The faithful and other curious are in heaven, the “Star Academy” will indeed make its return. During the evening of May 3, the front page surprised Internet users by surprisingly opening registrations for this new event season. After months of suspense, TF1 has formalized the news unveiling a trailer on which we find the famous castle of Dammarie-lès-Lys. “Orchestrated by Nikos Aliagas, the most famous musical academy in France will soon welcome a new promotion. The casting is on! Singing, dancing, theatre… in order to become complete artists, this school of excellence will offer passionate and talented academicians the opportunity to follow an intensive training surrounded by the best teachers.“, assures the trailer.
Among the professors who have marked this emblematic program, it is impossible not to mention Armande Altai. This singer with a baroque look was a singing teacher during the first three seasons of the show. Interviewed on the program “Chez Jordan” for the Télé Loisirs site, the 77-year-old artist returned to her period of alcoholism. “I stopped drinking suddenly, I stopped smoking suddenly, I drank a lot at one time, I drink a little beer once in a while, but not too much. And I crack in front of the chocolate. We went off stage, we lost two kilos, we drank on stage, we went out, we went for drinks, we went to dinner, then we went out to the nightclub, we came home and we fell on the bed”, she related.
Armande Kumpal Kabartay Altai-Magini, her real name, then confided the reason why she chose to stop with her demons. And it was his daughter who was the trigger. “I suddenly stopped to take my daughter away from her father to take her with me. Today, I don’t miss it. There is something very strong inside of me and a huge anger that is always there”, she confided. Poignant confessions.