It is the grand finale of the Star Academy. And the duo between Ebony and Sofia Essaïdi has particularly reacted, for a particular reason.
It's D -Day. After 15 weeks of competition, TF1 broadcasts THE GREAT FINE OF THE STAR ACADEMY 2024. This Saturday, January 25, 2025, viewers must vote between Ebony and Marine to elect the big winner of this season 12, succeeding Pierre Garnier. After the interpretation of this year's anthem, Repeat me de Santa, with all the students of the promo, the two finalists sang in duet together on never enough from Loren Allred.
Then Marine made a duet with Damiano David and it was the return of a former student of the show. Actress and singer, Sofia Essaïdi has indeed started her career in season 3 of the tele-hook. And it is an emblematic title that she interpreted with Ebony: Roxanne of The Police. Sting had sang her with her on the star AC set and had become one of the flagship duets of the program.
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Star Academy: Ebony with Sofia Essaïdi in the final
In 2003, Sofia Essaïdi was one of the favorites of the Star Academy, chaining impeccable dance and sung performances. We remember in particular his painting choreographed by Kamel Ouali on Roxanne Then his duet with Sting. It had still been eliminated in the semi-finals And it was then Elodie Frégé who won season 3.
For Internet users, the parallel is obvious with its evening partner. Because at the time, We taxed the young singer of arrogance, reproach currently made in Ebony. It had also been crying the young woman explaining that she did not understand that she is thought to be cold or pretentious. On X, many comments notice the same thing: “Ebony and Sofia who sings together is so symbolic”.
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-A symbolic duo for viewers
Some viewers also evoke Racism suffered by Ebony, And compares it to that which Sofia Essaïdi, from Morocco, was able to undergo at the time of the Star Academy: “I followed nothing to this season but I find it archi symbolic that Sofia shares a duo with Ebony because she suffered the same racist and sexist relentlessness at the time: too 'arrogant', too 'sure of her'”. On social networks, the wave of hatred that falls on Ebony pushed TF1 and even SOS racism to react.
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Anyway, the artist's defeat on the show made an impression: “Sofia Essaïdi is the candidate for all seasons who was the most robbed of her victory. Season 3 was by far his. Who can sit at the table of this diva to say 'I too deserved as much as you victory?' “,” Yes I yelled justice for Sofia in front of my TV (without any restraint, up to injustice and lived damage) “,”Sofia to whom we stole the victory. Already at the time we made her pass for the bad at the nice blonde. that didn't prevent him from having a great career“… She continued in song and comedy, notably with the trophy of the musical of the female artist with Chicago In 2019.
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