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'{{About|the musician|his self-titled albums|Sakis Rouvas (1991 album)|and|Sakis Rouvas (2001 album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Sakis Rouvas | image = Sakis Rouvas in Moscow.jpg | caption = Rouvas at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]] in [[Moscow]], Russia. | image_size = | birth_name = Anastasios Rouvas | native_name = Σάκης Ρουβάς | alias = Sakis | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|09|16}} | birth_place = Sfakia, [[Crete]], Greece | origin = [[Athens]], Greece | occupation = Stripper, erotic novel writer, dancer, actor, television presenter, film producer, model, fashion designer, businessman, athlete | years_active = 1987–1990 (athlete)<br />1991–present (performer) | background = solo_singer | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer | instrument = [[Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[piano]]<ref name="DownTown1999"/> | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Dance music|dance]] | associated_acts = Corfu Band | label = [[PolyGram Records|PolyGram Greece]], [[Minos EMI]], [[Universal Music|Universal Music France]] | website = {{url|http://www.sakisrouvas.com/}} }} }} '''Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas''' ([[Greek alphabet|Greek]]: Αναστάσιος "Σάκης" Ρουβάς, {{IPA-el|ˈsacis ruˈvas|pron}}; born 5 January 1972), known [[mononym]]ously as '''Sakis''', is a [[Greece|Greek]] recording artist; model; film and television actor; businessman and former pole vaulter. Born in [[Corfu]], he won medals on the national [[sport of athletics|athletics]] team during the 1980s. Rouvas began a musical career in 1991 as one of Greece's first dance-pop performers. His [[tenor]] vocals, complex choreography, costumes, and technological advancements have been credited with transforming [[music video]]s and live performances. Rouvas is noted for avoiding domestic music, attaining success for a non-[[laïko]] or -[[éntekhno]] artist, and for breaking cultural, social, artistic, and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus. During the early 1990s, Rouvas signed with [[PolyGram Records]] and won the Thessaloniki Song Festival. Despite five commercially successful albums, his personal life (including his [[military service]] and 1997 Greek-Turkish peace concert, which damaged his public image) has been publicized. Rouvas signed with [[Minos EMI]] in 1997, returning to the charts with ''[[Kati Apo Mena]]'' (1998) and ''[[21os Akatallilos]]'' (2000) and ending his 14-year collaboration with manager [[Ilias Psinakis]]. One of the few Greek entertainers to gain recognition abroad, he has been popular in the [[Balkans]] since the 1990s. By the 2010s, Rouvas had expanded his career to [[film]], [[television]], [[theatre]] and [[fashion]]. His single "[[Shake It (Sakis Rouvas song)|Shake It]]" is the all-time bestselling single in Greece; his songs and videos, such as "1992", "Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas", "Ela Mou", "Xana", "Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola", "Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou", "Ypirhes Panta", "Antexa", "Se Thelo San Trelos" and "[[+ Se Thelo]]", have topped the popular Greek charts. Since 2003 Rouvas has been in a relationship with model [[Katia Zygouli]], with whom he has four children. He is involved in social issues, and has been praised for his dedication to philanthropic organizations. Rouvas has won six [[IFPI Greece#Arion Music Awards (2002–2007)|Arion Music Awards]], 15 ''Pop Corn'' Music Awards, 22 [[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD Video Music Awards]], four ''Status'' Man of the Year Awards, an [[MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Award]] and a [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]]. Several number-one albums and singles which have been certified gold or higher have made him one of Greece's most popular musical artists. Known for his independence, Rouvas' musical, fashion and performance styles have influenced other artists for over two decades. In 2009 ''[[Down Town (magazine)|Down Town]]'' named him its "Entertainer of the Decade"; in 2010, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed him as the third-most-influential celebrity in Greece and the country's top-ranked singer. ==Early life== Rouvas was born on 5 January 1972 in Mantouki, a suburb of [[Corfu (city)|Corfu City]] on the island of [[Corfu]], the eldest of four sons of Konstantinos "Kostas" Rouvas (an ambulance driver) and the teenaged Anna-Maria Panaretou (a [[duty-free shop]] clerk at the [[Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport|local airport]]).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url = http://www.tralala.gr/sakhs-roubas-gennhthhke-san-shmera-to-1972/|title = <nowiki>Βιογραφία | Σάκης Ρουβάς</nowiki>|accessdate = 18 March 2014|date = 5 January 2014|publisher = Tralala|last = Kefallinou|first = Eleni}}</ref> He has three brothers: Billy (b. Vasilios),<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.gossip-tv.gr/showbiz/story/179420/Ki-esy-sto-soyper-market-Saki-moy|title = Κι εσύ στο σούπερ μάρκετ Σάκη μου;|date = 2 April 2012|accessdate = 18 March 2014|publisher = Gossip TV}}</ref> Tolis (b. Apostolos, 1975)<ref name="Mag1" /> and Nikos (b. Nikolaos, 1991).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.gossip-tv.gr/showbiz/story/29270/o-aderphos-tou-sake-rouba-sto-nautiko|title = Ο αδερφός του Σάκη Ρουβά στο Ναυτικό|date = 2 March 2010|accessdate = 18 March 2014|publisher = Gossip TV}}</ref> The family was poor, and Rouvas began taking care of his brothers at age five.<ref name="Nitro 151">{{cite news|script-title=el:Αυτή είναι η ζωή μου|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|author2=Kostopoulos, Petros |date=April 2009|publisher=Nitro|page=151|language=Greek}}</ref> At age four, he exhibited athletic ability and took [[ballet]] classes as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.fimes.gr/2010/10/rouvas-kostopoulos-vrady-video/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101009193522/http://www.fimes.gr/2010/10/rouvas-kostopoulos-vrady-video/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 9 October 2010|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς, Κωστόπουλος, μπαλέτο και gay|date = 8 October 2010|access-date = 18 March 2014|publisher = Fimes|df = dmy-all}}</ref> His parents had a theatrical background, and at age ten Rouvas starred in his first theatrical production (''An I Karharies Itan Anthropi''; ''If Sharks Were People''). His older co-stars were impressed with his talent.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url = http://www.pamebouzoukia.gr/sakis-rouvas|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς|accessdate = 18 March 2014|publisher = Pame mpouzoukia|date = 15 January 2012}}</ref> Soon afterwards Rouvas discovered music, which he enjoyed nearly as much as athletics. He taught himself guitar, inspired by international artists such as [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1984 his parents divorced; Rouvas and his brother Tolis moved to their paternal grandparents' home in the village of Potamos when their father remarried. The young Rouvas held a variety of jobs to support his family,<ref name=":1" /> including work in an [[automobile repair shop]], as a [[construction worker]] and a [[bartender]].<ref name="The World Is Not Enough" /> Since his early childhood he had difficulty in school, particularly in [[reading (process)|reading]] and [[writing]]. Working during the day, Rouvas went to school at night with his mother (who had not finished [[secondary school]]).<ref name="Nitro 151" /> At age 15, Rouvas joined the Greek national [[track and field]] team as an admirer of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] pole-vaulter [[Sergey Bubka]]. His vaults were consistently high—averaging {{convert|4.17|m|abbr=off}}—and he won a number of national awards.<ref name="Aziz">''Aziz Night Show''. [[TV2 (Bulgaria)|TV2]]. Airdate: 8 April 2009</ref> Rouvas continued in athletics until age 18, believing he had a future in music<ref name="Aziz" /> and joining the Corfu Band. At his graduation, he sang hits by Elvis and [[The Beatles]].<ref name="MCBio" /> Rouvas began performing at local clubs and hotels; at To Ekati, he was seen by future manager [[Ilias Psinakis]]. He left Corfu at age 18, moving to [[Patras]] in search of a better future. == Career == ===Early commercial success (1991–93)=== After moving to Patras, Rouvas continued to look for performance opportunities until he met Dakis (a popular Greek artist who was the first person to help him professionally).<ref name="Dakis">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/158509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717030937/http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/158509|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2011|script-title=el:Δάκης : "Εγώ ανακάλυψα τον Σάκη, όχι ο Ψινάκης ! Έλεος πια !"|last=Ioannou|first=Nektarios|date=31 May 2009|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|access-date=10 February 2010}}</ref> Rouvas moved to [[Athens]], and made his first professional appearance in 1991 at the Show Centre. His showmanship attracted the attention of music executives such as Nikos Mouratidis, who encouraged songwriter Giorgos Pavrianos to produce him.<ref name="Pavrianos slap">{{cite web|url=http://www.ourgreektv.com/2009/04/30/blog-post_4035/|script-title=el:Ένα χαστούκι στον ΣΑΚΗ ΡΟΥΒΑ|last=Pavrianos|first=Giorgos|date=19 February 2010|publisher=Athens Voice|location=Our Greek TV|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> Rouvas, singing [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Man in the Mirror]]" was discovered by [[PolyGram Records|PolyGram]] executives who signed him to his first recording contract.<ref name="MCBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/biografies/rouvas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010218224129/http://www.musiccorner.gr/biografies/rouvas.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2001|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After moving to Athens he lived with an older [[English people|English]] woman named Sally, with whom he had begun a relationship on Corfu.<ref name="Pavrianos slap" /> Their relationship ended when Psinakis became Rouvas' manager, and the singer became more career-oriented. The media has speculated about Rouvas' personal life and relationships with model Zeta Logotheti, Sofi Kantarou (a Corfu bar manager) and singer [[Elli Kokkinou]].<ref name="espresso_news">{{cite web|url = http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/213/sakis-%CE%BF-%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%82|title = Sakis, ο Έλληνας θεός|accessdate = 19 March 2014|publisher = Espresso|first = Elias|last = Maravegias}}</ref> Several months later he debuted at the Thessaloniki Song Festival, losing Best Vocal Performance to [[Giorgos Alkaios]] but singing the Best Composition (''"Par'ta"''; "Take Them", with music by Nikos Terzis and lyrics by Giorgos Pavrianos).<ref name="MADBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/artists/bio.php?artistid=146|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906163729/http://www.mad.tv/artists/bio.php?artistid=146|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2010|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=19 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There was a brief [[earthquake]] during the festival.<ref name="Mag1">{{cite news |last=Nouardos|first=Makis|title=Sakis Rouvas: ο απόλυτος Έλληνας ποπ σταρ! 13 Χρόνια Επιτυχίες 1991-2004 |publisher=Τυποεκδοτική Α.Ε. |work=Αfisorama|date=March 2004|language=Greek}}</ref> Rouvas released his [[Sakis Rouvas (album)|eponymous debut album]], which topped the [[Greek Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zappit.gr/default.php?pname=Article&cat_id=&art_id=9108|title = O Σάκης Ρουβάς...Superman!|date = 11 October 2011|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Zappit}}</ref> the day after the festival. ''"Par'ta"'' became a radio hit, and other songs of the album such as "''1992''", "''Ego S'agapo''" ("I Love You") and "''Gia Fantasou''" ("Imagine") also became popular.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url = http://www.matia.gr/7/73/7306/7306_1_5.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher = Matia.gr|accessdate = 20 March 2014}}</ref> In September 1992 Rouvas released his second album, ''[[Min Andistekese]]'' (''Don’t Resist''), also composed by Nikos Terzis.<ref name="MCBio" /> It produced the singles ''"Gyrna"'' ("Return"), ''"Min Andistekese"'', ''"Na Ziseis Moro Mou"'' ("Live, My Baby") and ''"Me Kommeni Tin Anasa"'' ("Breathless"), with a music video of the title track. The album's success helped establish Rouvas at the top of the Greek music scene.<ref name=":2" /> In October 1993 Rouvas released his third album, ''[[Gia Sena]]'' (''For You''), with music by Alexis Papadimitriou and lyrics by Eleni Giannatsoulia and Evi Droutsa. The single ''"Kane Me"'' ("Make Me") became a radio hit, with ''"To Xero Eisai Moni"'' ("I Know You Are Alone") and ''"Xehase To"'' ("Forget It") also receiving airplay.<ref name="MADBio" /> ==={{anchor|''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'', military service, and personal struggles (1994–96)}}''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'', military service and emotional issues (1994–96)=== In the winter of 1994 Rouvas collaborated with [[singer-songwriter]] and [[record producer]] [[Nikos Karvelas]] on his fourth album, ''[[Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas]]'' (''Blood, tears & sweat''), and its singles ''"Ela Mou"'' ("Come To Me") and ''"Xana"'' ("Again") became radio hits.<ref name=":2" /> Rouvas' collaboration with Karvelas was received skeptically by the media; when asked why he had chosen to collaborate with Rouvas, Karvelas said: "Sakis is the only star out of a generation which produces dull artists."{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}} At this time, Rouvas became more reclusive and guarded about his personal life.<ref name="Mag1" /> When he was called for [[Conscription in Greece|military service]] in 1994 he asked for a delay, since his service would coincide with the release of ''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas''; the request was denied,<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> although other artists had been able to delay their service for career reasons.<ref name="espresso_news" /> Although it was initially thought that Rouvas did not want to leave the spotlight when his career was growing, he claimed his reluctance to serve was due to [[agoraphobia]].<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> His claims were met with astonishment; media outlets remarked that agoraphobia was an odd condition for an entertainer,<ref name="Mag1" /> and critics accused him of [[draft dodging]].<ref name="Mag1" /> The singer was taken to the [[Penteli]] [[psychiatric hospital]] for an [[psychiatric evaluation|evaluation]], and it was widely reported that he had attempted suicide.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> After his release Rouvas fulfilled his military service under psychiatric care;<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> he was required to remove his earring and cut his long hair, which is featured in the video for ''"Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas"''.<ref name="Mag1" /> During his service, he was pestered by paparazzi.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> Psinakis accused Rouvas' psychiatrist of pouring [[psychotropic drugs]] into Rouvas' alcoholic beverages because of a previous quarrel.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> The singer discussed his military service in a wide-ranging interview with [[Nico Mastorakis]]. When asked if he was suicidal Rouvas said he did not think so, but he was so drugged at the time of the emergency call that he did not recall the exact events; he confirmed that he tried to desert by climbing under a [[Jeep]] and attaching himself to its undercarriage.<ref name="jeep">{{cite web|url=http://www.inews.gr/60/o-sakis-gatzothike-sto-tzip-gia-na-min-paei-strato.htm|date=17 December 2009|script-title=el:Ο Σάκης γατζώθηκε στο τζιπ για να μην πάει στρατό|publisher=iNews|language=Greek|accessdate=9 June 2010|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224131016/http://www.inews.gr/60/o-sakis-gatzothike-sto-tzip-gia-na-min-paei-strato.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.gossip-tv.gr/showbiz/story/253212/sakis-royvas-ta-giaoyrtia-stin-prasini-grammi-kai-ta-hapia-poy-ton-potizan|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς: Τα γιαούρτια στην πράσινη γραμμή και τα χάπια που τον "πότιζαν"|date = 2 April 2013|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Gossip TV}}</ref> ==={{anchor|''Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola'', peace concert, and move to Minos EMI (1996–97)}}''Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola'', peace concert and move to Minos EMI (1996–97)=== In 1996 Rouvas released his fifth studio album, ''[[Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola]]'' (''Now the Hard Times Start''), again collaborating with [[Nikos Karvelas]] and lyricist [[Natalia Germanou]].<ref name="MADBio" /> During the winter he sang with [[Anna Vissi]] at the Chaos Club in Athens,<ref name="MCBio" /> appearing in the duet ''"Se Thelo, Me Theleis"'' ("I Want You, You Want Me", also written by Karvelas) on her 1997 album ''[[Travma]]'' (''Trauma'').<ref name="MADBio" /> On 19 May 1997, Rouvas performed with Turkish singer [[Burak Kut]] at a bi-national reconciliation concert on the [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|Green Line]] in [[Cyprus]] before an audience of over 4,000.<ref name="PeaceBB">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=sakis+rouvas#v=onepage&q=sakis%20rouvas&f=false|title=Peace Concert On Cyprus Takes Place Despite Violence|last=Higgs|first=Adrian|date=7 July 1997|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=62|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> The concert received international coverage and support, earning Rouvas an International Abdi Ipekçi Prize for global understanding and co-operation;<ref name="peace eng">{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/1997/97-05-19.ana.html|title=Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-05-19: (17) Greek, Turkish pop idols to perform today amidst criticism|date=19 May 1997|publisher=Athens News Agency|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="peace gr">{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ant1gr/1997/97-06-04.ant1gr.html|title=Antenna: News in Greek (AM), 97-06-04|date=4 June 1997|publisher=[[ANT1|ANT1 Radio]]|language=Greek|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> however, the concert was controversial to Greek and Turkish protesters, and stones, eggs and tomatoes were thrown at the singer in all his next concerts.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pinnokio.gr/arthro/s-roybas-stis-synaylies-poy-ekana-%E2%80%9Cetrwga%E2%80%9D-abga-ntomates-petres|title = Σ. Ρουβάς: "Στις συναυλίες που έκανα "έτρωγα" αβγά, ντομάτες, πέτρες"|access-date = 20 March 2014|publisher = pinnokio.gr|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114194301/http://pinnokio.gr/arthro/s-roybas-stis-synaylies-poy-ekana-%E2%80%9Cetrwga%E2%80%9D-abga-ntomates-petres|archive-date = 14 November 2012|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Opposition to the concert turned the Greek and Greek-Cypriot media against Rouvas,<ref name="PeaceBB" /> and was fodder for [[tabloid talk show]]s in Greece.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url = http://www.mixanitouxronou.gr/i-episodiaki-sinavlia-tou-saki-rouva-stin-kipro-otan-o-psinakis-xechase-ton-attila-ke-ti-genoktonia-ton-pontion/|title = Η επεισοδιακή συναυλία του Σάκη Ρουβά στην Κύπρο. Όταν ο Ψινάκης ξέχασε τον Αττίλα και τη γενοκτονία των Ποντίων...|date = 5 January 2014|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Mixanitouxronou}}</ref> Rouvas and Kut had recorded a duet in [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]] the previous year entitled ''"Birgün/Otan"'' ("When"), a cover of "[[Someday (Disney song)|Someday]]" for the Greek soundtrack of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (''I Panagia Ton Parision'', in which Rouvas voiced the role of [[Quasimodo]])<ref name="MCBio" /> under the label of [[Minos EMI]]. Rouvas left Greece and moved to the United States for six months in order for the incident to be forgotten.<ref name=":3" /> ==={{anchor|''Kati Apo Mena'', return to prominence, and ''21os Akatallilos'' (1998–2000)}}''Kati Apo Mena'', return to prominence and ''21os Akatallilos'' (1998–2000)=== In December 1998 Rouvas released his sixth album (the first with his new label): ''[[Kati Apo Mena]]'' (''Something From Me''),<ref name="MCBio" /> written by [[Giorgos Theofanous]]. ''"Den Ehi Sidera I Kardia Sou"'' ("Your Heart Doesn't Have Steel Rails") was a hit, and remains one of his most-popular songs.<ref name="MADBio" /> To promote the album Rouvas performed at the [[Virgin Megastore]] in Athens, where thousands of fans created a traffic jam.<ref name="MCBio" /> The next year, Rouvas records "''Oso Exo Esena''" ("As Long As I Have You"), a duet with singer Stelios Rokkos.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tralala.gr/stelios-rokkos-sakhs-roubas-oso-exo-esena1999/|title = Στέλιος Ρόκκος – Σάκης Ρουβάς "'Οσο έχω εσένα"(1999)|date = 16 April 2011|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Tralala}}</ref> The two artists work and perform together at Bio Bio in Athens during the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.queen.gr/CELEBRITY-SPOTTING/JUICY-NEWS/item/76545-stelios-rokkos-sakis-royvas-xana-mazi-meta-apo-14hronia|title = Στέλιος Ρόκκος & Σάκης Ρουβάς: Ξανά μαζί μετά από 14χρόνια|date = 13 June 2013|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Queen.gr|last = Kostis|first = Markos}}</ref> In March 2000 Rouvas released his seventh album, ''[[21os Akatallilos]]'' (''21+ X-Rated''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/?id=175|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225104425/http://www.mad.tv/news/?id=175|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-25|date=April 2000|script-title=el:"21ος ακατάλληλος"...ο Σάκης Ρουβάς!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> and performed with [[Katy Garbi]] at Pili Axiou in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=139|title = Mε νέο δίσκο εμφανίζεται ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date = 15 March 2000|access-date = 20 March 2014|publisher = Mad TV|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140320165715/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=139|archive-date = 20 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The album and its first single, ''"Andexa"'' ("I Held Out"), reached number one on the charts.<ref name="MCBio" /> During May rehearsals for summer performances Rouvas was hospitalized with [[abdominal pain]], which was diagnosed as [[peritonitis]] and required an [[appendectomy]].<ref name="surgery">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/258/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004070644/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/258/news/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2012|date=8 May 2000|script-title=el:Στο νοσοκομείο ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> On 25 October 2000, he began appearing with [[Antonis Remos]] and [[Peggy Zina]] at Apollonas for the winter season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=1426 |date=27 October 2000 |script-title=el:Ρέμος – Ρουβάς!!! |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=16 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005208/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=1426 |archive-date=5 July 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> That year Rouvas became the [[Pepsi]] [[spokesperson]] for the company's Greek summer campaign making a first television ad, a first for a Greek entertainer.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://okraxths.blogspot.gr/2012/10/pepsi_24.html|title = Pepsi: Το πιο "διάσημο" αναψυκτικό...|date = 24 October 2012|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = okraxths}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url = http://www.fortunegreece.com/article/ine-o-sakis-rouvas-o-kaliteros-politis-tis-elladas/|title = Είναι ο Σάκης Ρουβάς ο καλύτερος πωλητής της Ελλάδας;|date = 26 January 2014|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Fortune Greece|last = Christodoulou|first = Kostis}}</ref> His collaboration with Pepsi continued into 2001, with a May television ad. The advertisement, featuring a semi-nude Rouvas holding a Pepsi bottle in front of his genitals, was controversial among [[women's rights]] and parental associations. Calling it "unsightly, vulgar and unacceptable", they tried to have the ad blocked as "disgrac[ing] childhood innocence and dignity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=3509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005317/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=3509|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=31 May 2001|script-title=el:Σόκαρε ο Σάκης!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Pepsi Tour 2001, of seven Greek cities, followed.<ref name="MCBio" /><ref name=":4" /> During summer 2000<ref name="Mag1" /> Rouvas, Psinakis and a number of other celebrities visited [[Mykonos]] on a [[yacht]] borrowed from a local physician.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> They were accused of [[drug possession]], since the yacht contained [[narcotics]].<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> The incident was publicized amid speculation that Rouvas might have a [[drug addiction]].<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> Although the doctor admitted that the narcotics were his, his guests were questioned.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> Wishing to avoid court, Rouvas paid a fine and minimized the incident.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> However, thousands of T-shirts were printed which read: ''"Imoun ki ego sto kotero!"'' ("I was on the yacht, too!").<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hotstation.gr/article-print-1610.html|title = Σύλληψη παρουσιαστή - μοντέλου για ηρωίνη και κοκαίνη - Υπόθεση Λυμπέρη|date = 19 March 2008|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Hot Station}}</ref> ==={{anchor|''Ola Kala'', international exposure, and ''To Hrono Stamatao'' (2001–04)}}''Ola Kala'', international exposure and ''To Hrono Stamatao'' (2001–04)=== In 2001, Rouvas signed with Universal Licensing Music (ULM) of [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music France]] after he was recommended by singer [[Nana Mouskouri]].<ref name="Billboard2002">{{cite book|last=Paravantes|first=Maria|title=A Greek in Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=4 August 2002|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]/Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=37}}</ref> He collaborated with American songwriter-producer [[Desmond Child]] and [[Phoebus (composer)|Phoebus]] on "[[Disco Girl]]";<ref name="MADBio" /> it was a hit in Greece and certified platinum,<ref name="disco platinum">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=5869|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005323/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=5869|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=10 January 2002|title=Πλατινένιο το"Disco Girl"|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> winning Rouvas the Pop Singer of the Year award at the inaugural [[IFPI Greece#Arion Music Awards (2002–2007)|Arion Music Awards]].<ref name="Billboard2002" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/arion_02/final.html|title = Μουσικά Βραβεία "ΑΡΙΩΝ" 2002...Όλα τα ΤΕΛΙΚΑ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ!|accessdate = 20 March 2014|date = 16 April 2002|publisher = musiccorner}}</ref> The single was later released in France, with an English version written by [[Andreas Carlsson]].<ref name="france promotion">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=6550|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930162930/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=6550|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|date=13 March 2002|script-title=el:Στη Γαλλία ο Σάκης|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> Rouvas played 20 shows across France in support of "Disco Girl", which received ample airplay, and was compared to [[Latin]] pop star [[Ricky Martin]].<ref name="Billboard2002" /> Rouvas' eighth album, ''[[Ola Kala]]''<ref name="MADBio" /> (a collaboration with Desmond Child, [[Phoebus (composer)|Phoebus]] and Greek songwriters [[Natalia Germanou]] and Vangelis Konstantinidis), was released in June 2002. The album went gold in Greece within 11 days and platinum within 4 months.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/artist_viewer/artist_id/35|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100209045705/http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/artist_viewer/artist_id/35|url-status = dead|archive-date = 9 February 2010|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - Βιογραφικό|access-date = 20 March 2014|publisher = MusicNetCy|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In April 2003, Rouvas appeared with [[Antonis Remos]] and Nana Mouskouri at the Arion Awards.<ref name="arions 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/11723/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002113603/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/11723/news/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2012|date=22 April 2003|script-title=el:Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων...όλα όσα συνέβησαν!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> He released his ninth album, ''[[To Hrono Stamatao]]'' (''I Stop Time''), in December; it was certified gold after its release.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://sakisrouvas.wordpress.com/2004/11/06/t%CE%BF-%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82/|title = Tο μέγα μυστήριο της τηλεθέασης|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Wordpress|date = 6 November 2004}}</ref> Songs from the album received radio airplay, and that month Rouvas began appearing at Fever with Giorgos Tsalikis and [[One (band)|ONE]] for the winter season.<ref name="fever 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=10954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930164548/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=10954|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|date=4 March 2003|script-title=el:Μια πολυσυζητημένη συνεργασία!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> A Greek version of "Feelings" from the album, ''"Pes Tis"'' ("Tell Her"), was released as a single with the same video as its French- and English-language counterparts.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.e-shop.gr/product?id=MUS.097637|title = ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ - ΠΕΣ ΤΗΣ (FEELINGS)|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = e-shop}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|title = Sakis Rouvas - Pes tis|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khxmsEXjXNw}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Dp4WbI9Gw|title = Sakis Rouvas - Feelings}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb-2sQ_f-Ng|title = Sakis Rouvas - Dis lui}}</ref> ===Eurovision and ''S'eho Erotefthi'' (2004–05)=== {{Main|Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004}} {{Listen |help=no |filename = Rouvashakeitsample.ogg |title = Sakis Rouvas - "Shake It" |description = The Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, "Shake It" became one of Rouvas' most-successful songs and is one of his few songs which incorporate Greek and Western music.}} In March 2004, [[Hellenic Radio and Television]] (ERT) announced that Rouvas would represent Greece in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] after the selection process on the reality show ''EuroStar'' proved unsatisfactory.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2361/official_sakis_rouvas_will_represent_greece/|title = Official: Sakis Rouvas will represent Greece!|date = 17 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Vatmanidis|first = Theo}}</ref><ref name="MAD ESC 04 news">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15062|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930173531/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15062|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|date=18 March 2004|title=O Sakis στη Eurovision 2004|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> The show's winner was expected to represent Greece, with Nikos Terzis writing the song entry;<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/2004/0060.html|title = Το αουτσάιντερ κέρδισε!|date = 13 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Zervas|first = Paulos}}</ref> however, ERT changed its plans when the winner's ability to perform under so much pressure was questionable and Rouvas expressed an interest in representing his country.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2353/sakis_rouvas_will_represent_greece/|title = Sakis Rouvas will represent Greece|date = 15 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Van Gorp|first = Edwin}}</ref> In mid-March "[[Shake It (Sakis Rouvas song)|Shake It]]", with music by Terzis and lyrics by Nektarios Tyrakis, premiered on Greek radio. Originally, the song had Latin spirit and sound but Terzis changed it, combining the Greek traditional [[bouzouki]] sound with the Latin one to make it sound different from other Latin entries of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2393/nikos_terzis_less_latin_in_istanbul/|title = Nikos Terzis: Less latin in Istanbul|date = 25 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|last = Bakker|first = Sietse|publisher = ESCToday}}</ref> At the third Arion Music Awards, he won Best Pop Singer for ''To Hrono Stamatao''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/events/04/arion/005.html|title = Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων - 3η Απονομή|date = 30 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner}}</ref> In mid-April "Shake It" was released as a CD single, and Rouvas began a promotional tour of Europe for the contest;<ref name="shake it release">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15470|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005219/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15470|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|title=Κυκλοφορεί το Shake It|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''To Hrono Stamatao'' was reissued with a bonus "Shake It" single. The song remained number one on the Greek airplay charts for several weeks, and was number one on the IFPI Greece Top 50 singles chart for nine consecutive weeks.<ref name="9 weeks #1">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2943/ruslana_finally_tops_sakis_in_greece/|date=8 July 2004|title=Ruslana finally tops Sakis in Greece|last=Philips|first=Roel|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> [[File:Sakis Rouvas ESC 2004 Istanbul.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Young man singing, with two young women removing his shirt|Rouvas representing Greece at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] in [[Istanbul]], 15 May 2004]] Rouvas was favored to win the Eurovision final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2706/william_hill_greece_still_favourite_to_win/|date=11 May 2004|title=William Hill: Greece still favourite to win|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> On 12 May 2004 he performed in the semifinal (appearing 10th out of 22), and performed 16th out of 24 in the 15 May 2004 final. Rouvas had two female dancers and three backing vocalists: the ''EuroStar'' winner and runners-up. Fokas Evangelinos, Rouvas' longtime choreographer, choreographed his stage show.<ref name=":5" /> "Shake It" finished third in the final,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2776/ukraine_wins_eurovision_song_contest_2004/|title = Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest 2004|date = 16 May 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref> with Rouvas attracting great interest in the contest by Greek viewers (with a rating of 86.7&nbsp;percent, the highest rating in Greek TV history at the time).<ref name="esc 04 ratings">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2808/sakis_rouvas_vs-_brad_pitt/|date=26 May 2004|title=Sakis Rouvas vs. Brad Pitt|last=Vatmanidis|first=Theo|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> Rouvas' appearance in Eurovision was a turning point in his career; his public perception changed from media-produced celebrity to notable pop artist, and he became more accessible to the media.<ref name="tralala bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.tralala.gr/o-monos-pop-star-sthn-ellada/|date=1 March 2010|title=Ο μόνος Pop Star στην Ελλάδα!|publisher=Tralala|language=Greek|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In June 2004, Rouvas performed "Shake It" at the first MAD Video Music Awards, where he won Sexiest Appearance for the ''"Pes Tis"'' ("Tell Her") music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/15981/news/ |title=Mad Video Music Awards! Και του χρόνου! |date=27 June 2004 |access-date=23 March 2014 |publisher=Mad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000901/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/15981/news/ |archive-date=3 February 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> On 7 July, Rouvas performed in [[Istanbul]] with Turkish artist (and 2003 Eurovision Song Contest winner) [[Sertab Erener]] in another attempt to maintain peace between the two countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2937/sertab_and_sakis_in_concert_in_istanbul/|date=6 July 2004|title=Sertab and Sakis in concert in Istanbul|last=Vatmanidis|first=Theo|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In August he carried the [[Olympic torch]] through [[Panathinaiko Stadium]]<ref name="torch">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/3042/olympics_sakis_rouvas_carries_torch/|date=13 August 2004|title=Olympics: Sakis Rouvas carries torch!|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=558073|title = Λίγο πριν φωτίσει τον κόσμο, η Φλόγα ανάβει την Πέμπτη στην Ακρόπολη|date = 12 August 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = In.gr}}</ref> and performed at the closing ceremony for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], in which he was lowered to the stage from the air and sang a traditional Greek song, "''Karapiperim''".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tralala.gr/H-ora-tou-paidiou-H-toumpa-tou-Sakh-sthn-Teleth-Lhkshs-ton-Olumpiakon-Agonon/|title = Η ώρα του παιδιού: Η τούμπα του Σάκη στην Τελετή Λήξης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων!|date = 22 September 2011|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Tralala|last = Vogiari|first = Athanasia}}</ref> In fall 2004, Rouvas recorded a duet version of ''"Se Thelo San Trelos"'' ("I Want You Like Crazy", from ''21os Akatallilos'') with Russian pop singer [[Philip Kirkorov]].<ref name="STST 04">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/3467/kirkorov_and_rouvas_record_gay_anthem/|date=10 December 2004|title=Kirkorov and Rouvas record gay anthem|last=Philips|first=Roel|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In December he began performing with [[Giorgos Mazonakis]] at Fever for the winter season, with [[Elena Paparizou]] as their opening act.<ref name="fever 04">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17297/news/ |date=11 December 2004 |script-title=el:Μαζωνάκης-Ρουβάς σε πυρετό |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003122603/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17297/news/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="paparizou @5">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17403/news/ |date=27 December 2004 |title=Η Ελενα Παπαρίζου στο Live@5 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003124942/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17403/news/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> His show was praised; Georgia Laimou of ''E-go'', known for scathing reviews, wrote: "I have only good things to say about Sakis and I don't want to hear '[[booing|boo]]' from anyone. I don't think that a more neat, well-supported, professional, and generally flawless performance than Sakis' exists on the Athenian clubs."<ref name="fever 2004 review">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-go.gr/timeout/article.asp?catid=16228&subid=2&pubid=253320|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823211603/http://www.e-go.gr/timeout/article.asp?catid=16228&subid=2&pubid=253320|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 August 2013|title=FEVER 2004-05: Σάκης!Σάκης!Σάκης! & Μαζωlive|date=16 February 2005|last=Laimou|first=Georgia|publisher=E-go|language=Greek|access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> On 6 April 2005 Rouvas released his tenth album, ''[[S'eho Erotefthi]]'' (''I'm In Love With You''), which went platinum in five months and was eventually certified 3× platinum.<ref name="sakis, sakis, sakis">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=18399 |title=Sakis, Sakis, Sakis! |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=16 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005232/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=18399 |archive-date=5 July 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> With [[Vodafone Greece]] as their main sponsor, release parties for the CD were held in Heraklion, Corfu, Thessaloniki, and Athens on the same day and ''"S'eho Erotefti"'', ''"Hilia Milia"'' ("A Thousand Miles"), ''"Mila Tis"'' ("Talk to Her"), ''"Na M' Agapas"'' ("You Should Love Me") and "Cairo" became radio hits.<ref name="MADBio" /> That year, Rouvas won the [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]] as Best-Selling Greek Artist of 2004.<ref name="wma 05">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19197|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005237/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19197|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=6 September 2005|title=Οι νικητές των World Music Awards|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In September he gave a charity concert at the [[Olympic Indoor Hall]] for an audience of 20,000 (the largest production by any Greek entertainer until Rouvas surpassed the record in 2009), followed by a concert in Patras.<ref name="sakis news">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19320|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005241/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19320|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=23 September 2005|title=Sakis news|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ==={{anchor|''Live Ballads'', Eurovision, and ''Iparhi Agapi Edo'' (2006)}}''Live Ballads'', Eurovision and ''Iparhi Agapi Edo'' (2006)=== On 14 February 2006, Rouvas gave a [[Valentine's Day]] concert where he sang his popular ballads and cover versions of ballads by other Greek and foreign artists.<ref name="Valentines1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20567|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005247/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20567|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=17 March 2006|script-title=el:Τα νέα τραγούδια του Σάκη|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The concert was recorded, videotaped and released as ''[[Live Ballads]]'' (Rouvas' first live album and video) later in April as a CD and CD/DVD package.<ref name="Valentines1" /> The CD featured three new studio tracks—''"Horis Kardia"'' ("Without a Heart"; Greek version of [[Damien Rice]]'s "''[[The Blower's Daughter]]''"), "Eisai Oli Mou H Zoi" and an English-language version of ''"S'eho Erotefthi"'' entitled "I'm in Love With You"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas.html|title = Sakis Rouvas - Live ballads|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Zervas|first = Paulos}}</ref>—and topped the Greek album chart.<ref name="studio 06">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=21491|date=2 June 2006|title=Στο studio o Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005302/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=21491|archive-date=5 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 3 April, Rouvas sang ''"Horis Kardia"'' at the Arion Music Awards,<ref name="arions 5">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20731|date=29 March 2005|script-title=el:Όλα όσα έγιναν στα "Αρίων"|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> where he won Best Pop Album and Best Pop Singer for ''S'eho Erotefthi''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/events/06/arion/winners.html|title = Οι νικητές της 5ης απονομής των βραβείων ΑΡΙΩΝ!|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner}}</ref> In May the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] was held in [[Athens]], since Greece won the contest the previous year<ref name="esc win">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/4615/greece_wins_eurovision_song_contest/|date=22 May 2005|title=Greece wins Eurovision Song Contest|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> and Rouvas was asked by [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] to host the semifinal and final with [[Maria Menounos]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/5145/athens_2006_sakis_rouvas_hosts/|title = Athens 2006: Sakis Rouvas hosts!|date = 1 November 2005|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/5680/upd-_maria_menounos_female_host/|title = UPD Maria Menounos female host|date = 7 March 2006|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref> At the semifinals, Rouvas opened the show by singing the [[Katrina and the Waves]] song "[[Love Shine a Light]]" with Menounos.<ref name="esc 06 sf">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/6169/1300_cet-_live_coverage_dress_rehearsal/|date=17 May 2006|title=(13:00 CET) Live coverage dress rehearsal|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> During the voting intermission, he performed "I'm in Love With You".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/6176/last_semifinal_dress_rehearsal/|title = Last semifinal dress rehearsal|date = 18 May 2006|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = West-Soley|first = Richard}}</ref> On 14 June, Rouvas performed ''"Agapa Me"'' ("Love Me"; Greek version of [[Julio Iglesias]] "''[[El Amor (Julio Iglesias album)|Abrázame]]''") and ''"Na M' Agapas"'' at the third MAD Video Music Awards, where he won Best Video by a Male Artist (for ''"Na M' Agapas"'') and Best-Dressed Artist in a Video (for ''"Mila Tis"'').<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.e-go.gr/music/article.asp?catid=17517&subid=2&pubid=343172|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140324062400/http://www.e-go.gr/music/article.asp?catid=17517&subid=2&pubid=343172|url-status = dead|archive-date = 24 March 2014|title = MAD Video Music Awards 2006: Οι νικητές|date = 15 June 2006|access-date = 23 March 2014|publisher = e-go}}</ref> At the end of the summer (6 September), he collaborated with Vodafone on a beach-party concert at Yabanaki known as "Sakis on the Waves".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mad.tv/section/news/22425/news/Sakis_on_the_waves_MAD_report|title = Sakis on the waves MAD report|date = 7 September 2006|access-date = 24 March 2014|publisher = MAD|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140324020534/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/22425/news/Sakis_on_the_waves_MAD_report|archive-date = 24 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sakisrouvas.com/multimedia/news/photo_concert_rouvas.jpg|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090714010357/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/multimedia/news/photo_concert_rouvas.jpg|url-status = dead|archive-date = 14 July 2009|title = Sakis on the waves - Concert poster|access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> On 13 November he began filming his feature-film debut, in ''[[Alter Ego (2007 film)|Alter Ego]]''<ref name="ESCToday on Alter Ego">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/6740/sakis_stars_in_new_explosive_film/|title=Sakis stars in new explosive film|last=Floras|first=Stella|publisher=ESCToday|date=13 November 2006|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> and on 6 December 2006 Rouvas released his eleventh studio album, ''[[Iparhi Agapi Edo]]'' (''There Is Love Here'').<ref name="iae release">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/23535/news/|date=12 December 2006|title="Υπάρχει Αγάπη Εδώ"...από τον Sakis|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=27 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003125132/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/23535/news/|archive-date=3 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''"Ego Travo Zori"'' (I'm Having a Hard Time") and "18 (''Iprarhi Agapi Edo'')" received radio airplay.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas_02.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - "Υπάρχει αγάπη εδώ"|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Zervas|first = Paulos}}</ref> The lyrics for ''"Mikros Titanikos (Se Latrevo)"'' ("Little Titanic [I Adore You]") were written by [[Yiannis Parios]], and his son Harry Varthakouris composed the music.<ref name=":6" /> The album was certified platinum (selling over 40,000 copies as of April 2007).<ref name=":2" /> ==={{anchor|Film and television career, ''This Is My Live'', fatherhood, and ''Irthes'' (2007–08)}}Film and television career, ''This Is My Live'' and ''Irthes'' (2007–08)=== Rouvas' [[Academy Awards]] prime-time special, ''Sakis Oscar Songs'', aired on 20 February 2007 on [[NOVA Greece|Nova.]] The special was filmed at a private concert at [[Athens Arena]], and featured Oscar-winning songs.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=24205|title = O Sakis πάει... στα Oscar|date = 2 February 2007|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = MAD}}</ref> In March, he began performing at Boom in [[Thessaloniki]] with [[Despina Vandi]].<ref name="boom">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=24162|date=5 February 2007|script-title=el:Σε ένα μήνα Δέσποινα και Σάκης μαζί|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> On 10 May 2007 [[Village Roadshow|Village Roadshow Productions']] ''Alter Ego'' premiered in theatres across Greece with the avant premiere being on 7 May.<ref name="MADBio" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://sakis-rouvas-greek.blogspot.gr/2007/05/sakis-i-have-lot-of-alter-egos.html|title = Sakis: I have a lot of Alter Egos!|date = 1 May 2007|accessdate = 24 March 2014}}</ref> With a budget of €2&nbsp;million, it was one of the most expensive productions in Greece.<ref name="ESCToday on Alter Ego" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenonly.gr/loipon/kosmikaarticle.asp?catid=13950&subid=2&pubid=403640&word=%20|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Και κλάμα οι ρουβίτσες|publisher=E-go|date=22 November 2006|language=Greek|accessdate=29 July 2009}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews<ref name="forbes 2010 42">{{cite magazine|title=The Greek List|magazine=[[Forbes]]|page=42|date=4 December 2010|language=Greek}}</ref> and sold only one-fifth of the expected number of tickets.<ref name="to vima trio">{{cite news|url=http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=187421&ct=34&dt=16/03/2008|script-title=el:ΑΝΝΑ ΒΙΣΣΗ - ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ - ΔΕΣΠΟΙΝΑ ΒΑΝΔΗ|last=Vlavianou|first=Anna|newspaper=[[To Vima]]|date=16 March 2008|language=Greek|accessdate=6 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="makthes">{{cite web|url=http://www.makthes.gr/news/arts/8392/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217164510/http://www.makthes.gr/news/arts/8392/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|script-title=el:Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης. Πανόραμα ελληνικών ταινιών &#124;|date=4 November 2010|publisher=Makthes|language=Greek|access-date=8 January 2011}}</ref> Its 200,000 tickets made ''Alter Ego'' an average success for Greek cinema, although Rouvas was disappointed in its media coverage.<ref name="forbes 2010 42" /><ref name="father figure 72">{{cite news|title=Father Figure|last=Kostopoulos|first=Petros|date=June 2008|publisher=Down Town|page=72|language=Greek}}</ref> The film dealt with young musicians living the rock-and-roll lifestyle (including drug abuse) facing their inner fears in the loss of a loved one.<ref name="ESCToday on Alter Ego" /> Its soundtrack was recorded by the cast of the movie and Rouvas and the theme song, ''"Zise Ti Zoi"'' ("Live Life"), reached the top 10.{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}} On 29 June 2008, ''Alter Ego'' was screened at a Los Angeles [[Greek festival]].<ref name="la festival">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31632&c=showbiz|date=17 July 2008|script-title=el:Σε διεθνή παραγωγή ο Σάκης|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=20 July 2008}}</ref> On 20 July 2007, Rouvas performed in [[Ptolemaida]], [[Kozani]] as part of the ''Expedition for Environment Act Now!''<ref name="fight for environment">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/8991/sakis_rouvas_joins_the_fight_for_the_enviroment/|date=21 July 2007|title=Sakis Rouvas joins the fight for the environment|last=Kalimeris|first=Aris|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> On 10 September 2007, his concert at the [[Mount Lycabettus|Lycabettus]] theater as part of an [[OPAP]] campaign encouraging blood donation<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/07/rouvas.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - "This is my Live"|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Pantelatou|first = Christina}}</ref> was recorded and was released as a CD/DVD on 12 December 2007 entitled ''[[This Is My Live]]''.<ref name="TIML release">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=27824|date=6 December 2007|title=12 Δεκεμβρίου το live του Σάκη|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|access-date=16 July 2008|language=Greek|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005308/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=27824|archive-date=5 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The album also featured his last single ''"[[Stous 31 Dromous (song)|Stous 31 Dromous]]"'' ("On 31 Roads").<ref name=":7" /> On 29 October, Rouvas received his sixth Arion (Best Pop Song for ''"Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun"'') from five nominations, although he was absent from the ceremony.<ref name="arions 6">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/9529/chatzigiannis_rouvas_and_paparizou_win_the_arion_music_awards/|date=30 October 2007|title=Chatzigiannis, Rouvas and Paparizou win the Arion Music Awards|last=Krasilnikova|first=Anna|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.madata.gr/free-time/8875.html|title = Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων 6η απονομή: Οι νικητές|date = 30 October 2007|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Madata}}</ref> {{Listen |help=no |filename = Sakis Rouvas + Se Thelo sample.ogg |title = Sakis Rouvas - "+ Se Thelo" |description = One of Rouvas' biggest hits, ''"+ Se Thelo"'' was one of the most successful songs of the 2000s.}} In spring 2008, Rouvas and Antonis Remos toured [[North America]], Australia and [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.melodyfm.gr/content/view/694/162/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080324001640/http://www.melodyfm.gr/content/view/694/162/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 24 March 2008|title = Ρουβάς - Ρέμος World Tour 2008|publisher = Melody FM|access-date = 24 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Rouvas' song "''[[+ Se Thelo]]''" ("And I Want You") by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]], became a radio hit<ref name="kst top">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31634|date=16 July 2008|title=Και τη θέλει την κορυφή!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> and a video with footage from the July 2008 MAD Video Music Awards, was released at the end of the year. ''"+ Se Thelo"'' became a staple of Rouvas' career. It was a critical landmark, a rare case of a Greek artist breaking generational barriers and producing a hit of that magnitude nearly two decades into their career.<ref name="chartshowkst">''Chart*Show: Your Countdown''. [[Alpha TV]]. Airdate: 4 April 2010.</ref> In July 2008 Rouvas was announced as host for the first season of the [[The X Factor (Greece)|Greek version]] of [[The X Factor (TV series)|The X Factor]],<ref name="x factor announce">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31659&c=showbiz|date=18 July 2008|title=Ο Σάκης παρουσιαστής του Χ Factor|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=19 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005128/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31659&c=showbiz|archive-date=5 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.otherside.gr/2008/08/sakis-rouvas-x-factor-ant1/|title = Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς θα παρουσιάζει το X-Factor του ANT1|date = 2 August 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Otherside}}</ref> which premiered on 24 October.<ref name="x factor premiere">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/12424/greece_sakis_rouvas_debuts_tonight_as_x_factor_host/|date=24 September 2008|title=Greece: Sakis Rouvas debuts tonight as X Factor host|last=Psomas|first=Nikolas|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Rouvas was Greece's representative—singing ''"Stous 31 Dromous"''—in the [[OGAE|OGAE Song Contest]], placing third behind [[Croatia]] and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sechuk.com/OSC08-Results.htm|title = OGAE Song Contest 2008 Results|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Sechuk}}</ref> [[File:Sakis Rouvas at STARZ 2009.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Young man in black shirt, singing into a microphone|Rouvas at Club STARZ in [[Athens]], December 2008]] On 3 December, Rouvas released his 12th studio album, ''[[Irthes]] ''(''You Arrived''), produced by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/08/rouvas.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - Ήρθες|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Pantelatou|first = Christiana}}</ref> The same titled song "Irthes" was released few days earlier, on 20 November, and it was dedicated to his newborn daughter.<ref name="Irthes Radio">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/34245/news/|date=19 November 2008|script-title=el:"Ήρθε" ο Σάκης!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=20 November 2008}}</ref> The following day, on 4 December, he premiered his winter concert series with the [[Maggira Sisters]] at STARZ.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.in2life.gr/articles/160736/o-sakhs-royvas-sto-starz.html|title = Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στο Starz|date = 1 December 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = In2life}}</ref><ref name="Sakis Rouvas Premier">''Omorfos Kosmos To Proi''. [[Mega Channel]]. Airdate: 5 December 2008.</ref> ==={{anchor|Eurovision, ''Duress'', ''Parafora'', business career, and second child (2009–2012)}}Eurovision, ''Duress'', ''Parafora ''and business career (2009–2012)=== {{Main|Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009}} [[File:Esc sakis.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Seated, smiling young man in white wearing a backstage pass|Rouvas backstage at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, where he represented Greece]] {{Listen |help=no |filename = Sakis Rouvas.esc.09.sample.ogg |title = Sakis Rouvas - "This Is Our Night" |description = Rouvas' second Eurovision entrant won the national final with the largest margin in the program's history.}} ERT made an early announcement confirming that Rouvas would again be Greece's entry in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00117-o-sakis-roubas-kai-pali-stin-eurovision.htm |title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς και πάλι στη EUROVISION |publisher=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=16 July 2008 |author=ERT Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208225616/http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00117-o-sakis-roubas-kai-pali-stin-eurovision.htm |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> He performed his three songs ("Out of Control", "Right on Time" and "[[This Is Our Night]]", all composed by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]])<ref name=":9">{{cite web|url = http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1933|title = Greece: Sakis Rouvas brings This Is Our Night to Moscow|date = 18 February 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Eurovision TV|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref> at the Greek finals in February; the latter was the runaway winner with the jury and the viewers, winning 61 percent of the vote<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/13292/greece_sakis_rouvas_to_perform_this_is_our_night/|title = Greece: Sakis Rouvas to perform This is our night|date = 19 February 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Klier|first = Marcus}}</ref> (the largest margin ever, and the most votes received by ERT in a national final).<ref name="national final 09">''Greek National Final 2009''. [[Hellenic Radio and Television|ERT]]. Airdate: 18 February 2009</ref> The song debuted at number one on the Greek Digital Singles chart,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/36389/news/|title=Σαν μετεωρίτης έπεσε ο Σάκης στα iTunes!|last=Staff|date=26 February 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2 March 2009}}</ref> while Rouvas embarked on a promotional tour of Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/13431/greece_sakis_meets_with_zeljko_and_jovana/|title=Greece: Sakis meets with Zeljko and Jovana|last=Floras|first=Stella|publisher=ESCToday|date=4 March 2009|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> He said publicly that he hoped to return the contest to Greece the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2085&_t=sakis_second_time_is_going_to_be_greater|title = Sakis: "Second time is going to be greater!"|date = 7 April 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Eurovision TV|last = Siim|first = Jarmo}}</ref> A win was widely anticipated by the Greek public, with the country being one of the three favorites among the Eurovision fans.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/14070/esctoday-com_bigpoll_predicts_norway_to_win/|title = esctoday.com BigPoll predicts Norway to win|date = 16 May 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Klier|first = Marcus}}</ref> However, Rouvas finished seventh in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.madata.gr/eurovision/36055.html|title = Eurovision 2009: Στην έβδομη θέση ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date = 17 May 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Madata}}</ref> The singer and the Greek public were disappointed with the result, and he issued a public apology for his loss.<ref name="sorry">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/14083/sakis_rouvas_i_am_so_sorry_i_wanted_us_to_win/|date=17 May 2009|title=Sakis Rouvas: "I am so sorry, I wanted us to win"|last=Floras|first=Stella|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> Rouvas received universal support from the public and the media, a first<ref name="ant1weekendnews">''ANT1 News''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 17 May 2009</ref> for a Greek Eurovision entrant regardless of result.<ref name="sorry" /><ref name="ant1weekendnews" /> On 27 March Rouvas was appointed by ELPIDA Charity Foundation president and [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]] Marianna Vardinoyannis as a "messenger" for the foundation, a charity for children with [[cancer]],<ref name="elpida messenger">{{cite web|url=http://www.elpida.org/more.asp?ID=16|date=27 March 2009|title=Νέα & ανακοινώσεις: O Σάκης Ρουβάς|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> publicly recognizing his longtime behind-the-scenes support.<ref name="elpida work">{{cite web|url=http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=125|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713233710/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=125|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2009|date=1 April 2009|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς Aγγελιοφόρος του Συλλόγου "ΕΛΠΙΔΑ"|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=Sakis Rouvas Official Website|language=Greek|access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref> He joined [[fast food]] chain [[Goody's (restaurant)|Goody's]] in its ArGOODaki campaign, and donated €300,000 to the foundation in April.<ref name="elpida300">{{cite web|url=http://www.myself.gr/Article/Sakis-Rouvas-sillogos-Elpida/95-7048.html |script-title=el:Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στο Σύλλογο "ΕΛΠΙΔΑ" |last=Argyraki |first=Natalia |date=28 April 2010 |publisher=Myself |language=Greek |access-date=29 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503031033/http://www.myself.gr/Article/Sakis-Rouvas-sillogos-Elpida/95-7048.html |archive-date=3 May 2010 }}</ref> That month Rouvas and Zygouli introduced beauty company Mariella Nails Body and Mind Care,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713233014/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=126|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2009|title=Mariella Nails Body and Mind Care!|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|date=8 April 2009|publisher=SakisRouvas.com|language=Greek|access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref> of which they own 25 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/inbusiness/news/retail/217818|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207113146/http://sigmalive.com/inbusiness/news/retail/217818|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2009|date=4 December 2009|title=Ρουβάς: Ανοίγει κατάστημα στο MyMall|last=Staff|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|access-date=7 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[File:Rouvas Kallimarmaro.jpg|thumb|alt=Young man in dark clothing, singing into a microphone|Rouvas at his record-breaking Panathinaiko Stadium concert, 1 July 2009]] On 1 July 2009, Rouvas performed a sold-out concert in support of environmental issues at [[Panathenaic Stadium]] before an audience of 40,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/index.php/free-time/entertainment/38548.html|script-title=el:Ξεσήκωσε το κατάμεστο Καλλιμάρμαρο ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|last=Staff|date=2 July 2009|publisher=Madata|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> He was one of the few musicians permitted to perform at the venue; it was the largest attendance ever at the stadium for a non-sporting event,<ref>''Τα Νέα του ΑΝΤ1''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 2 July 2009.</ref> and the largest attendance for a single musical artist in Greek history.<ref name="ethnos 09 summary">{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=17478&subid=2&pubid=8986885|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217153326/http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=17478&subid=2&pubid=8986885|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|date=8 December 2009|script-title=el:ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ &#124; "Στα άκρα"... Ηρθε η επιτυχία|publisher=[[List of newspapers in Greece|Ethnos]]|language=Greek|access-date=12 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="status09">{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=301022232484&ref=mf|title=Sakis at Status Awards - Singer of 2009! [HD] |date=March 2010|language=Greek|accessdate=29 April 2010|location=Sakis Rouvas Official Facebook}}</ref> The concert, organized by the National Youth Council, coincided with the start of the [[smoking ban|national public smoking ban]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6003 |title=A spectacular concert by Sakis Rouvas; more than 50,000 attended |last=Konstantopoulos |first=Fotis |publisher=Oikotimes|date=2 July 2009 |access-date=29 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718203055/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6003 |archive-date=18 July 2009 }}</ref> The sold-out<ref name="OfficialBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=1&lid=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714020634/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=1&lid=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2009|title=Biography by Official Website|publisher=Sakis Rouvas Official Site|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> Sakis Live Tour visited an additional 10 cities from July to September,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=3513&_t=Sakis+continues+'flying'+after+Moscow|title=Sakis continues 'flying' after Moscow|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|date=27 July 2009|accessdate=29 July 2009}}</ref> and he performed a sold-out concert series at Politia Live Clubbing in Thessaloniki.<ref name="OfficialBio" /> In October, the singer returned to host the second season of the [[The X Factor (Greece)|Greek version of ''The X Factor'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6114|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210203429/http://oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6114|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2010|title=Sakis Rouvas to host X-Factor 2?|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|publisher=Oikotimes|date=28 July 2009|access-date=29 July 2009}}</ref> and dubbed the voice of Captain Charles T. Baker in the Greek version of ''[[Planet 51]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14422|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027212316/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14422|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2009|title=Greece: Sakis Rouvas in ''Planet 51''|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|publisher=ESCToday|date=25 October 2009|access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref> He made his American film debut in the psychological thriller ''[[Duress (film)|Duress]]'', with [[Martin Donovan]].<ref name="eurovision.ert.gr">{{cite web|url=http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00131-synenteyksi-typou-esc-2009.htm |script-title=el:Συνέντευξη Τύπου 2009 |publisher=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] |language=Greek |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=15 October 2008 |author=ERT Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208154849/http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00131-synenteyksi-typou-esc-2009.htm |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> The film was screened at festivals in Poland and Russia,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.net.cy/mousika_nea/november_2008/18-11/sakis_rouvas.htm |title=Sakis goes to Hollywood! |date=18 November 2008 |publisher=Music.net.cy |language=Greek |access-date=19 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206145709/http://music.net.cy/mousika_nea/november_2008/18-11/sakis_rouvas.htm |archive-date=6 February 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> and was given a wide theatrical release in December by Greek distributor Hollywood Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodent.gr/index.php?section=movies&item=DURESS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511102356/http://www.hollywoodent.gr/index.php?section=movies&item=DURESS |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2010 |title=Duress |publisher=hollywoodent.gr |language=Greek |access-date=9 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/41177/news/|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς και Duress! Περισσότερα από την πρεμιέρα!|date=17 November 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> It was expected to be released on home video in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.gr/site/?p=410 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080618/http://www.eurovision.gr/site/?p=410 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2011 |title=O Σάκης Ρουβάς είναι ο αιμοσταγής δολοφόνος |date=22 October 2008 |publisher=Ελεύθερος Τύπος |access-date=11 February 2009}}</ref> [[File:Sakis Rouvas ERT 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Smiling young man in brown suit, green striped shirt and green tie, being interviewed|Rouvas (seen on 10 May 2009) acquired an entrepreneurial image, launching five businesses in a year.]] Rouvas performed at his new S Club for the winter 2009–10 season (with [[Tamta]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/40943/news/|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς και Τάμτα σε συνεργασία on stage!|last=Staff|date=4 November 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=22 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930013908/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/40943/news/|archive-date=30 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="tharros">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/41567/news/|title=Τάμτα και Σάκης Ρουβάς με hit dance single!|last=Staff|date=9 December 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=9 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002121236/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/41567/news/|archive-date=2 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Eleftheria Eleftheriou]]<ref name="eleftheriou">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/lifestyle/people/216838|script-title=el:Στο πλευρό του Σάκη|last=Evangelou|first=Tasos|date=8 December 2009|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> and the American rapper Gifted) and opened [[sushi]] restaurant EDO.<ref name="restaurant">{{cite news|url=http://www.protothema.gr/content.php?id=54408&category_id=284|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213043537/http://www.protothema.gr/content.php?id=54408&category_id=284|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2009|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Tώρα και επιχειρηματίας!|last=Ikonomou|first=Paris|date=8 December 2009|newspaper=[[Proto Thema]]|language=Greek|access-date=9 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 2 March 2010 the successful S Club caught fire, sustaining up to €4&nbsp;million in damage. The cause of the fire was unknown, but Athens police suspected [[arson]] by rival club owners<ref name="sclubfire">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbox.com.cy/easyconsole.cfm/id/7760|title=03 Mar. 2010 - Κάηκε το "S CLUB"|last=Staff|publisher=Music Box|language=Greek|date=3 March 2010|accessdate=26 April 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> since witnesses reported seeing containers of [[gasoline]].<ref name="sclubfire2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/43129/news/%CE%A6%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%AC+%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF+%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%AF+%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85+%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9+%CE%BF+%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82+%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82!|script-title=el:Φωτιά στο μαγαζί που εμφανίζεται ο Σάκης Ρουβάς!|last=Staff|date=3 March 2010|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=29 April 2010}}</ref> After repairs, Rouvas' show resumed from 19 March<ref name="sclubresume">{{cite web|url=http://www.inews.gr/60/xananoigei-to-S-Clubo-sakis-epistrefei-drimyteros.htm|title=Ξανανοίγει το S Club...ο Σάκης επιστρέφει δριμύτερος!|last=Staff|date=13 March 2010|publisher=iNews|language=Greek|accessdate=26 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224130951/http://www.inews.gr/60/xananoigei-to-S-Clubo-sakis-epistrefei-drimyteros.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> to 9 April and moved to Thessaloniki on 7 May for a six-week engagement at [[Politia Live Clubbing summer 2010|Politia Live Clubbing]].<ref name="thess2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/260819 |script-title=el:Μετακομίζει στην Θεσσαλονίκη η οικογένεια Ρουβά |last=Staff |date=26 April 2010 |publisher=SigmaLive |language=Greek |access-date=26 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427162734/http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/260819 |archive-date=27 April 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> He appeared on Tamta's single "[[Tharros I Alitheia (song)|Tharros I Alitheia]]" for her album of the same name.<ref name="tharros" /> The song became a major club hit,<ref name="#1s" /> and won a MAD Video Music Award for Best Duet–Collaboration Video.<ref name="vma10winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.videomusicawards.gr/?page_id=1779 |title=MAD Video Music Awards 2010 Winners |date=14 June 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=15 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613191511/http://www.videomusicawards.gr/?page_id=1779 |archive-date=13 June 2010 }}</ref> Rouvas' 13th studio album, ''[[Parafora]]'', was released on 14 December 2010<ref name="parafora mad">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/47914/news/14_Δεκεμβρίου_έρχεται_το_νέο_album_του_Σάκη_Ρουβά|title=14 Δεκεμβρίου έρχεται το νέο album του Σάκη Ρουβά|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|date=10 December 2010|language=Greek|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref> and topped the IFPI Top 75 Albums chart.<ref name="ifpichart1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213153205/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|archive-date=13 December 2011|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|title=Ελληνικό Chart|date=22 December 2010|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|access-date=22 December 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It shipped 24,000 copies its first week, for a double-platinum certification.<ref name="2P">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sakisrouvas/status/17302333301985280|title=Thanks to your amazing support, together we have done it! #ParaforaAlbum is already double platinum in just one week!!! ;-)))|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=21 December 2010|accessdate=21 December 2010}}</ref> The album's first single (''"[[Spase Ton Hrono]]"'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rythmosfm.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231:sakis-rouvas-apokleistika&catid=63:party-a-events&Itemid=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121194943/http://www.rythmosfm.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231:sakis-rouvas-apokleistika&catid=63:party-a-events&Itemid=95|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2009|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ!|publisher=Rhythmos FM 94.9|date=20 November 2009|access-date=21 November 2009|language=Greek|df=dmy-all}}</ref> was Rouvas' fourth consecutive single to reach number one on all Greek charts.<ref name="#1s">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=8034|title=EUROSTARS @ MAD VMA by VODAFONE: Sakis Rouvas proves his superiority over other Eurostars|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|date=8 May 2010|publisher=Oikotimes|language=Greek|accessdate=14 May 2010}}{{Dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> It won Best Balkan Song from Greece at the first Balkan Music Awards;<ref name="bma">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/44442/news/|script-title=el:Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στην κορυφή των Βαλκανίων|date=12 May 2010|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=13 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003133501/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/44442/news/|archive-date=3 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> its video gave Rouvas five MAD Video Music Awards nominations (more than any other video) and Best Pop Video, Artist of the Year and Fashion Icon of the Year awards.<ref name="vma10winners" /> The song also contributed to Rouvas' [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Greek Act]] at the [[MTV Europe Music Awards 2010]],<ref name="mtv ema">{{cite web|url=http://ema.mtvgreece.gr/artists/sakis-rouvas|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=20 September 2010|publisher=[[MTV Greece]]|language=Greek|access-date=13 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005003830/http://ema.mtvgreece.gr/artists/sakis-rouvas|archive-date=5 October 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="mtv ema noms">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/its-ladies-night-as-katy-perry-and-lady-gaga-lead-the-race-with-five-nominations-each-at-the-2010-mtv-emas-103249084.html|title=It's Ladies Night as Katy Perry and Lady Gaga Lead the Race With Five Nominations Each at the 2010 MTV EMAs|date=20 September 2010|publisher=PRNewswire|language=Greek|accessdate=18 October 2010}}</ref> and he was shortlisted for the [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act]].<ref name="best greek act win">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbeast.gr/entertainment/arthro/61702/o-sakis-rouvas-paei-europi/|script-title=el:Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς πάει... Ευρώπη|date=18 October 2010|publisher=Newsbeast|language=Greek|accessdate=18 October 2010}}</ref> ''"[[Emena Thes]]"'', the second single, was released in May<ref name="emena thes">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/44337/news/|script-title=el:Νέο τραγούδι για τον Σάκη Ρουβά "Εμένα θες"|last=Staff|date=4 May 2010|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> and peaked at number five on the mixed-airplay<ref name="mc chart">{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=c5903308d862cb27f313626d02b159de&showtopic=113820|title=Nielsen Soundscan Airplay Chart Positions}}</ref> and digital sales charts.<ref name="et digital">{{cite web|url=http://greekcharts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=31926|title=Greek Digital Top10 Singles|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=10 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231034653/http://greekcharts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=31926|archive-date=31 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[Parafora (song)|title track]] was released in October;<ref name="parafora">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46900/news/Το_νέο_τραγούδι_του_Σάκη! |title=Το νέο τραγούδι του Σάκη! |date=16 October 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |access-date=17 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020203405/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46900/news/%CE%A4%CE%BF_%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BF_%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B4%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7! |archive-date=20 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> it was number one on the domestic-airplay chart for three weeks<ref name="top 10 parafora">{{cite news|url=|title=Top Ten Radio Hits|publisher=Tralala|date=20 December 2010|language=Greek}}</ref> and peaked at number two on the mixed-airplay chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/|title=Nielsen Greek Airplay Chart|publisher=Buzzjack|accessdate=30 December 2010}}</ref> The album's fourth single, ''"Oi dyo mas"'' was released in late February 2011. Its video clip was released at the end of March, when the song topped the national-airplay chart. For the second consecutive year, Rouvas was Singer of the Year at the Status Men of the Year Awards.<ref name="status 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.troktiko2010.com/2011/01/24/%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%87%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82-2010/|script-title=el:Οι άνδρες της χρονιάς 2010!|date=24 January 2011|publisher=Troktiko|language=Greek|accessdate=14 February 2011}}{{Dead link|date=June 2011}}</ref> [[File:Rouvas Limassol, Cyprus Sprider Stores.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Man in sunglasses in a clothing store|Rouvas (seen inaugurating the [[Sakis Rouvas Collection]] in [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]] on 25 November 2010) was the first Greek artist to create a clothing line.]] In June Rouvas and his brother, Vasilis, launched TV and film production company Sakis Rouvas Kinematografos EPE,<ref name="productionco">{{cite news|url=http://www.protothema.gr/life-style/gossip/article/?aid=71474|date=13 June 2010|script-title=el:Ο Ρουβάς τώρα και επιχειρηματίας!|newspaper=[[Proto Thema]]|language=Greek|access-date=14 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224054137/http://www.protothema.gr/life-style/gossip/article/?aid=71474|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and on 14 July Rouvas ended the Greek French Embassy's [[Bastille Day]] celebration with renditions of the [[La Marseillaise|French]] and [[Hymn to Liberty|Greek]] national anthems.<ref name="national anthems">{{cite web|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2010/07/15/greece-france-rouvas/|date=15 July 2010|title=''Categorized''&#124;News&#124; Greece + France= Rouvas!|last=Lakiotis|first=Afroditi|publisher=Greek Reporter|accessdate=15 July 2010}}</ref> His eight-city summer tour lasted from 24 July<ref name="summer tour 10">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/45732/news/|date=22 July 2010|script-title=el:Η καλοκαιρινή περιοδεία του Σάκη!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=24 July 2010}}</ref> to 19 September.<ref name="tripolis 2010">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sakisrouvas/status/24951248775|date=19 September 2010|title=Ready for the last concert of the summer tour @ Tripolis! Let's give it all we got ;-)))|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=20 September 2010}}</ref> At a 27 July stop in [[Corinth]] he introduced the [[Sakis Rouvas Collection]] of clothing (to which he had creative input) to Greek retailer Sprider Stores.<ref name="clothing line">{{cite web|url=http://www.nooz.gr/lifestyle/foreste-ton-saki-rouva-pano-sas|date=24 July 2010|script-title=el:Φορέστε τον Σάκη Ρουβά πάνω σας!|publisher=Nooz|language=Greek|accessdate=24 July 2010}}</ref> The collection, for men and women, was launched on 16 September<ref name="clothing inauguration">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbeast.gr/entertainment/arthro/46044/giortaste-kai-eseis-tin-imera-modas-me-to-saki-rouva/|date=16 September 2010|script-title=el:Γιορτάστε και εσείς την "Ημέρα μόδας" με το Σάκη Ρουβά|publisher=Newsbeast|language=Greek|accessdate=20 September 2010}}</ref> and available in October.<ref name="october">{{cite web|url=http://www.katalogos-kritis.gr/index.asp?pageid=5&pid=&act=true&articleid=6098Rouvas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721081553/http://www.katalogos-kritis.gr/index.asp?pageid=5&pid=&act=true&articleid=6098Rouvas |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |date=September 2010|script-title=el:Νέα σειρά ρούχων με υπογραφή του Σάκη Ρουβά|publisher=Katalogos Kritis|language=Greek|access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> Rouvas performed at the Mykonos Xlsior Festival in support of the [[LGBT]] movement on 27 August;<ref name="xlsior">{{cite web|url=http://www.hbnews.gr/permalink/38557.html|date=30 August 2010|title=H εμφάνιση του Σ. Ρουβά στο gay φεστιβάλ της Μυκόνου|publisher=Hellenic Business|language=Greek|access-date=20 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910032634/http://www.hbnews.gr/permalink/38557.html|archive-date=10 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> although he was scheduled to perform at the first [[Eurovoice 2010|Εurovoice]] on 23 September with [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Anastacia]] and host [[Pamela Anderson]],<ref name="eurovoice">{{cite web|url=http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/read/n_id/4042|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824033613/http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/read/n_id/4042|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2010|date=18 August 2010|title=EuroVoice 2010 - Σάκης Ρουβάς - Ο κορυφαίος Έλληνας pop star την Πέμπτη 23 Σεπτεμβρίου στο ΟΑΚΑ!|publisher=Music.Net.cy|language=Greek|access-date=20 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> his appearance was canceled a day before the event for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.star.gr/index.?ID=life_style&Rec_ID=61211|title=Εκτός Eurovoice o Ρουβάς μία βραδιά πριν εμφανιστεί|last=Staff|date=22 September 2010|publisher=[[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]]|language=Greek|accessdate=22 September 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2011}}</ref> For the winter season of 2010–11 Rouvas joined [[Anna Vissi]] for Face2Face, a concert series at [[Athens Arena]] beginning on 15 October.<ref name="AthinonVR">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/43347/news/ |script-title=el:Άννα Βίσση και Σάκης Ρουβάς επιβεβαιώνουν τη συνεργασία τους... |date=15 March 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=15 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003004322/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/43347/news/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="f2f premiere">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46915/news/Η_μεγάλη_πρεμιέρα_της_Άννας_Βίσση_και_του_Σάκη_Ρουβά |title=Η μεγάλη πρεμιέρα της Άννας Βίσση και του Σάκη Ρουβά |date=16 October 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |access-date=17 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021061204/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46915/news/%CE%97_%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%86%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC |archive-date=21 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> ANT1 was in negotiations with Rouvas to star in a TV series after ''The X Factor'',<ref name="New ANT1 deal">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportime.gr/View.aspx?ArticleID=2320|script-title=el:Ο ΑΝΤ1 έκανε νέα πρότασε στον Σάκη|last=Staff|date=7 January 2009|publisher=Sportime|language=Greek|accessdate=14 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2011}}</ref> and he hosted the [[The X Factor (Greece series 3)|third season]] of the talent show from 29 October – 11 February.<ref name="xfactor3">{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/diafora/media/59293.html|title=Στο X Factor 3 ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=18 April 2010|publisher=Madata|language=Greek|accessdate=26 April 2010}}</ref> For his performance, Rouvas was Presenter of the Year at the 2011 Cypriot Men of the Year Awards.<ref name="cyprus tv award">{{cite web|url=http://tralala.gr/music-news/item/10253-kipros-vravevei-saki-rouva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721083652/http://tralala.gr/music-news/item/10253-kipros-vravevei-saki-rouva|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2011|script-title=el:Η Κύπρος βραβεύει το Σάκη Ρουβά!!!|last=Stefanidou|first=Ariadne|publisher=Tralala|date=21 December 2010|language=Greek|access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> On 2 February 2011 Rouvas was one of eight acts in the first MADWalk (equivalent to the international [[Fashion Rocks]]), where he represented Celia Kritharioti Haute Couture.<ref name="madwalk">{{cite web |url=http://www.madwalk.gr/2011/?page_id=2247 |title=Post Δ.Τ. MadWalk by Vodafone |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=14 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206162234/http://www.madwalk.gr/2011/?page_id=2247 |archive-date=6 February 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> In the spring he made ten appearances at Thalassa.<ref name="thalassa">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbomb.gr/gossip/story/ekleise-emfaniseis-gia-to-pascha-o-sakhs-roybas |script-title=el:Έκλεισε εμφανίσεις για το Πάσχα ο Σάκης Ρουβάς |date=14 January 2011 |publisher=News Bomb |language=Greek |access-date=14 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215053815/http://www.newsbomb.gr/gossip/story/ekleise-emfaniseis-gia-to-pascha-o-sakhs-roybas |archive-date=15 February 2011 }}</ref> After a short break Rouvas continued his live appearances at Puli Axiou in Thessaloniki, announcing his upcoming winter performances at Athens Arena with [[Onirama]] and Eleni Foureira as his opening act<ref name="puli axiou">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c32604/Sakhs_Royvas.html |script-title=el:Για ένα μήνα στη Θεσσαλονίκη! |date=8 August 2011 |publisher=yupi |language=Greek |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402121554/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c32604/Sakhs_Royvas.html |archive-date=2 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="athinon arena">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34846/Sakhs_Royvas_.html |script-title=el:Δείτε τη νέα του αφίσα που θα συζητηθεί |date=14 October 2011 |publisher=yupi |language=Greek |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016141005/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34846/Sakhs_Royvas_.html |archive-date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> and releasing his new single, ''"Kane na mi s' agapiso"''. At the 2012 [[Johnnie Walker]] Men of the Year Awards in Cyprus Rouvas was presented with the Greek of the Year award for his philanthropic contributions, particularly to the Elpida Foundation.<ref name="greek of the year">{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/diafora/showbiz/174060.html|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Το βραβείο "Έλληνας της Χρονιάς" και τα δάκρυα|date=22 February 2012|publisher=Madata|language=Greek|accessdate=27 March 2012}}</ref> In February 2012 he performed his new single ("Bad Thing") with American singer [[Nomi Ruiz]] of [[Jessica 6]] at the second MADWalk, where he represented designer Apostolos Mitropoulos. The single was expected to be released worldwide after the show.<ref name="bad thing">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c38724/Sakhs_Royvas.html |title=Αποκλειστικό: Η μεγάλη έκπληξη στο Madwalk! |date=5 February 2012 |last=Sideris |first=Nasos |publisher=Yupi |language=Greek |access-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310114139/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c38724/Sakhs_Royvas.html |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}</ref> In May 2012 Rouvas released a new single, ''"Tora"'' ("Νow")<ref>{{cite web|last=Gregory|title=Άκου το νέο τραγούδι του Σάκη Ρουβά "Τώρα"!|url=http://www.tralala.gr/Akou-to-neo-tragoudi-tou-Sakh-Rouba-Tora/|publisher=Tralala|date=4 May 2012|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> which he performed at the 2012 MAD Video Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Εντυπωσίασε στη σκηνή των Mad Video Music Awards 2012!|url=http://www.neolaia.gr/2012/06/21/sakis-rouvas-mad-video-music-awards-2012/|publisher=Neolaia.gr|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> In November, he released a [[rock music|rock]]-[[Zeibekiko]] mash-up ballad entitled ''"Niose Ti Thelo"'' ("Feel What I Want").<ref>{{cite web|title=Ακούστε το ολοκαίνουριο τραγούδι του Σ. Ρουβά "Νιώσε τι θέλω"|url=http://www.thebest.gr/news/index/viewStory/159855|publisher=The Best|accessdate=8 February 2014|date=13 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vasiliadou|first=Kiki|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς - Νιώσε τι θέλω / Νέο single|url=http://www.energy966.com/2010/mousikaneasection/neeskyklofories/sakisr12112012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221212219/http://www.energy966.com/2010/mousikaneasection/neeskyklofories/sakisr12112012|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2014|publisher=Energy966|date=12 November 2012|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref> Rouvas was nominated for four Mad Video Music Awards (including Best Pop Video and Video of the Year), winning Male Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year for ''"I Dyo Mas"''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Οι νικητές των Mad Video Music Awards 2012|url=http://www.queen.gr/CELEBRITY-SPOTTING/JUICY-NEWS/item/46454-oi-nikites-ton-mad-video-music-awards-2012|publisher=Queen.gr|date=21 June 2012|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> ==={{anchor|Third child, theatre, and current projects (2013-present)}}Theatre and current projects (2013–present)=== Rouvas returned to television as a presenter for [[ANT1]]'s ''Iroes Anamesa Mas'' (''Heroes Among Us''), a ten-part documentary series focusing on stories of people who have been commended for heroic deeds which premiered on 24 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mpouzala|first=Elena|title=Κυκλοφορεί το τηλεοπτικό σποτ "Ήρωες Αναμεσά Μας" με παρουσιαστή τον Σάκη Ρουβά|url=http://cosmo.gr/articles/pop_culture/Tileorasi/kykloforei-to-thleoptiko-spot-hrwes-anamesa-mas-me-paroysiasth-ton-sakh-royva.2185673.html|publisher=Cosmo.gr|date=28 March 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034804/http://cosmo.gr/articles/pop_culture/Tileorasi/kykloforei-to-thleoptiko-spot-hrwes-anamesa-mas-me-paroysiasth-ton-sakh-royva.2185673.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς παρουσιαστής της μεγάλης κοινωνικής αποστολής του Ant1 " Ήρωες ανάμεσά μας"!|url=http://www.fthis.gr/article/296759/o-sakis-roybas-paroysiastis-tis-megalis-koinonikis-apostolis-toy-ant1-iroes-anamesa-mas-|publisher=FTHIS|date=23 February 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Την Παρασκευή 24 Μαίου η πρεμιέρα για τους "Ήρωες ανάμεσά μας"|url=http://www.nocomments.gr/tin-paraskevi-24-maiou-i-premiera-gia-tous-iroes-anamesa-mas-eikones-116214|publisher=No Comments|date=14 May 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122061025/http://www.nocomments.gr/tin-paraskevi-24-maiou-i-premiera-gia-tous-iroes-anamesa-mas-eikones-116214|archive-date=22 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Antonatos Cantzatos|first=Antonis|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στην πρεμιέρα & η συγκλονιστική πρώτη ιστορία|url=http://www.yupiii.gr/gossip/c51147/Hrwes_Anamesa_Mas.html|publisher=Celebrity News|date=25 May 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> For the series, Rouvas traveled throughout Greece interviewing the featured nominees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Παρουσιαστής στην εκπομπή "Ήρωες ανάμεσα μας"|url=http://www.vipnews.gr/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=12892:%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AE-%C2%AB%CE%AE%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%82%C2%BB&Itemid=115|publisher=Vip News|date=8 February 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> During the summer, he made his theatrical debut in [[Euripides]]' tragedy ''[[The Bacchae]]'' in the lead role of [[Dionysus]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Loverdou|first=Mirto|title=O Σάκης Ρουβάς, Διόνυσος στις "Βάκχες"|url=http://www.tovima.gr/culture/article/?aid=506221|newspaper=To Vima|date=5 April 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=O Σάκης Ρουβάς.. ως Διόνυσος στις Βάκχες του Ευρυπίδη.|url=http://www.happytv.gr/o-sakis-rouvas-os-dionisos-stis-vakches-tou-evripidi/|publisher=HappyTV.gr|date=10 July 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> for which he was awarded with the best performance award by the 2014 Greek Theatre Critics Awards in the category of ancient drama.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sakis Rouvas wins Theater Award amid reactions|url=http://en.protothema.gr/sakis-rouvas-wins-theater-award-amid-reactions/|publisher=ProtoThema |date=9 December 2014|accessdate=19 January 2017}}</ref> Working again with songwriter Theofanous, in May 2013 Rouvas released a ballad single (''"Mia Hara Na Pernas"''; "Have A Good Time").<ref>{{cite web|last=Tzouvaras|first=Dimitris|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς μετά το "Νιώσε τι θέλω" επιστρέφει με νέο τραγούδι!|url=http://www.hit-channel.com/sakis-rouvas-mia-xara-na-pernas/46065|publisher=Hit Channel|date=3 June 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> At the 2013 MAD Video Music Awards, he was nominated for four awards: Best Pop Video, Video of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Αυτές είναι οι υποψηφιότητες των Mad Video Music Awards 2013|url=http://cosmo.gr/Entertainment/aytes-einai-oi-ypopshfiothtes-twn-mad-video-music-awards-2013.2266912.html|publisher=Cosmo.gr|date=24 May 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034809/http://cosmo.gr/Entertainment/aytes-einai-oi-ypopshfiothtes-twn-mad-video-music-awards-2013.2266912.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mad Video Music Awards 2013: Όλες οι υποψηφιότητες|url=http://www.madata.gr/diafora/showbiz/282561.html|publisher=Madata.gr|date=25 June 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> ''"Tora"'' was nominated for most-played radio song of the year, and as part of the awards' tenth anniversary Rouvas' 2008 live performance of ''"+ Se Thelo"'' was nominated for best live performance in the show's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Δείτε τι έγινε στο Kick Off Party των Mad Video Music Awards 2013! (Photos and video)|url=http://thesout.gr/mousika-nea/4408-deite-ti-egine-sto-kick-off-party-ton-mad-video-musiv-awards-2013-photos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122010540/http://thesout.gr/mousika-nea/4408-deite-ti-egine-sto-kick-off-party-ton-mad-video-musiv-awards-2013-photos|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2014|publisher=Thes Out|date=25 May 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 24 November 2013 Rouvas was among a group from the [[Ionian Islands]] who were commended by the Hellenic Union of Eptanisians (Ionians) for their work and philanthropy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σ. Ρουβάς: Γίνεται γραμματόσημο και βραβεύεται!|url=http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-rouvas/0-9-54532.html|publisher=TLife|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222012915/http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-rouvas/0-9-54532.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> To honor the winners, the organization released a collectors'-edition philatelic envelope with a stamp bearing a picture of the group.<ref>{{cite web|last=JonathanK|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς γίνεται γραμματόσημο!|url=http://tvnea.blogspot.gr/2013/11/blog-post_9949.html|publisher=TV Nea|date=17 November 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς έγινε γραμματόσημο|url=http://www.karfitsa.gr/2013/11/27/o-sakis-royvas-egine-grammatosimo/|publisher=Karfitsa.gr|date=27 November 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063252/http://www.karfitsa.gr/2013/11/27/o-sakis-royvas-egine-grammatosimo/|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2014, continuing his support for the Elpida Foundation in practice, Rouvas became the first volunteer bone-marrow donor at the ''Orama Elpidas'' (Vision of Hope) marrow bank,<ref>{{cite web|last=Thimiou|first=Artemis|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς έγινε εθελοντής δότης στην Τράπεζα Μυελού των Οστών! Βίντεο|url=http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-57428.html|publisher=TLife|date=30 January 2014|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131185344/http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-57428.html|archive-date=31 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and he is appearing in a foundation campaign encouraging marrow donation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Έγινε ο πρώτος εθελοντής δότης μυελού των οστών|url=http://www.inewsgr.com/13/sakis-rouvas-egine-o-protos-ethelontis-dotis-myelou-ton-oston-photos.htm|publisher=iNews|date=30 January 2014|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> His "Ace of Hearts Tour" that started on 26 April 2014, was dedicated to the Elpida Foundation and the ''Orama Elpidas'' marrow bank.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://cosmopoliti.com/%CF%84he-ace-of-hearts-tour-m%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC/|title = The Ace Of Hearts Tour με τον Σάκη Ρουβά|date = 21 April 2014|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Cosmopoliti|last = Natsios|first = Vassilis}}</ref> The final concert of the tour took place in Athens on 11 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Έκανε ρεκόρ στην ΔΕΘ ο Ρουβάς: συναυλία με 30.000 θεατές!|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=243380&artTitle=ekane_rekor_stin_deth_o_rouvas_synavlia_me_30_000_theates|publisher=Star|date=12 September 2014|access-date=21 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033119/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=243380&artTitle=ekane_rekor_stin_deth_o_rouvas_synavlia_me_30_000_theates|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 13 January 2014, it was announced that Rouvas would be part of Athina Tsaggari's new feature film named "Chevalier", where he would be one of the protagonists of the movie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Πρωταγωνιστής σε νέα ταινία ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|url=http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-56653.html|publisher=TLife|date=13 January 2014|access-date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423042026/http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-56653.html|archive-date=23 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The shootings of the movie started on January and are set to be done on March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στη νέα ταινία της Αθηνάς Τσαγγάρη|url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/752371|publisher=naftermporiki.gr|date=13 January 2014|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Chevalier">{{cite web|title=Ξεκίνησαν τα γυρίσματα της νέας ταινίας του Σάκη Ρουβά|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=211108&artTitle=xekinisan_ta_gyrismata_tis_neas_tainias_tou_saki_rouva|publisher=Star|date=14 January 2014|access-date=17 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033131/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=211108&artTitle=xekinisan_ta_gyrismata_tis_neas_tainias_tou_saki_rouva|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 11 March 2014, Rouvas himself uploaded a promo video of his new single ''"Se Pethimisa"'' (I Missed You) on his [[YouTube]] channel that will be released later during the year.<ref>{{cite video|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|title=Sakis Rouvas - Se Pethimisa Promo Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8NqNFVyZcs&list|publisher=You Tube|date=11 March 2014|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> For this song, Rouvas continues his cooperation with the songwriter Theofanous, while the lyrics belong to Thanos Papanikolaou.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς – "Σε Πεθύμησα"|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/?p=95896|publisher=Music Corner|date=12 March 2014|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> After his success as Dionysus in ''The Bacchae'', Rouvas' next theatrical step includes a musical. On September 2014, it was announced that Rouvas would be part of the musical "Hraklis; Oi dodeka athloi" (Hercules; The twelve labours) at the role of Hercules.<ref>{{cite news|title=Από τον μέθυσο Διόνυσο στις Βάκχες του Ευριπίδη στην ενσάρκωση του μυθικού ήρωα|url=http://www.protothema.gr/life-style/article/411086/o-sakis-rouvas-anevainei-sto-sanidi-os-iraklis/|newspaper=Proto Thema|date=18 September 2014|accessdate=21 November 2014}}</ref> The premiere took place on 12 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Από τις 12 Δεκεμβρίου γίνεται Ηρακλής ο Σάκης Ρουβάς!|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Politismos.aspx?art=252903&artTitle=apo_tis_12_dekemvriou_ginetai_iraklis_o_sakis_rouvas_|publisher=Star|date=20 November 2014|access-date=21 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033107/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Politismos.aspx?art=252903&artTitle=apo_tis_12_dekemvriou_ginetai_iraklis_o_sakis_rouvas_|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2016 [[Chevalier (film)|Chevalier]], was selected as the Greek entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[89th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Greece">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.gr/2016/09/15/culture-to-chevalier-ths-tsagkarh-sta-oscar-2017_n_12025612.html?ncid=tweetlnkgrhpmg00000001|title=Το "Chevalier" της Αθηνάς Ραχήλ Τσαγκάρη θα εκπροσωπήσει την Ελλάδα στα Όσκαρ του 2017|date=15 September 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="SD">{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/greece-submits-chevalier-to-oscars/5109569.article |title=Greece submits 'Chevalier' to Oscars |first=Alexis |last=Grivas |date=21 September 2016|accessdate=21 September 2016 |work=[[Screen International|Screen Daily]]}}</ref> ==Artistry== ===Influences=== {{multiple image|image1=Elvis_Presley_promoting_Jailhouse_Rock.jpg|width=160|image2=Michael Jackson 1984.jpg|footer=Presley (pictured in 1957) was Rouvas' initial and greatest childhood influence; Jackson (pictured in 1984) was a later influence.|alt1=A young man dancing, swiveling his hips. He has dark hair, short and slicked up a bit. He wears an unbuttoned band-collared jacket over a shirt with bold black-and-white horizontal stripes. Behind him, on either side, are a pair of barred frames, like prison doors.|alt2=A mid-twenties African American man wearing a sequined military jacket and dark sunglasses. He is walking while waving his right hand, which is adorned with a white glove. His left hand is bare.}} [[Elvis Presley]] was Rouvas' musical idol; he also enjoyed [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Although he was influenced most by 1960s music,<ref name="father figure 77">{{cite news|title=Father Figure|last=Kostopoulos|first=Petros|date=June 2008|publisher=Down Town|page=77|language=Greek}}</ref> he also likes [[George Michael]] and [[Michael Bolton]].<ref name="mad vma 09">MAD Video Music Awards. [[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]. Airdate: 24 June 2009.</ref> The singer considers Queen's "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" "one of the ten best songs that have ever been written."<ref name="Bohemian Rhapsody">''The X Factor''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 14 November 2008.</ref> Similarities between Presley and Rouvas have been noted; during his STARZ performances, the Maggira Sisters' opening sketch was based on Presley's concern about a popular Greek singer who imitated him.<ref>{{cite news|title=STARZ winter 2008-2009|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=MEGA|date=December 2008|language=Greek}}</ref> Rouvas covered Presley's "[[Suspicious Minds]]" for the ''Alter Ego'' [[Alter Ego (soundtrack)|soundtrack]], and has said that what impressed him most as a child about Presley was "the way that he sang, that he danced, that he felt what he interpreted and what I believed that his audience felt when they heard him".<ref name="The World Is Not Enough">{{cite news | title= The World Is Not Enough | work= Down Town Magazine | author= Zambetoglou, Nansy | page= 46 |date= October 2002 |language= Greek}}</ref> He has also been influenced by Greek artists such as [[Giannis Parios]], [[Marinella]] and [[Nana Mouskouri]] (his mentor),<ref name="Vogue 1">{{cite magazine|script-title=el:Ωραίος ως Έλλην|last=Iordanou|first=Natalia|date=June 2002|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|language=Greek}}</ref> and considers [[Haris Alexiou]] and [[Anna Vissi]] as the two greatest Greek female artists.<ref name="Aziz" /> Michael Jackson's "[[Earth Song]]" is a favourite of Rouvas' for its environmental message;<ref name="ConcertforEnvironment" /> after [[Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson's death]], he dedicated a song to the American singer at his Concert for the Environment and spoke about Jackson's legacy:<ref name="GreekMichaelJackson">{{cite web|url=http://www.stifora.gr/article.php?id=3624|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704204859/http://www.stifora.gr/article.php?id=3624|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2009|date=July 2009|script-title=el:Σκουπιδότοπος το Καλλιμάρμαρο μετά την "Οικολογική" συναυλία Ρουβά|last=Staff|publisher=Sti Fora|language=Greek|access-date=29 October 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> <blockquote>"[Michael Jackson was] one of the most significant singers ever on this planet and the biggest showman that has ever passed by on this planet [...] a person whose life was a 'thriller', but however complicated his life was, he dedicated it for the good of the children and of the planet. Many people want to remember him for the complex persona that he had, I want to remember him for everything that he gave to us all of these years, and for all the reasons that he inspired us."<ref name="ConcertforEnvironment">{{cite news|title=Concert for the Environment by National Youth Council|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=ANT1|date=1 July 2009|language=Greek}}</ref></blockquote> ===Musicianship=== [[File:RouvasIrthesatSTARZ.JPG|thumb|left|alt=Singer in blue light, with falling confetti|Rouvas performing at STARZ]] Rouvas is fluent in [[Greek language|Greek]], English and French, presenting the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] in all three languages.<ref name="MAD1">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20839|date=5 April 2006|title=Sakis all the way|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> He has also recorded songs in all three languages, singing phonetically in Turkish and Russian for his 1997 collaboration with [[Burak Kut]] in [[Cyprus]] and the Russian duet version of ''"Se Thelo San Trelos"'' (''"Kak Sumashedshij Ya"'') with [[Philipp Kirkorov]]; one of three versions, it was a Russian hit. Rouvas plays guitar, [[bass guitar|bass]], [[piano]], [[cello]]<ref name="DownTown1999">{{cite news | script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Ο Χρυσός Άνδρας της Δεκαετίας | work= Down Town Magazine | author= Chatzistavrou, Anastasia | page= 56 |date=December 1999 |language= Greek}}</ref> and some [[percussion]]. On some tours he plays his black [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] [[Les Paul (guitar)|Les Paul]] electric guitar,<ref name="Mag1" /> switching to acoustic guitar for unplugged performances such as ''Live Ballads''.<ref name="valentine's">''Sakis for Valentine's''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 14 February 2006.</ref> Rouvas has expressed disappointment with the ignorance of youthful audiences of older music.<ref name="father figure 77" /> He considers himself a pop-rock artist, although he has described his musical style as "always more rock" than he has been credited.<ref name="happy hour 77">{{cite news|title=Happy Hour|last=Michalos|first=Manos|date=November 2008|publisher=Down Town|page=77|language=Greek}}</ref> Rouvas has been praised for not tapping into traditional Greek music for commercial success, since pop music is a niche genre in Greece.<ref name="DownTown1999" /><ref name="Mag1" /> Asked if he thought it difficult being a pop-rock artist in a folk market, he replied that there was a need for a variety of genres; while he has experimented with traditional Greek music, it is not what he feels he does best.<ref name="Aziz" /> ===Vocal style=== Rouvas had no vocal lessons as a boy and taught himself primarily by ear, so during the recording of his first album he had to learn [[music theory]] in a short time.<ref name="Psinakis ANTD">''Αξίζει Να Το Δείς'' [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 19 May 2009</ref> His voice developed significantly since his early teenaged performances. Rouvas' detractors have criticized his voice as average, or limited, contending that his appeal is based on image.<ref name="vimacriticism">{{cite web|url=http://www.matia.gr/7/73/7306/7306_1_5.html|date=2 January 2005|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Ο σταρ και ο δημιουργός του|last=Vidos|first=Kosmas|publisher=[[To Vima]] Online|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="irthesavopolis">{{cite web|url=http://www.avopolis.gr/greek/albums/default.asp?ID=5051 |date=December 2008 |script-title=el:Ήρθες |last=Touroutoglou |first=Anastasia |publisher=Avopolis |language=Greek |access-date=18 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106002235/http://www.avopolis.gr/greek/albums/default.asp?id=5051 |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name="orfeas parafora">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-orfeas.gr/singing/newreleases/4280-%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1.html|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Παράφορα | date=27 August 2011|last=Karantis|first=Tasos P.|publisher=e-Orfeas|language=Greek|accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> Whatever the assessment of his voice, it has often been overshadowed by showmanship and appearance in the media; many preferred to watch him perform than to listen to him.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="DeltaPage4-5">{{cite book|title=Sakis Rouvas|publisher=Delta Club|year=2001|edition=booklet|pages=4–5|title-link=Sakis Rouvas (2001 album)}}</ref><ref name="brunell">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6007 |date=2 July 2009 |title=Lilian Brunell reviews Sakis Rouvas concert |last=Brunell |first=Lilian |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718203059/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6007 |archive-date=18 July 2009 }}</ref> These criticisms diminished by the second decade of Rouvas' career;<ref name="tralala bio" /><ref name="chartshowkst" /> his technical skills (range, power and versatility in particular) and expression are better appreciated.<ref name="chartshowkst" /><ref name="orfeas parafora" /><ref name="matia analysis">{{cite web|url=http://www.matia.gr/7/73/7306/7306_1_5.html|script-title=el:Μουσικοί...&#124;Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher=Matia|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="oiko underworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/10/29/sakis-rouvas-2004-2009-premiere-at-athens-arena/|title=SAKIS ROUVAS (2004, 2009) PREMIERE AT ATHENS ARENA|date=29 October 2011|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|publisher=Oikotimes|accessdate=1 April 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2017}}</ref> Rouvas has a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]];<ref name="tenor">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbeast.gr/lifestyle/arthro/16185/hrei-tenorou-anelave-o-sakis-rouvas/|script-title=el:Χρέη τενόρου ανέλαβε ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=15 July 2010|publisher=Newsbeast|language=Greek|accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> although he can also sing low,<ref name="orfeas parafora" /> in the [[Clef#F-clefs|F-clef]] range,<ref name="phoebus scores2">{{cite book|last=Papatheodorou|first=Filippos|title=Φοίβος 4|year=2003|publisher=Arco Music|pages=38–41}}</ref> he prefers to sing higher and can reach notes beyond the typical tenor high without [[falsetto]],<ref name="phoebus scores">{{cite book|last=Papatheodorou|first=Filippos|title=Φοίβος 4|year=2003|publisher=Arco Music|pages=8–11}}</ref> varying his [[dynamics (music)|dynamics]] from whispers to [[belting (music)|belts]].<ref name="orfeas parafora" /><ref name="matia analysis" /> His vocal power was evident in early recordings, notably on ''"Mia Fora"'' from ''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'' (the first album to showcase his vocal ability).<ref name="matia analysis" /> During his 1997–98 hiatus, Rouvas received voice lessons from American coach Raz Kennedy focusing on rock and blues techniques.<ref name="Mag1" /> His subsequent sixth album, ''Kati Apo Mena'', was a milestone in Rouvas' vocal development; he exhibited a consistent depth and dimension which previously appeared only sporadically on his first five albums.<ref name="matia analysis" /> He won the ''Pop Corn'' Music Award for Best Male Vocal Performance twice in a row: for 1999's ''"Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou"'' and 2000's ''"Se Thelo San Trelos"'' (the latter from ''21os Akatallilos''). By ''Live Ballads'' in 2006, Pavlos Zervas of ''Music Corner'' considered that Rouvas' voice had reached its most-mature form.<ref name="LB MC review">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas.html|date=April 2006|title=ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ Live Ballads|last=Zervas|first=Pavlos|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> Critic Tasos P. Karantis of ''Orfeas'' conceded that Rouvas sang with competence and technical precision, and his voice was easily recognizable.<ref name="orfeas parafora" /> Ilias Malasidis of Athens 24 noted that Rouvas' voice was initially more intriguing than his material.<ref name="SE A24">{{cite web|url=http://www.athens24.gr/going-out/music/cd-critic/news_detail.html?id=15494|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ Σ' έχω ερωτευθεί|last=Malasidis|first=Ilias|publisher=Athens 24|language=Greek|accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> His voice is best-suited to [[power ballads]],<ref name="LB MC review" /> his signature style<ref name="irthes mc review">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/08/rouvas.html |date=December 2008|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ "Ήρθες"|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref> due to his [[sensuality|sensual]] tone.<ref name="valentine's 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.zougla.gr/lifestyle/article/sakis-rouvas-8eloume-na-pantreftoume-to-kalokeri|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: "Θέλουμε να παντρευτούμε το καλοκαίρι"|date=14 February 2011|publisher=Zougla|language=Greek|accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> Reviewers have praised Rouvas' live performances, particularly his ability to execute "especially difficult and demanding songs", hold long, high notes and dance while singing.<ref name="oiko underworld" /><ref name="LB MC review" /> ''Down Town'' commended him for never using a [[lip sync|playback track]], common among Greek artists,<ref name="DownTown1999" /> but ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' noted that an ability to sing well in English would increase his international appeal.<ref name="billboard10">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=dwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=sakis+rouvas#v=onepage&q=sakis%20rouvas&f=false|title=A Sampling of Veteran Artists And Newcomers Who Help Define The Athens Music Scene|last=Develegas|first=Cosmas|date=23 October 1999|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=54|accessdate=12 June 2009}}</ref> During his career, Rouvas has perform in a number of genres, contemporary and traditional; in some songs (such as ''"O Iroas"'' from ''Iparhi Agapi Edo''), he delivers spoken verses which have been described as a "light [[rapping|rap]]."<ref name="IAE MC review">{{cite web|url= http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas_02.html|date=December 2006|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ "Υπάρχει αγάπη εδώ"|last=Zervas|first=Pavlos|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref> He has also performed as a [[crooner]] styles<ref name="fever 2004 review" /> and a [[classical music|classical]] [[tenor]].<ref name="tenor" /> Rouvas' defining characteristic as a vocalist has been his [[emotional expression]].<ref name="chartshowkst" /> He maintains his voice with a strict [[organic food]] diet and avoiding [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and [[smoking]], banning smoking in his [[dressing room]].<ref name="Mag1" /> Singer-songwriter Stelios Rokkos, who collaborated with him for three seasons, described him as "probably the most disciplined singer I have ever met—in fact, to the point of insanity."<ref name="rokkos yupi">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupiii.gr/gossip/c16123/Stelios_Rokkos.html|script-title=el:Την αγαπάω πολύ τη Ρούλα Κορομηλά. Τώρα, αν την αγκάλιασα και τη φίλησα δυο τρεις φορές, ήταν δεσμός;|date=23 February 2010|last=Patsioli|first=Zoi|publisher=Yupiii|accessdate=21 June 2012|language=Greek}}</ref> ==={{anchor|Live performance and music videos}}Live shows and music videos=== ===Film and television=== [[File:Sakis Rouvas ERT.jpg|thumb|right|180px|alt=Smiling man in a suit, talking into two microphones|Rouvas speaking to [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]]]] After his 2005 move to Los Angeles Rouvas studied acting and received some training from his friend, [[Tom Hanks]].<ref name="espresso_news" /> He was interested in film since childhood, and a year and a half later he received an offer from Village Roadshow.<ref name="OK07">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/video/?cID=33983|title=Mad Greekζ: Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=6 November 2008|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=13 May 2010}}</ref> In Rouvas' first feature film, ''Alter Ego'' (of which he was also associate producer), he played a role similar to himself. Before that, he dubbed English-language animated films in Greek. When comparisons between Rouvas and the character Stefanos in ''Alter Ego'' arose (with speculation that the character was autobiographical), he replied that despite similarities Stefanos was a "much more aggressive person."<ref name="alter ego ola">''Όλα 7''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 7 May 2007.</ref> Rouvas adopted a new look for the film, credited by ''Nitro'' as reflecting the [[emo]] movement emerging among Greek youth.<ref name="alter ego nitro">{{cite news|title=ALTER EGO|last=Papaioannou|first=Lydia|date=May 2007|publisher=Nitro|page=|language=Greek}}</ref> While Rouvas was attracted some critical praise for his foray into acting,<ref name="tralala bio" /><ref name="TIML">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9593|date=10 November 2007|title=Sakis Rouvas: This is my Live!|last=Yiorgos|first=Kasaoglou|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=29 July 2009}}</ref> others felt that it was too early to evaluate his acting talent.<ref name="duressvima">{{cite web|url=http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&ct=4&artid=302801&dt=03/12/2009|title=Πολιτισμός-Μέντια &#124; Οι ταινίες της εβδομάδας: Ο Σάκης "έχει" το Χ-Factor και στην υποκριτική | last = Zoumboulakis | first = Giannis | date=3 December 2009|publisher=[[To Vima]] Online|language=Greek|accessdate=13 May 2010}}</ref> Rouvas' second film (the [[indie film|indie]] ''Duress'') was a Hollywood psychological thriller in which he played a serial killer, against type for Greek audiences, and said the film was the most difficult thing he had done in his career until that point.<ref name="disc crisis">{{cite web|url=http://www.tempo.gr/ston-kosmo-mas/gossip-celebrities/1949-sakis-rouvas|date=30 November 2009|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: "Οι δισκογραφικές περνούν κρίση, όχι το τραγούδι"|last=Tempo team|publisher=Tempo|language=Greek|accessdate=7 June 2010}}</ref> Giannis Zoumboulakis of ''[[To Vima]]'' found Rouvas convincing in the film's cat-and-mouse plot: "You accept the proposal from the first moments, forgetting completely that the 'bad' guy in the story is the host of ''X-Factor''", concluding that "Going against his own image, Rouvas creates a very exceptional psycho killer. With his [[gray]]-[[beige]], old wool coat and grimy, parted hair and without his bright smile he creates from scratch a hero that is all his."<ref name="duressvima" /> Panagiotis Timogiannakis contended that Rouvas began showing a different side of himself in ''Alter Ego'', noting that the lighting in both films did not flatter him. Timogiannakis wondered if Rouvas had deglamourized himself to receive serious roles: "He needs to clear up whether he wants to have a career of a star or of a role player. A born role player he does not seem to be. A born star he is."<ref name="yupi acting pt 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gkrinia/c14026/O_Royvas_H8opoios_Part_2.html |title=Ο Ρουβάς Ηθοποιός, Part 2 |last=Timogiannakis |first=Panagiotis |date=20 November 2009 |publisher=Yupi |language=Greek |access-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124130401/http://www.yupi.gr/gkrinia/c14026/O_Royvas_H8opoios_Part_2.html |archive-date=24 January 2010 }}</ref> The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest was a springboard for glib host roles, such as for ''The X Factor''.<ref name="tralala bio" /> Producer Giannis Latsios said that Rouvas' presence contributed significantly to the show's success, calling his first-season performance "great" and adding: "We had a program that had to do with music and Sakis, on a collective level, is an icon that the generation which participates in this show has as an idol. He is a glowing character with much higher capabilities of expression and, if he decides to continue this path, will improve. He has immediacy, critique and most of all he gave to a program a luster, which was not standard from the beginning."<ref name="latsios">{{cite web|url= http://www.tempo.gr/ston-kosmo-mas/gossip-celebrities/1004-giannis-latsios|date=23 January 2009|script-title=el:Γ. Λάτσιος: "Καλύτερα από πέρυσι ο Πρωινός Καφές"!|last=Tempo team|publisher=Tempo|language=Greek|accessdate=7 June 2010}}</ref> == Personal life == Rouvas met model [[Katia Zygouli]] back in 2003 during the shootings of a commercial ad for Vodafone and the two of them became a couple. They kept their relationship away from the media despite the rumors and Rouvas first confirmed their relationship during a radio interview to [[Natalia Germanou]].<ref name=":8">{{cite web|url = http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/38173/%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%86%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B1|title = Με τα φτερά του έρωτα|date = 10 February 2010|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Espresso|last = Pourliaros|first = Nikos}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.newsnowgr.com/article/117113/sakis-rouvas-i-katia-me-vasanise-poly-den-itan-efkolo-na-tin-proseggiso.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς: "Η Κάτια με βασάνισε πολύ. Δεν ήταν εύκολο να την προσεγγίσω"|date = 6 May 2012|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = NewsNowGr}}</ref> On June 2008, Rouvas announced Zygouli's pregnancy<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/12570/%CE%B7-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%B8%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AC-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1|title = Η Ελληνίδα "Αντζελίνα" που θα γίνει... μαμά "Ρουβίτσα"!|date = 13 June 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Espresso|last = Maravegias|first = Elias}}</ref> and on 2 November 2008, Zygouli gave birth to the couple's first child,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.otherside.gr/2008/11/gennise-i-katia-zigouli-to-paidi-tou-saki-rouva/|title = Γέννησε η Κάτια Ζυγούλη|date = 3 November 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Otherside}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zougla.gr/lifestyle/article/genise-i-katia-zigouli|title = Γέννησε η Κάτια Ζυγούλη|date = 2 November 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Zougla|last = Chalamandari|first = Nadia}}</ref> a daughter named Anastasia after her father on 18 October 2009. Her [[godparent|godmother]] was Emmanouela Pavlatou, a friend of [[Melina Mercouri]], and the baptismal date was chosen to coincide with Mercouri's birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10990&subid=2&pubid=5155611|title = Βαφτίστηκε η πιο μικρή Ρουβίτσα!|date = 19 October 2009|access-date = 24 March 2014|publisher = SentraGoal|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140324221330/http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10990&subid=2&pubid=5155611|archive-date = 24 March 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mediasoup.gr/node/5275|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091022071610/http://www.mediasoup.gr/node/5275|url-status = dead|archive-date = 22 October 2009|title = Βαφτίστηκε η κόρη του Ρουβά|date = 19 October 2009|access-date = 24 March 2014|publisher = Media Soup|last = Litsa|first = Teressa|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Anastasia's birth was extensively covered by the media.<ref name=":8" /> In a [[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]] interview with Eleonora Meleti, Rouvas said: "Marriage is not in our plans. We don't think of it even though it is expected by society based on how we are all raised here in Greece. We are happy enough at the moment that we don't plan a marriage."<ref name="star">{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GV66ULS5fc| language = Greek|title= Sakis Rouvas interview with Eleonora Meleti on STAR Channel| publisher = [[Star (channel)|STAR]] |date= 3 March 2009|accessdate=3 March 2009}}</ref> However, in May 2010 Zygouli appeared wearing a [[diamond]] [[Engagement Ring (Roy Lichtenstein)|engagement ring]] without an engagement announcement.<ref name="ring">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/politismos/264725|title=SHOW TIME|date=11 May 2010|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|accessdate=11 May 2010}}</ref> On 15 October 2011, Rouvas and Zygouli became parents for the second time to a son, named Alexandros.<ref name="gennithike o gios tous">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34886/Royvas-_Zygoylh.html |title=Γεννήθηκε their son! |date=15 October 2011 |publisher=yupi |language=Greek |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017153520/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34886/Royvas-_Zygoylh.html |archive-date=17 October 2011 }}</ref> The couple's third child and second daughter, named Ariadni, arrived on 3 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: για το όνομα του τρίτου παιδιού|url=http://www.i-diadromi.gr/2013/01/blog-post_3834.html|publisher=Diadromi|date=4 January 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ποιο όνομα θα δώσουν στην κόρη τους ο Ρουβάς και η Ζυγούλη Πηγή: Ποιο όνομα θα δώσουν στην κόρη τους ο Ρουβάς και η Ζυγούλη|url=http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/84389/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%B8%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CF%8E%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%B6%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B7|publisher=iefimerida|date=4 January 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> The couple welcomed their fourth child, on 21 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tlife.gr/news/9/Sakis-Royvas-Katia-Zygoyli-Vgikan-apo-to-maieytirio-agkalia-me-ton-gio-toys/0-101114 | script-title = el:Σάκης Ρουβάς - Κάτια Ζυγούλη: Βγήκαν από το μαιευτήριο, αγκαλιά με τον γιο τους! | date = 22 April 2016 | publisher = TLIFE | language = Greek | access-date = 2 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160428212038/http://www.tlife.gr/news/9/Sakis-Royvas-Katia-Zygoyli-Vgikan-apo-to-maieytirio-agkalia-me-ton-gio-toys/0-101114 | archive-date = 28 April 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> On Monday 3 July 2017, Sakis Rouvas married Katia Zygouli. ==Discography== {{Main|Sakis Rouvas discography|Sakis Rouvas videography}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''<big>Studio albums</big>''' *''[[Sakis Rouvas (album)|Sakis Rouvas]]'' (1991) *''[[Min Andistekese]]'' (1992) *''[[Gia Sena]]'' (1993) *''[[Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas]]'' (1994) *''[[Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola]]'' (1996) *''[[Kati Apo Mena]]'' (1998) *''[[21os Akatallilos]]'' (2000) *''[[Ola Kala]]'' (2002) *''[[To Hrono Stamatao]]'' (2003) *''[[S'eho Erotefthi]]'' (2005) *''[[Iparhi Agapi Edo]]'' (2006) *''[[Irthes]]'' (2008) *''[[Parafora]]'' (2010) *''Iraklis - Oi 12 Athloi'' (2014) {{col-2}} '''<big>Live albums</big>''' *''[[Live Ballads]]'' (2006) *''[[This Is My Live]]'' (2007) {{col-end}} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Films |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes and Awards |- | 1996 | [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]] | [[Quasimodo]] | [[Protagonist]], Greek voice-dub |- | 2006 | [[Cars (film)|Cars]] | [[Lightning McQueen]] | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- | 2007 | [[Alter Ego (2007 film)|Alter Ego]] | Stefanos | Protagonist<br/>Also associate producer<br/> |- | 2009 | [[Duress (film)|Duress]] | Abner Solvie | [[Antagonist]] |- | 2009 | [[Planet 51]] | Captain Charles "Chuck" T. Baker | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- | 2011 | [[Cars 2]] | Lightning McQueen | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- | 2015 | [[Chevalier (film)|Chevalier]] | Christos | |- | 2017 | [[Cars 3]] | Lightning McQueen | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes and Awards |- | 1996 | Kalinyhta Mama | Himself | 1 episode |- | 2006 | [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] | Himself | Host with [[Maria Menounos]] |- | 2008 - 2011, 2016 - 2017 | [[The X Factor (Greece)|The X Factor Greece]] | Himself | Host * [[Johnnie Walker]] Man of the Year Award for Presenter of the Year (2011) |- | 2013 | Iroes anamesa mas | Himself | Host |- | 2016–present | [[The Voice of Greece]] | Himself | Coach |- ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Theater |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes and Awards |- | 2013 | [[The Bacchae]] | [[Dionysus]] | Theatrical debut |- | 2015 | Hercules- 12 labours | [[Hercules]] | |} ==Tours and residencies== ===Concert tours=== *Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola Summer Tour (1997) *Pepsi Tour (2001) *Ola Kala World Tour (2002) *Sakis Live in Town Tour (2003) *Sakis on Stage Tour (2005) *Fire Victims Tour (2007) *[[Antonis Remos]] - Sakis Rouvas World Tour (2008) <!-- This was a world tour; US, CAN, AUS, and S. Africa --> *[[Kalokairino Randevou me ton Saki Tour]] (2008) *Sakis Live Tour (2009) *Sakis Summer Tour 2010 ===Concert residencies=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *To Ekati (1990) *Athens Show Center (1991) *Posidonio (1992) *Posidonio (1994) *Chaos (1996) *Pyli Axiou (1997) *Chaos (1998) *Vio Vio (1999–2000) *Pyli Axiou (2000) *Apollonas (2000–01) *Rex (2001–2002) *Fever (2003–04) *Fever (2004–05) *Boom (2007) *Politia (2008) *STARZ (2008–09) *Politia Live Clubbing (2009) *The S Club (2009–2010) *[[Politia Live Clubbing summer 2010|Politia Live Clubbing]] (2010) *Face2Face (2010–11) *The S Club at Thalassa: People's Stage (2011) *Pyli Axiou (2011) *Underworld S Club (2011–2012) *Underworld S Club at Politia Live Clubbing (2012) *The S Club at Thalassa: People's Stage (2012) {{div col end}} ==Awards== {{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Sakis Rouvas}} ==Bibliography== * "Afti Einai I Zoi Mou" (2009); An article co-written with Petros Kostopoulos featured in the April 2009 issue of ''Nitro''. * "Info-diet 370" (2011); An article featured in the November 2011 issue of ''Athens Voice''. ==See also== {{Portal|Athletics|Greece|Music}} *[[Honorific nicknames in popular music]] *[[List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters]] *[[List of Greeks]] *[[List of Pepsi spokespersons]] *[[Mononymous person]] *{{Books-inline|Sakis Rouvas}} ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{citation | last = Stavrou Karayanni | first = Stavros | title = Dancing Fear & Desire: Race, Sexuality and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance | publisher = [[Wilfrid Laurier University|Wilfrid Laurier University Press]] | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-88920-454-3 }} ==External links== {{Sister project links|n=Category:Sakis Rouvas|commons=Category:Sakis Rouvas|wikt=no|v=no|b=no|s=no}} * Official Sakis Rouvas websites: [http://www.sakisrouvas.com/ Professional], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090908075308/http://www.sakisrouvas.tv/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2FDefault.aspx%3Fid%3D43 Web TV] * [http://sakisrouvas.ru/ Official Russian site] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82+%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82?anv=Sakis+Rouvas Sakis Rouvas] at [[Discogs]] * {{IMDb name|1648391}} *Ειδήσεις [https://archive.today/20130217160617/http://www.rodacino.gr/article.jsf?id=4B927664EBD387D470383F4FD38B5649&at=1%CE%9F Σάκης και η Αναστασία του!] {{in lang|el}} * {{Twitter}} * {{instagram|sakisrouvas|Sakis Rouvas}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{s-break}} ! 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'{{About|the musician|his self-titled albums|Sakis Rouvas (1991 album)|and|Sakis Rouvas (2001 album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Sakis Rouvas | image = Sakis Rouvas in Moscow.jpg | caption = Rouvas at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]] in [[Moscow]], Russia. | image_size = | birth_name = Anastasios Rouvas | native_name = Σάκης Ρουβάς | alias = Sakis | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|01|05}} | birth_place = Sfakia, [[Crete]], Greece | origin = [[Athens]], Greece | occupation = Stripper, erotic novel writer, dancer, actor, television presenter, film producer, model, fashion designer, businessman, athlete | years_active = 1987–1990 (athlete)<br />1991–present (performer) | background = solo_singer | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer | instrument = [[Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[piano]]<ref name="DownTown1999"/> | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Dance music|dance]] | associated_acts = Corfu Band | label = [[PolyGram Records|PolyGram Greece]], [[Minos EMI]], [[Universal Music|Universal Music France]] | website = {{url|http://www.sakisrouvas.com/}} }} }} '''Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas''' ([[Greek alphabet|Greek]]: Αναστάσιος "Σάκης" Ρουβάς, {{IPA-el|ˈsacis ruˈvas|pron}}; born 5 January 1972), known [[mononym]]ously as '''Sakis''', is a [[Greece|Greek]] recording artist; model; film and television actor; businessman and former pole vaulter. Born in [[Corfu]], he won medals on the national [[sport of athletics|athletics]] team during the 1980s. Rouvas began a musical career in 1991 as one of Greece's first dance-pop performers. His [[tenor]] vocals, complex choreography, costumes, and technological advancements have been credited with transforming [[music video]]s and live performances. Rouvas is noted for avoiding domestic music, attaining success for a non-[[laïko]] or -[[éntekhno]] artist, and for breaking cultural, social, artistic, and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus. During the early 1990s, Rouvas signed with [[PolyGram Records]] and won the Thessaloniki Song Festival. Despite five commercially successful albums, his personal life (including his [[military service]] and 1997 Greek-Turkish peace concert, which damaged his public image) has been publicized. Rouvas signed with [[Minos EMI]] in 1997, returning to the charts with ''[[Kati Apo Mena]]'' (1998) and ''[[21os Akatallilos]]'' (2000) and ending his 14-year collaboration with manager [[Ilias Psinakis]]. One of the few Greek entertainers to gain recognition abroad, he has been popular in the [[Balkans]] since the 1990s. By the 2010s, Rouvas had expanded his career to [[film]], [[television]], [[theatre]] and [[fashion]]. His single "[[Shake It (Sakis Rouvas song)|Shake It]]" is the all-time bestselling single in Greece; his songs and videos, such as "1992", "Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas", "Ela Mou", "Xana", "Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola", "Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou", "Ypirhes Panta", "Antexa", "Se Thelo San Trelos" and "[[+ Se Thelo]]", have topped the popular Greek charts. Since 2003 Rouvas has been in a relationship with model [[Katia Zygouli]], with whom he has four children. He is involved in social issues, and has been praised for his dedication to philanthropic organizations. Rouvas has won six [[IFPI Greece#Arion Music Awards (2002–2007)|Arion Music Awards]], 15 ''Pop Corn'' Music Awards, 22 [[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD Video Music Awards]], four ''Status'' Man of the Year Awards, an [[MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Award]] and a [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]]. Several number-one albums and singles which have been certified gold or higher have made him one of Greece's most popular musical artists. Known for his independence, Rouvas' musical, fashion and performance styles have influenced other artists for over two decades. In 2009 ''[[Down Town (magazine)|Down Town]]'' named him its "Entertainer of the Decade"; in 2010, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed him as the third-most-influential celebrity in Greece and the country's top-ranked singer. ==Early life== Rouvas was born on 5 January 1972 in Mantouki, a suburb of [[Corfu (city)|Corfu City]] on the island of [[Corfu]], the eldest of four sons of Konstantinos "Kostas" Rouvas (an ambulance driver) and the teenaged Anna-Maria Panaretou (a [[duty-free shop]] clerk at the [[Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport|local airport]]).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url = http://www.tralala.gr/sakhs-roubas-gennhthhke-san-shmera-to-1972/|title = <nowiki>Βιογραφία | Σάκης Ρουβάς</nowiki>|accessdate = 18 March 2014|date = 5 January 2014|publisher = Tralala|last = Kefallinou|first = Eleni}}</ref> He has three brothers: Billy (b. Vasilios),<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.gossip-tv.gr/showbiz/story/179420/Ki-esy-sto-soyper-market-Saki-moy|title = Κι εσύ στο σούπερ μάρκετ Σάκη μου;|date = 2 April 2012|accessdate = 18 March 2014|publisher = Gossip TV}}</ref> Tolis (b. Apostolos, 1975)<ref name="Mag1" /> and Nikos (b. Nikolaos, 1991).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.gossip-tv.gr/showbiz/story/29270/o-aderphos-tou-sake-rouba-sto-nautiko|title = Ο αδερφός του Σάκη Ρουβά στο Ναυτικό|date = 2 March 2010|accessdate = 18 March 2014|publisher = Gossip TV}}</ref> The family was poor, and Rouvas began taking care of his brothers at age five.<ref name="Nitro 151">{{cite news|script-title=el:Αυτή είναι η ζωή μου|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|author2=Kostopoulos, Petros |date=April 2009|publisher=Nitro|page=151|language=Greek}}</ref> At age four, he exhibited athletic ability and took [[ballet]] classes as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.fimes.gr/2010/10/rouvas-kostopoulos-vrady-video/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101009193522/http://www.fimes.gr/2010/10/rouvas-kostopoulos-vrady-video/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 9 October 2010|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς, Κωστόπουλος, μπαλέτο και gay|date = 8 October 2010|access-date = 18 March 2014|publisher = Fimes|df = dmy-all}}</ref> His parents had a theatrical background, and at age ten Rouvas starred in his first theatrical production (''An I Karharies Itan Anthropi''; ''If Sharks Were People''). His older co-stars were impressed with his talent.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url = http://www.pamebouzoukia.gr/sakis-rouvas|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς|accessdate = 18 March 2014|publisher = Pame mpouzoukia|date = 15 January 2012}}</ref> Soon afterwards Rouvas discovered music, which he enjoyed nearly as much as athletics. He taught himself guitar, inspired by international artists such as [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1984 his parents divorced; Rouvas and his brother Tolis moved to their paternal grandparents' home in the village of Potamos when their father remarried. The young Rouvas held a variety of jobs to support his family,<ref name=":1" /> including work in an [[automobile repair shop]], as a [[construction worker]] and a [[bartender]].<ref name="The World Is Not Enough" /> Since his early childhood he had difficulty in school, particularly in [[reading (process)|reading]] and [[writing]]. Working during the day, Rouvas went to school at night with his mother (who had not finished [[secondary school]]).<ref name="Nitro 151" /> At age 15, Rouvas joined the Greek national [[track and field]] team as an admirer of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] pole-vaulter [[Sergey Bubka]]. His vaults were consistently high—averaging {{convert|4.17|m|abbr=off}}—and he won a number of national awards.<ref name="Aziz">''Aziz Night Show''. [[TV2 (Bulgaria)|TV2]]. Airdate: 8 April 2009</ref> Rouvas continued in athletics until age 18, believing he had a future in music<ref name="Aziz" /> and joining the Corfu Band. At his graduation, he sang hits by Elvis and [[The Beatles]].<ref name="MCBio" /> Rouvas began performing at local clubs and hotels; at To Ekati, he was seen by future manager [[Ilias Psinakis]]. He left Corfu at age 18, moving to [[Patras]] in search of a better future. == Career == ===Early commercial success (1991–93)=== After moving to Patras, Rouvas continued to look for performance opportunities until he met Dakis (a popular Greek artist who was the first person to help him professionally).<ref name="Dakis">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/158509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717030937/http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/158509|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2011|script-title=el:Δάκης : "Εγώ ανακάλυψα τον Σάκη, όχι ο Ψινάκης ! Έλεος πια !"|last=Ioannou|first=Nektarios|date=31 May 2009|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|access-date=10 February 2010}}</ref> Rouvas moved to [[Athens]], and made his first professional appearance in 1991 at the Show Centre. His showmanship attracted the attention of music executives such as Nikos Mouratidis, who encouraged songwriter Giorgos Pavrianos to produce him.<ref name="Pavrianos slap">{{cite web|url=http://www.ourgreektv.com/2009/04/30/blog-post_4035/|script-title=el:Ένα χαστούκι στον ΣΑΚΗ ΡΟΥΒΑ|last=Pavrianos|first=Giorgos|date=19 February 2010|publisher=Athens Voice|location=Our Greek TV|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> Rouvas, singing [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Man in the Mirror]]" was discovered by [[PolyGram Records|PolyGram]] executives who signed him to his first recording contract.<ref name="MCBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/biografies/rouvas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010218224129/http://www.musiccorner.gr/biografies/rouvas.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2001|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After moving to Athens he lived with an older [[English people|English]] woman named Sally, with whom he had begun a relationship on Corfu.<ref name="Pavrianos slap" /> Their relationship ended when Psinakis became Rouvas' manager, and the singer became more career-oriented. The media has speculated about Rouvas' personal life and relationships with model Zeta Logotheti, Sofi Kantarou (a Corfu bar manager) and singer [[Elli Kokkinou]].<ref name="espresso_news">{{cite web|url = http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/213/sakis-%CE%BF-%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%82|title = Sakis, ο Έλληνας θεός|accessdate = 19 March 2014|publisher = Espresso|first = Elias|last = Maravegias}}</ref> Several months later he debuted at the Thessaloniki Song Festival, losing Best Vocal Performance to [[Giorgos Alkaios]] but singing the Best Composition (''"Par'ta"''; "Take Them", with music by Nikos Terzis and lyrics by Giorgos Pavrianos).<ref name="MADBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/artists/bio.php?artistid=146|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906163729/http://www.mad.tv/artists/bio.php?artistid=146|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2010|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=19 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There was a brief [[earthquake]] during the festival.<ref name="Mag1">{{cite news |last=Nouardos|first=Makis|title=Sakis Rouvas: ο απόλυτος Έλληνας ποπ σταρ! 13 Χρόνια Επιτυχίες 1991-2004 |publisher=Τυποεκδοτική Α.Ε. |work=Αfisorama|date=March 2004|language=Greek}}</ref> Rouvas released his [[Sakis Rouvas (album)|eponymous debut album]], which topped the [[Greek Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zappit.gr/default.php?pname=Article&cat_id=&art_id=9108|title = O Σάκης Ρουβάς...Superman!|date = 11 October 2011|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Zappit}}</ref> the day after the festival. ''"Par'ta"'' became a radio hit, and other songs of the album such as "''1992''", "''Ego S'agapo''" ("I Love You") and "''Gia Fantasou''" ("Imagine") also became popular.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url = http://www.matia.gr/7/73/7306/7306_1_5.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher = Matia.gr|accessdate = 20 March 2014}}</ref> In September 1992 Rouvas released his second album, ''[[Min Andistekese]]'' (''Don’t Resist''), also composed by Nikos Terzis.<ref name="MCBio" /> It produced the singles ''"Gyrna"'' ("Return"), ''"Min Andistekese"'', ''"Na Ziseis Moro Mou"'' ("Live, My Baby") and ''"Me Kommeni Tin Anasa"'' ("Breathless"), with a music video of the title track. The album's success helped establish Rouvas at the top of the Greek music scene.<ref name=":2" /> In October 1993 Rouvas released his third album, ''[[Gia Sena]]'' (''For You''), with music by Alexis Papadimitriou and lyrics by Eleni Giannatsoulia and Evi Droutsa. The single ''"Kane Me"'' ("Make Me") became a radio hit, with ''"To Xero Eisai Moni"'' ("I Know You Are Alone") and ''"Xehase To"'' ("Forget It") also receiving airplay.<ref name="MADBio" /> ==={{anchor|''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'', military service, and personal struggles (1994–96)}}''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'', military service and emotional issues (1994–96)=== In the winter of 1994 Rouvas collaborated with [[singer-songwriter]] and [[record producer]] [[Nikos Karvelas]] on his fourth album, ''[[Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas]]'' (''Blood, tears & sweat''), and its singles ''"Ela Mou"'' ("Come To Me") and ''"Xana"'' ("Again") became radio hits.<ref name=":2" /> Rouvas' collaboration with Karvelas was received skeptically by the media; when asked why he had chosen to collaborate with Rouvas, Karvelas said: "Sakis is the only star out of a generation which produces dull artists."{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}} At this time, Rouvas became more reclusive and guarded about his personal life.<ref name="Mag1" /> When he was called for [[Conscription in Greece|military service]] in 1994 he asked for a delay, since his service would coincide with the release of ''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas''; the request was denied,<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> although other artists had been able to delay their service for career reasons.<ref name="espresso_news" /> Although it was initially thought that Rouvas did not want to leave the spotlight when his career was growing, he claimed his reluctance to serve was due to [[agoraphobia]].<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> His claims were met with astonishment; media outlets remarked that agoraphobia was an odd condition for an entertainer,<ref name="Mag1" /> and critics accused him of [[draft dodging]].<ref name="Mag1" /> The singer was taken to the [[Penteli]] [[psychiatric hospital]] for an [[psychiatric evaluation|evaluation]], and it was widely reported that he had attempted suicide.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> After his release Rouvas fulfilled his military service under psychiatric care;<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> he was required to remove his earring and cut his long hair, which is featured in the video for ''"Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas"''.<ref name="Mag1" /> During his service, he was pestered by paparazzi.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> Psinakis accused Rouvas' psychiatrist of pouring [[psychotropic drugs]] into Rouvas' alcoholic beverages because of a previous quarrel.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> The singer discussed his military service in a wide-ranging interview with [[Nico Mastorakis]]. When asked if he was suicidal Rouvas said he did not think so, but he was so drugged at the time of the emergency call that he did not recall the exact events; he confirmed that he tried to desert by climbing under a [[Jeep]] and attaching himself to its undercarriage.<ref name="jeep">{{cite web|url=http://www.inews.gr/60/o-sakis-gatzothike-sto-tzip-gia-na-min-paei-strato.htm|date=17 December 2009|script-title=el:Ο Σάκης γατζώθηκε στο τζιπ για να μην πάει στρατό|publisher=iNews|language=Greek|accessdate=9 June 2010|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224131016/http://www.inews.gr/60/o-sakis-gatzothike-sto-tzip-gia-na-min-paei-strato.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.gossip-tv.gr/showbiz/story/253212/sakis-royvas-ta-giaoyrtia-stin-prasini-grammi-kai-ta-hapia-poy-ton-potizan|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς: Τα γιαούρτια στην πράσινη γραμμή και τα χάπια που τον "πότιζαν"|date = 2 April 2013|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Gossip TV}}</ref> ==={{anchor|''Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola'', peace concert, and move to Minos EMI (1996–97)}}''Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola'', peace concert and move to Minos EMI (1996–97)=== In 1996 Rouvas released his fifth studio album, ''[[Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola]]'' (''Now the Hard Times Start''), again collaborating with [[Nikos Karvelas]] and lyricist [[Natalia Germanou]].<ref name="MADBio" /> During the winter he sang with [[Anna Vissi]] at the Chaos Club in Athens,<ref name="MCBio" /> appearing in the duet ''"Se Thelo, Me Theleis"'' ("I Want You, You Want Me", also written by Karvelas) on her 1997 album ''[[Travma]]'' (''Trauma'').<ref name="MADBio" /> On 19 May 1997, Rouvas performed with Turkish singer [[Burak Kut]] at a bi-national reconciliation concert on the [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|Green Line]] in [[Cyprus]] before an audience of over 4,000.<ref name="PeaceBB">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=sakis+rouvas#v=onepage&q=sakis%20rouvas&f=false|title=Peace Concert On Cyprus Takes Place Despite Violence|last=Higgs|first=Adrian|date=7 July 1997|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=62|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> The concert received international coverage and support, earning Rouvas an International Abdi Ipekçi Prize for global understanding and co-operation;<ref name="peace eng">{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/1997/97-05-19.ana.html|title=Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-05-19: (17) Greek, Turkish pop idols to perform today amidst criticism|date=19 May 1997|publisher=Athens News Agency|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="peace gr">{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ant1gr/1997/97-06-04.ant1gr.html|title=Antenna: News in Greek (AM), 97-06-04|date=4 June 1997|publisher=[[ANT1|ANT1 Radio]]|language=Greek|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> however, the concert was controversial to Greek and Turkish protesters, and stones, eggs and tomatoes were thrown at the singer in all his next concerts.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pinnokio.gr/arthro/s-roybas-stis-synaylies-poy-ekana-%E2%80%9Cetrwga%E2%80%9D-abga-ntomates-petres|title = Σ. Ρουβάς: "Στις συναυλίες που έκανα "έτρωγα" αβγά, ντομάτες, πέτρες"|access-date = 20 March 2014|publisher = pinnokio.gr|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114194301/http://pinnokio.gr/arthro/s-roybas-stis-synaylies-poy-ekana-%E2%80%9Cetrwga%E2%80%9D-abga-ntomates-petres|archive-date = 14 November 2012|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Opposition to the concert turned the Greek and Greek-Cypriot media against Rouvas,<ref name="PeaceBB" /> and was fodder for [[tabloid talk show]]s in Greece.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url = http://www.mixanitouxronou.gr/i-episodiaki-sinavlia-tou-saki-rouva-stin-kipro-otan-o-psinakis-xechase-ton-attila-ke-ti-genoktonia-ton-pontion/|title = Η επεισοδιακή συναυλία του Σάκη Ρουβά στην Κύπρο. Όταν ο Ψινάκης ξέχασε τον Αττίλα και τη γενοκτονία των Ποντίων...|date = 5 January 2014|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Mixanitouxronou}}</ref> Rouvas and Kut had recorded a duet in [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]] the previous year entitled ''"Birgün/Otan"'' ("When"), a cover of "[[Someday (Disney song)|Someday]]" for the Greek soundtrack of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (''I Panagia Ton Parision'', in which Rouvas voiced the role of [[Quasimodo]])<ref name="MCBio" /> under the label of [[Minos EMI]]. Rouvas left Greece and moved to the United States for six months in order for the incident to be forgotten.<ref name=":3" /> ==={{anchor|''Kati Apo Mena'', return to prominence, and ''21os Akatallilos'' (1998–2000)}}''Kati Apo Mena'', return to prominence and ''21os Akatallilos'' (1998–2000)=== In December 1998 Rouvas released his sixth album (the first with his new label): ''[[Kati Apo Mena]]'' (''Something From Me''),<ref name="MCBio" /> written by [[Giorgos Theofanous]]. ''"Den Ehi Sidera I Kardia Sou"'' ("Your Heart Doesn't Have Steel Rails") was a hit, and remains one of his most-popular songs.<ref name="MADBio" /> To promote the album Rouvas performed at the [[Virgin Megastore]] in Athens, where thousands of fans created a traffic jam.<ref name="MCBio" /> The next year, Rouvas records "''Oso Exo Esena''" ("As Long As I Have You"), a duet with singer Stelios Rokkos.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tralala.gr/stelios-rokkos-sakhs-roubas-oso-exo-esena1999/|title = Στέλιος Ρόκκος – Σάκης Ρουβάς "'Οσο έχω εσένα"(1999)|date = 16 April 2011|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Tralala}}</ref> The two artists work and perform together at Bio Bio in Athens during the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.queen.gr/CELEBRITY-SPOTTING/JUICY-NEWS/item/76545-stelios-rokkos-sakis-royvas-xana-mazi-meta-apo-14hronia|title = Στέλιος Ρόκκος & Σάκης Ρουβάς: Ξανά μαζί μετά από 14χρόνια|date = 13 June 2013|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Queen.gr|last = Kostis|first = Markos}}</ref> In March 2000 Rouvas released his seventh album, ''[[21os Akatallilos]]'' (''21+ X-Rated''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/?id=175|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225104425/http://www.mad.tv/news/?id=175|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-25|date=April 2000|script-title=el:"21ος ακατάλληλος"...ο Σάκης Ρουβάς!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> and performed with [[Katy Garbi]] at Pili Axiou in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=139|title = Mε νέο δίσκο εμφανίζεται ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date = 15 March 2000|access-date = 20 March 2014|publisher = Mad TV|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140320165715/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=139|archive-date = 20 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The album and its first single, ''"Andexa"'' ("I Held Out"), reached number one on the charts.<ref name="MCBio" /> During May rehearsals for summer performances Rouvas was hospitalized with [[abdominal pain]], which was diagnosed as [[peritonitis]] and required an [[appendectomy]].<ref name="surgery">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/258/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004070644/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/258/news/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2012|date=8 May 2000|script-title=el:Στο νοσοκομείο ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> On 25 October 2000, he began appearing with [[Antonis Remos]] and [[Peggy Zina]] at Apollonas for the winter season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=1426 |date=27 October 2000 |script-title=el:Ρέμος – Ρουβάς!!! |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=16 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005208/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=1426 |archive-date=5 July 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> That year Rouvas became the [[Pepsi]] [[spokesperson]] for the company's Greek summer campaign making a first television ad, a first for a Greek entertainer.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://okraxths.blogspot.gr/2012/10/pepsi_24.html|title = Pepsi: Το πιο "διάσημο" αναψυκτικό...|date = 24 October 2012|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = okraxths}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url = http://www.fortunegreece.com/article/ine-o-sakis-rouvas-o-kaliteros-politis-tis-elladas/|title = Είναι ο Σάκης Ρουβάς ο καλύτερος πωλητής της Ελλάδας;|date = 26 January 2014|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Fortune Greece|last = Christodoulou|first = Kostis}}</ref> His collaboration with Pepsi continued into 2001, with a May television ad. The advertisement, featuring a semi-nude Rouvas holding a Pepsi bottle in front of his genitals, was controversial among [[women's rights]] and parental associations. Calling it "unsightly, vulgar and unacceptable", they tried to have the ad blocked as "disgrac[ing] childhood innocence and dignity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=3509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005317/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=3509|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=31 May 2001|script-title=el:Σόκαρε ο Σάκης!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Pepsi Tour 2001, of seven Greek cities, followed.<ref name="MCBio" /><ref name=":4" /> During summer 2000<ref name="Mag1" /> Rouvas, Psinakis and a number of other celebrities visited [[Mykonos]] on a [[yacht]] borrowed from a local physician.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> They were accused of [[drug possession]], since the yacht contained [[narcotics]].<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> The incident was publicized amid speculation that Rouvas might have a [[drug addiction]].<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> Although the doctor admitted that the narcotics were his, his guests were questioned.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> Wishing to avoid court, Rouvas paid a fine and minimized the incident.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /> However, thousands of T-shirts were printed which read: ''"Imoun ki ego sto kotero!"'' ("I was on the yacht, too!").<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="espresso_news" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hotstation.gr/article-print-1610.html|title = Σύλληψη παρουσιαστή - μοντέλου για ηρωίνη και κοκαίνη - Υπόθεση Λυμπέρη|date = 19 March 2008|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Hot Station}}</ref> ==={{anchor|''Ola Kala'', international exposure, and ''To Hrono Stamatao'' (2001–04)}}''Ola Kala'', international exposure and ''To Hrono Stamatao'' (2001–04)=== In 2001, Rouvas signed with Universal Licensing Music (ULM) of [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music France]] after he was recommended by singer [[Nana Mouskouri]].<ref name="Billboard2002">{{cite book|last=Paravantes|first=Maria|title=A Greek in Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=4 August 2002|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]/Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=37}}</ref> He collaborated with American songwriter-producer [[Desmond Child]] and [[Phoebus (composer)|Phoebus]] on "[[Disco Girl]]";<ref name="MADBio" /> it was a hit in Greece and certified platinum,<ref name="disco platinum">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=5869|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005323/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=5869|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=10 January 2002|title=Πλατινένιο το"Disco Girl"|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> winning Rouvas the Pop Singer of the Year award at the inaugural [[IFPI Greece#Arion Music Awards (2002–2007)|Arion Music Awards]].<ref name="Billboard2002" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/arion_02/final.html|title = Μουσικά Βραβεία "ΑΡΙΩΝ" 2002...Όλα τα ΤΕΛΙΚΑ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ!|accessdate = 20 March 2014|date = 16 April 2002|publisher = musiccorner}}</ref> The single was later released in France, with an English version written by [[Andreas Carlsson]].<ref name="france promotion">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=6550|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930162930/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=6550|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|date=13 March 2002|script-title=el:Στη Γαλλία ο Σάκης|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> Rouvas played 20 shows across France in support of "Disco Girl", which received ample airplay, and was compared to [[Latin]] pop star [[Ricky Martin]].<ref name="Billboard2002" /> Rouvas' eighth album, ''[[Ola Kala]]''<ref name="MADBio" /> (a collaboration with Desmond Child, [[Phoebus (composer)|Phoebus]] and Greek songwriters [[Natalia Germanou]] and Vangelis Konstantinidis), was released in June 2002. The album went gold in Greece within 11 days and platinum within 4 months.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/artist_viewer/artist_id/35|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100209045705/http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/artist_viewer/artist_id/35|url-status = dead|archive-date = 9 February 2010|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - Βιογραφικό|access-date = 20 March 2014|publisher = MusicNetCy|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In April 2003, Rouvas appeared with [[Antonis Remos]] and Nana Mouskouri at the Arion Awards.<ref name="arions 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/11723/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002113603/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/11723/news/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2012|date=22 April 2003|script-title=el:Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων...όλα όσα συνέβησαν!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> He released his ninth album, ''[[To Hrono Stamatao]]'' (''I Stop Time''), in December; it was certified gold after its release.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://sakisrouvas.wordpress.com/2004/11/06/t%CE%BF-%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82/|title = Tο μέγα μυστήριο της τηλεθέασης|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = Wordpress|date = 6 November 2004}}</ref> Songs from the album received radio airplay, and that month Rouvas began appearing at Fever with Giorgos Tsalikis and [[One (band)|ONE]] for the winter season.<ref name="fever 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=10954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930164548/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=10954|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|date=4 March 2003|script-title=el:Μια πολυσυζητημένη συνεργασία!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> A Greek version of "Feelings" from the album, ''"Pes Tis"'' ("Tell Her"), was released as a single with the same video as its French- and English-language counterparts.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.e-shop.gr/product?id=MUS.097637|title = ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ - ΠΕΣ ΤΗΣ (FEELINGS)|accessdate = 20 March 2014|publisher = e-shop}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|title = Sakis Rouvas - Pes tis|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khxmsEXjXNw}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Dp4WbI9Gw|title = Sakis Rouvas - Feelings}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb-2sQ_f-Ng|title = Sakis Rouvas - Dis lui}}</ref> ===Eurovision and ''S'eho Erotefthi'' (2004–05)=== {{Main|Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004}} {{Listen |help=no |filename = Rouvashakeitsample.ogg |title = Sakis Rouvas - "Shake It" |description = The Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, "Shake It" became one of Rouvas' most-successful songs and is one of his few songs which incorporate Greek and Western music.}} In March 2004, [[Hellenic Radio and Television]] (ERT) announced that Rouvas would represent Greece in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] after the selection process on the reality show ''EuroStar'' proved unsatisfactory.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2361/official_sakis_rouvas_will_represent_greece/|title = Official: Sakis Rouvas will represent Greece!|date = 17 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Vatmanidis|first = Theo}}</ref><ref name="MAD ESC 04 news">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15062|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930173531/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15062|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|date=18 March 2004|title=O Sakis στη Eurovision 2004|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> The show's winner was expected to represent Greece, with Nikos Terzis writing the song entry;<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/2004/0060.html|title = Το αουτσάιντερ κέρδισε!|date = 13 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Zervas|first = Paulos}}</ref> however, ERT changed its plans when the winner's ability to perform under so much pressure was questionable and Rouvas expressed an interest in representing his country.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2353/sakis_rouvas_will_represent_greece/|title = Sakis Rouvas will represent Greece|date = 15 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Van Gorp|first = Edwin}}</ref> In mid-March "[[Shake It (Sakis Rouvas song)|Shake It]]", with music by Terzis and lyrics by Nektarios Tyrakis, premiered on Greek radio. Originally, the song had Latin spirit and sound but Terzis changed it, combining the Greek traditional [[bouzouki]] sound with the Latin one to make it sound different from other Latin entries of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2393/nikos_terzis_less_latin_in_istanbul/|title = Nikos Terzis: Less latin in Istanbul|date = 25 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|last = Bakker|first = Sietse|publisher = ESCToday}}</ref> At the third Arion Music Awards, he won Best Pop Singer for ''To Hrono Stamatao''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/events/04/arion/005.html|title = Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων - 3η Απονομή|date = 30 March 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner}}</ref> In mid-April "Shake It" was released as a CD single, and Rouvas began a promotional tour of Europe for the contest;<ref name="shake it release">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15470|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005219/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=15470|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|title=Κυκλοφορεί το Shake It|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''To Hrono Stamatao'' was reissued with a bonus "Shake It" single. The song remained number one on the Greek airplay charts for several weeks, and was number one on the IFPI Greece Top 50 singles chart for nine consecutive weeks.<ref name="9 weeks #1">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2943/ruslana_finally_tops_sakis_in_greece/|date=8 July 2004|title=Ruslana finally tops Sakis in Greece|last=Philips|first=Roel|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> [[File:Sakis Rouvas ESC 2004 Istanbul.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Young man singing, with two young women removing his shirt|Rouvas representing Greece at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] in [[Istanbul]], 15 May 2004]] Rouvas was favored to win the Eurovision final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2706/william_hill_greece_still_favourite_to_win/|date=11 May 2004|title=William Hill: Greece still favourite to win|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> On 12 May 2004 he performed in the semifinal (appearing 10th out of 22), and performed 16th out of 24 in the 15 May 2004 final. Rouvas had two female dancers and three backing vocalists: the ''EuroStar'' winner and runners-up. Fokas Evangelinos, Rouvas' longtime choreographer, choreographed his stage show.<ref name=":5" /> "Shake It" finished third in the final,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/2776/ukraine_wins_eurovision_song_contest_2004/|title = Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest 2004|date = 16 May 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref> with Rouvas attracting great interest in the contest by Greek viewers (with a rating of 86.7&nbsp;percent, the highest rating in Greek TV history at the time).<ref name="esc 04 ratings">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2808/sakis_rouvas_vs-_brad_pitt/|date=26 May 2004|title=Sakis Rouvas vs. Brad Pitt|last=Vatmanidis|first=Theo|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> Rouvas' appearance in Eurovision was a turning point in his career; his public perception changed from media-produced celebrity to notable pop artist, and he became more accessible to the media.<ref name="tralala bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.tralala.gr/o-monos-pop-star-sthn-ellada/|date=1 March 2010|title=Ο μόνος Pop Star στην Ελλάδα!|publisher=Tralala|language=Greek|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In June 2004, Rouvas performed "Shake It" at the first MAD Video Music Awards, where he won Sexiest Appearance for the ''"Pes Tis"'' ("Tell Her") music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/15981/news/ |title=Mad Video Music Awards! Και του χρόνου! |date=27 June 2004 |access-date=23 March 2014 |publisher=Mad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000901/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/15981/news/ |archive-date=3 February 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> On 7 July, Rouvas performed in [[Istanbul]] with Turkish artist (and 2003 Eurovision Song Contest winner) [[Sertab Erener]] in another attempt to maintain peace between the two countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/2937/sertab_and_sakis_in_concert_in_istanbul/|date=6 July 2004|title=Sertab and Sakis in concert in Istanbul|last=Vatmanidis|first=Theo|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In August he carried the [[Olympic torch]] through [[Panathinaiko Stadium]]<ref name="torch">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/3042/olympics_sakis_rouvas_carries_torch/|date=13 August 2004|title=Olympics: Sakis Rouvas carries torch!|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=558073|title = Λίγο πριν φωτίσει τον κόσμο, η Φλόγα ανάβει την Πέμπτη στην Ακρόπολη|date = 12 August 2004|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = In.gr}}</ref> and performed at the closing ceremony for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], in which he was lowered to the stage from the air and sang a traditional Greek song, "''Karapiperim''".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tralala.gr/H-ora-tou-paidiou-H-toumpa-tou-Sakh-sthn-Teleth-Lhkshs-ton-Olumpiakon-Agonon/|title = Η ώρα του παιδιού: Η τούμπα του Σάκη στην Τελετή Λήξης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων!|date = 22 September 2011|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Tralala|last = Vogiari|first = Athanasia}}</ref> In fall 2004, Rouvas recorded a duet version of ''"Se Thelo San Trelos"'' ("I Want You Like Crazy", from ''21os Akatallilos'') with Russian pop singer [[Philip Kirkorov]].<ref name="STST 04">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/3467/kirkorov_and_rouvas_record_gay_anthem/|date=10 December 2004|title=Kirkorov and Rouvas record gay anthem|last=Philips|first=Roel|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In December he began performing with [[Giorgos Mazonakis]] at Fever for the winter season, with [[Elena Paparizou]] as their opening act.<ref name="fever 04">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17297/news/ |date=11 December 2004 |script-title=el:Μαζωνάκης-Ρουβάς σε πυρετό |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003122603/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17297/news/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="paparizou @5">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17403/news/ |date=27 December 2004 |title=Η Ελενα Παπαρίζου στο Live@5 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003124942/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/17403/news/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> His show was praised; Georgia Laimou of ''E-go'', known for scathing reviews, wrote: "I have only good things to say about Sakis and I don't want to hear '[[booing|boo]]' from anyone. I don't think that a more neat, well-supported, professional, and generally flawless performance than Sakis' exists on the Athenian clubs."<ref name="fever 2004 review">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-go.gr/timeout/article.asp?catid=16228&subid=2&pubid=253320|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823211603/http://www.e-go.gr/timeout/article.asp?catid=16228&subid=2&pubid=253320|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 August 2013|title=FEVER 2004-05: Σάκης!Σάκης!Σάκης! & Μαζωlive|date=16 February 2005|last=Laimou|first=Georgia|publisher=E-go|language=Greek|access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> On 6 April 2005 Rouvas released his tenth album, ''[[S'eho Erotefthi]]'' (''I'm In Love With You''), which went platinum in five months and was eventually certified 3× platinum.<ref name="sakis, sakis, sakis">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=18399 |title=Sakis, Sakis, Sakis! |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=16 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005232/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=18399 |archive-date=5 July 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> With [[Vodafone Greece]] as their main sponsor, release parties for the CD were held in Heraklion, Corfu, Thessaloniki, and Athens on the same day and ''"S'eho Erotefti"'', ''"Hilia Milia"'' ("A Thousand Miles"), ''"Mila Tis"'' ("Talk to Her"), ''"Na M' Agapas"'' ("You Should Love Me") and "Cairo" became radio hits.<ref name="MADBio" /> That year, Rouvas won the [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]] as Best-Selling Greek Artist of 2004.<ref name="wma 05">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19197|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005237/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19197|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=6 September 2005|title=Οι νικητές των World Music Awards|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In September he gave a charity concert at the [[Olympic Indoor Hall]] for an audience of 20,000 (the largest production by any Greek entertainer until Rouvas surpassed the record in 2009), followed by a concert in Patras.<ref name="sakis news">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19320|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005241/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=19320|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=23 September 2005|title=Sakis news|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ==={{anchor|''Live Ballads'', Eurovision, and ''Iparhi Agapi Edo'' (2006)}}''Live Ballads'', Eurovision and ''Iparhi Agapi Edo'' (2006)=== On 14 February 2006, Rouvas gave a [[Valentine's Day]] concert where he sang his popular ballads and cover versions of ballads by other Greek and foreign artists.<ref name="Valentines1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20567|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005247/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20567|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2009|date=17 March 2006|script-title=el:Τα νέα τραγούδια του Σάκη|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The concert was recorded, videotaped and released as ''[[Live Ballads]]'' (Rouvas' first live album and video) later in April as a CD and CD/DVD package.<ref name="Valentines1" /> The CD featured three new studio tracks—''"Horis Kardia"'' ("Without a Heart"; Greek version of [[Damien Rice]]'s "''[[The Blower's Daughter]]''"), "Eisai Oli Mou H Zoi" and an English-language version of ''"S'eho Erotefthi"'' entitled "I'm in Love With You"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas.html|title = Sakis Rouvas - Live ballads|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Zervas|first = Paulos}}</ref>—and topped the Greek album chart.<ref name="studio 06">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=21491|date=2 June 2006|title=Στο studio o Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=16 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005302/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=21491|archive-date=5 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 3 April, Rouvas sang ''"Horis Kardia"'' at the Arion Music Awards,<ref name="arions 5">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20731|date=29 March 2005|script-title=el:Όλα όσα έγιναν στα "Αρίων"|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> where he won Best Pop Album and Best Pop Singer for ''S'eho Erotefthi''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/news/events/06/arion/winners.html|title = Οι νικητές της 5ης απονομής των βραβείων ΑΡΙΩΝ!|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner}}</ref> In May the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] was held in [[Athens]], since Greece won the contest the previous year<ref name="esc win">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/4615/greece_wins_eurovision_song_contest/|date=22 May 2005|title=Greece wins Eurovision Song Contest|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> and Rouvas was asked by [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] to host the semifinal and final with [[Maria Menounos]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/5145/athens_2006_sakis_rouvas_hosts/|title = Athens 2006: Sakis Rouvas hosts!|date = 1 November 2005|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/5680/upd-_maria_menounos_female_host/|title = UPD Maria Menounos female host|date = 7 March 2006|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref> At the semifinals, Rouvas opened the show by singing the [[Katrina and the Waves]] song "[[Love Shine a Light]]" with Menounos.<ref name="esc 06 sf">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/6169/1300_cet-_live_coverage_dress_rehearsal/|date=17 May 2006|title=(13:00 CET) Live coverage dress rehearsal|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> During the voting intermission, he performed "I'm in Love With You".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/6176/last_semifinal_dress_rehearsal/|title = Last semifinal dress rehearsal|date = 18 May 2006|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = West-Soley|first = Richard}}</ref> On 14 June, Rouvas performed ''"Agapa Me"'' ("Love Me"; Greek version of [[Julio Iglesias]] "''[[El Amor (Julio Iglesias album)|Abrázame]]''") and ''"Na M' Agapas"'' at the third MAD Video Music Awards, where he won Best Video by a Male Artist (for ''"Na M' Agapas"'') and Best-Dressed Artist in a Video (for ''"Mila Tis"'').<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.e-go.gr/music/article.asp?catid=17517&subid=2&pubid=343172|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140324062400/http://www.e-go.gr/music/article.asp?catid=17517&subid=2&pubid=343172|url-status = dead|archive-date = 24 March 2014|title = MAD Video Music Awards 2006: Οι νικητές|date = 15 June 2006|access-date = 23 March 2014|publisher = e-go}}</ref> At the end of the summer (6 September), he collaborated with Vodafone on a beach-party concert at Yabanaki known as "Sakis on the Waves".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mad.tv/section/news/22425/news/Sakis_on_the_waves_MAD_report|title = Sakis on the waves MAD report|date = 7 September 2006|access-date = 24 March 2014|publisher = MAD|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140324020534/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/22425/news/Sakis_on_the_waves_MAD_report|archive-date = 24 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sakisrouvas.com/multimedia/news/photo_concert_rouvas.jpg|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090714010357/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/multimedia/news/photo_concert_rouvas.jpg|url-status = dead|archive-date = 14 July 2009|title = Sakis on the waves - Concert poster|access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> On 13 November he began filming his feature-film debut, in ''[[Alter Ego (2007 film)|Alter Ego]]''<ref name="ESCToday on Alter Ego">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/6740/sakis_stars_in_new_explosive_film/|title=Sakis stars in new explosive film|last=Floras|first=Stella|publisher=ESCToday|date=13 November 2006|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> and on 6 December 2006 Rouvas released his eleventh studio album, ''[[Iparhi Agapi Edo]]'' (''There Is Love Here'').<ref name="iae release">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/23535/news/|date=12 December 2006|title="Υπάρχει Αγάπη Εδώ"...από τον Sakis|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=27 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003125132/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/23535/news/|archive-date=3 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''"Ego Travo Zori"'' (I'm Having a Hard Time") and "18 (''Iprarhi Agapi Edo'')" received radio airplay.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas_02.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - "Υπάρχει αγάπη εδώ"|accessdate = 23 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Zervas|first = Paulos}}</ref> The lyrics for ''"Mikros Titanikos (Se Latrevo)"'' ("Little Titanic [I Adore You]") were written by [[Yiannis Parios]], and his son Harry Varthakouris composed the music.<ref name=":6" /> The album was certified platinum (selling over 40,000 copies as of April 2007).<ref name=":2" /> ==={{anchor|Film and television career, ''This Is My Live'', fatherhood, and ''Irthes'' (2007–08)}}Film and television career, ''This Is My Live'' and ''Irthes'' (2007–08)=== Rouvas' [[Academy Awards]] prime-time special, ''Sakis Oscar Songs'', aired on 20 February 2007 on [[NOVA Greece|Nova.]] The special was filmed at a private concert at [[Athens Arena]], and featured Oscar-winning songs.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=24205|title = O Sakis πάει... στα Oscar|date = 2 February 2007|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = MAD}}</ref> In March, he began performing at Boom in [[Thessaloniki]] with [[Despina Vandi]].<ref name="boom">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=24162|date=5 February 2007|script-title=el:Σε ένα μήνα Δέσποινα και Σάκης μαζί|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> On 10 May 2007 [[Village Roadshow|Village Roadshow Productions']] ''Alter Ego'' premiered in theatres across Greece with the avant premiere being on 7 May.<ref name="MADBio" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://sakis-rouvas-greek.blogspot.gr/2007/05/sakis-i-have-lot-of-alter-egos.html|title = Sakis: I have a lot of Alter Egos!|date = 1 May 2007|accessdate = 24 March 2014}}</ref> With a budget of €2&nbsp;million, it was one of the most expensive productions in Greece.<ref name="ESCToday on Alter Ego" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenonly.gr/loipon/kosmikaarticle.asp?catid=13950&subid=2&pubid=403640&word=%20|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Και κλάμα οι ρουβίτσες|publisher=E-go|date=22 November 2006|language=Greek|accessdate=29 July 2009}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews<ref name="forbes 2010 42">{{cite magazine|title=The Greek List|magazine=[[Forbes]]|page=42|date=4 December 2010|language=Greek}}</ref> and sold only one-fifth of the expected number of tickets.<ref name="to vima trio">{{cite news|url=http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=187421&ct=34&dt=16/03/2008|script-title=el:ΑΝΝΑ ΒΙΣΣΗ - ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ - ΔΕΣΠΟΙΝΑ ΒΑΝΔΗ|last=Vlavianou|first=Anna|newspaper=[[To Vima]]|date=16 March 2008|language=Greek|accessdate=6 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="makthes">{{cite web|url=http://www.makthes.gr/news/arts/8392/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217164510/http://www.makthes.gr/news/arts/8392/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|script-title=el:Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης. Πανόραμα ελληνικών ταινιών &#124;|date=4 November 2010|publisher=Makthes|language=Greek|access-date=8 January 2011}}</ref> Its 200,000 tickets made ''Alter Ego'' an average success for Greek cinema, although Rouvas was disappointed in its media coverage.<ref name="forbes 2010 42" /><ref name="father figure 72">{{cite news|title=Father Figure|last=Kostopoulos|first=Petros|date=June 2008|publisher=Down Town|page=72|language=Greek}}</ref> The film dealt with young musicians living the rock-and-roll lifestyle (including drug abuse) facing their inner fears in the loss of a loved one.<ref name="ESCToday on Alter Ego" /> Its soundtrack was recorded by the cast of the movie and Rouvas and the theme song, ''"Zise Ti Zoi"'' ("Live Life"), reached the top 10.{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}} On 29 June 2008, ''Alter Ego'' was screened at a Los Angeles [[Greek festival]].<ref name="la festival">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31632&c=showbiz|date=17 July 2008|script-title=el:Σε διεθνή παραγωγή ο Σάκης|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=20 July 2008}}</ref> On 20 July 2007, Rouvas performed in [[Ptolemaida]], [[Kozani]] as part of the ''Expedition for Environment Act Now!''<ref name="fight for environment">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/8991/sakis_rouvas_joins_the_fight_for_the_enviroment/|date=21 July 2007|title=Sakis Rouvas joins the fight for the environment|last=Kalimeris|first=Aris|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> On 10 September 2007, his concert at the [[Mount Lycabettus|Lycabettus]] theater as part of an [[OPAP]] campaign encouraging blood donation<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/07/rouvas.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - "This is my Live"|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Pantelatou|first = Christina}}</ref> was recorded and was released as a CD/DVD on 12 December 2007 entitled ''[[This Is My Live]]''.<ref name="TIML release">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=27824|date=6 December 2007|title=12 Δεκεμβρίου το live του Σάκη|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|access-date=16 July 2008|language=Greek|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005308/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=27824|archive-date=5 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The album also featured his last single ''"[[Stous 31 Dromous (song)|Stous 31 Dromous]]"'' ("On 31 Roads").<ref name=":7" /> On 29 October, Rouvas received his sixth Arion (Best Pop Song for ''"Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun"'') from five nominations, although he was absent from the ceremony.<ref name="arions 6">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/9529/chatzigiannis_rouvas_and_paparizou_win_the_arion_music_awards/|date=30 October 2007|title=Chatzigiannis, Rouvas and Paparizou win the Arion Music Awards|last=Krasilnikova|first=Anna|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.madata.gr/free-time/8875.html|title = Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων 6η απονομή: Οι νικητές|date = 30 October 2007|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Madata}}</ref> {{Listen |help=no |filename = Sakis Rouvas + Se Thelo sample.ogg |title = Sakis Rouvas - "+ Se Thelo" |description = One of Rouvas' biggest hits, ''"+ Se Thelo"'' was one of the most successful songs of the 2000s.}} In spring 2008, Rouvas and Antonis Remos toured [[North America]], Australia and [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.melodyfm.gr/content/view/694/162/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080324001640/http://www.melodyfm.gr/content/view/694/162/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 24 March 2008|title = Ρουβάς - Ρέμος World Tour 2008|publisher = Melody FM|access-date = 24 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Rouvas' song "''[[+ Se Thelo]]''" ("And I Want You") by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]], became a radio hit<ref name="kst top">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31634|date=16 July 2008|title=Και τη θέλει την κορυφή!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> and a video with footage from the July 2008 MAD Video Music Awards, was released at the end of the year. ''"+ Se Thelo"'' became a staple of Rouvas' career. It was a critical landmark, a rare case of a Greek artist breaking generational barriers and producing a hit of that magnitude nearly two decades into their career.<ref name="chartshowkst">''Chart*Show: Your Countdown''. [[Alpha TV]]. Airdate: 4 April 2010.</ref> In July 2008 Rouvas was announced as host for the first season of the [[The X Factor (Greece)|Greek version]] of [[The X Factor (TV series)|The X Factor]],<ref name="x factor announce">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31659&c=showbiz|date=18 July 2008|title=Ο Σάκης παρουσιαστής του Χ Factor|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=19 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705005128/http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=31659&c=showbiz|archive-date=5 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.otherside.gr/2008/08/sakis-rouvas-x-factor-ant1/|title = Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς θα παρουσιάζει το X-Factor του ANT1|date = 2 August 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Otherside}}</ref> which premiered on 24 October.<ref name="x factor premiere">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/12424/greece_sakis_rouvas_debuts_tonight_as_x_factor_host/|date=24 September 2008|title=Greece: Sakis Rouvas debuts tonight as X Factor host|last=Psomas|first=Nikolas|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> Rouvas was Greece's representative—singing ''"Stous 31 Dromous"''—in the [[OGAE|OGAE Song Contest]], placing third behind [[Croatia]] and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sechuk.com/OSC08-Results.htm|title = OGAE Song Contest 2008 Results|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Sechuk}}</ref> [[File:Sakis Rouvas at STARZ 2009.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Young man in black shirt, singing into a microphone|Rouvas at Club STARZ in [[Athens]], December 2008]] On 3 December, Rouvas released his 12th studio album, ''[[Irthes]] ''(''You Arrived''), produced by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/08/rouvas.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς - Ήρθες|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Musiccorner|last = Pantelatou|first = Christiana}}</ref> The same titled song "Irthes" was released few days earlier, on 20 November, and it was dedicated to his newborn daughter.<ref name="Irthes Radio">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/34245/news/|date=19 November 2008|script-title=el:"Ήρθε" ο Σάκης!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=20 November 2008}}</ref> The following day, on 4 December, he premiered his winter concert series with the [[Maggira Sisters]] at STARZ.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.in2life.gr/articles/160736/o-sakhs-royvas-sto-starz.html|title = Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στο Starz|date = 1 December 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = In2life}}</ref><ref name="Sakis Rouvas Premier">''Omorfos Kosmos To Proi''. [[Mega Channel]]. Airdate: 5 December 2008.</ref> ==={{anchor|Eurovision, ''Duress'', ''Parafora'', business career, and second child (2009–2012)}}Eurovision, ''Duress'', ''Parafora ''and business career (2009–2012)=== {{Main|Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009}} [[File:Esc sakis.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Seated, smiling young man in white wearing a backstage pass|Rouvas backstage at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, where he represented Greece]] {{Listen |help=no |filename = Sakis Rouvas.esc.09.sample.ogg |title = Sakis Rouvas - "This Is Our Night" |description = Rouvas' second Eurovision entrant won the national final with the largest margin in the program's history.}} ERT made an early announcement confirming that Rouvas would again be Greece's entry in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00117-o-sakis-roubas-kai-pali-stin-eurovision.htm |title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς και πάλι στη EUROVISION |publisher=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=16 July 2008 |author=ERT Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208225616/http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00117-o-sakis-roubas-kai-pali-stin-eurovision.htm |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> He performed his three songs ("Out of Control", "Right on Time" and "[[This Is Our Night]]", all composed by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]])<ref name=":9">{{cite web|url = http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1933|title = Greece: Sakis Rouvas brings This Is Our Night to Moscow|date = 18 February 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Eurovision TV|last = Bakker|first = Sietse}}</ref> at the Greek finals in February; the latter was the runaway winner with the jury and the viewers, winning 61 percent of the vote<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/13292/greece_sakis_rouvas_to_perform_this_is_our_night/|title = Greece: Sakis Rouvas to perform This is our night|date = 19 February 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Klier|first = Marcus}}</ref> (the largest margin ever, and the most votes received by ERT in a national final).<ref name="national final 09">''Greek National Final 2009''. [[Hellenic Radio and Television|ERT]]. Airdate: 18 February 2009</ref> The song debuted at number one on the Greek Digital Singles chart,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/36389/news/|title=Σαν μετεωρίτης έπεσε ο Σάκης στα iTunes!|last=Staff|date=26 February 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2 March 2009}}</ref> while Rouvas embarked on a promotional tour of Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/13431/greece_sakis_meets_with_zeljko_and_jovana/|title=Greece: Sakis meets with Zeljko and Jovana|last=Floras|first=Stella|publisher=ESCToday|date=4 March 2009|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> He said publicly that he hoped to return the contest to Greece the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2085&_t=sakis_second_time_is_going_to_be_greater|title = Sakis: "Second time is going to be greater!"|date = 7 April 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Eurovision TV|last = Siim|first = Jarmo}}</ref> A win was widely anticipated by the Greek public, with the country being one of the three favorites among the Eurovision fans.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://esctoday.com/14070/esctoday-com_bigpoll_predicts_norway_to_win/|title = esctoday.com BigPoll predicts Norway to win|date = 16 May 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = ESCToday|last = Klier|first = Marcus}}</ref> However, Rouvas finished seventh in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.madata.gr/eurovision/36055.html|title = Eurovision 2009: Στην έβδομη θέση ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date = 17 May 2009|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Madata}}</ref> The singer and the Greek public were disappointed with the result, and he issued a public apology for his loss.<ref name="sorry">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/14083/sakis_rouvas_i_am_so_sorry_i_wanted_us_to_win/|date=17 May 2009|title=Sakis Rouvas: "I am so sorry, I wanted us to win"|last=Floras|first=Stella|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> Rouvas received universal support from the public and the media, a first<ref name="ant1weekendnews">''ANT1 News''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 17 May 2009</ref> for a Greek Eurovision entrant regardless of result.<ref name="sorry" /><ref name="ant1weekendnews" /> On 27 March Rouvas was appointed by ELPIDA Charity Foundation president and [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]] Marianna Vardinoyannis as a "messenger" for the foundation, a charity for children with [[cancer]],<ref name="elpida messenger">{{cite web|url=http://www.elpida.org/more.asp?ID=16|date=27 March 2009|title=Νέα & ανακοινώσεις: O Σάκης Ρουβάς|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> publicly recognizing his longtime behind-the-scenes support.<ref name="elpida work">{{cite web|url=http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=125|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713233710/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=125|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2009|date=1 April 2009|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς Aγγελιοφόρος του Συλλόγου "ΕΛΠΙΔΑ"|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=Sakis Rouvas Official Website|language=Greek|access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref> He joined [[fast food]] chain [[Goody's (restaurant)|Goody's]] in its ArGOODaki campaign, and donated €300,000 to the foundation in April.<ref name="elpida300">{{cite web|url=http://www.myself.gr/Article/Sakis-Rouvas-sillogos-Elpida/95-7048.html |script-title=el:Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στο Σύλλογο "ΕΛΠΙΔΑ" |last=Argyraki |first=Natalia |date=28 April 2010 |publisher=Myself |language=Greek |access-date=29 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503031033/http://www.myself.gr/Article/Sakis-Rouvas-sillogos-Elpida/95-7048.html |archive-date=3 May 2010 }}</ref> That month Rouvas and Zygouli introduced beauty company Mariella Nails Body and Mind Care,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713233014/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=2&lid=1&nid=126|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2009|title=Mariella Nails Body and Mind Care!|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|date=8 April 2009|publisher=SakisRouvas.com|language=Greek|access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref> of which they own 25 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/inbusiness/news/retail/217818|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207113146/http://sigmalive.com/inbusiness/news/retail/217818|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2009|date=4 December 2009|title=Ρουβάς: Ανοίγει κατάστημα στο MyMall|last=Staff|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|access-date=7 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[File:Rouvas Kallimarmaro.jpg|thumb|alt=Young man in dark clothing, singing into a microphone|Rouvas at his record-breaking Panathinaiko Stadium concert, 1 July 2009]] On 1 July 2009, Rouvas performed a sold-out concert in support of environmental issues at [[Panathenaic Stadium]] before an audience of 40,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/index.php/free-time/entertainment/38548.html|script-title=el:Ξεσήκωσε το κατάμεστο Καλλιμάρμαρο ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|last=Staff|date=2 July 2009|publisher=Madata|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> He was one of the few musicians permitted to perform at the venue; it was the largest attendance ever at the stadium for a non-sporting event,<ref>''Τα Νέα του ΑΝΤ1''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 2 July 2009.</ref> and the largest attendance for a single musical artist in Greek history.<ref name="ethnos 09 summary">{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=17478&subid=2&pubid=8986885|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217153326/http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=17478&subid=2&pubid=8986885|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|date=8 December 2009|script-title=el:ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ &#124; "Στα άκρα"... Ηρθε η επιτυχία|publisher=[[List of newspapers in Greece|Ethnos]]|language=Greek|access-date=12 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="status09">{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=301022232484&ref=mf|title=Sakis at Status Awards - Singer of 2009! [HD] |date=March 2010|language=Greek|accessdate=29 April 2010|location=Sakis Rouvas Official Facebook}}</ref> The concert, organized by the National Youth Council, coincided with the start of the [[smoking ban|national public smoking ban]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6003 |title=A spectacular concert by Sakis Rouvas; more than 50,000 attended |last=Konstantopoulos |first=Fotis |publisher=Oikotimes|date=2 July 2009 |access-date=29 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718203055/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6003 |archive-date=18 July 2009 }}</ref> The sold-out<ref name="OfficialBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=1&lid=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714020634/http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=1&lid=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2009|title=Biography by Official Website|publisher=Sakis Rouvas Official Site|access-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> Sakis Live Tour visited an additional 10 cities from July to September,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=3513&_t=Sakis+continues+'flying'+after+Moscow|title=Sakis continues 'flying' after Moscow|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|date=27 July 2009|accessdate=29 July 2009}}</ref> and he performed a sold-out concert series at Politia Live Clubbing in Thessaloniki.<ref name="OfficialBio" /> In October, the singer returned to host the second season of the [[The X Factor (Greece)|Greek version of ''The X Factor'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6114|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210203429/http://oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6114|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2010|title=Sakis Rouvas to host X-Factor 2?|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|publisher=Oikotimes|date=28 July 2009|access-date=29 July 2009}}</ref> and dubbed the voice of Captain Charles T. Baker in the Greek version of ''[[Planet 51]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14422|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027212316/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14422|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2009|title=Greece: Sakis Rouvas in ''Planet 51''|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|publisher=ESCToday|date=25 October 2009|access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref> He made his American film debut in the psychological thriller ''[[Duress (film)|Duress]]'', with [[Martin Donovan]].<ref name="eurovision.ert.gr">{{cite web|url=http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00131-synenteyksi-typou-esc-2009.htm |script-title=el:Συνέντευξη Τύπου 2009 |publisher=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] |language=Greek |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=15 October 2008 |author=ERT Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208154849/http://eurovision.ert.gr/el/eurovision-song-contest-2009/nea/00131-synenteyksi-typou-esc-2009.htm |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> The film was screened at festivals in Poland and Russia,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.net.cy/mousika_nea/november_2008/18-11/sakis_rouvas.htm |title=Sakis goes to Hollywood! |date=18 November 2008 |publisher=Music.net.cy |language=Greek |access-date=19 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206145709/http://music.net.cy/mousika_nea/november_2008/18-11/sakis_rouvas.htm |archive-date=6 February 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> and was given a wide theatrical release in December by Greek distributor Hollywood Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodent.gr/index.php?section=movies&item=DURESS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511102356/http://www.hollywoodent.gr/index.php?section=movies&item=DURESS |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2010 |title=Duress |publisher=hollywoodent.gr |language=Greek |access-date=9 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/41177/news/|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς και Duress! Περισσότερα από την πρεμιέρα!|date=17 November 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> It was expected to be released on home video in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.gr/site/?p=410 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080618/http://www.eurovision.gr/site/?p=410 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2011 |title=O Σάκης Ρουβάς είναι ο αιμοσταγής δολοφόνος |date=22 October 2008 |publisher=Ελεύθερος Τύπος |access-date=11 February 2009}}</ref> [[File:Sakis Rouvas ERT 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Smiling young man in brown suit, green striped shirt and green tie, being interviewed|Rouvas (seen on 10 May 2009) acquired an entrepreneurial image, launching five businesses in a year.]] Rouvas performed at his new S Club for the winter 2009–10 season (with [[Tamta]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/40943/news/|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς και Τάμτα σε συνεργασία on stage!|last=Staff|date=4 November 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=22 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930013908/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/40943/news/|archive-date=30 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="tharros">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/41567/news/|title=Τάμτα και Σάκης Ρουβάς με hit dance single!|last=Staff|date=9 December 2009|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=9 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002121236/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/41567/news/|archive-date=2 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Eleftheria Eleftheriou]]<ref name="eleftheriou">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/lifestyle/people/216838|script-title=el:Στο πλευρό του Σάκη|last=Evangelou|first=Tasos|date=8 December 2009|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> and the American rapper Gifted) and opened [[sushi]] restaurant EDO.<ref name="restaurant">{{cite news|url=http://www.protothema.gr/content.php?id=54408&category_id=284|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213043537/http://www.protothema.gr/content.php?id=54408&category_id=284|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2009|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Tώρα και επιχειρηματίας!|last=Ikonomou|first=Paris|date=8 December 2009|newspaper=[[Proto Thema]]|language=Greek|access-date=9 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 2 March 2010 the successful S Club caught fire, sustaining up to €4&nbsp;million in damage. The cause of the fire was unknown, but Athens police suspected [[arson]] by rival club owners<ref name="sclubfire">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbox.com.cy/easyconsole.cfm/id/7760|title=03 Mar. 2010 - Κάηκε το "S CLUB"|last=Staff|publisher=Music Box|language=Greek|date=3 March 2010|accessdate=26 April 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> since witnesses reported seeing containers of [[gasoline]].<ref name="sclubfire2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/43129/news/%CE%A6%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%AC+%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF+%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%AF+%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85+%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9+%CE%BF+%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82+%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82!|script-title=el:Φωτιά στο μαγαζί που εμφανίζεται ο Σάκης Ρουβάς!|last=Staff|date=3 March 2010|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=29 April 2010}}</ref> After repairs, Rouvas' show resumed from 19 March<ref name="sclubresume">{{cite web|url=http://www.inews.gr/60/xananoigei-to-S-Clubo-sakis-epistrefei-drimyteros.htm|title=Ξανανοίγει το S Club...ο Σάκης επιστρέφει δριμύτερος!|last=Staff|date=13 March 2010|publisher=iNews|language=Greek|accessdate=26 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224130951/http://www.inews.gr/60/xananoigei-to-S-Clubo-sakis-epistrefei-drimyteros.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> to 9 April and moved to Thessaloniki on 7 May for a six-week engagement at [[Politia Live Clubbing summer 2010|Politia Live Clubbing]].<ref name="thess2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/260819 |script-title=el:Μετακομίζει στην Θεσσαλονίκη η οικογένεια Ρουβά |last=Staff |date=26 April 2010 |publisher=SigmaLive |language=Greek |access-date=26 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427162734/http://www.sigmalive.com/music/mousika%20nea/260819 |archive-date=27 April 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> He appeared on Tamta's single "[[Tharros I Alitheia (song)|Tharros I Alitheia]]" for her album of the same name.<ref name="tharros" /> The song became a major club hit,<ref name="#1s" /> and won a MAD Video Music Award for Best Duet–Collaboration Video.<ref name="vma10winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.videomusicawards.gr/?page_id=1779 |title=MAD Video Music Awards 2010 Winners |date=14 June 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=15 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613191511/http://www.videomusicawards.gr/?page_id=1779 |archive-date=13 June 2010 }}</ref> Rouvas' 13th studio album, ''[[Parafora]]'', was released on 14 December 2010<ref name="parafora mad">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/47914/news/14_Δεκεμβρίου_έρχεται_το_νέο_album_του_Σάκη_Ρουβά|title=14 Δεκεμβρίου έρχεται το νέο album του Σάκη Ρουβά|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|date=10 December 2010|language=Greek|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref> and topped the IFPI Top 75 Albums chart.<ref name="ifpichart1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213153205/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|archive-date=13 December 2011|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|title=Ελληνικό Chart|date=22 December 2010|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|access-date=22 December 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It shipped 24,000 copies its first week, for a double-platinum certification.<ref name="2P">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sakisrouvas/status/17302333301985280|title=Thanks to your amazing support, together we have done it! #ParaforaAlbum is already double platinum in just one week!!! ;-)))|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=21 December 2010|accessdate=21 December 2010}}</ref> The album's first single (''"[[Spase Ton Hrono]]"'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rythmosfm.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231:sakis-rouvas-apokleistika&catid=63:party-a-events&Itemid=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121194943/http://www.rythmosfm.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231:sakis-rouvas-apokleistika&catid=63:party-a-events&Itemid=95|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2009|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ!|publisher=Rhythmos FM 94.9|date=20 November 2009|access-date=21 November 2009|language=Greek|df=dmy-all}}</ref> was Rouvas' fourth consecutive single to reach number one on all Greek charts.<ref name="#1s">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=8034|title=EUROSTARS @ MAD VMA by VODAFONE: Sakis Rouvas proves his superiority over other Eurostars|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|date=8 May 2010|publisher=Oikotimes|language=Greek|accessdate=14 May 2010}}{{Dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> It won Best Balkan Song from Greece at the first Balkan Music Awards;<ref name="bma">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/44442/news/|script-title=el:Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στην κορυφή των Βαλκανίων|date=12 May 2010|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|access-date=13 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003133501/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/44442/news/|archive-date=3 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> its video gave Rouvas five MAD Video Music Awards nominations (more than any other video) and Best Pop Video, Artist of the Year and Fashion Icon of the Year awards.<ref name="vma10winners" /> The song also contributed to Rouvas' [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Greek Act]] at the [[MTV Europe Music Awards 2010]],<ref name="mtv ema">{{cite web|url=http://ema.mtvgreece.gr/artists/sakis-rouvas|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=20 September 2010|publisher=[[MTV Greece]]|language=Greek|access-date=13 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005003830/http://ema.mtvgreece.gr/artists/sakis-rouvas|archive-date=5 October 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="mtv ema noms">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/its-ladies-night-as-katy-perry-and-lady-gaga-lead-the-race-with-five-nominations-each-at-the-2010-mtv-emas-103249084.html|title=It's Ladies Night as Katy Perry and Lady Gaga Lead the Race With Five Nominations Each at the 2010 MTV EMAs|date=20 September 2010|publisher=PRNewswire|language=Greek|accessdate=18 October 2010}}</ref> and he was shortlisted for the [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act]].<ref name="best greek act win">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbeast.gr/entertainment/arthro/61702/o-sakis-rouvas-paei-europi/|script-title=el:Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς πάει... Ευρώπη|date=18 October 2010|publisher=Newsbeast|language=Greek|accessdate=18 October 2010}}</ref> ''"[[Emena Thes]]"'', the second single, was released in May<ref name="emena thes">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/44337/news/|script-title=el:Νέο τραγούδι για τον Σάκη Ρουβά "Εμένα θες"|last=Staff|date=4 May 2010|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> and peaked at number five on the mixed-airplay<ref name="mc chart">{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=c5903308d862cb27f313626d02b159de&showtopic=113820|title=Nielsen Soundscan Airplay Chart Positions}}</ref> and digital sales charts.<ref name="et digital">{{cite web|url=http://greekcharts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=31926|title=Greek Digital Top10 Singles|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=10 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231034653/http://greekcharts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=31926|archive-date=31 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[Parafora (song)|title track]] was released in October;<ref name="parafora">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46900/news/Το_νέο_τραγούδι_του_Σάκη! |title=Το νέο τραγούδι του Σάκη! |date=16 October 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |access-date=17 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020203405/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46900/news/%CE%A4%CE%BF_%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BF_%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B4%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7! |archive-date=20 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> it was number one on the domestic-airplay chart for three weeks<ref name="top 10 parafora">{{cite news|url=|title=Top Ten Radio Hits|publisher=Tralala|date=20 December 2010|language=Greek}}</ref> and peaked at number two on the mixed-airplay chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/|title=Nielsen Greek Airplay Chart|publisher=Buzzjack|accessdate=30 December 2010}}</ref> The album's fourth single, ''"Oi dyo mas"'' was released in late February 2011. Its video clip was released at the end of March, when the song topped the national-airplay chart. For the second consecutive year, Rouvas was Singer of the Year at the Status Men of the Year Awards.<ref name="status 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.troktiko2010.com/2011/01/24/%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%87%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82-2010/|script-title=el:Οι άνδρες της χρονιάς 2010!|date=24 January 2011|publisher=Troktiko|language=Greek|accessdate=14 February 2011}}{{Dead link|date=June 2011}}</ref> [[File:Rouvas Limassol, Cyprus Sprider Stores.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Man in sunglasses in a clothing store|Rouvas (seen inaugurating the [[Sakis Rouvas Collection]] in [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]] on 25 November 2010) was the first Greek artist to create a clothing line.]] In June Rouvas and his brother, Vasilis, launched TV and film production company Sakis Rouvas Kinematografos EPE,<ref name="productionco">{{cite news|url=http://www.protothema.gr/life-style/gossip/article/?aid=71474|date=13 June 2010|script-title=el:Ο Ρουβάς τώρα και επιχειρηματίας!|newspaper=[[Proto Thema]]|language=Greek|access-date=14 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224054137/http://www.protothema.gr/life-style/gossip/article/?aid=71474|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and on 14 July Rouvas ended the Greek French Embassy's [[Bastille Day]] celebration with renditions of the [[La Marseillaise|French]] and [[Hymn to Liberty|Greek]] national anthems.<ref name="national anthems">{{cite web|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2010/07/15/greece-france-rouvas/|date=15 July 2010|title=''Categorized''&#124;News&#124; Greece + France= Rouvas!|last=Lakiotis|first=Afroditi|publisher=Greek Reporter|accessdate=15 July 2010}}</ref> His eight-city summer tour lasted from 24 July<ref name="summer tour 10">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/45732/news/|date=22 July 2010|script-title=el:Η καλοκαιρινή περιοδεία του Σάκη!|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=24 July 2010}}</ref> to 19 September.<ref name="tripolis 2010">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sakisrouvas/status/24951248775|date=19 September 2010|title=Ready for the last concert of the summer tour @ Tripolis! Let's give it all we got ;-)))|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=20 September 2010}}</ref> At a 27 July stop in [[Corinth]] he introduced the [[Sakis Rouvas Collection]] of clothing (to which he had creative input) to Greek retailer Sprider Stores.<ref name="clothing line">{{cite web|url=http://www.nooz.gr/lifestyle/foreste-ton-saki-rouva-pano-sas|date=24 July 2010|script-title=el:Φορέστε τον Σάκη Ρουβά πάνω σας!|publisher=Nooz|language=Greek|accessdate=24 July 2010}}</ref> The collection, for men and women, was launched on 16 September<ref name="clothing inauguration">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbeast.gr/entertainment/arthro/46044/giortaste-kai-eseis-tin-imera-modas-me-to-saki-rouva/|date=16 September 2010|script-title=el:Γιορτάστε και εσείς την "Ημέρα μόδας" με το Σάκη Ρουβά|publisher=Newsbeast|language=Greek|accessdate=20 September 2010}}</ref> and available in October.<ref name="october">{{cite web|url=http://www.katalogos-kritis.gr/index.asp?pageid=5&pid=&act=true&articleid=6098Rouvas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721081553/http://www.katalogos-kritis.gr/index.asp?pageid=5&pid=&act=true&articleid=6098Rouvas |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |date=September 2010|script-title=el:Νέα σειρά ρούχων με υπογραφή του Σάκη Ρουβά|publisher=Katalogos Kritis|language=Greek|access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> Rouvas performed at the Mykonos Xlsior Festival in support of the [[LGBT]] movement on 27 August;<ref name="xlsior">{{cite web|url=http://www.hbnews.gr/permalink/38557.html|date=30 August 2010|title=H εμφάνιση του Σ. Ρουβά στο gay φεστιβάλ της Μυκόνου|publisher=Hellenic Business|language=Greek|access-date=20 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910032634/http://www.hbnews.gr/permalink/38557.html|archive-date=10 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> although he was scheduled to perform at the first [[Eurovoice 2010|Εurovoice]] on 23 September with [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Anastacia]] and host [[Pamela Anderson]],<ref name="eurovoice">{{cite web|url=http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/read/n_id/4042|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824033613/http://www.music.net.cy/easyconsole.cfm/page/read/n_id/4042|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2010|date=18 August 2010|title=EuroVoice 2010 - Σάκης Ρουβάς - Ο κορυφαίος Έλληνας pop star την Πέμπτη 23 Σεπτεμβρίου στο ΟΑΚΑ!|publisher=Music.Net.cy|language=Greek|access-date=20 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> his appearance was canceled a day before the event for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.star.gr/index.?ID=life_style&Rec_ID=61211|title=Εκτός Eurovoice o Ρουβάς μία βραδιά πριν εμφανιστεί|last=Staff|date=22 September 2010|publisher=[[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]]|language=Greek|accessdate=22 September 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2011}}</ref> For the winter season of 2010–11 Rouvas joined [[Anna Vissi]] for Face2Face, a concert series at [[Athens Arena]] beginning on 15 October.<ref name="AthinonVR">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/43347/news/ |script-title=el:Άννα Βίσση και Σάκης Ρουβάς επιβεβαιώνουν τη συνεργασία τους... |date=15 March 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=15 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003004322/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/43347/news/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="f2f premiere">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46915/news/Η_μεγάλη_πρεμιέρα_της_Άννας_Βίσση_και_του_Σάκη_Ρουβά |title=Η μεγάλη πρεμιέρα της Άννας Βίσση και του Σάκη Ρουβά |date=16 October 2010 |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |access-date=17 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021061204/http://www.mad.tv/section/news/46915/news/%CE%97_%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%86%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC |archive-date=21 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> ANT1 was in negotiations with Rouvas to star in a TV series after ''The X Factor'',<ref name="New ANT1 deal">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportime.gr/View.aspx?ArticleID=2320|script-title=el:Ο ΑΝΤ1 έκανε νέα πρότασε στον Σάκη|last=Staff|date=7 January 2009|publisher=Sportime|language=Greek|accessdate=14 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2011}}</ref> and he hosted the [[The X Factor (Greece series 3)|third season]] of the talent show from 29 October – 11 February.<ref name="xfactor3">{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/diafora/media/59293.html|title=Στο X Factor 3 ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=18 April 2010|publisher=Madata|language=Greek|accessdate=26 April 2010}}</ref> For his performance, Rouvas was Presenter of the Year at the 2011 Cypriot Men of the Year Awards.<ref name="cyprus tv award">{{cite web|url=http://tralala.gr/music-news/item/10253-kipros-vravevei-saki-rouva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721083652/http://tralala.gr/music-news/item/10253-kipros-vravevei-saki-rouva|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2011|script-title=el:Η Κύπρος βραβεύει το Σάκη Ρουβά!!!|last=Stefanidou|first=Ariadne|publisher=Tralala|date=21 December 2010|language=Greek|access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> On 2 February 2011 Rouvas was one of eight acts in the first MADWalk (equivalent to the international [[Fashion Rocks]]), where he represented Celia Kritharioti Haute Couture.<ref name="madwalk">{{cite web |url=http://www.madwalk.gr/2011/?page_id=2247 |title=Post Δ.Τ. MadWalk by Vodafone |publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]] |language=Greek |access-date=14 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206162234/http://www.madwalk.gr/2011/?page_id=2247 |archive-date=6 February 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> In the spring he made ten appearances at Thalassa.<ref name="thalassa">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbomb.gr/gossip/story/ekleise-emfaniseis-gia-to-pascha-o-sakhs-roybas |script-title=el:Έκλεισε εμφανίσεις για το Πάσχα ο Σάκης Ρουβάς |date=14 January 2011 |publisher=News Bomb |language=Greek |access-date=14 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215053815/http://www.newsbomb.gr/gossip/story/ekleise-emfaniseis-gia-to-pascha-o-sakhs-roybas |archive-date=15 February 2011 }}</ref> After a short break Rouvas continued his live appearances at Puli Axiou in Thessaloniki, announcing his upcoming winter performances at Athens Arena with [[Onirama]] and Eleni Foureira as his opening act<ref name="puli axiou">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c32604/Sakhs_Royvas.html |script-title=el:Για ένα μήνα στη Θεσσαλονίκη! |date=8 August 2011 |publisher=yupi |language=Greek |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402121554/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c32604/Sakhs_Royvas.html |archive-date=2 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="athinon arena">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34846/Sakhs_Royvas_.html |script-title=el:Δείτε τη νέα του αφίσα που θα συζητηθεί |date=14 October 2011 |publisher=yupi |language=Greek |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016141005/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34846/Sakhs_Royvas_.html |archive-date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> and releasing his new single, ''"Kane na mi s' agapiso"''. At the 2012 [[Johnnie Walker]] Men of the Year Awards in Cyprus Rouvas was presented with the Greek of the Year award for his philanthropic contributions, particularly to the Elpida Foundation.<ref name="greek of the year">{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/diafora/showbiz/174060.html|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Το βραβείο "Έλληνας της Χρονιάς" και τα δάκρυα|date=22 February 2012|publisher=Madata|language=Greek|accessdate=27 March 2012}}</ref> In February 2012 he performed his new single ("Bad Thing") with American singer [[Nomi Ruiz]] of [[Jessica 6]] at the second MADWalk, where he represented designer Apostolos Mitropoulos. The single was expected to be released worldwide after the show.<ref name="bad thing">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c38724/Sakhs_Royvas.html |title=Αποκλειστικό: Η μεγάλη έκπληξη στο Madwalk! |date=5 February 2012 |last=Sideris |first=Nasos |publisher=Yupi |language=Greek |access-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310114139/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c38724/Sakhs_Royvas.html |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}</ref> In May 2012 Rouvas released a new single, ''"Tora"'' ("Νow")<ref>{{cite web|last=Gregory|title=Άκου το νέο τραγούδι του Σάκη Ρουβά "Τώρα"!|url=http://www.tralala.gr/Akou-to-neo-tragoudi-tou-Sakh-Rouba-Tora/|publisher=Tralala|date=4 May 2012|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> which he performed at the 2012 MAD Video Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Εντυπωσίασε στη σκηνή των Mad Video Music Awards 2012!|url=http://www.neolaia.gr/2012/06/21/sakis-rouvas-mad-video-music-awards-2012/|publisher=Neolaia.gr|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> In November, he released a [[rock music|rock]]-[[Zeibekiko]] mash-up ballad entitled ''"Niose Ti Thelo"'' ("Feel What I Want").<ref>{{cite web|title=Ακούστε το ολοκαίνουριο τραγούδι του Σ. Ρουβά "Νιώσε τι θέλω"|url=http://www.thebest.gr/news/index/viewStory/159855|publisher=The Best|accessdate=8 February 2014|date=13 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vasiliadou|first=Kiki|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς - Νιώσε τι θέλω / Νέο single|url=http://www.energy966.com/2010/mousikaneasection/neeskyklofories/sakisr12112012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221212219/http://www.energy966.com/2010/mousikaneasection/neeskyklofories/sakisr12112012|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2014|publisher=Energy966|date=12 November 2012|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref> Rouvas was nominated for four Mad Video Music Awards (including Best Pop Video and Video of the Year), winning Male Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year for ''"I Dyo Mas"''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Οι νικητές των Mad Video Music Awards 2012|url=http://www.queen.gr/CELEBRITY-SPOTTING/JUICY-NEWS/item/46454-oi-nikites-ton-mad-video-music-awards-2012|publisher=Queen.gr|date=21 June 2012|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> ==={{anchor|Third child, theatre, and current projects (2013-present)}}Theatre and current projects (2013–present)=== Rouvas returned to television as a presenter for [[ANT1]]'s ''Iroes Anamesa Mas'' (''Heroes Among Us''), a ten-part documentary series focusing on stories of people who have been commended for heroic deeds which premiered on 24 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mpouzala|first=Elena|title=Κυκλοφορεί το τηλεοπτικό σποτ "Ήρωες Αναμεσά Μας" με παρουσιαστή τον Σάκη Ρουβά|url=http://cosmo.gr/articles/pop_culture/Tileorasi/kykloforei-to-thleoptiko-spot-hrwes-anamesa-mas-me-paroysiasth-ton-sakh-royva.2185673.html|publisher=Cosmo.gr|date=28 March 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034804/http://cosmo.gr/articles/pop_culture/Tileorasi/kykloforei-to-thleoptiko-spot-hrwes-anamesa-mas-me-paroysiasth-ton-sakh-royva.2185673.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς παρουσιαστής της μεγάλης κοινωνικής αποστολής του Ant1 " Ήρωες ανάμεσά μας"!|url=http://www.fthis.gr/article/296759/o-sakis-roybas-paroysiastis-tis-megalis-koinonikis-apostolis-toy-ant1-iroes-anamesa-mas-|publisher=FTHIS|date=23 February 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Την Παρασκευή 24 Μαίου η πρεμιέρα για τους "Ήρωες ανάμεσά μας"|url=http://www.nocomments.gr/tin-paraskevi-24-maiou-i-premiera-gia-tous-iroes-anamesa-mas-eikones-116214|publisher=No Comments|date=14 May 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122061025/http://www.nocomments.gr/tin-paraskevi-24-maiou-i-premiera-gia-tous-iroes-anamesa-mas-eikones-116214|archive-date=22 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Antonatos Cantzatos|first=Antonis|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στην πρεμιέρα & η συγκλονιστική πρώτη ιστορία|url=http://www.yupiii.gr/gossip/c51147/Hrwes_Anamesa_Mas.html|publisher=Celebrity News|date=25 May 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> For the series, Rouvas traveled throughout Greece interviewing the featured nominees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Παρουσιαστής στην εκπομπή "Ήρωες ανάμεσα μας"|url=http://www.vipnews.gr/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=12892:%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AE-%C2%AB%CE%AE%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%82%C2%BB&Itemid=115|publisher=Vip News|date=8 February 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> During the summer, he made his theatrical debut in [[Euripides]]' tragedy ''[[The Bacchae]]'' in the lead role of [[Dionysus]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Loverdou|first=Mirto|title=O Σάκης Ρουβάς, Διόνυσος στις "Βάκχες"|url=http://www.tovima.gr/culture/article/?aid=506221|newspaper=To Vima|date=5 April 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=O Σάκης Ρουβάς.. ως Διόνυσος στις Βάκχες του Ευρυπίδη.|url=http://www.happytv.gr/o-sakis-rouvas-os-dionisos-stis-vakches-tou-evripidi/|publisher=HappyTV.gr|date=10 July 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> for which he was awarded with the best performance award by the 2014 Greek Theatre Critics Awards in the category of ancient drama.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sakis Rouvas wins Theater Award amid reactions|url=http://en.protothema.gr/sakis-rouvas-wins-theater-award-amid-reactions/|publisher=ProtoThema |date=9 December 2014|accessdate=19 January 2017}}</ref> Working again with songwriter Theofanous, in May 2013 Rouvas released a ballad single (''"Mia Hara Na Pernas"''; "Have A Good Time").<ref>{{cite web|last=Tzouvaras|first=Dimitris|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς μετά το "Νιώσε τι θέλω" επιστρέφει με νέο τραγούδι!|url=http://www.hit-channel.com/sakis-rouvas-mia-xara-na-pernas/46065|publisher=Hit Channel|date=3 June 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> At the 2013 MAD Video Music Awards, he was nominated for four awards: Best Pop Video, Video of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Αυτές είναι οι υποψηφιότητες των Mad Video Music Awards 2013|url=http://cosmo.gr/Entertainment/aytes-einai-oi-ypopshfiothtes-twn-mad-video-music-awards-2013.2266912.html|publisher=Cosmo.gr|date=24 May 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034809/http://cosmo.gr/Entertainment/aytes-einai-oi-ypopshfiothtes-twn-mad-video-music-awards-2013.2266912.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mad Video Music Awards 2013: Όλες οι υποψηφιότητες|url=http://www.madata.gr/diafora/showbiz/282561.html|publisher=Madata.gr|date=25 June 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> ''"Tora"'' was nominated for most-played radio song of the year, and as part of the awards' tenth anniversary Rouvas' 2008 live performance of ''"+ Se Thelo"'' was nominated for best live performance in the show's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Δείτε τι έγινε στο Kick Off Party των Mad Video Music Awards 2013! (Photos and video)|url=http://thesout.gr/mousika-nea/4408-deite-ti-egine-sto-kick-off-party-ton-mad-video-musiv-awards-2013-photos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122010540/http://thesout.gr/mousika-nea/4408-deite-ti-egine-sto-kick-off-party-ton-mad-video-musiv-awards-2013-photos|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2014|publisher=Thes Out|date=25 May 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 24 November 2013 Rouvas was among a group from the [[Ionian Islands]] who were commended by the Hellenic Union of Eptanisians (Ionians) for their work and philanthropy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σ. Ρουβάς: Γίνεται γραμματόσημο και βραβεύεται!|url=http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-rouvas/0-9-54532.html|publisher=TLife|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222012915/http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-rouvas/0-9-54532.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> To honor the winners, the organization released a collectors'-edition philatelic envelope with a stamp bearing a picture of the group.<ref>{{cite web|last=JonathanK|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς γίνεται γραμματόσημο!|url=http://tvnea.blogspot.gr/2013/11/blog-post_9949.html|publisher=TV Nea|date=17 November 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς έγινε γραμματόσημο|url=http://www.karfitsa.gr/2013/11/27/o-sakis-royvas-egine-grammatosimo/|publisher=Karfitsa.gr|date=27 November 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063252/http://www.karfitsa.gr/2013/11/27/o-sakis-royvas-egine-grammatosimo/|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2014, continuing his support for the Elpida Foundation in practice, Rouvas became the first volunteer bone-marrow donor at the ''Orama Elpidas'' (Vision of Hope) marrow bank,<ref>{{cite web|last=Thimiou|first=Artemis|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς έγινε εθελοντής δότης στην Τράπεζα Μυελού των Οστών! Βίντεο|url=http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-57428.html|publisher=TLife|date=30 January 2014|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131185344/http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-57428.html|archive-date=31 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and he is appearing in a foundation campaign encouraging marrow donation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: Έγινε ο πρώτος εθελοντής δότης μυελού των οστών|url=http://www.inewsgr.com/13/sakis-rouvas-egine-o-protos-ethelontis-dotis-myelou-ton-oston-photos.htm|publisher=iNews|date=30 January 2014|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> His "Ace of Hearts Tour" that started on 26 April 2014, was dedicated to the Elpida Foundation and the ''Orama Elpidas'' marrow bank.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://cosmopoliti.com/%CF%84he-ace-of-hearts-tour-m%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC/|title = The Ace Of Hearts Tour με τον Σάκη Ρουβά|date = 21 April 2014|accessdate = 21 April 2014|publisher = Cosmopoliti|last = Natsios|first = Vassilis}}</ref> The final concert of the tour took place in Athens on 11 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Έκανε ρεκόρ στην ΔΕΘ ο Ρουβάς: συναυλία με 30.000 θεατές!|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=243380&artTitle=ekane_rekor_stin_deth_o_rouvas_synavlia_me_30_000_theates|publisher=Star|date=12 September 2014|access-date=21 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033119/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=243380&artTitle=ekane_rekor_stin_deth_o_rouvas_synavlia_me_30_000_theates|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 13 January 2014, it was announced that Rouvas would be part of Athina Tsaggari's new feature film named "Chevalier", where he would be one of the protagonists of the movie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Πρωταγωνιστής σε νέα ταινία ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|url=http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-56653.html|publisher=TLife|date=13 January 2014|access-date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423042026/http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-sakisrouvas/0-9-56653.html|archive-date=23 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The shootings of the movie started on January and are set to be done on March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς στη νέα ταινία της Αθηνάς Τσαγγάρη|url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/752371|publisher=naftermporiki.gr|date=13 January 2014|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Chevalier">{{cite web|title=Ξεκίνησαν τα γυρίσματα της νέας ταινίας του Σάκη Ρουβά|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=211108&artTitle=xekinisan_ta_gyrismata_tis_neas_tainias_tou_saki_rouva|publisher=Star|date=14 January 2014|access-date=17 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033131/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=211108&artTitle=xekinisan_ta_gyrismata_tis_neas_tainias_tou_saki_rouva|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 11 March 2014, Rouvas himself uploaded a promo video of his new single ''"Se Pethimisa"'' (I Missed You) on his [[YouTube]] channel that will be released later during the year.<ref>{{cite video|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|title=Sakis Rouvas - Se Pethimisa Promo Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8NqNFVyZcs&list|publisher=You Tube|date=11 March 2014|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> For this song, Rouvas continues his cooperation with the songwriter Theofanous, while the lyrics belong to Thanos Papanikolaou.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς – "Σε Πεθύμησα"|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/?p=95896|publisher=Music Corner|date=12 March 2014|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> After his success as Dionysus in ''The Bacchae'', Rouvas' next theatrical step includes a musical. On September 2014, it was announced that Rouvas would be part of the musical "Hraklis; Oi dodeka athloi" (Hercules; The twelve labours) at the role of Hercules.<ref>{{cite news|title=Από τον μέθυσο Διόνυσο στις Βάκχες του Ευριπίδη στην ενσάρκωση του μυθικού ήρωα|url=http://www.protothema.gr/life-style/article/411086/o-sakis-rouvas-anevainei-sto-sanidi-os-iraklis/|newspaper=Proto Thema|date=18 September 2014|accessdate=21 November 2014}}</ref> The premiere took place on 12 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Από τις 12 Δεκεμβρίου γίνεται Ηρακλής ο Σάκης Ρουβάς!|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Politismos.aspx?art=252903&artTitle=apo_tis_12_dekemvriou_ginetai_iraklis_o_sakis_rouvas_|publisher=Star|date=20 November 2014|access-date=21 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033107/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Politismos.aspx?art=252903&artTitle=apo_tis_12_dekemvriou_ginetai_iraklis_o_sakis_rouvas_|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2016 [[Chevalier (film)|Chevalier]], was selected as the Greek entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[89th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Greece">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.gr/2016/09/15/culture-to-chevalier-ths-tsagkarh-sta-oscar-2017_n_12025612.html?ncid=tweetlnkgrhpmg00000001|title=Το "Chevalier" της Αθηνάς Ραχήλ Τσαγκάρη θα εκπροσωπήσει την Ελλάδα στα Όσκαρ του 2017|date=15 September 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="SD">{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/greece-submits-chevalier-to-oscars/5109569.article |title=Greece submits 'Chevalier' to Oscars |first=Alexis |last=Grivas |date=21 September 2016|accessdate=21 September 2016 |work=[[Screen International|Screen Daily]]}}</ref> ==Artistry== ===Influences=== {{multiple image|image1=Elvis_Presley_promoting_Jailhouse_Rock.jpg|width=160|image2=Michael Jackson 1984.jpg|footer=Presley (pictured in 1957) was Rouvas' initial and greatest childhood influence; Jackson (pictured in 1984) was a later influence.|alt1=A young man dancing, swiveling his hips. He has dark hair, short and slicked up a bit. He wears an unbuttoned band-collared jacket over a shirt with bold black-and-white horizontal stripes. Behind him, on either side, are a pair of barred frames, like prison doors.|alt2=A mid-twenties African American man wearing a sequined military jacket and dark sunglasses. He is walking while waving his right hand, which is adorned with a white glove. His left hand is bare.}} [[Elvis Presley]] was Rouvas' musical idol; he also enjoyed [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Although he was influenced most by 1960s music,<ref name="father figure 77">{{cite news|title=Father Figure|last=Kostopoulos|first=Petros|date=June 2008|publisher=Down Town|page=77|language=Greek}}</ref> he also likes [[George Michael]] and [[Michael Bolton]].<ref name="mad vma 09">MAD Video Music Awards. [[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]. Airdate: 24 June 2009.</ref> The singer considers Queen's "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" "one of the ten best songs that have ever been written."<ref name="Bohemian Rhapsody">''The X Factor''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 14 November 2008.</ref> Similarities between Presley and Rouvas have been noted; during his STARZ performances, the Maggira Sisters' opening sketch was based on Presley's concern about a popular Greek singer who imitated him.<ref>{{cite news|title=STARZ winter 2008-2009|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=MEGA|date=December 2008|language=Greek}}</ref> Rouvas covered Presley's "[[Suspicious Minds]]" for the ''Alter Ego'' [[Alter Ego (soundtrack)|soundtrack]], and has said that what impressed him most as a child about Presley was "the way that he sang, that he danced, that he felt what he interpreted and what I believed that his audience felt when they heard him".<ref name="The World Is Not Enough">{{cite news | title= The World Is Not Enough | work= Down Town Magazine | author= Zambetoglou, Nansy | page= 46 |date= October 2002 |language= Greek}}</ref> He has also been influenced by Greek artists such as [[Giannis Parios]], [[Marinella]] and [[Nana Mouskouri]] (his mentor),<ref name="Vogue 1">{{cite magazine|script-title=el:Ωραίος ως Έλλην|last=Iordanou|first=Natalia|date=June 2002|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|language=Greek}}</ref> and considers [[Haris Alexiou]] and [[Anna Vissi]] as the two greatest Greek female artists.<ref name="Aziz" /> Michael Jackson's "[[Earth Song]]" is a favourite of Rouvas' for its environmental message;<ref name="ConcertforEnvironment" /> after [[Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson's death]], he dedicated a song to the American singer at his Concert for the Environment and spoke about Jackson's legacy:<ref name="GreekMichaelJackson">{{cite web|url=http://www.stifora.gr/article.php?id=3624|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704204859/http://www.stifora.gr/article.php?id=3624|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2009|date=July 2009|script-title=el:Σκουπιδότοπος το Καλλιμάρμαρο μετά την "Οικολογική" συναυλία Ρουβά|last=Staff|publisher=Sti Fora|language=Greek|access-date=29 October 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> <blockquote>"[Michael Jackson was] one of the most significant singers ever on this planet and the biggest showman that has ever passed by on this planet [...] a person whose life was a 'thriller', but however complicated his life was, he dedicated it for the good of the children and of the planet. Many people want to remember him for the complex persona that he had, I want to remember him for everything that he gave to us all of these years, and for all the reasons that he inspired us."<ref name="ConcertforEnvironment">{{cite news|title=Concert for the Environment by National Youth Council|last=Rouvas|first=Sakis|publisher=ANT1|date=1 July 2009|language=Greek}}</ref></blockquote> ===Musicianship=== [[File:RouvasIrthesatSTARZ.JPG|thumb|left|alt=Singer in blue light, with falling confetti|Rouvas performing at STARZ]] Rouvas is fluent in [[Greek language|Greek]], English and French, presenting the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] in all three languages.<ref name="MAD1">{{cite web |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=20839|date=5 April 2006|title=Sakis all the way|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> He has also recorded songs in all three languages, singing phonetically in Turkish and Russian for his 1997 collaboration with [[Burak Kut]] in [[Cyprus]] and the Russian duet version of ''"Se Thelo San Trelos"'' (''"Kak Sumashedshij Ya"'') with [[Philipp Kirkorov]]; one of three versions, it was a Russian hit. Rouvas plays guitar, [[bass guitar|bass]], [[piano]], [[cello]]<ref name="DownTown1999">{{cite news | script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Ο Χρυσός Άνδρας της Δεκαετίας | work= Down Town Magazine | author= Chatzistavrou, Anastasia | page= 56 |date=December 1999 |language= Greek}}</ref> and some [[percussion]]. On some tours he plays his black [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] [[Les Paul (guitar)|Les Paul]] electric guitar,<ref name="Mag1" /> switching to acoustic guitar for unplugged performances such as ''Live Ballads''.<ref name="valentine's">''Sakis for Valentine's''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 14 February 2006.</ref> Rouvas has expressed disappointment with the ignorance of youthful audiences of older music.<ref name="father figure 77" /> He considers himself a pop-rock artist, although he has described his musical style as "always more rock" than he has been credited.<ref name="happy hour 77">{{cite news|title=Happy Hour|last=Michalos|first=Manos|date=November 2008|publisher=Down Town|page=77|language=Greek}}</ref> Rouvas has been praised for not tapping into traditional Greek music for commercial success, since pop music is a niche genre in Greece.<ref name="DownTown1999" /><ref name="Mag1" /> Asked if he thought it difficult being a pop-rock artist in a folk market, he replied that there was a need for a variety of genres; while he has experimented with traditional Greek music, it is not what he feels he does best.<ref name="Aziz" /> ===Vocal style=== Rouvas had no vocal lessons as a boy and taught himself primarily by ear, so during the recording of his first album he had to learn [[music theory]] in a short time.<ref name="Psinakis ANTD">''Αξίζει Να Το Δείς'' [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 19 May 2009</ref> His voice developed significantly since his early teenaged performances. Rouvas' detractors have criticized his voice as average, or limited, contending that his appeal is based on image.<ref name="vimacriticism">{{cite web|url=http://www.matia.gr/7/73/7306/7306_1_5.html|date=2 January 2005|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Ο σταρ και ο δημιουργός του|last=Vidos|first=Kosmas|publisher=[[To Vima]] Online|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="irthesavopolis">{{cite web|url=http://www.avopolis.gr/greek/albums/default.asp?ID=5051 |date=December 2008 |script-title=el:Ήρθες |last=Touroutoglou |first=Anastasia |publisher=Avopolis |language=Greek |access-date=18 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106002235/http://www.avopolis.gr/greek/albums/default.asp?id=5051 |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name="orfeas parafora">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-orfeas.gr/singing/newreleases/4280-%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1.html|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: Παράφορα | date=27 August 2011|last=Karantis|first=Tasos P.|publisher=e-Orfeas|language=Greek|accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> Whatever the assessment of his voice, it has often been overshadowed by showmanship and appearance in the media; many preferred to watch him perform than to listen to him.<ref name="Mag1" /><ref name="DeltaPage4-5">{{cite book|title=Sakis Rouvas|publisher=Delta Club|year=2001|edition=booklet|pages=4–5|title-link=Sakis Rouvas (2001 album)}}</ref><ref name="brunell">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6007 |date=2 July 2009 |title=Lilian Brunell reviews Sakis Rouvas concert |last=Brunell |first=Lilian |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718203059/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6007 |archive-date=18 July 2009 }}</ref> These criticisms diminished by the second decade of Rouvas' career;<ref name="tralala bio" /><ref name="chartshowkst" /> his technical skills (range, power and versatility in particular) and expression are better appreciated.<ref name="chartshowkst" /><ref name="orfeas parafora" /><ref name="matia analysis">{{cite web|url=http://www.matia.gr/7/73/7306/7306_1_5.html|script-title=el:Μουσικοί...&#124;Σάκης Ρουβάς|publisher=Matia|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="oiko underworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/10/29/sakis-rouvas-2004-2009-premiere-at-athens-arena/|title=SAKIS ROUVAS (2004, 2009) PREMIERE AT ATHENS ARENA|date=29 October 2011|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|publisher=Oikotimes|accessdate=1 April 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2017}}</ref> Rouvas has a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]];<ref name="tenor">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbeast.gr/lifestyle/arthro/16185/hrei-tenorou-anelave-o-sakis-rouvas/|script-title=el:Χρέη τενόρου ανέλαβε ο Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=15 July 2010|publisher=Newsbeast|language=Greek|accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> although he can also sing low,<ref name="orfeas parafora" /> in the [[Clef#F-clefs|F-clef]] range,<ref name="phoebus scores2">{{cite book|last=Papatheodorou|first=Filippos|title=Φοίβος 4|year=2003|publisher=Arco Music|pages=38–41}}</ref> he prefers to sing higher and can reach notes beyond the typical tenor high without [[falsetto]],<ref name="phoebus scores">{{cite book|last=Papatheodorou|first=Filippos|title=Φοίβος 4|year=2003|publisher=Arco Music|pages=8–11}}</ref> varying his [[dynamics (music)|dynamics]] from whispers to [[belting (music)|belts]].<ref name="orfeas parafora" /><ref name="matia analysis" /> His vocal power was evident in early recordings, notably on ''"Mia Fora"'' from ''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'' (the first album to showcase his vocal ability).<ref name="matia analysis" /> During his 1997–98 hiatus, Rouvas received voice lessons from American coach Raz Kennedy focusing on rock and blues techniques.<ref name="Mag1" /> His subsequent sixth album, ''Kati Apo Mena'', was a milestone in Rouvas' vocal development; he exhibited a consistent depth and dimension which previously appeared only sporadically on his first five albums.<ref name="matia analysis" /> He won the ''Pop Corn'' Music Award for Best Male Vocal Performance twice in a row: for 1999's ''"Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou"'' and 2000's ''"Se Thelo San Trelos"'' (the latter from ''21os Akatallilos''). By ''Live Ballads'' in 2006, Pavlos Zervas of ''Music Corner'' considered that Rouvas' voice had reached its most-mature form.<ref name="LB MC review">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas.html|date=April 2006|title=ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ Live Ballads|last=Zervas|first=Pavlos|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref> Critic Tasos P. Karantis of ''Orfeas'' conceded that Rouvas sang with competence and technical precision, and his voice was easily recognizable.<ref name="orfeas parafora" /> Ilias Malasidis of Athens 24 noted that Rouvas' voice was initially more intriguing than his material.<ref name="SE A24">{{cite web|url=http://www.athens24.gr/going-out/music/cd-critic/news_detail.html?id=15494|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ Σ' έχω ερωτευθεί|last=Malasidis|first=Ilias|publisher=Athens 24|language=Greek|accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> His voice is best-suited to [[power ballads]],<ref name="LB MC review" /> his signature style<ref name="irthes mc review">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/08/rouvas.html |date=December 2008|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ "Ήρθες"|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref> due to his [[sensuality|sensual]] tone.<ref name="valentine's 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.zougla.gr/lifestyle/article/sakis-rouvas-8eloume-na-pantreftoume-to-kalokeri|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: "Θέλουμε να παντρευτούμε το καλοκαίρι"|date=14 February 2011|publisher=Zougla|language=Greek|accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> Reviewers have praised Rouvas' live performances, particularly his ability to execute "especially difficult and demanding songs", hold long, high notes and dance while singing.<ref name="oiko underworld" /><ref name="LB MC review" /> ''Down Town'' commended him for never using a [[lip sync|playback track]], common among Greek artists,<ref name="DownTown1999" /> but ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' noted that an ability to sing well in English would increase his international appeal.<ref name="billboard10">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=dwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=sakis+rouvas#v=onepage&q=sakis%20rouvas&f=false|title=A Sampling of Veteran Artists And Newcomers Who Help Define The Athens Music Scene|last=Develegas|first=Cosmas|date=23 October 1999|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=54|accessdate=12 June 2009}}</ref> During his career, Rouvas has perform in a number of genres, contemporary and traditional; in some songs (such as ''"O Iroas"'' from ''Iparhi Agapi Edo''), he delivers spoken verses which have been described as a "light [[rapping|rap]]."<ref name="IAE MC review">{{cite web|url= http://www.musiccorner.gr/nees_kyklof/06/rouvas_02.html|date=December 2006|script-title=el:ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ "Υπάρχει αγάπη εδώ"|last=Zervas|first=Pavlos|publisher=Music Corner|language=Greek|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref> He has also performed as a [[crooner]] styles<ref name="fever 2004 review" /> and a [[classical music|classical]] [[tenor]].<ref name="tenor" /> Rouvas' defining characteristic as a vocalist has been his [[emotional expression]].<ref name="chartshowkst" /> He maintains his voice with a strict [[organic food]] diet and avoiding [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and [[smoking]], banning smoking in his [[dressing room]].<ref name="Mag1" /> Singer-songwriter Stelios Rokkos, who collaborated with him for three seasons, described him as "probably the most disciplined singer I have ever met—in fact, to the point of insanity."<ref name="rokkos yupi">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupiii.gr/gossip/c16123/Stelios_Rokkos.html|script-title=el:Την αγαπάω πολύ τη Ρούλα Κορομηλά. Τώρα, αν την αγκάλιασα και τη φίλησα δυο τρεις φορές, ήταν δεσμός;|date=23 February 2010|last=Patsioli|first=Zoi|publisher=Yupiii|accessdate=21 June 2012|language=Greek}}</ref> ==={{anchor|Live performance and music videos}}Live shows and music videos=== ===Film and television=== [[File:Sakis Rouvas ERT.jpg|thumb|right|180px|alt=Smiling man in a suit, talking into two microphones|Rouvas speaking to [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]]]] After his 2005 move to Los Angeles Rouvas studied acting and received some training from his friend, [[Tom Hanks]].<ref name="espresso_news" /> He was interested in film since childhood, and a year and a half later he received an offer from Village Roadshow.<ref name="OK07">{{cite web|url=http://www.mad.tv/video/?cID=33983|title=Mad Greekζ: Σάκης Ρουβάς|date=6 November 2008|publisher=[[MAD TV (Greece)|MAD TV]]|language=Greek|accessdate=13 May 2010}}</ref> In Rouvas' first feature film, ''Alter Ego'' (of which he was also associate producer), he played a role similar to himself. Before that, he dubbed English-language animated films in Greek. When comparisons between Rouvas and the character Stefanos in ''Alter Ego'' arose (with speculation that the character was autobiographical), he replied that despite similarities Stefanos was a "much more aggressive person."<ref name="alter ego ola">''Όλα 7''. [[ANT1]]. Airdate: 7 May 2007.</ref> Rouvas adopted a new look for the film, credited by ''Nitro'' as reflecting the [[emo]] movement emerging among Greek youth.<ref name="alter ego nitro">{{cite news|title=ALTER EGO|last=Papaioannou|first=Lydia|date=May 2007|publisher=Nitro|page=|language=Greek}}</ref> While Rouvas was attracted some critical praise for his foray into acting,<ref name="tralala bio" /><ref name="TIML">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9593|date=10 November 2007|title=Sakis Rouvas: This is my Live!|last=Yiorgos|first=Kasaoglou|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=29 July 2009}}</ref> others felt that it was too early to evaluate his acting talent.<ref name="duressvima">{{cite web|url=http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&ct=4&artid=302801&dt=03/12/2009|title=Πολιτισμός-Μέντια &#124; Οι ταινίες της εβδομάδας: Ο Σάκης "έχει" το Χ-Factor και στην υποκριτική | last = Zoumboulakis | first = Giannis | date=3 December 2009|publisher=[[To Vima]] Online|language=Greek|accessdate=13 May 2010}}</ref> Rouvas' second film (the [[indie film|indie]] ''Duress'') was a Hollywood psychological thriller in which he played a serial killer, against type for Greek audiences, and said the film was the most difficult thing he had done in his career until that point.<ref name="disc crisis">{{cite web|url=http://www.tempo.gr/ston-kosmo-mas/gossip-celebrities/1949-sakis-rouvas|date=30 November 2009|script-title=el:Σάκης Ρουβάς: "Οι δισκογραφικές περνούν κρίση, όχι το τραγούδι"|last=Tempo team|publisher=Tempo|language=Greek|accessdate=7 June 2010}}</ref> Giannis Zoumboulakis of ''[[To Vima]]'' found Rouvas convincing in the film's cat-and-mouse plot: "You accept the proposal from the first moments, forgetting completely that the 'bad' guy in the story is the host of ''X-Factor''", concluding that "Going against his own image, Rouvas creates a very exceptional psycho killer. With his [[gray]]-[[beige]], old wool coat and grimy, parted hair and without his bright smile he creates from scratch a hero that is all his."<ref name="duressvima" /> Panagiotis Timogiannakis contended that Rouvas began showing a different side of himself in ''Alter Ego'', noting that the lighting in both films did not flatter him. Timogiannakis wondered if Rouvas had deglamourized himself to receive serious roles: "He needs to clear up whether he wants to have a career of a star or of a role player. A born role player he does not seem to be. A born star he is."<ref name="yupi acting pt 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gkrinia/c14026/O_Royvas_H8opoios_Part_2.html |title=Ο Ρουβάς Ηθοποιός, Part 2 |last=Timogiannakis |first=Panagiotis |date=20 November 2009 |publisher=Yupi |language=Greek |access-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124130401/http://www.yupi.gr/gkrinia/c14026/O_Royvas_H8opoios_Part_2.html |archive-date=24 January 2010 }}</ref> The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest was a springboard for glib host roles, such as for ''The X Factor''.<ref name="tralala bio" /> Producer Giannis Latsios said that Rouvas' presence contributed significantly to the show's success, calling his first-season performance "great" and adding: "We had a program that had to do with music and Sakis, on a collective level, is an icon that the generation which participates in this show has as an idol. He is a glowing character with much higher capabilities of expression and, if he decides to continue this path, will improve. He has immediacy, critique and most of all he gave to a program a luster, which was not standard from the beginning."<ref name="latsios">{{cite web|url= http://www.tempo.gr/ston-kosmo-mas/gossip-celebrities/1004-giannis-latsios|date=23 January 2009|script-title=el:Γ. Λάτσιος: "Καλύτερα από πέρυσι ο Πρωινός Καφές"!|last=Tempo team|publisher=Tempo|language=Greek|accessdate=7 June 2010}}</ref> == Personal life == Rouvas met model [[Katia Zygouli]] back in 2003 during the shootings of a commercial ad for Vodafone and the two of them became a couple. They kept their relationship away from the media despite the rumors and Rouvas first confirmed their relationship during a radio interview to [[Natalia Germanou]].<ref name=":8">{{cite web|url = http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/38173/%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%86%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B1|title = Με τα φτερά του έρωτα|date = 10 February 2010|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Espresso|last = Pourliaros|first = Nikos}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.newsnowgr.com/article/117113/sakis-rouvas-i-katia-me-vasanise-poly-den-itan-efkolo-na-tin-proseggiso.html|title = Σάκης Ρουβάς: "Η Κάτια με βασάνισε πολύ. Δεν ήταν εύκολο να την προσεγγίσω"|date = 6 May 2012|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = NewsNowGr}}</ref> On June 2008, Rouvas announced Zygouli's pregnancy<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/12570/%CE%B7-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%B8%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AC-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1|title = Η Ελληνίδα "Αντζελίνα" που θα γίνει... μαμά "Ρουβίτσα"!|date = 13 June 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Espresso|last = Maravegias|first = Elias}}</ref> and on 2 November 2008, Zygouli gave birth to the couple's first child,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.otherside.gr/2008/11/gennise-i-katia-zigouli-to-paidi-tou-saki-rouva/|title = Γέννησε η Κάτια Ζυγούλη|date = 3 November 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Otherside}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zougla.gr/lifestyle/article/genise-i-katia-zigouli|title = Γέννησε η Κάτια Ζυγούλη|date = 2 November 2008|accessdate = 24 March 2014|publisher = Zougla|last = Chalamandari|first = Nadia}}</ref> a daughter named Anastasia after her father on 18 October 2009. Her [[godparent|godmother]] was Emmanouela Pavlatou, a friend of [[Melina Mercouri]], and the baptismal date was chosen to coincide with Mercouri's birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10990&subid=2&pubid=5155611|title = Βαφτίστηκε η πιο μικρή Ρουβίτσα!|date = 19 October 2009|access-date = 24 March 2014|publisher = SentraGoal|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140324221330/http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10990&subid=2&pubid=5155611|archive-date = 24 March 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mediasoup.gr/node/5275|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091022071610/http://www.mediasoup.gr/node/5275|url-status = dead|archive-date = 22 October 2009|title = Βαφτίστηκε η κόρη του Ρουβά|date = 19 October 2009|access-date = 24 March 2014|publisher = Media Soup|last = Litsa|first = Teressa|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Anastasia's birth was extensively covered by the media.<ref name=":8" /> In a [[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]] interview with Eleonora Meleti, Rouvas said: "Marriage is not in our plans. We don't think of it even though it is expected by society based on how we are all raised here in Greece. We are happy enough at the moment that we don't plan a marriage."<ref name="star">{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GV66ULS5fc| language = Greek|title= Sakis Rouvas interview with Eleonora Meleti on STAR Channel| publisher = [[Star (channel)|STAR]] |date= 3 March 2009|accessdate=3 March 2009}}</ref> However, in May 2010 Zygouli appeared wearing a [[diamond]] [[Engagement Ring (Roy Lichtenstein)|engagement ring]] without an engagement announcement.<ref name="ring">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/politismos/264725|title=SHOW TIME|date=11 May 2010|publisher=SigmaLive|language=Greek|accessdate=11 May 2010}}</ref> On 15 October 2011, Rouvas and Zygouli became parents for the second time to a son, named Alexandros.<ref name="gennithike o gios tous">{{cite web|url=http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34886/Royvas-_Zygoylh.html |title=Γεννήθηκε their son! |date=15 October 2011 |publisher=yupi |language=Greek |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017153520/http://www.yupi.gr/gossip/c34886/Royvas-_Zygoylh.html |archive-date=17 October 2011 }}</ref> The couple's third child and second daughter, named Ariadni, arrived on 3 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς: για το όνομα του τρίτου παιδιού|url=http://www.i-diadromi.gr/2013/01/blog-post_3834.html|publisher=Diadromi|date=4 January 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ποιο όνομα θα δώσουν στην κόρη τους ο Ρουβάς και η Ζυγούλη Πηγή: Ποιο όνομα θα δώσουν στην κόρη τους ο Ρουβάς και η Ζυγούλη|url=http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/84389/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%B8%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CF%8E%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%B6%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B7|publisher=iefimerida|date=4 January 2013|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> The couple welcomed their fourth child, on 21 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tlife.gr/news/9/Sakis-Royvas-Katia-Zygoyli-Vgikan-apo-to-maieytirio-agkalia-me-ton-gio-toys/0-101114 | script-title = el:Σάκης Ρουβάς - Κάτια Ζυγούλη: Βγήκαν από το μαιευτήριο, αγκαλιά με τον γιο τους! | date = 22 April 2016 | publisher = TLIFE | language = Greek | access-date = 2 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160428212038/http://www.tlife.gr/news/9/Sakis-Royvas-Katia-Zygoyli-Vgikan-apo-to-maieytirio-agkalia-me-ton-gio-toys/0-101114 | archive-date = 28 April 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> On Monday 3 July 2017, Sakis Rouvas married Katia Zygouli. ==Discography== {{Main|Sakis Rouvas discography|Sakis Rouvas videography}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''<big>Studio albums</big>''' *''[[Sakis Rouvas (album)|Sakis Rouvas]]'' (1991) *''[[Min Andistekese]]'' (1992) *''[[Gia Sena]]'' (1993) *''[[Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas]]'' (1994) *''[[Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola]]'' (1996) *''[[Kati Apo Mena]]'' (1998) *''[[21os Akatallilos]]'' (2000) *''[[Ola Kala]]'' (2002) *''[[To Hrono Stamatao]]'' (2003) *''[[S'eho Erotefthi]]'' (2005) *''[[Iparhi Agapi Edo]]'' (2006) *''[[Irthes]]'' (2008) *''[[Parafora]]'' (2010) *''Iraklis - Oi 12 Athloi'' (2014) {{col-2}} '''<big>Live albums</big>''' *''[[Live Ballads]]'' (2006) *''[[This Is My Live]]'' (2007) {{col-end}} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Films |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes and Awards |- | 1996 | [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]] | [[Quasimodo]] | [[Protagonist]], Greek voice-dub |- | 2006 | [[Cars (film)|Cars]] | [[Lightning McQueen]] | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- | 2007 | [[Alter Ego (2007 film)|Alter Ego]] | Stefanos | Protagonist<br/>Also associate producer<br/> |- | 2009 | [[Duress (film)|Duress]] | Abner Solvie | [[Antagonist]] |- | 2009 | [[Planet 51]] | Captain Charles "Chuck" T. Baker | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- | 2011 | [[Cars 2]] | Lightning McQueen | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- | 2015 | [[Chevalier (film)|Chevalier]] | Christos | |- | 2017 | [[Cars 3]] | Lightning McQueen | Protagonist, Greek voice-dub |- ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes and Awards |- | 1996 | Kalinyhta Mama | Himself | 1 episode |- | 2006 | [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] | Himself | Host with [[Maria Menounos]] |- | 2008 - 2011, 2016 - 2017 | [[The X Factor (Greece)|The X Factor Greece]] | Himself | Host * [[Johnnie Walker]] Man of the Year Award for Presenter of the Year (2011) |- | 2013 | Iroes anamesa mas | Himself | Host |- | 2016–present | [[The Voice of Greece]] | Himself | Coach |- ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Theater |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes and Awards |- | 2013 | [[The Bacchae]] | [[Dionysus]] | Theatrical debut |- | 2015 | Hercules- 12 labours | [[Hercules]] | |} ==Tours and residencies== ===Concert tours=== *Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola Summer Tour (1997) *Pepsi Tour (2001) *Ola Kala World Tour (2002) *Sakis Live in Town Tour (2003) *Sakis on Stage Tour (2005) *Fire Victims Tour (2007) *[[Antonis Remos]] - Sakis Rouvas World Tour (2008) <!-- This was a world tour; US, CAN, AUS, and S. Africa --> *[[Kalokairino Randevou me ton Saki Tour]] (2008) *Sakis Live Tour (2009) *Sakis Summer Tour 2010 ===Concert residencies=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *To Ekati (1990) *Athens Show Center (1991) *Posidonio (1992) *Posidonio (1994) *Chaos (1996) *Pyli Axiou (1997) *Chaos (1998) *Vio Vio (1999–2000) *Pyli Axiou (2000) *Apollonas (2000–01) *Rex (2001–2002) *Fever (2003–04) *Fever (2004–05) *Boom (2007) *Politia (2008) *STARZ (2008–09) *Politia Live Clubbing (2009) *The S Club (2009–2010) *[[Politia Live Clubbing summer 2010|Politia Live Clubbing]] (2010) *Face2Face (2010–11) *The S Club at Thalassa: People's Stage (2011) *Pyli Axiou (2011) *Underworld S Club (2011–2012) *Underworld S Club at Politia Live Clubbing (2012) *The S Club at Thalassa: People's Stage (2012) {{div col end}} ==Awards== {{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Sakis Rouvas}} ==Bibliography== * "Afti Einai I Zoi Mou" (2009); An article co-written with Petros Kostopoulos featured in the April 2009 issue of ''Nitro''. * "Info-diet 370" (2011); An article featured in the November 2011 issue of ''Athens Voice''. ==See also== {{Portal|Athletics|Greece|Music}} *[[Honorific nicknames in popular music]] *[[List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters]] *[[List of Greeks]] *[[List of Pepsi spokespersons]] *[[Mononymous person]] *{{Books-inline|Sakis Rouvas}} ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{citation | last = Stavrou Karayanni | first = Stavros | title = Dancing Fear & Desire: Race, Sexuality and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance | publisher = [[Wilfrid Laurier University|Wilfrid Laurier University Press]] | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-88920-454-3 }} ==External links== {{Sister project links|n=Category:Sakis Rouvas|commons=Category:Sakis Rouvas|wikt=no|v=no|b=no|s=no}} * Official Sakis Rouvas websites: [http://www.sakisrouvas.com/ Professional], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090908075308/http://www.sakisrouvas.tv/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2FDefault.aspx%3Fid%3D43 Web TV] * [http://sakisrouvas.ru/ Official Russian site] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82+%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%82?anv=Sakis+Rouvas Sakis Rouvas] at [[Discogs]] * {{IMDb name|1648391}} *Ειδήσεις [https://archive.today/20130217160617/http://www.rodacino.gr/article.jsf?id=4B927664EBD387D470383F4FD38B5649&at=1%CE%9F Σάκης και η Αναστασία του!] {{in lang|el}} * {{Twitter}} * {{instagram|sakisrouvas|Sakis Rouvas}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{s-break}} ! 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