Mega Channel

Mega Channel

Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...

 in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 has picked up the rights to the So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)

So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...

franchise. It airs its own version of the show which first aired in early 2007 following auditions held in Athens

Athens

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, New York City

New York City

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, Melbourne, Munich, and Cyprus

Cyprus

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 in late 2006. The auditions in the countries outside of Greece were aimed at Greeks living abroad, and could expand if there is a demand in places not currently on the list for auditions. The grand prize of the show is 100,000 euro

Euro

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s and a 3-year scholarship to a dance school in London

London

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, England

England

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.

The winner of season one was Loukas Kosmidis (Λουκάς Κοσμίδης).

Top 4: Jean Pierre Falone Stasinopoulos, Fanie Michailidou, Panagiota Kariotis

Season 1

Women:

Dimitra Zerbou (Δήμητρα Ζερβού)

Elpiniki Ioannou (Ελπινίκη Ιωάννου)

Smaragda Kalimoukou (Σμαράγδα Καλημούκου)

Panagiota Kariotis (Παναγιώτα Καριώτη)

Loukia Laimou (Λουκία Λαιμού)

Fanie Michailidou (Φανή Μιχαηλίδου)

Liza Spachi (Λίζα Σπάχη)

Kiki Fotiadi (Κική Φωτιάδη)

Maria Fotiadi (Μαρία Φωτιάδη)

Vana Christaki (Βάνα Χριστάκη)

Men:

Petros Zlatkos (Πέτρος Ζλάτκος)

Loukas Kosmidis (Λουκάς Κοσμίδης)

Pavlos Manogiannakis (Παύλος Μανογιαννάκης)

Tsiago Souarez Da Silva (Τσιάγκο Σουάρεζ Ντα Σίλβα)

Vaggelis Polyzois (Βαγγέλης Πολυζώης)

Jean Pierre Falone Stasinopoulos (Ζαν Πιερ Φαλόνε Στασινόπουλος)

Kostas Torlidakis (Κώστας Τορλιδάκης)

Mitch Fistrovic (Μιτς Φιστρόβιτς)

Petros Fourniotis (Πέτρος Φουρνιώτης)

Elias Chatzigeorgiou (Ηλίας Χατζηγεωργίου)

Contributors:

Hostess: Vicky Kaya

Vicky Kaya

Vicky Kaya born July 4, 1978, is a Greek model, television presenter and occasional actress who has appeared on the covers of numerous international fashion magazines such as Vogue, Esquire, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire, and Elle.She is currently hosting the Greek equivalent of America's Next Top...

 (Βίκυ Καγιά)

Judge 1: Michalis Nalbantis (Μιχάλης Ναλμπάντης)

Judge 2: Evelina Papoulia

Evelina Papoulia

Evelina Papoulia , born in Athens, Greece, on 25 March 1971, is a Greek actress/dancer.-Career:In 1989 she moved to New York to study dance at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute...

 (Εβελίνα Παπούλια)

Judge 3: Panos Metaxopoulos (Πάνος Μεταξόπουλος)

Choreographer: Maria Anthimidou (Μαρία Ανθυμίδου) Modern Dance

Choreographer: Jeison Roditis - Tonia Kosovitch (Τζέισον Ροδίτης - Τόνια Κόσοβιτς) Ballroom - Latin

Choreographer: Rea Chantzi (Ρέα Χατζή) Hip hop

Choreographer: Natalie Fotopoulos Jazz Funk - Μusical Theatre

External links

• So You Think You Can Dance official website^{[dead link]}
• A playlist of some So You Think You Can Dance videos
• So you think you can dance - Top 20
• So you think you can dance - 2008 Episodes