diff --git a/client/src/components/breaking-news-widget.tsx b/client/src/components/breaking-news-widget.tsx
index 82f8167..0e19e04 100644
--- a/client/src/components/breaking-news-widget.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/breaking-news-widget.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { artistKey } from "@/lib/artists";
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from "react";
 import { Globe, ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
 
@@ -19,7 +20,24 @@ export function BreakingNewsWidget() {
   const [offset, setOffset] = useState(0);
   const [paused, setPaused] = useState(false);
 
-  const items = news || [];
+  // Isti izvajalec ne sme stati drug ob drugem: vsaj 5 mest razmika.
+  const items = (() => {
+    const rest = [...(news || [])];
+    const out: NewsItem[] = [];
+    const recent: string[] = [];
+    while (rest.length) {
+      let idx = rest.findIndex((n: any) => {
+        const k = artistKey(n?.title || "");
+        return !k || !recent.includes(k);
+      });
+      if (idx < 0) idx = 0;
+      const n = rest.splice(idx, 1)[0];
+      out.push(n);
+      recent.push(artistKey((n as any)?.title || ""));
+      if (recent.length >= 5) recent.shift();
+    }
+    return out;
+  })();
   const total = items.length;
 
   const advance = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/client/src/components/news-widget.tsx b/client/src/components/news-widget.tsx
index 6cd2f21..3bf8c27 100644
--- a/client/src/components/news-widget.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/news-widget.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { artistKey } from "@/lib/artists";
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from "react";
 import { Newspaper, ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
 
@@ -19,7 +20,24 @@ export function NewsWidget() {
   const [offset, setOffset] = useState(0);
   const [paused, setPaused] = useState(false);
 
-  const items = news || [];
+  // Isti izvajalec ne sme stati drug ob drugem: vsaj 5 mest razmika.
+  const items = (() => {
+    const rest = [...(news || [])];
+    const out: NewsItem[] = [];
+    const recent: string[] = [];
+    while (rest.length) {
+      let idx = rest.findIndex((n: any) => {
+        const k = artistKey(n?.title || "");
+        return !k || !recent.includes(k);
+      });
+      if (idx < 0) idx = 0;
+      const n = rest.splice(idx, 1)[0];
+      out.push(n);
+      recent.push(artistKey((n as any)?.title || ""));
+      if (recent.length >= 5) recent.shift();
+    }
+    return out;
+  })();
   const total = items.length;
 
   const advance = useCallback(() => {