Story Supernova Music Talents

For Nova TV's 2004 Idol series, see Hrvatski idol.

Story Supernova Music Talents was a Croatian singing reality competition television series, the first Croatian version of the American Idol.^[1] The series ran for one season in 2003 on Nova TV.^[2] It was co-produced with Story, a Croatian tabloid, hence the name.

Story Supernova Music Talents
Genre	Reality competition
Country of origin	Croatia
Original language	Croatian
No. of seasons	1
Original release
Network	Nova TV
Release	2003 (2003) – 2003 (2003)
Related
Hrvatski Idol

The show was won by Rafael Dropulić, with Saša Lozar as the runner-up.^[2]

Judges

The jury was composed of several known figures in Croatian music, including:

• Đorđe Novković
• Miroslav Škoro
• Vinko Štefanac

Contestants

The show has introduced 20 performers, some of which later released music records, including:

• Aleksandra Kežić
• Maja Zeko
• Roman Oršuš
• Cristiana-Iovanca Uichita
• Mirela Bunoza
• Mladen Akrap
• Jana Tkalec
• Jelena Bosančić
• Nikolina Božić
• Sanja Parmać
• Stjepan Marković
• Emina Arapović
• Valentina Gyerek
• Ivana Radovniković
• Damir Kedžo
• Tin Samardžić
• Nera Stipičević
• Natali Dizdar
• Saša Lozar
• Rafael Dropulić

Legacy

Saša Lozar, Tin Samardžić and Damir Kedžo formed Saša, Tin i Kedžo, the first Croatian boy band, during their time on the show. The band released a commercially successful single titled 365.^[3] Lozar and Kedžo remained well-know names in Croatian pop music; Kedžo won Dora 2020 and was set to represent Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Rafael Dropulić, the winner of Story Supernova, went on to win the first season of reality series Farma in 2008.^[5] Valentina Gyerek went on to compete in The Voice Hrvatska in 2016.^[6] Other contestants that remained well-known in music include Natali Dizdar, Nera Stipičević, and Ivana Radovniković.^[7]

Subsequent editions

Main articles: Hrvatski Idol, Star Search Croatia, and Superstar (Croatian TV series)

Although Story Supernova did not run beyond its initial season, Nova TV went on to air Hrvatski Idol, a new edition of the series, for two seasons between 2004 and 2005.

RTL went on to air its own version of Idol: Star Search Croatia ran from 2009 to 2011, and Superstar premiered in 2023.