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Zvezde Granda (Grand Stars) 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 three seasons - 2004, 2005, 2007 with the fourth 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 audience.
[edit] ConceptThe 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. This formula is a success as Zvezde Granda enjoys huge popularity in Serbia and the show's ratings get better every year. [edit] Seasons[edit] 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. [edit] 2005The 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] 2007The 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:
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. [edit] 2008-2009The 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:
The Grand Star was revealed on the 20. June at Belgrade Arena in front of 20,000 people. [edit] References[edit] External links
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