Slávik (English: "nightingale") was a Slovak music poll and award established by the company Forza—which organizes the Miss Slovakia beauty pageant—in 1998, as a successor to Czechoslovakia's Zlatý slavík, which ran from 1962 until 1991.
[1][2] The annual event was broadcast live through the television channels Markíza from 1998 to 2010 and TV JOJ from 2011 until 2012.
Forza dissolved the event a year later due to declining interest.
[4] Czechia, formerly part of Czechoslovakia, has its own music award, known as Český slavík (English: "Czech nightingale").
With eight awards within the major categories, Elán was the most successful band in the poll's history, followed by Desmod and Zuzana Smatanová, who received a total of seven and six gold trophies, respectively.