Studio El Fan was a Lebanese talent show broadcast on Télé Liban

Télé Liban

Télé Liban became the first Lebanese public television network, owned by the Lebanese government. Télé Liban was a result of the merger of two privately-owned stations, CLT and Télé Orient in 1977. Currently, it mainly broadcasts terrestrially throughout Lebanon. TL is the current Lebanese...

 during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in Lebanon and throughout the Arab world. Like the Olympics, the show ran every four years for an entire calendar year. Contestants from all over Lebanon competed. The best contestants in the different singing categories were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals. In the 1990s, the show was bought by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation

The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation , widely known as LBC, is the first private television station in Lebanon. It went global in 1996 when it launched its satellite channel LBC Al-Fadha'iya Al-Lubnaniya covering the Arab World. It now has several channels covering Europe, America, Australia, and...

. In 2009, the show was bought again by Murr Television

Murr Television

Murr Television is a Lebanese television station based in Naccache, a suburb of the capital Beirut. It is owned by Lebanese politician Gabriel Murr and directed by his son Michel Murr...

, and the show is currently airing with a whole new format.

Created by Alfred Barakat and Simon Asmar, the show is credited for being the launching platform for many of today's Lebanese and Arab stars, such as Majida El Roumi

Majida El Roumi

Magida El-Roumi was born in Kfarshima, Lebanon, on December 13, 1956. She is a Lebanese singer and a soprano, who started her musical career in the early 1970s when she participated in the talent show, Studio El Fan on Télé Liban and won the gold medal for best female singer...

, Walid Toufic

Walid Toufic

Walid Toufic , is a Lebanese singer who constantly made his big break in Egypt, and he is also known for performing in concerts and appearing in music videos.-Biography:...

, Ragheb Alama

Ragheb Alama

Ragheb Subhi Alama is a Lebanese singer, composer, television personality, and philanthropist. Alama began his career in the 1980s when he appeared as a contestant on the talent show broadcast Studio El Fan, on which he received the Platinum Award...

, Diana Haddad

Diana Haddad

Diana Joseph Fouad Haddad is a Lebanese singer and television personality with Emirati citizenship. Mainly known as Diana Haddad, she is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Arab World and has been so since the late 1990s...

, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Elissa

Elissa (singer)

Elissar Zakaria Khoury simply known as Elissa is a Lebanese singer. She is known for her collaborations with well-known Arab and international artists, notably Ragheb Alama, Cheb Mami, Fadl Shaker, Chris DeBurgh and Gerard Ferrer.Born to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother , her debut was in...

, Wael Kfoury

Wael Kfoury

Michel Emile Kfoury , known by his stage name Wael Kfoury , is a well-known Lebanese singer, musician and songwriter.-Beginnings:...

, Rami Ayach, Bassem Feghali

Bassem Feghali

Bassem Feghali is a Lebanese comedian and drag queen.-Career:Bassem graduated from "Studio el Fan" in 1996 winning a gold medal. He performed at many shows, festivals and television programs. Many of Bassem's TV appearances have been compiled in a 5 volume VHS and DVD.Bassem Feghali started his...

, Sara Al Hani, Jean-Marie Riachi

Jean-Marie Riachi

Jean-Marie Riachi is a Lebanese arranger, composer and record producer.Riachi grew up in a non-musical family, however his passion and talent in music was obvious when he started playing the keyboard at the age of eight...

, Fares Karam

Fares Karam

Fares Karam is a popular Lebanese singer who specializes in the Dabke style and Lebanese music in general, but with a more modernized twist....

, Fadl Shaker

Fadl Shaker

Fadl Shaker is a famous Lebanese singer.-Personal life:Fadl Shaker, was born on April 1, 1969 in Saida , a city in Southern Lebanon...

, Assi El Hellani, Maya Nasri

Maya Nasri

- Early life and beginnings :Maya Hussam Asmar or better known by her stage name, Maya Nasri is a popular Lebanese singer. She was born in a small town in Northern Lebanon Miniara and later moved with her family to Beirut. There she joined the Lebanese University of Fine Arts to study stage, TV...

, Youssef Cheayto, Suzanne Tamim

Suzanne Tamim

Suzanne Tamim was a Lebanese singer who rose to fame in the Arab world after winning the top prize in the popular Studio El Fan television show in 1996.-Biography:...

and many more.