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posted by Jill_17
Early life
Sakis Rouvas was born on January 5, 1972 in the village of Mandoukion, near Corfu City on the Greek island of Corfu, the eldest son of Konstantinos "Kostas" Rouvas, an ambulans driver, and Anna-Maria Panaretou, a worker at the Duty Free kedai at the local airport. He has one brother fully-related sejak blood, Tolis, three years his junior, while he has a total of three brothers overall.[4]

His talents were revealed from a young age; at age four, his athletic abilities began to show. Both his parents had some background in theater, and at age ten, Rouvas starred in his first major theatrical...
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posted by Jill_17
Rouvas speaking at a press conference after the Eurovision 2004 Semi-Final. Also featured are F.Y.R. Macedonia's Toše Proeski and Cyprus' Lisa Andreas.In March 2004, Hellenic Radio and Televisyen chose Rouvas to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.[21] In mid-march, the song entry "Shake It" composed sejak Nikos Terzis premiered on Greek radios. At the end of March, Rouvas performed "Shake It" for the first time live at the third annual Arion Muzik Awards. At the awards, he also won the award for "Best Pop Singer" for the album To Hrono Stamatao.[22] In mid-April, "Shake It"...
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posted by Jill_17
Sakis Rouvas was born in Corfu and it wasn’t long before Muzik and song became a part of his life. His classmates will certainly remember the unforgettable graduation party where Sakis’ rendition of Elvis and The Beatles’ greatest hits made him the undisputed bintang of the show.

Artistic gymnastics was his other passion and he has won exceptional national awards. He also excelled at pole vaulting and, being the exceptional talent that he was, became a member of the Greek National Team.

In 1991, Sakis makes his first professional appearance at the tunjuk Centre in Athens where he is discovered...
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posted by Jill_17
Personal life

Personal activities
Rouvas is fluent in Greek, English, and French, having presented the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in a mixture of all three languages.[48] He has previously recorded songs in all three, while he has also studied Turkish and Russian phonetically for recordings, namely for his 1997 collaboration with Burak Kut in Cyprus and for his Russian duet of his hit "Se Thelo San Trelos" with Philipp Kirkorov called "Kak Sumacheshkij Ya", that became a hit in Russia, being recorded in three different versions.

Rouvas has mentioned that personal fitness and health play an important...
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Sakis Rouvas becomes a messenger for the ELPIDA foundation

In a press conference which took place at noon at the hospice of the ELPIDA foundation for children with cancer, the president of the foundation, Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyanni, announced joyfully that Sakis Rouvas is as of that hari appointed “Messenger of ELPIDA" (the word "elpida" in Greek means "hope").

Mrs Vardinoyanni stated “It is our pleasure and honour that, after a proposition on behalf of Sakis Rouvas himself, he decided to support our work sejak taking up a lebih official and responsible role. This way Sakis associates his action...
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posted by Jill_17
[edit] 2005-2006: S'eho Erotefthi and Iparhi Agapi Edo

Rouvas' 3× platinum album S'eho Erotefthi.On April 5, 2005, Rouvas won the award for "CD Single with the Highest Sales of 2004" for "Shake It" at the fourth Arion Muzik Awards. Rouvas also appeared on stage dancing the tango.[8] The seterusnya day, April 6, Rouvas released his tenth studio album S'eho Erotefthi (I'm in Cinta with you) which went platinum in five months, and settled at 3× platinum.[25] With the help of Vodafone Greece as the main sponsors, release parties for the CD were held in Heraklion, Corfu, Thessaloniki, and Athens all...
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posted by Jill_17
Cast
•Martin Donovan as Richard Barnett, a grieving widower whose wife committed suicide. He is desperately trying to save his relationship with his 11 year-old only daughter, but finds himself under the influence of the brutalities of Abner Solvie.
•Ariel Winter as Sarah Barnett, the 11 year-old daughter of Richard Barnett.
•Billy Wirth as Detective
•Gina Gallego as Rosa
•Chelsea Smith as April
•Sakis Rouvas as Abner Solvie, an attractive and charismatic psychopathic serial killer who forces Richard to get involved in the baru-baru ini killings sejak torture.
•Derege Harding as Police Officer #2
•Cole S. McKay as Locksmith
•George Ketsios as Police Officer #1
•Megan Ashley as Hula Hoop Girl
•Lisa Lupu as Receptionist
•Cristina Dohmen as Amy Barnett
•Jacob Bertrand as Thomas Wilkins
•Christopher Holz as Delivery Man
posted by tatia
Sakis Rouvas was born in Corfu and it wasn’t long before Muzik and song became a part of his life. His classmates will certainly remember the unforgettable graduation party where Sakis’ rendition of Elvis and The Beatles’ greatest hits made him the undisputed bintang of the show.

Artistic gymnastics was his other passion and he has won exceptional national awards. He also excelled at pole vaulting and, being the exceptional talent that he was, became a member of the Greek National Team.

In 1991, Sakis makes his first professional appearance at the tunjuk Centre in Athens where he is discovered...
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posted by Jill_17
Current projects
The filming for Rouvas' English language film Duress has wrapped up. The film will premiere in Poland and Russia in May, while it will be shown in the United States and the rest of Eropah in September.[56]
Rouvas will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 for Greece in May 2009. The public along with a jury will choose from three songs sung sejak Rouvas during a national final on February 18, 2009. Before the Eurovision semi-final, Rouvas will embark on a promotional tour around Eropah to support his chosen song.
Rouvas will release his first new Bahasa Inggeris album...
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posted by Jill_17
Career

[edit] 1991-1993: First albums

The cover of Rouvas' self-titled début album.Upon going to Patras, Rouvas continued to look for performance opportunities, until he met Dakis, a popular Greek artist of the era, who was the first person to help him professionally. He soon after moved to Athens, and after being telah diberi much Nasihat sejak Dakis, in 1991, Rouvas made his first professional appearance at the tunjuk Centre in Athens, Singing a popular Michael Jackson song that gave him the freedom to tunjuk both his vocal style as well as stage performance. It was there where he was discovered sejak executives...
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posted by Jill_17
Richard is mourning his wife's baru-baru ini suicide while attempting to mend his relationship with his only daughter while still haunted sejak his baru-baru ini trauma. However, Richard is caught as a witness to the inhumane brutality of Abner Solvie (Sakis Rouvas). Richard finds himself at the mercy of Abner, becoming his new-found protégé to further the crimes and brutality, while he is burdened sejak his involvement in the baru-baru ini local murders. Richard is forced sejak the charming yet sociopathic Abner who forces his mentality upon Richard who is defenseless, as he needs to protect his loved-ones. Richard must ultimately chose whether he is willing to kill in order to protect his daughter's life, while soon realizing that Abner is not the only deadly threat surrounding him...
posted by Jill_17
Sakis Rouvas performing at STARZ in December 2008.
Background information
Birth name Anastasios Rouvas
Also known as Sakis
Born January 5, 1972 (1972-01-05) (age 37)
Mandoukion, Corfu, Greece
Origin Athens, Greece
Genre(s) Pop rock, rock, pop, dance-pop, R&B, blues, soul, funk
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist, record producer, film actor, Televisyen presenter
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
Years active 1991–present
Label(s) PolyGram Greece (1991-1996)
Minos EMI (1997-Present),
Universal Muzik France (2001-2003)
Associated acts Corfu Band
Website www.sakisrouvas.com...
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