As you know, Star Academy, broadcast on TF1 between 2001 and 2008, then on NRJ 12 between 2012 and 2013, will make a comeback this year. “The Star Academy reopens and the casting is on! Singing, dancing, theatre… this school of excellence, orchestrated by Nikos Aliagas, will offer academics the opportunity to follow intensive training to become complete artists!“had detailed the chain, last month, on Twitterstating that the casting was open. “The call for casting for the new season of Star Academy was launched on Tuesday May 3 and the teams have already recorded 10,000 registrations in less than 48 hours. This makes it a great success and shows a very strong enthusiasm“, added the one in its press release.
In Culture Media this Thursday, June 9, on European 1Philippe Vandel received Benjamin Biolay.
The latter was contacted 15 years ago by the production of tele-hook. At that time, the musical program was losing momentum and the musician decided to ask for “a lot of money”, too much money to postpone the production. To his surprise, the proposal was accepted… The reporter revealed the amount. It was a sum of 200,000 euros. “It was more,” replied his guest.
“Now I wonder if I didn’t do something stupid! It’s true that 200,000 euros is cool”, released the ex-husband of Chiara Mastroianni who a few years later participated as a member of the jury in the 13th season of the New Star. Broadcast in 2017, this edition presented by Shy’m was broadcast on M6. Alongside Benjamin Biolay, singer Cœur de pirate, producer Dany Synthé and artistic agent Nathalie Noennec completed the quartet that had succeeded JoeyStarr, Élodie Frégé, Sinclair and André Manoukian.
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Frederic Faussurier