Nikos Aliagas may be the star host of TF1, but there are still many aspects of his life that remain unknown. Did you know that he had serious health problems, that he dreams of becoming a crooner, takes care of the dead and almost quit “Star Academy” in the first season?
If viewers know Nikos Aliagas quite well, he still has many secrets. Did you know that the presenter of The Voice had almost slammed the door of the Star Academy from the first season, which he “washed the dead“, dreamed of becoming “crooner” and had undergone a major operation as a baby? Here’s everything you didn’t know about the iconic Franco-Greek host.
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What health problem did Nikos have surgery for?
For Nikos, life begins with severe complications. Born with aserious malformation of his digestive system“, he must be operated on at three weeks, revealed his mother, Haroula, in an interview with Gala. “He suffered a lot. A long time. I looked after him (…) He always showed me afterwards that he was strong“, she added.
What job did Nikos have in his youth?
Nikos began his career at RFIthen to Radio Notre-Dameat the beginning of the 90s. He serves as the only Orthodox presenter on the air. Then, until 1999, he took on the role of major political reporter on Euronews and subsequently became a columnist for the show Free Unionpresented by Christine Bravo.
Nikos, knocked out in his early days
When he started on TF1, Nikos Aliagas suffered a lot of criticism. And for good reason, the young host who then presented Star Academy suffered from the show’s poor ratings during the first weeks of broadcast. “There are articles in the press, it’s absolutely violent: ‘He’s rubbish, replace him’. There are jokes in the corridors of TF1 itself which say: ‘We don’t have the same one but who knows how to present?‘”, he recalled in the documentary TMC. Fortunately, the toad’s slime does not reach the white dove (or almost)…
Why did Nikos want to stop Star Academy?
These criticisms combined with the show’s poor ratings almost discouraged the young host. “He came home in the evening and said to me: ‘You know, mom, I was wrong. I don’t want to continue, it’s too complicated, there’s no one watching. He was really desperate“, recalled his mother, Haroula Aliagas.
Fortunately, at the time, she managed to make her son listen to reason. “We don’t suffer because it doesn’t work. And we have to finish, you’ll see, it’ll work“, she assures him. “My mother, she is sure of herself, but deep down, she is not sure at all. But she makes me believe that it will go well, like all mothers“, commented Nikos.
Nikos: his special bond with Grégory Lemarchal
Nikos shared a special bond with Grégory Lemarchal. “What’s weird is that Greg and I quickly became certain that our lives were linked. After Star Ac, he called me, unlike the others. We were born on the same day, and he sent me his wishes every time. When I asked him what I could wish for him, he replied: just to live“, he remembered in Pocket TV.
Who is Nikos’ wife?
Today, Nikos Aliagas is happy in love, he who is living a romance with the psychologist Tina Grigoriou, mother of his children, Agathe, 13 years old, and Andréas, 9 years old. “She does me good, she fixed me, in my fears, in my doubts, she is a strong woman, she is a brilliant woman, and I believe she is at a good distance from all that, and I need that“, he confided about himself in the documentary.
Why do we rarely see Nikos’ wife?
The host rarely exposes himself to the person who shares his life. And for good reason, her partner does not appreciate seeing the spotlight focused on her. “We don’t see her often, she doesn’t like to show herself, she’s right. From time to time, she agrees to come with me to a red carpet, so she enjoys it. It’s not his world at all, but in the end, we laugh like kids“, he explained.
Nikos photographed his father… while he was having a stroke
In 2014, Nikos Aliagas, a photography enthusiast, took a photo of his father at a tragic moment. Seeing his father suddenly laugh, he who usually looks so strict, the presenter grabs his camera and immortalizes this moment, without knowing that his father is having a stroke.
“Because my father looks beautiful at that moment. Because he becomes a child again. He has a hat, he looks like Galabru, he’s laughing. It’s not my father, it’s not his usual face“, remembered the host in the documentary. But he does not regret having taken this shot: “I transformed what could have been a tragedy at that moment in his life into a moment of life, a suspended moment“. Three years later, his father died at the age of 78.
Nikos: what is his “fantasy” in Las Vegas?
Nikos already has a busy schedule and is careful not to let routine overwhelm him… but he has a crazy dream for which he could throw everything away. “I have a fantasy: to go to Las Vegas, to a seedy hotel, and sing there every night dressed in a cheesy suit. I would love to croon for Japanese tourists. I would like to try the experience for a month with my musicians, just for fun, far from everything, as if I were starting from scratch“, he confided to Current Woman.
What morbid “rite” does Nikos practice?
Nikos practices a “rite“quite special within his family.”I’m the one who removes the evil eye from my family or friends. I take care of the dead, wash them, prepare them“, he revealed to Current Woman. And add about this “Don“: “At some point we realize that if we are here, it is because there is a reason“.
