Star Academy
Star Academy, called Operación Triunfo in Spanish-speaking countries, is a highly successful television pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements.
Format
There are many versions of the Star Academy or Operación Triunfo show, each country having its own slight variations, but the basic concept remains the same: contestants live in a boarding-school called "The Academy", managed by a director, and various teachers coach them in several artistic disciplines. The participants are filmed with cameras throughout the day and night. Once a week, the contestants have to face a prime time show, where they sing the song they've prepared during the week before, as well as recapping their trials and tribulations at The Academy from the past week. The live show will often feature special guest stars, with whom some of the contestants have the opportunity to sing. Based on the judges' verdicts and viewer voting, the weakest contestant is dropped. The eventual winner is awarded a record deal and usually some amount of money.History
The public entity RTVE participated with Gestmusic, a Spanish branch of Endemol, in the development of a music program in 2001. The objective was to promote three musical careers and to find the new representative of Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. After carrying out a series of auditions for thousands of people throughout Spain, on October 22, 2001, the first Operación Triunfo season began airing on Spanish television channel, La 1. A total of 16 contestants were candidates for the prize. Although production company Gestmusic created the format, Star Academy first premiered in France on October 20, 2001, two days before Operación Triunfo began airing in Spain.Star Academy has reached markets as different as India, the Arab World and the United States, becoming the first Spanish format ever acquired by these countries. This show is similar to the Idols franchise, but different in that it also shows the contestants' lives together in the "Academy" where they are trained; American Idol shows nothing of the contestants' personalities or relationships with each other. Star Academy is in essence a singing competition, where the lowest vote-receiver each week must leave the show, ending finally when only one person remains.
In 2011, most Star Academy series outside of Africa and the Middle East were phased out in favor of another musical competition format from Endemol, The Voice. In 2017, the series was revived in Spain after six years of absence.
''Star Academy'' around the world
There were more than 30 franchises of Star Academy all around the world, with 103 winners. As of 2020, only the Spanish version is still in production. The French-Canadian adaptation is expected to return in winter 2021.: Currently airing franchise
| Region | Local name | Channel | Winner | Main Presenters |
| African Countries | Project Fame | M-Net DStv  The Africa Channel | Season 1, 2004:  Lindiwe Alam | James Alexander Vusi Twala |
| Arab Maghreb | Star Academy Maghreb |  Nessma TV | Season 1, 2007:  Hajar Adnane | Nabila El Kilani |
 Arab world | Star Academy Arabia |  LBCI CBC | Season 1, 2003–2004: Mohamed AttiaSeason 2, 2004–2005:  Hisham AbdulrahmanSeason 3, 2005–2006: Joseph AttiehSeason 4, 2006–2007:  Shatha HassounSeason 5, 2008: Nader GuiratSeason 6, 2009: Abdulaziz AbdulrahmanSeason 7, 2010:  Nassif ZeytounSeason 8, 2011: Nessma Alaa MahgoubSeason 9, 2013–2014: Mahmoud MoheySeason 10, 2014: Mohamed ChahineSeason 11, 2015–2016: Marwan Youssef | Hilda Khalife |
| ' | Operación Triunfo |  Telefe Canal 4DirecTV | Season 1, 2003: Claudio Basso Season 2, 2004–2005: José García Season 3, 2005–2006: Benjamín Rosales Season 4, 2009: Cristian Manuel Soloa Season 5, 2012–2013: F.A.N.S. | Alejandro Wiebe, "Marley" Germán Paoloski |
| ' | Star Academy Flanders | Kanaal Twee | Season 1, 2005: Katerine Avgoustakis | Walter Grootaers |
| ' | Star Academy Wallonia | RTL-TVI | Season 1, 2002: Mélanie Martin's | Plastic Bertrand |
| ' | La Fábrica de Estrellas - Star Academy | Red Unitel | Season 1, 2016: David Soliz Season 2, 2016: Vania | Anabel Angus Angélica Mérida |
| ' | FAMA | Rede Globo SKY | Season 1, 2002: Vanessa Jackson Season 2, 2003: Marcus Vinícius Season 3, 2004: Tiago Silva Season 4, 2005: Fabio Souza | Angélica Ksyvickis |
| ' | Star Academy | Nova Television Nova+ CableTel | Season 1, 2005: Marin Yonchev | Maria Ilieva |
| ' | Star Académie | TVA | Season 1, 2003: Wilfred Le Bouthillier Season 2, 2004: Stéphanie Lapointe Season 3, 2005: Marc-André Fortin Season 4, 2009: Maxime Landry Season 5, 2012: Jean-Marc Couture Season 6, 2021: Upcoming season | Julie Snyder |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | Mega | Season 1, 2003: Mónica Rodríguez | Álvaro Escobar |
| East Africa | Tusker Project Fame | M-Net '  NTV Citizen TV  RTNB  Channel 10 StarTV TBC  UBC WBS NTV  Rwanda TV  SSTV Channel 146 | Season 1, 2006: Valerie KimaniSeason 2, 2008: Esther Nabaasa MugiziSeason 3, 2009: Alpha RwirangiraSeason 4, 2010: Davis Hillary NtareSeason 5, 2012: Ruth Matete | Gaetano Kagwa Fumnilayo Raimi Mich Egwang Sheila Mwanyigah |
| East Africa | Tusker All-Stars | M-Net ' NTV Citizen TV RTNB Channel 10 StarTV TBC UBC WBS NTV Rwanda TV SSTV Channel 146 | Season 1, 2011: Davis Ntare, Peter Msechu & Alpha Rwirangira | Gaetano Kagwa Eve D'Souza |
| ' | Star Academy | TF1 NRJ 12 | Season 1, 2001–2002: Jenifer Bartoli Season 2, 2002: Nolwenn Leroy Season 3, 2003: Élodie Frégé Season 4, 2004: Grégory Lemarchal Season 5, 2005: Magalie Vaé Season 6, 2006: Cyril Cinélu Season 7, 2007–2008:  Quentin MosimannSeason 8, 2008: Mickels Réa Season 9, 2012–2013: Laurène Bourvon | Níkos Aliágas Mathieu Delormeau Tonya Kinzinger |
| ' | ვარსკვლავების აკადემია Varskvlavebis Akademia | Rustavi 2 | Season 1, 2008: Dito Lagvilava Season 2, 2009: Cancelled | Sopho Khalvashi Giorgi Qorqia |
| ' | Fame Academy | RTL II Tele 5 MTV2 Pop | Season 1, 2003–2004: Become One | Nova Meierhenrich |
| ' | Fame Story | ANT1 | ||
| ' | Star Academy - Super Star Academy | Epsilon TV Plus Channel Cyprus | ||
| ' | Star Academy Magyaroszag | TV2 | Season 1, 2016: Renáta Szőcs | Majka Nóra Ördög |
| ' | Fame Gurukul | SET India | Season 1, 2005: Qazi Touqeer & Ruprekha Banerjee | Mandira Bedi Manav Gohil Sophie Choudry Shilpa Sakhlani |
| ' | Celebrity Fame Gurukul | SET India | Season 1, 2005: Amit Sareen | Mandira Bedi Manav Gohil Sophie Choudry Shilpa Sakhlani |
| ' | Fame X Chal Udiye | SAB TV | Season 2, 2006–2007: Rehan Khan | Mandira Bedi Manav Gohil Sophie Choudry Shilpa Sakhlani |
| ' | Operazione Trionfo | Italia 1 | Season 1, 2002: Bruno Cuomo | Miguel Bosé |
| ' | :it:Star Academy |Star Academy | Rai 2 | Season 1, 2011: Cancelled | Francesco Facchinetti |
| ' | Жұлдыздар фабрикасы Juldizdar Fabrikasi | TV7 | Season 1, 2011: Alisher Egemberdiev | |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | Televisa | Season 1, 2002: Darina Márquez | Jaime Camil |
| ' | Оддын академи Oddin akademi | Edutainment TV | Season 1, 2017: The Wasabies | |
| ' | Star Maker | Yorin | Season 1, 2001: K-otic | Gijs Staverman |
| ' | :nl:Star Academy |Star Academy | Yorin | Season 2, 2002: Cancelled | Danny Rook |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | América Televisión | Season 1, 2012: Mayra Alejandra Goñi | Gisela Valcárcel |
| ' | Pinoy Dream Academy | ABS-CBN Studio 23 | Season 1, 2006: Yeng Constantino Season 2, 2008: Laarni Lozada | Nikki Gil Toni Gonzaga Bianca Gonzalez Sam Milby Roxanne Barcelo Billy Crawford |
| ' | ' | ABS-CBN Studio 23 | Season 1, 2008: Philip Nolasco | Nikki Gil Toni Gonzaga Bianca Gonzalez Sam Milby Roxanne Barcelo Billy Crawford |
| ' | Fabryka Gwiazd | Polsat | Season 1, 2008: Martyna Melosik | Maciej Rock |
| ' | Academia de Estrelas | TVI | Season 1, 2002–03: Mané Crestejo | Teresa Guilherme |
| ' | Academia de Famosos | TVI | Season 1, 2003: Romana | Paulo Pires Fernanda Serrano |
| ' | Operação Triunfo | RTP | Season 1, 2003: Sofia Barbosa Season 2, 2003–04: Sofia Vitória Season 3, 2007–08: Vânia Fernandes Season 4, 2010–11: Jorge Roque | Catarina Furtado Sílvia Alberto |
| ' | Star Factory | Prima TV | Season 1, 2003–2004: Alex Velea | Laura Iordache Virgil Ianțu |
| ' | Fabrica de Staruri | Prime TV 2 Plus TVR1 | Season 1, 2008–2009: Alexandru Manciu Season 2, 2010: Alexandru Belenki Season 3, 2012:  Alexandru Mataev | Andreea Raicu Dan Negru Marius Vizante |
| ' | Фабрика звёзд Fabrika zvyozd | Channel One | Season 1, 2002: Pasha Artemyev Season 2, 2003: Polina Gagarina Season 3, 2003: Nikita Malinin Season 4, 2004: Irina Dubtsova Season 5, 2004:  Victoria DaynekoSeason 6, 2006:  Dmitry KoldunSeason 7, 2007:  Anastasiya Prikhodko | Yana Churikova |
| ' | Фабрика звёзд. Возвращение Fabrika Zvyozd. Vozvrachtcheniè | Season 1, 2011: Victoria Dayneko | Yana Churikova | |
| ' | Фабрика звёзд. Россия-Украина Fabrika Zvyozd. Rossiya-Ukrayina |  Channel One Novyi Kanal | Season 1, 2012: Russia | Yana Churikova Dmitry Shepelyov |
| ' | Новая Фабрика звёзд Novaya Fabrika zvyozd | Muz-TV | Season 1, 2017: Guzel Hasanova | Ksenia Sobchak |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | TVE Telecinco TBC | Season 1, 2001–2002: Rosa López Season 2, 2002–2003: Ainhoa Cantalapiedra Season 3, 2003–2004: Vicente Seguí Season 4, 2005: Sergio Rivero Season 5, 2006–2007: Lorena Gómez Season 6, 2008: Virginia Maestro Season 7, 2009: Mario Álvarez Season 8, 2011:  Nahuel SachakSeason 9, 2017–2018: Amaia Romero Season 10, 2018:  Famous OberogoSeason 11, 2020: Nía Correia Season 12, 2021: Upcoming season | |
| ' | Akademi Türkiye | ATV | Season 1, 2004: Barış Akarsu | Öykü Serter |
| ' | Star Akademi Türkiye | Kanal 1 | Season 2, 2008: Bahadır Sağlam | Öykü Serter |
| ' | Star Akademi | Star TV | Season 3, 2011: Giray Songül | Öykü Serter |
| ' | Фабрика зірок Fabrika Zirok | Novyi Kanal | Season 1, 2007–2008: Olga Tsibulska & Alexander Bodyansky Season 2, 2008: Vladimir Dantes & Vadim Oleynik Season 3, 2009:  Stas ShurinsSeason 4, 2011: Yulia Rudneva | Andriy Domansky Dmitry Shepelev Vasilisa Frolova Masha Efrosinina Oleksandr Pedan Erika |
| ' | Фабрика Суперфiнал Fabrika Superfinal | Novyi Kanal | Season 1, 2010: Oleksiy Matias | Masha Efrosinina |
| ' | Fame Academy | BBC One BBC Three | Season 1, 2002: David Sneddon Season 2, 2003: Alex Parks | Cat Deeley Patrick Kielty |
| ' | Comic Relief Does Fame Academy | BBC One BBC Three | Season 1, 2003: Will Mellor Season 2, 2005: Edith Bowman Season 3, 2007: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson | Cat Deeley Patrick Kielty Claudia Winkleman |
| ' | Fame Academy Bursary | BBC One BBC Three | Season 1, 2003: Vishal Gopal Season 2, 2003: Shona Kipling Season 3, 2003: Daniel Allinson Season 4, 2003: Daniel Powell Season 5, 2003: David Rimbault | |
| ' | ' | ABC  CBC | Season 1, 2006: Cancelled | George Stroumboulopoulos |
| ' | Star Academy: Ngôi nhà âm nhạc | HTV | Season 1, 2012: Phạm Quốc Huy | Yến Trang Tuấn Tú |
| ' | Star Academy Vietnam: Học viện ngôi sao | VTV | Season 1, 2014: Hoà Nguyễn Season 2, 2015: Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Nhi | Dustin Nguyễn Tú Linh |
| West Africa | Project Fame West Africa |  TV3 Metro TV  Clare TV SKY TV AIT GET TV MiTV NTA Nigerzie ONTV Silverbird SoundCity  ABC TV SLBC | Season 1, 2008: Iyanya MbukSeason 2, 2009: Mike AnyasodoSeason 3, 2010: Chidinma EkileSeason 4, 2011: Monica OgahSeason 5, 2012: Ayobami AyoolaSeason 6, 2013: Olawale AyodeleSeason 7, 2014: Geoffrey OjiSeason 8, 2015: Jeffery AkorSeason 9, 2016: Okiemute Ighorodje | Dare Art Alade Funlola Raimi Joseph Benjamin Adaora Oleh Bolanle Olukanni |
     Western Balkans | Операција триумф Operacija Trijumf' | B92 Nova TV TV In FTV/RTRS A1 TV | Season 1, 2008–2009: Adnan Babajić | Ana Mihajlovski Nikolina Pišek Milan Kalinić Maca Marinković |
Star Academy hymns, official themes
| Region | Local name | Hymn | |
| African Countries | Project Fame | - | |
| Arab Maghreb | Star Academy Maghreb | Lili Twil | - |
| Arab world | Star Academy Arabia | - | |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | Season 1-3: Canta | - |
| ' | Star Academy Flanders | Fame | - |
| ' | Star Academy Wallonia | Star | - |
| ' | La Fábrica de Estrellas - Star Academy | - | |
| ' | FAMA | Season 1: Dom Verdadeiro | - |
| ' | Star Academy | Fame | - |
| ' | Star Académie | Season 1: Et c'est pas fini | - |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | El cielo puedes alcanzar | - |
| East Africa | Tusker Project Fame | - | |
| ' | Star Academy | Season 1: La Musique Season 2: Paris Latino Season 3: La bamba Season 4: Laissez Moi Danser | - |
| ' | ვარსკვლავების აკადემია Varskvlavebis Akademia | - | |
| ' | Fame Academy | Fame | - |
| ' | Fame Story | - | |
| ' | Star Academy - Super Star Academy | - | |
| ' | Star Academy Magyaroszag | - | |
| ' | Fame Gurukul | - | |
| ' | Fame X Chal Udiye | - | |
| ' | Operazione Trionfo | - | |
| ' | :it:Star Academy |Star Academy | - | |
| ' | Жұлдыздар фабрикасы Juldizdar Fabrikasi | ||
| ' | Operación Triunfo | Déjame Volar & Mi música es tu voz | - |
| ' | Оддын академи Oddin akademi | - | |
| ' | Star Maker | Miracles by Jessica Folker | - |
| ' | :nl:Star Academy |Star Academy | Day without you by Kristine Blond | - |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | Que cante tu corazón | - |
| ' | Pinoy Dream Academy | Season : Pinoy Dream Academy | - |
| ' | Fabryka Gwiazd | - | |
| ' | Academia de Estrelas | Alma na voz | - |
| ' | Operação Triunfo | Season 1: Acreditar Season 2: Sou quem eu quiser | - |
| ' | Star Factory | - | |
| ' | Fabrica de Staruri | - | |
| ' | Фабрика звёзд Fabrika zvyozd | Season 1-7: Круто ты попал на тв | - |
| ' | Новая Фабрика звёзд Novaya Fabrika zvyozd | - | |
| ' | Operación Triunfo | Season 1: Mi música es tu voz Season 2: La fuerza de la vida & Un segundo en el camino Season 5: Adelante Season 6: Agua Season 7: Te doy todo & Música Season 9: Camina Season 10: Somos | - |
| ' | Akademi Türkiye | - | |
| ' | Star Akademi Türkiye | - | |
| ' | Star Akademi | - | |
| ' | Фабрика зірок Fabrika Zirok | Season 1-4: Гимн Фабрики зірок | - |
| ' | Fame Academy | - | |
| ' | ' | - | |
| ' | Star Academy: Ngôi nhà âm nhạc | - | |
| Star Academy Vietnam: Học viện ngôi sao | - | ||
| West Africa | Project Fame West Africa | - | |
| Western Balkans | Операција триумф Operacija Trijumf' | Himna Akademije | - |
Parodies of ''Star Academy''
- Mexico: Aperración al Triunfo
- France: StarLoose Academy, Vedette de Star
- Greece: Super Star Academy
Special concerts of ''Star Academy''