Miroslav Đuričić (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Мирослав Ђуричић; born 13 March 1977), better known as Miki, is a
Serbian television personality. Born and raised in the village of
Kupinovo, he rose to prominence as a contestant on the first season of the
reality television
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series ''
Veliki brat'' in 2006. Đuričić later won the
third celebrity season of the show in 2009.
Additionally, he has also participated on other reality shows like ''
Farma'' (2013), ''
Parovi
''Parovi'' (English title: ''Couples'') was a Serbian-based reality show created by Predrag Ranković. The show premiered on December 24, 2010 on Happy and immediately reached huge ratings. It also featured a 24-hour YouTube live streaming.
Fo ...
'' (2015-2016) and ''
Zadruga'' (2018-2022).
Career in television
In September 2006, Đuričić came to public attention by entering the first season of the
Serbian spin-off of the
''Big Brother'' franchise.
He ultimately voluntarily left the show on day 15.
After his appearance, Đuričić has acquired substantial fame and a career in show business. In October 2006, he became the first man to be featured on the cover of the ''
Playboy
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'' magazine in Serbia. Furthermore, Đuričić served as a presenter of his own
call-in show on
Radio B92 for seven months, appeared as a guest on the eminent political talk show ''
Utisak nedelje'' and starred in TV commercials among other ventures.
In late October 2007, he returned for the show's
second season, but walked once again after his father, Mirko Đuričić, had entered the competition.
On March 9, 2009, Đuričić among fourteen other celebrities became a contestant on ''
Veliki Brat VIP''. After close to a month on the show, on April 6, he left the house winning the
€
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50,000 prize.
Personal life
Đuričić was born on 13 March 1977 in the village of
Kupinovo,
SFR Yugoslavia
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.
He survived
clinical death
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at his birth.
Đuričić grew up in an agricultural family.
He attended the secondary technical school "Zmaj" in
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...
, from which he dropped out in the first year.
In June 2019, Đuričić was disqualified from the reality series ''
Zadruga'' and subsequently received a 30-day detention after physically assaulting two female fellow-contestants, Nadežda Biljić and
Suzana Perović. He was later sentenced to a year in house arrest.
In late August 2020, he became a father to a daughter, named Dunja. In August the following year, Đuričić married the mother of his child.
Filmography
See also
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duricic, Miki
1977 births
Living people
People from Pećinci
Serbian television personalities
Big Brother VIP (Serbian TV series) winners