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Star Academy is a highly successful television show format produced by Endemol, that has been broadcast in over 50 countries. It is a pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements.
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Format
There are many versions of the Star Academy show, each country having its own slight variations, but the basic concept remains the same: contestants live in a boarding-school called "The Academy", managed by a director, and various teachers coach them in several artistic disciplines. The participants are filmed with cameras throughout the day and night (an idea borrowed from another of Endemol's major reality shows Big Brother). Once a week, the contestants have to face a prime time show, where they sing the song they've prepared during the week before, as well as recapping their trials and tribulations at The Academy from the past week. The live show will often feature special guest stars, with whom some of the contestants have the opportunity to sing. Based on the judges' verdicts and viewer voting, the weakest contestant is dropped. The eventual winner is awarded a record deal and usually some amount of money.
History
The Star Academy concept belongs to the Spanish production company Gestmusic, a Spanish branch of Endemol. The first country to broadcast the format, however, was France on October 20th, 2001. Two days later, Operación Triunfo, as the show is called in Spanish speaking countries, went on the air in Spain.
From then on the Star Academy phenomenon began to spread in an unstoppable way, being impelled by the sweeping success of the contest in major media markets like France or Russia.
Nowadays, Star Academy is the second most expanded reality show, just behind Big Brother, and has reached markets as different as India, the Arab World and the United States, becoming the first Spanish format ever acquired by these countries. This show is similar to the "Idol Series" but different in that it also shows the contestants' lives together in the house where they live; American Idol shows nothing of the contestants' personalities or relationships with each other. Star Academy is in essence a singing competition, where the lowest vote-receiver each week must leave the show, ending finally when only one person remains.
Star Academy around the world
| Region | Local name / Official website | Channel | Winner | Main Presenters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
           Africa[1] |
Project Fame Website |
M-Net |
Season 1, 2004: |
James Alexander (Season 1) Vusi Twala (Season 1) |
                      Arab World[2] |
Star Academy الأكاديمية Website |
LBC |
Season 1, 2003-2004: |
Hilda Khalife (Season 1-present) |
 Argentina |
Operación Triunfo Website |
Telefe Monte Carlo TV |
Season 1, 2003: Claudio Basso |
Alejandro Wiebe (Season 1-present) |
 Belgium |
Star Academie (French) French Website |
RTL-TVi |
Season 1, 2002: Mélanie Martin's |
Plastic Bertrand (Season 1) |
| Star Academy (Dutch) Dutch Website |
Kanaal Twee |
Season 1, 2005: Katerine Avgoustakis |
Walter Grootaers (Season 1) | |
 Brazil |
FAMA Website |
Globo |
Season 1, 2002: Vanessa Jackson |
Angélica Ksyvickis (All seasons) |
 Bulgaria |
Star Academy Website |
Nova Television Nova+ (Live) |
Season 1, 2005: Marin Yonchev |
Maria Ilieva (Season 1) |
  Canada-Quebec |
Star Académie Website |
TVA |
Season 1, 2003: Wilfred Le Bouthillier |
Julie Snyder (Season 1-present) |
 Chile |
Operación Triunfo Website |
Mega |
Season 1, 2003: Mónica Rodríguez |
Álvaro Escobar (Season 1) |
| East Africa[3] |
Tusker Project Fame Website |
M-Net (Africa) NTV Channel 10 UBC |
Season 1, 2006: |
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| Tusker Project Fame Website |
Citizen TV StarTV WBS |
Season 2, 2008: |
Gaetano Kagwa (Season 2-present) Fumnilayo Raimi (Season 2-present) |
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 France |
Star Academy Website |
TF1 |
Season 1, 2001-2002: Jenifer Bartoli |
Níkos Aliágas (All seasons) |
 Georgia |
Star Academy ვარსკვლავების აკადემია Website |
Rustavi 2 |
Season 1, 2008: Dito Lagvilava |
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 Germany |
Fame Academy Website |
RTL II |
Season 1, 2003-2004: Become One [5] |
Nova Meierhenrich (Season 1) |
  Greece and Cyprus |
Fame Story Website |
ANT1 |
Season 1, 2002-2003: Notis Christodoulou |
Natalia Germanou (Season 1) Andreas Mikroutsikos (Season 2) Tatiana Stefanidou (Season 3) Sophia Aliberti (Season 4) |
 India |
Fame Gurukul Website |
SET India |
Season 1, 2005: Qazi Touqeer & Ruprekha Banerjee |
Mandira Bedi (Season 1-Celebrity) Manav Gohil (Season 1-Celebrity) |
| Celebrity Fame Gurukul [6] Website |
Season 1, 2005: Amit Sareen |
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| Fame X Academy[7] Website |
SAB |
Season 2, 2007: Rehan Khan |
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 Italy |
Operazione Trionfo Website |
Italia 1 |
Season 1, 2002: Bruno Cuomo |
Miguel Bosé (Season 1) |
| Maghreb[8] |
Star Academy Website |
Nessma TV |
Season 1, 2007: |
Nabila Kilani (Season 1) |
 Mexico |
Operación Triunfo Website |
Televisa |
Season 1, 2002: Darina Márquez |
Jaime Camil (Season 1) |
 Moldova |
Fabrica de Staruri Website |
Prime 2 plus |
Season 1, 2008-2009: Alexandru Manciu |
Andreea Raicu (Season 1) |
 Netherlands |
Star Maker Website |
Yorin Veronica |
Season 1, 2001: K-otic [9] |
Gijs Staverman (Season 1) |
| Star Academy Website |
Yorin |
Season 2, 2002: Series Abandoned |
Danny Rook (Season 1) | |
 Philippines |
Pinoy Dream Academy Website |
ABS-CBN Studio 23 |
Season 1, 2006: Yeng Constantino |
Nikki Gil (Season 1-2) Toni Gonzaga (Season 1-2) Bianca Gonzalez (Season 1) |
| Pinoy Dream Academy: Little Dreamers | Season 1, 2008: Philip Nolasco | |||
 Poland |
Fabryka Gwiazd Website |
Polsat |
Season 1, 2008: Martyna Melosik |
Maciej Rock (Season 1-2) |
 Portugal[10] |
Operação Triunfo Website |
RTP |
Season 1, 2003: Sofia Barbosa |
Catarina Furtado (Season 1-2) Sílvia Albertoe (Season 3) |
| Academia de Estrelas Website |
TVI |
Season 1, 2002-2003: Mané Crestejo |
Teresa Guilherme (Season 1-Famosos) | |
| Academia de Famosos[6] Website |
Season 1, 2003: Romana |
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 Romania |
Star Factory Website |
Prima TV |
Season 1, 2003-2004: Alex Velea |
Laura Iordache (Season 1) Virgil Ianțu (Season 1) |
 Russia |
Star Factory Фабрика звёзд Website |
1TV |
Season 1, 2002: "Korni" |
Yana Churikova (Season 1-present) |
 Spain |
Operación Triunfo Official Website |
TVE |
Season 1, 2001-2002: Rosa López |
Carlos Lozano (Season 1-3) |
| Operación Triunfo Official Website |
Telecinco (Season 4-present) La Siete (Season 7-present) Telecinco 2 (Season 6) |
Season 4, 2005: Sergio Rivero |
Jesús Vazquez(Season 4-present) | |
 Turkey |
Akademi Türkiye Website |
ATV |
Season 1, 2004: Barış Akarsu |
Öykü Serter (Season 1-2) |
| Star Akademi Türkiye Website |
Kanal 1 |
Season 2, 2008: Bahadir Sağlam |
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 UK |
Fame Academy Website |
BBC One BBC Three |
Cat Deeley (Season 1-2) Patrick Kielty (Season 1-2) Claudia Winkleman (Season 1) |
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| Comic Relief Does Fame Academy[6] Website |
Series 1, 2003: |
Cat Deeley (Season 1-2) Patrick Kielty (Season 1-3) Claudia Winkleman (Season 3) |
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| Fame Academy Bursary Website |
Series 1, 2003: Daniel Allinson |
No presenters | ||
 Ukraine |
Star Factory Фабрика зірок Website |
Novy TV |
Season 1, 2007-2008: Olga Tsibulska |
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 USA |
The One: Making a Music Star Website |
ABC CBC |
2006: Series abandoned. [11] |
George Stroumboulopoulos |
  West Africa[12] |
Project Fame Website |
NTA |
Season 1, 2008: |
Dare Art Alade (Season 1) Fumnilayo Raimi (Season 1) |
     Western Balkans[13] |
Operacija trijumf Операција триумф Website |
B92 Nova TV TV In FTV/RTRS A1 TV |
Season 1, 2008-2009: |
Ana Mihajlovski (Season 1) Nikolina Pišek (Season 1) Milan Kalinić (Season 1) Maca Marinković (Season 1) |
- ^ Pan regional version with 11 African countries involved: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- ^ Lebanese-Produced, Pan-Arab version, with 19 contestants chosen from the Arab World countries taking part in it (watching, voting and/or with a contestant): Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen.
- ^ Joint version with contestants from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
- ^ The five-storey building housing Georgia's "Star Academy" collapsed on April 26, 2009. Two people on the production staff were killed, and the series was abandoned out of respect to those killed. Eight contestants remained. No decision on the future of the series or contestants.
- ^ (resulting six-member band).
- ^ a b c VIP Version.
- ^ Fame X was the new name for Fame Gurukul.
- ^ Adaptation for the Maghreb area. Countries taking part: Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia.
- ^ Resulting a seven-member band.
- ^ Endemol produced two versions for each channel.
- ^ After two weeks, ABC abandoned the series with four episodes aired. No results were announced.
- ^ Joint version with contestants from Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
- ^ Joint version with contestants from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia.
Parodies of Star Academy
- Mexico: Aperración al Triunfo
- France: StarLoose Academy
Trivia of Star Academy
- Rosa López from Spain is the first winner
- In Mexico, the "Academy" was called "The institute"
- In Portugal, the setting and the academy were exactly the same as in Spain
- In Chile, the setting was exactly the same as in Argentina
- Marin Yonchev from Bulgaria, won the Star Academy, when he was 17
- Darina Márquez from Mexico and Quentin Mosimann from France never were nominated
- Spanish final on TVE 68% market share
- Six million albums were sold during series 1 in Spain
- BBC choice in the UK the most watched program
- Nearly doubled ratings of TV Globo in Brazil
- In Italy, Operazione Trionfo scored seven singles in the top 30 charts
- In Russia the Factory of the Stars' website averages 60 000 visitors per day
- Vanessa Jackson from Brazil, won FAMA With 18 millions of votes
- In the Arab world, the Star Academy is the most watched TV program
- In India there were 2 winners
- In Russia, Pasha Artemyev decided to share his award with his partners, they integrate the band "Korni"
- David Sneddon from UK was invited to participate in "The Winners gala" but he couldn't go
- In Portugal Endemol produced two Star Academy versions in different channels
- In UK David Sneddon was chosen to replace Naomi who had to leave the Fame Academy due to the problems with her throat
- The series was abandoned in two countries:
- North American English (US/Canada), 2006: Show abandoned after two weeks.
- Georgia, 2009: Two members of the production staff were killed when the building collapsed.
Special concerts of Star Academy
| Country | Concert | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Spain |
"Gala de los ganadores" (The Winners Gala) | No winners |
| France |
EUROBEST | Chenoa (from Spain) |
| France |
WORLDBEST | Elodie (from France) |
EUROBEST
| Country | Contestant | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Chenoa (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) | "It's Raining Men" |
| Belgium |
Mélanie Martin's | "Like a Prayer" |
| United Kingdom |
Lemar (finalist of Fame Academy 1) | "With or Without You" |
| Portugal |
Mané Crestejo and Lília Matos | "Sussudio" |
| Greece |
Notis Christodoulou | "1,2,3… Maria" |
| France |
Nolwenn Leroy | "I Will Always Love You" |
| Netherlands |
Sita Vermeulen | "All I Wanna Do" |
| Russia |
Korni | "We Will Rock You" |
| Italy |
Bruno Cuomo | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" |
"Gala de los ganadores" (The winners gala)
| Country | Contestant | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Ainhoa Cantalapiedra | "Sobreviviré" |
| Mexico |
Darina Márquez | "Mujer contra mujer" |
| Brazil |
Vanessa Jackson | "De volta pra mim" |
| Italy |
Bruno Cuomo | "L'atmosfera" |
WORLDBEST
| Country | Contestant | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Miguel and Davinia (they were finalist of Operación Triunfo 3) | "As" |
| Argentina |
Emanuel (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) | "Feel" |
| United Kingdom |
Alistair (finalist of Fame Academy 2) | "Everything I do" |
| Brazil |
Nalanda (finalist of FAMA 1) | "Whenever" |
| Chile |
Mónica Rodríguez | "Lady marmalade" |
| France |
Elodie Frégé | "S'il suffisait d'aimer" |
| Lebanon |
Bruno (from Lebanon, finalist of Star Academy 1) | "The cup of life" |
| Russia |
Yulia (finalist of Fabrika Zvezd 2) | "Thorn" |
| Mexico |
Darina Márquez | "Hero" |
| Canada |
Wilfred Le Bouthillier and Marie-Elaine | "Turn around" |
| Germany |
Become One | "Fame" |
Near copies of Star Academy
- Fame Factory
- Países: Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
- La Academia
- Países: Indonesia (Akademi Fantasi Indosiar), Malaysia (Akademi Fantasia), Mexico (La Academia), Thailand (Academy Fantasia) and The United States (La Academia USA).
- Dream Show, the music: Greece.
- Amici di Maria De Filippi: Italy.
- Showtime: Croatia.
- Akademia e Yjeve: Albania.
- Showvival: Korea South.
- Protagonistas de la Música: Chile and USA.
See also
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