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'' series also known under that name (Star Academy) in ''

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'' in the UK, ''

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'' in Spain etc. ''Fame Factory'' was launched in 2002 on the Swedish channel

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and was hosted for 4 seasons by

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. For all seasons, the Academy was held at

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with the final each year held at various location: at Paroc-fabriken in

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for season 1 (2002), at the Olssons Lada also in Skövde for season 2 won by (2003), at Hovet in Stockholm season 3 (2004, in two legs, winter and spring) and the Skara market town (season for in 2005). The instructors for the Academy school was Mikael Gordon-Solfors and the program was produced by the Swedish production company

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and by Joachim Janckert. The principals for the academy were Micke Grahn (for season 1 and first leg of season 3), Monica Einarson (for season 2), Bengt Palmers (for second leg of season 3) and Lotta Engberg (season 4). The program was suspended after 4 seasons. Winners were

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in season 1 in 2002, Anders Johansson in season 2 in 2003, Johan Becker in season 3 (2004) and Sandra Oxenryd in the final season 4 (2005). The winner of season 1

was paired with contestant

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. The duo won the

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and represented Sweden in the

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with " Give Me Your Love" finishing fifth in the competition, while the winner of season 4,

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, represented

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but failed to qualify for the final.

Contestants

Season 1 (2002)

(winner) *

*Andrés Esteche *Anna-Klara Folin *Fernando Fuentes Vargas *Mathias Holmgren *Markus Landgren *Victoria Limenza *

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*Michael Michailoff *Wiktoria Nilsson *Maria Pensar *Patrik Rasmussen *Emil Sigfridsson *Hannah Westin

Season 2 (2003)

*Anders Johansson (Winner) *Johanna Bjurenstedt Gustafsson *David Castaneda *Simon Forsberg *Ida Hedberg *Morgan Johansson *Sophie Johansson *Ulrika Lundkvist *Mia Löfgren *Dajana Lööf *Martin Nilsson *Per Norberg *Dennis Radoicic *Peter Simson *Jerker Tenenbaum *Johan Thorsell

Season 3 (2003)

Held in two legs (winter and spring) *

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(Winner) *Theresa Andréasson *Sabina Baltzar-Roth *Calle Bergström *Johan Bergström *Sandra Dahlberg *Martina Edoff *Elena Ermanova *Fredrik Furu *Maja Gullstrand *Elin Hedberg *Pauline Högberg *Jimmy Jansson *Sara Löfgren *Karl Martindahl (runner-up) *Andreas Martinelle *Annie Nordin *Andreas Novak *Martin Olsen *Katja Ottosson *Modupeh Sowe *Carola Szücs *Andreas Wistrand *Robert Zuddas *Marcus Öhrn *Johan Östberg (third)

Season 4 (2005)

(Winner) *Pontus Assarsson (finalist) *Linda Bengtzing *Andrea Bonde *Annis Brander *Camilla Håkansson *Andreas Johansson *Emma Karlsson (finalist) *Victoria Limenza *Anders Nystedt *Jessica Olsson *Mikaela Pettersson *Ida Pihlgren (finalist) *Johanna Sailon *Alexander Schöld *Staffan Stridsberg *Ida Sundelius *Patrik Öhlund (finalist) Music competitions in Sweden TV3 (Sweden) original programming 2002 Swedish television series debuts 2005 Swedish television series endings 2000s Swedish television series Swedish reality television series