Credits, candidates, guests ... everything you need to know about the great return of "Star Academy"

Louise Bernard 10:06 a.m., September 30, 2022

The

will make its big comeback on TF1 on October 15th.

The channel unveiled all the details on Thursday afternoon during a press conference presented by Nikos Aliagas.

The host arrived in the room on the cult music of the tele-hook.

And, in just a few notes, the credits of the show had an instant effect: plunging the whole room back more than ten years back, at the time when the

was a hit.

No cell phones

TF1 seeks to provoke this same feeling in viewers by sending them a good big dose of nostalgia.

Because the show is relaunched almost identically.

The castle remains the same.

The concept remains the same: a school where you learn to be a complete artist: song, dance, theater, stage expression.

The students are locked up for several weeks under the eye of the cameras, cut off from contact with the outside world.

They must indeed say goodbye to their mobile phones.

And so it's also the big comeback of THE minute of landline telephone per day, to call their loved ones.

The mechanics remain the same too: courses, evaluations, appointments, a bonus, eliminations.

And then, it is once again Nikos Aliagas who will ensure the presentation of the show.

This show is special for him since it was he who really made him known and who gave him his current career.

He went from journalist to the host we know today.

He therefore did not hesitate before agreeing to take over the show. 

Nikos returns with the same "apprehension"

"Could I refuse vis-à-vis the people who discovered me, the people who made me? Of course not, you say to yourself 'I'm going to accompany him, it's my DNA' I made the suits too big, I have a little less hair but I learned a trade. So I come back with a little more experience but the same apprehension. Resetting the counters to zero, it doesn't is not a blank check with the public", he confides at the microphone of Europe 1. 

Nikos will therefore animate the bonuses where, as at the time, French and international artists will come.

Among the French, very different artists have already been announced: Véronique Sanson, Gims, Mika, Juliette Armanet, Julien Clerc or even Soprano.

And then an international artist will be appointed as godfather or godmother.

This component is still under negotiation. 

Jenifer will have "a role apart"

If everything seems the same, TF1 has still made some changes.

The cast of teachers is completely renewed.

TF1 still does not want to give the names since the first broadcast, on October 15, will be used to introduce teachers and students.

We know that there will be a singing teacher, a dance teacher, a stage teacher, a theater teacher and a sports teacher.

The channel promises great professionals, little known to the public.

Just like back then… Added to the team was the director, Michaël Goldman and two coaches for the bonuses.

One of the two names has been given: Lucie Bernardoni, candidate for season 4. 

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Daily programs with a voice-over

The former academicians will indeed have a real place in the program.

Every Sunday, several of them will come to dine at the castle.

Quentin Mosimann, the winner of the seventh season, will be responsible for recording this promotion's anthem and their covers album.

As for Jenifer, big winner of the first season, she will have "a role apart".

The production did not want to say more.

Karima Charni, ex-student of season 4, will co-host the second part of the evening.

She will be on the bus that will bring the students back to the Château, after their bonus.

The opportunity to collect all their hot impressions.

There will also be daily broadcasts;

Monday to Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

With a small difference: it will no longer be Nikos at the presentation but what is called an "all-images", and a voice-over, very little present.

And then, there will obviously be content on social networks, production but also candidates.

To stick with the times, the production has decided to give the candidates a phone from time to time (without an internet connection) so that they can create content: photos and videos that will feed the show's accounts, then a little later in the adventure, their own accounts. 

TF1 does not want to make

Star Academy

a trashy reality show

Viewers will also be able to follow in real time via the TF1 website what the candidates are doing.

It's not quite 24 hours a day, but almost, with a slight delay.

But beware: TF1 does not want to make

a trashy reality show.

Nothing to do with the other current programs.

"Reality TV as it exists today has become more professional today with influencers who have perfect control of their image. Here, it is amateurism that we are looking for. We are coming back to something very pure , very simple. They are anonymous. They have never known fame or success. They have a lot to learn, they are young, and they are not in search of light for light ", assures on Europe 1 Rémi Faure, director of streaming programs at TF1. 

The candidates will be 13. The cast is made up of young people who must progress.

They have talent but need to improve.

This is what differentiates the program of

for example, where the singers and singers are sometimes already professional.

The season will be short.

It will only last six weeks and there will be seven bonuses.