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''. The Adria edition of the show covers

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After the first series the original production company lost their licence which was then acquired by Prva, Serbian broadcaster and production company. It was revealed that Croatian broadcaster

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was interested in bringing the show to Croatia as well, and that would broadcast it.
In late February 2015 it was announced that

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and

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would judge the series. Shortly after that

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, Sneža Velkov and Aleksandar Radojičić would take the roles of show hosts. The season premiered on 22 March 2015.

Selection process

Auditions

Contestants were able to apply via text messages or by filling up the form online. Pre-auditions were held from 2 February, until 15 February in

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, and

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. During the pre-auditions more than 11,500 contestants performed for the show producers.

Bootcamp

Bootcamp was the second phase of the competition. There were two episodes of Bootcamp. The first one was with the boys and over 27s and the other was with the girls and groups. Each judge had to pick six acts to the judges houses. The six-seat challenge involved successful contestants being offered one of "six seats", representing places at the judges' houses stage of the competition. However, if a judge had already chosen six acts for their category, they could replace them if they preferred a later act. The 24 acts that progressed to the judges houses: *Boys: Milan Bukilić, Antonio Krištofić, Ilija Mihailović, Boban Mojsovski, David Temelkov, Siniša Vidović *Girls: Marija Belada, Magdalena Bogić, Iva Ćurić, Antonia Dora Pleško, Katarina Simić, Tijana Vlajković *Over 27s: Amel Ćurić, Jelena Đurić, Almir Ismaili, Srđan Lazić, Nikola Marjanović, Danijela Večerinović *Groups: 9 Control, Adnan & Tarik, AnđeliNE, Highway, Infinitas, U La La

Judges' houses

Second chance

At the end of the first Judges' houses episode it was announced that the public would be given a chance to bring back a contestant that was eliminated and therefore did not make it to their respective judges' final three. After the votes have been cast and counted, the act with the most votes will come back on the first live show and stay in the competition alongside other 12 contestants estasts. After the second performance on the first live show it was announced that Adnan & Tarik had won the second chance. However, at the end of the first live show it was announced that Highway, Milan Bukilić and Boban Mojskovski got a second chance too. Towards the end of the third live show, it was announced that Danijela Večerinović will be the fifth act to get a second chance.

Contestants

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Third place

Live shows

The first live show episode is set to be broadcast on 17 May 2015.

The Final

Result summary

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Live show details

Week 1 (17 May)

*Theme: Judges' choice *Group performance: " Let Me Entertain You" *Musical guest:

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") ;Judges' votes to eliminate *Huljić: Couldn't make a decision, as two of his groups were in the bottom two. *Joksimović: Infinitas *Kovač: AnđeliNE *Savić: Infinitas

Week 2 (24–25 May)

*Theme:

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hits (Live 2) *Group performance: "

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" *Musical guest: Roma Sijam ("Nasti adjikare") (Live 3) *Group performance: "

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" *Musical guest: Knez (" Adio"),

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("Ludo ljeto") ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 2) *Joksimović: Nikola Marjanović *Kovač: Nikola Marjanović *Savić: Milan Bukilić *Huljić: Nikola Marjanović ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 3) *Kovač: AnđeliNE *Joksimović: AnđeliNE *Savić: Ilija Mihailović *Huljić: Ilija Mihailović

Week 3 (31 May-1 June)

*Theme: Love songs (Live 4) *Group performance: *Musical guest:

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("Doktore"), Massimo Savić ("Kladim se na nas") (Live 5) *Group performance: *Musical guest:

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("Lutka"),

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("Doživotno") ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 4) *Joksimović: Jelena Đurić *Huljić: Jelena Đurić *Kovač: Katarina Simić *Savić: Katarina Simić ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 5) *Kovač: Danijela Večerinović *Joksimović: Danijela Večerinović *Savić: Milan Bukilić *Huljić: Milan Bukilić

Week 4 (7-8 June)

*Theme: Contestants' choice (Live 6) *Group performance: *Musical guest:

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("Tek je 12 sati") / ("Lopov"),

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("Moje zlato") (Live 7) *Group performance: *Musical guest: Saša Kovačević ("Gde smo moja ljubavi"),

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("Koj da mi zapee") ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Duel 1) *Joksimović: Ilija Mihailović *Huljić: Ilija Mihailović *Kovač: Antonio Krištofić *Savić: Antonio Krištofić ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Duel 2) *Kovač: Highway *Joksimović: David Temelkov *Savić: David Temelkov *Huljić: David Temelkov

Week 5 (14 June)

(Live 8) *Theme: Songs with dedication *Group performance: *Musical guest: Lukijan Ivanović ("Hajde voli me.."),

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("Nov čovjek"),

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("Feel the love"), Vlaho Arbulić ("Bla Bla ") ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 8) *Huljić: Magdalena Bogić *Kovač: Adnan & Tarik *Joksimović: Adnan & Tarik *Savić: Adnan & Tarik

Week 6 (21 June)

(Live 9) *Theme: *Group performance: *Musical guest:

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(" Recovery", "

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(" Kraljica"),

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& Madre Badessa feat.

("Fuman")

Episodes

References

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