Sakis Rouvas forum

Sakis was born the 5 january 1972 in Kerkira, on Corfu island (Greece) in a little town called Horepiskopoi, music and singing has been an integral part of Sakis Rouvas' life since his early childhood.

Gymanstics was his other passion that earned him several national awards.

He has also excelled in pole vaulting and his exceptional talent secured him a place in the Greek National Team.

Professional Achievements :

* Sakis Rouvas has been the most-loved Greek male pop star for the last fourteen years.

* He has released some 11 albums.

* He is a pop icon with hundreds of thousands of funs across Greece and worldwide.

* He has repeatedly won numerous music awards, including Best Male Artist, Best Song, Best Stage Performance, Best Album, as well as many others.

* Sakis Rouvas enjoys a pretty staunch and devoted fun club across Greece.

* 2005 : Sakis receives the award for “CD Single with the Highest Sales/2004” for “Shake It”, demonstrating just how popular the Eurovision success was. Sakis presents his new album titled “S’Eho Erotefthei” (“I’m in Love With You”). Five months later, the album goes platinum. One live performance is recorded and videotaped, providing material for the first live CD-DVD of Sakis’ fifteen year career entitled “Live Ballads”. On 28/03, at the 5th Arion Awards, Sakis performs his new song “Horis Kardia” (“Without a Heart”), which is included on “Live Ballads”. The same evening, he wins two awards; one for “Pop Album” and one for “Pop Singer” for the album “S’Eho Erotefthei”. The same month, Sakis renews his enormously successful collaboration with Vodafone, and Village Roadshow announces that he will star in it’s new film.

*2006 : Eurovision gives Sakis the opportunity to develop yet another talent by presenting it. In June, Sakis also finished dubbing for the new Disney movie called “Cars” that premiers in September. The summer is expected to be hot as filming starts for the movie “Alter Ego”, which stars Sakis.

Some of his most distinctive collaborations are listed below:

* 1996 : He acted as a voiceover artist, lending his voice to Quasimodo for the Greek version of Walt Disney's animation "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."

* 1997 : He staged a joint concert with Turkish pop star Burat Kud in the UN-controlled "green line" in Cyprus and was awarded the international Abdi Ipekci Prize at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Athens.
* 2000 : Accomplished songwriter and music producer Desmond Child was co-producer of Rouvas's album Ola Kala. Many songs from this album were also released in France.

* 2001 : Sakis performed a concert at the L'Olympia theatre in Paris. Famous Italian fashion designer Valentino, who designed Sakis' outfits, was guest of honour.

* 2004 : Sakis sang for Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest and won third place. His amazing stage performance earned the show 97% in the ratings.

The Mass Media love his charismatic personality, while his talent and successes have captured the interest of several multinational record companies, which saw in him the right person to promote their products.

Some of his most famous collaborations are the following:

* 1999-2003: Sakis landed the leading part in the Pepsi ad campaign in Greece, just like Madonna and Ricky Martin did in the corresponding overseas campaign.

* 2003-2005: Sakis featured in the Vodafone campaign in Greece, like Michael Schumacher and David Beckham in the corresponding overseas campaign.

* 2004: Sakis took part in the campaign for the female perfume BU8. Along with Christina Aguilera, they were the only artists who participated in the ad that was released in 14 countries. Famous for the Martini TV ads, Moshe Brakha directed the ad.

Arion :

5th Awards Ceremony Pop Singer (CD “S’Eho Erotefthei”)

Pop Album (CD “S’Eho Erotefthei”)

4th Awards Ceremony Highest CD Single Sales (CD Single “Shake It”)

3rd Awards Ceremony Pop Singer (CD “To Chrono Stamatao”)

1st Awards Ceremony Pop Singer (CD “Disco Girl”)

Mad Video Music Awards :

2006, Best Video by a Male Artist (“Na m’Agapas”)

Best Dressed Artist in a Video (“Mila Tis”)

2004, Sexiest Artist in the Video (“Pes Tis”)

2007, Best dance video clip ("Ola giro sou girizoun")