Giorgos Kapoutzidis
Georgios Kapoutzidis | |
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Γεώργιος Καπουτζίδης | |
| Born | 31 July 1972 |
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| Notable work | Sto Para Pente |
Georgios "Giorgios" Kapoutzidis (Greek: Γεώργιος "Γιώργος" Καπουτζίδης; born 31 July 1972) is a Greek screenwriter and actor.
He is the creator of the critically successful television series Saturday-born (Σαββατογεννημένες, Savvatogennimenes), In the nick of time (Στο παρά 5, Sto Para Pente) and Greek national (Εθνική Ελλάδος, Ethniki Ellados). He has won three television awards, for best screenplay, for the series Savvatogennimenes and Sto Para Pente (twice).
In May 2006, he was the commentator for the Greek TV, ERT, in the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Athens. He also wrote the scripts for the presenters Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas in both the semi-final and final. He was the commentator for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2013 to 2022 (except 2018), alongside radio producer, Maria Kozakou.
In 2016, Kapoutzidis was selected to be the presenter of the third season of The Voice of Greece. In 2017, he returned to present The Voice and was selected to be a judge in the fifth season of Ellada Eheis Talento alongside Sakis Tanimanidis and Maria Bakodimou.