On Saturday, during the Star Academy final, extras appeared with the far-right newspaper Rivarol. The company Endemol France, which produces the TF1 show, apologized this Sunday.
“Star Academy is a great family show that brings together all audiences around the values of entertainment, kindness and cohesion,” says the company. Founded in 1951, the far right weekly RivarOL is a flagship publication of the French far- right. Its publishing director, Jérôme Bourbon, has been convicted around fifteen times.