Studio El Fan

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") is a Lebanese star-maker talent shows in Lebanon, created by the television director and producer Simon Asmar with Alfred Barakat.^[1] The program has helped launch the careers of many Lebanese stars^[2][3] including Majida El Roumi, Ragheb Alama, Walid Toufic, Wael Kfoury and Assi El Hellani.^[4] The program started in 1972^[1] on Télé Liban where it was broadcast during the 1970s and early 1980s. The LBC television proposed to take over the show in the early 1980s.^[1] It aired on LBC during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, until it was bought by the MTV in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Past contestants

The show hosted many Lebanese and Arab stars, including:

• 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
• Walid Mourad
• Ziad Bourji

References

1. "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 16 February 2021.
2. Hachem, Wissam (2019-09-12). "Lebanon Bids Farewell to Legendary Star-Maker Simon Asmar". The961. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
3. "نبذة عن المخرج اللبناني الراحل سيمون أسمر "صانع النجوم"". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
4. "Television legend Simon Asmar dies at 76". www.dailystar.com.lb. Retrieved 13 February 2021.