Fame Story is a Greek reality television 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 song "Fame", originally performed by Irene Cara in the 1980 film of the same name. However ANT1 later commissioned songwriter Phoebus to write the original song titled "You Can Be a Star", and the Cara song was used in television 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. The judges were Anna Vissi, Nikos Mouratides, Petros Kostopoulos and Natalia Germanou, and the host was Menios Fourthiotis. This was the least commercially successful season and a critical failure, receiving negative reviews and an audience share of just 1%.
TV presenter and producer Nikos Koklonis announced that the show would come back in September 2023 on Star and CyBC. 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 at the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Placed under review after Greek national broadcaster ERT raised objections to Star having the right to air the event in Greece, 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. The show was then moved from CyBC to Omega TV, similarly to other Star programs broadcast in Cyprus. It began airing on 30 September 2023. The four new judges are Antonis Remos, Eleni Foureira, Giorgos Arsenakos and Light.
Series overview As Fame Story SeasonFirst airedLast airedNetworkTop 3WinnerRunner-up Third place 1 30 September 2002 31 December 2002 ANT1 Notis Christodoulou Gregoris Petrakos Thanos Petrelis 2 14 March 2004 28 June 2004 Kalomoira Rallia Christidou Kostas Karafotis 3 10 October 2004nkv.antenna.gr/news/Society/article/93024/xana-mazi-mas-to-fame-story 3 April 2005 Pericles Stergianoudes Giorgos Lianos Andreas Kostantinidis 4 19 February 2006 28 June 2006 Leonidas Balafas Vasiliki Kapakou Mikaella Hatziefrem 5 30 September 2023 22 December 2023 StarOmega Anna Poltzoglou Aristea Alexandraki Titos Lachanas
As Star Academy SeasonFirst airedLast airedNetworkTop 3WinnerRunner-up Third place 1 17 March 2017 15 July 2017 E Channel Xristina Xirokosta Elena Koroneou Stylianos Xanthos
Cast
Hosts
Color key: – Hosts – Hosts (Replacement)
Host Season 1 2 3 4 5 Natalia Germanou Andreas Mikroutsikos Tatiana Stefanidou Sophia Aliberti Nikos Koklonis
Judges
Color key: – Judges – Judges (Replacement)
Judge Season 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
Contestants
Series 1
Contestant Elimination Place 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 Live Concert 12 7 Dimitris Liolios Live Concert 11 8 Aspa Tsina 9 (quit) Diana Tsekou 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
Since Live Concert 7 Since Live Concert 8
Series 2
Contestant Elimination Place Kalomoira Live Concert Final 1 Rallia Christidou 2 Kostas Karafotis 3 Giorgos Christou 4 Konstantinos Thalassohoris 5 Athena Velisari 6 Maro Litra Live Concert 15 7 Nikos Michas Live Concert 14 8 Natasa Zenetzi Live Concert 13 9 Ioanna Koutalidou Live Concert 12 10 Sabina Lois Live Concert 11 11 Giannis Lampropoulos Live Concert 10 12 Apostolia Gouti Live Concert 9 13 (quit) Fragiskos Chios 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
Since Live Concert 6 Since Live Concert 7
Series 3
Contestant Elimination Place Pericles Stergianoudes Live Concert Final 1 Giorgos Lianos 2 Andreas Kostantinidis 3 Vaggelis Proimos 4 Chrisanthi Michalopoulou 5 Anastasia Zanni Live Concert 23 6 Nancy Alexiadi Live Concert 22 7 Agamemnon Porfirogennitos Live Concert 21 8 Afroditi Vlasserou Live Concert 20 9 Domna Koundouri 10 (quit) Elena Palaga Live Concert 19 11 Margarita Mpezaiti Live Concert 18 12 Katerina Mpourneli Live Concert 17 13 Panagiotis Psaltis Live Concert 16 14 Giorgos Pandis Live Concert 15 15 Zoi Georgiou Live Concert 14 16 Antigoni Eustratoglou Live Concert 13 17 Giannis Nikolaou Live Concert 12 18 Petros Pilarinos Live Concert 11 19 Annet Artani 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
Since Live Concert 6 Since Live Concert 13 Since Live Concert 17
Series 4
Contestant Elimination Place 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 HatzidouLive Concert 1 22
Series 5 16 contestants were selected for the fifth season, with one elimination in each weekly show.
Contestant Elimination Place Anna Poltzoglou Final Live Concert 131 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 Megan Alcantara Live Concert 9 11 Mairi Tsavalia Live Concert 8 12 Marios Matianos 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
Since Live Concert 5
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