Fame Story

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Fame Story
Fame Story logo.png
Old logo of the show
Genre Talent show
Reality
Based on Star Academy
by Endemol
Presented by
Judges
Country of origin Greece
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons6 (1 upcoming)
Production
Production location Attica
Production company Endemol
Original release
Network ANT1
Release30 September 2002 (2002-09-30) –
28 June 2006 (2006-06-28)
Network Star
Omega
Release30 September 2023 (2023-09-30) –
December 2023 (2023-12)
Network Epsilon tv (now known as) Open TV
Release17 March (2017-03-17) –
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)
Related
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.

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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]

Series overview

As Fame Story

SeasonFirst airedLast airedNetworkTop 3 [12]
WinnerRunner-upThird place
130 September 2002 [13] 31 December 2002 [14] ANT1 Notis ChristodoulouGregoris Petrakos Thanos Petrelis
214 March 2004 [15] 28 June 2004 [16] Kalomoira Rallia Christidou Kostas Karafotis
310 October 2004 [17] 3 April 2005 [18] Pericles StergianoudesGiorgos LianosAndreas Kostantinidis
419 February 2006 [19] 28 June 2006 [20] Leonidas BalafasVasiliki KapakouMikaella Hatziefrem
530 September 202322 December 2023 Star
Omega 		Anna PoltzoglouAristea AlexandrakiTitos Lachanas

As Star Academy

SeasonFirst airedLast airedNetworkTop 3 [21]
WinnerRunner-upThird place
1 17 March 2017 [22] 15 July 2017 [23] E Channel Xristina XirokostaElena KoroneouStylianos Xanthos

Cast

Hosts

Color key:

  – Hosts
  – Hosts (Replacement)
HostSeason [13] [24] [25] [26]
12345
Natalia Germanou
Andreas Mikroutsikos
Tatiana Stefanidou
Sophia Aliberti
Nikos Koklonis

Judges

Color key:

  – Judges
  – Judges (Replacement)
JudgeSeason [13] [24] [25] [26]
12345
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

Contestants

Series 1

ContestantEliminationPlace
Notis ChristodoulouLive Concert Final1
Gregoris Petrakos2
Thanos Petrelis 3
Eleana Papaioannou 4
Foteini Tsitsigkou5
Sokratis TsiourvasLive Concert 136
Lilian Madianou 2 Live Concert 127
Dimitris Liolios 2 Live Concert 118
Aspa Tsina9 (quit)
Diana Tsekou 1 Live Concert 1010
Ioanna KolokotroniLive Concert 911
Nino Xypolitas Live Concert 812
Haris PapadopoulosLive Concert 713
Lina MavromatiLive Concert 614
Maria ChristodoulouLive Concert 515
Ioanna KatrakouLive Concert 416
Athena AlatsariLive Concert 317
Tasos Fotiadis18 (quit)
Athina PetridouLive Concert 219
  1. ^ Since Live Concert 7
  2. ^ Since Live Concert 8

Series 2

ContestantEliminationPlace
Kalomoira Live Concert Final1
Rallia Christidou 2
Kostas Karafotis3
Giorgos Christou4
Konstantinos Thalassohoris5
Athena Velisari 2# 6
Maro Litra Live Concert 157
Nikos Michas Live Concert 148
Natasa Zenetzi 2# Live Concert 139
Ioanna KoutalidouLive Concert 1210
Sabina LoisLive Concert 1111
Giannis Lampropoulos 1# Live Concert 1012
Apostolia GoutiLive Concert 913 (quit)
Fragiskos Chios 1# Live Concert 814
Kostas KountosLive Concert 715
Eua MoscholiouLive Concert 616 (quit)
Klara MiroforidouLive Concert 517
Vaggelis TsarouchasLive Concert 418
Kostas MoltsidisLive Concert 319
Sofia GkolemiLive Concert 220
Giorgos AntonogiannakisLive Concert 121 - 24
Christos Touventsidis
Michalis Araitzoglou
Alexandra Berberi
  1. ^ Since Live Concert 6
  2. ^ Since Live Concert 7

Series 3

ContestantEliminationPlace
Pericles Stergianoudes 1* Live Concert Final1
Giorgos Lianos2
Andreas Kostantinidis3
Vaggelis Proimos4
Chrisanthi Michalopoulou5
Anastasia Zanni 2* Live Concert 236
Nancy Alexiadi Live Concert 227
Agamemnon Porfirogennitos 3* Live Concert 218
Afroditi Vlasserou 3* Live Concert 209
Domna Koundouri 1* 10 (quit)
Elena Palaga 3* Live Concert 1911
Margarita Mpezaiti 2* Live Concert 1812
Katerina MpourneliLive Concert 1713
Panagiotis Psaltis 2* Live Concert 1614
Giorgos Pandis 2* Live Concert 1515
Zoi GeorgiouLive Concert 1416
Antigoni EustratoglouLive Concert 1317
Giannis NikolaouLive Concert 1218
Petros Pilarinos 1* Live Concert 1119
Annet Artani 1* 20 (quit)
Alexandra KousiLive Concert 1021
Konstantinos Argyros Live Concert 922
Silvia DelikouraLive Concert 823
Stavros MakridisLive Concert 724
Michalis DeredinisLive Concert 625
Giannis VardasLive Concert 526
Despina StivaktakiLive Concert 427
Tzeni ApostolidouLive Concert 328
TBALive Concert 229
SakisLive Concert 130 - 31
Nancy Tzoulaki
  1. ^ Since Live Concert 6
  2. ^ Since Live Concert 13
  3. ^ Since Live Concert 17

Series 4

ContestantEliminationPlace
Leonidas BalafasLive Concert Final1
Vasiliki Kapakou2
Mikaella Hatziefrem3
Christina Koletsa4
Stathis Raftopoulos5
Maria Iakovou6
Marianna Gerasimidou7
Marios Sideromenos8
Onur Turan9
Fide Koksal10
Vasilis Lampropoulos11
Elena12
Odusseas Rouskas13
Lazaros Kapsimalis14
Tasos Mikroulis15
Dionisis Xiotis16
Giannis Apostolidis17
Eirini Daniil18
Elsa Pazi19
Sofia Kilia20
Giorgos Lexis21
Eleni Hatzidou22

Series 5

16 contestants were selected for the fifth season, with one elimination in each weekly show.

ContestantEliminationPlace
Anna PoltzoglouFinal Live Concert 131
Aristea Alexandraki2
Titos Lachanas3
Feidias Irodotou4
Sotiris GiazitzioglouLive Concert 125 - 6
Giannis Stefanidis
Dimitris KleidasLive Concert 117 - 8
Dani and Viktor
Andrew PunchLive Concert 109 - 10
Eleana Athanasiou Rielle 1'
Megan AlcantaraLive Concert 911
Mairi TsavaliaLive Concert 812
Marios Matianos 1' Live Concert 713
Stratos TzortzisLive Concert 614
Nicky GlossomLive Concert 515
Christina ZiogaLive Concert 416
Dimitris SofisLive Concert 317
Savvina VouldoukiLive Concert 218
Dimitra PrekaLive Concert 119 - 20
Emmanouil Leandros Karaiskakis
  1. ^ Since Live Concert 5

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