Sakis Rouvas - DURESS - Official Trailer

Richard is mourning the recent suicide of his wife while trying to re-establish his relationship with his daughter. But he becomes a witness to an inhuman murder commited by Abner Solvie (aka Sakis Rouvas) and is left at the mercy of the killer ... He becomes his protege in order to remain alive and to protect those he loves, and is forced to complete the murders initiated by Solvie.

His concience weights heavy on him due to his involvement in the murders of the local community and while he is trying to decide whether he is willing to continue the murders to save his daughter's life he slowly realises that Abner is not the only threat he has to face.

News about Greece and Sakis Rouvas

According to oikotimes.com ERT is about to announce this week the date for the Eurovision 2009 press conference.

For 10 weeks, Sakis Rouvas song "Kai Se Thelo" has been in the top of the Greek National Airplay charts this year.

On October 24, Sakis will appear for the first time as the host of the Greek X-Faxtor show on Antenna TV.

Read more about at oikotimes.com

Sakis Rouvas to Moscow!

According to mad.tv and oikotimes.com Sakis Rouvas will represent Greece next year in Moscow.

"The Greek national broadcaster confirmed the news to oikotimes.com few moments ago but officially they will launch a special press conference most likely in September. This makes Greece the first country revealing its artist for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The song might be also internally selected but for sure either internally or selected by the public will be delivered by Dimitris Kontopoulos, secure sources told us."

Sakis Rouvas - Kai se thelw

Sakis Rouvas "Kai se thelw" at MAD VMA 2008

At the 5th edition of Mad Video Music Awards Sakis Rouvas has won Best Male Singer Award.

Watch him performing the song "Kai se thelw" at Mad VMA 2008

Mad Video Music Awards 2008 -The Winners

And the winners are:

Best Videoclip Pop - Helena Paparizou - "To fili tis zois"

Best Male Singer - Sakis Rouvas

Best Female Singer - Despina Vandi

Artist of the year - Helena Paparizou

Fashion Icon Of the year - Peggy Zina


Helena Paparizou - Porta Gia Ton Ourano (Live at Mad VMA 08)-low quality




source and photos

Tonight: Mad Video Music Awards 2008

Everything is ready for the 5th edition of Mad Video Music Awards.The show will start at 21.00 (20.00 CET) at the Melina Merkouri Theatre in Athens.















The guest list for the live performances includes many Eurovision related stars:

Peggy Zina (2002 national final)nominated for Best female singer; Fashion icon of the year

Kostas Martakis (2008 national final)nominated for the Sexy videoclip of the year

Helena Paparizou (2001, 2005 Greek entrant)nominated for Best videoclip pop;Best female singer; Best duet; Best artist of the year;Best videoclip of the year

Sakis Rouvas (2004 Greek entrant, 2006 Eurovision host)for Best male singer; Best videoclip-pop;Best artist of the year;

Tamta (2007 national final)for Best female singer; Fashion icon of the year.

Sofia Strati (2008 Cypriot national final)for Fashion icon of the year.

Chrispa (2008 national final)























Best female singer



UPD: THE WINNERS


source and photos:VMA

Sakis Rouvas: New CD and DVD soon

Towards the end of the month, Sakis Rouvas will be releasing his live CD and DVD, called This is my Live. Both were recorded during his live concert at the Lycabetus theatre in Athens, Greece, last September. The album will also contain Sakis’ latest track Stous 31 dromous, soundtrack of the homonymous TV series filmed in Astoria, NY, USA.

Sakis Rouvas - Stous 31 Dromous


sources:esctoday.com;youtube.com

Environmental awareness for Sakis Rouvas (2004)

oikotimes.com reports:

Sakis Rouvas, who represented Greece in 2004 and was the co-host of the Eurovision edition held in Athens in 2006, points out the importance of creating a strong environmental awareness.

A series of events has been organised by "Act" company in order to promote the need for people to be environmentally aware. Sakis Rouvas had a live concert on July 20 in respect of these events, where he sung many of his hits, as well as a new version of his latest success "Ola gyro su girizun" ("Everything spins around you").

The events will continue until July 27.

Sarbel, Natatsa Theodoridou and Sakis Rouvas in Australia

Sarbel, this year's Greek representative at the Eurovision Song Contest will be touring Australia next month together with popular Greek singer Natassa Theodoridou.

Sakis Rouvas,who represented the country in 2004 and hosted the 2006 contest will be visiting Australia as well for a single concert in April 2008, together with Antonis Remos.

Sarbel will be performing in Melbourne on July 6 at the Metro Night Club, and at the Westgate Entertainment Complex on July 7.

The following week he will be in Adelaide on July 13 at the HQ Headquarters and in Sydney, at the Enmore Theater on July 14.

More information on tickets and booking can be found here.

Sakis Rouvas will also be visiting Australia for a single appearance at the Melbourn Vodafone Arena on Saturday 12 April 2008, together with popular Greek singer Antonis Remos.

The four-hour concert is expected to sell out due to the popularity of the two singers.

Tickets will be available from October 1 at ticketek. More information can be found here.

source:eurovisionnews;esctoday.com