Dafni Bokota ( el, Δάφνη Μπόκοτα; born 1960) is a Greek singer, presenter and former spokesperson for the Greek national broadcaster

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(ERT).

Biography

Dafni Bokota was born in

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in 1960. She studied

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and

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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

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in 1983 with her song "Juliet". Bokota is best known for presenting for ERT the

Jeux Sans Frontières ''Jeux sans frontières'' (; "Games Without Borders" in French) is a Europe-wide television game show, based on the French programme ''Intervilles'' which was first broadcast in 1962. In was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the ...

and the

, the latter for eighteen years from 1987 until 2004. In 2005, she was fired and replaced by Swedish born reporter

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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 in the

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, while in 2003-04 she was a judge in the Greek reality TV show ''

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''.

References

1960 births Singers from Athens Living people Greek women writers Thessaloniki Song Festival entrants Mass media people from Athens {{Greece-writer-stub