Tatiana Stefanidou ( el, Τατιάνα Στεφανίδου; born April 18, 1970 in

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 ...

) is a

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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 The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ( el, Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση AE, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi SA) or ERT () is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece. History Overview ERT b ...

. Later, she co-hosted

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's morning show ''Kalimera Ellada'' with Yorgos Papadakis and was a

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on the same TV station for a period. She has worked for

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, Tempo TV,

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and

, presenting

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s, like

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's ''Yialinos Tihos'' (2001), ''Fyllo ke Ftero'' (2002) and ''Me to Ganti'' (2003), and

's ''Apoklistika'' (2004) and ''Apokalypsi Tora'' (2005). All these shows, have had mediocre ratings due to their overly scandalous topics. Perhaps the most notorious topic was digging the garbage of celebrities and then commenting on the cost of the products which were found in it. From September 2006 to June 2010, Stefanidou hosted the

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''Axizi Na to Dis'', which aired on

. She has also hosted ANT1's

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and Big Brother reality shows and has, twice, been the presenter of ANT1's

Star Hellas Star Hellas ( el, Σταρ Ελλάς, Μις Ελλάς, Μις Γιάνγκ) is a national beauty pageant in Greece. The Star Hellas, Miss Hellas, Miss Young title is a trademark for Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E. George Prevelakis, ...

beauty pageants in 2005 and 2006, something which provoked doubts as to whether she is a journalist or TV host. In July 2010, it was announced that Stefanidou had signed with Star Channel to present a daily show. The shows were 3 and called "Mila", "Mia" and Axizi na to Zeis". In 2015 until 2018, she presented on

Epsilon TV Epsilon TV or ETV, in el, Έψιλον Τηλεόραση (alternative romanization: Epsilon Tileorasi), is one of the three legal terrestrial TV channels of the region of Central Greece and Euboea Island, based in the city of Livadeia. Histor ...

a daily show called "Tatiana Live". From Fall 2018 until today, she presents on

Skai TV Skai TV (Greek: ΣΚΑΪ) is a Greek free-to-air television network based in Piraeus. It is part of the Skai Group, one of the largest media groups in the country. It was relaunched in its present form on 1 April 2006 in the Athens metropolita ...

the show "Mazi sou". The show was aired daily in 2018-19 season and it was changed to weekends in 2019-20.

Trivia

*Stefanidou is the daughter of the retired basketballer

Mimis Stefanidis Dimitrios "Mimis" Stefanidis ( el, Δημήτριος "Μίμης" Στεφανίδης, born 28 October 1931) is a former international professional basketball player and basketball coach, from Greece. He was born in Athens. Professional career S ...

, former of

Panellinios BC Panellinios B.C. ( el, Πανελλήνιος K.A.E., link=no) or Panellinios Basket, is a professional basketball club that is located in Athens, Greece. The club was founded in 1929. The name Panellinios can be translated as Pan-Hellenic in ...

, Olimpia (Stefanel) Milan and the

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during the 1950s. *For many years

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has been claimed to be her main interest.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Fan Club
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