Andreas Mikroutsikos

Who is Andreas Mikroutsikos?

Andreas Mikroutsikos is a composer, lyricist, singer and TV presenter. He is the brother of Thanos Mikroutsikos and is considered to be Greece's "reality king". His top hits were Hameno Nisi, To Koutsouraki, Kiklopaki and Oso Girizei i Gi. In 1991 Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with his song Anixi sung by Sophia Vossou, finishing in 13th place. An album with the same title was released the same year, which is considered to be his best.

During the 1990s, Mikroutsikos presented the famous TV game show To Megalo Pazari. By moving from Mega Channel to ANT1 he was the first to introduce reality shows to the Greek public. His shows have been criticised by many, despite good TV ratings. Mikroutsikos presented the first and second series of the famous reality show Big Brother on the ANT1 channel. He also presented ANT1's music academy Fame Story.

Mikroutsikos moved to Alpha TV where he presented the reality show Apo Kardias. The show was banned by the Greek authorities after an episode in which a woman accused her husband of forcing her to agree to bestiality, specifically sexual acts with their dog. Mikroutsikos defended himself by saying that all the things presented through his popular show were pieces of the puzzle of our life and by closing our eyes we just ignore the problem. Mikroutsikos was nicknamed "realitaras" and "merchant of human dignity".