Stanija Dobrojevic on IVF: The problem was not mine
The winner of Elite 9 talks about the IVF attempt she made with Marko Markovic and the test results that, she says, made him back away. She spoke on the Bunker podcast hosted by Luna Djogani.
Stanija Dobrojevic has spoken about the IVF attempt she went through with Marko Markovic and about the test results that, by her account, made her partner at the time pull away. She was a guest on the podcast “Bunker” hosted by Luna Djogani, and Telegraf and Informer both covered the conversation on July 31, 2026.
The appearance comes after the end of Elite 9, the reality show she won along with a cheque for 100,000 euros. Markovic is also a reality contestant, the two are no longer together, and she had not talked publicly about the IVF attempt before this conversation.
What did Stanija say about the IVF attempt?
She described it as a joint decision, after which the doctor asked that the male partner be tested as well. The result changed the picture the couple had been working with until then.
We decided to go for IVF and that is when the doctor asked that he get tested too, and that is where we found out that even then the problem was not with me. That was a genuinely hard moment, he cried there and could not even drive
The line about driving is the only concrete detail she offered about how Markovic took the finding. Everything else was left broad, with no dates, no clinic named and no indication of how long the relationship lasted afterwards.
Markovic has not responded to her account. Neither the Telegraf nor the Informer piece carries a word from him, so what happened in the doctor’s office has been told from one side only.
Money, holidays and furnishing the flat
The second half of her story is about who paid for what. Dobrojevic said she funded their summer and winter holidays as well as the furnishing of the flat, and that it went on for as long as the relationship was working.
I cried too and I believed in our love and our feelings… But he somehow gave up there, and he was with me while I was spending on summer and winter holidays… And then when that decisive moment comes, that is where you give up a little
She framed it as a grievance rather than an itemised bill. No figures were given and no period was specified, so the statement cannot be turned into a balance sheet of the relationship. What stands is the point she made herself: that one side stepped back at exactly the moment that called for holding on.
Two reality wins, eleven years apart
Coverage of the podcast tends to skip the fact that Elite was not her first reality trophy. Dobrojevic won “Farma” in 2015 and took 50,000 euros that year. Nine Elite seasons later, the prize had doubled.
- “Farma”, 2015, win and 50,000 euros
- “Elite 9”, win and a cheque for 100,000 euros
- straight back in front of the cameras after leaving, through a podcast
That track record explains why her account of the IVF attempt is running across every portal while the same story from another contestant would not. She has been a fixture of the Serbian reality scene for more than a decade, and the audience already knows the backstory.
What comes next
Dobrojevic said she is returning to the United States once her current commitments are done. Until then, by her own account, there are shoots, campaigns for new collections and podcast appearances lined up. She also mentioned a special opening of Elite 10 alongside Zeljko Mitrovic, plus a family trip.
That means the story about her and Markovic will not end with one podcast episode. The season ahead runs in the same setting where the relationship played out, and she has already been announced for its opening.
