Česko hledá SuperStar (English: "Czechia 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. The first series was exceedingly popular, with the final in June 2004 being watched by 3.3 million people, an 84% viewership share. In 2009, Česko Slovenská Superstar ("Czech(o) Slovak Superstar"), a joint version between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, was launched.
Series overview
Season one (2004)
Finalists
(ages stated at time of contest)
Elimination chart
The results of the first series were (the vote numbers are for the last night when the contestants were eliminated):
The finalists also recorded SuperStar TOP 10, an album that includes 3 songs that they sing together. Two of the three are by TOP 10, "Veď mě dál" (Lead me on) and Superstar. The TOP 5 sing together "Hvězdy" (Stars). Their first single is "Veď mě dál" with 4 versions on the CD single.
Season two (2005)
There were twelve finalists instead of previous ten, with two eliminated on the first evening. They recorded the SuperStar Top 12 album that includes the single "Hvězda snů" (Star of dreams) that has 4 versions on the CD Single. The winner Vlastimil Horváth's Romani origin (common with Martina Balogová in first series) was widely noted.
Finalists
(ages stated at time of contest)
Elimination chart
Season three (2006)
Season three premiered on 27 August 2006, with the finals (back to 10 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)
Elimination chart
Starship Troopers general
In each season, the worst contestant as voted by the audience would receive the title of "generál Hvězdné pěchoty" ("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).
References
External links
- Official webpage (in Czech)
- http://superstar2004.nova.cz, http://superstar2005.nova.cz - previous series
- Fan pages with complete results of first 2 series (in Czech)
