TV Slagalica

TV Slagalica (Serbian Cyrillic: ТВ Слагалица; English: TV Puzzle) or simply Slagalica is Serbia’s longest-running quiz show produced by RTS and airs on RTS1. It is based on Des chiffres et des lettres, a French game show. It first aired on 22 November 1993. at 7 pm. It consists of seven simple mind games (word, number and knowledge games). Contestants play for a spot in the quarter finals, semi finals and then the finals. Contestants win prizes as they progress. It has three female hosts: Marija Veljković, Kristina Radenković and Milica Gacin.[1] After the end of each 10th series, winners of each of the previous 10 series', with an addition of 6 runner ups, play in the superfinal using the same system as a regular series. In the superfinal, there is also an additional game played.

TV Slagalica
ТВ Слагалица
The opening screen showing the mascot, Skočko
Created byRTS
Presented byMarija Veljković, Kristina Radenković and Milica Gacin
Country of originYugoslavia (1993–2006)
Serbia (2006–present)
Original languageSerbian
No. of series131
No. of episodes~7800
Production
Production locationsBelgrade, Serbia
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time15-25 minutes
Production companyRadio-television of Serbia
Release
Original networkRadio-television of Serbia
Picture format4:3, 16:9 (on 1 December 2014)
Original release22 November 1993 (1993-11-22) 
present
Chronology
Preceded byMuzička Slagalica

History

TV Slagalica is the longest-running quiz show which has survived competition from internationally created quiz shows with local production in Serbia (such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and The Weakest Link).

The first show aired on 22 November 1993 under the name of Muzička Slagalica (English: Musical Puzzle). The producers changed over time, there have been a total of 20 hosts, 20 different games, 5.000 contestants, the air time has changed numerous times, the studio design has changed as well as the sponsors, prizes and the name (to TV Slagalica).

On 7 April 2006 the quiz aired its 3000th episode. Since May 2007 the show has started airing daily at 19:00 Central European Time.[2] The 104th season of TV Slagalica began airing in January 2018.[3]

Programming

TV Slagalica is aired according to seasons. Each season has 61 episodes and in each show there are 2 contestants. The contestants are chosen by a test conducted before the quiz is filmed. Out of the total 61 episodes in each season, 40 are qualifier shows for the quarter finals and 21 episodes are for those that have won in the previous forty episodes competing for a spot in the top 8. Each contestant gets an award even if they are defeated by their opponent. Each episode starts with the host announcing the episode number and current season and introducing the contestants. The introduction used to include the supervisor Milka Canić that welcomed the viewers with the, now iconic, greeting: Good evening.[4]

Ratings

Even though the quiz show is not as high tech as others, TV Slagalica has managed to bring in a high ratings for its network averaging approximately 1.5 million viewers on work days.

The Games

Slagalica - Igra sa slovima (Puzzle - Letter game)

A computer flashes letters of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. The first contestant says "stop" 12 times and therefore twelve letters are displayed. The two contestants try and work out the longest Serbian word they can make from the 12 letters. Each letter is worth 1 point. However, if the word declared is the longest possible, an additional 5 points are awarded. The person with the word with more letters wins. The game is played twice (each contestant chooses the letters once).

Moj Broj - Igra sa brojevima (Math game)

The players randomly (by saying "stop", like in the first game) pick a 3-digit number and 6 more numbers (4 single-digit numbers, one which is one of 10, 15 or 20 and one is 25, 50, 75 or 100). The players must use the six numbers and basic mathematical operations to get a result as close to the given number as possible. A 90-second time limit is imposed. After the time limit, the players report their results and the one with the closer result presents the equation. If the equation is wrong, the other player presents his equation. The game is played twice, each time one of the contestants picks the numbers.

Korak po korak - Igra otkrivanja pojmova (Word detection game)

The players are trying to guess the hidden word through 7 steps. Time takes about 5 seconds on each step, then the player in turn must guess the word. If he cannot guess, the other player tries to do it. First step is always the hardest and last step is the easiest.

Skočko (Mastermind)

The players play mastermind game. Each player plays once and has 6 attempts to guess the 4-symbol combination. If the player fails to do so, the other player has one attempt to guess his opponents combination. Skočko refers to the mascot of the show, which is also one of the 6 images that can form the combination. Other are playing card suits (hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades) and a star.

Slovo po Slovo (Hangman)

This game is only played in the superfinal.

The players are offered blank letter spaces that when filled, contain a phrase, book name, movie name and similar. The game is played twice, each time started by a different player. Each player starts off with 30 points. The player guesses a letter. When guessed, the letter appears in all empty spaces it would show up in when the phrase is complete. Every time they guess a letter, they lose a point. After the time runs out, the player guesses the phrase. If they manage to do so, they are awarded the number of points they had left. If they do not, the other player gets a chance to guess the phrase. If they manage to do so, they are awarded five points. No points are awarded if neither player guesses the given phrase.

Spojnice (Connections)

The players are offered two sets of 10 words or sentences. The game is played twice, each started by a different player. Each game has a theme and each word from the first set needs to paired up with the corresponding word in the other set. Each connection is worth two point. When they make a mistake, they move onto the next word, not getting points for the missed word. The process repeats until the last word. If any words remain unconnected, the second player tries to connect them, receiving one point per connection. No points are awarded for words that none of the players could connect.

Ko zna zna (General knowledge game)

Ten general knowledge questions are asked, the first one always being related to the Serbian language, and the last one always being related to sport. When the question is asked, players can apply to apply to answer. If players apply, the player that applied first gets the opportunity to answer first. Each question is worth 10 points. If the first applied contestant does not know the answer, and the second contestant applied as well, the second contestant gets a chance to answer and vice versa. If a contestant answers incorrectly, they lose five points. This game brings the most points to the players, with up to 100 points up for grabs.

Asocijacije (Associations game)

Contestant must solve 2 associations. They have four minutes to do so.

Retired games

Berza (Auction game)

The players have been offered a set of questions to which the answers are 50:50 or 3:1 chance to answer correctly (most usually yes/no questions), and then the players bid which one will have more correct answers. If the highest bidder answers the exact number of questions they bid for or more, they win, otherwise, the other player takes points.

Budite detektiv (Detective game)

The players have been told about mysterious person or object and they must guess who the person/object is.

Dodavanje (Number adding game)

The players choose five numbers from the randomly chosen set of numbers. Then the player randomly chooses a target number, which contestants must reach by adding up their chosen numbers. They take turns adding numbers. If a player reaches the target number they are the winner. If it's players' turn to add, and after the addition the sum becomes larger than the target number, their opponent wins.

Nije nego ("The other way around")

The players must guess the names of books, movies etc. by the title with antonym words (for example: "A Midwinter Day's Reality" for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Each player has five titles to guess and has five seconds for each. After that, the other player tries to guess the ones the first player missed.

Crew

Current crew of Slagalica:

  • Hosts: Marija Veljković, Kristina Radenković and Milica Gacin.[1]
  • Director: Živojin Čelić
  • Quiz coordinator: Anja Vasiljević

Gaming supervisor Milka Canić became somewhat of a staple television personality from Serbia, as she always started the show by simply greeting the contestants and the host with the catchphrase "Dobro veče" ("Good Evening"), the remark for which she became notable for being in use for more than 10 years of the show's run.[5] Canić is not present in the studio during the competition since 2012, but is still credited as the supervisor.

Seasons and rankings

As of January 2020 Slagalica is in its 122nd season. Winners and rankings in each season can be seen in the table below.

SeasonWinnerRunner-upThirdFourth
1Ivan JakovljevićDragan BeševićJan BažikNenad Komadinić
2Dušan NikićMiroslav CvetkovićBranislav NikićMiroslav Lalić
3Dejan Nedić
4Omer EkićĐorđe SimićVitomir PavlovićAleksandar Vujanović
5Marko ObradovićMiroslav CvetkovićMiodrag Vojvodić
6Mihajlo NejkovBojan ĐokanovićVeselin SekulićČedomir Milanović
7Zoran JovanovićDragan RadosavljevićAleksandar Bjelica
8Vladan ZarićDarioGoran Damjanović
9Perica Đorđević
10Miodrag VojvodićLazar Kojić
11Vladimir PešićBojan Pijevac
12Goran DamjanovićPetar MiljkovićAleksandar ĐorđevićNovica Lukić
13Gordana MilešićMomčilo ŠaranovićDejan ŽukovskiDejan Komar
14Dragan Stojanović
15Zoran Milićević
16Damir DurakovićVladimir MiletićNenad MušikićNebojša Jevtović
17Ilija LoncarArsenije MilivojevicGoran Radović
18Stanko Bosnic
19
20Željko KomaricaMiroljub Arsić
21
22Andrej PešikanNovak NikolićMarjan GostaMiloš Đorđević
23Goran RadovićIvan StamenkovićSlaviša SimovićIvica Janković
24Marija SubotićVladimir RanđelovićSrećko GolubovičAleksandar Kovačević
25Aleksandra ČolakovMilan ŽivanovićDejan DoroslovačkiIvan Bukumirić
26Predrag AntićMilan RmusDejan JelićKsenija Danković
27Sofija NecinVladan ZarićZvonko VukićevićDragan Milenković
28Milenko MarkovićMiloš CvetićMiroslav PavlovićMilorad Cvejić
29Đorđija PopovićMirjana RadmilovićVladan StevanovićDejan Đorđević
30Vladimir VujovićSandra TrifunovićBranko MilićPero Đorđeski
31Veljko GluščevićDragan ZeljkovićAleksandar ĆosićBalša Nikolić
32Milan IvanovićPetar TepavčevićAleksandar BukinacIvan Andonov
33Darko BožičkovićVlastimir PurićDragan PešovićŽarko Milovanović
34Dejan VukelićRadomir JovanovićAndrija DodigMilan Radulović
35Jovan ĆukSiniša LjustinaGojko ŠurbatovićSaša Stoiljković
36Želimir LalićSaša TonićVojin OstojićDaniel Pantović
37Branislava KneževićMilan ĐorićVojislav Lazarević
38Dušan BabićBranko HristovMilan Pavlović
39Dragan IsailovićSvetislav MijovićGoran StajićStaniša Nikolić
40Miloš SlavkovićVladimir KrnačBoban LukovićSajo Vilotić
41Aleksandar SimićIvan IlićNikola IvanovićVeljo Spasojević
42Nenad KunovacVojkan VeličkovićBoroljub ZlatanovićNenad Milčić
43Dušan JovanovićNikola VujičićGoran Jovanović
44Marjan GostaGoran AvalićZoran ŽivojinovićVladimir Vilotić
45Jovan StojičićZoran HorvatovIgor MarkovAleksandar Ivković
46Draško EšpekDuško GvozdenovićDragovan VasićDarko Kuzeljević
47Kosta ŽeljskiVladimir JovičićMiroslav CvetkovićAleksa Popadić
48Darko KrčmarSlavko BovanSava MirčićĐorđe Cimerman
49Miloš PetronijevićMiodrag PetrovićMilorad CvejićSiniša Čolović
50Dragan ĐukanovićBranislav BošnjakovićBojan JankovićSrđan Radović
51Stevan UzelacMiloš StojanovićMiroslav Luka MrkovićŽeljko Bohinc
52Slavka BakalovZvonko VukićevićGoran RanđelovićMiodrag Cerović
53Aleksandar VesićĐorđe PanićSaša RadonjićSofija Ikonić
54Vladimir DžamićVladan MihajilovićIgor RepićJovan Nikolić
55Goran SevićZoran ČekerinacZoran KrstićRanko Knežević
56Velibor MarjanovićZlatko EmeđiDragan JonovićNenad Veljković
57Bojan PeruničićZoran RadisavljevićMilenko PelevićRadosav Ilić
58Milica MarkovićMihajlo SimićAndrej VujovićIvan Branković
59Milorad AnkićĐorđe LacmanovićDragan Rajković
60 (Superfinal)Mihajlo NejkovNovica LukićVlastimir PurićBojan Savić
61Vladimir JanjićBožidar TanićGoran VukojevićDragoljub Selaković
62Aleksandar DivovićIvan CvijovićDušan IvanovićDragan Popović
63Nenad PetrovićŽeljko TomaševićMilan StevanovićBojan Subotić
64Vladimir NikolićSiniša MarjanovićRatko AleksićGoran Miletić
65Veljko MihajlovićVladimir ObradovićDanijel PopovićDejan Vejinović
66Ljubiša VidanovićĐorđe KarnaSlađan ĐorđevićIvanka Radisavljević
67Igor ZeljkovićNikola ŽivanovićŽarko StevanovićBranko Martin
68Braca KundalićNikola StefanovicZoran DuvnjakIgor Žegarac
69Filip VukojevićBiljana MalinovićBoško KneževićNikola Lukić
70Bogdan IvkovićDragoslava MedenicaNenad VujadinovićZoran Miketek
71Dejan BaraćDamjan BogosavljevićMilan JovanovićMina Đurić
72Vladimir AsenovNebojša DespotovićMilorad TodorovSrđan Mirković
73Radoljub VranićSrđan LakićMilan NikolićJovica Đorđević
74Nenad NježićMiroslav AnđelkovićUroš JovanovićLuka Ristić
75Milica JokanovićVladimir StefanovićMarko RadosavljevićNebojša Savić
76Vladan VujanovićJovan MiljkovićSanja TadićAleksandar Ostojić
77Dragutin ĐorđevićStojan SekulinIgor BurlicaBranka Šorak
78Srđan Stanković[6]Boban MilutinovićBorivoj DevićJasmina Vortić
79Mladen MitrovićMilorad NedeljkovićDanilo StevanovićNemanja Cvijić
80Duško SekulićBojan NikolićĐorđe JovčićBojan Zdravković
81Srđan LončarevićGradimir VeljkovićJovana PavlovićVuk Trnavac
82Igor BigaRadiša NikolićDejan MaksimovićAleksandar Petrović
83Marija GvozdenovićDragan KojadinovićMagdalina ČivovićDarko Jović
84Branislav BelajevNovica AćimovićMarija ČivovićJelena Lazović
85Vladislava StanišićZorana ĐurđevićBranko ĐorđevićIvan Ilić
86Božidar ĆukićAnastazia TokićJovan JavorinaDragan Lukić
87Dušan ErcegAleksandar SavićDragan AndrićNenad Rosić
88Marko JelićDanijel PredarskiDarko OstojićIvan Petrović
89Jovan ErrorĐorđe DragićevićDušan VukovićBogdan Ašković
90Nikola LackovićDragan KreculjIvan TodorovMarko Kostić
91Nikola TomićNenad PetrovićJana JonlijaPredrag Lazarević
92Vesna BogdanovićNikola MiloševićAleksandar TomaševićSlobodan Veličković
93Srđan SelimovskiDragan MikićAleksandra StankovićMilan Grubetić
94Žarko StevanovićNikola IlićAleksandar StankovićMiroslav Kičinja
95Bojan LukićAleksandar SimićIvana PešteracPavle Škorić
96Marko DukićDragan SpasenićGoran NedovićStefan Savić
97Vlastimir PurićDejan KovačevićVesna PrvulovićDarko Arnaut
98Sanja MilovanovićMilica MarkovićNikola StojanovićDejan Mršević
99Ivan BabićIlija DragićDragan IsailovićNedeljko Šujica
100 (Superfinal)Žarko StevanovićVladimir NikolićSanja MilovanovićDušan Erceg
101Zoran HorvatovLjubiša VidanovićVelibor MarjanovićLjiljana Radulović-Dimitrov
102Žarko VidosavljevićJasmina AleksićAleksandar SavkovićFilip Stevanović
103Filip TotNenad IsailovićMiroslav JevremovićUroš Armuš
104Bojan SavićStevan TodorovićMiloš PetrovićNemanja Malinović
105Vladimir KrnačBranimir ArsićMilan UgrenovićMarija Nikolić
106Milan VukadinovićSrđan JeremićStefan VardićStefan Stošić
107Miloš TimotijevićDragan PetrovićAleksandar CvrkotićDragan Tomašević
108Miladin SekulićBoris BaćanDimitrije SpasićNikola Smiljanić
109Jovan MiškovićPetar Rogan
110Zdravko TomićBogdan Gavrilović
111Bojan PjevacJugoslav Ratković
112 Dejan Komar Igor Burlica
113 Petar Stojković Vladimir Jokanović
114 Ivan Gavrilović Marko Protić
115 Dejan Kovačević Vladimir Tomić
116 Dušan Erceg Ljubiša Bojadžija
117 Vladimir Mladenov Ivan Petrović
118 Vladimir Krnač Neđeljko Svrkota
119 Sergej Prošić Želimir Lalić
120 Janko Valenćik Vuk Milutinović
121 (Superfinale) Ivan Gavrilović Dejan Kovačević Dušan Erceg & Jovan Mišković
122 Zoran Ivanović Nemanja Mandić
123 Darko Krčmar Nikola Jelenić
124 Stefan Grnčarski Mihajlo Zdravković
125 Rade Goljović Dušan Macura
126 Dragan Stojanović Aleksandar Stanković
127 Stefan Stanković Danilo Ćosić
128 Dušan Nedović Nikola Smiljanić
129 Nikola Mihajlović Željko Mršević
130 Dušan Ivanović Vukašin Janjić
131 Miloš Karna Aleksandar Tomašević
132 Aleksa Grubešić Miloš Timotijević
133 (Superfinale) Miloš Karna Rade Goljović Dušan Macura & Stefan Stanković
134

Superfinals

Besides regular seasons, as of March 2013, four superfinals (superfinala) have taken place featuring best contestants in regular seasons. The fourth superfinal was also counted as Season 60, which took place in 2009 and it included the total of 231 best competitors since the inception of TV Slagalica. Below is the table of superfinal rankings.

SuperfinalYearWinnerRunner-upThirdFourth
Superfinal 11994Jan BažikDušan NikićDragan BeševićMiroslav Cvetković
Superfinal 21995Omer EkićBojan ĐokanovićMihajlo NejkovĐorđe Simić
Superfinal 31997Zoran JovanovićAleksandar BjelicaNovica LukićLazar Kojić
Superfinal 4
(also Season 60)
2009Mihajlo NejkovNovica LukićVlastimir PurićBojan Savić
Superfinal 5
(also Season 100)
2017Žarko StevanovićVladimir NikolićSanja MilovanovićDušan Erceg
Superfinal 6
(2019 Winners and Runners-Up)
2019Ivan GavrilovićDejan KovačevićDušan Erceg & Jovan Mišković
Superfinal 7
(2020 Winners and Runners-Up)
2020Miloš KarnaRade GoljovićDušan Macura & Stefan Stanković

References

  1. "Slagalica, naše drugo prezime" [Slagalica, Our Second Last Name] (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. RTS: Programska šema , 30 May 2010 (in Serbian)
  3. "Finale of the 103th Season". YouTube. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. "Good Evening by Milka Canic". YouTube. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. "Dve reči za slavu" [Two Words for Glory]. Vecernje novosti. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  6. "Srđan Stanković: Najobrazovaniji, a prodavac ribe" [Srđan Stanković: The Most Educated One Sells Fish] (in Serbian). Vecernje novosti. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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