''Eisai To Tairi Mou'' (

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: ''Είσαι Το Ταίρι Μου'';

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: ''You're My Mate'') is a Greek romance comedy television series aired in the

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season by

Mega Channel MEGA Channel, also known as MEGA TV or just MEGA, is a television network in Greece, that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It is the first and the oldest private television network in Greece. History Mega Channel (1989–2018) ...

. It was written by Lefteris Papapetrou and directed by Antonis Aggelopoulos. The title song of the series was composed by

Stefanos Korkolis Stefanos Korkolis ( el, Στέφανος Κορκολής; born 12 September 1960) is a Greek composer and pianist. He has performed in theaters and auditoriums all around the world, including the Concertgebouw, the Belém Cultural Center (Port ...

, while Paschalis wrote the lyrics and performed it. The series was scheduled to be completed in 25 episodes, but the high viewing figures increased its duration. The series won three awards in "Prosopa" Awards, in categories "Best Comedy Series", "Best Comedy Screenplay" for Lefteris Papapetrou and "Best Supporting Actor" for

Aris Servetalis Aris Servetalis (Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assu ...

. It also won the audience award for "Best Comedy Series".

Series overview

Plot

Stella and Vicky are two Greek diaspora women who meet in

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. Stella is a short and overweight woman to whom men do not pay attention, while Vicky is tall, thin and beautiful, drawing all the male looks on her. Stella was born and raised in Melbourne with her friend, Toula, who have an atelier. Vicky was born in

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and came to

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for business. They both fall in love with Nikos, a scion of a wealthy Greek family of businessmen, who is in Australia on Business. Stella watches him from afar, never having spoken to him, while Vicky meets him in a bar and they become a couple. At the same time, Stella flirts online with Grigoris, a young man from Athens. Nikos and Vicky get engaged and when the two women travel to Greece, Stella on vacation and Vicky to meet Nikos's family, the latter has the idea of the two of them changing roles. That is, Stella should be presented to Nikos's family as Vicky and their future bride and Vicky should be presented as Stella to Gregory. Stella does not accept, but Vicky finds a way to do so by changing the labels on the suitcases and leaving her alone at the airport. Leaving the arrivals, he meets Nikos's family who are waiting for Vicky and, not knowing what to do, tells them that it is her. Stella stays with Vicky's in-laws who host her in their villa. Although, they are surprised that Nikos has found a woman so different from the ones he usually finds, Stella wins the hearts of everyone except Aneta, while she falls in love with Sotiris, Nikos's little brother. While Stella lives as Vicky with Nikos's family, Vicky meets Gregory as Stella, whom he falls in love with. But things get even more complicated when Nikos returns from Australia...

Cast

Main

* Alekos Sissovitis as ''Nikos (Nick) Bezentakos'' *

Katerina Lehou Katerina Lehou or Katerina Lechou (Greek: Κατερίνα Λέχου) is a Greek actress who has been in many theatrical plays, films, and Greek television series. Biography Lehou was born on September 5, 1967, in Athens, Greece. During her ch ...

as ''Vicky Seitanidi'' * Vasilis Charalabopoulos as ''Grigoris (Gregory) Kapernaros'' * Vicky Stavropoulou as ''Stella Papalimneou'' *

Alexis Georgoulis Alexis Georgoulis ( el, text=Αλέξης Γεωργούλης; born 1974) is a Greek actor and politician. Personal life Georgoulis was born on 6 October 1974 in Larissa, Greece. His father worked for a lottery and his mother taught kindergar ...

as ''Sotiris Bezentakos'' * Ivoni Maltezou as ''Vera Bezentakou-Ipsilanti'' * Dimitris Kaberidis as ''Likourgos Bezentakos'' * Gerasimos Gennatas as ''Panagiotis Zigouras'' *

as ''Lazaros (Lazarus) Karageorgopoulos'' * Daphnie Labrogianni as ''Anneta Bezentakou''

Recurring

* Vasilis Andreopoulos as ''Nikos (Nick) Ipsilantis'' * Vicky Vanita as ''Emilia (Emily) Ipsilanti'' * Sofia Vogiatzaki as ''Toula'' * Theodora Voutsa as ''Chrisoula'' * Panagiotis Filippeos as ''Miltiades Zigouras''

Episodes

* The series aired every Monday, except the last episode which aired Tuesday.

Soundtrack

The music of the titles was composed by

. From the seventeenth episode onwards, in the end titles, the musical composition was enriched with lyrics, which Paschalis wrote and performed. In March 2002, the soundtrack of the series along with the song "Soul Of My Heart" and other variations of it, was released on single. His music and lyrics belong again to Korkolis, while the interpretation was done again by Paschalis.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisai To Tairi Mou Mega Channel original programming 2001 Greek television series debuts 2002 Greek television series endings 2000s Greek television series Greek comedy television series Television shows set in Athens Television shows set in Melbourne