The series puts its participants to a polygraph test in order to reveal whether or not they are telling the truth for a chance to win a great prize of 500,000 HRK (c. €69,000).
[2] The Serbian version, produced by RTV Pink and hosted by Tatjana Vojtehovski, carries the same name.
Trenutak istine gained significant attention in the Croatian media and was widely considered controversial during its run.
[4][5][6] In February 2009, the Croatian Psychological Association started a petition to ban the show, describing it as exploitative and morally corrupting.
[6] In November 2009, Nova TV was forced to broadcast the series after 10 pm when the Croatian Electronic Media Agency (Croatian: Agencija za elektroničke medije) determined the series is not appropriate to air in the earlier time slot it was originally allocated to.