LBC has become known for the very popular show Star Academy which aims to produce stars in singing, dancing and acting.
Now another program, X-Factor, is being produced by Rotana, and it is a new show very similar to Star Academy.
But it's only aim is searching for real singers. There seems to be a rival between these two shows in popularity. At the moment people think there is no other show that can meet up to the Star Academy standards.

Which do you prefer? And do you think XFactor could be as successful & popular as Star Academy?

By Guest Writer Rachel

comments

sara
28 April, 1:17PM

i don't think so, star academy is the best

MRS JAGAL
28 April, 1:44PM

star academy of course i love star academy it was the best this year and i know many people would agree wid me

ZA!D
28 April, 1:59PM

STAR ACADEMY WO BASS ... Y ALL THE CHANNELS R COPYING STAR ACADEMY?
DUMBASSES

sabine
28 April, 2:25PM

only staravademy lebanon is the bestttttt

i love uu hani and iam a pure leb
28 April, 2:45PM

staracdemy 4 sure especiall dis year it ruled 4 only one reason causehani was there

Shadi
28 April, 3:34PM

Staracademy is the best for sure and i like mission fashion too and for the X-factor its good but not gr8

Shadi

uzma
28 April, 4:49PM

we alll know that staracademy is something else and X factor will always be in the second place..but to be honest and reasonable the voices in staracademy are much MUCH better but still we in staracademy dont care about voices we seee the star qualities but i really really like AHMED FROM EGYPT ... don't you agree waleg?

nadine
28 April, 6:31PM

staracademey the bestttttttttttttttttt

tina
28 April, 6:56PM

Staaaaaaaaaaaar academyyyyyyyyyyyyyy onlyyyyyyyyyyyyyy star academyyyy onlyyyyy . X factor is rubbish!!!!

Zeid Hreish
28 April, 8:43PM

Hello,

First of all, as you said i dont think there will be any other programs in the middle east or on any channel in the middle east :P that will compete Staracademy... Dont convince me at all!! hehe :)

Staracademy was the first reality tv show that was aiming to join 16 student from around the world to live and learn in side the academy..

X-factor as we all know is a program that is taken from europe and stuff.. but the problem i dont think it was done correctly.. I think this program failed!! (fashal tharee3!!) I think the judge oo the lajneh!! are bad ya3ni.. who are they!!?? Okay i know nelly and the other khaleje one.. but who the hell is michel guy!! manzar you think??!! do you think he can be a role model for the candidates..

P.s at first.. nelly and the stupid lebanese michel somthing was crying everytime they dont choose someone.. what are they thinking!?!! forget about the program.. its crap!!


I think staracademy is the best program for singing and reality.. and Superstar too but for better voices and better talents..

Thank you,

Zeid

Mona
28 April, 8:54PM

Staracademy is good but not about voices...X factor is also good with people who actually have voices...Go Hala from Syria... She has the best voice.

jess
28 April, 9:07PM

what channel is xfactor on?

Zeid Hreish
28 April, 9:47PM

To Jess:

X-factor is on Rotana Tv..

Enjoy :)

Yezen
28 April, 11:09PM

Well....
I don't think anything beats starac.

adel
28 April, 11:39PM

for sure star acadremy

susu
28 April, 11:43PM

no doubt staracademy...rotana stop begging to be popular with ur fake programmes.

Rachel
29 April, 6:13AM

Rotana can't beat star academy no matter what!

star academy has taken over the middle east and we watch it all the time and when it ends we can't wait until the net series starts...

x-factor is so boring and STAR ACADEMY will always be first place!

HinDawDaw
29 April, 7:47AM

does anyone know wen they put it and wat time???

Samantha
29 April, 10:46AM

i love both Star academy and XFactor ...but I think that Xfactor is really search for the most talent stars on the contrast in staracademy which the majority of its students are untalents ,,,and only the talent ones are just can count in the finger hands


therefore XFactor is better than staracademy ,,even we are the audiance are so confuse to choose whom to vote for and whom to win bcoz all of them deserve to win and they are really talent

as well as I love that Ahmad from Egypt in XFactor so much ,,he is really handsame as well as he is really talent and has very beautiful voice ...
i don't know why all the ones whose name is Ahmad are very beautiful and handsame ..in star acdemy 1 there was Ahmad Al-sherif who is the most handsame and charming boy and all the girls just love him till death ,,and in staracademy 2 there were the two good looking Ahmad Hussain and Ahmad Salah ,,,and in super star3 there was ahmad Al-Fali7 who is so cute ...and now in XFactor there is Ahmad from Egypt who is totally very great and unique and totally deserve to win

also Raga and play group are great too

loooooool
29 April, 10:49AM

in my opinion Ifind the egyptian talents in Xfactor are more covenint than the ones in staracademy ...in Xfactors the egyptian candidates are really talent and really have very beautiful voices while that fake ones in star acdemy are totally rubish and need to be kicked in the nearest and most dirtist garbage ...hhhhhhhhhhh

Qassem
29 April, 11:08AM

hello people ..i think this is wrong to compare between the different program bcoz they are totally different from each other ,,bcoz in XFactor just look for singing and beautiful voice as well as unique carizma which convience all the people and have x factor or the secret X that let all the people just love that student or candidate ...while in staracdemy is totally different story which look for complet star in all sides in singing , acting, dancing , and show the candidates personalities, ethics, behaviors through the real TV in order to let the audiance to choose who is the best when the students are just nominated .....

so it is wrong to compare the two show with each other bcoz they are totally different from each other ....while I think it will be better and convienent if u compare Super star or American idiol or star club with X Factor bcoz all of these shows just focus on singing and beatiful voices and good appearance on the stage and don't care about dancing or acting ...etc

so if we compare super star with Xfactor ...i find XFactor is more interesting and more fair as well as more excaiting with that funny and interesting Judgers who make lots of funs and lots of life in the show beside their great and convenient judges

by the way both super star and XFactor are for the real talent and for the real beautiful voices even we get confused to vote for whom ...while staracademy is not good in singing side as the same as Supestar and xfactor ...and only the beatiful voices in starcacdemy are very few who are only Ahmad sherif and Baha in starc1 , Amani in starc2 and Shaima, Hana, joesiph in starc3 while the rest are either have moderate voicesas khalawy, bashar shati...etc or have very poor and weak voices as fady, maya, hany...etc

so in singing side the best are superstar and XFactor but XFactor is more interesting and excaiting

but in complete acting and dancing sides even the good voice is not needed ,,only moderate voice to apply singing with acting ,,the best here will be Star Academy

so each one of the programs is good in particular way

nourhan
29 April, 6:36PM

well i dont know
i dont have rotana tv in america
well i like mn yokoun el 3andaleeb
its a nice one too

Siham
30 April, 9:41AM

I think that the talents in XFactor are more great and more superior than the ones in staracademy ...... but many people just love starc candidates despite of their moderate talent bcoz of the real TV which make the audiance just know the candidates in star academy so deeply ,,,the audiance just watch them when they eat , when they sleep , when they make fun, when they talking....etc ,,therefore the people just love them more bcoz they think that they know them so closly and they start to love their personalities, their behaviors rather than just focusing on their talent...... while in Xfactor there is no real TV , so the audiance just judge them on their talent not for their personalities and carizmas bcoz they don't know them so closly .... so bcoz of the real tv of staracdemy willmake the audiance just love them on their personalities not on their moderat talent ......

of course idf we only judge on real talent , Xfactor candidates for sure will beat Staracdemy candidates ( excapt few in starc who really have great talent and Xfactor can't beat them) while the majority candidates in starc will be beaten by Xfator candidated if the judgement only based on talent ....

despte that Xfactor candidates have great personalities but unfurtonatly their personalities aren't appear bcoz the program is not real tv,,,,and am sure that if Xfactor is real TV wich show the candidates' personalities ,all the people will just love XFactor candidates more than starc bcoz all of the candidates have both the real talents as well as their persona;lities will be so closly to the audiance ...and for sur will beat starc candidates whose the majority of them have avarge or low talent

and don't forget that Xfactor is more fair bcoz all the candidates deserve to win , so any one of them win will be fine......while in staracdemy not all the candidates desere to win and many times the talent ones just leave while the untalent ones just stay in the program bcoz of the dumb votting as well as bcoz of the cheating of rula sa3d who always just play with the votting percentages to kick whom she dislike while let to stay the ones who she likes

so xfactor in Rotana is more fair while staracdemy which is in LBC is just full of Cheating

no offensive to any one bcoz this is only my opinion

rahooma
30 April, 4:13PM

of course star academy it is the best. and i agree with u NOURHAN "El3andaleeb man yakoon" is a very nice show they r all so good especially shad shamel from egypt wow!!

MissuJoe
2 May, 8:59AM

Ofcourse star academy, it is the greatest show of all reality show, i could say in the world not only in Arab world. I hope LBC could add something more to involve non arab audiences (something like english translation of important parts), it attaracts many I am one of them and got addicted to it.

mounia
2 May, 6:03PM

rajae rajae x factor rajae

kaoutar
4 May, 11:39AM

x factor is the best and rajaa is the best, we like star academy but i like x factor so much.

faty
4 May, 5:55PM

xfactor is boring, star academy is the best especially this year, i really miss it

Nouna-Egypt
5 May, 5:34PM

Star academy!! Hands down

mounia
6 May, 9:31AM

j'aime beaucoup x factor il est plus beau que staracademy mafich rech et sa me sufise de et m'attire de ragarde x factor et vive morocccooo et rajae

lebanese
8 May, 3:22PM

guys, if u watch x-factor, could u plz tell me who went out yeaterday?
plz answer me

celine
9 May, 1:43AM

PLAY ARE THE BEST.... PLAY PLAY PLAY.... 3 ADORABLE GUYS... THEY DESERVE THE X-FACTOoOoOoOoR

BENAMARA
10 May, 12:17AM

STARACADEMY LE BEST OF

fatima
10 May, 12:46PM

I think star academy is totally different from x factor, each of theses programmes has its specifities, but for x-factor, the way the اللجنة did in dividing between them the singers is completely wrong because now they are aiming at making their guys win non the more talented one and this is not good for المتبارين , I think rajae is the one who deserve to win, she is really talented

aline
11 May, 4:31PM

offcourse starac is better Xfactor sux its borin they dnt even bring any singers 2 sing only the students...its borin....STARAC W BASSSSS!!!!! in lebanon!!!

celine
13 May, 2:16AM

PLAYYYYYY HARAAAM DA ZOLAM HARAAAAM PLAY YETLA3OOO... PLAY PLAY THE BEST... PLAY ARE THE X FACToOoOoOoOR..... I LOVE U KARIM, WESSAM, WALID

celine
13 May, 2:17AM

PLAYYYYYY HARAAAM DA ZOLAM HARAAAAM PLAY YETLA3OOO... PLAY PLAY THE BEST... PLAY ARE THE X FACToOoOoOoOR..... I LOVE U KARIM, WESSAM, WALID

guitarista fan
14 May, 3:20AM

ofcours every one thinks staracadmy is better then Xfactor becoz Xfactor just started this year waile staracadmy started last three years will nxt three year Xfactor well be the best

yeah and i'M Really SAd THAt PLAYYYYY wenTTT out i loved THEM

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wafa
15 May, 1:29PM

STAR ACADEMY ,,,,,,star academy is the best
VIVE STAR ACADEMY
The X factor c'est une imission cool MAIS la STAR ACADEMY c'est toujours la meilleurs
star Academy fort jusqu'a la mort.