SuperStar (Czech and Slovak TV series)

SuperStar^[1] (previously known as Česko Slovenská SuperStar) is a joint Czech-Slovak version of the Idol series' Pop Idol. It was merged from Česko hledá SuperStar and SuperStar Search Slovakia, which previously had three individual seasons each.

SuperStar
Also known as	Česko Slovenská SuperStar
Created by	Simon Fuller
Country of origin	Czech Republic Slovakia
Original release
Network	TV Nova, Markíza
Release	September 6, 2009 (2009-09-06) – present

The first season premiered in September 2009 with castings held in Prague, Brno, Bratislava, and Košice. It aired on two channels, TV Nova (Czech Republic) and Markíza (Slovakia), which have also been the broadcast stations for the individual seasons.

Determining to legitimate a fair chance for each country's contestants to reach the final, twelve contestants split into genders and nationalities in the semifinals, assuming a 50% share for each country in the top 12.

Cast

Judges and host of the most recent season of SuperStar

Pavol Habera

Monika Bagárová

Marián Čekovský

Patricie Pagáčová

Leoš Mareš

Ewa Farná

Hosts

Key

  Host of SuperStar

Presenter	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6	Season 7
Ewa Farná
Leoš Mareš
Jasmina Alagič [sk]
Adela Banášová
Tina
Roman Juraško
Zora Kepková [cs]
Martin Rausch [sk]
Jitka Nováčková

Judges

Key

  Judges of SuperStar

Presenter	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6	Season 7
Pavol Habera
Leoš Mareš
Monika Bagárová
Patricie Pagáčová
Marián Čekovský [sk]
Matěj Ruppert
Ben Cristovao
Katarína Knechtová
Marta Jandová
Dara Rolins
Ondřej Hejma
Rytmus
Gábina Osvaldová
Helena Zeťová
Ewa Farná
Ondřej Soukup
Klára Vytisková

Series overview

Color key

  Female contestant

  Male contestant

Season	Premiere	Finale	No. of finalists	No. of final weeks	Winner		Runner-up		Judges
1	September 6, 2009	December 20, 2009	12	9		Martin Chodúr		Miroslav Šmajda	Pavol Habera	Dara Rolins	Marta Jandová	Ondřej Hejma
2	February 20, 2011	June 5, 2011	12	9		Lukáš Adamec [sk]		Gabriela Gunčíková		Gabriela Osvaldová	Helena Zeťová	Rytmus
3	February 10, 2013	June 2, 2013	12	11		Sabina Křováková [cs]		Štefan Pčelár		Ewa Farná	Ondřej Soukup
2015	August 30, 2015	December 6, 2015	8	6		Emma Drobná		Štěpán Urban		Klára Vytisková		Marta Jandová
2018	February 24, 2018	June 10, 2018	10	5		Tereza Mašková [cs]		Eliška Rusková		Katarína Knechtová	Ben Cristovao	Matěj Ruppert
2020	February 16, 2020	May 31, 2020	10	2		Barbora Piešová		Diana Kovaľová		Monika Bagárová	Marián Čekovský [sk]	Patricie Pagáčová	Leoš Mareš
7	September 3, 2021	December 19, 2021	10	4		Adam Pavlovčin		Elizabeth Kopecká

Receptions

Ratings

Season	Premiered				Ended				Timeslot (CET)
	Date	Czech Republic Viewers (in millions)	Slovakia Viewers (in millions)	Viewers (in millions)	Date	Czech Republic Viewers (in millions)	Slovakia Viewers (in millions)	Viewers (in millions)
1	September 6, 2009	1.6	0.94	2.5	December 20, 2009	2.54	1.35	3.89	Saturday 8:00 pm (semifinals) Sunday 8:00 pm (performances) Monday 8:00 pm (results)
2	February 20, 2011	0.93	0.89	1.82	June 5, 2011	1.47	0.96	2.43	Saturday 8:00 pm (semifinals) Sunday 8:00 pm (performances) Monday 8:00 pm (results)
3	February 10, 2013	1.00	0.86	1.86	June 2, 2013	0.86	0.64	1.5	Sunday 8:20 pm
4	August 30, 2015	0.76	0.5	1.26	December 6, 2015	0.88	0.6	1.48	Sunday 8:30 pm
5	February 24, 2018 (Czech Republic) February 25, 2018 (Slovakia)	0.77	0.43	1.2	June 10, 2018	0.83	0.49	1.32	Sunday 8:30 pm (finals)
6	February 16, 2020	0.75	0.47	1.22	May 31, 2020	1.02	0.68	1.7	Sunday 8:30 pm
7	September 3, 2021 (Slovakia) September 4, 2021 (Czech Republic)	0.57	0.39	0.96	December 19, 2021	0.69	0.45	1.14	Sunday 8:30 pm (finals)

See also

• Česko Slovenská SuperStar: Výběr finálových hitů
• X Factor (Czech Republic)
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References

1. "SuperStar". TV Nova. Retrieved April 29, 2013.

External links

• Official Czech homepage hosted by TV Nova
• Official Slovak homepage hosted by Markíza