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Star Academy
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 ac-
quired by these countries. This show is similar to the
"Idol Series" but different in that it also shows the con-
testants’ lives together in the house where they live;
Location of different versions of Star Academy
American Idol shows nothing of the contestants’ person-
Own version
alities or relationships with each other. Star Academy is
Joint version
in essence a singing competition, where the lowest vote-
receiver each week must leave the show, ending finally
Star Academy is a highly successful television show format
when only one person remains.
based on the Spanish format "Operación Triunfo" pro-
duced by Endemol, that has been broadcast in over 50
countries. It is a pop music talent contest with viewer Star Academy around the world
voting and reality show elements.
There are currently 98 winners of the Star Academy for-
mat. The most recent winner is Yulia Rudneva from
Format Ukraine.
[1] Pan regional version with 11 African countries
There are many versions of the Star Academy show, each
involved: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi,
country having its own slight variations, but the basic
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,
concept remains the same: contestants live in a boarding-
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
school called "The Academy", managed by a director, and
[2] Adaptation for the Maghreb area. Countries taking
various teachers coach them in several artistic disci-
part: Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia.
plines. The participants are filmed with cameras
[3] Lebanese-Produced, Pan-Arab version, with 19
throughout the day and night (an idea borrowed from
contestants chosen from the Arab World countries
another of Endemol’s major reality shows Big Brother).
taking part in it (watching, voting and/or with a
Once a week, the contestants have to face a prime time
contestant): Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
show, where they sing the song they’ve prepared during
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine,
the week before, as well as recapping their trials and
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and
tribulations at The Academy from the past week. The live
Yemen.
show will often feature special guest stars, with whom
[4] Mónica Rodríguez was chosen as the winner by the
some of the contestants have the opportunity to sing.
jury, however César Ávila was the most voted by
Based on the judges’ verdicts and viewer voting, the
the public.
weakest contestant is dropped. The eventual winner is
[5] Joint version with contestants from Kenya,
awarded a record deal and usually some amount of mon-
Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
ey.
[6] The five-storey building housing Georgia’s "Star
Academy" collapsed on April 26, 2009. Two people
History on the production staff were killed, and the series
The Star Academy concept belongs to the Spanish produc- was abandoned out of respect to those killed. Eight
tion company Gestmusic, a Spanish branch of Endemol. contestants remained. No decision on the future of
The first country to broadcast the format, however, was the series or contestants.
France on October 20, 2001. Two days later, Operación Tri- [7] (resulting six-member band).
unfo, as the show is called in Spanish speaking countries, [8] Resulting a seven-member band.
went on the air in Spain. [9] Endemol produced two versions for each channel.
From then on the Star Academy phenomenon began [10] Pasha Artemyev decided to share the award with
to spread in an unstoppable way, being impelled by the the other finalists and to create the band Korni.
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Region Local name Channel Winner Main Presenters
Africa Project Fame M-Net Season 1, 2004: Lindiwe Alam James Alexander
Countries [1] Website DStv (Live) (Season 1)
The Africa Chan- Vusi Twala (Season 1)
nel (Season 1 in 2008)
Arab Star Academy Maghreb Nessma TV Season 1, 2007: Hajar Adnane Nabila El Kilani (Sea-
Maghreb[2] Website son 1)
Arab Star Academy األكاديمية LBC Season 1, 2003-2004: Mo- Hilda Khalife (Season
World[3] Website hamed Attia 1-8)
Season 2, 2004-2005: Hisham
Abdulrahman
Season 3, 2005-2006: Joseph
Attieh
Season 4, 2006-2007: Shatha
Hassoun
Season 5, 2008: Nader Guirat
Season 6, 2009: Abdulaziz Ab-
dulrahman
Season 7, 2010: Nassif Zay-
toun
Season 8, 2011: Nesma Mah-
goub
Season 9, 2012: Upcoming Season
Argenti- Operación Triunfo Telefe Season 1, 2003: Claudio Basso Alejandro Wiebe,
na Website Canal 4 Season 2, 2004-2005: José García "Marley" (Season 1-4)
DirecTV (Live) (Season Season 3, 2005-2006: Benjamín
4) Rosales
Season 4, 2009: Cristian Manuel
Soloa
Belgium Star Academy (French lan- RTL-TVi Season 1, 2002: Mélanie Martin’s Plastic Bertrand
guage) (Season 1)
Website
Star Academy (Dutch lan- Kanaal Twee Season 1, 2005: Katerine Avgous- Walter Grootaers
guage) takis (Season 1)
Website
Brazil FAMA Globo Season 1, 2002: Vanessa Jackson Angélica Ksyvickis
Website SKY (Live) Season 2, 2003: Marcus Vinícius (Season 1-4)
Season 3, 2004: Tiago Silva
Season 4, 2005: Fabio Souza
Bulgaria Star Academy Nova Television Season 1, 2005: Marin Yonchev Maria Ilieva (Season
Website Nova+ (Live) 1)
CableTel (Live)
Canada Star Académie TVA Season 1, 2003: Wilfred Le Julie Snyder (Season
Website Bouthillier 1-4)
Season 2, 2004: Stéphanie La-
pointe
Season 3, 2005: Marc-André
Fortin
Season 4, 2009: Maxime Landry
Season 5, 2012: February
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Chile Operación Triunfo Mega Season 1, 2003: Mónica Ro- Álvaro Escobar (Sea-
Website dríguez[4] son 1)
East Tusker Project Fame M-Net (Africa) (Sea- Season 1, 2006: Valerie Ki- Gaetano Kagwa (Sea-
Africa[5] Website son 1) mani son 2)
NTV (Season 1) Season 2, 2008: Esther Fumnilayo Raimi
Citizen TV (Sea- Nabaasa Mugizi (Season 2)
son 2-5) Season 3, 2009: Alpha Rwiran- Mich Egwang (Sea-
Channel 10 (Sea- gira son 3)
son 1) Season 4, 2010: Davis Hillary Sheila Mwanyigah
StarTV (Season Ntare (Season 3-4)
2-3) Season 5, 2012: Upcoming Season
Tusker All-Stars TBC (Season 4-5) Season 1, 2011: Davis Ntare, Peter Gaetano Kagwa (Sea-
(All-Stars Format)
UBC (Season 1, 4-5) Msechu & Alpha Rwirangira son 1)
WBS (Season 2-3) Eve D’Souza (Season
Rwanda TV (Sea- 1)
son 3-5)
SSTV (Season 4-5)
France Star Academy TF1 (Season 1-8) Season 1, 2001-2002: Jenifer Bar- Níkos Aliágas (Sea-
Website NRJ 12 (Season 9) toli son 1-8)
Season 2, 2002: Nolwenn Leroy TBA (Season 9)
Season 3, 2003: Elodie Frégé
Season 4, 2004: Grégory Lemar-
chal
Season 5, 2005: Magalie Vaé
Season 6, 2006: Cyril Cinélu
Season 7, 2007-2008: Quentin
Mosimann
Season 8, 2008: Mickels Réa
Season 9, 2012: Upcoming Season
Georgia ????????????? ???????? Rustavi 2 Season 1, 2008: Dito Lagvilava Sopho Khalvashi
Website Season 2, 2009: Cancelled[6] (Season 1-2)
Giorgi Qorqia (Sea-
son 1-2)
Germany Fame Academy RTL 2 Season 1, 2003-2004: Become Nova Meierhenrich
Website Tele 5 One[7] (Season 1)
MTV2 Pop
Greece Fame Story ANT1 Season 1, 2002-2003: Notis Natalia Germanou
Cyprus Website Christodoulou (Season 1)
Season 2, 2003-2004: Kalomoira Andreas Mikrout-
Saranti sikos (Season 2)
Season 3, 2004-2005: Pericles Tatiana Stefanidou
Stergianoudes (Season 3)
Season 4, 2005-2006: Leonidas Sophia Aliberti (Sea-
Balafas son 4)
India Fame Gurukul SET India Season 1, 2005: Qazi Touqeer & Mandira Bedi (Sea-
Website Ruprekha Banerjee son 1-Celebrity)
Celebrity Fame Gurukul Season 1, 2005: Amit Sareen Manav Gohil (Season
1-Celebrity)
(Celebrity Format)
Website
Fame X SAB Season 2, 2007: Rehan Khan Sophie Choudry
Website Shilpa Sakhlani
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Italy Operazione Trionfo Italia 1 Season 1, 2002: Bruno Cuomo Miguel Bosé (Season
Website 1)
Star Academy RAI 2 Season 1, 2011: Cancelled Francesco
Website Facchinetti (Season
1)
Kaza- Жұлдыздар фабрикасы TV7
лдыздар Season 1, 2011: Current Season Unknow
khstan Juldizdar Fabrikasi
Website
Mexico Operación Triunfo Televisa Season 1, 2002: Darina Márquez Jaime Camil (Season
Website SKY (Live) 1)
Moldova Fabrica de Staruri Prime TV Season 1, 2008-2009: Alexandru Andreea Raicu (Sea-
Website 2 Plus Manciu son 1)
Season 2, 2010: Alexandru Belen- Dan Negru (Season 2)
ki
Nether- Star Maker Yorin Season 1, 2001: K-otic[8] Gijs Staverman (Sea-
lands Website son 1)
Star Academy Season 2, 2002: Cancelled Danny Rook (Season
1)
Philip- Pinoy Dream Academy ABS-CBN Season 1, 2006: Yeng Constantino Nikki Gil (Season 1-2)
pines Website Studio 23 Season 2, 2008: Laarni Lozada Toni Gonzaga (Sea-
son 1-2)
Pinoy Dream Academy: Season 1, 2008: Philip Nolasco
Little Dreamers Bianca Gonzalez
(Season 1)
(Kids Format)
Poland Fabryka Gwiazd Polsat Season 1, 2008: Martyna Melosik Maciej Rock (Season
Website 1)
Portu- Academia de Estrelas TVI Season 1, 2002-2003: Mané Teresa Guilherme
gal[9] Website Crestejo (Season 1)
Academia de Famosos Season 1, 2003: Romana Paulo Pires (Season 1)
(Celebrity Format)
Website
Operação Triunfo RTP Season 1, 2003: Sofia Barbosa Catarina Furtado
Website Season 2, 2003-2004: Sofia Vitória (Season 1-2)
Season 3, 2007-2008: Vânia Fer- Sílvia Alberto (Sea-
nandes son 3-4)
Season 4, 2010-2011: Jorge Roque
Romania Star Factory Prima TV Season 1, 2003-2004: Alex Velea Laura Iordache (Sea-
Website son 1)
Virgil Ianțu (Season
1)
Russia Фабрика зв зд
звёзд 1TV Season 1, 2002: Pasha Arte- Yana Churikova
Fabrika zvyozd myev [10] (Season 1-7, All-Stars)
Website Season 2, 2003: Polina Gagarina
Season 3, 2003: Nikita Malinin
Season 4, 2004: Irina Dubtsova
Season 5, 2004: Victoria Dayneko
Season 6, 2006: Dmitry Koldun
Season 7, 2007: Anastasiya
Prikhodko
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Фабрика Звезд. Season 1, 2011: Victoria Dayneko
Возвращение
Fabrika Zvy-
ozd.Vozvrachtcheniè
(All-Stars Format)
Website
Spain Operación Triunfo TVE (Season 1-3) Season 1, 2001-2002: Rosa López Carlos Lozano (Sea-
Website Telecinco (Season 4-8) Season 2, 2002-2003: Ainhoa Can- son 1-3)
Telecinco 2 (Season 6) talapiedra Jesús Vázquez (Sea-
La Siete (Season 7-8) Season 3, 2003-2004: Vicente son 4-7)
Canal Satélite Digi- Seguí Pilar Rubio (Season 8)
tal (Live) (Season 1-3) Season 4, 2005: Sergio Rivero
Digital+ (Live) (Season Season 5, 2006-2007: Lorena
5-6) Gómez
Season 6, 2008: Virginia Maestro
Season 7, 2009: Mario Álvarez
Season 8, 2011: Nahuel Sachak
Turkey Akademi Türkiye ATV Season 1, 2004: Barış Akarsu Öykü Serter (Season
Website 1-3)
Star Akademi Türkiye Kanal 1 Season 2, 2008: Bahadır Sağlam
Website
Star Akademi Star TV Season 3, 2011: Giray Songül
Website
UK Fame Academy BBC One Series 1, 2002: David Sneddon Cat Deeley (Season
Website BBC Three Series 2, 2003: Alex Parks 1-2)
Patrick Kielty (Sea-
son 1-2)
Comic Relief Does Fame Series 1, 2003: Will Mellor Cat Deeley (Season
Academy Series 2, 2005: Edith Bowman 1-2)
(Celebrity Format) Series 3, 2007: Tara Palmer- Patrick Kielty (Sea-
Tomkinson son 1-3)
Claudia Winkleman
(Season 3)
Fame Academy Bursary Series 1, 2003: Vishal Gopal No presenters
Series 2, 2003: Shona Kipling
Series 3, 2003: Daniel Allinson
Series 4, 2003: Daniel Powell
Series 5, 2003: David Rimbault
Ukraine Фабрика зірок Novyi Kanal Season 1, 2007-2008: Olga Tsibul- Andriy Domansky
Fabrika Zirok ska (Season 1)
Website Season 2, 2008: Vladimir Dantes Dmitry Shepelev
& Vadim Oleynik (Season 2)
Season 3, 2009: Stas Shurins Andriy Domansky
Season 4, 2011: Yulia Rudneva (Season 3)
Season 5, 2012: Upcoming Season Masha Efrosinina
(Season 3)
Oleksandr Pedan
(Season 4)
Erika (Season 4)
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Фабрика Суперфiнал Season 1, 2010: Oleksiy Matias Masha Efrosinina
Fabrika Superfinal
(All-Stars Format)
USA The One: Making a Mu- ABC Season 2006: Cancelled[11] George Stroum-
sic Star CBC boulopoulos (Season
Website 1)
West Project Fame West TV3 (Season 1-3) Season 1, 2008: Inyanya Mbuk Dare Art Alade (Sea-
Africa[12] Africa Metro TV (Season Season 2, 2009: Mike Anyaso- son 1)
Website 4-) do Fumnilayo Raimi
Clare TV (Season Season 3, 2010: Chidinma Ek- (Season 1)
1-3) ile Joseph Benjamin
SKY TV (Season Season 4, 2011: Current Season (Season 2-4)
4-) Adaora Oleh (Season
NTA (Season 1-) 2-4)
ABC TV (Season
1-3)
SLBC (Season 4-)
Операција триумф B92 Season 1, 2008-2009: Adnan Ana Mihajlovski
Operacija Trijumf Nova TV Babajić (Season 1)
Western Website TV In Nikolina Pišek (Sea-
Balkans[13] FTV/RTRS son 1)
A1 TV Milan Kalinić (Sea-
son 1)
Maca Marinković
(Season 1)
[11] After two weeks, ABC cancelled the series with four • Spanish final on TVE 68% market share
episodes aired. No results were announced. • Six million albums were sold during series 1 in Spain
[12] Joint version with contestants from Ghana, Liberia, • BBC choice in the UK the most watched program
Nigeria and Sierra Leone. • Nearly doubled ratings of TV Globo in Brazil
[13] Joint version with contestants from Serbia, Croatia, • In Italy, Operazione Trionfo scored seven singles in
Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the top 30 charts
Macedonia. • In Russia the Factory of the Stars’ website averages
60 000 visitors per day
Parodies of Star Academy • Vanessa Jackson from Brazil, won FAMA With 18
millions of votes
• Mexico: Aperración al Triunfo • In the Arab world, the Star Academy is the most
• France: StarLoose Academy watched TV program
• In India there were 2 winners
Trivia of Star Academy • In Russia, Pasha Artemyev decided to share his
award with his partners, they integrate the band
• France was the first one country to air the show "Korni"
• Rosa López from Spain is the first winner • David Sneddon from UK was invited to participate in
• In Mexico, the "Academy" was called "The institute" "The Winners gala" but he couldn’t go
• In Philippines, they make their own version for kids • In Portugal Endemol produced two Star Academy
entitled Pinoy Dream Academy: Little Dreamers versions in different channels
• In Portugal, the setting and the academy were • In UK David Sneddon was chosen to replace Naomi
exactly the same as in Spain who had to leave the Fame Academy due to the
• In Chile, the setting was exactly the same as in problems with her throat
Argentina • The series was abandoned in two countries:
• Marin Yonchev from Bulgaria won the Star Academy • North American English (US/Canada), 2006: Show
when he was 17 abandoned after two weeks.
• Darina Márquez from Mexico, Joseph Attieh from • Georgia, 2009: Two members of the production
Lebanon, Nassif Zayton from Syria and Quentin staff were killed when the building collapsed.
Mosimann from France never were nominated
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Country Concert Winner
Spain "Gala de los ganadores" (The Winners Gala) No winners
France EUROBEST Chenoa (from Spain)
France WORLDBEST Elodie (from France)
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"
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"
Special concerts of Star Acade- • : Chile and USA.
• : GMA Network, Inc. Philippines
my
See also
EUROBEST
• List of television show franchises
• American Idol
"Gala de los ganadores" (The winners
• Australian Idol
gala) • Making The Band
WORLDBEST
Near copies of Star Academy
• • Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
• • Indonesia (Akademi Fantasi Indosiar,and will be
Akademi
continued on MNC TV with the new name,Akademi
Indonesia),
Fantasi Indonesia Malaysia (Akademi Fantasia),
Mexico (La Academia), Thailand (Academy Fantasia)
and The United States (La Academia USA).
• : Greece.
• : Italy.
• : China.
• : Croatia.
• : Albania.
• : Korea South.
• : Taiwan.
• : Mexico.
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Country Contestant Song
Spain Miguel and Davinia (Operación Triunfo 3’s finalists) "As"
Argentina Emanuel (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) "Feel"
United Kingdom Alistair (Fame Academy 2’s finalist) "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 (Star Academy 1) "The cup of life"
Russia Yulia Savicheva(finalist of Fabrika Zvezd 2) "Thorn"
Mexico Darina Márquez "Hero"
Canada Wilfred Le Bouthillier and Marie-Elaine "Turn around"
Germany Become One "Fame"
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