its own theme. Audiences could vote for the contestants from the beginning of the show via text messages. The voting ended during the result show on the same day. The best 6 contestants later recorded another single, "Teraz je ten správny čas" ("Now It Is the Right Time").

Top 11 – My Idol

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Robo Mikla"Kým ťa mám" (Robo Grigorov)Safe
2Samuel Tomeček"It's My Life" (Bon Jovi)Safe
3Petra Humeňanská"Hungry Eyes" (Eric Carmen)Bottom 3
4Martin Kelecsényi"Bed of Roses" (Bon Jovi) Eliminated
5Zdenka Predná"Fallin'" (Alicia Keys)Safe
6Katarína Koščová"You Had Me" (Joss Stone)Safe
7Peter Konček"If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (R. Kelly)Safe
8Tomáš Bezdeda"Dnes" (Tublatanka)Safe
9Miro Jaroš"Boro Boro" (Arash)Safe
10Martina Šindlerová"Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin)Safe
11Peter Kotuľa"Love's Divine" (Seal)Bottom 3

Top 10 – Ballads

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Robo Mikla"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)Safe
2Samuel Tomeček"You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker)Safe
3Petra Humeňanská"Love of My Life" (Queen)Eliminated
4Zdenka Predná"Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinéad O'Connor)Safe
5Katarína Koščová"Little Sister" (Jana Kirschner)Safe
6Peter Konček"In A Rush" (Blackstreet)Bottom 3
7Tomáš Bezdeda"Tears in Heaven" (Eric Clapton)Safe
8Miro Jaroš"L’Aurora" (Eros Ramazzotti)Safe
9Martina Šindlerová"Je t'aime" (Lara Fabian)Safe
10Peter Kotuľa"Mandy" (Barry Manilow)Bottom 3

Top 9 – 1970s Disco

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Robo Mikla"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (Barry White)Bottom 3
2Samuel Tomeček"I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Kiss)Bottom 3
3Zdenka Predná"I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor)Safe
4Katarína Koščová"We Are Family" (Sister Sledge)Safe
5Peter Konček"Kung Fu Fighting" (Carl Douglas)Safe
6Tomáš Bezdeda"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)Safe
7Miro Jaroš"Love Is in the Air" (John Paul Young)Safe
8Martina Šindlerová"Hot Stuff" (Donna Summer)Safe
9Peter Kotuľa"Y.M.C.A." (Village People)Eliminated

Top 8 – Hits of Year 2004

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Robo Mikla"Exotica" (I.M.T. Smile)Safe
2Samuel Tomeček"Behind Blue Eyes" (Limp Bizkit)Bottom 3
3Zdenka Predná"These Words" (Natasha Bedingfield)Bottom 3
4Katarína Koščová"Powerless (Say What You Want)" (Nelly Furtado)Safe
5Peter Konček"Carwash" (Christina Aguilera)Eliminated
6Tomáš Bezdeda"Hľadám" (No Name)Safe
7Miro Jaroš"Not in Love" (Enrique Iglesias)Safe
8Martina Šindlerová"Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia)Safe

Top 7 – Rock Edition

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Robo Mikla"Rebel Yell" (Billy Idol)Bottom 3
2Samuel Tomeček"Wherever You Will Go" (The Calling)Eliminated
3Zdenka Predná"What's Up?" (4 Non Blondes)Safe
4Katarína Koščová"You Oughta Know" (Alanis Morissette)Safe
5Tomáš Bezdeda"Reklama na ticho" (TEAM)Safe
6Miro Jaroš"Enjoy the Silence" (Depeche Mode)Bottom 3
7Martina Šindlerová"Weak" (Skunk Anansie)Safe

Top 6 – Duets

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Katarína Koščová & Zdenka Predná"Say Say Say" (Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney)N/A
2Miro Jaroš & Robo Mikla"Senza una donna" (Zucchero and Paul Young)N/A
3Martina Šindlerová & Tomáš Bezdeda"Stumblin' In" (Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman)N/A
4Miro Jaroš & Katarína Koščová"Oh Me Oh My" (Jana Kirschner & Miroslav Žbirka)N/A
5Zdenka Predná & Tomáš Bezdeda"V slepých uličkách" (Marika Gombitová & Miroslav Žbirka)N/A
6Martina Šindlerová & Robo Mikla"Pár dní" (Desmod & Zuzana Smatanová)N/A
7Katarína Koščová & Martina Šindlerová"The Shoop Shoop Song" (Cher)N/A
8Zdenka Prená & Miro Jaroš"7 Seconds" (Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry)N/A
9Tomáš Bezdeda & Robo Mikla"Ó Maňo" (Ján Kuric & Věra Bílá)N/A
ContestantResults
Robo MiklaBottom 3
Zdenka PrednáSafe
Katarína KoščováBottom 3
Tomáš BezdedaSafe
Miro JarošEliminated
Martina ŠindlerováSafe

Top 5 – The Beatles vs Elvis Presley

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Robo MiklaN/AWithdrew
2Zdenka Predná"Twist and Shout" (The Beatles)Safe
3Katarína Koščová"I Saw Her Standing There" (The Beatles)Safe
4Tomáš Bezdeda"She Loves You" (The Beatles)Safe
5Martina Šindlerová"Oh! Darling" (The Beatles)Safe
6Robo MiklaN/AWithdrew
7Zdenka Predná"Hound Dog" (Elvis Presley)Safe
8Katarína Koščová"Jailhouse Rock" (Elvis Presley)Safe
9Tomáš Bezdeda"Always on My Mind" (Elvis Presley)Safe
10Martina Šindlerová"My Way" (Elvis Presley)Safe

Top 4 – Slovak Hits

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Zdenka Predná"Slnečná balada" (Peha)Eliminated
2Katarína Koščová"Tam kde sa neumiera" (Zuzana Smatanová)Safe
3Tomáš Bezdeda"Poďme sa zachrániť" (Peter Nagy)Safe
4Martina Šindlerová"Chlap z kríža" (Szidi Tobias)Bottom 2
5Zdenka Predná"Študentské lásky" (Marika Gombitová)Eliminated
6Katarína Koščová"Pomätená" (Marika Gombitová)Safe
7Tomáš Bezdeda"Voda, čo ma drží nad vodou" (Elán)Safe
8Martina Šindlerová"Vyznanie" (Marika Gombitová)Bottom 2

Top 3 – Swing

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Katarína Koščová"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (Louis Prima)Safe
2Tomáš Bezdeda"They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Fred Astaire)Eliminated
3Martina Šindlerová"Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland)Safe
4Katarína Koščová"Summertime" (Abbie Mitchell)Safe
5Tomáš Bezdeda"Theme from New York, New York" (Frank Sinatra)Eliminated
6Martina Šindlerová"It's Only a Paper Moon" (Ella Fitzgerald)Safe
7Katarína Koščová"Cheek to Cheek" (Ginger Rogers)Safe
8Tomáš Bezdeda"Blue Moon" (Mel Tormé)Eliminated
9Martina Šindlerová"I Got Rhythm" (Judy Garland)Safe

Top 2 – Grand Final

OrderContestantSong (original artist)Result
1Katarína Koščová"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (Morcheeba)Winner
2Martina Šindlerová"Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia)Runner-up
3Katarína Koščová"You Oughta Know" (Alanis Morissette)Winner
4Martina Šindlerová"Je t´aime" (Lara Fabian)Runner-up
5Katarína Koščová"Najkrajšia SMS-ka" (Winner Song)Winner
6Martina Šindlerová"Najkrajšia SMS-ka" (Winner Song)Runner-up
7Martina Šindlerová & Katarína Koščová"Zasvieť" (TOP 2 Song)N/A

Elimination chart

Legend
FemaleMaleTop 50Wild CardTop 11Winner
Did Not PerformSafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated
Stage:Semi FinalsWild CardFinals
Week:12/1712/2312/311/71/141/151/282/42/112/182/253/113/184/14/84/15
PlaceContestantResult
1Katarína KoščováSafe (1st)SafeSafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 3SafeSafeSafeWinner
2Martina ŠindlerováSafe (2nd)SafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 2SafeRunner-up
3Tomáš BezdedaSafe (2nd)SafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeEliminated
4Zdenka PrednáSafe (2nd)SafeSafeSafeBottom 3SafeSafeSafeEliminated
5Róbert MiklaSafe (2nd)SafeSafeBottom 3SafeBottom 2Bottom 2Withdrew
6Miro JarošSafe (1st)SafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 3Eliminated
7Samuel TomečekSafe (1st)SafeSafeBottom 2Bottom 2Eliminated
8Peter KončekSafe (1st)SafeBottom 3SafeEliminated
9Peter KotuľaWild CardSafeBottom 3Bottom 2Eliminated
10Petra HumeňanskáSafe (1st)Bottom 2Eliminated
11Martin KelecsényiSafe (2nd)Eliminated
Wild
Card
Monika ZázrivcováWild CardEliminated
Adam ĎuricaWild Card
Eva GažováWild Card
Zachariáš HubáčekWild Card
Semi-
Final 5
Monika RybárováEliminated
Lenka Rakárová
Simona Brezánová
Richard Vida
Monika Vojtková
Marek Kravjar
Jozef Šivák
Dodo Mikulášik
Semi-
Final 4
Andrej VršanskýEliminated
Marta Szábóová
Nina Pavlovičová
Jaroslav Závodský
Tünde Gogolová
Zuzana Cibová
Lucia Radecká
Júlia Smolková
Semi-
Final 3
Zuzana KrivošíkováEliminated
Žaneta Ozaniaková
Martin Lebek
Daniel Gábriš
Silvia Ménová
Semi-
Final 2
Michaela MrúzováEliminated
Saskia Šipošová
Katarína Svrčeková
Zdenka Menšíková
Jana Mutňanská
Mário Dvorský
Rastislav Majerech
Igor Belaj
Semi-
Final 1
Radka TomáškováEliminated
Jana Ferenčíková
Mária Mladosievičová
Mária Petríková
Jana Čonková
Marián Fatrsík

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<i>Česko Slovenská SuperStar</i> season 7 Season of television series

Česko Slovenská SuperStar, shortened to SuperStar in the seventh season, 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 seventh season aired in autumn 2021 with castings held in Prague and Bratislava. It is broadcast on two channels: TV Nova and Markíza (Slovakia) which have also been the broadcast stations for the individual seasons.