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Series overview

Season one (2004)

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Elimination chart

The results of the first series were (the vote numbers are for the last night when the contestants were eliminated): The finalists also recorded ''SuperStar TOP 10'', an album that includes 3 songs that they sing together. Two of the three are by TOP 10, "Veď mě dál" (Lead me on) and ''Superstar''. The TOP 5 sing together "Hvězdy" (Stars). Their first single is "Veď mě dál" with 4 versions on the CD single.

Season two (2005)

There were twelve finalists instead of previous ten, with two eliminated on the first evening. They recorded the ''SuperStar Top 12'' album that includes the single "Hvězda snů" (Star of dreams) that has 4 versions on the CD Single. The winner

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origin (common with Martina Balogová in first series) was widely noted.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Elimination chart

Season three (2006)

Season three premiered on 27 August 2006, with the finals (back to 10 in number) starting on Sunday 22 October. The voting always took place for a whole day until the results announcement on Monday evening.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Elimination chart

Notes

References

External links

Official webpage
** http://superstar2004.nova.cz, http://superstar2005.nova.cz - previous series
Fan pages with complete results of first 2 series
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