More than 20 years after the beginnings of the star academyTF1 relaunches this Saturday its famous music reality show, which revealed Grégory Lemarchal, Nolwenn Leroy and Jenifer.
Interrupted in 2008, the cult program of the 2000s will be broadcast in the first part of the evening at 9:10 p.m., with a formula more or less similar to the original -which in any case uses the credits of the time-.love generation by Bob Sinclar) and is reunited with his host, the incorruptible Nikos Aliagas.
International guests, new candidates, exclusive sponsor and renewed teachers… This is what this 2022 season holds for us.
• A shorter season
First novelty of this 2022 edition: the season will be shorter than the previous ones and will only last six weeks, that is, seven bonuses. A broadcast interrupted due to the broadcast of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on TF1 in December.
the end of the star academy It will take place on November 26. The key for the winner: 100,000 euros and the signing of a record contract with the Sony Music Entertainment France label.
Meanwhile, TF1 will broadcast a weekly bonus every Saturday night and a daily one from Monday to Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Candidates “representatives of youth”
For this new edition, the castle of Dammarie-lès-Lys will host 13 young amateur singers. Selected from more than 20,000 participants, these new students will benefit from singing, dance, theater and stage expression classes, taught by five teachers and two coaches, who will prepare them for the major every saturday night.
From 18 to 26 years old, these 13 candidates will be “representatives of the youth” of today, “which has nothing to do with that of 2000”, according to Rémy Faure, director of stream programs (entertainment) of TF1, interviewed by AFP .
“It is a generation that grew up with the screen. Today they know how to stage themselves in front of a telephone”, Nikos Aliagas tells AFP, recounting his visit to a candidate who “already had the whole panoply”.
However, the new recruits will have to learn to do without their smartphone: they will be, like their predecessors, isolated from the Internet and will only be entitled to one minute on the phone per day. However, they will have access to offline phones to film their adventures every day.
• Change of director and five new teachers
After Alexia Laroche-Joubert, Nathalie André, Gérard Louvin and Armande Altaï, Michael Goldman will take on the role of artistic director of the star academy this year.
Although little known by the general public, this music lover and son of singer Jean-Jacques Goldman has distinguished himself in particular in music production by co-founding My Major Company, a participatory label to which we owe, among other things, Joyce’s career. Jonathan or Gregoire.
“Since I was a child I have loved the idea of discovering artists. […] The act of discovering a diamond, guiding it or helping to fulfill it has always excited me. […]“, trusted the columns of the Parisian.
In his office in the heart of the castle of Dammarie-Les-Lys, Michaël Goldman will have the heavy task of scoring the candidates each week. Leave Kamel Ouali or Raphaëlle Ricci, to help him in choosing him, the 43-year-old producer will be advised by five new masters whose names have not yet been revealed.
• French and international stars
In addition to Nikos Aliagas, several figures from the first seasons will return for this 2022 edition. In particular, two candidates from season 4 will be present: Karima Charni, who will co-host the second part of the program, and Lucie Bernardoni, chosen as coach of candidates.
Édouard Algayon, candidate for season 3, will accompany the participants on guitar, Mosimann, winner of season 5, will record the anthem of the new season and Jenifer, winner of the first season, “will have a separate role”, according to Mathieu Vergne, producer of DMLSTV.
The old stations star academy had received many singing stars like Elton John, Mariah CareyLionel Richie, celine dionKylie Minogue, Rihanna or Johnny Hallyday, Florent Pagny, Michel Sardou, Yannick Noah or Christophe Maé, for the French side.
This year again the show promises a renowned cast: the British artist Robbie Williams will be the godfather of this edition where they will also perform to sing with Juliette Armanet, M. Pokora, Amir, Michel Polnareff, Véronique Sanson, Soprano, Mika or even Gims. students and interpret their own successes.
Source: BFM TV
