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n television talk show

Talk show

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 aired every Sunday at 14:00 CET on HRT 1.

The hour length show usually features a single guest related to an important political, cultural or economic event that came to light during that week. After a brief introductory segment, the show is basically an interview between the guest and the show's host Aleksandar Stanković.

Another feature of the show is a phone line poll about an issue related to the guest. The poll recently became matter of controversy, when many people, dissatisfied with the results - most notably Andrija Hebrang

Andrija Hebrang (son)

Andrija Hebrang is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union , he is currently member of the Croatian Parliament...

, high ranking official of the Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union

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 - accused Croatian Radiotelevision of vote stuffing and manipulation. Recently the poll lost much of its importance due to small number of respondents and results that contradict each other every week.

The show started in 2001 and gained a lot of popularity, mostly due to Stanković taking adversarial approach towards the guests and asking all kinds of unpleasant questions. For a while, Nedjeljom u dva enjoyed a reputation of the most influential television show in Croatia. But this reputation was recently put in question when Stanković's approach began to backfire, manifesting itself in straw poll results. It is believed that the trend started in 2009 with Borislav Škegro and Zlatko Canjuga - two unpopular figures in the former Franjo Tuđman's government - outclassing Stanković during the debates. In recent months Stanković fared the same in the debate with a Serbian journalist Aleksandar Tijanić

Aleksandar Tijanic

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, while the worst debacle was the debate with Nenad Ivanković, which, according to witnesses, nearly led to physical confrontation after the show. Also a guest of the show in December 2007, Bosnian Serb politician Milorad Dodik

Milorad Dodik

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 called the opening segment about him 'biased' and confronted Stankovic with the fact he was never officially found guilty of cigaret smuggling, as claimed by the show.

Another source of controversy is Stanković's tendency to shock viewers with content usually not seen on Croatian daytime television. While most commentators saw his taking off clothes for impromptu photo shoot by Stephan Lupino as harmless, they were appalled by the use of footage from the Srebrenica Massacre

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 tapes and controversial scenes from 1976 film Okupacija u 26 slika - images viewed inappropriate for public television during daytime. In 2008 another controversy erupted after the Slovenian right wing politician Zmago Jelinčič

Zmago Jelincic

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 was a guest of the show.

Other notable guests include Lepa Brena

Lepa Brena

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, Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek

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, Toni Kukoč

Toni Kukoc

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, Rambo Amadeus

Rambo Amadeus

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, Ivo Josipović

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, Mira Furlan

Mira Furlan

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, Let 3

Let 3

Let 3 is a modern rock band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 1987. The band frontmen are Damir "Mrle" Martinović and Zoran "Prlja" Prodanović. The band is popular in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics due to their original approach to rock music and their obscene live performances...

 and Mirko Filipović

Mirko Filipovic

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