Fame Story


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. 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''

As ''Star Academy''

Cast

Hosts

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Judges

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Contestants

Series 1

ContestantEliminationPlace
Notis ChristodoulouLive Concert Final1
Gregoris PetrakosLive Concert Final2
Thanos PetrelisLive Concert Final3
Eleana PapaioannouLive Concert Final4
Foteini TsitsigkouLive Concert Final5
Sokratis TsiourvasLive Concert 136
Lilian Madianou Live Concert 127
Dimitris Liolios Live Concert 118
Aspa TsinaLive Concert 119
Diana Tsekou Live Concert 1010
Ioanna KolokotroniLive Concert 911
Nino XypolitasLive Concert 812
Haris PapadopoulosLive Concert 713
Lina MavromatiLive Concert 614
Maria ChristodoulouLive Concert 515
Ioanna KatrakouLive Concert 416
Athena AlatsariLive Concert 317
Tasos FotiadisLive Concert 318
Athina PetridouLive Concert 219

  1. Since Live Concert 7
  2. Since Live Concert 8

    Series 2

ContestantEliminationPlace
KalomoiraLive Concert Final1
Rallia ChristidouLive Concert Final2
Kostas KarafotisLive Concert Final3
Giorgos ChristouLive Concert Final4
Konstantinos ThalassohorisLive Concert Final5
Athena Velisari Live Concert Final6
Maro LitraLive Concert 157
Nikos MichasLive Concert 148
Natasa Zenetzi Live Concert 139
Ioanna KoutalidouLive Concert 1210
Sabina LoisLive Concert 1111
Giannis Lampropoulos Live Concert 1012
Apostolia GoutiLive Concert 913
Fragiskos Chios Live Concert 814
Kostas KountosLive Concert 715
Eua MoscholiouLive Concert 616
Klara MiroforidouLive Concert 517
Vaggelis TsarouchasLive Concert 418
Kostas MoltsidisLive Concert 319
Sofia GkolemiLive Concert 220
Giorgos AntonogiannakisLive Concert 121 - 24
Christos TouventsidisLive Concert 121 - 24
Michalis AraitzoglouLive Concert 121 - 24
Alexandra BerberiLive Concert 121 - 24

  1. Since Live Concert 6
  2. Since Live Concert 7

    Series 3

ContestantEliminationPlace
Pericles Stergianoudes Live Concert Final1
Giorgos LianosLive Concert Final2
Andreas KostantinidisLive Concert Final3
Vaggelis ProimosLive Concert Final4
Chrisanthi MichalopoulouLive Concert Final5
Anastasia Zanni Live Concert 236
Nancy AlexiadiLive Concert 227
Agamemnon Porfirogennitos Live Concert 218
Afroditi Vlasserou Live Concert 209
Domna Koundouri Live Concert 2010
Elena Palaga Live Concert 1911
Margarita Mpezaiti Live Concert 1812
Katerina MpourneliLive Concert 1713
Panagiotis Psaltis Live Concert 1614
Giorgos Pandis Live Concert 1515
Zoi GeorgiouLive Concert 1416
Antigoni EustratoglouLive Concert 1317
Giannis NikolaouLive Concert 1218
Petros Pilarinos Live Concert 1119
Annet Artani Live Concert 1120
Alexandra KousiLive Concert 1021
Konstantinos ArgyrosLive 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 TzoulakiLive Concert 130 - 31

  1. Since Live Concert 6
  2. Since Live Concert 13
  3. Since Live Concert 17

    Series 4

ContestantEliminationPlace
Leonidas BalafasLive Concert Final1
Vasiliki KapakouLive Concert Final2
Mikaella HatziefremLive Concert Final3
Christina KoletsaLive Concert Final4
Stathis RaftopoulosLive Concert Final5
Maria IakovouLive Concert Final6
Marianna GerasimidouLive Concert Final7
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 AlexandrakiFinal Live Concert 132
Titos LachanasFinal Live Concert 133
Feidias IrodotouFinal Live Concert 134
Sotiris GiazitzioglouLive Concert 125 - 6
Giannis StefanidisLive Concert 125 - 6
Dimitris KleidasLive Concert 117 - 8
Dani and ViktorLive Concert 117 - 8
Andrew PunchLive Concert 109 - 10
Eleana Athanasiou Rielle Live Concert 109 - 10
Megan AlcantaraLive Concert 911
Mairi TsavaliaLive Concert 812
Marios Matianos 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 KaraiskakisLive Concert 119 - 20

  1. Since Live Concert 5