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HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.13/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.13/css/select2.css">
<select style="width:50%;" name="custom">
<option value="0" disabled>ND</option>
<option value="1">Alex Burn</option>
<option value="2">Tom Johnes</option>
<option value="3">Serhio Aguero</option>
<option value="4">Eugeny Petrosyan</option>
<option value="5">Mark Twen</option>
<option value="6">Jack Sparrow</option>
<option value="7">Luci Night</option>
<option value="8">Silvia Rodger</option>
<option value="9">Marko Roys</option>
<option value="10">Voldemar Fermer</option>
</select>

CSS

.select2-results__option[aria-disabled="true"] {
		display: none;
	}

JavaScript

$("[name='custom']").select2();
$("[name='custom']").val($("[name='custom'] option:first").val());
$("[name='custom']").select2("val", $("[name='custom'] option:first").val());