''Great Greeks'' ( el, Μεγάλοι Έλληνες, ''Megali Ellines'') is a

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, produced and broadcast by the Greek television network

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, based on the

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's equivalent show ''

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''. The show features lists and biographies of influential persons, who came to prominence in their fields throughout the history of Greece, in order to be determined through a voting procedure who is considered the greatest

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of all time by the audience of Greece.

Format

The whole format of the show is made up of three parts. The first part consisted of a voting procedure, which began on 16 April 2008 and lasted until 7 May 2008, in order to choose the 100 predominant personalities. The second part launched with a couple of two-hour-long episodes, which presented the top 100 and revealed the 10 nominees. A new voting began on 23 February 2009, with the audience assuming to vote for the greatest among the final 10 persons, while a series of ten episodes contains extensive biographies of the 10 nominees. Each episode features a celebrity supporting a nominee. The third part, the Great Final, took place on 18 May 2009, hosted by

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. It was a live debate between the ten celebrity supporters of the previous episodes and twenty-five advocates, until the end of the voting and the announcement of the Greatest Greek.

Ten greatest Greeks

The final ranking of the ten greatest Greeks. Other honourable mentions: Yiannis Kelidis

100 Great Greeks

By vote

Alphabetical

By era

Ancient Greece (27) Byzantine Era (6) *

Basil II Basil II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος ;) and, most often, the Purple-born ( gr, ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, translit=ho porphyrogennetos).. 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar S ...

(the Bulgar-Slayer) *

Constantine I Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, ''Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos''; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last List of Byzantine em ...

Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...

* Plethon, Georgius Gemistos * Theotokópoulos, Doménicos (El Greco) Modern Era (67)

By discipline

Leaders (37) Artists (32) Intellectuals (22) Religion (4) * Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens *

Cosmas of Aetolia Kosmas the Aetolian, sometimes Cosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Kosmas" ( el, Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλός, ''Kosmas Etolos''; born between 1700 and 1714 – died 1779), was a monk in the Greek Orthodox Church. He is recognized as ...

* Margioris, Nikolaos A. *

Sports (3) * Galis, Nick * Dimas, Pyrros * Zagorakis, Theodoros Business (1) * Onassis, Aristotle Other (1) * Unknown Soldier

External links

* Skai.gr
"Μεγάλοι Έλληνες"

BBC Press release on the original British version of the format
* Kathimerini (English Edition)
The 100 greatest Greeks of all time
16 May 2008. {{Countries' greatest people TV series

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