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