Star Academy
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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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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Star Academy around the world
| Region | Local name / Official website | Channel | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
           Africa[1] |
Project Fame Website |
M-Net |
Season 1, 2004: |
                  Pan-Arab version[2] |
Star Academy Website |
LBC |
Season 1, 2003-2004: |
 Argentina |
Operación Triunfo Website |
Telefe |
Season 1, 2003: Claudio Basso |
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Star Academie (French) French Website |
RTL-TVi |
Season 1, 2002: Mélanie Martin's |
| Star Academy (Dutch) Dutch Website |
Kanaal Twee |
Season 1, 2005: Katerine Agvoustakis |
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 Brazil |
FAMA Website |
Globo |
Season 1, 2002: Vanessa Jackson |
 Bulgaria |
Star Academy Website |
NTV |
Season 1, 2005: Marin Yonchev |
  Canada-Quebec |
Star Académie Website |
TVA |
Season 1, 2003: Wilfred Le Bouthillier |
 Chile |
Operación Triunfo Website |
Mega |
Season 1, 2003: Mónica Rodríguez |
| East Africa[3] |
Tusker Project Fame Website |
M-Net (Africa) NTV (Kenya) Channel 10 (Tanzania) UBC (Uganda) |
Season 1, 2006: |
| Tusker Project Fame Website |
Citizen TV (Kenya) StarTV (Tanzania) WBS (Uganda) |
Season 2, 2008: Current season |
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 France |
Star Academy Website |
TF1 |
Season 1, 2001-2002: Jenifer Bartoli |
 Georgia |
ვარსკვლავების აკადემია (Star Academy) Website |
Rustavi 2 |
Season 1, 2008: dito lagvilava |
 Germany |
Fame Academy Website |
RTL II |
Season 1, 2003-2004: Become One [4] |
 Greece |
Fame Story Website |
ANT1 |
Season 1, 2002-2003: Notis Christodoulou |
 India |
Fame Gurukul Website |
SET India |
Season 1, 2005: Qazi Touqeer & Ruprekha Banerjee |
| Celebrity Fame Gurukul [5] Website |
Season 1, 2005: Amit Sareen |
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 Italy |
Operazione Trionfo Website |
Italia 1 |
Season 1, 2002: Bruno Cuomo |
| Maghreb[6] |
Star Academy Website |
Nessma TV |
Season 1, 2007: |
 Mexico |
Operación Triunfo Website |
Televisa |
Season 1, 2002: Darina Márquez |
 Netherlands |
Star Maker Website |
Yorin Veronica |
Season 1, 2001: K-otic [7] |
 Philippines |
Pinoy Dream Academy Website |
ABS-CBN Studio 23 |
Season 1, 2006: Yeng Constantino |
 Portugal[8] |
Operação Triunfo Website |
RTP |
Season 1, 2003: Sofia Barbosa |
 Poland |
Akademia Talentów | Polsat |
Season 1, 2008: Upcoming season |
 Romania |
Star Factory Website |
Prima TV |
Season 1, 2003-2004: Alex |
 Russia |
Фабрика Звезд (Fabrika Zvezd) Website |
1TV |
Season 1, 2002: Pasha Artemyev |
   Serbia Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina[9] |
Operacija Trijumf Website |
B92 (Serbia) Pink BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Pink M (Montenegro) |
Season 1, 2008: Upcoming season |
 Spain |
Operación Triunfo Website |
TVE |
Season 1, 2001-2002: Rosa López |
| Operación Triunfo Website |
Telecinco |
Season 4, 2005: Sergio Rivero |
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 Turkey |
Akademi Türkiye Website |
ATV |
Season 1, 2004: Barış Akarsu |
| Star Akademi Türkiye Website |
Kanal 1 |
Season 2, 2008: Bahadir Sağlam |
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 UK |
Fame Academy Website |
BBC One BBC Three |
Season 1, 2002: |
| Comic Relief Does Fame Academy[10] Website |
Season 1, 2003: |
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| Fame Academy Bursary Website |
Season 1, 2004: Daniel Allinson, Daniel Powell, David Rimbault, Shona Kipling & Vishal Gopal |
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 Ukraine |
Фабрика Зірок (Fabryka Zirok) Website |
Novy TV |
Season 1, 2007-2008: Olga Tsibulska |
 USA |
The One: Making a Music Star Website |
ABC CBC (Canada) |
Season 1, 2006: Cancelled[11] |
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[edit] Trivia of Star Academy
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- 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 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
- David Sneddon from UK was invited to participate in "Winners concert" but he couln't go
[edit] 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) |
[edit] EUROBEST
| Country | Contestant | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | Chenoa (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) | "it 's raining men" |
| Belgium | Mélanie Martin's | "Like a prayer" |
| UK | Lemar (finalist of Fame Academy 1) | "with or without you" |
| Portugal | Mané and Lidia | "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" |
| Italia | Bruno Cuomo | "Sorry seems to be the hardest word" |
[edit] "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" |
| Italia | Bruno Cuomo | "L'atmosfera" |
[edit] WORLDBEST
| Country | Contestant | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | Miguel and Davinia (they were finalist of Operación Triunfo 3) | "As" |
| Argentina | Emanuel (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) | "Feel" |
| UK | 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" |
| Arab world | Bruno (from Lebanon, Star Academy 1) | "The cup of life" |
| Russia | Julia (finalist of Fabrika Zvezd) | "Thorn" |
| Mexico | Darina Márquez | "Hero" |
| Canada | Wilfred Le Bouthillier and Marie-Elaine | "Turn around" |
| Germany | Become One | "Fame" |
[edit] See also
[edit] Near copies of Star Academy
- 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.
- Showvival: Korea South.
