STAR ACADEMY – It was the announcement of the evening. This Tuesday, May 3, during the episode of Koh-Lanta: the Maudit TotemTF1 formalized the return of the Star Academy. The cult TV show, launched in 2001, will be broadcast this fall, 14 years after leaving the front page. A first teaser, which you can see at the top of the articleaired kicking off the opening cast.
That’s not all, since The Parisian also unveiled the outlines of this new season. And the least we can say is that nostalgia is likely to be there. If the emblematic teachers of the old seasons will not return, its historic presenter Nikos Aliagas will however be there, just like the famous castle of Vives-Eaux in Dammarie-les-Lys.
And that was enough to bring joy to Internet users, who did not hide their excitement to see the program on screen again, as you can see in the tweets below:
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Finally the channel is putting a very nice show back on the road, I hope it will be
Of the same value as that there is ue
Our dear rising stars
And its forget Gregory Lemarchal.
I also hope that registrants will have
True musical values.— Davidskyprod (@davidskyprod) May 4, 2022
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THE PUB OF THE #STARACADEMY HAS PASSED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! MY BABY IS BACK!!!!!!!
— 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 🔮✨ (@MelinaOswald7) May 3, 2022
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@nikosaliagas we love you you rocked my adolescence so happy to find the star academy
– Messi pedri iniesta (maxouu556) (@ maxouu556) May 4, 2022
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1st degree i just joined the star academy
— sir francis drake (@huiledoliv) May 3, 2022
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And come-back oh so symbolic, since if the show is not the first of its kind in France (preceded by a few weeks by pop stars), it nevertheless left a lasting mark on its time with its format mixing reality TV and music competitions, but also with its iconic characters. Whether they are candidates (Grégory Lemarchal, Jenifer, Emma Daumas, Nolwenn Leroy or Olivia Ruiz) or teachers (Kamel Ouali, Raphaëlle Ricci, Armande Altaï).
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“It’s a nostalgia business”, for Éric Maigret, media sociologist at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, whom we interviewed when the program’s anniversary program aired in winter 2021. origins is now experienced 20 years later. Without being fooled by its content, the public remembers characters to whom they have become attached and identified”, he adds.
Which explains why the Star Ac, even two decades after its launch, still has a special place in the daily lives of thousands or even millions of French people. “This is where TV is strongest, in the production of shared events such as the Football World Cup, political high masses, but also this kind of program”, he says. He continues: “They are largely family, and refer to the construction of social ties, because we watch them together”.
A return that calls for others?
The sociologist goes even further. According to him, this “nostalgia” even embodies a “specific aspect” of our current society. “People are quite individualistic and very grounded in the present. One could therefore believe that the relationship to certain pasts would be abolished, but this is not the case”, he indicates. “On the contrary, hypermodern societies are societies of commemoration. They create a reflexive link by that”.
He concludes: “Living in the present alone exposes you to the risk of inconsistency. It’s a bit like seeing sand flow through your fingers. To experience oneself as an individual is to discover traces of oneself, of the collective”.
With the Star Ac and its cult format, TF1 will take a leap into the past this fall. It remains to be seen whether it will be successful. If so, could this open the door for a return of other defunct shows?
See also on The HuffPost: Alexia Laroche-Joubert recounts the beginnings of the “Star Academy” on TF1
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