Stanija Dobrojevic: 'No One Has Sued Me Yet'

Stanija Dobrojevic, winner of “Elita 9”, has spoken publicly for the first time after a month of silence. In an interview with reporters, given at a hair salon, she addressed a subject that had shadowed nearly every day of her life outside the show: the lawsuits she’d been warned about from inside the house.

“I haven’t been sued yet. If it needs to happen, they’d better hurry while I’m still here,” Dobrojevic said. “I haven’t even bothered looking into it for entertainment, even though I called my lawyer right away. Whoever needs to expect something should expect it, and one person is definitely getting sued, one at a time. Whoever gets sued, I won’t be showing up in court myself, my team of lawyers will. I won’t pay attention to the underworld.”

Stanija won “Elita 9” on July 21. After the finale she withdrew from public life, first for a family reunion in Croatia, then to an island, away from the media and the noise.

“I shut myself off from everything and ran away to an island. First I went to a family gathering, and then I continued on to the island, far from the media, the crowds and the noise. I badly needed that after everything I went through, but thank God I won and got the biggest paycheck in reality TV history. After all that, I’ve managed to find my peace again, at least to some extent,” she said at the start of the interview.

She added that her time in the house had left its mark on her.

“I’m not the same person, and I’ll never be the same person I was back when we did that interview right before I went into ‘Elita 9’. I fought with myself first, then with my ex, and then with everyone else in there, but now I only remember the win, and I’m moving on with my life,” Dobrojevic said.

What She Said About the Family Gathering in Croatia

Stanija also described the family reunion in Croatia she attended right after the finale. According to her, around forty relatives gather there every year, coming in from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Germany.

She said that after months spent in the house, it was hard for her to sit at the shared table, and that some of her closest relatives looked at her with pity, which affected her more than anything else.

Stanija wasn’t indifferent to comments from some “Elita 9” contestants that her win wasn’t deserved, but she said she barely remembers any of the details from the house anymore, except for those tied to her former relationship.

Her Relationship With Asmin Durdzic and the ‘Elita 10’ Announcement

When the reporter brought up her former partner Asmin Durdzic and his relationship with their daughter Nora, Dobrojevic declined to go into detail.

“I wouldn’t comment any further on their family relationship, and I’m glad I’m far removed from it now. I wish everyone all the best, and none of it interests me anymore,” she said.

She also touched on September 5, the date announced for the new season of “Elita” to open. She didn’t confirm whether she’d be returning to the house as a contestant or with a special assignment, but she left the door open to that possibility.

“There’s preparation underway, and it’s going to be a spectacle. I was expecting a dress, but I don’t know if a dress will work for what we’re doing. We’ll see what happens, maybe I’ll stay for a few days too, it would cause a stir, but that depends on who you ask,” Dobrojevic said, adding that she wouldn’t go into more detail on the subject for now.

The site 24sedam carried the same quotes, citing Blic, while Telegraf published a direct interview with Stanija. Both pieces went up on the evening of August 27, about fifteen minutes apart.

Lawsuits aren’t a new topic on “Elita” this season either. We recently reported that Dalila asked for one million euros to join “Elita 10”, which shows the financial terms around the new season are already a talking point ahead of its September 5 launch.