Check out these cool new photos of Sofia in black

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People go out dancing and partying on New Year's eve ... so did Tunisian star Ahmad Al Sharif!
Ahmad held a farewell concert in Beirut at the Oscar palace ... it's a farewell to 2007 and a big huge welcome to 2008!
That wasn't enough for the Star Academy graduate, he moved on after ringing in the New Year to the Coral Beach where he celebrated with hundreds of people the first few hours of 2008.
Ahmad rocked the two concerts with his own songs and with many traditional Lebanese songs, which he gives a special ring when performing!

Photos from Ahmad's New Year's Eve concert

Ahmed AlSherif and Imen finally got engaged after many spread rumors that they got separated ...
Ahmed and Imen were in love before Ahmed joined LBC Star Academy first season and their love relationship proved to be stronger than all the obstacles that they faced starting from being far from each other for a long time and then with a growing and unexpected fame of Ahmed ... despite all that, they both stayed faithful to each other and they finally got engaged.

You can see Ahmed and Imen in the photos and also their friends from starac 1 like Mohammed Attiah, Bashar AlShatti and Baha.

Photos from Ahmed and Imen Engagement

Congratulations :)

Remember Lebanese star academy 1 candidate Cynthia Karam? After a long time of disappearance, she has come back with a new TV show during the month of Ramadan on Alan TV satellite channel.

Cynthia new show is a new take on cooking shows; she introduces a new girl everyday with a new recipe, and at the end of the episode, Cynthia and a chef will judge the prepared dish…
You can vote too for your favorite recipe so that the girls with the most votes will earn valuable prizes at the end of month.

All those avid Star Academy fans out there will remember the love story that was initiated during the first season of LBC Star Academy between Moroccan Sofia Al Mareekh and Kuwaiti Bashar Al Shatty. For the first time in a while Sofia announced that the love between her and Bashar was not meant to be for several reasons she couldn’t disclose and instead it has turned into a strong friendship. According to Sofia, Bashar was the first to call her and congratulate her on ‘Kelmet Hob’, her new album which made her very happy.

- Baha Al Kafi is working on a movie starring Egyptian singer Sheriff Makkawi.

- Tunisian Star Academy 1 Soumaya is going to star in a movie project starring young Egyptian actors. What makes this movie different, is that it's funded by the actors themselves and is going to be shot with a digital cam-corder!

- Mira is also preparing for a movie entitled "A Feminine Moment" -Lahzet Onoutha-

If you are missing Moroccan Star Academy 1 candidate Sofia Al Marikh who had one of the very first love stories in the academy with Kuwaiti candidate Bashar Al Shatti ... here are some new photos of Sofia.

Thanks to Shaza for the photos

The students of the past 3 seasons of LBC Star Academy are working hard to launch their careers ... Some of them are on the right track, while unfortunately others are not really finding their way!
As you might already know, Star System & Rotana are working with the students to help them with launching their albums & marketing them in the Arab world.

Tunisian Amani Swissi is putting the final touches on her first album which is being produced by Rotana. Her album is due in May 2007.

On the occasion of Star System's 3rd anniversary, the company held a huge party in Beirut.
The guest list was also a long list of famous names of journalists ... In addition to the popular Star Academy stars of the past 3 seasons. They all reunited for the occasion & the atmosphere was so warm & fun through-out the night.
The presence of Salma Ghazali & Bashar Ghazawi was the one that stole the spotlights.
The other starac stars attending the party were Joseph Attieh, Hani Hussein, Hana Idrissi, Maya Nehmeh, Samer Doumet, Ahmad Al Sharif, Fadi Andraous, Amani Souissi, Shaima Hilali & Wajdi Al Akhal.

I wonder where others like Zizi & Hisham & Bashar Al Shatti were?
I also wonder where Mohammad Attieh's been hiding all this time?

Here are some photos from the party

If you really miss the previous seasons of LBC star academy, don’t be sad! Now you can watch it all again, How? Well, LBC TV made available a special DVD which includes the best moments of the 3 seasons, over 10 reportages and the best medley's that were performed during the primes of each season.

Here are some of the DVD features:

• La bamba, hymne song of the first season
• Tableau Austin powers- Mohamed Attieh and the group
• Medley moon - Salma Ghazali, Amani Swissi, Zizi Adel, Joy Basous

Sofia El Marikh, the star of star academy's first season has turned 25 yesterday. It was 3 years ago that she first dawned on the LBC, December 5. The queen, as Sofia is often called, was one of the most voted for girls and most loved on the show.
Happy birthday dear Sofia!!! hope to see you in good health and in glorifying success soon.

By guest writer Noureen

Pictures of Sofia El Marikh

These are some photos of Lebanese singer and star academy 1 contestant Nisreen with Lebanese singer Iwan together in Egypt.

Photos of Nisreen & Iwan Together in Egypt

Thanks to Abdul Rahman for sharing these photos with us.

Friendship is the only thing that remains forever; we can see that in LBC Star Academy 1 contestants Soumaya Joueini from Tunisia and Bruno Tabbal from Lebanon… they have recorded a song together called ‘Oumry Ebtada’ where Soumaya is the singer and Bruno is the director.

I really like the song and I like the way Soumaya & Bruno cooperated with each other, you can watch the video clip of their new first song on Melody Hits.

What do you think of Soumaya's first video clip and appearance and Bruno's behind the scene?

By guest writer Shaza & Aline

Moroccan Star Academy 1 contestant Sofia Al Marik seems to be suffering from severe depression and sadness because she thinks that her happy days of fame and being a star are over… that’s why according to many sources she tried to commit suicide for the second time by swallowing a big quantity of pills… Fortunately, she was saved again.

It’s worth mentioning that star academy rehearsal coach Michel Fathel seems to have a relationship with Sofia since he stayed with her at the hospital while she was recovering. However when he was asked about his relation with Sofia and his frequent visits to her in Morocco, he said that his relation with her is a music business relation and nothing more, he also mentioned that Sofia didn’t commit suicide but suffered from poisoning.

• Photos of Sofia Al Marikh
• Sofia on Al Qahera Al Youm