Danijela Dimitrovska Hosts New RTS Quiz Show

Starting Sunday, September 20, at 8 p.m., Danijela Dimitrovska takes the helm of a new entertainment show on RTS, she confirmed to Telegraf.rs and Republika. The model and host has until now been tied to news and morning programming, and this marks her first time fronting an entertainment format that, she says, is the first of its kind in the region.

The idea to join the project wasn’t hers to begin with. Uros Markovic and Manja Grcic brought her the offer, and Dimitrovska admits she hesitated at first, since nothing she’d done on television before resembled this format.

I told myself, let’s give it a try, let’s see what it’s about. I went to the casting, the production and the whole team liked me, and I realized: this is it, this is my calling.

That’s how she describes the moment she agreed to take on the new role, in comments to Telegraf.rs.

Dimitrovska explains the show itself as a mix of a quiz and a talent show. Contestants try to guess, based on the guests’ looks and with help from celebrity panelists, what hidden talent each guest is hiding, with a prize fund of up to 1.5 million dinars on offer for anyone who guesses every talent correctly.

I can tell you we’re promising great fun. From now on, every Sunday evening at 8 p.m., viewers can expect smiles on their faces and the chance to see, for the first time, one big, wonderful show that combines a quiz with a talent competition.

Who is the first guest on the new show?

The guest in the premiere episode is basketball player Boban “Bobi” Marjanovic. Dimitrovska won’t give away details of his appearance, but admits it was hard to keep a straight face while filming.

It was fantastic. I don’t want to give too much away, because you really have to see it for yourselves. I honestly don’t want to drop any hints, especially since I could barely hold back my own laughter in the middle of filming. So watch, tune in to RTS on Sunday at 8 p.m., you definitely won’t regret it.

Serbian outlets don’t agree on the show’s exact title. Telegraf.rs writes it as “Pogodi sta umem” (“Guess What I Can Do”), while Republika calls the same show “Pogodi sta umes” (“Guess What You Can Do”).

Before taking on this role, Dimitrovska’s longest-running gig was the morning program on Blic TV, an experience she describes as demanding but useful. Speaking to Blic, in comments carried by Republika, she says the entertainment format suits her far better now.

The Blic TV morning show, and that kind of news format, was definitely a good drill for me, but it also gave me the chance to feel completely at home and comfortable in an entertainment format like this one. So I think I’m actually more suited to entertainment programming.

Alongside her television work, Dimitrovska has also tried her hand at acting. She’s set to appear in the upcoming premiere of the second part of the film “Povratak Zikine dinastije” (The Return of Zika’s Dynasty).

Asked whether she’s thinking about further work in entertainment television, she says her main wish for now is for the new show to take off and get a second season.

I definitely see myself in entertainment programming, so I’m open to anything interesting that comes up down the road, anything I feel I can pull off the right way. I haven’t thought yet about what specific format that might be. Above all, I’d love for “Pogodi sta umem” to be a big success, so we can film another season.

The premiere is set for Sunday, September 20, at 8 p.m. on RTS.