Singles (also written s1NgLEs) it is the title of a Greek youth comedy television series aired by Mega Channel in the 2004–2008 seasons. It was created by Giorgos Fidas and directed by Panagiotis Kravvas in the first season and Stefanos Blatsos afterwards. The series presents the lives of a group of young people, their work and relationships, love and social. In each episode are described by the heroes (mainly Rania), theories of life and we see how it is applied to the life of each character and his social environment, while through the series various social issues are touched upon such as friendship, sexuality, family and mainly the relationships of people nowadays. The main characters of the series are Rania (Maria Solomou) and Lila (Sunny Chatziargiri). In each cycle of the series the lead cast receives changes with addition and subtraction of characters, with the above two roles remaining in the series from beginning to end.
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Development
While the first season of the series was scheduled to premiere in the fall of 2004 along with the rest of the station's series, filming significantly delayed the delivery of the episodes due to the theatrical obligations of the protagonists. Thus, it was moved to the second half of the 2004–05 season and premiered in January 2005 and concluded in 21 episodes in June 2005. Its good performance in weekly televarometers and its increase in popularity (even through the online website created by the contributors – pioneer for the time) convinced the station to renew it for a second season, which, however, did not air the following season due to the pregnancy of Maria Solomou at the end of the first season. This resulted in the series being completed differently and Rania's role as a pregnant woman being reconstructed.
Finally, the second season titled Singles 2 started in October 2006 with the lead cast having undergone changes and the series presenting the lives of the heroes five years after the end of the first season, with Stefanos Blatsos as director. It ended in 28 episodes in June 2007.
The third season, titled Singles 2½, began in October 2007 and was the continuation of the story of Singles 2, and concluded in 11 episodes in January 2008. The fourth and final season of the series began in February 2008, titled Singles 3, and ended with 15 episodes in June 2008 after a total of 75 episodes.
Cast
Main
Maria Solomou as Rania Konstantakatou
Sunny Chatziargiri as Lila Steni
Panagiota Vlanti as Maro Petropoulou
Aris Servetalis as Fotis Lagoudakis
Maximos Moumouris as Orestis Stergiou
Sokratis Patsikas as Billy (Vasilis) Chatziantoniou
Odisseas Papaspiliopoulos as Arthouros Papaikonomou
Antonis Fragkakis as Lucas Seretis
Stefi Poulopoulou as Katerina Koukoutsaki
Giorgos Seitaridis as Nontas Peristeropoulos
Stamatis Zakolikos as Spiros
Giorgos Chrysostomou as Makis Chatzoglou
Antonis Karystinos as James White
Recurring
Ersi Malikenzou as Nelli Petropoulou
Giorgos Konstantis as Arthouros' father
Eleni Kallia as Angeliki Sereti
Panagiotis Bougiouris as Giannis Seretis
Christina Panagiotidou as Gogo
Marinos Desillas as Miltos Samaras
Fani Spiridaki as Louisa
Nikos Katrakis as Antonis Mavros
Panos Mouzourakis as Tzaba (Varitimos)
Vlasis Fidas as Angelos Seretis
Filippos Gotsopoulos as Lucas Seretis jr.
Guest star
Mirto Alikaki as Sophia
Leonardo Sfontouris as Petros
Regina Pantelidi as Nantia
Eri Bakali as Eri Magana
Dimitris Vogiatzis as Fontas Stergiou
Vana Rabota as Irini
Tasos Pirgieris as Elias
Maria Korinthiou as Maria
Giorgos Manikas as Vasilis
Dimitris Plionis as Dimitris
Angeliki Dimitrakopoulou as Thalia
Vangelis Takos as Pavlos Markidis
Orfeas Papadopoulos as Genius Stenis
Evangelia Stamatelou as Regina
Iro Mane as Chrisoula Koukoutsaki
Anna Andrianou as Antigoni Mayhem
Panagiotis Dedevesis as Nikos
Nontas Katsifis as Minos
Evgenia Dimitropoulou as Agapi
Kostas Grekas as Michalis
Giorgos Bavelis as Konstantinos
and Akis Sakellariou as company general manager
Episodes
Season 1 (2004–05)
Air date: Tuesday at 10:40pm
Season 2 (2006–07)
Air date: Wednesday at 10:00pm (episodes 22–32), Wednesday at 10:50pm (episodes 33–49)
Season 3 (2007–08)
Air date: Wednesday at 11:00pm (episodes 50–58), Wednesday at 10:30pm (episodes 59–60)
The episodes are divided into two parts and have a title for each part.
Season 4 (2007–08)
Air date: Wednesday at 10:30pm