Star Academy

Format

There are many versions of the 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 public entity RTVE participated with Gestmusic, a Spanish branch of Endemol, in the development of a music program in 2001. The objective was to promote three musical careers and to find the new representative of Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. After carrying out a series of auditions for thousands of people throughout Spain, on 22 October 2001, the first Operación Triunfo season began airing on Spanish television channel, La 1. A total of 16 contestants were candidates for the prize. Although production company Gestmusic created the format, Star Academy first premiered in France on 20 October 2001, two days before Operación Triunfo began airing in Spain.

Star Academy 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 Idols franchise, but different in that it also shows the contestants' lives together in the "Academy" where they are trained; 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.

In 2009, the Georgian local version of the show was cancelled mid-season as a result of their Academy building collapsing. Two on-site technical staff members died in the collapse in the early morning of 26 April 2009. Several contestants were brought to hospital following the disaster, but none of them were in danger. Rustavi 2 subsequently axed the series.

In 2011, most Star Academy series outside of Africa and the Middle East were phased out in favor of another musical competition format from Endemol, The Voice. In Europe, many of the series were cancelled as a result of lower ratings and high production costs. In 2017, the series was revived in Spain after six years of absence and Russia after an absence of ten years. Although the Spanish series became a ratings success, the Russian revival became a ratings flop and was not renewed in 2018.

During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Spain was the only country in the world that was producing a season of the show. The contestants were aware of the developments with regards to the pandemic, which led to the show being eventually paused for several months with the contestants sent home.

''Star Academy'' around the world

There were more than 30 franchises of Star Academy all around the world, with 103 winners. As of 2020, only the Spanish version is still in production. The French-Canadian adaptation (based on the French version) returned in winter 2021. : Franchise with a currently airing season : Franchise awaiting confirmation : Franchise with an unknown status : Franchise with an upcoming season : Franchise no longer in production

Star Academy hymns, official themes

Parodies of ''Star Academy''

• Mexico: Aperración al Triunfo
• France: StarLoose Academy, Vedette de Star
• Greece: Super Star Academy

Special concerts of ''Star Academy''

Eurobest

"Gala de los ganadores" (Winners gala)

Worldbest

References

References

1. (18 August 2015). "Second season of Star Academy TV show starts". VTV.
2. (27 April 2009). "Two Die In Studio Collapse At Georgian Talent Show". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
3. (26 April 2009). "Georgia's Star Academy studio collapses; 2 missing". [[Reuters]].
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5. (14 March 2020). "'OT 2020' traslada la Gala 9 a la Academia por el riesgo de coronavirus".
6. (16 March 2020). "'OT 2020' se cancela temporalmente por la crisis del coronavirus".
7. Pan regional version with 11 African countries involved: [[Botswana]], [[Ghana]], [[Kenya]], [[Malawi]], [[Namibia]], [[Nigeria]], South Africa, [[Tanzania]], [[Uganda]], [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]].
8. Adaptation for the [[Maghreb]] area. Countries taking part: [[Tunisia]], [[Algeria]], [[Libya]] and [[Morocco]].
9. Arab world 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]].
10. The exclusive edition for women had the mission of forming a group with the contestants.
11. "Star Académie de retour à l'hiver 2021 sur les ondes de TVA".
12. Lepage-Boily, Élizabeth. "TVA annonce le retour de La voix".
13. Roy, Marie-Josée R.. (2021-04-26). "«Star Académie» reviendra l'an prochain".
14. Lepage-Boily, Élizabeth. (2022-04-24). "Contre toute attente, Krystel gagne Star Académie 2022".
15. Roy, Marie-Josée R.. (2020-09-22). "Patrice Michaud animera les galas de «Star Académie»".
16. Nolin, Stéphanie. (2021-06-04). "Patrice Michaud ne reviendra pas à la barre des galas de Star Académie".
17. Roy, Marie-Josée R.. (2021-08-02). "Marc Dupré animera Star Académie".
18. (2024-05-23). "Jean-Philippe Dion animera «Star Académie» l'hiver prochain à TVA".
19. Mónica Rodríguez was chosen as the winner by the jury, however César Ávila was the most voted by the public.
20. Joint version with contestants from [[Burundi]], [[Kenya]], [[Rwanda]], [[Sudan]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].
21. The five-storey building housing Georgia's "Star Academy" collapsed on 26 April 2009, during production of the show's second season. Two people on the production staff were killed, and the series was cancelled out of respect to those that were affected by the collapse. There were eight contestants that were remaining in the competition at the time of the show's cancellation.
22. (resulting six-member band).
23. "The Quest for Stardom Begins in Israel with Banijay's Star Academy".
24. Rai 2 cancelled the show in October 2011 due to poor ratings. Therefore, the season finale never aired, and no results were announced.
25. Resulting a seven-member band.
26. Yorin cancelled the series in March 2002, citing low viewing figures. No results were announced at the time of the show's cancellation.
27. Endemol produced two versions for each channel.
28. Pasha Artemyev decided to share the award with the other finalists and to create the band [[Korni]].
29. (19 April 2023). "Bombazo: Amazon compra 'OT' y prepara una nueva edición con galas en directo y canal 24 horas".
30. (27 May 2023). "Chenoa presentará 'OT 2023' en Amazon Prime Video".
31. Tishchenko, Maryna. (2026-01-22). "На радість міленіалів - Sweet.tv анонсував повернення "Фабрики зірок" та "Танцюють всі"!". [[Korotko Pro.
32. ABC cancelled the series after four episodes due to low ratings, and no results were announced. There were ten contestants remaining in the competition at the time of the show's cancellation.
33. Joint version with contestants from [[Ghana]], [[Liberia]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Sierra Leone]].
34. Joint version with contestants from [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[Macedonia (country). Macedonia]].