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Fame Story
Fame Story was a Greece, Greek reality TV show that was a licensed version of Endemol's Star Academy on the ANT1 network. It has been one of the most successful Greek TV shows of recent years. The contestants gave a weekly performance in a 2½–3 hour episode in which the contestants were judged and where one contestant was voted off after a week-long televote. On the other 6 days of the week, the best footage of the day was compiled in a late night episode from inside the academy's studios and from the adjacent house where the contestants lived for their entire stay on the show inclusively. The show's seasons ran for 3½ months, except for season three which ran for 6½ months. It is credited for having helped foster the careers of some of the show's contestants, which have gone on to produce chart topping hits in the Greek market. The show is one of few Star Academy franchises, along with the UK's Fame Academy, to feature the iconic song "Fame (Irene Cara song), Fame" origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Fame is the quality of being well-known and in the public eye. Celebrities are famous by definition. Fame may also refer to: Books * ''Fame: an art project'', a 2013 book and series of paintings by Robert Priseman * Fame (novel), ''Fame'' (novel) (German ''Ruhm''), a 2009 novel by Daniel Kehlmann * ''Fame'', a 2005 novel by Karen Kingsbury * ''Fame'', a 2008 novel by Mark Rowlands * ''Fame'', a 2011 novel by Tilly Bagshawe Film, television and stage * Fame (1980 film), ''Fame'' (1980 film), a musical film ** Fame (1982 TV series), ''Fame'' (1982 TV series), a 1982–1987 television adaptation of the film ** Fame (2009 film), ''Fame'' (2009 film), a remake of the musical film ** Fame (musical), ''Fame'' (musical), a stage adaptation of the film that premiered in 1988 ** Fame (2003 TV series), ''Fame'' (2003 TV series), a talent competition *** Fame: The Musical (Irish TV series), ''Fame: The Musical'' (Irish TV series), an Irish version of the NBC talent show * Fame (2007 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Germanou
Natalia Germanou ( el, Ναταλία Γερμανού; born 22 June 1965 ) is a Greek songwriter, television hostess, radio producer and journalist. Germanou has written lyrics for many popular singers such as Anna Vissi, Despina Vandi, Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Notis Sfakianakis, Natasa Theodoridou, Labis Livieratos, Katy Garbi and many more. She co-wrote with Dantis the lyrics to Elena Paparizou's My Number One, the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest. She also wrote a Greek song for Armenian singer Sirusho, called Erotas. Natalia.gr. Retrieved on February 16, 2020. She has hosted a radio show on Sfera FM during the 2020s as well as having hosted or taken part in numerous reality and talk shows, currently on ANT1 TV network. Biography Germanou was born in Athens. Her father is the late Freddy Germanos, a popular journalist and author, and her mother Erietta Mavroudi. Natalia.gr. Retrieved on February 16, 2008. For 12 years, Germanou attended the "Mina Aidonopoulou" s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleana Papaioannou
Eleana Papaioannou ( gr, Ελεάνα Παπαϊωάννου) is a Greek pop-folk singer known from her appearance in the first season of the Greek reality music talent competition ''Fame Story'', in which she finished fourth. Following the competition, Papaioannou was signed to Heaven Music, through which she launched her solo music career in the mid to late 2000s. Biography Papaioannou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, the daughter of former international football player Lakis Papaioannou and singer Dina Papaioannou. She studied philosophy at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and gained notoriety through her 2002 fourth place finish in the first season of Greek reality television show ''Fame Story'', a music talent competition based on Endemol's ''Star Academy''. After the show, Papaioannou continued in the music profession, releasing her first album ''Koitakse Me'' in 2004, with record label Heaven Music. The album produced two singles, including "Na m' Agapas", compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Karvelas
Nikos Karvelas ( el, Νίκος Καρβέλας; born Nikos Leonardos on 8 September 1951) is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vissi, while some of his other well-known collaborations include Tolis Voskopoulos and Sakis Rouvas. Karvelas has released multiple personal studio albums that have had mild to big success. In 2012, Alpha TV ranked Karvelas as the 13th top-certified composer in Greece in the phonographic era. Early life Karvelas was born in Piraeus. When he was five years old, his parents bought him his first piano. He started to play popular songs and composed his first melodies. During the 1970s, he studied law at the University of Athens. Karvelas created his first rock band influenced by famous rock bands like the Beatles and The Rolling Stones. He started to become known at the end of the 1970s. In the early 1980s, Karvelas met his muse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiti Garbi
Katerina "Katy" Garbi ( el, Κατερίνα "Καίτη" Γαρμπή, ; born 8 June 1961) is a Greek singer active in Greece and Cyprus, with some popularity in Turkey. Her career has spanned over 35 years with over 2 million records sold in Greece and abroad. Garbi's discography is marked by several multi-platinum releases, including '' Arhizo Polemo'' (1996) and '' Evaisthisies'' (1997), two of the best-selling albums of the decade. Garbi represented Greece in the annual Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with the song " Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos", taking ninth place. She later struck her biggest commercial success with '' To Kati'' (2000) in terms of unit sales. Over the years, Garbi has won 11 ''Pop Corn'' Music Awards, including three for ''Album of the Year'', and one Arion Music Award. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her among the top-certified female artists in Greece's phonographic era (since 1960).''Chart Show: Your Countdown''. Alpha TV. Airdate: 14 March 2010 Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafni Bokota
Dafni Bokota ( el, Δάφνη Μπόκοτα; born 1960) is a Greek singer, presenter and former spokesperson for the Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). Biography Dafni Bokota was born in Koukaki, Athens, Greece in 1960. She studied English and French literature and while working in ERT and released an LP with her own compositions. The title of the record was ''Dafni Bokota kai Saboter'' and the singles "Diva" and "Viper Nora" were hits. She had tried to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 with her song "Juliet". Bokota is best known for presenting for ERT the Jeux Sans Frontières and the Eurovision Song Contest, the latter for eighteen years from 1987 until 2004. In 2005, she was fired and replaced by Swedish born reporter Alexandra Pascalidou to present the 2005 contest. After the event, she published a book with her memories of the Contest, which was published in two editions. Bokota is married and has a son. She is involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Dantis
Christos Dantis ( el, Χρήστος Δάντης; born Christos Vlahakis, 26 September 1966), is a Greek multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, lyricist, and record producer best known for his hits such as "To Palio Mou Palto" and "Ena Tragoudi Akoma" and later for co-writing the song "My Number One" for Elena Paparizou, winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece. Career Early music career Christos Dantis started playing music in front of an audience when in his early teens. He sang and played either guitar or bass guitar, while also experimenting with the drums, in various music genre bands such as rock, funk, soul, R&B, metal etc. It was in the 1986–87 period of the Music Stage Taboo in Athens, when during the auditions for new singers to complement the program of main singers Tania Tsanaklidou and Dimitra Galani, composer George Hatzinasios was the "godfather" of his name Dantis. During that period Christos sang on commercial advertising jingles while mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Vardis
Antonis Vardis ( el, Αντώνης Βαρδής; 7 August 1948 – 2 September 2014) was a Greek composer and singer. Born in Moschato, a suburb of Athens, Vardis established a 40-year career as a composer and singer, collaborating with well-known Greek singers: George Dalaras, Yiannis Parios, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Haris Alexiou, Dimitra Galani, and Anna Vissi. In 1997 he collaborated with Austrian musician Gert Steinbäcker ( S.T.S.), when he sung parts of the song ''O xenos''. During the 1990s and 2000s he worked as a composer with popular singers such as Keti Garbi, Antonis Remos, Natassa Theodoridou, Giannis Ploutarhos and others. musicpaper.gr; accessed 16 August 2015. Death In 2013, Vardis was diagnosed with cancer. He was transferred to |
George Levendis
George Levendis (Greek: ''Γιώργος Λεβέντης''), is a Greek-Australian Global Television and record executive and is currently the Executive Producer and Show-Runner of Red Bull's ''The Cut''. Prior to this, he was the COO of Acun Medya Global, focused on expanding TV formats internationally. From 2011 to 2018 he was Head of International for Syco TV, a joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment. In this role he has been responsible for the international expansion of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' as well working on ''Red or Black?'', '' Keep It in the Family'', ''The Investigator'' and '' Food Glorious Food''. During his tenure at Syco, ''Got Talent'' and ''The X Factor'' grew rapidly internationally. ''Got Talent'' has been produced in over 70 markets and ''The X Factor'' was sold to over 56 markets globally. Prior to this he was general manager of the Greek television network ANT1 the number 2 station in the Greek market and the largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Aliberti
Sophia Aliberti ( el, Σοφία Αλιμπέρτη) is a Greek talk show and game show host since 2004, television actress and former fashion model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thoug .... Filmography *''Ta Tsakalia: Ena koinoniko provlima, 1981 .... Athina Fotiadou *''Garsoniera gia deka'' 1981 *''Apenanti, Oi'' 1981 *''Vasika... kalispera sas'' 1982 .... Lilian *''Strofi, I'' 1982 .... Stefi *''Kamikazi, agapi mou'' 1983 .... Sofia Paskhalidi *''Epikindynoi (Mia diamartyria), Oi'' 1983 *''Thilyko thiriotrofeio'' 1983 *''Rakos... No. 14, kai o protos bounakias'' 1985 .... Sophia Paskhalidi *''Skiahtra, I'' 1985 *''Tile-kannivaloi'' 1987 .... Marina *''Lordan, o varvaros'' 1987 .... Varvara *''Paidia tis Helidonas, Ta'' 1987 *''Goiteia tou hrimatos, I'' 1988 *''M' agapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Stefanidou
Tatiana Stefanidou ( el, Τατιάνα Στεφανίδου; born April 18, 1970 in Athens) is a Greek television host and journalist on Greek television. Personal life In 1995, Stefanidou married entrepreneur Panagiotis Stavropoulos. They separated in 1998 but their divorce published in 2002. In 1998, Stefanidou began dating journalist Nikos Evangelatos. In 2003, they married. Together, they have two children: a son Nikolas (born 1999) and a daughter Lydia (born 2004). Career Stefanidou began her career as a journalist, working for Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. Later, she co-hosted ANT1's morning show ''Kalimera Ellada'' with Yorgos Papadakis and was a newscaster on the same TV station for a period. She has worked for Alpha TV, Tempo TV, Alter Channel and ANT1, presenting tabloid talk shows, like Alter's ''Yialinos Tihos'' (2001), ''Fyllo ke Ftero'' (2002) and ''Me to Ganti'' (2003), and ANT1's ''Apoklistika'' (2004) and ''Apokalypsi Tora'' (2005). All these shows, have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Mikroutsikos
Andreas Mikroutsikos ( Greek: Ανδρέας Μικρούτσικος; born 1952 in Patras) is a Greek composer, lyricist, singer and TV presenter. Music career His top hits were ''Hameno Nisi'' (Lost Island), ''To Koutsouraki'' (Little Log), ''Kiklopaki'' (Little Cyclops) and ''Oso Girizei i Gi'' (As Long As The Earth Turns Around). In 1991 Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with his song ''Anixi'' sung by Sophia Vossou ( Greek: Σοφία Βόσσου), finishing in 13th place. An album with the same title was released the same year. TV career During the 1990s, Mikroutsikos presented the famous TV game show '' To Megalo Pazari'' (The Great Bazaar - Greek version of ''Let's Make a Deal''). By moving from Mega Channel to ANT1 he was the first to introduce reality shows to the Greek public. His shows have been criticised by many, despite good TV ratings. Mikroutsikos presented the first and second series of the famous reality show '' Big Brother'' on the ANT1 ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |