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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-01-05

Place of Birth

Mantouki, Corfu, Greece

Sakis Rouvas

Biography

Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas (Greek: Αναστάσιος "Σάκης" Ρουβάς, pronounced [ˈsacis ruˈvas]; born 5 January 1972), also known mononymously as Sakis, is a Greek singer, actor, businessman and former pole vaulter. He is noted for avoiding domestic music, attaining success for a non-laïko or -éntekhno artist, and for breaking cultural, social, artistic, and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus. Born in Corfu, he won medals on the national athletics team during the 1980s. Rouvas began a musical career in 1991. During the early 1990s, Rouvas signed with PolyGram Records and won the Thessaloniki Song Festival. Despite five commercially successful albums, his personal life (including his military service and 1997 Greek-Turkish peace concert, which damaged his public image) has been publicized. Rouvas signed with Minos EMI in 1997, returning to the charts with Kati Apo Mena (1998) and 21os Akatallilos (2000). In 2010s, Rouvas expanded his career to film, television, theatre and fashion. His single "Shake It" is one of the best-selling CD singles of all time in Greece, his songs and videos, such as "1992", "Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas", "Ela Mou", "Min Antistekesai", "Xana", "Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola", "Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou", "Ypirhes Panta", "Antexa", "Se Thelo San Trelos", "+ Se Thelo" and "Sta Kalytera Mou" have topped the popular Greek charts. Since 2003 Rouvas has been in a relationship with model Katia Zygouli, with whom he has four children. He has been involved in several charitable activities throughout his career, using his fame and resources to support various causes. Rouvas has won six Arion Music Awards, 15 Pop Corn Music Awards, 26 MAD Video Music Awards (including an honorary award in 2023), four Status Man of the Year Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award and a World Music Award. Several number-one albums and singles which have been certified gold or higher have made him one of Greece's most popular musical artists. Known for his independence, Rouvas' musical, fashion and performance styles have influenced other artists for over two decades. In 2009 Down Town named him its "Entertainer of the Decade"; in 2010, Forbes listed him as the third-most-influential celebrity in Greece and the country's top-ranked singer.

Known for

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

Fort Boyard

Fort Boyard

A game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.

Star Factory

Star Factory

Fabrika Zvyozd, sometimes known internationally as Star Factory, is a popular Russian television talent show that aired on Channel One from 2002 until 2007. It was the Russian version of the Endemol format Operación Triunfo.

The Voice of Greece

The Voice of Greece

Take a look as budding Greek singers compete against each other in a variety of rounds to attain glory.

Hallo Deutschland

Hallo Deutschland

Sing for Greece: Greece's Eurovision National Selection

Sing for Greece: Greece's Eurovision National Selection

Sing for Greece is the national selection used by Greece to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Καληνύχτα μαμά

Καληνύχτα μαμά

The A-Z of Eurovision

The A-Z of Eurovision

Rylan Clark-Neal narrates a guide to all things Eurovision and takes a sideways look at the greatest singing contest on the planet. The A-Z of Eurovision features all the disasters, the costume changes and memorable musical moments from 65 years of Eurovision.

Με αγάπη Άννα

Με αγάπη Άννα

The show was originally scheduled to be completed in 40 episodes, but in the end only 10 were made, which caused legal disputes years later with the singer-host and the production company.

The Masked Singer Greece

The Masked Singer Greece

Mega Star

Mega Star

Anna Vissi: As long as I have a voice

Anna Vissi: As long as I have a voice

The reality show "As Long as I Have a Voice" began in 2008. The first episodes present snapshots from the recording of Anna Vissi's album "Forbidden". The camera moves to her apartment in New York, where the singer opens the door. Her tour in Australia follows, with footage from rehearsals and moments from the dressing rooms. The well-known journalist, writer and lyricist Myrto Kontova edited 900 hours of material, divided it into stories and supplemented it with filming and interviews of close friends, collaborators, relatives and Anna herself. Her family, mother, daughter Sofia, sister, friends and fans participate in the reality show, while Anna Vissi comments on her experiences, images and thoughts at various stages of her life. Sakis Rouvas participates since filming continued during the appearances of Anna Vissi and Sakis Rouvas at the Athens Arena in the musical performance "Face2Face".

Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)

Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)

The games of the 28th summer olympiad returned to the birthplace of the Olympics - Athens, Greece. The games ran from August 13 to 29th 2004.