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| Goofball Academy
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| Genre
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Reality competition
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| Format
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| Created by
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| Judges
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| Creative director
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| Starring
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| Voices of
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| Composer(s)
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| Opening theme
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| Country of origin
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Russia
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| Original language(s)
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Russian
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| Number of seasons
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17 completed
18 soon
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| Number of episodes
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170
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| Production
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| Running time
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roughly an hour
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| Broadcast
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| Original channel
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TV-3
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| Picture format
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1080i (HDTV)
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| Audio format
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Stereo
5.1 Surround Sound
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| Original run
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October 1, 2007 – present
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Goofball Academy (Cyrillic: Академия Гофбола; Akademiya Gofbola) is a Russian reality competition based on the titular franchise.
Format[]
Casting calls are accepted online. Participation is only available for contestants over the age of 16.
Judges' timeline[]
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Season summary[]
| Season
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Premiere
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Finale
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Winner
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Runner-up
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Third place
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Judges (chair order)
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| 1
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2
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3
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| 1
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October 1, 2007
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December 3, 2007
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| 2
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October 20, 2008
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December 22, 2008
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| 3
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September 21, 2009
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November 23, 2009
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| 4
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October 18, 2010
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December 20, 2010
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| 5
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August 22, 2011
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October 24, 2011
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| 6
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October 15, 2012
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December 17, 2012
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| 7
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October 7, 2013
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December 9, 2013
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| 8
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October 20, 2014
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December 22, 2014
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| 9
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October 19, 2015
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December 21, 2015
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| 10
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August 22, 2016
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October 24, 2016
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| 11
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October 16, 2017
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December 18, 2017
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| 12
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October 15, 2018
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December 17, 2018
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| 13
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October 7, 2019
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December 9, 2019
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| 14
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October 5, 2020
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December 7, 2020
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| 15
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October 11, 2021
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December 13, 2021
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| 16
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October 3, 2022
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December 5, 2022
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| 17
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September 25, 2023
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November 27, 2023
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???
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| 18
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Upcoming season
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