Chloé Lagadou, edited by Mélanie Faure 1:08 p.m., December 30, 2022
Their names are Léa, Julien, Stanislas, Paola, Anisha or even Cenzo.
These names are surely familiar to you: they are the candidates for season 10 of Star Academy, the final of which was broadcast on November 26 on TF1.
And as soon as the show ended, fans were able to enjoy it a little more by visiting the famous castle of Dammarie-les-Lys.
Europe 1 takes you there.
Since its opening to the public, the castle of Vives-Eaux has welcomed more than 1,000 visitors.
Among them, Alicia, who came especially to the small town of Seine-et-Marne with her family.
Because it is impossible to miss the opportunity to visit the place where all the seasons of Star Academy are filmed, a singing program broadcast on TF1 whose season 10 has just ended.
"It's a bit of a childhood dream for me," says Alicia at the microphone of Europe 1. At her side, her daughter is enthusiastic about the idea of discovering the famous castle where the show is filmed.
"She also wanted to see it because she watched the first season of 2022."
Inside, they discover the portrait of an emblematic winner of the show: Grégory Lemarchal.
If it's not his generation, his daughter recognizes him.
"I was a real fan," Alicia recalls wistfully.
"That's why coming to the castle is very emotional."
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A jump in time, through the seasons
The Star Ac' fan contemplates the words written on the walls.
"It's good that they kept them like that, to have a memory of everyone who passed through here. I saw a few from 2003, those of Quentin Mosimann, all that. It's cool."
When she enters the garden, she is not really surprised.
"It's like on TV."
"Walking in their footsteps is still something," says another visitor to our microphone.
But it is already time to leave.
Alicia says goodbye to the castle of Vives-Eaux.
"See you next year on TV," she says as a farewell... or rather, goodbye.