Česko Slovenská Superstar
Format	Interactive reality game show
Created by	Simon Fuller
Judges
Season 1
Marta Jandová
Dara Rolins
Ondřej Hejma
Pavol Habera
Season 2
Gábina Osvaldová
Helena Zeťová
Rytmus
Pavol Habera
Country of origin	Czech Republic Slovakia
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Nova, Markíza
Original run	September 6, 2009 – June 5, 2011
Finalists	(With dates of elimination)
Season 1	(2009)
Martin Chodúr	Winner
Miroslav Šmajda	December 20th
Dominika Stará	December 14th
Jan Bendig	December 7th
Monika Bagárová	November 30th
Denis Lacho	November 23rd
Ben Cristovao	November 16th
Leona Šenková	November 9th
Markéta Konvičková	November 2nd
Paulína Ištvancová	November 2nd
Nikoleta Balogová	October 26th
Thomas Puskailer	October 26th
Finalists	(With dates of elimination)
Season 2	(2011)
Lukáš Adamec	WINNER!
Gabriela Gunčíková	June 5th
Michal Šeps	May 30th
Martin Harich	May 23rd
Peter Ševčík	May 16th
Alžběta Kolečkářová	May 9th
Martin Kurc	May 9th
Martin Harich	May 2nd WILD CARD!
Simona Fecková	April 25th
Celeste Buckingham	April 18th!
Matej Piňák	April 18th
Klaudia Pappová	April 11th
Monika Povýšilová	April 11th
External links
Website

Česko Slovenská Superstar (English: Czech&Slovak Superstar) is the joint Czech and Slovak version of Idol series' Pop Idol merged from Česko hledá SuperStar and Slovensko hľadá SuperStar which previous to that had three individual seasons each. The first season premiered in September 2009 with castings held in Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Košice. It is broadcast on TV Nova in the Czech Republic and on Markíza in Slovakia which have also been the broadcast stations for the individual seasons. Also both hosts have been their hosts countries before^{[clarification needed]} as have been three out of the four judges. To legitimate a fair chance for each country's contestants to reach the final, twelve of the contestants will compete split into genders and nationalities in the semifinals, guaranteeing a 50% share for each country in the top 12.

Cast[link]

Hosts[link]

• Leoš Mareš (Česko hledá SuperStar 2006)
• Adela Banášová (Slovensko hľadá SuperStar 2004-07)

Judges[link]

• Ondřej Hejma (Česko hledá SuperStar 2004-06), musician
• Marta Jandová (premiering Judge), lead singer of the band Die Happy
• Paľo Habera (Slovensko hľadá SuperStar 2004-07), producer
• Dara Rolins (Slovensko hľadá SuperStar 2007), singer

Season 1[link]

The castings were held in the summer of 2009. 11,575 participants signed up for the four opening casting rounds which took place in Prague, Brno, Bratislava, and Košice - that is two largest cities from each country. Out of the original number of participants, only 120 were elected by the jury to participate in a weekend theater selection round in Brno, after which 24 semifinalists remained to follow further selection process in Bratislava.

24 semifinalists were revealed in September when the show premiered on screen. Six boys and six girls from both countries competed for a spot in the top 12. In three Semifinals the guys performed on Saturday and the girls on Sunday night. The following Monday the lowest vote getter from each gender and country got eliminated (the viewers could vote for contestants from both countries). It means that three Czech and Slovak boys and three Czech and Slovak girls would make the finals.

In the live finals all remaining twelve contestants compete against each other.

Reactions[link]

The show was well received amongst the viewers in both countries, reaching quotes around 50% and attracting nearly 3 million viewers. Besides the commercial aspect, the show - started in the month of the Czecho-Slovak cultural exchange - clearly demonstrates that even some twenty years after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czechs and Slovaks cannot do one without the other and do share a common identity. The show provides an excellent opportunity to pass this identity on the young generation who grew up after the split of the country and has therefore a limited knowledge of their compatriots and their language.

Some viewers and media, including the Wall Street Journal ^[1], have pointed out the occasionally obscene vocabulary of the jury. However, the vulgar language has been heavily reduced in the semifinal and final rounds.

Finals[link]

Twelve contestants made it to the finals. TOP 12 consists of 3 Slovak boys, 3 Czech boys, 3 Slovak girls and 3 Czech girls. The first single recorded by TOP 12 is called "Příběh Nekončí / Príbeh Nekončí" (The Story Doesn't End) and it was composed by judge Pavol Habera (music) and slovak poem writer Daniel Hevier. Every final night has its theme. Audience can vote for contestants from the very beginning of the show, voting ends during result show day after. There were double eliminations in first two final rounds while only one contestant is being eliminated once the candidates got reduced to TOP 8. All gender and nationality quotas are abolished in the finals.

TOP 12: "My Idol"[link]

TOP 10: "Big Band / Orchestra"[link]

TOP 8: "Madonna & Michael Jackson"[link]

TOP 7: "Rock"[link]

TOP 6: "Karel Gott & Duets"[link]

TOP 5: "MTV"[link]

TOP 4: "Michal David & Film and Musical hits"[link]

Elimination chart[link]

Stage:		Semi-Finals			Finals
Week:		10/5	10/12	10/19	10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/20
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Martin Chodúr												Won
2	Miroslav Šmajda					Btm 4				Btm 3	Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
3	Dominika Stará											Elim
4	Jan Bendig					Btm 3			Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
5	Monika Bagárová						Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3	Elim
6	Denis Lacho				Btm 4		Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
7	Ben Cristovao		Btm 2	Btm 2				Elim
8	Leona Šenková						Elim
9-10	Markéta Konvičková			Btm 2		Elim
	Paulína Ištvancová				Btm 3
11-12	Thomas Puskailer			Btm 2	Elim
	Nikoleta Balogová		Btm 2	Btm 2
13-16	Aneta Galisová		Btm 2	Elim
	Marek Lacko	Btm 2	Btm 2
	Leo Machala	Btm 2
	Karolína Majerníková
17-20	René Bošeľa		Elim
	Adriana Kopecká	Btm 2
	Ahmad Hedar
	Lucia Lancošová	Btm 2
21-24	Deborah Kahlová	Elim
	Ján Ločaj
	Dominika Maščuchová
	Lukáš Michna

See also[link]

• X Factor (Czech Republic)
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Czech homepage hosted by Nova
• Official Slovak homepage hosted by Markíza

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Dara Rolins
Rolins with the father of her daughter.
Background information
Birth name	Darina Gambošová
Also known as	Darin[k]a Rolincová
Born	(1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 39) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Genres	Teen pop, synthpop dance, urban, soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actress, entrepreneur
Instruments	vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	OPUS, Supraphon, Polydor, BMG, Epic, Bonton, Universal, EMI
Associated acts	Karel Gott, Ladislav Štaidl, Sexy Dancers
Website	dararolins.cz 87px Rolins' early sign

Dara Rolins, also known as Darin[k]a Rolincová (born Darina Gambošová, December 7, 1972) is a Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur. Her music career began at the age of nine, after being casted in television musical Zázračný autobus (Miraculous Bus) in 1981.^[1] The early role established a formula for her regular assignments as a child singer and resulted in recording her debut album Keby som bola princezná Arabela (1983) on OPUS Records.^[2] By her late teens, Rolins appeared in a number of exclusively TV films of varying quality, as well as managed to deliver a series of teen pop-orientated albums, such as Darinka (1986),^[3] Čo o mne vieš (1988)^[4] and Témeř ružový příběh (1990);^[5] all released by Supraphon. Along with Karel Gott, she experienced a one-off success in the German-speaking region in 1986, peaking with their duet "Fang das Licht" ("Catch the Light") at number seven on the Austrian Singles Chart,^[6] respectively at number fifteen in the fellow Germany.^[7]

As she reached adulthood, her popularity had stalled in the nineties. Although, she made an attempt to replicate her local status abroad via English set What You See Is What You Get (1996).^[8] The work distributed through a subsidiary of BMG, however, failed to attract the international market and singer returned to homebase to resume her former course. Sen lásky (1997)^[9] served as her initial comeback release featuring cover versions, produced a ZAI Awards-nomination within Slovak outputs.^[10] Following that, she continued in publishing other dance material, namely What's My Name (2002)^[11] and D1 (2005);^[12] both on Epic Records. Her additional recordings included best-of compilation 1983-1998 (2005) on Bonton Music,^[13] remix collection D2: Remixy (2008) by Epic^[14] and Christmas album Šťastné a veselé (2009), released on Universal Music.^[15] On TV, she rebuilt her presence in 2007 for one season as a co-judge of reality show Slovensko hľadá SuperStar, respectively in 2009 series of Česko Slovenská Superstar;^[16] also based on UK Pop Idol. In 2011, she joined the cast of Let's Dance.^[17]

Regardless of her recording achievements, Rolins posed topless in October 1999 for Czech^[18] and Slovak^[19] issue of a men's magazine as Playboy cover girl. She also upgraded her physical assets such as breasts prior to undergoing plastic surgery.^[20] The national press speculated about a rhinoplasty as well.^[21] In the new millennium, she has become the subject of more scrutiny. At first, upon a 2009 revelation regarding her factual surname printed by Plus 7 dní. For over thirty years since her first public performance, she referred to herself exclusively under an adopted name.^[22] While the following year, Rolins was accused of a negligent homicide caused by her traffic collision from July 10, 2010.^[23] The legal case initially dropped out due to a lack of probable cause was currently re-launched.^[24] Most recently, pop singer released on EMI new studio album entitled Stereo (2011),^[25] receiving mixed reviews for its self-evident nude cover.^[26]

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Dara Rolins, respectively Darina Rolincová, was born Darina Gambošová^{[note 1]} on December 7, 1972 in Bratislava, former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.^[27] She is the younger daughter of Zlatica Rolincová (1945) and Dušan Gamboš (1948),^[28] parents of Slovak ancestry. She was raised altogether with half-sister Jana Labasová (1964)^{[note 2]}, better identified as Jana Hádlová-Rolincová per marriage with Czech record producer Daniel Hádl.^[30]
When four years old, Rolincová provisionally appeared in the front of television cameras during Matelko, produced by STV.^[31] The regular program that "starred" a hand puppet named Drobček (English: Petit) was crafted for children.^[32] In 1978, encouraged by winning talent contest Hledáme mladé talenty (English: Young Talents Wanted), she started to participate in local musical ensembless such as Children's Choir of Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava. Later on, she attended piano lessons.^[33]

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• 1983: Keby som bola princezná Arabela
• 1986: Darinka
• 1988: Čo o mne vieš
• 1996: What You See is What You Get
• 1997: Sen lásky
• 2002: What's My Name
• 2006: D1
• 2011: Stereo

Filmography[link]

Notes

• A ^ Denotes a televised musical theatre.

Bibliography[link]

Awards[link]

Major awards[link]

Notes

• B ^ Best Album category of 1997 won Svet lásku má credited to various artists such as Pavol Habera, Peter Dvorský and Karel Gott. Other nominated works included Ultrapop by Hex, Štyry by Vidiek, Made II Mate's Carousel Life and Klik-klak album by IMT Smile.^[10]
• C ^ Aurel Awards allowed only three nominated artists per category. As a result of the equal number of votes received from academics, Rolins was nominated in 2006 for Best Female Vocal Performance next Barbara Haščáková. While further nominees featured also Tina and Katarína Knechtová^[35] the award won Tina, eventually.^[36]
• D ^ Best Music Video category in 2006 won "Miles" by Lavagance band,^[36] directed by Branislav Špaček.^[35]

Music polls[link]

Notes

• E ^ In 1998, Rolins shared her top ranking (#27) as Female Singer altogether with Marcela Holanová.^[40]
• F ^ In 2000, Rolins was classified in Teenagers' Choice list at #63.^[61]
• G ^ Within component Slovak Act category, Rolins finished at #10 in 2008.^[62]
• H ^ In 2009^[63] and 2011,^[53] she was ranked as the 9th Slovak Act.
• I ^ In 2010, Rolins finished at #11 as for component Slovak category.^[64]
• J ^ Within Žebřík 1998 pool, Rolins was also classified as the 11th in so-called Biggest Surprise category.^[54]

Controversies[link]

Car accident[link]

On October 8, 2010, Rolins was officially accused by the Police of the Czech Republic of negligent manslaughter as the result of her traffic collision dated Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic.^[23] The singer, driving her Mercedes-Benz, had hit a motor scooter with a 63-year-old man named Jindřich Rotrekl,^[24] who died of a lethal injury three hours after he was escorted into the hospital. She would refuse all charges, however, and the case was dropped due to a lack of probable cause on November 2, 2010.^[65]

New prosecution

In August 2011, the prosecution against Rolins was re-launched following a new assessment, provided on behalf of the victim's family. According to the report, Rolins' vehicle had entered the opposite direction and hit the motorcyclist.^[24] On September 19, the singer was, therefore, re-interrogated by the police officers. While the final conclusion is pending, Rollins is facing up to six years in prison.^[66]

See also[link]

• List of Child singers
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References[link]

Footnotes

Sources

External links[link]

TEAM is a contemporary Slovak rock music band. They are most famous for a single from their third album which was called "Držím ti miesto", which was included in the soundtrack of the 2005 American film Hostel.