It’s a criticism that comes up very often every Saturday evening: the lack of international stars at the “Star Academy”. While in its heyday, the show hosted Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Tina Turner and Elton John, only Rag’n’Bone Man and Beth Ditto have shined since the start of season 12. And we have to believe that the teams have worked hard. For the first semi-final pitting Marine against Charles, Charlie Winston, Shaggy and above all Sting accompanied the candidates to the sound of their biggest hits. And they are not at the end of their surprises! For several days, an intense rumor has announced the arrival of a huge international star at the “Star Academy”. Information confirmed by Michael Goldman himself, facing a totally stunned Ebony, Franck and Charles: “ You are going to meet a very big international star. He’s a very big star who, if I don’t say anything stupid, doesn’t speak French. You will meet her to talk with her, she will inevitably inspire you because her journey is [inspirant] ».
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“I’m having an epileptic seizure.”
« Please, it’s Celine Dion ? You can’t do this to me! » hallucinated Franck, unable to hold still, before Ebony added: “ What ??? My ears are ringing!!! I’m having an epileptic seizure! “. But then, who is this world-famous celebrity who came to visit Charles, Ebony and Franck? Internet users investigated, and they were right: it was indeed Lisa who met the three remaining students of the “Star Academy”! A real event, Lisa being one of the four members of the K-pop phenomenon group Blackpink. Followed by more than 105 million subscribers on Instagram, she is at the origin of the hits “Lalisa”, “Money” and even “New Woman” in a duet with Rosalia. Moreover, following her meeting with the three students, the Thai singer took a detour via NRJ for an interview with Camille Combal.
After this unexpected meeting with “ one of the biggest stars on the planet », whose images will be broadcast this Wednesday in the daily newspaper of the “Star Academy”, the students, still on cloud nine, did the debrief in front of Marlène Schaff. “ She told us that each audience was different, in each city she discovered new things. (…) In France, she discovered [qu’on] stamped our feet to encourage them. It was very good! » relates Marine, while Franck asked her why she wanted to get into music. According to rumor, Lisa could be one of the guests of the second semi-final this Saturday evening.
Note that her colleague from Blackpink, Rosé, behind the huge hit “APT” with Bruno Mars, is one of the headliners of the Gala des Pieces Jaunes, which will take place at Paris La Défense Arena on January 23. The 32,000 available places were snapped up in one hour. Other K-pop stars are on display at the charity event such as G-Dragon and J-Hope from BTS.
