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03-08-2006, 06:38 AM
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Maria Menounos will co-host both the Eurovision Semi-Final and Final on 18 and 20 May alongside Greek singer Sakis Rouvas.
Maria Menounos
Maria was born on 8 June 1978 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. She is of Greek ancestry and speaks fluent Greek.
Maria started her professional career as a model. In 1996, she became Miss Massachusetts Teen USA. While studying at Boston's Emerson College, she started to work as reporter for Channel One News doing interviews and background stories. It was then that she met the current US President George W. Bush.
Channel One News was Maria’s springboard to other jobs in the news industry. In 2002, she started to work for ‘Entertainment Tonight’. Three years later, in 2005, Maria accepted another challenge: she became an actress.
She played Eva Adara, in the 2005 James Bond production “From Russia with Love" and she played the role of Sexy Nurse in ‘The Fantastic Four’, attracting the attention of a group of astronauts. TV viewers know her as Jules in ‘One Tree Hill’ or as Glinda in ‘One on One’.
As well as acting, Maria continued to host big celebrity events such as the ‘Countdown to the Oscars 2004’. Insiders say that the diamond-studded dress she wore for this occasion was worth more than US$2.5 million.
More about Maria here on the website of the host broadcaster ERT.
Sakis Rouvas
Sakis Rouvas, born on the Greek island of Corfu, will co-host the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest live from Athens. Sakis will co-host both the semi-final on 18 May and the grand final on 20 May 2006.
Music has always been a part of Sakis’ life but he is also a talented gymnast and has even pole vaulted for the Hellenic National Team.
Sakis was discovered in Athens in 1991. His debut single, ‘Par’ta’, was hugely successful. Over the next four years, he won a raft of awards, including Best New Singer, Best Song and Best Stage Performance at the Hellenic Music Awards.
Sakis has also played his role in reconciliation efforts with Turkey. In 1997, he performed on stage with Turkish pop star, Burat Kud, in a concert in UN-controlled territory on Cyprus. His efforts later won him the International Ipekci Prize for understanding and co-operation.
Nine years after his debut at the ‘Thessaloniki Song Festival,’ Sakis remains one of Greece’s most successful artists. In 2004, we saw Sakis on the Eurovision stage as a performer with his song ‘Shake it’ which finished third with 252 points.
Gee we'll have 2 good looking hosts for Eurovision this year! As always, Greeks do it best! :) :clapping: :worshippy :thumbs: :clap2:
Maria Menounos will co-host both the Eurovision Semi-Final and Final on 18 and 20 May alongside Greek singer Sakis Rouvas.
Maria Menounos
Maria was born on 8 June 1978 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. She is of Greek ancestry and speaks fluent Greek.
Maria started her professional career as a model. In 1996, she became Miss Massachusetts Teen USA. While studying at Boston's Emerson College, she started to work as reporter for Channel One News doing interviews and background stories. It was then that she met the current US President George W. Bush.
Channel One News was Maria’s springboard to other jobs in the news industry. In 2002, she started to work for ‘Entertainment Tonight’. Three years later, in 2005, Maria accepted another challenge: she became an actress.
She played Eva Adara, in the 2005 James Bond production “From Russia with Love" and she played the role of Sexy Nurse in ‘The Fantastic Four’, attracting the attention of a group of astronauts. TV viewers know her as Jules in ‘One Tree Hill’ or as Glinda in ‘One on One’.
As well as acting, Maria continued to host big celebrity events such as the ‘Countdown to the Oscars 2004’. Insiders say that the diamond-studded dress she wore for this occasion was worth more than US$2.5 million.
More about Maria here on the website of the host broadcaster ERT.
Sakis Rouvas
Sakis Rouvas, born on the Greek island of Corfu, will co-host the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest live from Athens. Sakis will co-host both the semi-final on 18 May and the grand final on 20 May 2006.
Music has always been a part of Sakis’ life but he is also a talented gymnast and has even pole vaulted for the Hellenic National Team.
Sakis was discovered in Athens in 1991. His debut single, ‘Par’ta’, was hugely successful. Over the next four years, he won a raft of awards, including Best New Singer, Best Song and Best Stage Performance at the Hellenic Music Awards.
Sakis has also played his role in reconciliation efforts with Turkey. In 1997, he performed on stage with Turkish pop star, Burat Kud, in a concert in UN-controlled territory on Cyprus. His efforts later won him the International Ipekci Prize for understanding and co-operation.
Nine years after his debut at the ‘Thessaloniki Song Festival,’ Sakis remains one of Greece’s most successful artists. In 2004, we saw Sakis on the Eurovision stage as a performer with his song ‘Shake it’ which finished third with 252 points.
Gee we'll have 2 good looking hosts for Eurovision this year! As always, Greeks do it best! :) :clapping: :worshippy :thumbs: :clap2: