Petr Šiška (born 4 May 1965 in

Třinec Třinec (; pl, Trzyniec ; german: Trzynietz) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants and is the least populated statutory city in the country. The city is an ...

) is a Czech

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, and occasional

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

. He is currently the host of the Czech game show ''Nic než pravda'' on the Czech TV channel Prima, based on the

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game show ''The Moment of Truth''. In addition to his television career, he is a successful songwriter, having written lyrics and music for singers such as Czech icon Karel Gott,

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, Hana Zagorová, Leona Machálková, and others. He is also a member of the

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''Legendy se vrací'' (The Legends return). Since 1997, Petr Šiška has been

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and

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of the

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of Petarda Production a.s., a production company that organizes

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, charity events, art exhibitions, and offers companies

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services. The company also represents young talented artists and musicians. In 2016, he was the screenwriter for ''The Fountain for Zuzana,'' a movie that pays tribute to the Czech-

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- Slovak border area, its music, and to the musicians from all genres. Much of the film showed concert footage of famous groups and musicians like

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, Peter Cmorik, and Roman Izzi Iziáš.

References

External links

Legendy se vraci official websitePetarda Production a.s. Website
1965 births Living people Musicians from Třinec Czech television presenters Czech songwriters Czech screenwriters Czech male screenwriters Czech chief executives Prima televize people {{CzechRepublic-tv-stub