This Saturday was the big night: that of the “Star Academy 12” final. If you don’t want to know who Marine or Ebony won, move on because we’ll reveal the name of the winner. But before that, a quick look back at the playlist for this evening of January 25, 2025. “It’s the grand finale and the tension is at its height,” said Nikos Aliagas in the introduction, before the whole promo – including Julie who is returned with us on his journey – begins the anthem “Start me again”.
The two finalists launched into “Never Enough” by Loren Allred. Right behind, Marine sang “Born With a Broken Heart” with Damiano David. For her duet, Ebony joined her voice to that of Sofia Essaïdi on “Roxanne” by The Police. The two academicians then faced each other in a battle on the title “Tout” by Lara Fabian. After the ad, the two apprentice singers were able to spend a moment with Clara Luciani – the godmother of publishing. Marine joined her on “Courage” and Ebony on “Le Rest”.
For her big solo, Ebony chose “All I Ask” by Adèle. We were able to get a glimpse of what will happen on the tour, since the nine students who will go on the road sang “Can’t stop the feeling” by Justin Timberlake. Marine chose to cover “À corps perdu” by Grégory Lemarchal for her big solo.
After the second ad, Marine, Ebony joined Amel Bent for “You are no longer there”, “Where I go” and “My philosophy”. After that, Ebony recounted her journey in songs – it was above all a way of making a medley of her performances on the different bonuses… In short, we’ll spare you the list of titles. Returning from a new commercial, she followed up with a duet with Pierre Garnier on “Adieu, nous deux”. Marine and M.Pokora followed with “Just a photo of you”.
-The two finalists then sang their own songs: “Unforgettable” for Ebony and “Ma fault” for Marine. She continued directly with the medley retracing her journey. For their final face-to-face, they performed “When You Believe” by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.
The outcome that we no longer expected has finally arrived. It was 12:15 a.m. when Nikos finally revealed the name of the winner. This is Marine who obtained 65% of the votes! She therefore wins the 100,000 euros and will have the chance to release an album. Receiving the trophy, the 24-year-old cried “Mom, I won! Mom, I won!”
