Slávik Awards

Slávik (English: "nightingale") was a Slovak music poll and award established by the company Forza—which organizes the Miss Slovakia beauty pageant—in 1998, as a successor to Czechoslovakia's Zlatý slavík, which ran from 1962 until 1991.^[1][2] The annual event was broadcast live through the television channels Markíza from 1998 to 2010 and TV JOJ from 2011 until 2012. Forza dissolved the event a year later due to declining interest.^[3] In the poll's previous years, victory had been conditional on receiving at least 34,000 votes, which in the final years had dropped to 5,000.^[4] Czechia, formerly part of Czechoslovakia, has its own music award, known as Český slavík (English: "Czech nightingale").

Slávik
Awarded for	Popularity in the Slovak music industry
Country	Slovakia
First award	1998
Final award	2012

Winners

Major awards

Year	Male Singer			Female Singer			Band			Ref
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998	Pavol Habera	Robo Kazík	Miro Žbirka	Barbara Haščáková	Marika Gombitová	Marcela Laiferová	Elán	Senzus	Noga & Skrúcaný	[5]
1999		Richard Müller	Robo Kazík	Jana Kirschner	Barbara Haščáková	Marika Gombitová		IMT Smile	Senzus	[6]
2000	Jožo Ráž	Pavol Habera	Richard Müller		Marika Gombitová	Barbara Haščáková				[7]
2001						Katarína Hasprová		No Name	Inekafe	[8]
2002	Miro Žbirka	Jožo Ráž	Pavol Habera			Jadranka			Senzus	[9]
2003	Richard Müller	Miro Žbirka	Jožo Ráž	Misha	Jana Kirschner				Horkýže Slíže	[10]
2004	Miro Žbirka	Jožo Ráž	Richard Müller						Desmod	[11]
2005		Richard Müller	Pavol Habera	Zuzana Smatanová	Marika Gombitová	Jana Kirschner				[12]
2006	Peter Cmorik	Miro Žbirka			Katarína Knechtová	Marika Gombitová	Desmod	Peha	Elán	[13]
2007			Mário "Kully" Kollár			Zdenka Predná		Elán	Peha	[14]
2008		Mário "Kully" Kollár	Miro Žbirka						No Name	[15]
2009		Miro Žbirka	Richard Müller		Jana Kirschner	Katarína Knechtová			Gladiator	[16]
2010	Richard Müller	Peter Cmorik	Miro Žbirka		Tina	Jana Kirschner			IMT Smile	[17]
2011				Tina	Zuzana Smatanová	Katarína Knechtová		IMT Smile	Elán	[18]
2012	Peter Cmorik	Miro Žbirka	Richard Müller		Celeste Buckingham	Zuzana Smatanová				[19]

Leaders

With eight awards within the major categories, Elán was the most successful band in the poll's history, followed by Desmod and Zuzana Smatanová, who received a total of seven and six gold trophies, respectively.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Elán	Desmod	Zuzana Smatanová
Total awards	8	7	6

Other categories

Year	New Artist	Top Climber	Radio Artist	Song	Video	Website	Top Artist	Year
1998	Not awarded							[5]
1999	Inekafe	Polemic	Elán					[6]
2000	Robo Papp	Inekafe						[7]
2001	Jadranka	Nocadeň	Gladiator					[8]
2002	Misha	Cinno	Miro Žbirka					[9]
2003	Desmod	Andy Ďurica	IMT Smile					[10]
2004	Emily	Robo Grigorov	G8	"Láska moja" (by Elán) [failed verification]				[11]
2005	Katka Koščová	Taktici	Desmod, Zuzana Smatanová	"Nech sa deje, čo sa má" (by Zuzana Smatanová) [failed verification]				[12]
2006	Peter Cmorik	AYA	Desmod	"Dážď" (by Peter Cmorik) [failed verification]				[13]
2007	Komajota	Marcel Palonder		"Nemusíš sa báť" (by Peter Cmorik) [failed verification]				[14]
2008	Adam Ďurica	Metropolis	IMT Smile	"Lavíny" (by Desmod) [failed verification]				[15]
2009	Horská chata	Mária Čírová	Jana Kirschner	"Pokoj v duši" (by Jana Kirschner) [failed verification]				[16]
2010	Ján Mitaľ	Good Fancy	Kristína	"Horehronie" (by Kristína) [failed verification]			Zuzana Smatanová	[17]
2011	Majk Spirit	Lukáš Adamec	IMT Smile	"Nebo, peklo, raj" (by Dara Rolins ft. Tomi Popovič) [failed verification]			Desmod	[18]
2012	Celeste Buckingham	Peter Bič Projekt	EGO ft. Robert Burian	"Žijeme len raz" (by EGO ft. Robert Burian)		Zuzana Smatanová		[19]