▁Aw ada ▁ ▁D rama ▁Inst ruct or : ▁Betty ▁Ta out el ▁ ▁F it ness ▁Inst ruct or : ▁George ▁Ass af ▁( ▁change ▁ann ually ▁) ▁ ▁Se asons ▁ ▁Star ▁Academy ▁ 1 ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁season ▁of ▁Star ▁Academy ▁ 1 ▁made ▁its ▁debut ▁in ▁early ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁The ▁first ▁season ▁ended ▁on ▁ 4 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁The ▁winner ▁was ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁candidate , ▁Moh amm ad ▁Att ia . ▁ ▁The ▁inaug ural ▁show ▁quickly ▁became ▁popular ▁and ▁tick ets ▁for ▁the ▁show ▁became ▁harder ▁to ▁get ▁as ▁the ▁show ▁went ▁on . ▁The ▁students , ▁particularly ▁the ▁Top ▁ 8 , ▁became ▁household ▁names , ▁and ▁those ▁that ▁made ▁the ▁Top ▁ 8 ▁became ▁instant ▁stars . ▁The ▁eight ▁final ists ▁were ▁Moh amm ad ▁Att ia ▁( E gypt ), ▁Bash ar ▁Al ▁Sh at ty ▁( K uw ait ), ▁Soph ia ▁El ▁Mare ek h ▁( Mor oc co ), ▁Bah aa ' ▁El ▁K af y ▁( T un is ia ), ▁Ah med ▁El ▁Sher if ▁( T un is ia ), ▁My ri am ▁Att al lah ▁( S y ria ), ▁Moh amm ad ▁K hal aw i ▁( Sa udi ▁Arab ia ) ▁and ▁C yn th ia ▁ ▁Kar am ▁( L eb anon ). ▁The ▁teachers ▁were ▁as ▁follows : ▁W ad ih ▁Ab i ▁Ra ad , ▁Michael ▁F adel , ▁Mary ▁Mah f