| Star Academy | |
| Origin: | Star Maker (the Netherlands) |
| Owner: | Banijay Entertainment |
| Years: | 2001–present |
Star Academy is a Dutch-developed reality television talent show format that first aired in the Netherlands as Star Maker.
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.
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.[1]
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.[2] [3] Several contestants were brought to hospital following the disaster, but none of them were in danger.[4] 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,[5] which led to the show being eventually paused for several months with the contestants sent home.[6]
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
| Region | Local name | Channel | Winner | Main Presenters | |
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| African Countries[7] | Project Fame Website | Season 1, 2004: Lindiwe Alam | James Alexander Vusi Twala | ||
| [8] | Star Academy Albania - Akademia e Yjeve | TV Klan | Season 1, 2006: ? Season 2, 2007: Ajkuna Anxhaku Season 3, 2008: Iris Hoxha Season 4, 2009: Elhaida Dani Season 5, 2010: Albi Xhepa | Zana Çela | |
| Arab Maghreb[9] | Star Academy Maghreb Website | Nessma TV | Season 1, 2007: Hajar Adnane | Nabila El Kilani | |
| Arab world[10] | Star Academy Arabia Website Website Website | Season 1, 2003–2004: Mohamed Attia 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 Abdulrahman Season 7, 2010: Nassif Zeytoun Season 8, 2011: Nessma Alaa Mahgoub Season 9, 2013–2014: Mahmoud Mohey Season 10, 2014: Mohamed Chahine Season 11, 2015–2016: Marwan Youssef | Hilda Khalife | ||
| Operación Triunfo Website Website Website | Telefe Canal 4 DirecTV | Season 1, 2003: Claudio Basso Season 2, 2004–2005: José García Season 3, 2005–2006: Benjamín Rosales Season 4, 2009: Cristian Manuel Soloa Season 5, 2012–2013: F.A.N.S.[11] | |||
| Star Academy Website Website | Kanaal Twee | Season 1, 2005: Katerine Avgoustakis | Walter Grootaers | ||
| Star Academy Website | RTL-TVI | Season 1, 2002: Mélanie Martin's | Virginie Efira & Frédéric Hebrays | ||
| La Fábrica de Estrellas - Star Academy Website | Red Unitel | Season 1, 2016: David Soliz Season 2, 2016: Vania Taborga | Anabel Angus Angélica Mérida | ||
| Fama Website Website | Season 1, 2002: Vanessa Jackson Season 2, 2003: Marcus Vinícius Season 3, 2004: Tiago Silva Season 4, 2005: Fabio Souza | ||||
| Star Academy Website | Season 1, 2005: Marin Yonchev | Maria Ilieva | |||
| Star Académie[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Website | TVA | Season 1, 2003: Wilfred Le Bouthillier Season 2, 2004: Stéphanie Lapointe Season 3, 2005: Marc-André Fortin Season 4, 2009: Maxime Landry Season 5, 2012: Jean-Marc Couture Season 6, 2021: William Cloutier Season 7, 2022: Krystel Mongeau Season 8, 2025 : Upcoming season | Julie Snyder Patrice Michaud Marc Dupré Jean-Philippe Dion | ||
| Operación Triunfo Website | Mega | Season 1, 2003: Mónica Rodríguez[20] | Álvaro Escobar | ||
| East Africa[21] | Tusker Project Fame Website Website | M-Net (Africa) NTV Citizen TV RTNB Channel 10 StarTV TBC UBC WBS NTV Rwanda TV SSTV Channel 146 | Season 1, 2006: Valerie Kimani Season 2, 2008: Esther Nabaasa Mugizi Season 3, 2009: Alpha Rwirangira Season 4, 2010: Davis Hillary Ntare Season 5, 2012: Ruth Matete | Gaetano Kagwa Fumnilayo Raimi Mich Egwang Sheila Mwanyigah | |
| Tusker All-Stars | Season 1, 2011: Davis Ntare, Peter Msechu & Alpha Rwirangira | Gaetano Kagwa Eve D'Souza | |||
| Star Academy Website Website Website | Season 1, 2001–2002: Jenifer Bartoli Season 2, 2002: Nolwenn Leroy Season 3, 2003: Élodie Frégé Season 4, 2004: Grégory Lemarchal Season 5, 2005: Magalie Vaé Season 6, 2006: Cyril Cinélu Season 7, 2007–2008: Quentin Mosimann Season 8, 2008: Mickels Réa Season 9, 2012–2013: Laurène Bourvon Season 10, 2022: Anisha Jo Season 11, 2023-2024: Pierre Garnier Season 12, 2024: Upcoming season | ||||
| ვარსკვლავების აკადემია Varskvlavebis Akademia Website | Rustavi 2 | Season 1, 2008: Dito Lagvilava Season 2, 2009: Cancelled[22] | Sopho Khalvashi Giorgi Qorqia | ||
| Fame Academy Website | RTL II Tele 5 MTV2 Pop | Season 1, 2003–2004: Become One[23] | Nova Meierhenrich | ||
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| Star Academy - Super Star Academy Website | Epsilon TV Plus Channel Cyprus |
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| Star Academy Magyaroszág Website | TV2 | Season 1, 2016: Renáta Szőcs | Majka Nóra Ördög | ||
| Fame Gurukul Website | SET India | Season 1, 2005: Qazi Touqeer & Ruprekha Banerjee | |||
| Celebrity Fame Gurukul Website | Season 1, 2005: Amit Sareen | ||||
| Fame X Chal Udiye Website | SAB TV | Season 2, 2006–2007: Rehan Khan | |||
| סטאר אקדמי | Reshet 13 | Noa Kirel | |||
| Operazione Trionfo Website | Italia 1 | Season 1, 2002: Bruno Cuomo | Miguel Bosé | ||
| Star Academy Website | Rai 2 | Season 1, 2011: Cancelled[24] | Francesco Facchinetti | ||
| Жұлдыздар фабрикасы Juldizdar Fabrikasi Website | TV7 | Season 1, 2011: Alisher Egemberdiev | Adil Liyan | ||
| Operación Triunfo Website | Televisa | Season 1, 2002: Darina Márquez | Jaime Camil | ||
| La Academia (Unlicensed version) | TV Azteca | Season 1, 2002: Myriam Season 2, 2003: Érika Season 3, 2004: Carlos Season 4, 2005: Erasmo Season 5, 2006: Samuel Season 6, 2008: María Fernanda Season 7, 2009: Giovanna Season 8, 2010: Esmeralda Season 9, 2011: Erick Season 10, 2012: Alexis Season 11, 2018: Paola Season 12, 2020: Dalú Season 13, 2022: Cesia Season 14, 2024: In Progress | Alan Tacher Mónica Garza Rafael Araneda Ingrid Coronado Bibi Gaytán Fernando del Solar Adal Ramones Cynthia Rodríguez Yahir Vanessa Claudio Esmeralda Ugalde Jaime Camil | ||
| Оддын академи Oddin akademi | Edutainment TV | Season 1, 2017: The Wasabies | |||
| Star Maker Website | Yorin | Season 1, 2001: K-otic[25] | Gijs Staverman | ||
| Star Academy Website | Season 2, 2002: Cancelled[26] | Danny Rook | |||
| Operación Triunfo Website | América Televisión | Season 1, 2012: Mayra Alejandra Goñi | Gisela Valcárcel | ||
| Pinoy Dream Academy Website | ABS-CBN Studio 23 | Season 1, 2006 | |||
| Season 1, 2008: Philip Nolasco | |||||
| Fabryka Gwiazd Website | Polsat | Season 1, 2008: Martyna Melosik | Maciej Rock | ||
| [27] | Academia de Estrelas Website Website | TVI | Season 1, 2002–03: Mané Crestejo | Teresa Guilherme | |
| Academia de Famosos Website Website | Season 1, 2003: Romana | Paulo Pires Fernanda Serrano | |||
| Operação Triunfo Website Website Website | RTP | Season 1, 2003: Sofia Barbosa Season 2, 2003–04: Sofia Vitória Season 3, 2007–08: Vânia Fernandes Season 4, 2010–11 Jorge Roque | Catarina Furtado Sílvia Alberto | ||
| Star Factory Website | Prima TV | Season 1, 2003–2004: Alex Velea | Laura Iordache Virgil Ianțu | ||
| Fabrica de Staruri Website Website | Prime TV 2 Plus TVR1 (Season 3) | Season 1, 2008–2009: Alexandru Manciu Season 2, 2010: Alexandru Belenki Season 3, 2012: Alexandru Mataev | Andreea Raicu Dan Negru Marius Vizante | ||
| Фабрика звёзд Fabrika zvyozd Website | Channel One | Season 1, 2002: Pasha Artemyev[28] 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 | Yana Churikova | ||
| Фабрика звёзд. Возвращение Fabrika Zvyozd. Vozvrachtcheniè Website | Season 1, 2011: Victoria Dayneko | ||||
| Фабрика звёзд. Россия-Украина Fabrika Zvyozd. Rossiya-Ukrayina Website Website | Channel One Novyi Kanal | Season 1, 2012: Russia | Yana Churikova Dmitry Shepelyov | ||
| Новая Фабрика звёзд Novaya Fabrika zvyozd Website | |||||
| Operación Triunfo Website Website Website | La 1 Telecinco Amazon Prime Video[29] | Season 1, 2001–2002
Ainhoa Cantalapiedra Sergio Rivero Virginia Maestro Nahuel Sachak Nía Correia Naiara Moreno | |||
| Akademi Türkiye Website | ATV | Season 1, 2004: Barış Akarsu | Öykü Serter | ||
| Anadolu Rüzgarı Website | TGRT | Season 2, 2005: Nesil | |||
| Star Akademi Türkiye Website | Kanal 1 | Season 3, 2008: Bahadır Sağlam | |||
| Star Akademi Website | Star TV | Season 4, 2011: Giray Songül | |||
| Фабрика зірок Fabrika Zirok Website | Novyi Kanal | Season 1, 2007–2008: Olga Tsibulska & Alexander Bodyansky Season 2, 2008: Vladimir Dantes & Vadim Oleynik Season 3, 2009: Stas Shurins Season 4, 2011: Yulia Rudneva | Andriy Domansky Dmitry Shepelev Vasilisa Frolova Masha Efrosinina Oleksandr Pedan Erika | ||
| Фабрика Суперфiнал Fabrika Superfinal | Season 1, 2010: Oleksiy Matias | Masha Efrosinina | |||
| Fame Academy Website | BBC One BBC Three | Season 1, 2002 | Cat Deeley Patrick Kielty | ||
| Comic Relief Does Fame Academy | Season 1, 2003
Edith Bowman | ||||
| Fame Academy Bursary | Season 1, 2003: Vishal Gopal Season 2, 2003: Shona Kipling Season 3, 2003: Daniel Allinson Season 4, 2003: Daniel Powell Season 5, 2003: David Rimbault | ||||
Website Website | ABC CBC | Season 1, 2006: Cancelled[30] | George Stroumboulopoulos | ||
| Star Academy: Ngôi nhà âm nhạc Website | HTV | Season 1, 2012: Phạm Quốc Huy | Yến Trang Tuấn Tú | ||
| Star Academy Vietnam: Học viện ngôi sao Website | VTV | Season 1, 2014: Hoà Nguyễn (Hoà Minzy) Season 2, 2015: Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Nhi | Dustin Nguyễn Tú Linh | ||
| West Africa[31] | Project Fame West Africa Website | TV3 Metro TV Clare TV SKY TV AIT GET TV MiTV NTA Nigerzie ONTV Silverbird SoundCity ABC TV SLBC | Season 1, 2008: Iyanya Mbuk Season 2, 2009: Mike Anyasodo Season 3, 2010: Chidinma Ekile Season 4, 2011: Monica Ogah Season 5, 2012: Ayobami Ayoola Season 6, 2013: Olawale Ayodele Season 7, 2014: Geoffrey Oji Season 8, 2015: Jeffery Akor Season 9, 2016: Okiemute Ighorodje | Dare Art Alade Funlola Raimi Joseph Benjamin Adaora Oleh Bolanle Olukanni | |
| Western Balkans[32] | Операција триумф Operacija Trijumf Website Website Website Website | B92 Nova TV TV In FTV/RTRS A1 TV | Season 1, 2008–2009: Adnan Babajić | Ana Mihajlovski Nikolina Pišek Milan Kalinić Maca Marinković |
| Region | Local name | Hymn | |
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| African Countries | Project Fame Website | ||
| Arab Maghreb | Star Academy Maghreb Website | Lili Twil (Long nights) | |
| Arab world | Star Academy Arabia Website | ||
| Operación Triunfo Website | Season 1-3: Canta (Sing) | ||
| Star Academy Flanders Website | Fame | ||
| Star Academy Wallonia Website | Star | ||
| La Fábrica de Estrellas - Star Academy | |||
| FAMA Website | Season 1: Dom Verdadeiro (True Gift) | ||
| Star Academy Website | Fame | ||
| Star Académie Website | Season 1: Et c'est pas fini (And it's not over) | ||
| Operación Triunfo Website | El cielo puedes alcanzar (You can reach the heaven) | ||
| East Africa | Tusker Project Fame Website | ||
| Star Academy Website | Season 1: La Musique (The Music) Season 2: Paris Latino Season 3: La Bamba Season 4: Laissez-moi danser (Let me dance) Season 5: Je ne suis pas un héros Season 6: Porque te vas Season 7: Bangla Desh Season 8: Chante Season 9: Parce qu'on vient de loin Season 10: Ne partez pas sans moi (Don't Leave Without Me) Season 11: Au bout de mes rêves | ||
| ვარსკვლავების აკადემია Varskvlavebis Akademia Website | |||
| Fame Academy Website | Fame | ||
| Fame Story | Season 1: You can be a star | ||
| Star Academy - Super Star Academy Website | |||
| Star Academy Magyaroszág Website | |||
| Fame Gurukul Website | |||
| Fame X Chal Udiye Website | |||
| Operazione Trionfo Website | |||
| Star Academy Website | |||
| Жұлдыздар фабрикасы Juldizdar Fabrikasi Website | |||
| Operación Triunfo Website | Déjame Volar (Let me fly) Mi música es tu voz (My music is your voice) | ||
| Оддын академи Oddin akademi | |||
| Star Maker Website | Miracles by Jessica Folker | ||
| Star Academy | "A Day Without You" [Main Mix] by Kristine Blond | ||
| Operación Triunfo Website | Que cante tu corazón (Let your heart sing) | ||
| Pinoy Dream Academy Website | Pinoy Dream Academy (Theme) | ||
| Fabryka Gwiazd Website | |||
| Academia de Estrelas Website | Alma na voz (Soul in voice) | ||
| Operação Triunfo Website | Season 1: Acreditar (To Believe) Season 2: Sou quem eu quiser (I'm whoever I want) | ||
| Star Factory Website | |||
| Fabrica de Staruri Website Website | |||
| Фабрика звёзд Fabrika zvyozd Website | Season 1-7: Круто ты попал на тв (Cool you got on tv) | ||
| Новая Фабрика звёзд Novaya Fabrika zvyozd Website | |||
| Operación Triunfo Website | Season 1: Mi música es tu voz (My music is your voice) Season 2: La fuerza de la vida (The force of life); Un segundo en el camino (A second on the road) Season 5: Adelante (Go ahead) Season 6: Agua (Water) Season 7: Te doy todo (I give you everything); Música (Music) Season 9: Camina (Walk) Season 10: Somos (We are) Season 11: Díselo a la vida (Tell it to life); Sal de mí (Get out of me) Season 12: Historias por contar (Stories to tell) | ||
| Akademi Türkiye Website | |||
| Star Akademi Türkiye Website | |||
| Star Akademi Website | |||
| Фабрика зірок Fabrika Zirok Website | Season 1-4: Гимн Фабрики зірок (Hymn of Фабрики зірок) | ||
| Fame Academy Website | |||
Website | |||
| Star Academy: Ngôi nhà âm nhạc Website | |||
| Star Academy Vietnam: Học viện ngôi sao Website | |||
| West Africa | Project Fame West Africa Website | ||
| Western Balkans | Операција триумф Operacija Trijumf Website | Himna Akademije (Academy Hymn) |
| Country | Concert | Winner | |
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| "Gala de los ganadores" (The Winners Gala) | No winners | ||
| Eurobest | Chenoa (from Spain) | ||
| Worldbest | Elodie (from France) |
| Country | Contestant | Song | |
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| Chenoa (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) | "It's Raining Men" | ||
| Mélanie Martin's | "Like a Prayer" | ||
| Lemar (finalist of Fame Academy 1) | "With or Without You" | ||
| Mané Crestejo and Lília Matos | "Sussudio" | ||
| Notis Christodoulou | "1,2,3... Maria" | ||
| Nolwenn Leroy | "I Will Always Love You" | ||
 Netherlands | Sita Vermeulen | "All I Wanna Do" | |
| Korni | "We Will Rock You" | ||
| Bruno Cuomo | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" |
| Country | Contestant | Song | |
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| Ainhoa Cantalapiedra | "Sobreviviré" | ||
| Darina Márquez | "Mujer contra mujer" | ||
| Vanessa Jackson | "De volta pra mim" | ||
| Bruno Cuomo | "L'atmosfera" |
| Country | Contestant | Song | |
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| Miguel and Davinia (Operación Triunfo 3's finalists) | "As" | ||
| Emanuel (finalist of Operación Triunfo 1) | "Feel" | ||
| Alistair (Fame Academy 2's finalist) | "Everything I do" | ||
| Nalanda (finalist of FAMA 1) | "Whenever" | ||
| Mónica Rodríguez | "Lady marmalade" | ||
| Elodie Frégé | "S'il suffisait d'aimer" | ||
| Bruno (Star Academy 1) | "The cup of life" | ||
| Yulia Savicheva(finalist of Fabrika Zvezd 2) | "Thorn" | ||
| Darina Márquez | "Hero" | ||
| Wilfred Le Bouthillier and Marie-Elaine | "Turn around" | ||
| Become One | "Fame" |