By announcing the great return of Star Academy, TF1 delighted many nostalgics of the early 2000s who had followed the paths of Jenifer, Nolwenn Leroy, Emma Daumas, Grégory Lemarchal and so on. The news made official by the private channel, the information concerning this long-awaited comeback has gradually been revealed. The new candidates will evolve in the same “academy” as their predecessors, namely the emblematic castle of Dammarie-lès-Lys. Viewers will be able to follow their adventures, as they did then, through a weekly bonus presented by Nikos Aliagas and daily broadcasts before Here it all starts on TF1.
Last Saturday, in a report concerning the preparation of this return event, 50′ Inside lifted the veil on new details. We have, for example, learned that the decor of the castle which will host the academicians was going to undergo a small stroke of the scalpel. “We will change the layout of the rooms, we will redecorate everything“, explains Jean-Louis Blot, president of EndemolShine France, visiting the emblematic place. For his part, Mathieu Vergne, president of DMLSTV, announced that a telephone would once again be made available to candidates. will have, as then, one minute of outward communication per day.”For the next season, the rule will be the same and laptops will be confiscated“, announced Mathieu Vergne. “They have to take full advantage of it, so no phone, no social networks. It must remain a bubble, they must be focused on their job and not take too much from everyone’s opinion on what is going on. They have to take advantage of their own time, with their teachers, with the director or the headmistress, but without too much outside.”
If, at this stage, no precise broadcast date has yet been communicated by TF1, Ara Aprikian, the deputy director general of content for the private group, announced during the press conference on June 23, that the Star Academy would be the “third serial of the season” on TF1. Only a few more weeks of patience so…