Star Academy | |
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Genre |
Interactive talent show Reality |
Presented by | Maria Ilieva |
Opening theme | Fame |
Ending theme | Fame |
Country of origin | Bulgaria |
Original language(s) | Bulgarian |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 99 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Global Films, Endemol |
Location(s) | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Release | |
Original network | Nova Television |
Picture format | SD 4:3 |
Original release | April 11 – July 18, 2005 |
External links | |
Website | www |
Star Academy was a Bulgarian reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consisted of a contest of young singers. It was broadcast on Nova Television. After the end of the season, the contestants went on tour around Bulgaria. A second season of the show was announced to start in 2007, but it was never released.
The reality show was hosted by Maria Ilieva and featured guest stars such as Sonique, Filip Kirkorov.
Star Academy Bulgaria started on April 11, 2005 on Nova Television and ended on July 18, 2005. It was produced by Global Films. The show was filmed in the former then Big Brother House. It was redecorated as an academy. The Housemates from Big Brother 2, VIP Brother 1, BB3 and VIPB2 lived there, too.
The winner of the first season was Marin Yonchev (17 years old). He won 150 000 leva (about 75 000 euro).
In the first season, the Students were originally 14. Later, 2 new Students entered the Academy. Here are all the participants from the first season of Star Academy (Bulgarian TV series):
Here are all the teachers from the first season of Star Academy Bulgaria: