# Hrvatski Idol

Hrvatski Idol is the Croatian version of Pop Idol. There have been two seasons of Hrvatski Idol. The first one was won by Žanamari Lalić who received 54% of the vote in the final night. Patrick Jurdić won the second season with 50.22% of the vote in the final. Since the number of received phonecalls was only 2.296, Jurdić won with not more than 10 votes over runner-up Lidija Bačić. Both winners did try out on other countries similar casting shows before: Lalić in Germany and Jurdić in both his home country Austria and the Czech Republic. However, both failed to achieve some success on their first tries and were eliminated pretty early in the competition.
Although season one has successful viewership, the sophomore season failed to continue this success. Third season was delayed and after an absence of four years the show returned to Croatian screens under the new name Hrvatska traži zvijezdu on RTL Televizija.

## Season 1
### Hosts

* Nikolina Božić
* Vinko Štefanac

### Judges

* Đorđe Novković
* Miroslav Škoro
* Ivanka Boljkovac
* Nikša Bratoš

### Auditions

* Rijeka (03/17/04)
* Split
* Osijek
* Zagreb

### Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Voted Off | Liveshow Theme |
| Žanamari Lalić | 22 | Split | Winner | Grand Finale |
| Pamela Ramljak | 24 | Zagreb | June 5, 2004 | Grand Finale |
| Neda Parmać | 18 | Split | May 29, 2004 | Judges'/Contestant's Choice |
| Linda Švarc | 25 | Zagreb | May 22, 2004 | The 90s |
| Alan Šćuric | 23 | Zagreb | May 15, 2004 | The 70s |
| Ivana Marić | 18 | Split | May 8, 2004 | The 80s |
| Denis Mladenović | 18 | Zagreb | May 1, 2004 | Film Songs |
| Karmen Matković | 19 | Zagreb | April 24, 2004 | My Idol |

### Finals Elimination Chart

| Stage: | Stage: | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Weeks: | Weeks: | 12/25 | 12/26 | 01/01 | 01/02 | 01/15 | 01/22 | 01/29 | 02/05 | 02/12 | 02/19 | 02/26 |
| Place | Contestant | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1 | Žanamari Lalić | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Winner |
| 2 | Pamela Ramljak | | | | 1 | | | | | | | Runner-up |
| 3 | Neda Parmać | | | 2 | | Btm2 | Btm3 | | | Btm2 | Elim | |
| 4 | Linda Švarc | | | 1 | | | | Btm2 | Btm2 | Elim | | |
| 5 | Alan Šćuric | 2 | | | | | | Btm3 | Elim | | | |
| 6 | Ivana Marić | | | | 2 | | Btm2 | Elim | | | | |
| 7 | Denis Mladenović | | 1 | | | Btm3 | Elim | | | | | | |
| 8 | Karmen Matković | | 2 | | | Elim | | | | | | | | |

## Season 2
### Hosts

* Nikolina Božić
* Predrag Šuka

### Judges

* Zrinko Tutić
* Goran Karan
* Ricardo Luque
* Marija Husar

### Auditions

* Split (10/31/04)
* Osijek (11/07/04)
* Opatija (11/14/04)
* Zagreb (11/21/04)

### Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Voted Off | Liveshow Theme |
| Patrick Jurdić | 19 | Osijek | Winner | Grand Finale |
| Lidija Bačić | 19 | Split | February 26, 2005 | Grand Finale |
| Marina Kristić | 21 | Zagreb | February 19, 2005 | Number 1 Hits |
| Teo Nikolac | 24 | Zagreb | February 12, 2005 | Love Songs |
| Siniša Vidović | 17 | Split | February 5, 2005 | Film Hits |
| Ana Bebić | 18 | Split | January 29, 2005 | My Birth Year |
| Karmen Papić | | Split | January 22, 2005 | Croatian Songs |
| Ivana Jelečević | | Osijek | January 15, 2005 | My Idol |

### Finals Elimination Chart

| Stage: | Stage: | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Weeks: | Weeks: | 12/25 | 12/26 | 01/01 | 01/02 | 01/15 | 01/22 | 01/29 | 02/05 | 02/12 | 02/19 | 02/26 |
| Place | Contestant | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1 | Patrick Jurdić | | 1 | | | | | | | | | Winner |
| 2 | Lidija Bačić | | | | 1 | Btm3 | | | | | | Runner-up |
| 3 | Marina Kristić | | | 2 | | | Btm3 | | Btm3 | Btm2 | Elim | |
| 4 | Teo Nikolac | 2 | | | | | Btm2 | Btm3 | Btm2 | Elim | | |
| 5 | Siniša Vidović | | | 1 | | | | Btm2 | Elim | | | |
| 6 | Ana Bebić | 1 | | | | | | Elim | | | | |
| 7 | Karmen Papić | | | | 2 | Btm2 | Elim | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ivana Jelečević | | 2 | | | Elim | | | | | | | | |