Louise Bernard and Solène Delinger 10:28 a.m., September 28, 2022

After 14 years of absence, the "Star Academy" will make its big comeback on TF1 next Saturday, October 15 in prime time and live.

Nikos Aliagas will present the cult program of the channel, in which 13 people participate selected from more than 20,000 applications.

Their director will be Michael Goldman, the son of Jean-Jacques Goldman. 

Only a few days left before the long-awaited launch of the new edition of

Star Academy.

The famous singing competition, which revealed Jenifer, Gregory Lemarchal or even Nolwenn Leroy, will be broadcast on Saturday October 15 in prime time and live on TF1.

In its press release, TF1 specifies that there will be five teachers and two coaches for the bonuses.

Their names remain secret for the moment.

But, a press conference is organized Thursday afternoon.

Jean-Jacques Goldman's son is the new director of

Star Academy

#Événement@TF1



20 years later STAR ACADEMY is back!


A new edition presented by @nikosaliagas with a new director, new teachers and students!



⏰ The castle reopens its doors from Saturday 15/10 at 9:10 p.m. and from Monday to Saturday La Quotidienne at 5:30 p.m. @TF1@MYTF1pic.twitter.com/fOybKpvWFp

— TF1 Pro (@TF1Pro) September 27, 2022

The director of this new promotion will be Michael Goldman, the son of Jean-Jacques Goldman.

"To be completely honest, I hesitated for a moment to be part of this adventure and I said yes when I attended the casting because the kids made me crack," confided the future leader of the " Star Ac'" in the columns of 

Parisian

on  Tuesday.

"You see 200 young people pass by, you want to hug them all, help them. It lasted four days but I like it so much that I could have done it two months in a row". 

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13 candidates selected out of 20,000 

He continues: "Ever since I was a kid, I've loved the idea of ​​discovering artists. I've never been very interested in the idea of ​​working on the third album of an artist who is already working. On the other hand, discovering a diamond, orienting it or helping it to come to fruition has always excited me". 

On the candidate side, they will be 13, out of more than 20,000 applications in all according to TF1, to integrate the mythical castle of Dammarie-les-Lys for two months from this fall.

And we know the face of one of the participants, Enola.

It was on the

Dancing with the Stars

set that Nikos Aliagas, the presenter of the show, told her that she was joining the adventure.