Star Academy is a French
reality television show produced by the
Dutch company
Endemol. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in
Quebec called
Star Académie. It was broadcast on
TF1 (2001-2008) and
NRJ12 (2012). At the end of each season, selected contestants would go on tour around France,
Morocco, Switzerland, Belgium,
Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries.