Trenutak istine | |
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Genre | Game show |
Presented by | Jasna Nanut |
Country of origin | Croatia |
Original language | Croatian |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Original release | |
Network | Nova TV |
Release | 2008 – 2009 |
Trenutak istine (English: The Moment of Truth) was a Croatian game show television series based on the American series The Moment of Truth . It was produced and broadcast by Nova TV. The series puts its participants to a polygraph test in order to reveal whether or not they are telling the truth for a chance to win a great prize of 500,000 HRK (c. €69,000). It was hosted by journalist Jasna Nanut.
The first season of the series debuted in September 2008 and was broadcast Tuesdays at 9 pm. [1] The second season premiered on 24 September 2009. [2]
The Serbian version, produced by RTV Pink and hosted by Tatjana Vojtehovski, carries the same name. [3] The top prize was 5,000,000 RSD (c. €50,000).
Trenutak istine gained significant attention in the Croatian media and was widely considered controversial during its run. [4] [5] [6] In February 2009, the Croatian Psychological Association started a petition to ban the show, describing it as exploitative and morally corrupting. [6] In November 2009, Nova TV was forced to broadcast the series after 10 pm when the Croatian Electronic Media Agency (Croatian: Agencija za elektroničke medije) determined the series is not appropriate to air in the earlier time slot it was originally allocated to. [7]