Fame Story | |
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Genre | Talent show Reality |
Based on | Star Academy by Endemol |
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Country of origin | Greece |
Original language | Greek |
No. of seasons | 6 (1 upcoming) |
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Production location | Attica |
Production company | Endemol |
Original release | |
Network | ANT1 |
Release | 30 September 2002 – 28 June 2006 |
Network | Star Omega |
Release | 30 September 2023 – December 2023 |
Network | Epsilon tv (now known as) Open TV |
Release | 17 March – 15 July 2017 |
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Star Academy (Greece) |
Fame Story is a Greek reality TV show that was a licensed version of Endemol's Star Academy originally broadcast on the ANT1 network. It has been one of the most successful Greek television shows and 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 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.
The show is one of few Star Academy franchises, along with the UK's Fame Academy , to feature the iconic song "Fame" originally performed by Irene Cara in the 1980 film of the same name. However ANT1 later commissioned popular songwriter Phoebus to write the original song titled "You can be a star", and the famous Cara song was used in TV spots and montages instead.
ANT1 premiered The X Factor in its Fall 2008 lineup, thus switching to competitor FremantleMedia's The X Factor franchise.
Ιn March 17, 2017, a spin-off show titled Star Academy premiered on E Channel. [1] The judges were Anna Vissi, Nikos Mouratides, Petros Kostopoulos and Natalia Germanou, and the host was Menios Fourthiotis. [2] This was the least commercially successful season and a critical failure, receiving negative reviews and an audience share of just 1%. [3] [4] [5]
TV presenter and producer Nikos Koklonis announced that the show would come back in September 2023 on Star and CyBC. [6] The winner of the fifth season will earn a €50,000 prize, will be signed to the label Panik Records, and was originally intended to be chosen to represent Cyprus at the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. [7] Placed under review after Greek national broadcaster ERT raised objections to Star having the right to air the event in Greece, [8] the EBU reportedly expanded the official rules regarding the organization and production of national selections, effectively barring the use of the format as a national final. This was ultimately confirmed by Star. [9] The show was then moved from CyBC to Omega TV, as for other Star programs broadcast in Cyprus. [10] It began airing on 30 September 2023. The four new judges are Antonis Remos, Eleni Foureira, Giorgos Arsenakos and Light. [11]
Season | First aired | Last aired | Network | Top 3 [12] | ||
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Winner | Runner-up | Third place | ||||
1 | 30 September 2002 [13] | 31 December 2002 [14] | ANT1 | Notis Christodoulou | Gregoris Petrakos | Thanos Petrelis |
2 | 14 March 2004 [15] | 28 June 2004 [16] | Kalomoira | Rallia Christidou | Kostas Karafotis | |
3 | 10 October 2004 [17] | 3 April 2005 [18] | Pericles Stergianoudes | Giorgos Lianos | Andreas Kostantinidis | |
4 | 19 February 2006 [19] | 28 June 2006 [20] | Leonidas Balafas | Vasiliki Kapakou | Mikaella Hatziefrem | |
5 | 30 September 2023 | 22 December 2023 | Star Omega | Anna Poltzoglou | Aristea Alexandraki | Titos Lachanas |
Season | First aired | Last aired | Network | Top 3 [21] | ||
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Winner | Runner-up | Third place | ||||
1 | 17 March 2017 [22] | 15 July 2017 [23] | E Channel | Xristina Xirokosta | Elena Koroneou | Stylianos Xanthos |
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Host | Season [13] [24] [25] [26] | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Natalia Germanou | ||||||
Andreas Mikroutsikos | ||||||
Tatiana Stefanidou | ||||||
Sophia Aliberti | ||||||
Nikos Koklonis |
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Judge | Season [13] [24] [25] [26] | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
George Levendis | |||||
Evi Droutsa | |||||
Katerina Kouka | |||||
Antonis Vardis | |||||
Nikos Mouratides | |||||
Christos Dantis | |||||
Dafni Bokota | |||||
Stelios Rokkos | |||||
Elias Benetos | |||||
Natalia Germanou | |||||
Takis Kouvatseas | |||||
Iasonas Triantafillides | |||||
Sophie Papa | |||||
Kaiti Garbi | |||||
Giorgos Moukides | |||||
Panos Metaxopoulos | |||||
Antonis Remos | |||||
Eleni Foureira | |||||
Giorgos Arsenakos | |||||
Light | |||||
Contestant | Elimination | Place |
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Notis Christodoulou | Live Concert Final | 1 |
Gregoris Petrakos | 2 | |
Thanos Petrelis | 3 | |
Eleana Papaioannou | 4 | |
Foteini Tsitsigkou | 5 | |
Sokratis Tsiourvas | Live Concert 13 | 6 |
Lilian Madianou 2 | Live Concert 12 | 7 |
Dimitris Liolios 2 | Live Concert 11 | 8 |
Aspa Tsina | 9 (quit) | |
Diana Tsekou 1 | Live Concert 10 | 10 |
Ioanna Kolokotroni | Live Concert 9 | 11 |
Nino Xypolitas | Live Concert 8 | 12 |
Haris Papadopoulos | Live Concert 7 | 13 |
Lina Mavromati | Live Concert 6 | 14 |
Maria Christodoulou | Live Concert 5 | 15 |
Ioanna Katrakou | Live Concert 4 | 16 |
Athena Alatsari | Live Concert 3 | 17 |
Tasos Fotiadis | 18 (quit) | |
Athina Petridou | Live Concert 2 | 19 |
Contestant | Elimination | Place |
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Kalomoira | Live Concert Final | 1 |
Rallia Christidou | 2 | |
Kostas Karafotis | 3 | |
Giorgos Christou | 4 | |
Konstantinos Thalassohoris | 5 | |
Athena Velisari 2# | 6 | |
Maro Litra | Live Concert 15 | 7 |
Nikos Michas | Live Concert 14 | 8 |
Natasa Zenetzi 2# | Live Concert 13 | 9 |
Ioanna Koutalidou | Live Concert 12 | 10 |
Sabina Lois | Live Concert 11 | 11 |
Giannis Lampropoulos 1# | Live Concert 10 | 12 |
Apostolia Gouti | Live Concert 9 | 13 (quit) |
Fragiskos Chios 1# | Live Concert 8 | 14 |
Kostas Kountos | Live Concert 7 | 15 |
Eua Moscholiou | Live Concert 6 | 16 (quit) |
Klara Miroforidou | Live Concert 5 | 17 |
Vaggelis Tsarouchas | Live Concert 4 | 18 |
Kostas Moltsidis | Live Concert 3 | 19 |
Sofia Gkolemi | Live Concert 2 | 20 |
Giorgos Antonogiannakis | Live Concert 1 | 21 - 24 |
Christos Touventsidis | ||
Michalis Araitzoglou | ||
Alexandra Berberi |
Contestant | Elimination | Place |
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Pericles Stergianoudes 1* | Live Concert Final | 1 |
Giorgos Lianos | 2 | |
Andreas Kostantinidis | 3 | |
Vaggelis Proimos | 4 | |
Chrisanthi Michalopoulou | 5 | |
Anastasia Zanni 2* | Live Concert 23 | 6 |
Nancy Alexiadi | Live Concert 22 | 7 |
Agamemnon Porfirogennitos 3* | Live Concert 21 | 8 |
Afroditi Vlasserou 3* | Live Concert 20 | 9 |
Domna Koundouri 1* | 10 (quit) | |
Elena Palaga 3* | Live Concert 19 | 11 |
Margarita Mpezaiti 2* | Live Concert 18 | 12 |
Katerina Mpourneli | Live Concert 17 | 13 |
Panagiotis Psaltis 2* | Live Concert 16 | 14 |
Giorgos Pandis 2* | Live Concert 15 | 15 |
Zoi Georgiou | Live Concert 14 | 16 |
Antigoni Eustratoglou | Live Concert 13 | 17 |
Giannis Nikolaou | Live Concert 12 | 18 |
Petros Pilarinos 1* | Live Concert 11 | 19 |
Annet Artani 1* | 20 (quit) | |
Alexandra Kousi | Live Concert 10 | 21 |
Konstantinos Argyros | Live Concert 9 | 22 |
Silvia Delikoura | Live Concert 8 | 23 |
Stavros Makridis | Live Concert 7 | 24 |
Michalis Deredinis | Live Concert 6 | 25 |
Giannis Vardas | Live Concert 5 | 26 |
Despina Stivaktaki | Live Concert 4 | 27 |
Tzeni Apostolidou | Live Concert 3 | 28 |
TBA | Live Concert 2 | 29 |
Sakis | Live Concert 1 | 30 - 31 |
Nancy Tzoulaki |
Contestant | Elimination | Place |
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Leonidas Balafas | Live Concert Final | 1 |
Vasiliki Kapakou | 2 | |
Mikaella Hatziefrem | 3 | |
Christina Koletsa | 4 | |
Stathis Raftopoulos | 5 | |
Maria Iakovou | 6 | |
Marianna Gerasimidou | 7 | |
Marios Sideromenos | 8 | |
Onur Turan | 9 | |
Fide Koksal | 10 | |
Vasilis Lampropoulos | 11 | |
Elena | 12 | |
Odusseas Rouskas | 13 | |
Lazaros Kapsimalis | 14 | |
Tasos Mikroulis | 15 | |
Dionisis Xiotis | 16 | |
Giannis Apostolidis | 17 | |
Eirini Daniil | 18 | |
Elsa Pazi | 19 | |
Sofia Kilia | 20 | |
Giorgos Lexis | 21 | |
Eleni Hatzidou | 22 |
16 contestants were selected for the fifth season, with one elimination in each weekly show.
Contestant | Elimination | Place |
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Anna Poltzoglou | Final Live Concert 13 | 1 |
Aristea Alexandraki | 2 | |
Titos Lachanas | 3 | |
Feidias Irodotou | 4 | |
Sotiris Giazitzioglou | Live Concert 12 | 5 - 6 |
Giannis Stefanidis | ||
Dimitris Kleidas | Live Concert 11 | 7 - 8 |
Dani and Viktor | ||
Andrew Punch | Live Concert 10 | 9 - 10 |
Eleana Athanasiou Rielle 1' | ||
Megan Alcantara | Live Concert 9 | 11 |
Mairi Tsavalia | Live Concert 8 | 12 |
Marios Matianos 1' | Live Concert 7 | 13 |
Stratos Tzortzis | Live Concert 6 | 14 |
Nicky Glossom | Live Concert 5 | 15 |
Christina Zioga | Live Concert 4 | 16 |
Dimitris Sofis | Live Concert 3 | 17 |
Savvina Vouldouki | Live Concert 2 | 18 |
Dimitra Preka | Live Concert 1 | 19 - 20 |
Emmanouil Leandros Karaiskakis |
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