Once upon a time, transfers were the prerogative of sports newspapers that distributed information to be discussed from cafeterias to deck chairs by all the male fans who ardently desired the best backline for their team. The channels have no fans but everyone reads the relentless transcript, which is currently rampant with faces going back and forth, secret contacts and phone calls, "kidnappings" and departures.
In the red, the public's interest is red hot, and they are now beginning to realize that when something really wants to be hidden... joy lets it go. Whether it's a pregnancy or a transfer, we'll be the last to know. If only we had the rest to say, to raise the ratings and create impressions.
Let's make something clear, though. At this stage almost all contracts are in place and that means that deals are verbal and care needs to be taken. Both for՚those who will move on and for those who will leave as -if anything- it's a bit barbaric to read that someone presenting a show that the channel doesn't want them. But who are the people pulling the strings in the transfer bargain and who are being claimed by channels and shows? Which contracts are waiting for appointments to expire or be renewed?
Iliana Papageorgiou: Who will get this girl?
[/P]Since we have overcome this year's "Greece's Next Top Model" scandal, which appears and disappears every year around this time, let's make it clear that Iliana will not go to this reality show again and this information is invented only to fill the scales of the shows. At this time and for a while longer her contract with Alpha is in force, which she honors. Of course there is interest both from SKAI for the presentation of "Love island" and for the presentation of shows and from the Faliro channel after Christmas. The official announcements are a matter of days...
The constants and expectations
At Alpha, however, they remain and Natalia Germano and Stamatina Tsimtsili have made it clear, Katerina Kainourgiou and Tatiana Stefanidou, who this year was significantly favoured by current affairs and managed to renew the station's trust in her show for another year. Important changes will be made in some panels...
The appointment for the cooperation of Katerina Karavatou and Maria Iliaki with Mega has not yet been made. The two ladies of the weekend midday zone have one-year contracts, which means that there will soon be a discussion about the future of their cooperation. Grigoris Goundaras and Natalie Kakkava and Ioanna Maleskou have terminated their contracts with SKAI
.[/B] Their contracts expire in the summer and their meetings with the channel took place in a good atmosphere, where a divorce was reached by mutual consent.
The "Morning" conundrum and the Liagas Skorda divorce
The contracts of Giorgos Liagas and Faye Skordas expire at the end of this month. ANT1's intentions have been clear for months. Renewal and repetition of this year's recipe. The ratings of the station's morning zone leave no room for change. However, a serious problem has arisen over the past few weeks, which has to do with Faye Skorda's desire to return to a purely entertainment programme and to disengage from the joint presentation of a show with Giorgos Liagas.
Although the presenter was the one who proposed the host to the station, she now believes that both the format and the content is not something she can continue to support, which is why in the meetings that have been held with the channel the two sides are trying to find a solution that will not disrupt the flow of the morning zone.
She is even willing to do a show in another zone, while the scenario that has been heard lately talks about a show in the morning zone where the roles will be separated. Giorgos Liagas with a specific team will start 9 to 11 with skeletons of social content and journalistic interest, followed by Fay Skorda in the 11 to 1 zone with more lifestyle and women's issues. Everything will be clarified within a few days in order to make the necessary regrouping of the journalistic team.
OPEN: Who will come and who will go
Betty Maggira[/B], Eleni Tsolaki[/B] and Marion Michelidaki[/B] will definitely be three presenters who will remain on the channel. Especially the first one managed to significantly improve the ratings of the show "Who is in the morning" and will remain in the zone with a renewed team. The station is looking for more faces, while offers have been made to Giannis Bezos, Dimitris Apostolou and a woman is being sought for another entertainment show.
There are also changes in the journalism sector, as two journalists are leaving. They are Akis Pavlopoulos and Faye Mavragani, who are not renewing their contracts and have already held talks with other stations for the next season.
STAR: Nedena before the end...
The duo of the station's morning zone, Elina Papila and Giorgos Kartelias, may continue on "Breakfast@Star", which is now performing better with the potential audience. Changes will be made to the rest of the team and corrective moves will be made to the show's scaffolding. The two new presenters may not have broken the records, but they stood in a zone of high competition and gained ground.
Significant changes have been made to "Greece's Next Top Model" where Vicky Kagia has returned and Giorgos Karavas remains in an upgraded role. Angelos Bratis, Genevieve Mazari and Dimitris Skoulos will be out of the reality show. Geneviève Mazari will co-host "Asia Express" with Petros Polychronidis and two people are being sought for the jury.
Zina Koutselini,
who had her most successful season on Star, continues for another season and agreed a few days ago with the station to renew her contract.
The stable and immovable
At Mega Eleonora Meleti, Danae Barca, Eleni Menegaki, Nikos Evangelatos, Maria Bekatorou, Sissy Christidou, Jordan Hasapopoulos, Anthi Voulgari, Dinos Simopoulos, Stella Gadona, Michalis Kefalogiannis and of course Angeliki Nikolouli continue their successful and very good in content course.
The same applies to Christos Ferentinos, Nikos Manesis and Akis Petretzikis at Alpha.
Nikos Moutsinas has a contract with SKAI for another year, while Konstantina Spyropoulou, Giorgos Lianos and the "Voice" quartet will stay in Faliro for the next season.
At ANT1, the success of Zeta Makrypoulia is something that will lead to new paths, as the presenter will take over another show. Markos Seferlis is also stable with "5X5" which is doing very well in terms of viewers.
Grigoris Arnaoutoglou is stable in his midnight and evening posts, but also returning from the new season for "Radio Arvila" in the 20.00 zone with the satirical show and "Vinyl". Sakis Tanimannidis also remains at ANT1 with a new project, which will be a reality show again.
At ERT, "Studio 4" with Nancy Zambetoglou and Thanasis Anagnostopoulos continues for another year, while the course of "Kipseli" did not live up to expectations and the cycle closes in a month.
In the next month, the transcript will be a bit more heated. To a certain extent the scripts will be confirmed, although next season will be a lot calmer than this season. Something about the shift to fiction and the economic crisis will keep the race down a bit until the damage to the advertising market and the companies' intentions become apparent by September.
Source: Proto Thema (By Afroditi Grammeli)
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