Academy Fantasia

Academy Fantasia is a reality show held in Thailand.
Began to air in June 2004, it is a 24-hour reality show based on singing contest, judged through popular votes. The show is most recognized as the first Thai reality show in the format of 24-hour live broadcast, where the audiences can watch and follow life activities of the selected contestants. It is also one of two most popular reality show in mid-2000s to mid-2010s, along with The Star. A number of winners and runners-up from the contest have continued to become mainstream singers and/or actors, most notably including Pongsak Rattanapong, Patcha A-nekayuwat, Thanakrit Panichwit, Pissanu Nimsaku, Kietkamol Lata, Mintita Wattanakul, Nalin Hohler, Nat Sakdathron, Nat Thewphaingram, Assadaporn Siriwatthanakul, Nipaporn Thitithanakarn, Annop Thongborisut, Benjamin Joseph Varney, Thanasit Jaturaput, Nontanun Anchuleepradit, Sattaphong Piengpor, and Nisachol Sewthaisong.
Academy Fantasia has originally terminated its broadcast season with season 12 in 2015. However, in August 2025, it was announced that the show will return for its 13th season, scheduled to premiere on June 7, 2026.

Overview

Created by cable TV provider TrueVisions, formerly known as United Broadcasting Corporation, Academy Fantasia is a franchise of La Academia, a popular reality TV show from Mexico. The contestants are selected through nationwide auditions, as well as through online audition clips. The live auditions take place in major cities in every part of Thailand to search for those who dream about becoming superstars. Four judges will eliminate thousands of people down to top 100 then last twelve or more finalists into the Academy House for study.
The contestants live in the same house with hundreds of hidden cameras. Audiences can watch them 24 hours live on TV and online. Each week the contestants are assigned individual songs and sometimes group songs to perform on stage every Saturday until the last week of the show. The contestants attend voice class, dance class, and acting class to practice the songs that they perform.
The audiences can vote for their favorite contestants through cell phones and land phones. The show usually airs 24 hours on True Reality Channel and the concerts will be broadcast live on True Inside Channel and True Music Channel under True Visions network, while on national television, the weekly concerts will be broadcast on ModernNine TV (public channel 9), and later on True 4U, every Saturday night.
After each performance the commentators will evaluate the performance. At the end of the concert, the contestant who received the lowest percentage of audience votes will have to leave the show, unless there is a special rules or "surprise" occure, such as the Immunity Doll.
The winners of the first five seasons were all male and was the first female in the season 6, while as of 2015, there are nine male winners and three female winners. The winners and the runners-up will automatically receive record deals with True Fantasia record label. After the end of each season, there is a nationwide concert tour starring the top 12 finalists.

Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

21 June - 21 August 2004
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Week 1 theme: Trainers' Choices
Week 2 theme: Trainers' Choices
Week 3 theme: Trainers' Choices
Week 4 theme: Trainers' Choices
Week 5 theme: Duets
Week 6 theme: Easy Listening
Week 7 theme: International Soundtracks
Week 8 theme: Rock n' Roll
Week 9 theme: Contestant's Favourites

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Jeen	V7	Namtarn
V2	Vit	V8	Top
V3	Nan	V9	Z-Nam
V4	K	V10	Por
V5	Joomjim	V11	Mam
V6	Aof	V12	Noon

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¹None elimination week due to a failure of system supported the votes.

Season 2 (2005)

18 July - 8 October 2005
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Week 1 theme: Songs from Audition Round
Week 2 theme: 80's
Week 3 theme: Duets
Week 4 theme: #1 Hits
Week 5 theme: Rock n' Roll
Week 6 theme: Voting Back
Week 7 theme: World Musics
Week 8 theme: Songs of "The Soontaraporn"
Week 9 theme: Dance & Remixes
Week 10 theme: Thai Local Musics
Week 11 theme: Movie Hits Soundtracks
Week 12 theme: Contestant's Favourites

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Loogtarn	V7	Kookkai
V2	Preaw	V8	Boy
V3	Wan	V9	Pas
V4	Aof	V10	Ao
V5	Mew	V11	My
V6	Patcha	V12	Joe

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Season 3 (2006)

3 July - 9 September 2006
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Week 1 theme: His Majesty The King's Songs
Week 2 theme: Duets
Week 3 theme: Songs of Contestant's Idols
Week 4 theme: #1 Hits
Week 5 theme: Animals Songs
Week 6 theme: Songs for Mother
Week 7 theme: Dance n' Hip
Week 8 theme: Thai Country
Week 9 theme: Hits Soundtracks
Week 10 theme: Contestant's Favourites

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Ta	V7	Dong
V2	Pett	V8	Boy
V3	Apple & Cherry	V9	Koh
V4	Zara	V10	Louktarn
V5	Mint	V11	Bruna
V6	Tune	V12	Tui

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¹Contestant had the most popular vote on the special week and get the special prize, a trip to Hong Kong with his mother for one week.

Season 4 (2007)

18 March - 15 October 2007
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Week 1 theme: Semi-finals #1
Week 2 theme: Semi-finals #2
Week 3 theme: Thai Contemporary
Week 4 theme: Boy Band & Girl Group
Week 5 theme: Thai Country
Week 6 theme: Cover Hits
Week 7 theme: Superstars Superhits
Week 8 theme: Tele Songs
Week 9 theme: Cheer
Week 10 theme: Karaoke
Week 11 theme: Dance
Week 12 theme: Contestant's Favourites
Week 13 theme: Contestant's The Best of AF4 & His Majesty The King's Songs

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Nat	V11	Cat
V2	Jack	V12	Tee
V3	Papang	V13	Man
V4	Ae	V14	Antie
V5	Bomb	V15	Dew
V6	Eingeing	V16	Joe
V7	Eaw	V17	Lookpong
V8	Music	V18	Puifai
V9	Tol	V19	Pong
V10	Namfon	V20	Dear

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In the 4th season, AF had 20 contestants go into the Academy house. However, this was still considered the Semi-finals, since there are normally only 12 final contestants in each season. Thus, by the end of the week, 8 of the contestants were supposed to be eliminated, leaving with only 12 people as the real finalists. After the 1st week's performance, the voting results showed that only 3 girls survived to the next round if they really eliminated 8 people. However, this could not happen according to the show's "bible" because in every season, there needs to be 5-7 men & 5-7 women. Therefore, this week, instead of eliminating the bottom 8, they eliminated only the bottom 4, who were all female. It was also announced that in the following week, 4 male contestants would have to be eliminated, while the female contestants would be safe. In the 2nd week, the bottom 4 male contestants were eliminated by the end of the show.

Season 5 (2008)

12 May - 2 August 2008
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Week 1 Theme: Semi-finals #1
Week 2 Theme: Semi-finals #2
Week 3 Theme: Not My Style
Week 4 Theme: Dance Group
Week 5 Theme: Thai Contemporary Duets
Week 6 Theme: Songs of "Asanee-Wasan"
Week 7 Theme: Indy Music
Week 8 Theme: Thai Country
Week 9 Theme: My Favorite Song
Week 10 Theme: Korean Songs
Week 11 Theme: The Battle
Week 12 Theme: Contestant's Favourites

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Prink	V9	Nim
V2	Beer¹	V10	Good
V3	Tab	V11	Dear
V4	Benz	V12	Ron
V5	Beau¹	V13	Natthew
V6	Micky	V14	Kee
V7	Nan¹	V15	Wahn¹
V8	Pump	V16	Green

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In the 5th season, 16 contestants were admitted to the Academy house, so in the first week 4 contestants were supposed to be eliminated At the actual concert, though, the audience and the contestants were surprised when only 2 female contestants were eliminated, so 2 male contestants would be eliminated in week 2.

Season 6">Academi Fantasia, Season 6">Season 6 (2009)

28 June - 19 September 2009
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Week 1 Theme: My Style
Week 2 Theme: Party & Radio Hits
Week 3 Theme: Tributed to King of Pop "Michael Jackson"
Week 4 Theme: Hard Rock
Week 5 Theme: Dance
Week 6 Theme: Show Power
Week 7 Theme: Mother's Choice
Week 8 Theme: The Battle
Week 9 Theme: Featuring with Our Friend
Week 10 Theme: Thai Country
Week 11 Theme: The Musical
Week 12 Theme: My Dream with My Songs

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Ich	V7	Krit
V2	Aof	V8	Mac
V3	Koonjae-Sal	V9	Nooknick
V4	Newty	V10	Ann
V5	Tee	V11	Tabby
V6	Zani	V12	Itch

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Season 7 (2010)

27 June - 18 September 2010
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Week 1 Theme: Top 100 Semi-final Audition
Week 2 Theme: Rock
Week 3 Theme: Hot Debut
Week 4 Theme: Korean Songs
Week 5 Theme: Single Show
Week 6 Theme: Songs for Mother
Week 7 Theme: Music Festival
Week 8 Theme: Tag Teams
Week 9 Theme: Songs of Thongchai McIntyre
Week 10 Theme: Thai Contemporary & Country
Week 11 Theme: Variety Dance
Week 12 Theme: Grand Finale

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Meen	V7	Pum
V2	Grape	V8	Green
V3	Ben	V9	Paprae
V4	New	V10	Boss
V5	Natty	V12	Por
V6	Namkhang	V13	Ton¹

¹Ton replaced Mark, who retired the show at the end of concert week 3.

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Season 8 (2011)

26 June - 17 September 2011
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Week 1 Theme: Semi-final #1
Week 2 Theme: Semi-final #2 - Duo Song
Week 3 Theme: Semi-final #3 - Thanks & Gives
Week 4 Theme: Tata Young & Jirasak Parnpum
Week 5 Theme: Hearthbroken
Week 6 Theme: In Love
Week 7 Theme: Variety Dance
Week 8 Theme: Killer Song
Week 9 Theme: The King's Songs, Thai Contemporary & Thai Country
Week 10 Theme: Musical
Week 11 Theme: Songs of 'Ohm Chatri' & 'Dee Nitipong'
Week 12 Theme: Grand Final

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Tide	V13	Weaw
V2	Praewa	V14	Earng
V3	Kacha	V15	Praew
V4	Yuki	V16	Weiwei
V5	Pik	V17	Friendship
V6	Potay	V18	Beer
V7	Lynn	V19	Team
V8	Poyzian	V20	Aon
V9	Ton	V21	Frame
V10	James	V22	Dew
V11	Tum	V23	Tao
V12	Ann	V24	Joy

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Season 9 (2012)

2 June - 15 September 2012
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Week 1 Theme: My Chosen Song #1
Week 2 Theme: My Chosen Song #2
Week 3 Theme: My Chosen Song #3
Week 4 Theme: 12 Dream 12 Style
Week 5 Theme: Re-stage: Friend's song
Week 6 Theme: Thai's life
Week 7 Theme: First Love
Week 8 Theme: Killer Songs
Week 9 Theme: The Battle: Senior's Song
Week 10 Theme: Mothers' Generation Songs
Week 11 Theme: Dance City
Week 12 Theme: Duets
Week 13 Theme: Musical
Week 14 Theme: Settha Sirachaya
Week 15 Theme: Grand Final

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Zo	V7	Nest
V2	Kong	V8	Ice
V3	Baimonh	V9	Bombay
V4	Kat	V10	Earth
V5	Bright	V11	Sunny
V6	K	V12	Opol

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Season 10 (2013)

24 June - 14 September 2013
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Week 1 Theme: My Style
Week 2 Theme: My Steps
Week 3 Theme: My Scenes
Week 4 Theme: My Minute
Week 5 Theme: My Duet
Week 6 Theme: My Weakness
Week 7 Theme: My Buddy
Week 8 Theme: My Beat
Week 9 Theme: My Thai Thai
Week 10 Theme: My Stage
Week 11 Theme: My Voice My Music
Week 12 Theme: My Dream

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Ten	V13	Thung
V2	Taengmo	V14	Hernfah
V3	Fluke	V15	Beam
V4	Mook	V16	Ton
V5	Lisa	V17	Ryu
V6	Tayme	V18	Nene
V7	Aee	V19	Prim
V8	Tong	V20	Tungbeer
V9	Benz	V21	Tuey
V10	Tangtai	V22	CoNan
V11	Nan	V23	Hongyok
V12	Mangpor	V24	Belle

Team

Week 1-6

ทีม ฝันและใฝ่

V1 Ten
V3 Fluke
V4 Mook
V5 Lisa
V7 Aee
V9 Benz
V10 Tangtai
V12 Mangpor
V13 Thung
V15 Beam
V22 CoNan
V24 Belle

ทีม ฝากรัก

V2 Taengmo
V6 Tayme
V8 Tong
V11 Nan
V14 Hernfah
V16 Ton
V17 Ryu
V18 Nene
V19 Prim
V20 Tungbeer
V21 Tuey
V23 Hongyok
Week 7

ทีม ฝันและใฝ่

V1 Ten
V3 Fluke
V4 Mook
V9 Benz
V13 Thung
V15 Beam
V22 CoNan
V24 Belle

ทีม ฝากรัก

V2 Taengmo
V6 Tayme
V8 Tong
V10 Tangtai
V11 Nan
V14 Hernfah
V18 Nene
V20 Tungbeer
V21 Tuey
V23 Hongyok
Week 8-9

ทีม ฝันและใฝ่

V3 Fluke
V4 Mook
V10 Tangtai
V13 Thung
V15 Beam
V20 Tungbeer
V22 CoNan
V24 Belle

ทีม ฝากรัก

V2 Taengmo
V6 Tayme
V8 Tong
V11 Nan
V14 Hernfah
V18 Nene
V21 Tuey
V23 Hongyok

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Season 11">Academy Fantasia, Season 11">Season 11 (2014)

20 July - 4 October 2014
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Week 1 Theme: My Style
Week 2 Theme: Boy Band & Girl Group
Week 3 Theme: Mother's Choice
Week 4 Theme: Duets
Week 5 Theme: Thai Country
Week 6 Theme: Midterm
Week 7 Theme: The Battle
Week 8 Theme: Solo Dance
Week 9 Theme: Musical
Week 10 Theme: Producers Choices
Week 11 Theme: Grand Final

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Mook	V7	Way
V2	Poom	V8	Poon
V3	Jukkajun	V9	Muayli
V4	Pond	V10	Q
V5	May	V11	Nam
V6	Mac	V12	Aim

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Season 12">Academy Fantasia, Season 12">Season 12 (2015)

28 June - 19 September 2015
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Week 1 Theme: Trainers Choices
Week 2 Theme: Trainers Choices
Week 3 Theme: Trainers Choices
Week 4 Theme: Entertain & Emotional
Week 5 Theme: Duets
Week 6 Theme: Songs For Mom
Week 7 Theme: The Battle
Week 8 Theme: Thai Country & Thai Contemporary
Week 9 Theme: Party Dance
Week 10 Theme: Musical
Week 11 Theme: Tribute Carabao
Week 12 Theme: Grand Finale

Number	Contestant	Number	Contestant
V1	Preaw	V7	Mariew
V2	Focus	V8	Joon
V3	Joker	V9	Benz
V4	Benz	V10	Boat
V5	Ploysai	V11	Jaoh
V6	May	V12	Max

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