No. of series 11 Genre Reality television Number of series 11 | Original language(s) Serbian Created by Aleksandar Popović Language Serbian Cast Katarina Zivkovic | |
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Presented by Voja NedeljkovićSanja Ćulibrk Similar Pinkove zvezde, Parovi, Pinkove zvezdice, Farma, Nikad nije kasno | ||
Zvezde Granda (Grand Stars, Serbian Cyrillic: Звезде Гранда) is a televised singing contest in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina organized by the Grand Production record label. It is broadcast live on commercial television throughout the Balkans.
Contents
- Concept
- Zvezde Granda 2004
- Zvezde Granda 2005
- Zvezde Granda 2007
- Zvezde Granda 2008 2009
- Zvezde Granda 2010 2011
- Zvezde Granda 2012 2013
- Zvezde Granda 2015 2016
- Zvezde Granda 2016 2017
- References
Airing on Pink TV in Serbia, as well as its subsidiaries Pink M and Pink BH in Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the competition has so far been held in ten seasons with the eleventh season currently in progress. Musical numbers performed by the contestants usually fall in the folk, pop-folk and turbo-folk genres, although since the 2007 season there has been a significant increase of straight pop elements.
Similar to the Idol series, over the course of a season, the eventual Zvezde Granda winner is voted by the TV. However, Season 11 will have 2 winners, one voted by the public and another one voted by the jury.
Concept
The show starts with a jury consisting of folk music stars and show's producers, led by the owner of Grand Production, Saša Popović, picking out the contestants in the auditions throughout Serbia and other Balkan countries.
Those picked at the auditions get a chance to showcase their skills on televised broadcasts over the next few months. Eventually, there are 6-7 finalists left (mostly three guys and three girls), who compete in the final night, when one, Grand Star, is chosen. This act is, however, purely symbolical - being the chosen Grand Star does not guarantee success. The only reward for other finalists is one or two songs on Zvezde Granda compilation album. After that, they are pretty much left on their own, to find the way to viewer's hearts and make an album.
Zvezde Granda 2004
Bane Mojićević won the competition, yet, his colleaagues Tanja Savić, Slavica Ćukteraš and Darko Filipović gained much more popularity. The three of them had their first albums come out almost immediately after the finals. Over the next few years, Tanja Savić and Slavica Ćukteraš have become established folk music stars in Serbia and other part of the Balkans.
Zvezde Granda 2005
The winner of the second season of Zvezde Granda was Milica Todorović. This generation of Grand Stars was arguably less successful than the first one, so by 2009. only Jadranka and Milica had their contracts with Grand renewed. Both released their first albums this year, named "Krv sam tvoja" (I'm your blood) and "Pamtim ja" (I remember), respectively.
Zvezde Granda 2007
The third season started during Spring 2007. Presented by Ena Popov and Marko Miljkovic, both of whom rose to prominence on Veliki brat reality show, this season garnered enormous viewership.
The Grand Star was revealed on 15 September at Tašmajdan Stadium. This time the winner Dušan Svilar was somebody with totally different approach to "Grand music". His victory caught many people by surprise, since he was first pop singer in this mainly folk music competition. Dušan was only 17 when he won. Although Dusan won, his colleagues Milan Stanković and Radmila Manojlović received much more fame.
Zvezde Granda 2008-2009
The show's fourth season started on September 20, 2008, featuring 37 contestants. It was presented by previous year's contestants Silvija Nedeljković and Nemanja Stevanović.
The finalists were:
Darko Lazić won the competition on June 20 at Belgrade Arena in front of 15,000 people.
Zvezde Granda 2010-2011
The finalists were:
The hosts of this season were Vladimir Stanojević and Ljubinka Dobrosavljev.
The Grand Star was revealed on the 18. June at Belgrade Arena. Live broadcast of the concert was on RTV Pink. Stefan Petrušić won 214,000 SMS votes, while runner-up Ivana Pavkovic won 183,000 votes. Saša Popović stated in his show Narod Pita that Ivana would have won but more girls watch and they send votes for boys not girls. The winner will receive a luxury apartment in Belgrade, record albums and tour in Serbia and abroad. The second place winner will receive a new car and tour with the winner. Great spectacle which was prepared by grand productions, performances and special guests were: Milan Topalović, Darko Lazić, Dušan Svilar, Milica Todorović, Milan Dinčić, Branislav Mojićević, who marked in previous years the competition.
The hosts of this season were Milan Mitrović and Ana Sević.
Zvezde Granda 2012-2013
The season finale was held on 22 June 2013.
Zvezde Granda 2015-2016
The final of the 10th season of Zvezde Granda (Grand Stars) whas held in Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall (Zetra Arena) in Sarajevo. The winner is Ibro Bublin who got 114,804 votes by televoting.
Jury
Zvezde Granda 2016-2017
For the first time there will be 2 winners in the show. The first winner will be chosen by the public as usually, while the second winner will be chosen by all the jurors (including all the mistery judges) in vote similar to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Jury