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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] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Germanos
Freddy or Freddie may refer to: Entertainment *Freddy (comic strip), a newspaper comic strip which ran from 1955 to 1980 *Freddie (Cromartie), a character from the Japanese manga series''Cromartie High School'' *Freddie (dance), a short-lived 1960s dance fad *Freddy (franchise), a franchise that began with ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' **Freddy Krueger, a character from the franchise * ''Freddie'' (TV series) a sitcom created by Freddie Prinze, Jr. *Freddy Fazbear, the titular character of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' * ''Freddie'' (Freddie Gibbs album), 2018 *'' Freddy'', 2022 indian film starring Kartik Aaryan People *Freddy (given name), a list of people with Freddy or Freddie as a given name or nickname *Freddie (cricketer), English cricketer and TV personality *Freddie (singer) (born 1990), Hungarian singer *Freddy (Angolan footballer) (born 1979) *Fredesvinda García (1935-1961), Cuban singer known as Freddy Other uses *Freddy (dog), a Great Dane known for being the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (Greek TV Series)
''Dancing with the Stars'' is a Greece, Greek dance Reality competition, competition television series that premiered on March 28, 2010, on ANT1 and filmed live in Athens. The show aired until February 1, 2015, on ANT1. On January 26, 2018 ANT1 premiered the sixth season and aired until May 4, 2018. The show returned from Star Channel (Greece), Star Channel. The show is based on the British BBC Television series ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of BBC Worldwide's ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The theme song is "It's personal" performed by Swedish indie pop band The Radio Dept. The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains. Cast Hosts Since its premiere in 2010, the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Academy (Greek TV Series)
Star Academy is a Greek reality TV show, and a licensed version of Endemol's Star Academy. The series began on March 17, 2017 on the E Channel network and was completed on July 15, 2017. The Judges were Anna Vissi (later replaced by Katerina Gkagkaki), Petros Kostopoulos, Nikos Mouratides, Nikos Karvelas (later replaced by Alexandros Rigas) and Natalia Germanou. A day prior the show's premiere, a program called ''Star Academy Kick off Live'' aired, which took place in the academy, the house of the contestants, and was presented by Katerina Kainourgiou and Themis Malis. There, three boys would sing live and people would vote their favourite; the boy with the most votes, would be the 16th contestant of the show. The show was renamed from the fifth live episode to ''Super Star Academy'', due to Epsilon TV owing money to Endemol, the worldwide franchise's production company, which therefore prohibited the station from airing the show under its brand name. The headmistress of the academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mando (singer)
Adamantia Stamatopoulou ( el, Αδαμαντία Σταματοπούλου; born 13 April 1966), known as Mando ( el, links=no, Μαντώ), is a Greek singer. She was born and raised in Athens by her jazz pianist father, Nikos Stamatopoulos and a classic soprano opera mother, Mary Apergi. From a young age she began to develop her talent and interest in music, and was characterized as a " born musician". On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked Mando the 23rd top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960), totalling five gold records.''Chart Show: Your Countdown''. Alpha TV. Airdate: 14 March 2010. On 21 April 2013 she participated at the Greek version of ''Your Face Sounds Familiar'' which was aired by Antenna TV Greece, where in the last episode (30 June 2013), she placed 4th. She was a special guest star in the semi-final of The Voice of Greece where she and one of the participants, Maria Elena Kiriakou, sang together Beyonce's Hit ''Listen'' And she has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Imvrios , a restaurant franchise based in Knoxville, Tennessee
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Petros, the original Greek and Coptic version of the name Peter, meaning "stone" or "rock", may refer to: People * Petros (given name) * Petros (surname) * Petros (footballer), Brazilian footballer Petros Matheus dos Santos Araújo (born 1989) Places * Petros (Chornohora), a mountain in Ukraine * Petros, Oklahoma, United States, an unincorporated community * Petros, Tennessee, United States, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Other uses * Petros (pelican), mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos * Petros Guitars, guitar ensemble * Petroleum Sarawak Berhad or PETROS, state-owned company in Sarawak, Malaysia * Petro's Chili & Chips Petro's Chili & Chips is a small fast-food chain based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with several locations in Knoxville and other parts of East Tennessee. History Petro's got its start at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville. Joe and Carol Schoentr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilias Psinakis
Ilias Psinakis ( el, Ηλίας Ψινάκης) is a Greek businessman, politician, manager, and television personality. Psinakis served as Mayor of Marathon, Greece, Marathon, located in the administrative region of Attica, from 2014 until 2019. Early life and education Psinakis was born in Greece to Panagiotis and Alice Psinakis. His father owned an electronics factory and his uncle Steve Psinakis owned the energy supplier company Meralco in Philippines. He grew up in Philippines and Greece. While attending university in the UK, United Kingdom, Psinakis studied international business and marketing, eventually receiving master's degrees in both. Career Modeling and entertainment Early in his career pursuits, Psinakis worked as a fashion model. After modeling, Psinakis went on to work as a writer for a Greek television series. His next career move was as manager for the Greek singer Sakis Rouvas. After his 16-year working relationship with Rouvas ended in 2004, Psinakis decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha TV
Alpha TV is a Greek free-to-air channel, being one of the biggest stations in Greece. The station features a mix of Greek and foreign shows with an emphasis on information. The studios are located in Kifissia and Pallini. Alpha TV is owned by Alpha Satellite Television S.A. In Cyprus, private broadcaster Sigma TV used to broadcast a number of Alpha's programs. In the past, public service broadcaster CyBC used to broadcast Alpha TV programs. In 2015, Alpha TV Cyprus was founded and it broadcast the Alpha TV Programs and others of its own. Alpha Cyprus now is one of the highest-rated Cypriot channels. History *1993: Skai TV was launched to compete with Mega and ANT1 similar to ERT Channels. It began broadcasting with a heavy emphasis on news and sports. At the time, its sister station was the #1 ranked radio station in Athens, Skai 100.4. *1994: Skai TV began to exchange family/children's programmes from Star Channel with Alpha's children's programming. *1999: Skai TV sold, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), the contest was held at the Palace of Sports, and consisted of a semi-final on 19 May, and a final on 21 May 2005. The two live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty-six, that took part the year before. Bulgaria and Moldova made their first participation this year, while Hungary returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part in . The winner was with the song "My Number One", performed by Helena Paparizou and written by Manos Psaltakis, Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou. This was Greece's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Mega Channel
MEGA Channel, also known as MEGA TV or just MEGA, is a television network in Greece, that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It is the first and the oldest private television network in Greece. History Mega Channel (1989–2018) Mega is the first private television station to launch in Greece on 20 November 1989 and was the trade name of Teletypos S.A. (Τηλέτυπος A.E.) The channel regularly achieved the top ratings spot in Greece through its varied programming including comedies, dramas, news, current affairs and entertainment shows. Examples include the popular Greek comedies '' Sto Para Pente'', ''Savatogenimmenes'' and ''Maria, i Aschimi''. The channel was also granted the rights to Victoria Hislop's novel The Island. This became a 26 episode drama series called To Nisi. The show was the most expensive show in Greek television history with a budget of €4 million. Financial problems and subsequent closure Since 2012, the parent company had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant1 Channel
Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece. The alternate spelling is wordplay in Greek language, Greek; ''ena'' (ένα) is the Greek number ''1'' (one), thus ''ANT1'' is pronounced the same as ''Antenna'' (Αντέννα). It launched on 31 December 1989, and is owned by Antenna Group. ANT1 had been a popular network in Greece for years with its line up of soap series including dramas ''Lampsi'' and ''Kalimera Zoi''. History The first broadcast was on 31 December 1989. Antenna also runs ''Easy 97.2'' and ''Rythmos 94.9'' (a local pop-music radio station in Athens), as well as international networks ANT1 Satellite (from America), ANT1 Pacific (from Australia) and ANT1 Europe (from Europe and outside the Balkans) which broadcast the best of ANT1 programming to audiences abroad. It also owns a stake in Makedonia TV, a TV station with national coverage in Greece, and ''Easy 97.5'' based in Thessaloniki. Programs that were once shown on ANT1 include ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
