Star Academy (Arabia)

Star Academy
File:Star academy lebanon.jpg Star Academy title card
Created by	John de Mol
Directed by	Tony Qahwaji (primes) Micha Chahhoud (dailies)
Presented by	Hilda Khalife
Country of origin	Lebanon
Production
Producer	Roula Saad
Production locations	Adma, Lebanon
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	Varies
Original release
Network	LBC
Release	5 December 2003 – present

Star Academy Arab World, also known as Star Academy: Al-Academya (Arabic: الأكاديمية) or Star Academy LBC, is a pan-Arab televised talent show, which began in 2003 that features a group of young male and female candidates from all over the Arab world. The show became a huge success instantly and a must-watch event everyday for its fans. It is the Arabic adaptation of the French television show Star Academy, which is produced by Endemol. Star Academy Arab World is produced by Netherlands company Endemol, Vanilla Productions & PAC Ltd.. The show is based on the Spanish format called Operaci?n Triunfo.

The show basically revolves over 16–21 contestants that go live in an isolated penthouse apartment for 4 months, with one of the contestants getting eliminated every week through a nomination process. The contestants get to showcase their talents in a weekly concert in which the contestants get to perform on stage with various designs, dancers, solo performances, acapella on piano and sharing the stage with the most popular singers in the Arab World.

One of the show's highlights are the appearances of some of the Arab World's most important performers such as Diana Haddad, Haifa Wahbe, Elissa, Angham, Asalah, Ramy Ayach, Myriam Fares, Kazem Al Saher, Nawal Al-Zoghbi, Najwa Karam, Marwan Khoury, Carole Samaha, Ehab Tawfik, Wael Kfoury, Sherine, Fares Karam, Abdallah Al Rowaished and many more. The show has also been for its reinvention and continuous changes, just as, as of its third season, the show witnessed guests from international superstars such as Julio Iglesias, Anggun, Karl Wolf, Tina Arena, Chris De Burgh and Massari.

LBC renewed Star Academy for a Season 8; it was officially launched on April 1st 2011, gathering 20 contestants from Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Palestine, & Lebanon the host country. It

Overview

Based in Adma north of Beirut, Lebanon, the show is aired for 3 months on the Lebanese TV station LBC. It is hosted by Hilda Khalife. The show concept consists of an academy and candidates / students, where it is also a talent competition to introduce a new artist among the candidates. Talents are not restricted to singing only, but for acting and dancing as well.

It is divided into two formats: each day a program presents moments of the everyday life and training of the candidates (what they are called), and a prime show every Friday evening, which is live. In addition an affiliate TV station films them 24/7.

The concept of the show is training the students in several disciplines: singing, acting, vocalizing, theatre expression, dancing, and musical culture. Then, each week (on Tuesdays) the three weakest students are nominated. The nomination is done by the teaching staff after the candidates undergo an evaluation test the day before (Monday). At the end of the week (Friday), a special live show called the "Prime" is broadcasted. During the prime show, the candidates perform and sing either by themselves or with guest artists. The 3 nominated candidates' initial voting is through the public; done by either phone calls and/or text messages. The one with the highest percentage of votes returns back. The remaining two candidates are then voted on by their fellow candidates, and the one with the most votes remains. The remaining candidate then leaves the academy. When the overall number of candidates is reduced, the nomination by the professors comes down to two students. By this point, it's completely up to the public to vote who is in and who gets out, as the remaining candidates do not vote.

The show proved to be immensely popular. As the LBC station also provides satellite connections to the majority of the Arab countries and to Lebanese and/or Arab communities throughout the world, it became one of the most popular shows in the Arab-speaking world. LBC, the network airing the show, reaped huge profits from the show (but have been unable to replicate the show's success with other reality based programming).

The show received intense criticism when it started off, which led some people to speculate that it would not succeed.

This debate also caused the indefinite postponing of West Asian edition of Big Brother, otherwise known as Big Brother – Al Raiss.

Teachers

• Academy Director: Roula Saad
• Contestant Supervisor: Fouad Fadel
• Voice Instructor: Khalil Abu Obeid/Wadih Abi Raad
• Music Instructor: Michel Fadel
• Vocalize Instructor: Mary Mahfoud
• Dance Instructor: Alissar Caracalla
• Drama Instructor: Naji Sorati
• Fitness Instructor: George Assaf
• Swimming Instructor: Sevag Demirjian
• Basketball Instructor: Elie Mshantaf

Seasons

Star Academy 1 test

The first season of Star Academy 1 made its debut in early December 2003. The first season ended on 4 April 2004. The winner was the Egyptian candidate, Mohammad Attia.

The inaugural show quickly became popular and tickets to show became harder to get as the show went on. The students, particularly the Top 8, became household names, and those that made the Top 8 became instant stars. The eight finalists were Mohammad Attia (Egypt), Bashar Al Shatty (Kuwait), Sophia El Mareekh (Morocco), Bahaa' El Kafy (Tunisia), Ahmed El Sherif (Tunisia), Myriam Attallah (Syria), Mohammad Khalawi (Saudi Arabia) and Cynthia Karam (Lebanon). The teachers were as follows: Wadih Abi Raad, Michael Fadel, Mary Mahfouth, Betty, Aida, Elissar and Rola Saad.

At the end of the show, an album featuring the Top 8 was released, as well as a music video for the winner. They then went on a Pan Arab tour, performing concerts in Dubai, Kuwait, Cairo, Alexandria, Amman, Damascus, and Beirut.

Many of them released albums, ranging in various degrees of success. Bashar Al Shatty (Kuwait) has gained much success in his three albums which he released over the last five years. Also being crowned the most successful teenage singer in the gulf region added to his success of being the Star Academy finalist. However, the most successful has been Ahmed El Sherif (Tunisia), despite his coming in 5th place. His album has been the most successful of any student from Star Academy thus far, and has also dwarfed the albums of any of the contestants from rival show SuperStar on Future TV.

• Mohamed Attia (Winner; released one album)
• Bashar Al Shatty (Finalist; released three albums)
• Bahaa' El Kafy (3rd place; released one album)
• Mohammad Khalawi (4th place; released one album)
• Ahmed El Sherif (5th place; released two albums)
• Sophia El Mareekh (6th place; released one album)
• Cynthia Karam (7th place; no albums released)
• Myriam Attallah (8th place; no albums released)

The candidate that took the 9th place, Bruno Tabbal, participated in the "World Best" contest that englobed about 11 countries that have this reality show in their country. He took the 10th place, and the French, Elodie Frégé, won.

Primes

Prime:	26/12/03	02/01/04	09/01/04	16/01/04	23/01/04	30/01/04	06/02/04	13/02/04	20/02/04	27/02/04	05/03/04	12/03/04	19/03/04	26/03/04	02/04/04
Public's vote :	Nesrine 25% Yasser 40% Soumaya 35%	Amin 54% Yasser 13% Youssef 33%	Mira 25% Yasser 30% Soumaya 45%	Ahmad 63% Mira 16% Amine 21%	Soumaya 46% Leila 28% Mira 26%	Sophia 48% Bruno 28% Soumaya 24%	Mohamaed A 56% Bruno 28% Mira 16%	Ahmad 50% Sophia 31% Bruno 19%	Sophia 51.3% Myriam 48.7%	Mohamad K 71.6% Cynthia 28.4%	Bashar 78.2% Sophia 21.8%	Mohamad K 55.4% Ahmad 44.6%	Bashar 57.9% Mohamad K 42.1%	Mohamad A 51.1% Bahaa 48.9%	Mohamad A 55.1% Bashar 44.9%
Evicted :	Nisrine 5/13 votes	Youssef 6/12 votes3	Yasser 3/11 votes	Amine 4/10 votes	Leila 4/9 votes	Soumaya 4/8 votes1	Mira 3/7 votes	Bruno 2/6 votes	Myriam Public's vote	Cynthia Public's vote	Sofia Public's vote	Ahmad Public's vote	Mohamad K Public's vote	Bahaa Public's vote
	Contestants' votes								Public's vote
Mohamad Attiah	Soumaya	Yasser	Yasser	Amine	Mira	Bruno	Saved by public	Sophia	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	Winner
Bashar Al-Shatty	Soumaya	Youssef	Mira	Amine	Leila	Bruno	Mira	Sophia	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	Saved	Saved by public	Saved	2nd Place
Bahaa Al-Kafi	Soumaya	Youssef	Mira	Mira	Mira	Soumaya	Mira	Sophia	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Evicted	3rd Place
Mohammed Khalawi	Soumaya	Youssef	Yasser	Amine	Mira	Soumaya	Mira	Sophia	Saved	Saved by public	Saved	Saved by public	Evicted	4th Place
Ahmad Cherif	Soumaya	Yasser	Mira	Saved by public	Mira	Soumaya	Bruno	Saved by public	Saved	Saved	Saved	Evicted	5th Place
Sophia Marikh	Soumaya	Yasser	Mira	Amine	Mira	Saved by public	Bruno	Saved by colleagues	Saved by public	Saved	Evicted	6th Place
Cynthia Karam	Nisrine	Youssef	Mira	Mira	Leila	Bruno	Bruno	Bruno	Saved	Evicted	7th Place
Myriam Atallah	Nisrine	Yasser	Mira	Mira	Leila	Soumaya	Bruno	Bruno	Evicted	8th Place
Bruno Tabal	Nisrine	Yasser	Mira	Mira	Leila	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	9th Place
Mira Mikhail2	Nisrine	Youssef	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Bruno	Evicted	10th Place
Soumaya	Saved by colleagues	Yasser	Saved by public	Mira	Saved by public	Evicted	11th Place
Leila	Nisrine	Youssef	Mira	Mira	Evicted	12th Place
Amine Errachidi	Soumaya	Saved by public	Yasser	Evicted	13th Place
Yasser	Saved by public	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	14th Place
Youssef	Soumaya	Evicted	15th Place
Nisrine	Evicted	16th Place

^Note 1.1 : As there was a tie, Sophia had the casting vote and she saved Bruno.
^Note 1.2 : After the beignning of the program with one week, She was chosen to participate in the program due to the withdrawal of the Syrian candidate Wafaa for some pregnancy problems.
^Note 1.3 : As there was a tie, Amine had the casting vote and he saved Yasser.

Tour

Mohamad A, Bashar, Bahaa, Ahmad, Mohamad K, Sophia, Cynthia, and Myriam (the Top 8) were chosen to be part of the tour.

Star Academy 2

Hisham Abdulrahman, from Saudi Arabia, was declared the winner this year, although he was not the favorite. Most felt Amani or Zizi were the better performer overall. Many also felt this year was a step-down in the quality of students from the previous year, with only Amani, Zizi, and Katia being deemed good singers.

Primes

Prime:	07/02/05	14/01/05	21/01/05	28/01/05	04/02/05	11/02/05	25/02/05	03/03/05	10/03/05	17/03/05	24/03/05	01/04/05	08/04/05	15/04/05
Public's vote :	Anas 54.16% Randa 27.13% Imane 18.71%	Anas 59.90% Hanane 23.52% Imane 16.58%	Fahed 40.28% Bashar K 36.35% Anas 23.37%	Salma 72.81% Katia 16.84% Imane 10.35%	Ahmad S 35.71% Bashar K 33.53% Fahed 30.76%	Hisham 76.87% Ahmad S 12.88% Fahed 10.25%	Ahmad S 34.92% Joy 33.02% Samer 32.06%	Ahmad H 72.92% Ahmad S 15.74% Samer 11.34%	Bashar G 55.33% Salma 44.67%	Bashar G 53.10% Samer 46.90%	Katia 6.70% Bashar G 8.26% Hisham 85.04%	Ahmad H 32.45% Hisham 67.55%	Hisham 58.35% Zizi 41.65%	Hisham 51.84% Amani 48.16%
Evicted :	Randa 3/13 votes	Hanane 3/12 votes	Anas 4/11 votes	Imane 2/10 votes	Bashar K 4/9 votes	Fahed 2/8 votes	Joy 1/7 votes	Ahmad S 2/6 votes	Salma Public's vote	Samer Public's vote	Bashar G Katia Public's vote	Ahmad H Public's vote	Zizi Public's vote1
	Contestants' votes								Public's vote
Hisham	Imane	Imane	Anas	Katia	Fahed	Saved by public	Samer	Ahmad S	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	Saved by public	Saved	Winner
Amani	Imane	Hanane	Anas	Imane	Bashar K	Ahmad S	Samer	Samer	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	2nd Place
Zizi	Randa	Hanane	Bashar K	Katia	Fahed	Fahed	Samer	Ahmad S	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Evicted	3rd Place
Ahmad H	Imane	Hanane	Anas	Katia	Fahed	Ahmad S	Joy	Saved by public	Saved	Saved	Saved	Evicted	4th Place
Bashar G	Imane	Imane	Bashar K	Katia	Fahed	Ahmad S	Samer	Samer	Saved by public	Saved by public	Evicted	5th Place
Katia	Imane	Imane	Bashar K	Saved by colleagues	Bashar K	Ahmad S	Samer	Samer	Saved	Saved	Evicted	6th Place
Samer	Imane	Imane	Bashar K	Katia	Fahed	Fahed	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Saved	Evicted	7th Place
Salma	Imane	Imane	Anas	Saved by public	Bashar K	Ahmad S	Samer	Samer	Evicted	8th Place
Ahmad S	Imane	Imane	Bashar K	Katia	Saved by public	Saved by colleagues	Saved by public	Evicted	9th Place
Joy	Imane	Imane	Bashar K	Imane	Bashar K	Ahmad S	Evicted	10th Place
Fahed	Randa	Imane	Saved by public	Katia	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	11th Place
Bashar K	Imane	Imane	Saved by colleagues	Katia	Evicted	12th Place
Imane	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Bashar K	Evicted	13th Place
Anas	Saved by public	Saved by public	Evicted	14th Place
Hanane	Randa	Evicted	15th Place
Randa	Evicted	16th Place

Tour

Hisham, Amani, Zizi, Ahmad H, Bashar G, Katia, Samer, and Salma (once again, the Top 8) were chosen to be part of the tour.

Star Academy 3

Joseph Attieh, who is a radio and TV production student received a trophy, $50,000 in cash and a brand new 2006 car. He was 19 years old and the first Lebanese who won the Title. This year was seen as an improvement over the previous year, and return to the quality of the first season, with many talented students. Some, like Hani, Hanaa, and Shayma were deemed just as worthy of winning as Joseph. There were also many other strong performers, like Fadi, Khalifa, Rakiya, Maya, and Wajdi.

This year the show expanded the number of students. The previous 2 years had 16 contestants; starting this year, 19 students were chosen to participate.

Primes

Prime:	30/12/05	06/01/06	13/01/06	20/01/06	27/01/06	03/02/06	10/02/06	17/02/06	24/02/06	03/03/06	10/03/06	17/03/06	24/03/06	31/03/06	07/04/06
Public's vote :	Rym 55.56% Jihane 25.76% Fady 18.68%	Mohamad 42.38% Chadia 31.61% Manale 26.01%	Mohammad 44.94% Mohamed 43.38% Manale 11.68%	Rym 41.56% Mohamed 35.69% Walid 22.75%	Wajdi 62.04% Marwa 22.88% Issa 15.08%	Rym 36.86% Issa 33.43% Mohammad 29.71%	Rym 44.72% Wajdi 40.00% Mohamad 15.28%	Chayma 35.82% Mohamad 34.23% Mohammad 29.95%	Rym 36.12% Rakiya 34.25% Maya 29.63%	Khalifa 44.89% Mohammad 29.86% Maya 25.25%	Chayma 53.78% Rym 46.22%	Khalifa 50.47% Maya 49.53%	Fady 67.08% Khalifa 32.92%	Hani 50.34% Chayma 39.86% Fady 9.80%	Joseph 55.15% Hani 29.20% Hanaa 15.65%
Evicted :	Jihane 7/16 votes	Chadia 2/15 votes	Manale 7/14 votes1	Mohamed 3/13 votes	Marwa 4/11 votes	Issa 5/10 votes2	Wajdi 4/9 votes	Mohamad 4/8 votes3	Rakiya 3/7 votes	Mohammad 0/6 votes	Rym Public's vote	Maya Public's vote	Khalifa Public's vote	Chayma Fady Public's vote
	Contestants' votes										Public's vote
Joseph	Fady	Manale	Manale	Walid	Issa	Mohammad	Wajdi	Mohammad	Maya	Maya	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Winner
Hani	Fady	Manale	Manale	Walid	Marwa	Mohammad	Mohamad	Mohamad	Rakiya	Maya	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	2nd Place5
Hanaa	Jihane	Chadia	Manale	Walid	Issa	Mohammad	Wajdi	Mohamad	Maya	Maya	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	3rd Place
Chayma	Fady	Manale	Mohamed	Walid	Issa	Issa	Wajdi	Saved by public	Maya	Maya	Saved by public	Saved	Saved	Evicted	4th Place
Fady	Saved by colleagues	Manale	Manale	Walid	Marwa	Issa	Mohamad	Mohammad	Maya	Maya	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	Evicted	5th Place
Khalifa	Fady	Manale	Mohamed	Mohamed	Issa	Mohammad	Mohamad	Mohammad	Rakiya	Saved by public	Saved	Saved by public	Evicted	6th Place
Maya	Fady	Manale	Manale	Walid	Marwa	Issa	Wajdi	Mohamad	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Saved	Evicted	7th Place
Rym	Saved by public	Manale	Mohamed	Saved by public	Issa	Saved by public	Saved by public	Mohammad	Saved by public	Maya	Evicted	8th Place
Mohammad I	Jihane	Manale	Saved by public	Mohamed	Issa	Saved by colleagues	Mohamad	Saved by colleagues	Rakiya	Evicted	9th Place
Rakiya	Jihane	Chadia	Manale	Walid	Marwa	Mohammad	Mohamad	Mohamad	Evicted	10th Place
Mohamad F	Jihane	Saved by public	Mohamed	Walid	Issa	Issa	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	11th Place
Wajdi	Fady	Manale	Manale	Walid	Saved by public	Issa	Evicted	12th Place
Issa	Jihane	Manale	Mohamed	Mohamed	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	13th Place
Marwa	Jihane	Manale	Mohamed	Walid	Evicted	14th Place
Walid	Fady	Manale	Mohamed	Saved by colleagues	15th Place4
Mohamed D	Fady	Manale	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	16th Place
Manale	Fady	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	17th Place
Chadia	Jihane	Evicted	18th Place
Jihane	Evicted	19th Place

^Note 3.1 : As there was a tie, Mohammad Ibrahim had the casting vote and he saved Mohamed Dossary
^Note 3.2 : As there was a tie, Rym had the casting vote and she saved Mohammad Ibrahim
^Note 3.3 : As there was a tie, Chayma had the casting vote and she saved Mohammad Ibrahim
^Note 3.4 : He withdrew from the academy after being nomintaed and saved by his colleagues vote and not by the publics vote

Tour

Joseph, Hani, Hanaa, Chayma, Fady, Khalifa, Maya, Rakiya and Wajdi were chosen to be part of the tour. This was the first year 9 students, not 8, went on tour. It was also the first time the Top finishing students did not all go on tour. Rym and Mohammed I despite finishing 8th and 9th, respectively, were not chosen for the tour; instead, Rakiya and Wajdi were selected to go on tour instead.

Star Academy 4

Shada Hassoun, from Iraq, made history as the first (and to date, only) girl to take the title, as well as the first Iraqi to do so. Her success was a juicy subject for worldwide press, and she was credited for uniting her country, Iraq, over a happy event despite war.

The fourth season (2007) was also the first season that two girls claimed first and second place when Shada Hassoun came in first, and Marwa (from Tunisia) came in second. It was also noteworthy to feature the first female contestant from the Persian Gulf, Shoroq (from Bahrain), as well as the first contestant from Oman, Ayoub.

Tragedy

However the fourth season was marred with a tragedy in Tunisia during the selection process for the program for that country, when as a result of the massive number of applicants and pushing and shoving, and some say bad organization, 6 Tunisian youths died and others injured. The program was put on hold for three days in mourning before resumption of selections.

Primes

Prime:	22/12/06	29/12/06	05/01/07	12/01/07	19/01/07	26/01/07	02/02/07	09/02/07	16/02/07	23/02/07	02/03/07	09/03/07	16/03/07	23/03/07	30/03/07
Public's vote :	Maisoun 42.18% Khaled 35.29% Nelly 22.53%	Maisoun 35.08% Nelly 33.65% Intissar 31.27%	Shoroq 45.97% Maisoun 42.93% Nelly 11.10%	Abdul Aziz 64.25% Dany 28.89% Nelly 6.86%	Ali 57.71% Imane 23.37% Shoroq 18.92%	Sally 54.17% Imane 23.89% Dany 21.94%	Ali 56.51% Abdul Aziz 34.26% Dany 9.23%	Ahmad 44.34% Abdul Aziz 33.58% Ayoub 22.08%	Sally 43.72% Imed 35.30% Ayoub 20.98%	Ahmad 36.14% Amel 33.24% Imed 30.62%	Ali 37.35% Sally 37.18% Amel 25.47%	Ali 42.84% Sally 30.86% Ahmad 26.31%	Mohamed 55.61% Ali 35.65% Tina 8.74%	Shatha 54.08% Sally 45.92%	Shatha 40.63% Marwa 28.65% Mohamed 25.06% Carlo 5.66%
Evicted :	Khaled 7/16 votes	Intissar 7/15 votes	Maisoun 6/14 votes	Nelly 3/13 votes	Shoroq 3/12 votes	Imane 4/11 votes	Dany 3/10 votes	Abdul Aziz 4/9 votes	Ayoub 3/8 votes	Imed 3/7 votes	Amel 3/6 votes1	Ahmad 2/5 votes	Ali Tina Public's vote	Sally Public's vote
	Contestants' votes												Public's votes
Shada	Nelly	Intissar	Nelly	Nelly	Imane	Imane	Abdul Aziz	Ayoub	Ayoub	Amel	Amel	Ahmad	Saved	Saved by public	Winner
Marwa	Nelly	Intissar	Nelly	Dany	Imane	Imane	Abdul Aziz	Ayoub	Imed	Imed	Amel	Ahmad	Saved	Saved	2nd Place
Mohamed	Khaled	Nelly	Maisoun	Dany	Imane	Dany	Abdul Aziz	Ayoub	Imed	Imed	Sally	Sally	Saved by public	Saved	3rd Place
Carlo	Nelly	Nelly	Nelly	Dany	Imane	Dany	Dany	Abdul Aziz	Imed	Imed	Sally	Sally	Saved	Saved	4th Place
Sally	Nelly	Intissar	Maisoun	Dany	Imane	Saved by public	Dany	Abdul Aziz	Saved by public	Amel	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Saved	Evicted	5th Place
Ali	Khaled	Nelly	Maisoun	Dany	Saved by public	Dany	Saved by public	Abdul Aziz	Ayoub	Amel	Saved by public	Saved by public	Evicted	6th Place
Tina	Nelly	Nelly	Nelly	Nelly	Imane	Dany	Dany	Ayoub	Imed	Amel	Sally	Sally	Evicted	7th Place
Ahmad	Khaled	Intissar	Nelly	Dany	Shoroq	Dany	Abdul Aziz	Saved by public	Ayoub	Saved by public	Amel	Evicted	8th Place
Amel	Nelly	Intissar	Maisoun	Dany	Imane	Imane	Abdul Aziz	Ayoub	Imed	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	9th Place
Imed	Khaled	Intissar	Maisoun	Dany	Imane	Imane	Abdul Aziz	Abdul Aziz	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	10th Place
Ayoub	Khaled	Nelly	Nelly	Nelly	Shoroq	Dany	Abdul Aziz	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	11th Place
Abdul Aziz	Khaled	Nelly	Nelly	Saved by public	Shoroq	Dany	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	12th Place
Dany	Nelly	Nelly	Nelly	Saved by colleagues	Imane	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	13th Place
Imane	Nelly	Intissar	Maisoun	Dany	Saved by colleagues'	Evicted	14th Place
Shoroq	Khaled	Nelly	Saved by public	Dany	Evicted	15th Place
Nelly	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	16th Place
Maisoun	Saved by public	Saved by public	Evicted	17th Place
Intissar	Nelly	Evicted	18th Place
Khaled	Evicted	19th Place

^Note 4.1 : As there was a tie, Ali had the casting vote and he saved Sally

Tour

Shada, Marwa, Mohamed, Carlo, Sally, Ali, Tina, Ahmad, and Imed were chosen to be part of the tour. Again 9 students were chosen for the tour. Although Amel placed ahead of Imed, he was chosen to go on tour instead her.

Star Academy 5

The fifth season of Star Academy began on 25 January 2008. There were several new changes in the academy that included a new swimming pool, a basketball court, a trampoline, a billiard table, a table-tennis table and a newly decorated building. New lessons were added this season including swimming lessons, basketball lessons and music lessons. Another change was the increase in the number of students, now 20 from the previous 2 season's having 19.

The final prime of Star Academy 5, held on 23 May 2008, witnessed the crowning of Nader Guirat, the first from Tunis and the Maghreb region.

His victory was somewhat controversial, as Nader Guirat is the first winner of the program to sing primarily in non-Arabic languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian etc.). Although he did sing in Arabic on various occasions, many felt it was not up to the standards of the other contestants and not worthy of a variety show that is primarily in Arabic. Nader is also the first winner to have been a nominee and was not saved by the public, as he had received a low percentage of votes.

Primes

Prime:	01/02/08	08/02/08	15/02/08	22/02/08	29/02/08	07/03/08	14/03/08	21/03/08	28/03/08	04/04/08	11/04/08	18/04/08	25/04/08	02/05/08	09/05/08	16/05/08	23/05/08
Public's vote :	Ahmad 51.25% Omar 39.73% Jessica 9.02%	Khaled 56.23% Iman 26.98% Jessica 16.79%	Zaher 67.91% Khaled 23.12% Fawaz 8.97%	Badr 35.95% Ahmad 34.86% Khaled 29.19%	Asma 55.31% Amal M 29.66% Iman 15.03%	Adnan 37.47% Dia 32.99% Khaled 29.54%	Amel B 61.60% Asma 20.28% Zaher 18.12%	Badr 38.02% Zaher 33.05% Adnan 28.93%	Mirhan 40.41% Moustapha 35.50% Amal M 24.09%	Dia 71.32% Badr 20.07% Amal M 8.61%	Amel B 48.82% Dia 44.48% Amal M 6.70%	Dia 53.10% Amel B 39.96% Zaher 6.94%	Dia 61.05% Nader 31.96% Zaher 6.99%	Mirhan 53.15% Dia 46.85%	Abdallah 72.46% Mirhan 27.54%	Mohamad 73.91% Shahinaz 26.09%	Nader 34.44% Mohamad 34.04% Saad 31.52%
Evicted :	Omar 7/17 votes	Jessica 6/16 votes	Fawaz 7/15 votes	Ahmad 7/14 votes1	Iman 5/13 votes	Khaled 3/12 votes	Asma 5/11 votes	Adnan 4/10 votes	Moustapha 3/9 votes	Badr 4/8 votes2	Amal M 3/7 votes	Amel B 2/6 votes	Zaher 2/5 votes	Dia Public's vote	Mirhan Public's vote	Shahinaz Public's vote
	Contestants' vote													Public's vote
Nader	Omar	Iman	Fawaz	Ahmad	Amal M	Dia	Zaher	Zaher	Amal M	Amal M	Amal M	Amel B	Saved by colleagues	Saved	Saved	Saved	Winner
Mohamad	Omar	Iman	Fawaz	Khaled	Iman	Khaled	Zaher	Zaher	Amal M	Badr	Amal M	Zaher	Zaher	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	2nd Place
Saad	Jessica	Jessica	Fawaz	Khaled	Amal M	Dia	Asma	Adnan	Moustapha	Badr	Dia	Zaher	Zaher	Saved	Saved	Saved	3rd Place
Shahinaz	Omar	Iman	Khaled	Ahmad	Iman	Dia	Zaher	Zaher	Amal M	Amal M	Dia	Zaher	Nader	Saved	Saved	Evicted	4th Place
Abdallah	Jessica	Iman	Fawaz	Khaled	Iman	Khaled	Asma	Adnan	Moustapha	Badr	Dia	Zaher	Nader	Saved	Saved by public	5th Place3
Mirhan	Omar	Jessica	Fawaz	Ahmad	Amal M	Dia	Zaher	Zaher	Saved by public	Amal M	Dia	Amel B	Nader	Saved by public	Evicted	6th Place
Dia	Jessica	Jessica	Khaled	Ahmad	Amal M	Saved by colleagues	Asma	Adnan	Amal M	Saved by public	Saved by colleagues	Saved by public	Saved by public	Evicted	7th Place
Zaher	Jessica	Jessica	Saved by public	Khaled	Amal M	Dia	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Amal M	Badr	Amal M	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	8th Place
Amel Boshousha	Jessica	Iman	Khaled	Khaled	Amal M	Dia	Saved by public	Zaher	Amal M	Amal M	Saved by public	Evicted	9th Place
Amal Mahalawi	Jessica	Iman	Khaled	Ahmad	Saved by colleagues	Dia	Asma	Zaher	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	10th Place
Badr	Omar	Iman	Fawaz	Saved by public	Iman	Khaled	Zaher	Saved by public	Moustapha	Evicted	11th Place
Moustapha	Jessica	Jessica	Khaled	Ahmad	Amal M	Dia	Zaher	Adnan	Evicted	12th Place
Adnan	Jessica	Iman	Khaled	Khaled	Amal M	Saved by public	Asma	Evicted	13th Place
Asma	Jessica	Iman	Fawaz	Ahmad	Saved by public	Dia	Evicted	14th Place
Khaled	Omar	Saved by public	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Iman	Evicted	15th Place
Iman	Omar	Saved by colleagues	Khaled	Khaled	Evicted	16th Place
Ahmad	Saved by public	Jessica	Khaled	Evicted	17th Place
Fawaz	Jessica	Iman	Evicted	18th Place
Jessica	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	19th Place
Omar	Evicted	20th Place

^Note 5.1 : As there was a tie, Badr had the casting vote and he saved Khaled
^Note 5.2 : As there was a tie, Dia had the casting vote and she saved Amal M
^Note 5.3 : He withdrew from the academy in the semifinals week due to several fights with Mohamad qwidaer which made him take the decision to leave the academy also there were rumors that the Saudia Arabia government advised all their citizens to leave Lebanon due to the current unrest

Tour

Nader, Mohamad, Saad, Shahinaz, Mirhan, Diaa and Amel B were chosen to be part of the tour. This was the first time only 7 students had been chosen for the tour (previous years had 8 or 9 students). However, for unknown reason, the tour was cancelled.

Star Academy 6

The winner of Star Academy 6 made history by being the first contestant from a country that had a student from it previously win. Abdulaziz Abdulrahman from Saudi Arabia became the second Saudi Arabian, after Hisham Abdulrahman from season 2, to win the title.

Star Academy 6 has undergone some major changes, like a larger stage. The Academy itself has taken an extreme makeover and now includes a theater for movies, a spa, and a DJ Studio.

Primes

Prime:	27/02/09	06/03/09	13/03/09	20/03/09	27/03/09	03/04/09	10/04/09	17/04/09	24/04/09	01/05/09	08/05/09	15/05/09	22/05/09	29/05/09	05/06/09	12/06/09
Public's vote:	Mohamad S 44.45% Jaber 40.03% Noura 15.51%	Mohamad S 38.13% Meteb 33.00% Michel R 28.87%	Mohamad S 57.38% Iness 27.74% Noura 14.88%	Zaher 35.09% Nazem 33.11% Iness 31.80%	Yehya 60.54% Mohamad S 29.52% Nazem 9.94%	Khawla 46.72% Yehya 36.98% Mohamad S 16.03%	Nasser 50.47% Khawla 34.96% Zaher 14.57%	Ibrahim 43.07% Yehya 34.07% Diala 22.86%	Lara 55.14% Nasser 27.58% Tania 17.28%	Lara 49.29% Yehya 36.94% Zaher 13.77%	Abd Al Aziz 62.18% Aya 29.08% Yehya 8.74%	Ibrahim 50.44% Yehya 43.76% Tania 5.80%	Mohamad B ?% Lara ?%	Lara 64.91% Mohamad B 29.63% Tania 5.46%	Ibrahim 52.35% Lara 47.65%	Abd Al Aziz 50.30% Bassma 26.12% Ibrahim 19.55% Michel A 4.03%
Evicted :	Jaber 5/17 votes	Meteb 2/16 votes	Noura 5/15 votes	Iness 1/14 votes	Nazem 6/13 votes	Mohamad S 4/12 votes	Khawla 4/10 votes	Diala 3/9 votes	Nasser 2/8 votes	Zaher 3/7 votes	Aya 2/6 votes	Yehya 2/5 votes	Both Stayed 2	Mohamad B Tania Public's vote	Lara Public's vote
Contestants	Contestants' votes												Public's vote
Abdulaziz	Jaber	Meteb	Iness	Nazem	Nazem	Yehya	Zaher	Yehya	Nasser	Zaher	Saved by public	Yehya	Saved	Saved	Saved	Winner
Bassma	Jaber	Michel R	Iness	Nazem	Nazem	Yehya	Khawla	Diala	Tania	Yehya	Yehya	Tania	Saved	Saved	Saved	2nd Place
Ibrahim	Noura	Meteb	Noura	Nazem	Mohamad S	Mohamad S	Zaher	Saved by public	Tania	Yehya	Yehya	Saved by public	Saved	Saved	Saved by public	3rd Place
Michel A	Noura	Michel R	Noura	Nazem	Nazem	Yehya	Zaher	Yehya	Tania	Yehya	Yehya	Tania	Saved	Saved	Saved	4th Place
Lara	Noura	Michel R	Noura	Nazem	Mohamad S	Mohamad S	Khawla	Diala	Saved by public	Saved by public	Aya	Yehya	Saved	Saved by public	Evicted	5th Place
Mohamad B	Noura	Michel R	Iness	Nazem	Nazem	Yehya	Zaher	Yehya	Tania	Zaher	Aya	Tania	Saved	Evicted	6th Place
Tania	Noura	Michel R	Noura	Nazem	Nazem	Yehya	Zaher	Diala	Saved by colleagues	Yehya	Yehya	Saved by colleagues	Saved	Evicted	7th Place
Yehya	Noura	Michel R	Iness	Nazem	Saved by public	Saved by colleagues	Zaher	Saved by colleagues	Nasser	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	8th Place
Aya	Noura	Michel R	Iness	Nazem	Mohamad S	Mohamad S	Khawla	Yehya	Tania	Zaher	Evicted	9th Place
Zaher	Noura	Michel R	Iness	Saved by public	Mohamad S	Mohamad S	Saved by colleagues	Yehya	Tania	Evicted	10th Place
Nasser	Noura	Michel R	Noura	Nazem	Mohamad S	Yehya	Saved by public	Yehya	Evicted	11th Place
Diala	Jaber	Michel R	Iness	Iness	Mohamad S	Yehya	Khawla	Evicted	12th Place
Khawla	Jaber	Michel R	Iness	Nazem	Mohamad S	Saved by public	Evicted	13th Place
Michel R	Noura	Saved by colleagues	Iness	Nazem	Nazem	Yehya	14th Place1
Mohamad S	Saved by public	Saved by public	Saved by public	Nazem	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	15th Place
Nazem	Noura	Michel R	Iness	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	16th Place
Iness	Noura	Michel R	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	17th Place
Noura	Saved by colleagues	Michel R	Evicted	18th Place
Meteb	Jaber	Evicted	19th Place
Jaber	Evicted	20th Place

^Note 6.1 : He withdrew from the academy after not being in the weekly top 5.
^Note 6.2 : Although it was a special prime for the children cancer center "St.Jude" in Lebanon both of them were not eliminated and their vote's percentage were donated automatically to St. jude children cancer medical center.

Tour

Abdulaziz, Bassma, Ibrahim, Michel A, Lara, Mohamed B, Tania, Yehya and Nasser were chosen to be part of the tour. Once again, unlike the previous season, the tour chose to have 9 students participate. But once again, for unknown reasons, the tour was canceled.

Star Academy 7

Star Academy 7 launched its first prime from Adma, Lebanon on Friday 19 February 2010 on LBC.

This year´s winner was Nassif Zaytoun from Syria.

Primes

^Note 7.1 : As there was a tie, Salwa had the casting vote and she saved Aline
^Note 7.2 : As there was a tie, Tahra had the casting vote and she saved Bassel
^Note 7.3 : As there was a tie, Tahra had the casting vote and she saved Asma
^Note 7.4 : As there was a tie, Badreia had the casting vote and she saved Zeina
^Note 7.5 : There were rumors that the lines in Iraq to vote for Rahma were free of charge on certain days

Prime:	26/02/10	05/03/10	12/03/10	19/03/10	26/03/10	02/04/10	09/04/10	16/04/10	23/04/10	30/04/10	07/05/10	14/05/10	21/05/10	28/05/10	04/06/10
Public's vote:	Salwa 46.02% Jack 29.69% Aline 24.29%	Mehdi 57% Tahra 38% Salwa 5%	Tahra 66.70% Bassel 29.19% Aline 4.11%	Mehdi 67% Bassel 27% Haitham 6%	Tahra 48.3% Mehdi 31.06% Rania 20.64%	Mahmoud 36% Rania 34% Miral 30%	Tahra 57% Mohamed A 37% Rayan 6%	Zeina 66.57% Bassel 20.75% Abdelaziz 12.68%	Tahra 48.25% Abdelaziz 24.24% Miral 15.87% Asma 11.64%	Zeina 21.67% Mohamed A 36.69% Badreia 41.64%	Zeina 14.88% Mahmoud 22.88% Tahra 62.24%	Sultan 42.53% Mahmoud 17.69% Tahra 39.78%	Sultan 20.26% Rahma 69.96% Asma 9.78%	'Badreia' 23.55% Rahma 49.63% Ramy 26.82%	Mohamed R 10.71% Nassif 65.21% Rahma 24.08%
Evicted :	Jack 9/18 votes1	Salwa 4/17 votes	Aline 8/16 votes2	Haitham 6/15 votes	Mehdi 4/14 votes	Rania 5/13 votes	Rayan 5/12 votes	Bassel 3/11 votes	Abdelaziz Miral Abdelaziz: 1/9 Votes-Miral: 4/9 Votes3	Mohamed A 4/8 votes4	Zeina 3/7 votes	Tahra Mahmoud Public's vote	Sultan Asma Public's vote5	Ramy Badreia Public's vote5
Contestants	Contestants' votes												Public's vote
Nassif Zaytoun	Jack	Tahra	Bassel	Bassel	Mehdi	Miral	Rayan	Abdelaziz	Miral	Zeina	Zeina	Saved	Saved	Saved	Winner
Rahma El-Sabahi	Aline	Tahra	Bassel	Haitham	Rania	Miral	Mohamed A	Abdelaziz	Asma	Zeina	Zeina	Saved	Saved by public	Saved by public	2nd Place
Mohamed Ramadan	Aline	Tahra	Bassel	Bassel	Rania	Rania	Mohamed A	Bassel	Miral	Zeina	Zeina	Saved	Saved	Saved	3rd Place
Ramy Chemali	Aline	Salwa	Aline	Bassel	Rania	Rania	Rayan	Abdelaziz	Asma	Zeina	Mahmoud	Saved	Saved	Evicted	4th Place
Badreia El-Sayed	Aline	Tahra	Aline	Haitham	Mehdi	Miral	Rayan	Bassel	Asma	Saved by public	Mahmoud	Saved	Saved	Evicted	5th Place
Sultan Bin Rashed	Jack	Tahra	Bassel	Haitham	Mehdi	Rania	Mohamed A	Abdelaziz	Abdelaziz	Mohamed A	Mahmoud	Saved by public	Evicted	6th Place
Asma Mahalawi	Aline	Tahra	Aline	Bassel	Rania	Miral	Mohamed A	Abdelaziz	Saved by colleagues	Mohamed A	Mahmoud	Saved	Evicted	7th Place
Tahra Hmamish	Aline	Saved by colleagues	Saved by public	Haitham	Saved by public	Miral	Saved by public	Abdelaziz	Saved by public	Mohamed A	Saved by public	Evicted	8th Place
Mahmoud Shokry	Jack	Tahra	Aline	Bassel	Rania	Saved by public	Mohamed A	Abdelaziz	Miral	Mohamed A	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	9th Place
Zeina Aftimos	Aline	Tahra	Aline	Bassel	Rania	Miral	Rayan	Saved by public	Miral	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	10th Place
Mohamed Ali	Jack	Tahra	Bassel	Haitham	Rania	Rania	Saved by colleagues	Bassel	Asma	Evicted	11th Place
Abdelaziz El-Difiri	Jack	Tahra	Aline	Haitham	Rania	Miral	Rayan	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	12th Place
Miral Faisal	Jack	Salwa	Aline	Bassel	Mehdi	Saved by colleagues	Mohamed A	Abdelaziz	Evicted	13th Place
Bassel El-Khoury	Jack	Tahra	Saved by colleagues	Saved by colleagues	Rania	Rania	Mohamed A	Evicted	14th Place
Rayan Eid	Aline	Tahra	Aline	Bassel	Rania	Miral	Evicted	15th Place
Rania El-Gazzar	Aline	Salwa	Bassel	Bassel	Saved by colleagues	Evicted	16th Place
Mehdi Bahmed	Jack	Saved by public	Bassel	Saved by public	Evicted	17th Place
Haitham El-Khozoum	Jack	Tahra	Bassel	Evicted	18th Place
Aline Kassis	Saved by colleagues	Salwa	Evicted	19th Place
Salwa Taaliby	Saved by public	Evicted	20th Place
Jack Haddad	Evicted	21st Place

Tour

Nassif, Rahma, Mohamed R, Ramy, Badreia, Sultan, Asma, Tahra, Mahmoud, Zeina, Abdulaziz, Miral and Rayan were chosen to be part of the tour, But for unknown reason the tour was cancelled.

Star Academy 8

Contestants Still Left (in alphabetical order of Arabic)

Country

Prime 2

Prime 3

Prime 4

Prime 5

Prime 6

Prime 7

Prime 8

Prime 9

Prime 10

Prime 11

Prime 12

Prime 13

Prime 14

Ahmad Ezat

Egypt

Layan

Mohamed Rah.

Mohamed Rah.

Yasmine

Back from students

Back from public Hosam2

Mohamed A.

Back from public

Mohamed A.

Mohamed D.

Layan

Back from public

Saved by Judges

Oumaima Taleb

Tunisia

Layan

Lamya

Hosam

Yasmine

Karima

Hosam

Mohamed A.

Hosam

Mohamed A.

Mohamed D.

Layan

Layan

Saved by Judges

Gilbert Simon

Lebanon

Layan

Mohamed Rah.

Hosam

Nina

Karima

Mohamed Raf.

Nina

Mohamed A.

Christine

Ephrem

Christine

Layan

Back from public

Sarah Farah

Syria

Layan

Mohamed Rah.

Hosam

Yasmine

Karima

Hosam

Mohamed A.

Hosam

Christine

Mohamed D.

Layan

Layan

Saved by Judges

Nisma Mahgoub

Egypt

Layan

Lamya

Mohamed Rah.

Yasmine

Ahmad

Mohamed Raf.

Nina

Mohamed A.

Christine

Ephrem

Layan

Abdesalam

Saved by Judges

Primes

Prime:	08/04/11	15/04/11	22/04/11	29/04/11	06/05/11	13/05/11	20/05/11	27/05/11	03/06/11	10/06/11	17/06/11	24/06/11	01/07/11	08/07/11	15/07/11
Public's Votes:	Karima 77.02% Layan 12.43% Mohamed Q. 10.38%	Karim 46.55% Mohamed Rah. 44.24% Lamya 09.21%	Abdesalam 57.43% Hosam 33.04% Mohamed Rah. 09.54%	Karim 55.91% Yasmine 26.95% Nina 17.15%	Karim 36.46% Karima 33.51% Ahmad 30.03%	Ahmad 81.88% Hosam 10.92% Mohamed Raf. 07.20%	Mohamed A. 27.78% Hosam 38.34% Nina 33.88%	Ahmad 75.93% Hosam 10.25% Mohamed A. 13.82%	Abdesalam 57.94% Mohamed A. 12.34% Christine 29.72%	Abdesalam 70.48% Ephrem 17.04% Mohamed D. 12.48%	Abdesalam 60.21% Christine 22.17% Layan 17.62%	Ahmad 62.05% Abdesalam 35.67% Layan 02.28%	Gilbert 46.64% Mohamed D. 15.72% Layan 37.64%
Eliminated :	Mohamed Q. 7/17 votes	Lamya 6/16 votes	Mohamed Rah. 5/15 votes	Yasmine 7/15 votes1	Karima 6/13 votes	Mohamed Raf. 6/13 votes2	Nina 5/11 votes	Hosam 3/9 votes	Mohamed A. 3/8 votes	Ephrem 3/7 votes	Christine 1/6 votes	Abdesalam 2/5 votes	Mohamed D. Layan Public's vote
Contestants That Left	Prime 2	Prime 3	Prime 4	Prime 5	Prime 6	Prime 7	Prime 8	Prime 9	Prime 10	Prime 11	Prime 12	Prime 13	Prime 14	Prime 15	Prime 16
Layan Bazlamit	Saved by Students	Lamya	Hosam	Nina	Ahmad	Mohamed Raf.	Nina	Mohamed A.	Christine	Mohamed D.	Saved by Students	Saved by Students	Eliminated	6th Place
Mohamed Dakdouk	Mohamed Q.	Mohamed Rah.	Hosam	Nina	Ahmad	Hosam	Mohamed A.	Mohamed A.	Mohamed A.	Saved by Students	Layan	Abdesalam	Eliminated	7th Place
Abdesalam Mohamed	Mohamed Q.	Mohamed Rah.	Saved by Public	Nina	Ahmad	Mohamed Raf.	Mohamed A.	Mohamed A.	Saved by Public	Saved by Public	Saved by Public	Eliminated	8th Place
Christine Saadeh	Layan	Mohamed Rah.	Hosam	Nina	Ahmad	Mohamed Raf.	Nina	Mohamed A.	Saved by Students	Ephrem	Eliminated	9th Place
Ephrem Salemeh	Layan	Mohamed Rah.	Hosam	Nina	Karima	Hosam	Nina	Hosam	Christine	Eliminated	10th Place
Mohamed Abdallah	Mohamed Q.	Mohamed Rah.	Mohamed Rah.	Nina	Ahmad	Hosam	Saved by Students	Saved by Students	Eliminated	11th Place
Hosam Taha	Mohamed Q.	Mohamed Rah.	Saved by Students	Yasmine	Karima	Saved by Students	Saved by Public	Eliminated	12th Place
Karim Kamel	Mohamed Q.	Saved by Public	Mohamed Rah.	Saved by Public Nina1	Saved by Public	Hosam	Mohamed A.	Droped-Out right after 8th prime	13th Place
Nina Abdelmalak	Layan	Lamya	Hosam	Saved by Students	Ahmad	Mohamed Raf.	Eliminated	14th Place
Mohamed Rafe3	Mohamed Q.	Mohamed Rah.	Hosam	Yasmine	Karima	Eliminated	15th Place
Karima Gouit	Saved by Public	Lamya	Mohamed Rah.	Yasmine	Eliminated	16th Place
Yasmine Ahjouwi	Layan	Lamya	Hosam	Eliminated	17th Place
Mohamed Rahma	Mohamed Q.	Saved by Students	Eliminated	18th Place
Lamya Jamal	Layan	Eliminated	19th Place
Mohamed El Qaq	Eliminated	20th Place

^Note 8.1 : As there was a tie, Karim had the casting vote and he saved Nina.
^Note 8.2 : As there was a tie, Ahmad had the casting vote and he saved Hosam.

Milestones, Record-holders and Trivia

Finalist Contestants:
-Star Academy 1:
.Mohamed Atteya (Egypt); Winner.
.Bashar Shatii (Kuwait).
-Star Academy 2:
.Hisham Abdulrahman (KSA); Winner.
.Amani Swisy (Tunisia).
-Star Academy 3:
.Joseph Atteya (Lebanon); Winner.
.Hani Hussein (Egypt).
.Han'a Idrissy (Morocco).
-Star Academy 4:
.Shatha Hassoun (Iraq); First & only Female Star Academy Winner.
.Marwa Bin Sughaiyer (Tunisia).
.Mohamed Kammah (Egypt).
.Carlo Nakhla (Lebanon).
-Star Academy 5:
.Nader Guirat (Tunisia); Winner.
.Mohamed Qwidar (Jordan).
.Sa'ad Ramadan (Lebanon).
-Star Academy 6:
.Abdulaziz Abdelrahman (KSA); Second Winner from KSA .
.Bassma Bousail (Morocco).
.Ibrahim Dashti (Kuwait).
.Michel Azzi (Lebanon).
-Star Academy 7:
.Nassif Zeytoun (Syria); Winner.
.Rahma Mezher (Iraq)
.Mohamed Ramadan (Jordan).
-Star Academy 8:
.Nesma (Egypt);
.Sarah (Syria);

Semi-Finalist Contestants:
-Star Academy 1: Baha'a AlKaffy (Tunis)
-Star Academy 2: ZeeZee Adel (Egypt)
-Star Academy 3: Chayma Hilali (Tunis)
-Star Academy 3: Fady Andraos (Palestine)
-Star Academy 4: Sally Ahmed (Egypt)
-Star Academy 5: Shahinaz (Egypt)
-Star Academy 6: Lara Skandar (Egypt)
-Star Academy 7: Ramy Shamali (Lebanon)
-Star Academy 7: Baderia Elsayed (Tunisia)

Contestants who have won Top 1 the most in each season:
- Star Academy 1: Myriam (Syria) – 4 wins.
- Star Academy 2: Amani (Tunisia) – 2 wins.
- Star Academy 3: Hani (Egypt) – 3 wins. (Tie)
- Star Academy 4: Mohamed Kammah (Egypt) – 3 wins.(Tie), He won 20000 $ cash.
- Star Academy 5: Nader (Tunisia) – 3 wins. (Tie)
- Star Academy 6: Bassma (Morocco) – 3 wins. (Tie)
- Star Academy 7: Mohammed Ramadan (Jordan) – 3 wins. (Tie)
- Star Academy 8: Nisma Mahgoub (Egypt) - 2 wins. (Tie)

Contestants who won the title without any nominations:
- Star Academy 3: Joseph Attieyh (Lebanon)
- Star Academy 7: Nassif Zeytoun (Syria)

Contestants who have never been chosen as nominees:
- Star Academy 2: Amani Swaisi (Tunis)
- Star Academy 3: Joseph Attiyah (Lebanon)
- Star Academy 3: Hana'a Idrissy (Morocco)
- Star Academy 4: Marwa Bin Sughaiyer (Tunis)
- Star Academy 4: Carlo Nakhla (Lebanon)
- Star Academy 5: Sa'ad Ramadhan (Lebanon)
- Star Academy 6: Basma Boussil (Morocco)
- Star Academy 6: Michel Azzi (Lebanon)
- Star Academy 7: Nassif Zeytoun (Syria)
- Star Academy 7: Mohamed Ramadan (Jordan)
- Star Academy 8: Nisma Mahgoub (Egypt)
- Star Academy 8: Sarah Farah (Syria)

Most nominated contestants in Star Academy in each season:
- Star Academy 1: Sophia (Morocco) – 4 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 1: Mira (Lebanon) – 4 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 1: Soumaya (Tunisia) – 4 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 2: Hisham (KSA) – 4 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 2: Ahmed S (Bahrain) – 4 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 3: Rym Ghazali (Algeria) – 6 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 4: Sally (Egypt) – 5 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 4: Ali (KSA) – 5 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 5: Dia'a Taybi (Morocco) – 6 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 6: Yehya Swiss (Jordan) – 6 nominations (Tie)
- Star Academy 7: Tahra (Morocco)- 7 nominations; More than any contestant in Star Academy history.
- Star Academy 8: Abdelsalam Mohamed (Kuwait) - 5 nominations (Tie)

Most nominated contestants' wins by Public votes:
- Star Academy 2: Hisham Abdulrahman (KSA) – 4 wins. (Tie)
- Star Academy 3: Rym Ghazali (Algeria) – 5 wins; More than any contestant in Star Academy history. (Tie)
- Star Academy 4: Ali Al-Saad (KSA)- 4 wins. (Tie)
- Star Academy 7: Tahra (Morocco)- 5 wins; More than any contestant in Star Academy history. (Tie)
- Star Academy 8: Abdelsalam Mohamed (Kuwait) - 4 wins. (Tie)

Highest percentage of public votes ever achieved by each season:
Star Academy 1: Bashar Shatti (Kuwait): 78.2%
Star Academy 2: Hisham Abdulrahman (KSA): 85.04%
Star Academy 3: Fady Andraos (Palestine): 67.08%
Star Academy 4: Abdulaziz Aswad (Kuwait) : 64.25%
Star Academy 5: Mohamed Qwidar (Jordan) : 73.91%
Star Academy 6: Lara scandar (Egypt): 64.91%
Star Academy 7: Rahma Mezher (Iraq): 69.96%
Star Academy 8: Ahmed Ezzat (Egypt): 81.88%

Contestants that left from first nomination:
-Star Academy 1:
. Nisrine (Lebanon)
. Youssef (UAE)
. Leila (Lebanon)
. Myriam (Syria)
. Cynthia (Lebanon)
. Baha2 (Tunisia)
-Star Academy 2:
. Randa (Egypt)
. Hanan (Morocco)
. Joy (Syria)
. ZeeZee Adel (Egypt)
-Star Academy 3:
. Jihan (Morocco)
. Shadya (Morocco)
. Marwa (Egypt)
. Rokaya (Egypt)
-Star Academy 4:
. Khaled (Bahrain)
. Entesar (Tunisia)
. Tina (Lebanon)
-Star Academy 5:
. Omar (Iraq)
. Fawaz (Kuwait)
. Mostafa (Lebanon)
. Shahinaz (Egypt)
-Star Academy 6:
. Jaber (Bahrain)
. Meteb (Saudi Arabia)
. Diala (Palestine)
. Aya (Egypt)
-Star Academy 7:
. Jack (Lebanon)
. Haitham (Saudi Arabia)
. Rayan (Lebanon)
. Ramy (Lebanon)
-Star Academy 8:
. Mohamed Q. (Jordan)
. Layma (Tunisia)
. Yasmine (Morocco)
. Mohamed Raf. (Jordan)
. Ephrem (Lebanon)

Contestants that eventually signed with Rotana:
Star Academy 1: 5th place: Ahmad Al Sharief Tunis : Released two albums with Rotana, the first being in 2005 and the second in 2009.
Star Academy 1: 2nd place: Bashar Al Shatti Kuwait : After his second studio album, he withdrew from the company, due to lack of care and promotion on his claim. He is currently with ARM.
Star Academy 2: Winner: Hisham Abdulrahman Saudi Arabia, He had a movie produced by the company titled Kaif Al Hal, and a duet was released with Mais Hamdan.
Star Academy 2: 2nd place: Amani Swaissi Tunisia,Left Rotana in 2009 and joined Melody.
Star Academy 2: 3rd place: ZeeZee Adel Egypt : The most successful candidate from all the graudates, she sha signed the most valuable contract as it included 5 albums, 3–4 music videos each and a single release anytime she chooses, ZeeZee's debut album and her second album have enjoyed high commercial success.
Star Academy 2: 4th place: Ahmad Hussain Kuwait : His debut album hasn't enjoyed much success, as he focused on his acting career, although he just released his second album.
Star Academy 2: 5th place: Bashar Ghazawi Jordan : Had signed a contract in which he and 3 other candidates from the same season would share an album with each of them having 2 singles in it.
Star Academy 2: 6th place: Katya Haraky Lebanon :Had signed a contract in which she and 3 other candidates from the same season would share an album with each of them having 2 singles in it.
Star Academy 2: 7th place: Samer Domat Lebanon : Had signed a contract in which he and 3 other candidates from the same season would share an album with each of them having 2 singles in it.
Star Academy 2: 8th place: Salma Ghazali Algeria : Had signed a contract in which she and 3 other candidates from the same season would share an album with each of them having 2 singles in it. She's the only one out of the 4 that shared an album altogether, that eventually got signed by the company for a solo album.
Star Academy 2: 12th place: Bashar Kaisi Iraq : He was signed a presenter of Khaleeji chart show that ran for a year only in 2007.
Star Academy 3: 3rd place: Hana'a Idresy Morocco : She announced on various interviews that she a contract with the company which is she is currently preparing for, as part of a series of albums.
Star Academy 3: 4th place: Chayma Hilali Tunisia : She has released a duet with Lebanese singer Assi Hilani which was produced by the company, thought her current status with the company is unknown.
Star Academy 5: 5th place: Abdullah Al-Dosery Saudi Arabia : He announced, in January 2009, that he signed a contract with the company to produce 5 albums.
Star Academy 5: 9th place: Amel Bshousha Algeria : Amal has agreed to host the most important chart show in the Arab World which aired for 3 consecutive months then it stopped airing her current status it also unknown.
Star Academy 5: 11th place: Bader Saudi Arabia : He signed a contract in which only had one single produced by the company without a music video to promote it.
Star Academy 5: 15th place: Khalid Bu Sakher Kuwait : He signed a contract in which only had one single produced by the company without a music video to promote it.

External links

• Official site
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• LBC FanClub
• Unofficial Star Academy News Blog [Season 1 – 6]
• Unofficial Star Academy News in Arabic [Season 6 – 7]