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Ambre Wins Star Academy and Unveils Stage Name Amber Jadah

The 18-year-old begins her professional rollout with a €100,000 prize plus a Sony Music contract.

Overview

  • Public voting gave Ambre 59% to Léa's 41%, marking the fifth-largest winning margin since the show's 2001 launch.
  • She announced the Amber Jadah moniker in a video posted by Brut shortly after the finale.
  • Prime-time broadcasts held steady year over year while the daily show averaged 1.39 million viewers, down about 180,000.
  • Runner-up Léa, 22, says she is leaving her medical-assistant job to pursue singing with R'n'B and soul influences and plans to co-write.
  • The finalists will join the Star Academy tour beginning February 27 with stops in France, Switzerland and Belgium.