''Star Search Croatia'' () Season 1 was the first season of 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 was aired in 2009.
Auditions were about to be held in the four biggest cities of the country:
Zagreb
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,
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
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,
Osijek
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and
Split
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* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enter ...
. The competitors are 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 and Goran Lisica Fox.
Antonija Blaće, famous for participating and hosting the
Croatian Big Brother edition is the host of the competition which makes her the first person to host the two local versions of these franchises.
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 ...
won the show on June 19, 2009 ahead of the favoured Zoran Mišić.
Live Shows
Top 17 Semifinal Idol's Choice
:Original Airdate: April 17, 2009
''Advancing to Top 11 (Public votes): Zoran, Matej, Barbara, Manuela, Bojan, Nikolina, Iva''
''Advancing to Top 11 (Jury selection): Sementa, Anđela, Carla Jelena, Duško''
Top 11 - Croatian Love Songs
:Original Airdate: April 24, 2009
''Bottom 5: AnÄ‘ela Poljak, DuÅ¡ko Å arić, Manuela Svorcan, Matej MiliÄić, Sementa Rajhard''
''Eliminated: Anđela Poljak, Manuela Svorcan''
Top 9 - Sexy Show
:Original Airdate: May 1, 2009
''Bottom 5: Carla Belovari, DuÅ¡ko Å arić, Iva UÅ¡alj, Nikolina KovaÄević, Sementa Rajhard''
''Eliminated: Sementa Rajhard''
Top 8 - Dedications
:Original Airdate: May 8, 2009
''Bottom 2: Barbara Dautović, Duško Šarić''
''Eliminated: Duško Šarić''
Top 7 - Film Songs / Croatian Songs
:Original Airdate: May 15, 2009
''Bottom 4: Bojan JambroÅ¡ić, Carla Belovari, Iva UÅ¡alj, Matej MiliÄić''
''Eliminated: Iva UÅ¡alj''
* Vedran Misic from suisse
Finals Elimination Chart
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External links
Official websiteUnofficial fansite
Star Search Croatia
2009 Croatian television seasons