Mitrovic Confirms Zmaj od Sipova Is Entering Elite 10
The Pink TV owner confirmed on Instagram that Ilija Grahovac is joining the tenth season of the reality show. Elite 10 starts September 5, and Zmaj was unconfirmed until yesterday.
Zeljko Mitrovic confirmed today, in a post on Instagram, that Ilija Grahovac, better known as Zmaj od Sipova, is entering Elite 10. The tenth season of the reality show starts on September 5, 2026, and the list of confirmed residents of the White House villa in Simanovci has just gained the name that had been circulating as a rumor for weeks.
The confirmation didn’t come through a production statement, nor through an announcement on Pink’s programming. It arrived in passing, in a single sentence, inside a post where the television owner listed ten things he was doing at the same time.
I’m eating, riding a skateboard, listening to music, sunbathing, answering messages, watching Pink and downloading emails, sketching out the geometry of the new Studio 6 in Simanovci, confirming that Zmaj od Sipova is entering Elite 10, and talking live with Jean-Claude Van Damme about his stay in Belgrade and the International Film Festival in Nis on August 25.
Mitrovic wrote this alongside a video, in a post meant to prove that a person can activate their whole brain at once. The line about Zmaj is the eighth in that sequence, sandwiched between sketching the studio and the conversation with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Why This Isn’t the Same as the Earlier Announcement
Mitrovic had mentioned Grahovac before, but in a completely different tone.
The robots Tosa and Gosa will introduce their parents Rasa and Masa, who have even more powerful abilities, but come to think of it, there’s no robot or artificial intelligence that can outdo Zmaj od Sipova and the other contestants.
That line was an ad, not a contract. It never said Zmaj had signed, so Grahovac stayed in the column of rumors right up until last night, alongside names that keep coming up without a single confirmation. Today’s post uses the verb “confirming,” and there’s no room left for interpretation.
Grahovac has kept a low profile in recent months while racking up scandals, and he was also arrested. He’s entering the White House villa carrying that baggage, which puts him among the contestants the production will push hardest into prime time.
Who Has Signed a Contract So Far
Six names have been publicly confirmed so far, alongside a few considered certain:
- Andjela Djuricic, the first to sign a contract for Elite 10, her fourth stint in the show
- Filip Car, who signed his contract in Zeljko Mitrovic’s office at the Pink TV building
- Divna Milovanovic DNK and her husband Marko Kocic, entering as a married couple
- Radomir Marinkovic Taki, Maja Marinkovic’s father
- Iva Markovic, a contestant from the fifth season of Mr. Perfect, for whom this would be a reality show debut
- Zmaj od Sipova, confirmed today
Car told Blic the call caught him off guard.
The call itself surprised me, I didn’t even expect Zeljko Mitrovic to be the one calling. I’d sort of figured my reality show career was over, but here we are, this is the anniversary season I’ll retire on.
Divna announced her return before the ninth season had even ended. “Expect Marko and me in the tenth season of Elite, we’re coming back to show everyone which contestants are the best and to sit on the throne,” she told the same outlet, adding that they’re entering as a married couple and going there to have fun.
We’ve already covered Taki’s motive for joining, he’s said openly that he’s going in for a showdown with Filip Car. With Car’s brother also on the list, that means two members of one feuding family and one member of another will be under the same roof at the same time.
Mitrovic also announced that he’ll sign contracts with all ten contestants publicly, on camera. Andjela was the first to go through that process.
The Robots Get Parents
Alongside the humans, the robots Tosa and Gosa are returning to the White House villa too, joined by their parents, Masa Mercedes and Rasa Da Vinci. Masa is built as a robot rapper who influences Tosa and the other housemates through her lyrics. Rasa paints the events and the contestants, and his works go to auction.
Proceeds from those paintings, according to Mitrovic’s announcement, go to single parents and children without parents. A robot dog, Fifi, is joining the family as well.
Who Else Hasn’t Been Confirmed?
None of the names circulating most heavily in recent days are officially on the list. Dalila Dragojevic, who lives in the United States, Maja Marinkovic, Aneli Ahmic and Asmin Durdzic keep coming up, but the production hasn’t confirmed any of them.
Casting was open through the summer, with candidates sending in their biography, photos and a video clip. The remaining names will be revealed at the season opening on September 5, when Stanija, the winner of Elite 9, opens the night alongside Mitrovic.
Stanija won Elite 9, which means she’s opening the anniversary Elite 10 together with me. Every detail will be spectacular. There will be big surprises when it comes to the contestants.
Less than a month remains before the start, and the production has revealed less than half the house so far.
