This was most evident with Matko Okmažić from Omiš, the 25-year-old son of the restaurant owner, later revealed to be the candidate of far-right parties at local elections.

Okmažić, although popular with contestants, outraged many liberal Croatians with his chauvinist views and later had to publicly apologize after singing "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara", the controversial song of Croatian far-right singer Joško Tomičić.

[1] He outraged feminist and gays rights groups after a statement that he would kill his girlfriend if he found out she is cheating on him.

[2] In 2001 local elections for Omiš city council he was 14th on the list for HB/HKDU hard right coalition.

This result was often perceived as the victory of liberal-minded and pro-European Croatians over the right-wingers embodied in Matko Okmažić.