''Star Search Croatia'' (, abbreviated as HTZ) was a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

singing Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

reality competition Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

television series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ...

that served as the second Croatian version of ''

Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and pa ...

''. It ran on

RTL Televizija RTL (previously known as RTL Televizija) is a Croatian free-to-air television network founded on 30 April 2004. It was owned by the RTL Group from 2004 to 2022. Since 1 June 2022, it is owned by the CME Group. It is the second commercial television ...

for three seasons from 2009 to 2011. In an elimination-style format, the series employs a panel of judges who look for a person with the best singing talent. Contestants selected during auditions progress onto live shows, where the winner is decided by

televote Televoting (also telephone voting, phone voting, and call-in voting) is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by telephone. Televoting can also extend to voting by SMS text message via a mobile cell phone. Broadcast contest ...

. The first season was won by Bojan Jambrošić, followed by

Kim Verson Kim Verson (born 2 September 1993) is a female Croatian singer known for being the winner of the second season of the TV show '' Hrvatska traži zvijezdu'' in 2010. She released her first album ''Vjeruj u snove'' in September 2010 on Dallas Re ...

and Goran Kos winning the second and the third seasons, respectively. In 2023, RTL rebooted the series under the title ''Superstar''.

Format

The series consist of auditions and live shows.

Antonija Blaće Antonija Brlečić (born 2 October 1979), better known under her maiden surname Blaće, is a Croatian TV host who works for RTL Televizija and Narodni radio. She rose to fame as a contestant of first Croatian season of '' Big Brother'', gettin ...

, known for participating and hosting the Croatian edition of ''Big Brother'', is the host of the competition, which makes her the first person to host both local versions of these franchises. Due to hosting ''Big Brother'' in Spring 2011, she was replaced with Ivan Šarić.

Judges

In the first season, the competitors were judged by Croatian musicians

Tony Cetinski Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969) is a Croatian pop singer. Biography Born into a family of musicians in Pula (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from Rovinj to ...

Jelena Radan Jelena Radan (born 23 August 1974) is a Croatian singer and songwriter. She has released both pop and fado albums, earning her several Porin Awards. Radan is best known for her hit single "Leti do snova". In addition to her music career, she serv ...

and Goran Lisica-Fox. Due to private commitments, Radan left in the beginning of the second season and was replaced by Anđa Marić, who left after the second season and was replaced with Ivana Mišerić in the third season.

Series overview

Season 1 (2009)

The first season ''The First Season'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. The film stars Kate Trotter as Alex Cauldwell, a woman in British Columbia who, following the death of her fisherman husband Frank (Dwight Koss), tries to support herself and her dau ...

was broadcast from February to June 2009. It was won by

Bojan Jambrošić Bojan Jambrošić (born 28 September 1985, in Čakovec, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Croatian pop singer who in 2009 won the first season of talent show ''Hrvatska traži zvijezdu'', the Croatian version of ''Idol series''. After his win, he was signed ...

Season 2 (2010)

the second season was broadcast from April to June 2010, and was won by

Season 3 (2011)

The third season was broadcast from March to June 2011, and was won by Goran Kos.

''Superstar''

In December 2022,

RTL RTL may refer to: Media * RTL Group, a European TV, radio, and production company *** List of RTL Group's television stations (including part-owned channels) *** List of RTL Group's radio stations ** RTL Lëtzebuerg, usually referred to simply a ...

announced ''Superstar'', a new Croatian edition of ''

'', which serves as a

spiritual successor A spiritual successor (sometimes called a spiritual sequel) is a product or fictional work that is similar to, or directly inspired by, another previous product or work, but (unlike a traditional prequel or sequel) does not explicitly continue th ...

to ''Hrvatska traži zvijezdu''. The series premiered on 23 September 2023 on RTL.

, who hosted the first two seasons of HTZ, returned as the host for ''Superstars live shows.

References

External links

* * {{RTL (Croatian TV channel) original programming Croatian popular music Croatian reality television series Idols (franchise) 2009 Croatian television series debuts 2011 Croatian television series endings Television series by Fremantle (company) Croatian television series based on British television series RTL (Croatian TV channel) original programming