Milan Popov Leaves Elita 10 for Pinkove Zvezde Show

Milan Popov, the son of singer Stojanka Stoja Novakovic, left the Elita 10 house today under security escort. The reason was his first performance before the judges of the music competition Pinkove zvezde, scheduled for September 21.

Milan has been in the reality show as the son of one of Serbia’s best known singers, but during his stay he built a path of his own. As the housemates learned, the show’s boss granted him a long standing wish and let him compete in the Pink television singing program while still officially an Elita contestant. His departure from the house is therefore not a regular exit from the reality show but a temporary absence for that engagement. The estate where Elita 10 is filmed is in Simanovci, and Milan did not leave that location at all: he simply moved to the studio where Pinkove zvezde is recorded. When he will return to the other contestants, and how he will continue in the competition, is not yet known.

Vocal coach Lepi Mica prepared him for the performance in advance, working with him on vocal technique before the taping. The message production sent to the house named who would be his support during the recording itself.

“Dear Elita, it’s time for Milan to head to his first performance on Pinkove zvezde. We wish him the very best of luck… Bebi Dol will be his support during today’s taping,” the letter that reached the house today read.

How the Housemates Reacted to the News

News that Milan was leaving for the taping drew reactions from the other Elita 10 contestants. House leader Borislav Terzic Terza addressed Milan on behalf of the whole group.

“As the leader, and the whole group, I want you to do your very best,” Terzic said.

Milan did not hide that the day ahead weighed on him. He openly admitted he was nervous and had not felt well since morning, but stressed he would give it his all.

“I’ll give it my all, I’m nervous, I haven’t felt well since this morning, I’ll try to do our house and our team proud, and above all, thank you,” Stoja’s son said before leaving.

Fellow contestant Rada also wished him support and asked to be the one accompanying him to such engagements from now on. “I’d like to ask that from now on I be the one with him, to be his support,” Rada said.

Is Milan Returning to Elita?

For now, no one knows the exact date. According to what production told the house, his departure is tied solely to the taping of his first performance before the judges, not to a final exit from the season. Milan therefore remains an official Elita 10 contestant while also building a music career outside the reality show, in a format that gives him a chance to present himself to the audience in a different light, through singing.

This is not the first time this week that Stoja Novakovic’s family has made news. The singer herself recently told Darko Lazic from the stage that she loves him like a son, and now, in the same week, her son Milan is presenting himself to the public for the first time on the Pinkove zvezde stage, in a competition aired on the same network that broadcasts Elita.

The performance itself, with security in tow and an official letter from production addressed to the whole house, shows how much the house treats this outing as a special event rather than a routine absence. The other contestants were told about Milan’s departure the same day he left for the taping, so the news set off an immediate reaction in the house and a wave of supportive messages, some of them said out loud in front of the cameras, so that Milan, as he put it himself, could live up to the group’s trust.

For now, it is not known how the performance before the judges went, or when Milan will next cross the threshold of the house.