Zvezde Granda
Zvezde Granda (Grand Stars, Serbian Cyrillic: Звезде Гранда) is a televised singing contest in Serbia organized by the Grand Production record label. It is broadcast live on commercial television throughout the Balkans.
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 five seasons - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 with the sixth 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, Zvezde Granda comes up with the winner who's voted on by the TV
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[edit] 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.
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.
[edit] Seasons
[edit] Zvezde Granda 2004
| Contestant | From | Position reached |
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| Branislav Mojicevic | Čačak | Winner |
| Stevan Andjelkovic | Leskovac | Second place |
| Tanja Savic | Smederevo | Third place |
| Darko Filipovic | Leskovac | Fourth place |
| Nemanja Nikolic | Nišava District | Fifth place |
| Slavica Cukteras | Šabac | Sixth place |
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.
[edit] Zvezde Granda 2005
- Nenad Jovanović -6th Place
- Jovana Pajić -5th Place
- Saša Jovanović -4th Place
- Jadranka Barjaktarović - 3rd Place
- Aca Ranđelović -2nd Place
- Milica Todorović Winner
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" and "Pamtim ja", respectively.
[edit] 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 finalists were:
- Silvija Nedeljković- 7th Place
- Slobodan Batjarević - 6th Place
- Nemanja Stevanović- 5th Place
- Milan Stanković- 4th Place
- Milan Dinčić-Dinča - 3rd Place
- Radmila Manojlović - 2nd Place
- Dušan Svilar- Winner
The Grand Star was revealed on the 15th of 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 Stankovic and Radmila Manojlovic received much more fame.
[edit] Zvezde Granda 2008-2009
The show's fourth season started on September 20, 2008, featuring 37 contestants.[1] It was presented by previous year's contestants Silvija Nedeljković and Nemanja Stevanović.
The finalists were:
- Jelena Kostov
- Saša Kapor
- Jovan Stefanović
- Svetlana Tanasić
- Slobodan Vasić - 3rd place
- Milan Topalović -2nd place
- Darko Lazić- Winner
The Grand Star was revealed on the 20. June at Belgrade Arena in front of 20,000 people. Darko Lazic received great fame with his colleagues Milan Topalovic and Slobodan Vasic.
[edit] Zvezde Granda 2010-2011
TOP 8
- Stefan Petrušić from Smederevska Palanka - 1st Winner
- Ivana Pavković - 2nd place
- Milan Mitrović - 3rd place
- Mišel Gvozdenović 4th place
- Mirjana Mirković 5th place
- Dragi Domić 6th place
- Andrija Marković 7th place
- Bojana Šarović 8th place
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. Sasa Popovic 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 Topalovic, Darko Lazic, Dusan Svilar, Milica Todorovic, Milan Dincic, Branislav Mojićević, who marked in previous years the competition.
[edit] 2011-2012
Upcoming season
[edit] References
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| New title | Serbian Oscar Of Popularity TV Show of the Year 2009 |
Succeeded by Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem |
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