Elite 10: 12 Contestants Punished Over Dinner No-Show

Elite 10 production punished twelve contestants on Thursday, September 24. The reason was the same for all of them: skipping dinner and the mandatory broadcasts filmed in the White House in Simanovci.

Who Was Punished

The list of punished contestants includes:

• Jasenka Cindric
• Kristina Jelkic
• Lena Simic
• Milan Popov
• Mirjana Zuzija
• Dalibor Zaric
• Olga Osipova
• Vasilije Obradovic
• Nevena Vukojevic
• Radojka Jovanovic
• Jasmina Markovic
• Milica Vidakovic

Twelve people, almost the entire house, in a single day. They failed to sit down at the table at the scheduled time and missed the scheduled broadcasts that are filmed live.

The size of the penalty was not disclosed anywhere. None of the reports on the incident say how much these twelve will pay for the missed meal, so that detail remains unknown for now.

Why Is the Production Responding This Way?

Elite films 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and part of the broadcasts and programming segments are mandatory for every contestant, regardless of mood. The production points out that it has provided the contestants with a stay on the property lasting several months, living conditions and fees, and in return expects them to respect the format they agreed to when they entered the show. The rules on mandatory attendance are also posted on signs around the property in Simanovci, so none of the contestants can claim they did not know about them.

When a contestant refuses to sit down at the table or skips a broadcast, it does not just spoil the mood in the house. It jeopardizes filming, since the production plans content for broadcast in advance, and an empty chair disrupts the entire schedule of the program that airs day after day.

Nevena Vukojevic is on the punished list again this time, and her name has been at the center of attention before this season. She previously clashed with Dajana Jamini Amazonka, a conflict after which Amazonka was disqualified and became the first contestant to leave this year’s Elite.

This penalty is not the same story as the earlier isolation Terza imposed on Aneli and Car, along with a ban for Djukic. That case involved a conflict among the contestants themselves, while here the reason is purely organizational: failing to respect the broadcast schedule that has to air as planned.

Twelve contestants punished in a single day is, based on everything seen this season so far, one of the production’s largest actions yet. The coming days of “Elite 10” will show whether this makes them pay closer attention to the schedule going forward.