Elite 9 finale: backstage brawl, screams and tears
The Elite 9 finale night served up a physical fight off camera, a tipsy contestant, a surprise reconciliation and a mother refusing to greet her son-in-law. We recap the wildest moments around the winner reveal.
- A physical fight broke out off camera between Sandra Todic and Ivana Pljugica during the finale night.
- Borislav Terzic Terza appeared visibly tipsy on the night the winner was chosen.
- Asmin's father, Mustafa Durdzic, unexpectedly apologized and hugged Daca, shocking his own son.
- Teodora Delic and her mother refused to greet Nenad Macanovic Bebica, with harsh words.
The Elite 9 finale wrapped in the early morning hours of July 21, 2026, and the last night in the house delivered more confrontations than the entire season. While the winner’s name was being chosen on stage, a scene the producers never planned was unfolding behind the cameras. A source close to the production confirmed the night was chaotic from the first minute to the last.
The central incident happened out of reach of the main cameras. Sandra Todic and Ivana Pljugica got into a physical fight backstage, and pulling them apart required security and part of the crew working in the studio that evening. Tension between them had been simmering for weeks, but it erupted at the exact moment the whole house was supposed to be focused on the final vote.
Who defined the last night in the house?
The brawl was not the only thing that raised the temperature. Borislav Terzic Terza turned up visibly tipsy, something viewers at home spotted immediately. His behavior that night became one of the most talked-about topics online, right alongside the winner reveal.
Then came a moment no one saw coming. Mustafa Durdzic, the father of contestant Asmin, walked up to Daca, apologized and hugged him. The reconciliation stunned everyone in the studio, and none more than Asmin himself, who reacted with visible shock to his father’s move. What had looked for months like an unbridgeable rift was settled in a matter of seconds, on camera.
Emotions peaked among the families too. Teodora Delic and her mother refused to greet Nenad Macanovic Bebica. The mother made no secret of how she felt about her son-in-law and directed harsh words at him, leaving no doubt about how she views the relationship after everything that played out in the house.
What did Stanija tell Taki?
The face-offs on stage were just as charged. Stanija sharply called out Taki Marinkovic, telling him to his face that, in her words, he was pathetic and pitiful. Their duel was one of the most-watched segments of the evening and further fired up the audience following the finale live.
Add it all up, and the Elite 9 finale night felt like a summary of the whole season: screams, tears, brutal insults and reconciliations in the same breath. The winner announcement, the very reason viewers stayed awake until dawn, at times felt like a side note next to everything happening around and behind the stage.
Reality formats have long thrived on finales like this, where the drama of the final night is packed into a few hours. The only question is how long an audience can take the same recipe, and how much that very recipe will keep pulling them back next season.
Do finales like this still draw you in, or has the scene behind the cameras become more interesting than what happens on the stage?
