Amidzic: Pinkove Zvezde Judges Stay the Same for New Season

Filming for the new season of the music competition Pinkove zvezde began on September 7, 2026, in Simanovci, in a completely new studio that Zeljko Mitrovic had the crew relocate to. Host Ognjen Amidzic confirmed the news to pink.rs on the first day of filming, and also revealed that Tijana Milutinovic is joining the hosting team this season.

“In a strange way, yes. It is, because this is fine, the break went by fast again, it was a short one. But since we’ve also got a new studio and everything’s new, I’m really curious how it’ll go. And now Tijana has joined too,” Amidzic said in a statement on the first day of filming.

What’s new in the studio

The crew is filming this season in a different space than before. The judges’ chairs are now positioned closer together than they used to be, and behind the white backdrop with lights that display the judges’ votes there is now a large video wall with special lighting. The seating arrangement among the judges has changed as well: Ognjen Amidzic’s chair has been moved to the other side, now sitting close to Desingerica.

The judging panel, however, stays the same as last season. Its members include Jelena Karleusa, Viki Miljkovic, Zorica Brunclik and Desingerica, and Zorica herself showed up in person at the new studio on the first day of filming.

Amidzic: Tijana’s hiring surprised me too

Amidzic admitted that the news about his new co-host caught him off guard, and that the same goes for Milutinovic herself.

“Well, to be honest, it surprised me too. I think it surprised Tijana as well. She called me and was like, ‘Hey, they called me to work on this,’ so I think that’s a question best asked of them,” the host said.

Ognjen did not want to reveal too much about what viewers can expect going forward. He stressed that any changes to the format should be introduced gradually.

“Well, not yet. We’ll see now. I know the panel stayed the same, which was probably what people were most curious about. I think we’ll take it round by round. I think there will be some new things,” Amidzic said, adding that the production decided to run the first round in the tried and tested format.

“They told me: ‘Let’s do the first round the standard way,’ so people get pulled back into the story again,” the host explained.

A standard start, with changes to come later

According to Amidzic, the production decided it was better to open the competition in the format the audience already knows, and to introduce any changes gradually, round by round. The host says that he, like the contestants, has pitched the production ideas for changes, but that the final call has to match the taste of the television audience, which, in his words, does not like sudden, major overhauls to a format it already follows.

Ognjen had previously pushed for a different way of showing the judges’ votes, so that the audience would not immediately see who voted for whom, with the votes instead converted into scores that get added up. He says other judges backed that idea too, but that none of it has been put into practice yet this season.

As for the panel itself, Amidzic believes the five judges who scored the first seasons did a good job, and that there is no need for further changes for now, apart from possibly adding one more chair. He also recalled the tensions that marked the previous season, above all his relationship with Desingerica, who he says matured a lot over the course of that season.

Alongside Pinkove zvezde, Ognjen is also expecting a new season of the Amidzi Show in the coming months, but he says he does not believe anyone from the team would leave the competition.

“I don’t believe anyone from this crew would do that, so hopefully we won’t end up in that situation,” the host concluded.