Sanja Marinkovic Counts Elita Romances, Maja Tops List
On June 28, the host read out a list of reality stars' intimate partners, naming Maja Marinkovic the record holder with 12 relationships over eight years in the show.
- On June 28, Sanja Marinkovic publicly counted the romances of Zadruga and Elita contestants on her show.
- Maja Marinkovic was named the record holder with 12 partners over eight years in reality television.
- Anita Stanojlovic came second with nine partners and disputed the figure.
- Maja, currently dating Asmin Djurdjic, defended herself by pointing to her long stint in the show.
On June 28, Sanja Marinkovic pulled out a cue card on her show and read aloud the relationships of Zadruga and Elita contestants, and when she reached the name Maja Marinkovic, the studio fell silent. On camera, the host announced that Maja, with twelve partners over eight years inside the reality format, was comfortably first on this unusual list.
The list was not short. Second came Anita Stanojlovic with nine relationships, who immediately disputed the number and tried to talk it down. Maja, on the other hand, chose a completely different tactic. Instead of denying it, she embraced the record and decided to explain it through longevity.
How did Maja defend herself on camera?
“Well of course, Sanja, I have been in reality TV for eight years. I am not a phony who restricts my own life,” Maja said without flinching while the host kept counting. She added that eight years is not the same as someone entering for one or two seasons, framing the figure as the simple math of a long stay in the house.
The argument has a certain logic, reality logic at least. The longer you stay on camera, the more chances arise for crushes, fights, reconciliations and new relationships. Maja has been an almost constant presence in the Bela kuca house and its successors since 2018, with at least one partner each season. She is currently dating Asmin Djurdjic, and according to available information both Asmin and Luka Vujovic, two men whose names have been linked to her for years, were present during the scene on Sanja’s show.
That very presence made the reading of the list feel even more tense. It is one thing when a host lists numbers, and quite another when the people sitting at the table are part of that statistic. Sanja, as usual, kept her smile and went through the names one by one, while the guests’ expressions shifted by the second.
Why do lists like this still fill studios?
Maja Marinkovic is no stranger to a turbulent love life on camera, but this kind of precise tally, with a card in hand and name after name, is rarely seen in prime time. The host made it clear that this was “not something to applaud,” which raised the temperature in the studio even further.
What sets this scene apart is not the number itself but the way Maja reacted. She did not retreat, she did not get angry on camera, but turned her record status into an argument about endurance in a job she chose herself. For an audience that has followed reality TV for years, it was an almost expected move, because Maja has long known how to turn any situation into content.
Anita Stanojlovic, with her nine relationships, took a different approach and tried to lower the count, but in the shadow of Maja’s record her defense went largely unnoticed. In the end, the list achieved exactly what such lists are built for, becoming the topic of the day and flooding social media before the show even ended.
Do you think the length of a reality stint really justifies a record like this, or has the number of on-camera relationships become just another tool for staying in the spotlight?
