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Česko Slovenská SuperStar 2013

Broadcast from February 10, 2013
Judges Ondřej Soukup
Ewa Farna
Pavol Habera
Host(s) Roman Juraško
Zora Kepková
Broadcaster Markíza
Nova
Finals venue Barrandov Studios
Sabina Křováková
Origin Děčín, Czech Republic
Song "Cry Baby"
Genre(s) Rock
Štefan Pčelár

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 third season premiered in February 2013 with castings held in Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Banská Bystrica, 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 as have been three out of the three 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 in the top 12.

Auditions were held in Bratislava, Košice, Prague, Ostrava, Banská Bystrica and Brno in the autumn and winter of 2012.

In Divadlo where 100 contestants. The contestants first emerged on stage in groups of 9 or 10 but performed solo unaccompanied, and those who did not impress the judges were cut after the group finished their individual performances. 28 made it to the next round Dlouhá cesta. 16 contestants made it to the Semi-final.

16 semifinalists were revealed in March when the show premiered on screen. Eight boys and eight girls competed for a spot in the top 12. Four semifinalist the lowest vote getter from each gender and country got eliminated.


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