Greek Idol

Greek Idol is a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent. Part of the Idol franchise, it is based on the British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller. The first season of the show debuted on March 5, 2010 on Alpha TV. The second season premiered on 19 February 2011. The show is broadcast simultaneously by Sigma TV in Cyprus.

Greek Idol
Created byFremantle Media & Alpha TV
Directed byPeriklis Vas. Asproulias
Presented byRoula Koromila
Anta Livitsanou (Audition Shows) (2010)
JudgesDimitris Kontopoulos (2010)
Maro Theodoraki (2010)
Kostas Kapetanidis
Petros Kostopoulos
Elli Kokkinou (2011)
Country of originGreece
Cyprus
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes36
Production
ProducerConstantin Entertainment
Original release
NetworkAlpha TV
Release5 March 2010 (2010-03-05) 
25 June 2011 (2011-06-25)
Related
Super Idol

The program, which also held auditions in Cyprus, aimed to discover the best singer with the winner determined by the viewers. Through telephone and SMS text voting, viewers chose Valanto Trifonos as the winner of season one.

The series employed a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original three judges were songwriter and record producer Dimitris Kontopoulos, music instructor Maro Theodoraki, and music video director Kostas Kapetanidis, with media proprietor Petros Kostopoulos was added as a fourth judge at the start of the first live show. As of the second season, the judging panel consisted of Kostopoulos, Kapetanidis, and singer Elli Kokkinou. The show was hosted by Roula Koromila.

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