Before presenting her first dating show, "To Chryso Coufeto" ("The Golden Sugarplum"), she was a teacher of French language and a songwriter.
She was married to composer-songwriter Nikos Karvelas, who provided a steady stream of songs for the "talents" of her TV show, "Je t'Aime"[citation needed].
Recent underground hits include "To 'ho Anagi Poly" ("I need it desperately") and "Sex, Gardouba kai doner", the latter being a hymn to unrequited love and eating banquets.
[1] Later, the couple claimed that the policemen not only were overzealous, commanding and rude (using the word "re") but also threatened them with their weapons.
Pania also mentioned later on TV that she does respect the police, but on the other hand the couple would not comply to bullies, "cops" and "baskines" (pejorative word signifying policemen with improper attitude), whose insulting behavior rather reminded of the Greek Junta.