Zvezde Granda

"Zvezde Granda" ("Grand Stars") is a hugely popular 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 and in 2007. Musical numbers performed by the contestants usually fall in the folk, pop-folk and turbo-folk genres, although the latest season has seen 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.

Concept

The show starts with judges, folk music stars and producers, led by the owner of Grand Production, Saša Popović, picking out the contestants in the auditions.

There are 6-7 finalists (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 thing finalists get is one or two songs on Grand Stars 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.

Finalists

2004

*Stevan Anđelković
*Slavica Ćukteraš
*Darko Filipović
*Branislav "Bane" Mojićević
*Nemanja Nikolić
*Tanja SavićBane Mojićević with his amazing voice and vocal skill won the viewers, 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. By this day, they have become established folk music stars in Serbia.

2005

*Jadranka Barjaktarović
*Nenad Jovanović
*Saša Jovanović
*Jovana Pajić
*Aca Ranđelović
*Milica TodorovićThe winner of the second season of "Zvezde Granda" was Milica Todorović, who is still waiting for her first album to come out. This generation of Grand Stars was arguably less successful than the first one.

2007

*Slobodan Batjarević
*Milan Dinčić - 3rd Place
*Radmila Manojlović- 2nd Place
*Silvija Nedeljković
*Milan Stanković -
*Nemanja Stevanović -
*Dušan Svilar- Winner The Grand Star was revealed on the 15th of September at Tašmajdan Stadium. This time the winner Dušan Svilar is somebody with totally different approach to "Grand music". Dušan is only 17 years old but is such a talented young boy.