Nikolina Pisek
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Nikolina Pišek is a Croatian TV presenter currently with Nova TV. She occasionally also works as TV actress.
's Faculty of Architecture. She made a name for herself within Croatia by appearing on various frivolous entertainment, gossip, and lifestyle programmes on HRT
, Croatian public broadcaster.
First, it was the show named Glamour Cafe, created by Siniša Svilan, that consisted of two co-hosts Pišek and Nina Skorup doing bits and interviews with a lot of gossip, innuendo, and overt sexuality. Somewhat provocative nature of the show combined with the duo of physically attractive young female hosts turned a lot of heads. When Glamour Cafe got taken off the air, Pišek landed on another HRT gossip entertainment programme called Shpitza, this time as co-host alongside Danijel Despot. Shpitzas main competition was similarly conceptualized Red Carpet programme on the rival Nova TV station.
By now a recognizable public personality in Croatia, Pišek hosted HRT Dora in March 2007, Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest
. She started getting bit acting offers as well, which led to her appearance on Bitange i princeze
series. Further cementing her local star status was her fall 2007 participation as contestant on the second season of Ples sa zvijezdama
, Croatian version of Strictly Come Dancing
, airing on HRT.
Shpitza somewhat ran out of steam and frequent changes at the male co-host position ensued. Despot got replaced by Mario Petreković, but he quickly gave way to Luka Bulić. However, the show started losing viewership rapidly and got taken off the air in late 2007. In early 2008 Pišek co-hosted a youth-oriented talk show Na domaćem terenu with Mirko Fodor, also on HRT.
In late summer 2008, she left HRT and moved to Nova TV, Croatian private TV station, thus reuniting with Siniša Svilan who in the meantime became a head of programming at Nova. Once there, she started hosting the entertainment show named Red Carpet Light.
Arguably her biggest break came in late September 2008, almost simultaneously to her network switch, when she was announced as one of the four hosts of Operacija Trijumf
(local Star Academy
version for the five Balkan countries that used to be a part of Yugoslavia) alongside Milan Kalinić, Ana Mihajlovski
, and Maca Marinković. Weekly appearances on the hugely popular 3-month long reality singing contest that aired on 6 networks and was seen by a large audience throughout Balkans led to surge of popularity for her as well as expanded career opportunities outside Croatia. Among those are co-hosting the 2009 Pjesma Mediterana
festival in Budva
with Ognjen Amidžić
during early June 2009 and being slated to appear in a recurring acting role in a Serbian sitcom.
Simultaneously throughout the first part of 2009 she continued appearing on Nova TV programmes. She worked as studio co-host on Farma reality show alongside Mia Kovačić and Dražen "Kocka" Kocijan. Pišek also took over for Ana Stunić hosting IN magazin.
She is also acting in drama series Najbolje godine
magazine at the time, Pišek gave birth to their daughter Hana. The relationship with Cigoj subsequently ended.
From 2007 to 2010, Pišek dated the professional scuba diver Kristijan Curavić. she is dating Matija Ćorković.
Career
Pišek's television career began in her mid twenties after graduating design from the University of ZagrebUniversity of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
's Faculty of Architecture. She made a name for herself within Croatia by appearing on various frivolous entertainment, gossip, and lifestyle programmes on HRT
Croatian Radiotelevision
Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
, Croatian public broadcaster.
First, it was the show named Glamour Cafe, created by Siniša Svilan, that consisted of two co-hosts Pišek and Nina Skorup doing bits and interviews with a lot of gossip, innuendo, and overt sexuality. Somewhat provocative nature of the show combined with the duo of physically attractive young female hosts turned a lot of heads. When Glamour Cafe got taken off the air, Pišek landed on another HRT gossip entertainment programme called Shpitza, this time as co-host alongside Danijel Despot. Shpitzas main competition was similarly conceptualized Red Carpet programme on the rival Nova TV station.
By now a recognizable public personality in Croatia, Pišek hosted HRT Dora in March 2007, Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. She started getting bit acting offers as well, which led to her appearance on Bitange i princeze
Bitange i princeze
Bitange i princeze is a situation comedy type television show currently airing on Croatian Radio Television. The story is positioned in Zagreb, and it relies basically on group of people living in an apartment going through disasters in their life, falling in love, making it comical, similar to the...
series. Further cementing her local star status was her fall 2007 participation as contestant on the second season of Ples sa zvijezdama
Ples sa zvijezdama
Ples sa zvijezdama is the Croatian version of Dancing with the Stars and translates precisely such. All six seasons have aired on HRT1.The program is hosted by Barbara Kolar and Duško Čurlić.Judges:* Elio Bašan* Milka Babović* Dinko Bogdanić...
, Croatian version of Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
, airing on HRT.
Shpitza somewhat ran out of steam and frequent changes at the male co-host position ensued. Despot got replaced by Mario Petreković, but he quickly gave way to Luka Bulić. However, the show started losing viewership rapidly and got taken off the air in late 2007. In early 2008 Pišek co-hosted a youth-oriented talk show Na domaćem terenu with Mirko Fodor, also on HRT.
In late summer 2008, she left HRT and moved to Nova TV, Croatian private TV station, thus reuniting with Siniša Svilan who in the meantime became a head of programming at Nova. Once there, she started hosting the entertainment show named Red Carpet Light.
Arguably her biggest break came in late September 2008, almost simultaneously to her network switch, when she was announced as one of the four hosts of Operacija Trijumf
Operacija trijumf
Operacija Trijumf is a regional music talent TV reality show filmed in Belgrade, Serbia, aired in the region of former Yugoslavia. It is a local version of Star Academy reality series that was developed and is licensed worldwide by Endemol...
(local Star Academy
Star Academy
Star Academy is a highly successful television show format based on the Spanish format "Operación Triunfo" produced by Endemol, that has been broadcast in over 50 countries...
version for the five Balkan countries that used to be a part of Yugoslavia) alongside Milan Kalinić, Ana Mihajlovski
Ana Mihajlovski
Ana Mihajlovski is a Serbian television presenter mostly hosting locally licensed reality programmes through Emotion Production. She also occasionally works as an actress....
, and Maca Marinković. Weekly appearances on the hugely popular 3-month long reality singing contest that aired on 6 networks and was seen by a large audience throughout Balkans led to surge of popularity for her as well as expanded career opportunities outside Croatia. Among those are co-hosting the 2009 Pjesma Mediterana
Pjesma Mediterana
Pjesma Mediterana is a pop music festival held every summer in Budva, Montenegro.The festival began in 1992 There have been various sponsors of the festival, including:Komuna Belgrade, Music Star Production and the Municipality of Budva. From 2008, the Municipality of Budva, together with HTP...
festival in Budva
Budva
Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...
with Ognjen Amidžić
Ognjen Amidžic
Ognjen Amidžić is a Serbian TV host.He is currently a member of the Flamingosi duo, along with actor Marinko Madžgalj. His stage name in the duo is Renato....
during early June 2009 and being slated to appear in a recurring acting role in a Serbian sitcom.
Simultaneously throughout the first part of 2009 she continued appearing on Nova TV programmes. She worked as studio co-host on Farma reality show alongside Mia Kovačić and Dražen "Kocka" Kocijan. Pišek also took over for Ana Stunić hosting IN magazin.
She is also acting in drama series Najbolje godine
Najbolje godine
Najbolje godine was the popular Croatian television drama series produced by Nova TV . The main directors were Mladen Dizdar, Robert Orhel, Goran Rukavina and Kristijan Milić. The series' Creative Producer was Milivoj Puhlovski. The TV series began airing on 14. September 2009 on Nova TV, Croatia....
Private
In 1997, during a relationship with Mark Cigoj, journalist who wrote for GlobusGlobus (weekly)
Globus is a Croatian weekly news magazine published in Zagreb.The magazine was started in 1990, having some of its first issues published during the Croatian War of Independence. Originally devised as tabloid, it never took an openly chauvinist approach of Slobodni tjednik and always tried to give...
magazine at the time, Pišek gave birth to their daughter Hana. The relationship with Cigoj subsequently ended.
From 2007 to 2010, Pišek dated the professional scuba diver Kristijan Curavić. she is dating Matija Ćorković.