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Star Academy (also known as Starmaker) is a Dutch-developed reality television talent show format. It first aired in the Netherlands as Starmaker in 2001 and has since been spun into over 30 global franchises across Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa.

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

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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.

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| M-Net DStv The Africa Channel

Season 1, 2004: Lindiwe Alam

| James Alexander Vusi Twala

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" | Arab Maghreb

| Star Academy Maghreb Website

| Nessma TV

Season 1, 2007: Hajar Adnane

| Nabila El Kilani

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" | Arab world

| Star Academy Arabia Website Website Website

|LBCI CBC

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

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| 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.

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| 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

| Starmaker Website

|RTL-TVI

|Season 1, 2024: Manon Boyer

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|La Fábrica de Estrellas - Star Academy Website

|Red Unitel

Season 1, 2016: David Soliz

Season 2, 2016: Vania Taborga

|Anabel Angus Angélica Mérida

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| Fama Website Website

| Rede Globo SKY

Season 1, 2002: Vanessa Jackson

Season 2, 2003: Marcus Vinícius

Season 3, 2004: Tiago Silva

Season 4, 2005: Fabio Souza

Angélica Ksyvickis Toni Garrido

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| Star Academy Website

| Nova Television Nova+ CableTel

| Season 1, 2005: Marin Yonchev

| Maria Ilieva

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| Star Académie 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: Mia Tinayre

Julie Snyder Patrice Michaud Marc Dupré Jean-Philippe Dion

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| Operación Triunfo Website

| Mega

Season 1, 2003: Mónica Rodríguez

Álvaro Escobar

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| Tusker Project Fame Website Website

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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

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| Star Academy Website Website Website

| TF1 NRJ 12

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, 2024–2025: Marine Delplace

Season 13, 2025–2026: Ambre Jadah

Season 14, 2026: Upcoming season

| Nikos Aliagas Karima Charni Mathieu Delormeau Tonya Kinzinger

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| ვარსკვლავების აკადემია Varskvlavebis Akademia Website

| Rustavi 2

Season 1, 2008: Dito Lagvilava

Season 2, 2009: Cancelled

| Sopho Khalvashi Giorgi Qorqia

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| Fame Academy Website

| RTL II Tele 5 MTV2 Pop

Season 1, 2003–2004: Become One

| Nova Meierhenrich

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| rowspan="2" | Fame Story Website

| ANT1

Season 1, 2002: Notis Christodoulou
Season 2, 2004: Kalomira
Season 3, 2004–2005: Pericles Stergianoudes
Season 4, 2006: Leonidas Balafas

Natalia Germanou
Tatiana Stefanidou
Sophia Aliberti

| Star Channel Omega TV

Season 5, 2023: Anna Poltzoglou

Nikos Koklonis

| Star Academy - Super Star Academy Website

| Epsilon TV Plus Channel Cyprus

Season 1, 2017: Christina Ksirokosta

Menios Fourthiotis

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| Star Academy Magyaroszág Website

| TV2

Season 1, 2016: Renáta Szőcs

| Majka Nóra Ördög

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| Fame Gurukul Website

| rowspan=2 |SET India

Season 1, 2005: Qazi Touqeer & Ruprekha Banerjee

| rowspan="3" | Mandira Bedi Manav Gohil Sophie Choudry Shilpa Sakhlani

| Celebrity Fame Gurukul Website

Season 1, 2005: Amit Sareen

|Fame X Chal Udiye Website

|SAB TV

|Season 2, 2006–2007: Rehan Khan

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|סטאר אקדמי

|Reshet 13

Season 1, 2025–2026: Upcoming season

|Noa Kirel

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|Operazione Trionfo

|Italia 1

Season 1, 2002: Bruno Cuomo

|Miguel Bosé

| Star Academy Website

|Rai 2

Season 1, 2011: Cancelled

|Francesco Facchinetti

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| Жұлдыздар фабрикасы Juldizdar Fabrikasi Website

|TV7

Season 1, 2011: Alisher Egemberdiev

| Adil Liyan Taya Katyusha

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| Operación Triunfo Website

|Televisa

Season 1, 2002: Darina Márquez

Jaime Camil

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|Оддын академи Oddin akademi

|Edutainment TV

|Season 1, 2017: The Wasabies

| Gijs Staverman

| Star Academy Website

Season 2, 2002: Cancelled

| Danny Rook

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|Operación Triunfo Website

|América Televisión

Season 1, 2012: Mayra Alejandra Goñi

|Gisela Valcárcel

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| Pinoy Dream Academy Website

| rowspan="2" | ABS-CBN Studio 23

Season 1, 2006: Yeng Constantino

Season 2, 2008: Laarni Lozada

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Nikki Gil

Toni Gonzaga

Bianca Gonzalez

Sam Milby

Roxanne Barcelo

Billy Crawford

|Pinoy Dream Academy: Little Dreamers

Season 1, 2008: Philip Nolasco

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|Fabryka Gwiazd Website

| Polsat

Season 1, 2008: Martyna Melosik

| Maciej Rock

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|Academia de Estrelas Website Website

| rowspan="2" |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

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|Star Factory România Website

| Prima TV

Season 1, 2003–2004: Alex Velea

| Laura Iordache Virgil Ianțu

| Website Website

| Prime TV 2 Plus TVR 1 (Season 3)

Season 1, 2008–2009: Alexandru Manciu

Season 2, 2010: Alexandru Belenki

Season 3, 2012: Alexandru Mațaev

| Andreea Raicu Dan Negru Marius Vizante

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|Фабрика звёзд Fabrika zvyozd Website

| rowspan="2" |Channel One

Season 1, 2002: Pasha Artemyev

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

| rowspan="2" |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

|Muz-TV TNT

Season 1, 2017: Guzel Hasanova
Season 2, 2024: Maria Gordeeva

|Ksenia Sobchak Regina Todorenko Timur Rodriguez

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| Operación Triunfo Website Website Website

| La 1 Telecinco Amazon Prime Video

Season 1, 2001–2002: Rosa López

Season 2, 2002–2003: Ainhoa Cantalapiedra

Season 3, 2003–2004: Vicente Seguí

Season 4, 2005: Sergio Rivero

Season 5, 2006–2007: Lorena Gómez

Season 6, 2008: Virginia Maestro

Season 7, 2009: Mario Álvarez

Season 8, 2011: Nahuel Sachak

Season 9, 2017–2018: Amaia Romero

Season 10, 2018: Famous Oberogo

Season 11, 2020: Nia Correia

Season 12, 2023–2024: Naiara Moreno

Season 13, 2025: Cristina Lora

Carlos Lozano
Jesús Vázquez
Pilar Rubio
Roberto Leal
Chenoa

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|Akademi Türkiye Website

|ATV

Season 1, 2004: Barış Akarsu

| rowspan="4" | 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

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|Фабрика зірок Fabrika Zirok Website

| |Current Sweet.tv Former Novyi Kanal

Season 1, 2007–2008: & Oleksandr Bodianskyi

Season 2, 2008: Volodymyr Dantes &

Season 3, 2009:

Season 4, 2011: Yulia Rudneva

Season 5, 2026: Upcoming season

| Current Volodymyr Dantes Former Andriy Domansky Dmitry Shepelev Vasilisa Frolova Masha Efrosinina Olexandr Pedan Erika

| Фабрика Суперфiнал Fabrika Superfinal

Novyi Kanal

Season 1, 2010: Oleksiy Matias

|Andriy Domansky Masha Efrosinina

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|Fame Academy Website

| rowspan="3" |BBC One BBC Three

Season 1, 2002: David Sneddon

Season 2, 2003: Alex Parks

Cat Deeley

Patrick Kielty

| Comic Relief Does Fame Academy

Season 1, 2003: Will Mellor

Season 2, 2005: Edith Bowman

Season 3, 2007: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Cat Deeley

Patrick Kielty

Claudia Winkleman

| 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

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| The One: Making a Music Star Website Website

| ABC CBC

Season 1, 2006: Cancelled

| George Stroumboulopoulos

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| Operación Triunfo Website

|Telemundo

|Season 1, 2026: Upcoming season

|Natalia Téllez

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| 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 (season 1)

Mỹ Trâm, Cao Thanh Thảo My (season 2)

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" | West Africa

| 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

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" | Western Balkans

| 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

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Star Academy hymns, official themes

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