Appointment is given at 12 p.m. on MyTF1 Max, the expanded replay site of TF 1. Abandoned during "Secret Story", the live stream - with a delay of about twenty minutes - returns for the "Star Academy”.
For 2.99 euros per month, Internet users can follow the students at the Château des Vives-Eaux in Dammarie-les-Lys (Seine-et-Marne) from Monday to Friday between eight o'clock and midnight, on Saturday at the end of the evening and Sunday at noon.
A launch a bit like prime time, finally, since the broadcast started fifteen minutes after the announced schedule.
But surprise, the first to sing are not the candidates.
The “live” starts with a plan of the castle, where we hear… crows.
Before discovering Ahcène and Enola around the piano, taking up titles from Cœur de pirate and Yseult, before being joined by Cenzo for a parody of Gims.
When production gives them pimples
Upstairs, it's already confession time.
In the bathroom, those of Louis and Léa on beauty products, the young lady regretting “the make-up of the production… full buttons!
" Deep.
Intense.
In the dressing room, it is Stanislas, more serious, who confides, telling how he played a helping role with his grandfather for the past two years.
And then there is the reality of life watched by the sixty or so lenses that follow them on a daily basis.
"Every time I turn my head, there's a camera," laughs Julien.
It's something that I love!
A pleasure not shared by Anisha, who is determined to flush out blind spots.
Before jumping on the brunch made available by the production.
Young Louis couldn't hold back his tears during the debrief.
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You have to wait until 1:23 p.m. precisely to get out of the reality TV spirit and refocus on telecrochet, with the arrival of Laure Balon, professor of scenic expression.
And therefore replacing Raphaëlle Ricci.
"You have to be indulgent with me, I have trouble with first names," she warns.
It begins well !
To start her first session, the actress offers a somewhat incomprehensible exercise: a face-to-face meeting with each student, which ends in a somewhat frightening burst of laughter.
And tears for Chris and, again, for the very emotional Louis.
We do not see very well the purpose, but it will certainly be images for the daily newspaper on Monday.
group therapy
But impossible to know more.
At 1:55 p.m., the signal cuts off.
"Don't be impatient... the live will be back in a few moments", assures a banner at the bottom of the screen on a plan of the castle, seen from the garden.
On the way back, a few minutes later, no more info.
But a boosted Laure Balon, who does not hesitate to reframe Julien, slumped on the sofa.
In the end, the newcomer offered an analysis of the Saturday night bonus in the rules.
Recalling those of the great era of the "Star Ac".
With a festival of tears.
From Léa first, moved to see each other.
Then especially Louis, in the midst of a tear crisis.
“It's atrocious, he felt sorry for himself.
I don't know what I'm doing here…” A good sequence, since Laure Balon immediately took her role to heart, comforting the student while giving him advice.
Anisha made a strong impression on Saturday night with her cover of Serge Lama.
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Same thing for Enola, Cenzo, Anisha or even Paola, all in the grip of strong emotion.
A successful first therefore, before leaving for the class photo.
The whole thing may seem long – more than two hours for the presence of Laure Balon.
But we must not forget that this direct is intended mainly for the biggest fans of the “Star Academy”, the others being able to be satisfied with the daily programmed every afternoon on TF 1.
And if the moments of life can make you think of pure and simple reality TV, the courses remind you that the show knows how to perfectly mix this genre with musical entertainment.
It remains to correct the technical bugs and the multiple cuts in the flow, preventing you from fully enjoying this live.