SuperStar (Czech and Slovak TV series)

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SuperStar
Also known as	Česko Slovenská SuperStar
Created by	Simon Fuller
Country of origin	Czech Republic Slovakia
Original release
Network	TV Nova, Markíza
Release	September 6, 2009 (2009-09-06) – present
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SuperStar^[1] (previously known as Česko Slovenská SuperStar) is a joint Czech-Slovak version of the Idol series' Pop Idol. It was merged from Česko hledá SuperStar and SuperStar Search Slovakia, which previously had three individual seasons each.

The first season premiered in September 2009 with castings held in Prague, Brno, Bratislava, and Košice. It aired on two channels, TV Nova (Czech Republic) and Markíza (Slovakia), which have also been the broadcast stations for the individual seasons.

Determining to legitimate a fair chance for each country's contestants to reach the final, twelve contestants split into genders and nationalities in the semifinals, assuming a 50% share for each country in the top 12.