Feature from a Greek magazine concerning JSF
1997
Kindly donated and translated by Christos Moustakas
English Translation: The municipalities
of Tinos, Zakynthos, Skiathos, Chania, Agrinio, Leros, Patra, Xanthi and
Edessa represent our country at this year's series of Jeux Sans Frontières,
one of the most popular series not only in Greece (on ET1, every Saturday,
17.10), but also in every European country that takes part.
Τhe Spectacular Production That Unites
Europe: Greece is taking part in JSF for the fifth year in at row, and the
interest of viewers of all ages from all over the country made the series the
top entertainment programme in the TV ratings.
In 1997-98, eight countries are taking part in
JSF, with France and the Netherlands joining for the first time
(sic). Delegates from France 2 and Tros said that the big success across
Europe and the high quality of the series in 1996 convinced the two channels
to take part in the co-production, despite the high costs involved. The other
six countries are: Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Slovenia and, of
course, Greece.
This summer, the 'games' have been organised by
Hungarian TV in Budapest. MTV, in co-operation with organizing committee of
the EBU (of which the tv channels taking part in the co-production are
members), has produced ten programmes with an international flavour of one
hour and thirty minutes each. In every heat, presenters from each country
commentate in their native language. The shows from avant garde artists and
young acrobats of the National Academy of Budapest are the surprise of this
year's JSF.
As in previous years, the protagonists in the
games are young boys and girls who are coming from eight countries to play for
fun and rivalry. The Greek games are made from choreographer, Sofia Spyratos,
and the scenery constructions and costumes are from Spyros Ornerakis. For
Greece and ET1, Daphne Bokota and Kostas Sgontzos are presenting. Our country
is represented by the municipalities of Tinos, Zakynthos (community of
Katastari), Skiathos, Chania, Agrinio, Leros, Patra, Xanthi and Edessa.
It is true that young people embraced JSF with enthusiasm, and the
proof is that there were more applications this year than in every other in
the past. ET1 is already accepting applications for the next series in 1998.
The production team of ET1 are: Lena Choida, Marianna Rozaki and Athina Ninou.
Responsible for co-ordination of municipalities - ET1-EBU: Irene
Gavala-Chardalia. Directors: Christos Rallis and George Dabasis.
Photo caption: Daphne Bokota and Kostas
Sgontzos presenting the games for ET1. |
