Giorgos Kapoutzidis (Greek Γιώργος Καπουτζίδης; 31 July 1972, Serres) is a Greek screenwriter and actor. He is the creator of the critically successful television series Saturday born (original title "Σαββατογεννημένες") In the nick of time (original title "Στο παρά 5") and Greek national (original title "Εθνική Ελλάδος"), one of the most part successful shows in Greek television history, the finale attracting 3 million viewers). He has won three television awards, for the best screenplay, for the series Savatogennimenes and Sto Para Pente (twice).[1]
In May 2006, he was the commentator for the Greek TV, ERT, in the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Athens. He also wrote the scripts for the presenters Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas in both the semi-final and final. He was the commentator for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2013 to 2022 (except 2018), alongside radio producer, Maria Kozakou.
In 2016, Kapoutzidis was selected to be the presenter of the third season of The Voice of Greece In 2017, Giorgos returned to present The Voice and was selected to be a judge in the fifth season of Ellada Eheis Talento alongside Sakis Tanimanidis and Maria Bakodimou.
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Forbidden Love | Television debut | |
| 2002-2003 | Camera Café | Himself (writer) | Greek adaptation of French tv series |
| 2003-2004 | Saturdayborn | Jose / Himself (writer) | Series regular / 33 episodes |
| 2005 | The Nanny | dc. Papasotiriou | 1 episode |
| 2005-2007 | Sto Para Pente | Spyros Deloglou / Himself (writer) | Lead role / 49 episodes |
| 2006 | Feel the fun | Himself (host) | Talk show |
| Greek Finals of Eurovision Participation | Himself (commentator) | TV special | |
| Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | Himself (commentator) | TV special | |
| 2008 | Singles 3 | Padelis | Episode: "The force of habit" |
| The Red Suite | Asimakis Bakolas | Episode: "Red hostage" | |
| 2009-2010 | The Twenty | Himself (host) | Talk show; also writer and creative director |
| 2010 | Talk dirty to me | Denos | Episode: "Extra katsaridoctol" |
| 2010-2011 | Just the 2 Of Us | Himself (host) | Season 1; also creative director |
| 2011-2013 | Company in the kitchen | Himself (host) | Daytime cook show |
| 2013-2014 | Eurosong: A MAD Show | Himself (host) | TV special |
| 2013-2017, 2019-2022 |
Eurovision Song Contest | Himself (commentator) | TV special |
| 2015 | National Team | Christos Melitis / Himself (writer) | Lead role / 15 episodes |
| 2015-2016 | I have no words! | Himself (host) | Daytime game show |
| 2016-2018 | The Voice of Greece | Himself (host) | Season 3-5 |
| 2017-2018 | Greece's Got Talent | Himself (judge) | Season 5-6 |
| 2018-2019 | As long as i have you | Tryfonas Parikleous | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | The road to Tokyo: Team Hellas | Himself (host) | Talk show; also creator |
| 2022-2024 | Serres | Himself (writer) | |
| 2023 | The numbers | Jorge Kapoutzidis | Episode: "Your world" |