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Star Academy Bulgaria

Star Academy
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.staracademy.bg

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:


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