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Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses four acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows. Key: : – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Series summary

"15-24y" category
"25+ y" category
"Vocal Groups" category

Season one (2008)

Presenter and Judges

* Leoš Mareš (presenter) * Gabriela Osvaldová (25+ y) *

Ondřej Soukup Ondřej Soukup (born 2 May 1951) is a Czech musician and composer. He has written soundtracks for over twenty feature films, including Jan Svěrák's ''Kolya'', an Academy Awards, Academy Award-winner for best foreign film in 1997, and ''Dark B ...

(15-24y) * Petr Janda (Vocal Groups)

Contestants and final ranking

Contestants

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Third place

Results table

The Contestants labeled yellow were Petr Janda's Contestants (Vocal Groups), the Contestants labeled light blue were Ondrej Soukup's Contestants (15–24 years) and the Contestants labeled dark blue were Gabina Osvaldová's (25+ years).

Live show details

Week 1 (23 March 2008)

*Theme: Fire Night *Special Guest:

Shayne Ward Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984) is an English actor and singer. He rose to fame as the winner of The X Factor (British series 2), the second series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor''. His debut single, "That's M ...

;Judges' votes to eliminate * Janda: Lukáš Javůrek * Osvaldová: Romantic * Soukup: Romantic

Week 2 (30 March 2008)

*Theme: Chocolate Night *Special Guest:

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;Judges' votes to eliminate * Janda: Lukáš Javůrek * Osvaldová: Divoký kočky + Dante * Soukup: Lukáš Javůrek

Week 3 (6 April 2008)

*Theme: Popcorn Night *Special Guest: Iva Frühlingová ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Soukup: Divoký kočky + Dante * Janda: Anna Ungrová * Osvaldová: Divoký kočky + Dante

Week 4 (13 April 2008)

*Theme: Tribute to Karel *Special Guest:

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;Judges' votes to eliminate * Soukup: Martina Pártlová * Osvaldová: David Gránský * Janda: David Gránský

Week 7 (4 May 2008)

*Theme: Czechoslovak Night *Special Guest:

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;Judges' votes to eliminate * Janda: Martina Pártlová * Osvaldová: Za 5 dvanáct * Soukup: Za 5 dvanáct

Week 8 (11 May 2008)

*Theme: Night of Revived Legends *Special Guest: Zombies (dancing on

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's " Thriller") ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Soukup: All X * Janda: Kamila Nývltová * Osvaldová: Kamila Nývltová

Week 9 (18 May 2008)

*Theme: American Night *Special Guest: Láďa Kerndl and Henry Lee