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Star Academy 7 features Kazem Al Saher

2010-03-01 By Nohad Topalian in Beirut

[File] The 21 Star Academy contestants for the seventh season are introduced.

The seventh season of Star Academy opened on February 19th on LBC, with a festive, military-themed show to introduce the new candidates.

As usual, the first episode introduced the contestants and their talents, which include singing, playing instruments, writing lyrics, or composing music.

However, unlike past seasons, when only 20 contestants were accepted, this season has 21 contestants from 10 Arab states. This season also features impressive state-of-the-art audio/visual techniques not used in previous seasons.

Also for the first time, the "Emperor of Arab Singing" Kazem al-Saher made a special appearance.

The Iraqi star stressed that "art brings people closer," and insisted on playing the role of love's messenger and being a defender of women's rights in his songs.

In an impressive performance featuring both Arabic and foreign music, the contestants sang and played music with al-Saher. ِ

Al-Saher sang "Ajles fil Makha" with contestants Mohammad Ramadan from Jordan and Sultan Bin Rached from Saudi Arabia. He also sang "Ahebini Bela Akd" with Rami Chemali from Lebanon and Nassif el Zaytoun from Syria.

Finally, al-Saher sang "Habibaty" from his new album.

Star Academy director Roula Saad said the seventh season "is going to be very fruitful and rich in the music it will bring its fans."

In addition, it will feature several changes fans should look out for. For instance, fans will be able to communicate with contestants on Facebook and Twitter.

Also, Osama Rahbani is back with his expertise. Khalil Abou Obaid joins this season as the voice instructor, Fouad Fadel is the contestant supervisor, Mary Mahfoud is the vocalize/etiquette instructor, Michel Fadel is the music instructor, Alissar Caracalla is the dance instructor, and Michel Jabr is the drama instructor.

As the new season unfolds, fans will watch eagerly to see who will win the title. The contestants this season are:

Abdel Aziz El Defini (Kuwait), Aline Kassis (Lebanon), Asma Mhallawi (Tunisia), Badriya El Sayed (Tunisia), Bassel Khoury (Jordan), Haitham El Houzoum (Saudi Arabia), Jack Haddad (Lebanon), Mahmoud Choukry (Egypt), Mehdi Bahmed (Algeria), Miral Zaher El Din (Syria), Mohammad Ali (Egypt), Mohammad Ramadan (Jordan), Nassif el Zaytoun (Syria), Rami Chemali (Lebanon), Rania Jazzar (Egypt), Ryan Eid (Lebanon), Salwa Taalibi (Morocco), Sultan Bin Rached (Saudi Arabia), Tahra Hmamich (Morocco), Zeina Aftimos (Syria), and Rahma Ahmad (Iraq), daughter of late Iraqi artist Riyadh Ahmad.

Star Academy's prime show is aired every Friday evening, and follow-ups with the contestants are aired daily in the evenings.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS ARTICLE? (TOTAL VOTES: 4)

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READER COMMENTS

احمد

2011-6-3

I am Ahmad, and I love the traditional Iraqi and Egyptian Arabic songs very much. I ask you to email me some traditional Iraqi and Egyptian Arabic songs.
مهدي

2011-3-17

Kazem is a real singer.
Dalia Ghobar .

2010-11-11

it was very goood because all of them.. Excellent in singing and music. even when they enter stage and what you will say Thankyou for voting us .. yes thanks to you all Yeah! i love you sooo much
معصومه

2010-10-26

I am an Iranian and my language is Persian. I think that Kazim al-Sahir does not only belong to those who speak Arabic. He belongs to the entire world. Alas, not all the Iranians are familiar with this great singer.
قاسم منصور

2010-9-5

I am an Arab from Ahvaz and I, too, like Kazim Saher!
Tina

2010-3-29

To mgday_gaber, what do you the Muslim nation? Did you forget that other religions living in that "nation" that you\'re talking about! We are all one as ARABS, and what unites us is a beautiful language, culture, and history. Part of that culture includes singing and music. I'm Arab and I feel united not by my Christian religion to Muslims but through the common points of our culture!
عراقي

2010-3-10

Yes, the artist Kadhem Al-Saher is the foremost public singer in the Arab world. He has fans of all ages and both genders. He sings in both classical and colloquial Arabic. Everyone who listens to his songs can understand him. He is not limited to a certain area, like the artist Muhammad Abdo. The artist Kadhem Al-Saher is publicly successful at all of his parties in the Arab world, east and west. He was an honorable model for the Arab song in the whole world. His music and melodies came to be learned at American universities. He is the only artist who sings in every country he visits. We used to repeat his songs, regardless of what country we came from. We were united by the voice of this exquisite artist.
farooq

2010-3-10

I see that Kadhem Al-Saher performed some of his songs, which were poems, in classical Arabic. He re-discovered the classical Arabic singing and presented it in a smooth way, which made the classical Arabic language and poetry popular among many new generations. Singing in classical Arabic was the stumbling block for many recent poor singers who brought us a new foreign language, which can be described as vulgar.
منال

2010-3-10

In one of the articles of the Cairo Egyptian newspaper, I read that Kadhem Al-Saher has revealed his intention to sing and put to music a poem by the Kuwaiti poet, Suad Al-Sabah, and to include it in his upcoming album. Al-Saher told the Cairo newspaper that the opening line of the poem says: Why are the days weeping…Why? They lost their hopes…and so did I. Al-Saher said that he read and already put this poem to music 16 years ago. However, because of the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and the subsequent tensions between the two countries, he stopped the project and kept the song in his drawer. Al-Saher hopes that Suad Al-Sabah will accept a renewed cooperation between them. That’s the end of the news article. Now, there is no doubt that the Iraqi singer Kadhem Al-Saher is an artist whose fame has widely spread everywhere in the Arab world. He now has fans in every country. Will singing a poem for the Kuwaiti poet, Suad As-Sabah, make him more famous? Does your heart still hold tensions with everything that's Iraqi? Suad Al-Sabah is a relatively famous poet in the Arab world. She is well known in Egypt and Lebanon. Majdah Ar-Rumi sang one of her poems. Will Al-Saher’s singing add new value to her?
سمير النقيب

2010-3-4

Kadhem Al Sahir is an outstanding artist and a singer who appeals to many generations.
mgday_gaber

2010-3-2

I was hoping he would say that what unites the Muslim nation is religion, not singing and music.