It's so bad without him: the producer of "Lilies of the Valley" told about the fate of Lekha in the second season

More than 33 thousand people took part in the filming of one of the episodes of the sequel to the acclaimed musical melodrama "Lilies of the Valley". Officially, this is a record: "The most massive scene in the history of a Russian TV series." The venue was a real concert, which was held as part of the Tavrida Festival of Young Art.ART" in Crimea, the actors are ordinary viewers. The main news of the second season is that Sergey Gorodnichy has returned to the role of tankman Lehi, who disappeared at the front in the story of the first season. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

The stars of "Lilies of the Valley" kissed on the stage of "Taurida"

For three days, the festival "Taurida.ART, which ended in Crimea on August 3, traditionally hosted both young performers and big stars on its stage. This year's release featured the band "Zveri", SHAMAN, Zhenya Trofimov and the "Culture Room", Bashkir AY YOLA, who took off just a few months ago with the hit Homay, and many others.

One band especially stood out from the general background — it turned out to be literally fictional, although everyone in the crowd of thousands seemed to know its main hit. At the end of the festival, the Lilies of the Valley, a girl band from the hit TV series of the same name in 2025, took the stage. The main character of the project, Katya, played by Nika Zdorik, performed "The Second Spring", and everything that happened became part of the filming process of the second season, which is now in full swing.

Ordinary viewers — more than 33 thousand people — became participants of the event. Now it's officially "The most massive scene in the history of the Russian TV series." The achievement was confirmed by experts of the International Book of Records INTERRECORD: Official Excellence and entered into the Register of Records of Russia.

The non-professional actors—viewers on the set did not have to act out their emotions - the creators of the project managed to really surprise them. A surprise for everyone was the appearance on the stage of the Lehi tanker performed by Sergei Gorodnichy. In the finale of the first season, the hero went to his home and went missing. It was still unknown if he would appear in the second season of Lilies of the Valley. The creators kept the intrigue to the last — they did not specify his name in the list of actors. The climax of the scene, which was filmed on the stage of "Taurida", was the kiss of the heroes. However, even now, when it is known that Gorodnichy is involved in the filming, the fate of Lekha remains a mystery.

— It's still an intrigue whether Lech has returned or not. Maybe it's a dream or a dream. Our main character is an emotional girl. She has different visions. I won't spoil it, but I'm sure everything will be fine," Yuri Sapronov, the author of the idea, producer and screenwriter of the project, shared at the festival.

"The emotional swing will be very serious"

The series "Lilies of the Valley. Such a tender love" about the stormy relationship between Katya, the heiress of a fabulous fortune from London, and a simple lieutenant of tank troops from Vologda, Lehi, was released on January 1, 2025 and became a cultural phenomenon. The project unexpectedly became the leader of the audience. Nobody seemed to place such high bets on him back then. Since the premiere, the number of views of the melodrama on all platforms has exceeded 100 million.

— It was a phenomenal success for us. We wanted this, of course, but we didn't expect it," said Yuri Sapronov. — It was unclear at that time how the audience would perceive a movie about the army, it was unpopular at a certain point. That's why we opened very carefully and went in with dramedy. It was a calculation — to try to get the viewer hooked on this story a little bit, and then, if everything is done correctly, he will watch to the end. But it turned out that the audience lacks such honest stories. And it's also interesting that we took on unknown artists. All the famous ones disagreed. Bounce list — hundreds of people. But it's great to work with young debutants. There is more trust in fresh faces.

Now Nika Zdorik and Sergey Gorodnichy are one of the most popular young artists. There are few details about the sequel. It is known that Katya will continue to fight for the inheritance and look for Lech.

— The emotional swing will be very serious, — Yuri Sapronov intrigues. — I think the second season will surprise many. Tomorrow we have the shooting equator. The middle has been passed, and now it is possible to assess what is happening. It turns out well! We have a great chance of success.

Given the experience of the first season, when songs appeared on the screen as part of the episodes, it seems logical for the creators to turn to a director with experience shooting music videos. Therefore, Ilya Shpota, the music video director, was invited, for whom "Lilies of the Valley" will be his film debut. The second season is scheduled to premiere on January 1, 2026.