| Studio El Fan | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Asmar |
| Country of origin | Lebanon |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 100 minutes (with commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Télé Liban (1972–1981) Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (1988–2004) Murr Television (2009–present) |
| Release | 1972 (1972) – present |
Studio El Fan (Arabic: ستوديو الفن, "The Art Studio") was one of the Arab world's first star-maker talent shows in Lebanon, created by the famous television director and producer Simon Asmar, and Alfred Barakat. The program is behind most famous Lebanese stars like Majida El Roumi, Ragheb Alama, Walid Toufic, Wael Kfoury and Assi El Hellani. The program started in 1972 on Télé Liban where it was broadcast during the 1970s and early 1980s, the LBC television proposed to welcome him during the early 1980s where it aired during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and finally bought by the MTV in 2009. The show ran every four years for an entire year, and contestants from all over Lebanon competed in different singing categories for the gold, silver or bronze medals awards.
Artists were not allowed to perform elsewhere than on LBCI, so they were called upon to perform in Nahr el-Founoun, an artistic complex in Nahr el-Kalb that was owned by Simon Asmar.
Past contestants
The show hosted many of today's Lebanese and Arab stars, such as:
- Majida El Roumi
- Walid Toufic
- George Wassouf
- Ragheb Alama
- Diana Haddad
- Bassima
- Nawal El Zoghbi
- Elissa
- Wael Kfoury
- Hady Khalil
- Rami Ayach
- Bassem Feghali
- Jean-Marie Riachi
- Fares Karam
- Fadl Shaker
- Assi El Hellani
- Suzanne Tamim
- Haifa Wehbe
- Darine Chahine
- Maher Jah
- Marwan Khoury
- Maya Diab
- Maya Nasri
- Mona Maraachli
- Ziad Bourji
References
- ^ "Simon Asmar s'en est allé, un chapitre de l'histoire de la télé libanaise se referme". L'Orient-Le Jour. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- Hachem, Wissam (2019-09-12). "Lebanon Bids Farewell to Legendary Star-Maker Simon Asmar". The961. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- "نبذة عن المخرج اللبناني الراحل سيمون أسمر "صانع النجوم"". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- "Television legend Simon Asmar dies at 76". www.dailystar.com.lb. Retrieved 2021-02-13.