Your Face Sounds Familiar (Greek TV series)

The show consists of twelve live shows, where ten celebrities (singers and actors) try to incarnate various stars of the Greek and worldwide music industry. The contestants are evaluated by the judges of the show, the audience and the other contestants. The judges have to evaluate the contestants each live from 3 to 12 with 12 being the judge's favorite of the night. Each contestant gives five extra points to one of the other contestants, who was their favorite of the night. The judges' score is combined with the five extra points and that final score is combined with the audience's voting to determine the winner of the night. No one will be eliminating, but the winner will be according to the total score of each live. However the winner of each live show will give the money collected during the night from the audience's voting to a charity of their choice. == Cast ==

Hosts The host for the first seven seasons of the show was Maria Bekatorou Since season 8, the show has been hosted by Sakis Rouvas. Key: Previous Current } Judges Alexandros Rigas, Gerasimos Gennatas, Katerina Gagaki and Bessy Malfa were the judges of the first season. The judging panel for the third season was changed completely with Katerina Papoutsaki, Nikos Moutsinas, Petros Filippidis and Stamatis Fasoulis replacing the previous judges. In the fourth season, Filippidis and Papoutsaki were replaced by Fotis Sergoulopoulos and Elli Kokkinou. Key: Previous Current Guest judge Contestant } == Series overview ==

Season 1 (2013) The first season premiered on April 14, 2013, on ANT1 and the contestants were five women and five men; Anta Livitsanou, Crystallia, Mando, Sylvia Delikoura, Thomai Apergi, Konstantinos Kazakos, Kostas Martakis, Krateros Katsoulis, Nikos Ganos and Thanasis Alevras. The last show was aired on June 30, 2013, and the winner of the season was the actor Thanasis Alevras. Season 2 (2014) The second season of the show premiered on March 9, 2014, on ANT1 and the contestants are five women and five men; Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Sophia Vossou, Betty Maggira, Sophia Kourtidou, Vanessa Adamopoulou, Giannis Savvidakis, Lefteris Eleutheriou, Costas Doxas, Aris Plaskasovitis and Pantelis Kanarakis. The trailer of the season started airing on February 20, 2014, and it featured an older woman doing her groceries and running into famous figures such as Elvis Presley, Madonna and Michael Jackson. At the counter was the host of the show, Maria Bekatorou, who the woman recognized and told her "Your face sounds familiar". The last show was aired on June 15, 2014, and the winner of the season was the singer Giannis Savvidakis. Season 3 (2016) The third season of the show premiered on April 3, 2016, on ANT1 and the contestants were five women and five men; Josephine, Apostolia Zoi, Valeria Kouroupi, Eleni Karakasi, Mathildi Maggira, Stamatis Gardelis, Othonas Metaxas, Valandis, Dimos Beke and Giannis Kritikos. The trailer of the season started airing on March 18, 2016. The last episode was aired on June 26, 2016, and the winner of the season was the singer Giannis Kritikos. Season 4 (2017) The fourth season of the show premiered on April 23, 2017, on ANT1 and the contestants this time were four women and six men; Sabrina, Irene Trost, Koni Metaxa, Parthena Horozidou, Isaias Matiaba, Aris Makris, Giannis Chatzigeorgiou, Antonis Dominos, Giannis Chatzopoulos and Dimitris Makalias. The trailer of the season started airing on March 27, 2017. The last show was aired on July 14, 2017, and the winner of the season was the singer Giannis Chatzigeorgiou. Season 5 (2019) The fifth season of the show premiered on January 27, 2019, on ANT1 and the contestants were five women and five men; Melina Makri, Katerina Stikoudi, Eva Tsachra, Eleni Filini, Chrispa, Argiris Aggelou, Eythimis Zisakis, Vaggelis Panagopoulos, Ian Stratis and Pashalis Tsarouhas. The trailer of the season started airing on January 2, 2019. The last episode was aired on May 5, 2019, and the winner of the season was the singer Ian Stratis. Season 6 (2020) The sixth season of the show premiered on February 16, 2020, on ANT1 and the contestants were five women and five men; Evridiki, Maria Androutsou, Danae Loukaki, Tania Breazou, Katerina Koukouraki, Lambis Livieratos, Yiorgos Hraniotis, Stefanos Mouagkie, Nicolas Raptakis and Ilias Bogdanos. The season discontinued due to COVID-19 pandemic, with the sixth and final episode being aired on March 22, 2020. Season 7: All Star (2021) The seventh season of the show premiered on February 28, 2021. This season will feature ten contestants from the previous seasons, as the all stars, six men and four women: from season one are Thanasis Alevras and Krateros Katsoulis, from season two are Lefteris Eleutheriou, Costas Doxas and Betty Maggira, from season three is Mathildi Maggira, from season four is Isaias Matiaba, from season five are Katerina Stikoudi and Ian Stratis and from season six is Tania Breazou. The jury voting slightly changed compared to other seasons. The traditional voting (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) changed and the jury now awards 2 sets of 7 points, 2 sets of 8 points, 2 sets of 9, 2 sets of 10, a set of 11 points and a set of 12 points. Due to the restrictions, social distances and the ongoing lockdown in Greece, there is no live audience. While there is no audience in the studio, the audience watches the live show through Zoom and votes from there for their favorite contestant. After Doxas' withdrawal, the jury awards one set of 10 points, instead of two. Season 8 (2026) The eighth season of the show premiered on 19 April 2026. It is hosted, for the first time, by Sakis Rouvas. The judging panel consists of Giorgos Theofanous, Renos Haralambidis, Katerina Papoutsaki, and Rena Morfi. The season features ten contestants: Dorothea Merkouri, Marianta Pieridi, Panagiotis Rafailidis, Marilou Katsafadou, Idra Kayne, Biased Beast, Memos Begnis, Konstantinos Magklaras, Afroditi Chatzimina, and Alexandros Bourdoumis. == References ==