Hrvatski Idol is the Croatian version of Pop Idol. There have been two seasons of Hrvatski Idol. The first one was won by à ½anamari Laliàwho received 54% of the vote in the final night. Patrick Jurdiàwon the second season with 50.22% of the vote in the final. Since the number of received phonecalls was only 2.296, Jurdiàwon with not more than 10 votes over runner-up Lidija BaÃÂiÃÂ. Both winners did try out on other countries similar casting shows before: Laliàin Germany and Jurdiàin 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 traà ¾i zvijezdu on RTL Televizija.
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