According to readers of Status magazine, which gave out its "Men of 2009" awards at a glamorous ceremony, the Best singer for last year is Sakis Rouvas. Sakis gathered the most votes and radiant with joy, came on stage to receive his award, which was given to him by the commission members of the TV reality show X-Factor. In the past year, Sakis participated as a representative of Greece for the Eurovision Song Contest, played the role of a serial killer in the movie "Duress" and together with his wife Katia Zouganeli became a father of a boy.
French football player Djibril Cisse, who plays for the Athens club Panathinaikos, took the award for most stylish man of the year. "I am very keen on fashion and for me it is a great joy that I get recognition from the audience about it in the form of this award," said Cisse after receiving the statuette in the shape of a flying comet. Djibril Cisse is distinguished by its original style - he changed his image and his hair with the same ease with which he scores goals during his games.
The award, which brought everyone in the audience to tears, was presented to the Rescue team, which years ago after the earthquake in Athens and now in Haiti, has saved the lives of dozens of people by dragging them from under collapsed buildings.
The “Nightmare in the kitchen" Ektoras Bodrini took the award for "TV personality". With his show he grasped the attention of viewers with his sharp tone and absolute uncompromised, with which he advises restaurant owners on how to change their menus and the image of their restaurants to attract clientele.
Journalist of 2009 became the TV host of "Protagonistes" Stavros Theodorakis, who made a comprehensive report about the splashed with acid syndicate member, the Bulgarian Konstantina Kuneva. For writers of the year awarded were Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou for their comic Logicomix, which entered the charts for the top books of world journals. The theme of the comics is the birth of logic, the birth of a language to be accurate, clear and logically linked. The main character of the comics is Bertrand Russell and the writers Doxiadis and Papadimitriou are respectively a mathematician and Theoretical professor in Computer Science, who as the official website of Logicomix says, in their free time engage in writing.
The coach of the national football team Otto Rahangel won an award for Man of the Year and PAO basketball player Nick Kalatis was awarded for debutant for the year. Athlete of 2009 became the rally racer Lambros Atanasopoulos.
The readers of Status chose for Manager of the Year Dimitris Pandermalis and George Lagios took the prize for Scientist of 2009 because he discovered how a car can travel 50 km on a glass of water and not on gas. For this discovery and his contribution to science for practical applications of hydrogen, he was personally greeted by Bill Gates.
Greek comedian Thanasis Vengos received the award for "outstanding contribution" and the award for best actor was given to Yannis Bezos. The award for "Radio personality" was given to Jimmy Panousis and for “composer of 2009” the readers of Status chose Dimitris Papadimitriou.
Present at the awards were showbiz stars, journalists, artists and businessmen and the great composer Mikis Theodorakis honored the awards with his presence as well.
Hosts of the awards ceremony for "Men of 2009" by Status magazine, which was held in Atinon Arena, were Fotis Sergoulopoulos and Maria Bakodimou.
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