13th OTO Awards

March 16, 2013 (2013-03-16)

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The 13th OTO Awards, honoring the best in Slovak popular culture for the year 2012, took time and place on March 16, 2013 on the New Opera stage of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava. The ceremony broadcast live RTVS on Jednotka, the hosts of the show were Adela Banášová and Matej "Sajfa" Cifra.

Presenters[edit]

Dušan Gabáni, sports commentator
Juraj Lelkes, Kooperatíva representative
Ladislav Lučenič, musician
Václav Mika, RTVS general manager
Tom Nicholson
Lukáš Pavlásek, comedian
Karol Polák, sports commentator
Sisa Sklovská, singer
Miroslav Žbirka, musician

Winners and nominees[edit]

Main categories[edit]

Television

Ján Koleník

Miroslav Žbirka

Celeste Buckingham

News Host	News Reporter
★ Lucia Barmošová Ján Mečiar Miriam Šmahel (née Kalisová)	★ Jozef Kubáni Miroslava Almásy Danica Kleinová
Sports Host	Sports Commentator
★ Lenka Čviriková (née Hriadelová) Marcel Merčiak Peter Varinský	★ Marcel Merčiak Ján Plesník Stanislav Ščepán
Journalist	Entertainer
★ Patrik Herman Ján Mečiar Zlatica Švajdová (née Puškárová)	★ Andrej Bičan Martin Rausch Viliam Rozboril
Actor	Actress
★ Ján Koleník Juraj Kemka Lukáš Latinák	★ Monika Hilmerová Zuzana Kanócz Petra Polnišová
New Actor
★ Ján Jackuliak Gabriela Marcinková Zuzana Šebová
Program	Show
★ Srdce pre deti – JOJ Česko Slovensko má talent – JOJ MS v ľadovom hokeji 2012 – STV	★ Partička – Markíza 5 proti 5 – STV Legendy Popu – STV
Series
★ Panelák – JOJ Horúca krv – Markíza Profesionáli – JOJ

Music

Male Singer	Female Singer
★ Miroslav Žbirka Marián Čekovský Ego	★ Celeste Buckingham Nela Pocisková Zuzana Smatanová

Others[edit]

Overall winner	★ Marcel Merčiak
Hall of Fame	★ Magda Paveleková
Život Award	★ Marcel Merčiak

Superlatives[edit]

In the main categories, Ján Mečiar and Marcel Merčiak received two simultaneous nominations, respectively. Merčiak scored one win, having also achieved two special awards as the first such recipient in the so far history of the poll.

Multiple nominees[edit]

2 nominations

Ján Mečiar
Marcel Merčiak

Reception[edit]

TV ratings[edit]

The show has received a total audience of more than 587,000 viewers, making it the most watched television program within prime time in the region.^[1]

References[edit]

"OTO 2012". superFilm (in Slovak). Evolution Labs. superfilm.sk. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Z., D.; Gáfrik, Zdeno (2013-03-16). "OTO 2012: Absolútnu sošku má Merčiak, prekvapil triumf Bičana". Pravda (in Slovak). PEREX. pravda.sk. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Akácsová, Elena (2013-02-14). "Majú Štefan Hríb a Róbert Bezák šance v ankete OTO?". Týždeň Denník (in Slovak). W PRESS a.s. dennik.tyzden.sk. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
TASR (2013-03-16). "Absolútny OTO patrí M. Merčiakovi, v Sieni slávy je Magda Paveleková". Teraz (in Slovak). Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky. teraz.sk. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
SITA (2013-03-16). "Marcel Merčiak získal ocenenia OTO, Bičan porazil Rozborila". Dobré noviny (in Slovak). Nearby smart communication s.r.o. dobrenoviny.sk. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Marko, Dušan (2013-03-19). "Ceny v ankete OTO 2012 sú rozdané!". Rádio Aetter (in Slovak). WebSupport. aetter.sk. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Pluska (2013-03-16). "OTO 2012: Hilmerová prezradila, že bude mať syna Leonarda!". Plus 7 dní (in Slovak). Spoločnosť 7 Plus, a. s. pluska.sk. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Zelenay, Rudolf. "Anketa OTO bola dôstojná, kazil ju len nepatričný exhibicionizmus". Slovenské národné noviny (in Slovak). SNN. snn.sk. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Janočko, Ján (2013-03-28). "OTO 2012". Recenzie (in Slovak). Tvorim.net. recenzie.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

^ RTVS (2013-03-18). "Jednotka ako jediná slovenská televízia medziročne vzrástla". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.

External links[edit]

Archive > OTO 2012 – 13th edition Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine (Official website)
Winners (at 24hod.sk)
Winners and nominees (at Teraz.sk)
Winners and nominees (at Hospodárske noviny)

[1] RTVS (2013-03-18). "Jednotka ako jediná slovenská televízia medziročne vzrástla". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.

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