Česko Slovenská Superstar

Česko Slovenská Superstar
Format	Interactive reality game show
Created by	Simon Fuller
Judges
Season 1
Marta Jandová
Dara Rolins
Ondřej Hejma
Pavol Habera
Season 2
Gábina Osvaldová
Helena Zeťová
Rytmus
Pavol Habera
Country of origin	Czech Republic Slovakia
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Nova, Markíza
Original run	September 6, 2009 – June 5, 2011
Finalists	(With dates of elimination)
Season 1	(2009)
Martin Chodúr	Winner
Miroslav Šmajda	December 20th
Dominika Stará	December 14th
Jan Bendig	December 7th
Monika Bagárová	November 30th
Denis Lacho	November 23rd
Ben Cristovao	November 16th
Leona Šenková	November 9th
Markéta Konvičková	November 2nd
Paulína Ištvancová	November 2nd
Nikoleta Balogová	October 26th
Thomas Puskailer	October 26th
Finalists	(With dates of elimination)
Season 2	(2011)
Lukáš Adamec	WINNER!
Gabriela Gunčíková	June 5th
Michal Šeps	May 30th
Martin Harich	May 23rd
Peter Ševčík	May 16th
Alžběta Kolečkářová	May 9th
Martin Kurc	May 9th
Martin Harich	May 2nd WILD CARD!
Simona Fecková	April 25th
Celeste Buckingham	April 18th!
Matej Piňák	April 18th
Klaudia Pappová	April 11th
Monika Povýšilová	April 11th
External links
Website

Česko Slovenská Superstar (English: Czech&Slovak Superstar) is the joint Czech and 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 first season premiered in September 2009 with castings held in Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Košice. It is broadcast on TV Nova in the Czech Republic and on Markíza in Slovakia which have also been the broadcast stations for the individual seasons. Also both hosts have been their hosts countries before^{[clarification needed]} as have been three out of the four judges. To legitimate a fair chance for each country's contestants to reach the final, twelve of the contestants will compete split into genders and nationalities in the semifinals, guaranteeing a 50% share for each country in the top 12.

Cast

Hosts

• Leoš Mareš (Česko hledá SuperStar 2006)
• Adela Banášová (Slovensko hľadá SuperStar 2004-07)

Judges

• Ondřej Hejma (Česko hledá SuperStar 2004-06), musician
• Marta Jandová (premiering Judge), lead singer of the band Die Happy
• Paľo Habera (Slovensko hľadá SuperStar 2004-07), producer
• Dara Rolins (Slovensko hľadá SuperStar 2007), singer

Season 1

The castings were held in the summer of 2009. 11,575 participants signed up for the four opening casting rounds which took place in Prague, Brno, Bratislava, and Košice - that is two largest cities from each country. Out of the original number of participants, only 120 were elected by the jury to participate in a weekend theater selection round in Brno, after which 24 semifinalists remained to follow further selection process in Bratislava.

24 semifinalists were revealed in September when the show premiered on screen. Six boys and six girls from both countries competed for a spot in the top 12. In three Semifinals the guys performed on Saturday and the girls on Sunday night. The following Monday the lowest vote getter from each gender and country got eliminated (the viewers could vote for contestants from both countries). It means that three Czech and Slovak boys and three Czech and Slovak girls would make the finals.

In the live finals all remaining twelve contestants compete against each other.

Reactions

The show was well received amongst the viewers in both countries, reaching quotes around 50% and attracting nearly 3 million viewers. Besides the commercial aspect, the show - started in the month of the Czecho-Slovak cultural exchange - clearly demonstrates that even some twenty years after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czechs and Slovaks cannot do one without the other and do share a common identity. The show provides an excellent opportunity to pass this identity on the young generation who grew up after the split of the country and has therefore a limited knowledge of their compatriots and their language.

Some viewers and media, including the Wall Street Journal ^[1], have pointed out the occasionally obscene vocabulary of the jury. However, the vulgar language has been heavily reduced in the semifinal and final rounds.

Finals

Twelve contestants made it to the finals. TOP 12 consists of 3 Slovak boys, 3 Czech boys, 3 Slovak girls and 3 Czech girls. The first single recorded by TOP 12 is called "Příběh Nekončí / Príbeh Nekončí" (The Story Doesn't End) 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 day after. There were double eliminations in first two final rounds while only one contestant is being eliminated once the candidates got reduced to TOP 8. All gender and nationality quotas are abolished in the finals.

TOP 12: "My Idol"

Contestant	Song
Dominika Stará	Kim Wilde - "You Came"
Ben Cristovao	Justin Timberlake - "My love"
Thomas Puskailer	Madcon - "Beggin'"
Monika Bagárová	Aretha Franklin - "I Say a Little Prayer"
Nikoleta Balogová	Beyoncé - "Listen"
Paulína Ištvancová	Michael Jackson - "Black or White"
Denis Lacho	James Morrison - "You Give Me Something"
Leona Šenková	Pink - "Just Like a Pill"
Markéta Konvičková	Natasha Bedingfield - "I Bruise Easily"
Martin Chodúr	Elvis Presley - "A Little Less Conversation"
Jan Bendig	Mariah Carey - "Hero"
Miroslav Šmajda	Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"

TOP 10: "Big Band / Orchestra"

Contestant	Song
Dominika Stará	Marika Gombitová – "Vyznanie"
Ben Cristovao	Frank Sinatra – "Fly Me to the Moon"
Monika Bagárová	Carole King – "You've Got a Friend"
Paulína Ištvancová	Amy Winehouse – "Valerie"
Denis Lacho	Gene Kelly – "Singin' in the Rain"
Leona Šenková	Marta Kubišová – "Modlitba pro Martu"
Markéta Konvičková	Shirley Bassey – "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"
Martin Chodúr	Michael Bublé – "Feeling Good"
Jan Bendig	Ben E. King – "Stand by Me"
Miroslav Šmajda	Elán – "Voda, čo ma drží nad vodou"

TOP 8: "Madonna & Michael Jackson"

Contestant	Song
Dominika Stará	Madonna - "Like a Virgin"
Ben Cristovao	Madonna - "Don't Tell Me"
Monika Bagárová	Madonna - "This Used to Be My Playground"
Denis Lacho	Michael Jackson - "You Are Not Alone"
Leona Šenková	Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
Martin Chodúr	Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
Jan Bendig	Michael Jackson - "Heal the World"
Miroslav Šmajda	Michael Jackson - "Dirty Diana"

TOP 7: "Rock"

Contestant	Song
Dominika Stará	Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Ben Cristovao	Lenny Kravitz - "American Woman"
Monika Bagárová	Katy Perry - "Hot n Cold"
Denis Lacho	Jon Bon Jovi - "Always"
Martin Chodúr	Aerosmith - "Crazy"
Jan Bendig	Queen - "Don't Stop Me Now"
Miroslav Šmajda	Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water"

TOP 6: "Karel Gott & Duets"

Contestant	Song
Dominika Stará	Karel Gott - "Lásko má"
Monika Bagárová	Karel Gott - "Už z hor zní zvon"
Denis Lacho	Karel Gott - "Včelka Mája"
Martin Chodúr	Karel Gott - "Oči sněhem zaváté"
Jan Bendig	Karel Gott - "Cesta rájem"
Miroslav Šmajda	Karel Gott - "C'est la vie"
Miroslav Šmajda & Dominika Stará	Ronan Keating & Lulu – "We've Got Tonight"
Martin Chodúr & Jan Bendig	George Michael & Elton John – "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Monika Bagárová & Denis Lacho	Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey – "Endless Love"

TOP 5: "MTV"

Contestant	Song 1	Song 2
Dominika Stará	Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"	Eric Clapton - "Tears in Heaven"
Monika Bagárová	Beyoncé - "Sweet Dreams"	Alicia Keys - "Fallin'"
Martin Chodúr	R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts"	Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Jan Bendig	A-ha - "Take on Me"	Annie Lennox - "Why"
Miroslav Šmajda	Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me a River"	Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"

TOP 4: "Michal David & Film and Musical hits"

Contestant	Song 1	Song 2
Dominika Stará	Michal David - "Děti ráje"	Barbra Streisand - "Memory"
Martin Chodúr	Michal David - "Každý mi tě lásko závidí"	West Side Story - "Maria"
Jan Bendig	Michal David - "Discopříběh"	Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On"
Miroslav Šmajda	Michal David - "Je to blízko"	Queen - "We Are the Champions" & "We Will Rock You"

Elimination chart

Legend

Female

Male

Top 12

Top 24

Safe first

Safe second

Eliminated

Winner

Stage:		Semi-Finals			Finals
Week:		10/5	10/12	10/19	10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/20
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Martin Chodúr												Won
2	Miroslav Šmajda					Btm 4				Btm 3	Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
3	Dominika Stará											Elim
4	Jan Bendig					Btm 3			Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
5	Monika Bagárová						Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3	Elim
6	Denis Lacho				Btm 4		Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
7	Ben Cristovao		Btm 2	Btm 2				Elim
8	Leona Šenková						Elim
9-10	Markéta Konvičková			Btm 2		Elim
	Paulína Ištvancová				Btm 3
11-12	Thomas Puskailer			Btm 2	Elim
	Nikoleta Balogová		Btm 2	Btm 2
13-16	Aneta Galisová		Btm 2	Elim
	Marek Lacko	Btm 2	Btm 2
	Leo Machala	Btm 2
	Karolína Majerníková
17-20	René Bošeľa		Elim
	Adriana Kopecká	Btm 2
	Ahmad Hedar
	Lucia Lancošová	Btm 2
21-24	Deborah Kahlová	Elim
	Ján Ločaj
	Dominika Maščuchová
	Lukáš Michna

See also

• X Factor (Czech Republic)
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References

1. ^ A Recipe for A TV Hit: Swear A Lot, Stretch the Format

External links

• Official Czech homepage hosted by Nova
• Official Slovak homepage hosted by Markíza