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Goofball Academy Junior
Genre
Reality competition
Format
Created by
Judges
Creative director
Starring
Voices of
Composer(s)
Opening theme
Country of origin
Japan
Original language(s)
English
Number of seasons
14 soon
Number of episodes
130
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
Running time
roughly an hour
Production company(s)
Broadcast
Original channel
NHK
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format
Stereo
Original run
July 6, 2007 – present
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Goofball Academy Junior Gūfubōruakademījunia ) is a Japanese reality competition based on the highly successful titular franchise . This is the kids version of Goofball Academy
Format Casting calls are accepted online. Participation is only available for contestants between the ages of 8 and 14.
Season summary
Season
Premiere
Finale
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
1
July 6, 2007
September 7, 2007
2
July 4, 2008
September 5, 2008
3
July 17, 2009
September 18, 2009
Maria Watanabe
4
July 2, 2010
September 3, 2010
5
July 15, 2011
September 16, 2011
6
July 6, 2012
September 7, 2012
7
July 19, 2013
September 20, 2013
8
July 4, 2014
September 5, 2014
9
July 17, 2015
September 18, 2015
10
July 1, 2016
September 2, 2016
11
July 14, 2017
September 15, 2017
12
July 20, 2018
September 21, 2018
13
July 5, 2019
September 6, 2019
14
November 6, 2020
January 8, 2021
TBA
Maria Watanabe
