Star Academy: Team Prime Show Sees Tracy Leave
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Star Academy is a French TV show. Young singers live in a school. They learn to sing and dance. Every week, people watch them on TV.
On 14 November 2026, there was a new live show. It was called Prime 6. The students worked in teams. One team was red. One team had Miss France girls in it.
A student named Noémie Dupeyron was in the red team. She is from the Landes area in France. People could vote for her. They had to type number 2 on their phone.
During the show, something went wrong. There was a sound problem. It happened when a student named Cameron was singing. His sound stopped for a moment.
At the end of the show, one student had to leave. Her name was Tracy. She was eliminated. This means she left the show and cannot come back.
Many people were sad about Tracy. She was popular with fans. But the show must go on with the other students.
Vocabulary7 words
- live show
- a show on TV happening now, not recorded before
- teams
- groups of people who work together
- Miss France
- a famous beauty competition in France
- type
- to press numbers or letters
- sound problem
- when the noise or music stops working
- eliminated
- told to leave a competition
- fans
- people who like someone very much
Quiz
Answer key
1. A singing school show on TV 2. Tracy 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Star Academy is a French TV _____. Young singers live in a school.
On 14 November 2026, there was a new _____ show. It was called Prime 6.
The students worked in _____. One team was red.
One team had _____ girls in it.
People could vote for her. They had to _____ number 2.
During the show, there was a sound _____.
It happened when a student named _____ was singing.
At the end, one student had to leave. Her name was _____.
She was _____. This means she left the show.
Many people were sad because she was popular with _____.


