ANISHA STAR ACADEMY. After six weeks on TF1, Anisha won the Star Academy final on Saturday November 26. A look back at the atypical journey of the young artist.
[Mis à jour le 29 novembre 2022 à 15h37] Ashia, big winner of the Star Academy 2022. The young artist won the tele-hook at the end of the final bonus on TF1, Saturday November 26, against Enola, her qualified comrade like her until the last step of the show . Since her debut at the Château de Dammarie-les-Lys on October 15, the young artist has distinguished herself every week, seducing the teachers of Star Ac’ as well as the audience of the show.
Throughout the bonuses, the artists who met Anisha did not fail to underline her talent, like Slimane, who had invited her to sing with him, Camélia Jordana or even Claudio Capéo, who offered to collaborate with him for a duet on the reissue of his album. During the finale, Anisha sang a duet with the godfather of the 2022 season, Robbie Williams. Together they took over Supreme, emblematic title of the artist. At the end of this performance, the singer, impressed, said: “She’s a lioness, shy in life, lioness on stage.” The public seems to have shared the opinion of Robbie Williams, since Anisha won the Star Academy contest with 57% of the votes. She thus won 100,000 euros and a contract for an album with the Sony Music record company.
Apart from her talent, Anisha also touched Star Academy viewers with her personal story. Originally from Madagascar, the young woman confided a few times about her complicated childhood. “Childhood was difficult, but today I don’t talk about that too much anymore, it’s part of the story,” she confided in the Daily show, explaining that she did not want to feel sorry for her. spell. “Yes, there was that, but today it’s fine and we can still move forward,” she adds facing Yann Barthès.
Anisha has lived in France for five to six years and stays with her aunt in Sannois, in Val-d’Oise. During her video portrait at the start of the show, Anisha said she was lonely: “I go home alone, I’m always alone. I’m afraid to go to others,” she explained. With the Star Academy, the young woman learned to meet other people, but also to gain self-confidence. During an interview for Tele-Leisure, Anisha had confided that she participated in the show to “send a message of hope, of courage to children in difficulty. I am doing this adventure for them, it is close to my heart”. The artist said: “I want to have a real echo (…) in my country, in Madagascar where not all children have access to education.”
What is Anisha’s song at Star Ac’?
During the big week of the Star Academy finals, each finalist was offered a song by an artist who came especially for it. Anisha was able to count on Camélia Jordana who, like other artists to the other finalists, offered her a song. A song titled From up there and whose lyrics were custom-written for Anisha. The latter was able to present it to the teachers of the Star Academy, during the very last evaluations of the season, broadcast on Wednesday November 23 on TF1. She also performed it on set during the finale.
The emotion aroused by Anisha at Star Academy
On Saturday, November 26, the teachers unanimously praised Anisha’s career. Michael Goldman, the director of the Star Academy, assured, Saturday evening: “Anisha has perfectly succeeded in her first prime and her last prime”. Indeed, his first performance on I am sick of Serge Lama caused a sensation. During the final, she repeated the feat by singing Rolled with Soprano. He assured: “She is a girl who has a lot of soul, she touches us. I was with an angel.”
When Anisha’s victory was announced, the teachers shared their feelings. Yanis Marshall, the dance teacher, said he was “happy” that she was the winner. Laure Balon, stage expression teacher, highlighted her “magical” interpretation of the song Hallelujah. For her part, Adeline Toniutti, the singing teacher, is certain that a great career awaits Anisha.
Who is Anisha, winner of Star Academy?
Originally from Madagascar, Anisha arrived in France in 2016 for her studies and now lives in Sannois in Val-d’Oise. She studies management and digital marketing. Before seeing her sing, the distribution of her portrait made it possible to discover a young woman little spared by life. “I could not have dreamed so big. I had difficult living conditions in my childhood and participating in this competition is a little revenge. I will do the best I can”, she had already entrusted to the Parisian just before that first primetime appearance.
“I hope to give strength to those who have encountered difficulties like me”, she explained before admitting: “I am very anxious, but there, I jump into the void.” Visibly little won by stress, Anisha delivered a performance that seduced the jury, blown unanimously, both on the side of director Michael Goldman and his singing teacher Adeline Toniutti. A few seconds after her performance, Anisha was surprised to see Serge Lama himself appear on the duplex screen to congratulate her! This is a first that will go down in the annals of the show…