Academy Fantasia


Academy Fantasia is a reality show held in Thailand. It is a singing contest, judged through popular votes.
True Academy Fantasia is already terminated its broadcast season with 12 last season.

Overview

Created by cable TV provider TrueVisions, formerly known as United Broadcasting Corporation, Academy Fantasia is a franchise of La Academia, a popular reality TV show from Mexico. The contestants are selected through nationwide auditions, as well as through online audition clips. The live auditions take place in major cities in every part of Thailand to search for those who dream about becoming superstars. Four judges will eliminate thousands of people down to top 100 then last twelve or more finalists into the Academy House for study.
The contestants live in the same house with hundreds of hidden cameras. Audiences can watch them 24 hours live on TV and online. Each week the contestants are assigned individual songs and sometimes group songs to perform on stage every Saturday until the last week of the show. The contestants attend voice class, dance class, and acting class to practice the songs that they perform.
The audiences can vote for their favorite contestants through cell phones and land phones. The show usually airs 24 hours on True Vision 20 and 16 and the concerts will be broadcast live on True Music Channel and ModernNine TV every Saturday night between 20:40-23:10 Thailand time.
After each performance the commentators will evaluate the performance. At the end of the concert, the contestant who received the lowest percentage of audience votes will have to leave the show.
The winners of the first five seasons were all male and was the first female in the season 6. The winners and the runners-up will automatically receive record deals with True Fantasia record label. After the end of each season, there is a nationwide concert tour starring the top 12 finalists.

Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

21 June - 21 August 2004
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1JeenV7Namtarn
V2VitV8Top
V3NanV9Z-Nam
V4KV10Por
V5JoomjimV11Mam
V6AofV12Noon

Season 1: Elimination chart





1None elimination week due to a failure of system supported the votes.

Season 2 (2005)

18 July - 8 October 2005
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1LoogtarnV7Kookkai
V2PreawV8Boy
V3WanV9Pas
V4AofV10Ao
V5MewV11My
V6PatchaV12Joe

Season 2: Elimination chart




Season 3 (2006)

3 July - 9 September 2006
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1TaV7Dong
V2PettV8Boy
V3Apple & CherryV9Koh
V4ZaraV10Louktarn
V5MintV11Bruna
V6TuneV12Tui

Season 3: Elimination chart





1Contestant had the most popular vote on the special week and get the special prize, a trip to Hong Kong with his mother for one week.

Season 4 (2007)

18 March - 15 October 2007
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1NatV11Cat
V2JackV12Tee
V3PapangV13Man
V4AeV14Antie
V5BombV15Dew
V6EingeingV16Joe
V7EawV17Lookpong
V8MusicV18Puifai
V9TolV19Pong
V10NamfonV20Dear

Season 4: Elimination chart





In the 4th season, AF had 20 contestants go into the Academy house. However, this was still considered the Semi-Finals, since there are normally only 12 final contestants in each season. Thus, by the end of the week, 8 of the contestants were supposed to be eliminated, leaving with only 12 people as the real finalists. After the 1st week's performance, the voting results showed that only 3 girls survived to the next round if they really eliminated 8 people. However, this could not happen according to the show's "bible" because in every season, there needs to be 5-7 men & 5-7 women. Therefore, this week, instead of eliminating the bottom 8, they eliminated only the bottom 4, who were all female. It was also announced that in the following week, 4 male contestants would have to be eliminated, while the female contestants would be safe. In the 2nd week, the bottom 4 male contestants were eliminated by the end of the show.

Season 5 (2008)

12 May - 2 August 2008
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1PrinkV9Nim
V2Beer1V10Good
V3TabV11Dear
V4BenzV12Ron
V5Beau1V13Natthew
V6MickyV14Kee
V7Nan1V15Wahn1
V8PumpV16Green

Season 5: Elimination chart





In the 5th season, 16 contestants were admitted to the Academy house, so in the first week 4 contestants were supposed to be eliminated At the actual concert, though, the audience and the contestants were surprised when only 2 female contestants were eliminated, so 2 male contestants would be eliminated in week 2.

Season 6">Academi Fantasia, Season 6">Season 6 (2009)

28 June - 19 September 2009
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1IchV7Krit
V2AofV8Mac
V3Koonjae-SalV9Nooknick
V4NewtyV10Ann
V5TeeV11Tabby
V6ZaniV12Itch

Season 6: Elimination chart




Season 7 (2010)

27 June - 18 September 2010
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1MeenV7Pum
V2GrapeV8Green
V3BenV9Paprae
V4NewV10Boss
V5NattyV12Por
V6NamkhangV13Ton1

1Ton replaced Mark, who retired the show at the end of concert week 3.

Season 7: Elimination chart




Season 8 (2011)

26 June - 17 September 2011
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1TideV13Weaw
V2PraewaV14Earng
V3KachaV15Praew
V4YukiV16Weiwei
V5PikV17Friendship
V6PotayV18Beer
V7LynnV19Team
V8PoyzianV20Aon
V9TonV21Frame
V10JamesV22Dew
V11TumV23Tao
V12AnnV24Joy

Season 8: Elimination chart




Season 9 (2012)

2 June - 15 September 2012
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1ZoV7Nest
V2KongV8Ice
V3BaimonhV9Bombay
V4KatV10Earth
V5BrightV11Sunny
V6KV12Opol

Season 9: Elimination chart


Season 10 (2013)

24 June - 14 September 2013
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1TenV13Thung
V2TaengmoV14Hernfah
V3FlukeV15Beam
V4MookV16Ton
V5LisaV17Ryu
V6TaymeV18Nene
V7AeeV19Prim
V8TongV20Tungbeer
V9BenzV21Tuey
V10TangtaiV22CoNan
V11NanV23Hongyok
V12MangporV24Belle

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Season 11">Academy Fantasia, Season 11">Season 11 (2014)

20 July - 4 October 2014
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1MookV7Way
V2PoomV8Poon
V3JukkajunV9Muayli
V4PondV10Q
V5MayV11Nam
V6MacV12Aim

Season 11: Elimination chart




Season 12">Academy Fantasia, Season 12">Season 12 (2015)

28 June - 19 September 2015
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NumberContestantNumberContestant
V1PreawV7Mariew
V2FocusV8Joon
V3JokerV9Benz
V4BenzV10Boat
V5PloysaiV11Jaoh
V6MayV12Max

Season 12: Elimination chart