While the final of the Star Academy approach, Marine and Ebony will meet again very soon “their life before” outside the castle. A new notoriety which is sometimes accompanied by insults and racist criticism on social networks, as Hugues Hamelynck deplored this Thursday, January 23, 2025.
Who, Marine or Ebony, will succeed Pierre Garnier, big winner of the previous season of the Star Academy ? To find out, you will have to tune in this Saturday, January 25, 2025 to TF1, to watch the grand final of the famous telecrochet. A highly anticipated evening, which marks the end of three extraordinary months at the Château de Dammarie-les-Lys, between classes, bonuses and debriefs… Prohibited from mobile phones or access to social networks, the candidates do not had almost no contact with the outside world and therefore could not see on a daily basis the numerous comments that the singing competition generated from a public that was not always friendly. This is also what has a lot “revolted and stunned” Hugues Hamelynck, theater professor, who spoke on this subject for GalaJanuary 23, 2025.
Hugues Hamelynck: what the Star Academy teacher finds “completely crazy”
Since the launch of the season, certain Academicians have been the target of racist, homophobic or misogynistic comments from Internet users. “I was shocked and astounded by that! We saw lots of comments that were illegal because they were racist or homophobic. I was revolted !“was scandalized Hugues Hamelynck, who believes that it is necessary “definitely we legislate on the behavior of people on the networks”. For the Belgian coach : “we shouldn't just do education.” “I find it completely crazy that people can write horror stories without having to reveal their identity”, he said again, fearing that the two finalists still in the race would have to discover these nauseating comments at the end of the last bonus.
-Why students don't get their cell phones back right away
Hugues Hamelynck continues: “All of this scares me a little because when the students leave the castle and find their phone, they will unfortunately come across it. There, they will face the notoriety.” Among the candidates of the Star AcademyEbony and Franck were specifically the target of racist comments on their skin color, while other ex-Academicians were very criticized after their elimination from the competition. Note that the production protects them when they leave the castle, in particular by preventing them from having immediate access to their cell phone. “Suddenly, you have just gone out, you have all the hot reactions from people, Twitter… It would be much too violent. You let the night pass, you are with your friends, the people who came to see you on the prime”, Margot notably revealed in an interview with NRJ in January 2024.
