Vlatka Pokos

Vlatka Pokos (born 22 March 1970) is a Croatian jet setter, former singer and former television host. Due to her controversial lifestyle and up-and-down entertainment career, Vlatka was a subject of constant media attention. Most recently, she is notable for her outspoken political and social views.

Early life Vlatka Pokos was born on 22 March 1970 in Salzburg, Austria. After graduating from high school, she moved to Zagreb.

Career She started her singing career in late 1980s with the band Srebrna Krila where she was credited for two albums that achieved notable success. In the early 1990s, she became a television for two major Sunday night television shows (Bravo and Sedma noć) on the Croatian national broadcaster HRT. In the summer of 1995, Pokos launched her only solo hit titled "Petak" (Friday). In 1999 and 2000, she co-hosted Dora, the Croatian national final for Eurovision Song Contest.

Pokos made her acting debut as a guest in an episode of the 2007 comedy television series Zauvijek susjedi on Nova TV. She returned to the network in 2022 to participante in the tenth season of Ples sa zvijezdama, a Croatian iteration of Strictly Come Dancing, where she was eliminated first.

Controversies In June 2007, her marriage with Josip Radeljak abruptly ended when he kicked her out of their apartment. A fierce media battle between the two ensued, with Radeljak tossing his wedding ring in Croatian prime-time television show Otvoreno on HRT, and accusing Vlatka of physically abusing his daughter Lana. Vlatka then accused him of "treating her worse than his domestic helpers." In September 2007, Pokos had a guest role in comedy television series Zauvijek susjedi, but tried to stop the broadcast of the episode as she believed her character on the show and the character's nickname "Dekanica" was a parody of her real-life marriage; Pokos claimed she was not given then entire script for the episode upon filming.

In 2010, Pokos published a book titled Život u raju , which, although it was criticized as simplistic and banal, received a lot of media attention. Radoljak's new wife, Dolores Lambaša, started participating in the media battle with Pokos after announcing her book called Život u paklu , which was to document alleged abuses over Radeljak's daughter Lana who Vlatka allegedly mistreated.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Dora 1999 Herself Host, with Oliver Mlakar 2000 Dora 2000 Herself Host, with Marko Rašica 2007 Zauvijek susjedi Sofija Frajt 1 episode 2007 Nad lipom 35 Herself 2022 Ples sa zvijezdama Herself Season 10 contestant