Farma (Croatian TV series)

Farma (English: The Farm) is a Croatian reality television series based on the Swedish format of The Farm. The series follows a group of participants living on a farm and competing for a cash prize in an elimination-based format.

Farma
Genre	Reality competition
Presented by	Mia Kovačić (s. 1–7) Davor Dretar (s. 1, 3, 6) Dražen Kocijan (s. 2) Dušan Bućan (s. 4–5) Nikolina Pišek (s. 2–3) Frano Ridjan (s. 7)
Country of origin	Croatia
Original language	Croatian
No. of seasons	7
Production
Production locations	near Zagreb, Croatia
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Nova TV
Release	9 March 2008 (2008-03-09) – 30 December 2020 (2020-12-30)
Network	RTL
Release	2025 (2025)

Farma debuted on Nova TV on 9 March 2008 as the first HDTV program to be broadcast in Croatia.^[1] The series concluded its run on Nova TV on 30 December 2020 with the finale of the seventh season.^[2]

In May 2024, RTL announced a revival of Farma and is set to broadcast the eighth overall season of the series in 2025.^[3][4]

Production

Format

See also: The Farm (franchise) § Format

A group of contestant is placed on a rural farm where they have to live in an isolation. Contestants leave the farm via eliminations; the winner ultimately receives a monetary prize.

Hosts

On Nova TV, Mia Kovačić hosted all seasons but the second, with various co-hosts joining her throughout the years.^[5]

Hosts and co-hosts on Farma

Judge	Season
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Mia Kovačić	Main		Main
Davor Dretar	Main		Main			Main
Dražen Kocijan[6]		Main
Nikolina Pišek[6]		Main
Dušan Bućan				Main
Frano Ridjan[7]							Main

Series overview

Season	Originally released		Network	Winner
	First released	Last released
1	9 March 2008	6 June 2008	Nova TV	Rafael Dropulić
2	1 March 2009	2009		Mario Mlinarić
3	21 March 2010	18 June 2010		Kristijan Kiki Rahimovski
Novi početak	6 September 2015	19 December 2015		Blaženka Slamar
Dvije Farme	4 September 2016	23 December 2016		Goran Kaleb
6	16 September 2018	17 December 2018		Saša Vujnović
More i Maslina	5 October 2020	30 December 2020		Tomislav Pavlović
8	2025 (2025)	TBA	RTL	TBA

Seasons 1–3 (2008-2010): Celebrity edition

Promotion for the second season of Farma

Main articles: Farma season 1, Farma season 2, and Farma season 3

The first three seasons ran on Nova TV from 2008 to 2010 and utilized a celebrity format; the contestants were notable television, media and other personalities. The winners of the first three seasons were Rafael Dropulić, Mario Mlinarić and Kristijan Kiki Rahimovski respectively.^[8]

Seasons 4–7 (2015–2020)

Main articles: Farma season 4, Farma season 5, and Farma season 6

After a hiatus, the series returned to Nova TV in September 2015.^[9] Unlike in the previous three seasons, the contestant were not celebrities. The fourth season was titled Novi početak (English: New Beginning), and the fifth season, debuting in September 2016, was titled Dvije Farme (English: Two Farms) with contestants being placed on two different farms.^[10] A sixth season followed two years later, premiering in September 2018.^[11]

After another two-year hiatus, the seventh season aired on Nova TV under the title Farma: More i Maslina (English: Farma: The Sea and the Olive) from October to December 2020.^[7] The winner of More i Maslina was Tomislav Pavlović.^[2]

Season 8: RTL revival

In May 2024, RTL announced a revival of the series. The applications for aspiring participants to apply were opened the same month. A cash prize of €50,000 will be offered to the winner.^[3] RTL confirmed that the season will feature 19 contestants and was filmed in Slovenia. It is scheduled to premiere in 2025.^[4]

Reception

Ratings

During its first two seasons, the series was broadcast in prime time for 13 weeks, six days in a week, and was the highest rated show of the season.^{[citation needed]}

According to Nova TV, the fifth season, broadcast from September to December 2016, had an average of 570,000 viewers.^[11]