Česko hledá SuperStar

*Česko hledá SuperStar*
Česko hledá SuperStar
Created by	TV Nova
Starring	Leoš Mareš; Ondřej Hejma; Ilona Csáková; Eduard Klezla;
Country of origin	Czech Republic
No. of seasons	3
Original release
Network	TV Nova
Release	29 February 2004 –; 17 December 2006

Česko hledá SuperStar (lit. 'Czech Republic Seeks the Superstar') was the Czech version of the Idol series which ran from 2004 to 2006. The show was broadcast on Czech TV Nova for three seasons.^[1]^[2] The first series was exceedingly popular, with the final in June 2004 being watched by 3.3 million people, an 84% viewership share.^[3]^[4] In 2009, SuperStar (Czech and Slovak TV series), a joint version between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, was launched.^[1]

Series overview

Series	Air date	Finalists	Final weeks	Winner	Runner-up	Host(s)	Judging panel
One	29 February - 20 June 2004	10	9	Aneta Langerová	Šárka Vaňková	Ondřej Brzobohatý Ladislava Něrgešová	Ondřej Hejma Gábina Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Milan Herman
Two	9 January - 12 June 2005	12	10	Vlastimil Horváth	Petr Bende	Petr Holík Ladislava Něrgešová	Michal Horáček Gábina Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Eduard Klezla
Three	27 August - 17 December 2006	10	9	Zbyněk Drda	David Spilka	Leoš Mareš	Ondřej Hejma Ilona Csáková Eduard Klezla

Season 1 (2004)

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Voted Off	Liveshow Theme
Aneta Langerová	17	Říčany	Winner	Grand Finale
Šárka Vaňková	16	Jirkov	20 June 2004	Grand Finale
Sámer Issa	18	Děčín	13 June 2004	Contestant's Choice
Tomáš Savka	20	Horní Slavkov	6 June 2004	English/Czech Film Hits
Martina Balogová	25	Ústí nad Labem	30 May 2004	Rock Ballads
Julian Záhorovský	19	Pardubice	23 May 2004	Big Band
Stanislav Dolinek	20	Brno	16 May 2004	60s Hits
Petra Páchová	17	Mladá Boleslav	9 May 2004	Musicals
Petr Poláček	19	Neratovice	2 May 2004	80s Hits
Veronika Zaňková	19	Lično	25 April 2004	My SuperStar

Elimination chart

**Legend**
Female	Male	Top 40	Wild Card	Top 10	Winner

Did Not Perform	Safe	Safe First	Safe Last	Eliminated

Place	Contestant	Result
Stage:		Semi Finals					Finals
Week:		3/14	3/21	3/28	4/4	4/18	4/25	5/2	5/9	5/16	5/23	5/30	6/6	6/12	6/20
1	Aneta Langerová	1st													Winner
2	Šárka Vaňková				Elim	1st									Runner-up
3	Sámer Issa		1st										Bottom 2	Elim
4	Tomáš Savka		2nd								Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Elim
5	Martina Balogová			1st				Bottom 2		Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Elim
6	Julián Záhorovský			2nd				Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Elim
7	Stanislav Dolinek	Elim				Wild Card			Bottom 3	Elim
8	Petra Páchová				1st		Bottom 3		Elim
9	Petr Poláček				2nd		Bottom 2	Elim
10	Veronika Zaňková	2nd					Elim
Semi- Final 5	Radka Podušková			Elim		Elim
	Madalena Joao				Elim
	Marta Balážová				Elim
	Jan Kořalka		Elim
	Michaela Beierová		Elim
	Tomáš Poduška				Elim
Semi- Final 4	Markéta Egermaierová				Elim
	Tomáš Krzyžanek
	Dita Halová
	Veronika Šotová
Semi- Final 3	Veronika Ulrichová			Elim
	Jolana Smyčková
	Zuzana Zaharowská
	Petra Pudová
	Irini Charalambidu
	Zdeněk Matula
	Vojtěch Hrtan
Semi- Final 2	Leona Uričková		Elim
	Petra Štolfová
	Martin Kubát
	Inna Proskurňa
	Lucie Dvořáková
	Lenka Gotthardová
Semi- Final 1	Ivana Husáková	Elim
	Vojtěch Dinga
	Tomáš Blucha
	Karolína Huvarová
	Patrick Jurdić
	Silvie Lehnerová
	Kateřina Steinerová

The results of the first series were (the vote numbers are for the last night when the contestants were eliminated):

#	Name	Votes (people - %)	Final night	CD title	Release date
1.	Aneta Langerová	2,359,739 - 79.16%	20 June 2004	"Spousta andělů" (lit. 'A Lot of Angels') "Dotyk" (lit. 'Touch') "Jsem" (lit. 'I Am')	6 September 2004 21 May 2007 9 November 2009
2.	Šárka Vaňková	621,235 - 20.84%	20 June 2004	"Věřím náhodám" (lit. 'I Trust Chances')	26 November 2004
3.	Sámer Issa	336,581 - 21.7%	13 June	"Busted"	26 November 2004
4.	Tomáš Savka	203,916 - 14.8%	6 June	"Já si tě stejně najdu" (lit. 'I Will Find You Anyway')	15 November 2004
5.	Martina Balogová	85,774 - 7.9%	30 May	"I Am Not From Here"	18 April 2005
6.	Julian Záhorovský	ca 76,000 - 7.5%	23 May	"Obraz J. Z." (lit. 'Picture of J. Z.')	24 January 2005
7.	Stanislav Dolinek	43,005 - 5.6%	16 May	"Standa 001"	15 November 2004
8.	Petra Páchová	35,613 - 4.3%	9 May	–
9.	Petr Poláček	31,696 - 5.0%	2 May	"Petr Poláček & Iluze"	7 Mar 2005
10.	Veronika Zaňková	23,418 - 3.0%	25 April	"Zpátky na Zemi" (lit. 'Back On Earth')	1 Oct 2004

The finalists also recorded SuperStar Top 10, an album that includes three songs that they sing together. Two of them are by Top 10, "Veď mě dál" (lit. 'Lead Me On') and Superstar. The Top 5 sing together "Hvězdy" (lit. 'Stars'). Their first single is "Veď mě dál" with 4 versions on the CD single.

Season 2 (2005)

There were twelve finalists instead of the previous ten, with two eliminated on the first evening. They recorded the SuperStar Top 12 album that includes the single "Hvězda snů" (lit. 'Star of Dreams') that has four versions on the CD Single. The winner Vlastimil Horváth's Romani origin, like Martina Balogová in the first series, was widely noted.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Voted Off	Liveshow Theme
Vlastimil Horváth	27	Vranov u Benešova	Winner	Grand Finale
Petr Bende	27	Újezd u Rosic	12 June 2005	Grand Finale
Gabriela Al Dhábba	19	Prague	5 June 2005	Musicals
Michal Hudček	26	Prague	29 May 2005	Hits of the New Millennium
Ali Amiri	25	Plzeň	22 May 2005	Rock Hits
Michael Foret	18	Prostějov	15 May 2005	Hits from Semafor
Klára Zaňková	16	Lično	8 May 2005	Big Band
Filip Jankovič	19	Trenčín	1 May 2005	Love Songs
Michaela Nosková	22	Brno	24 April 2005	Country Hits
Kristýna Peterková	21	Prague	17 April 2005	70s Hits
Janika Kolářova	17	Brno	10 April 2005	My SuperStar
Monika Šramlová	26	Hostinné	10 April 2005	My SuperStar

Elimination chart

**Legend**
Female	Male	Top 40	Wild Card	Top 11	Winner

Did Not Perform	Safe	Safe First	Safe Last	Eliminated

Place	Contestant	Result
Stage:		Semi Finals					Wild Card	Finals
Week:		2/27	3/6	3/13	3/20	3/27	4/3	4/10	4/17	4/24	5/1	5/8	5/15	5/22	5/29	6/5	6/12
1	Vlastimil Horváth	1st															Winner
2	Petr Bende				2nd								Bottom 2	Bottom 2			Runner-up
3	Gabriela Al Dhábba		2nd						Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Bottom 2			Bottom 2	Elim
4	Michal Hudček	2nd													Elim
5	Ali Amiri			1st									Bottom 3	Elim
6	Michael Foret					Elim	Wild Card					Bottom 3	Elim
7	Klára Zaňková				1st						Bottom 3	Elim
8	Filip Jankovič					1st				Bottom 2	Elim
9	Michaela Nosková		1st					Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Elim
10	Kristýna Peterková					Elim	Wild Card		Elim
11	Janika Kolářová					2nd		Elim
12	Monika Šramlová			2nd				Elim
Semi- Final 5	Simona Bernardová					Elim
	Kamil Řezníček
	Zuzana Schubertová
	Aneta Šmidrkalová
	Naděžda Válová
	Martin Müller
Semi- Final 4	Daniela Kubečková				Elim
	Sandra Ferková
	Josef Živčák
	Matouš Kubáček
	Barbora Zajptová
	Světlana Šáchová
	Adam Vojtěch
	Magdalena Šalamounová
Semi- Final 3	Markéta Poulíčková			Elim
	Adam Valášek
	Rudolf Gabriš
	Lukáš Bajt
	Markéta Vítková
	Tereza Ženatá
	Eva Kašparová
	Vojtěch Dinga
Semi- Final 2	Michał Rzeszut		Elim
	Michaela Hanusová
	Adéla Aichingrová
	Natalie Havrdová
	Tomáš Löbl
	Jan Hönig
	Nikoleta Spalasová
	Lukáš Michna
Semi- Final 1	Lucie Bakešová	Elim
	Andrea Janczarová
	Leona Černá
	Tereza Terčová
	Thomas Glock
	Michaela Talašová
	Monika Havlíčková
	Lukáš Janota

Season 3 (2006)

The third season premiered on 27 August 2006, with the finals (back to ten in number) starting on Sunday, 22 October. The voting always took place for a whole day until the results announcement on Monday evening.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Voted Off	Liveshow Theme
Zbyněk Drda	19	Karlovy Vary	Winner	Grand Finale
David Spilka	20	Olomouc	17 December 2006	Grand Finale
Leona Černá	25	Jiřetín	11 December 2006
Barbora Zemanová	16	Svojšín	4 December 2006
Martin Ševčík	17	Kozlovice	27 November 2006
Soňa Pavelková	15	Zlín	20 November 2006	Abba vs. The Beatles
Roman Lasota	19	Český Těšín	13 November 2006	Musicals
Tereza Najdekrová	20	Prague	6 November 2006
Aleš Burket	19	Chomutov	30 October 2006	Rock Ballads
Karolína Pavlíková	18	Polička	23 October 2006	Hits of the 21st Century

Elimination chart

**Legend**
Female	Male	Top 20	Top 10	Winner

Safe	Safe First	Safe Last	Eliminated

Place	Contestant	Result
Stage:		Semi Finals			Finals
Week:		10/2	10/9	10/16	10/23	10/30	11/6	11/13	11/20	11/27	12/4	12/11	12/17
1	Zbyněk Drda												Winner
2	David Spilka												Runner-up
3	Leona Černá									Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Elim
4	Barbora Zemanová								Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Elim
5	Martin Ševčík							Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Elim
6	Soňa Pavelková						Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Elim
7	Roman Lasota				Bottom 2	Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Elim
8	Tereza Najdekrová					Bottom 2	Elim
9	Aleš Burket				Bottom 3	Elim
10	Karolína Pavlíková				Elim
11-12	Jaroslav Parči			Elim
11-12	Petra Hlávková			Elim
13-16	Robert Daniel		Elim
	Eva Krutáková
	Jan Kříž
	Eliška Faicová
17-20	Michal Michajlec	Elim
	Zuzana Vlčeková
	Jan Kopečný
	Barbora Opplová

Starship Troopers General

In each season, the worst contestant as voted by the audience would receive the title of "generál Hvězdné pěchoty" ("lit. 'Starship Troopers General'). These were Anna Gleisnerová in 2004 (singing "Thank You" by Dido), Štěpán Turek in 2005 (singing an original song, "Velká diskotéková stávka") and Štěpán Fadrný in 2006 (singing "Sonne" by Rammstein).^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Fleková, Kristina (30 March 2025). "Tak šel čas se SuperStar: Jak dopadli její vítězové?". TV Nova (in Czech). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ "Česko hledá SuperStar (2004)". ČSFD.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Czech Rep catches superstar fever". Radio Prague International. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Finále SuperStar sledovaly tři miliony". Mlada fronta Dnes (in Czech). 21 June 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ Herodesová, Kateřina (20 January 2011). "Připomeňte si: Legendární neumětelové z Hvězdné pěchoty". TV Nova (in Czech). Retrieved 30 March 2025.

External links

Official webpage (in Czech)
- Season 1 (2004) and Season 2 (2005)

[g980-1] Fleková, Kristina (30 March 2025). "Tak šel čas se SuperStar: Jak dopadli její vítězové?". TV Nova (in Czech). Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[c063-2] "Česko hledá SuperStar (2004)". ČSFD.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[s268-3] "Czech Rep catches superstar fever". Radio Prague International. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[z643-4] "Finále SuperStar sledovaly tři miliony". Mlada fronta Dnes (in Czech). 21 June 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[i011-5] Herodesová, Kateřina (20 January 2011). "Připomeňte si: Legendární neumětelové z Hvězdné pěchoty". TV Nova (in Czech). Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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