Patito Feo
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Patito Feo is a comedy TV series for kids and teens from Argentina
, starring Laura Natalia Esquivel
, Brenda Asnicar
, Juan Darthes, Griselda Sicilliani and Gastón Soffritti produced by Ideas del Sur
for Canal 13
. The show is distributed worldwide by Televisa
.
The show started its run on April 2007 on Canal 13 and had two seasons, with a total of 316 episodes. It was later picked up by Disney Channel Latin America
, which started airing it in the entire continent.
The show became a huge success soon after its debut. The soundtrack was the best-selling album of 2007 according to CAPIF, over 70 licensed products were released and the cast toured Argentina (with stops in Buenos Aires
, where over 160,000 people saw the live concert, Mendoza
, Córdoba
, Mar del Plata
, Rosario
, Salta
, Tucuman and Santa Fe
) and, subsequently, the rest of South America
, North America
and Central America
with stops in Mexico
, Chile
, Uruguay
, Panama
, Dominican Republic
, Peru
, Colombia
, Venezuela
, Guatemala
, Costa Rica
, Nicaragua
, Ecuador
, El Salvador
, Bolivia
and Turkey
, selling out arenas and stadiums.
In 2008, Patito Feo won the Martin Fierro Award
and received a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Children & Young Adults program.
Following the success of Floricienta
, Canal 13 wanted another show in the same vein so it could achieve those ratings again. Floricienta was one of the few successes on the channel's afternoon slot and it had ended two years earlier, in 2005. After failing to achieve success with youth-oriented shows from Pol-ka
(Media Falta) and Dori Media (El Refugio), they commissioned a show from Ideas del Sur, which like Floricienta, gave a modern spin on a classic fairytale.
Patito Feo started production in November and debuted six months later, in April 2007. It soon became a huge hit, winning its time slot and beating competitor show Casi Angeles
, aired in Telefe
. It was the first time in over 15 years Cris Morena
did not have the #1 show among the young demographic and was beaten by another production targeted at this audience.
In its first year, Patito was a huge success. It was the leader in it time-slot, beating Casi Angeles and was a huge phenomenon among children, spawning merchandising and albums. According to CAPIF, Patito Feo soundtrack was the best-selling album in Argentina
in 2007 and the DVD
of the live Teatro Gran Rex musical was the best-selling musical DVD. The song Las Divinas was the best-selling ringtone ever in the country.
A few months after its debut in Canal 13
, the program debuted in Disney Channel
all over Latin America
and, later, on broadcast television. The show was a huge success all over the continent and the cast toured extensively, selling out arenas and stadiums in over 15 countries.
Although the show was incredibly well received by the audience, Patito Feo attracted huge criticism due to the fact it glamorized the villains, a group of mean and beautiful girls that called themselves Las Divinas (The Divines). Besides being superficial, Las Divinas were also mean and bullied Patito. The fact the villains were much more popular among young girls than the main character caused concern over some groups and the issue was even on the cover of important magazine Noticias under the headline "The Triumph of Discrimination".
After a very well-received first season, the show was renewed for a second one. In May, the second season finally debuted. While its first week did well in ratings
, viewership started to decrease significantly day after day. Meanwhile, Casi Angeles, which went through an extreme makeover after a lukewarm reception during its first year, became incredibly popular and it got to a point where it was almost doubling Patito's rating. In the end, Patito Feo second season was heavily beat by Casi Angeles second season and the show ended up being canceled by Canal 13
two months before the initial plan with the final episodes being aired only on the Disney Channel
and on international markets. An inconsistent storyline and a huge quality drop in the scripts were blamed for the show big decline in popularity.
In early 2008, under the name De Tout Mon Coeur, Patito Feo started airing on children channel Gulli
in France
. It soon became a huge success, being the most-watched show on the channel. A few months later, Elastic Rights bought the rights to distribute the show in Italy
, Portugal
and Spain
.
In Italy
, Il Mondo di Patty and debuted on the Disney Channel and soon became a gigantic hit. Due to the big popularity, a huge merchandising line was unveiled and Laura Esquivel
visited the country to promote the show. The rights were bought by terrestrial Mediaset
-owned Italia 1
which started airing the show in the Summer of 2009. Il Mondo di Patty became an even bigger success in the country, being one of the most-watched shows on the channel.
Also in 2008, Patito Feo debuted on Cartoon Network
in Spain
. It was very well-received and became one of the top shows among young girls on cable. In 2009, it debuted on the Disney Channel
and became one of the highest-rated shows on cable in Spain, topping Hannah Montana
and other shows ratings.
Also, it debuted in SIC
in Portugal
under the name O Mundo de Patty. It also became a huge success there, being the leader in its time-slot and one of the highest-rated show among kids.
Finally, in August 29, 2010 it debuted on Mega Channel
in Greece
with the name Patty, the most beautiful story.It was received with high TV-ratings, while Laura Natalia Esquivel
visited the country in December 2010 and performed in various TV shows. On Saturday 11 December 2010, Laura received an 11 times platinum plaque for the sales of the soundtrack. In February 2011,she visited again Greece
for concerts in Athens
for her fans.
There are plans for a US version and MTV Networks is currently developing a pilot.
After his dismissal, Alejandro Stoessel was hired by Dori Media to develop a new show targeted to kids and teenagers.
At the same time, Ideas del Sur
started to develop a new youth-oriented show, Malcriados (now titled Consentidos
), and chose Brenda Asnicar, who had enjoyed high popularity in her role as Antonella, as one of the lead actresses. At the same time, Dori Media and Stoessel wanted her to star in their new show, Ñeka.
Brenda finally decided to do the Dori Media project and, not satisfied with being turned down, Ideas de Sur started a lawsuit against Brenda's management since her contract stipulated she should prioritize Ideas del Sur projects over other production companies.
Finally, Ñeka was renamed Mia, mi Amiga Invisible and will debut at Mipcom
in Cannes starring Brenda. But the show is also facing various lawsuits: besides Ideas del Sur, Valeria Britos, the creator of the original script (when it was titled Ñeka), is also suing Dori Media.
, a small town in Argentina. Patito falls in love at first sight with Matias - she meets him just after falling off her bike, he helps her up. Matias is there on vacation, but he soon returns to his hometown of Buenos Aires
. Patito names her dog after him (Mati).
Soon after, Carmen and Patito travel to Buenos Aires for medical exams. There, Patito meets the hospital director, Leandro Díaz Rivarola. It turns out that he is her estranged father. Neither Patito nor Leandro know this, however. Carmen and Patito remain in the city for Patito's medical treatment. Leandro learns of Patito's desire to sing and suggests that she apply to the fine arts school directed by his mother, the Pretty Land School of Arts. Patito agrees.
As time passes, Leandro suspects that Patito is his daughter and takes a DNA test, which is a positive, but Leandro's girlfriend, Bianca, pays one of his employees to change the result to a negative to avoid Leandro leaving her. Bianca wants to marry Leandro, but only for his status; she does not love him. She did the same thing years before with another rich man, the father of her two children, Fabio and Antonella, she then told her children that their father is dead. Bianca does everything she can to make sure Leandro stays with her with the help of her 'friends', Dorina and Paolo, from paying Leandro's employees to tell him that Patito is not his daughter to pretending to be pregnant. When Carmen and her best friend Ashley find out Bianca is not pregnant, Bianca threatens to take Patito away from Carmen, as she did repeatedly in the past to keep Carmen from telling Leandro what she knows. Bianca's daughter, Antonella, goes to the same school as Patito and is Matias's girlfriend.
Given these circumstances, rivalries crop up between Carmen and Bianca as well as Patito and Antonella. Within the school, this leads to the creation of two rival musical dance groups - Las Divinas (The Divines) led by Antonella, and Las Populares (The Populars) led by Patito. As time passes, Antonella does more and more things to Patito to make her life miserable from almost drowning her to making sure she can't release her CD. Eventually, the two become friends because of one very important thing they have in common: they both grew up without a father. Meanwhile, Bianca, who learns that Carmen had found out that she isn't pregnant and planned to tell Leandro, commands Paolo to eliminate her. Paolo, trying to please her, hires a man to hit Carmen with a car, but their plan goes haywire when Antonella sacrifices herself to save Carmen, ending up in Leandro's hospital in a coma. She eventually wakes up, and her 'friend', Pia, and Bianca tell her that Patito is happy that Antonella is hurt so that she can have her CD published. The two go back to being enemies, and Antonella, who has some of Bianca's lying genes, helps keep Leandro with her mother by pretending to be unable to walk. Matias later realizes his deep feelings for Patito and decides to become her boyfriend. Patito being eager, accepts.
Patito is not the only one who gets a boyfriend: Leandro, despite his marriage to Bianca, gives his heart to Carmen, who accepts. However, their relationship comes to a crashing end when Carmen tells him the truth: Patito is his daughter. They decide to tell her at the right time together, but when Antonella and Patito are having a competition on television, Leandro announces it when the third judge was telling Patito that he did not want to give her a 10 (like he had just done with Antonella) because of her appearance. An enraged Patito then moves in with her father and refuses to forgive Carmen, until Carmen's birthday arrives, and mother and daughter make peace after Carmen told her everything that kept her from telling her the truth.
Las Divinas:
Soon, Matias' love will again be a source of dispute between Patito and Antonella and also of a new girl called Karina. Everything is going to complicate.
New boys and girls will come to the Pretty Land School of Arts and already known people will have to deal with complicated and funny situations.
The love story of Carmen and Leandro will be at their best time, especially with Carmen's pregnancy and this promises only happy moments. However, Carmen has put on an incredible amount of weight and Bianca will use this to try to separate them. Carmen takes a babysitter for the newborn baby, who is nothing but Bianca's unrecognized sister. Then Bianca's mother, actress and showgirl frustrated that will help his daughter and his niece Antonella to achieve all their ambitions, regardless of means, but will not know the appearance of this daughter who has remained in oblivion, giving rise to complications in the life of Bianca, Antonella and society. Carmen and Leandro in this season get married.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, starring Laura Natalia Esquivel
Laura Natalia Esquivel
Laura Natalia Esquivel Gomez is an actress and singer, best known for her role as Patricia "Patito" Castro in the popular Argentine children's telenovela, Patito Feo.-Biography:...
, Brenda Asnicar
Brenda Asnicar
Brenda Daniela Asnicar Mendoza , is an Argentine actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for starring season 1 and 2 of Patito Feo.-Early Years & Career:...
, Juan Darthes, Griselda Sicilliani and Gastón Soffritti produced by Ideas del Sur
Ideas del Sur
Ideas del Sur is a production company founded by Marcelo Tinelli, host of the highest-rated show in Argentina: Videomatch....
for Canal 13
Canal 13 (Argentina)
El Trece is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.- Foundation :...
. The show is distributed worldwide by Televisa
Televisa
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.
The show started its run on April 2007 on Canal 13 and had two seasons, with a total of 316 episodes. It was later picked up by Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel Latin America is an cable television channel and is an edition of The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It is broadcast in five feeds, North Zone, Center Zone, South Zone,and the Pacific Zone...
, which started airing it in the entire continent.
The show became a huge success soon after its debut. The soundtrack was the best-selling album of 2007 according to CAPIF, over 70 licensed products were released and the cast toured Argentina (with stops in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, where over 160,000 people saw the live concert, Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina
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, Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...
, Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
, Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, Salta
Salta
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...
, Tucuman and Santa Fe
Santa Fe, Argentina
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) and, subsequently, the rest of South America
South America
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, North America
North America
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and Central America
Central America
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with stops in Mexico
Mexico
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, Chile
Chile
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, Uruguay
Uruguay
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, Panama
Panama
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, Dominican Republic
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, Peru
Peru
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, Colombia
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, Venezuela
Venezuela
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, Guatemala
Guatemala
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, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
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, Nicaragua
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, Ecuador
Ecuador
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, El Salvador
El Salvador
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, Bolivia
Bolivia
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and Turkey
Turkey
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, selling out arenas and stadiums.
In 2008, Patito Feo won the Martin Fierro Award
Martín Fierro Awards
Martín Fierro is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. The awards were first given in 1959, limited to television. The next year, the awards adopted its current name, after José...
and received a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Children & Young Adults program.
Following the success of Floricienta
Floricienta
Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe...
, Canal 13 wanted another show in the same vein so it could achieve those ratings again. Floricienta was one of the few successes on the channel's afternoon slot and it had ended two years earlier, in 2005. After failing to achieve success with youth-oriented shows from Pol-ka
Pol-ka
Pol-ka Producciones is a television and film production company in Buenos Aires, Argentina, commonly referred to as Pol-ka.The company was launched in 1994 and is owned by Adrián Suar and Fernando Blanco...
(Media Falta) and Dori Media (El Refugio), they commissioned a show from Ideas del Sur, which like Floricienta, gave a modern spin on a classic fairytale.
Patito Feo started production in November and debuted six months later, in April 2007. It soon became a huge hit, winning its time slot and beating competitor show Casi Angeles
Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers, which became the most popular teenage TV series in the country, as well as in many others. It started airing on 21 March 2007 to 29 November 2010 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and...
, aired in Telefe
Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
. It was the first time in over 15 years Cris Morena
Cris Morena
María Cristina De Giacomi is an Argentine awarded television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cris Morena Group...
did not have the #1 show among the young demographic and was beaten by another production targeted at this audience.
In its first year, Patito was a huge success. It was the leader in it time-slot, beating Casi Angeles and was a huge phenomenon among children, spawning merchandising and albums. According to CAPIF, Patito Feo soundtrack was the best-selling album in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in 2007 and the DVD
DVD
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of the live Teatro Gran Rex musical was the best-selling musical DVD. The song Las Divinas was the best-selling ringtone ever in the country.
A few months after its debut in Canal 13
Canal 13 (Argentina)
El Trece is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.- Foundation :...
, the program debuted in Disney Channel
Disney Channel
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all over Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and, later, on broadcast television. The show was a huge success all over the continent and the cast toured extensively, selling out arenas and stadiums in over 15 countries.
Although the show was incredibly well received by the audience, Patito Feo attracted huge criticism due to the fact it glamorized the villains, a group of mean and beautiful girls that called themselves Las Divinas (The Divines). Besides being superficial, Las Divinas were also mean and bullied Patito. The fact the villains were much more popular among young girls than the main character caused concern over some groups and the issue was even on the cover of important magazine Noticias under the headline "The Triumph of Discrimination".
After a very well-received first season, the show was renewed for a second one. In May, the second season finally debuted. While its first week did well in ratings
Audience measurement
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, viewership started to decrease significantly day after day. Meanwhile, Casi Angeles, which went through an extreme makeover after a lukewarm reception during its first year, became incredibly popular and it got to a point where it was almost doubling Patito's rating. In the end, Patito Feo second season was heavily beat by Casi Angeles second season and the show ended up being canceled by Canal 13
Canal 13 (Argentina)
El Trece is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.- Foundation :...
two months before the initial plan with the final episodes being aired only on the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
and on international markets. An inconsistent storyline and a huge quality drop in the scripts were blamed for the show big decline in popularity.
In early 2008, under the name De Tout Mon Coeur, Patito Feo started airing on children channel Gulli
Gulli
Gulli is a French television network dedicated to children's programming. It is available through digital terrestrial television "TNT" in partnership with Lagardère Active, and France Télévisions with children's programmes from France 3. Gulli is also known as Cyperbot.-Programmes:Children can...
in France
France
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. It soon became a huge success, being the most-watched show on the channel. A few months later, Elastic Rights bought the rights to distribute the show in Italy
Italy
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, Portugal
Portugal
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and Spain
Spain
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.
In Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Il Mondo di Patty and debuted on the Disney Channel and soon became a gigantic hit. Due to the big popularity, a huge merchandising line was unveiled and Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican author making a noted contribution to Latin-American literature. She was born the third of four children of Julio César Esquivel, a telegraph operator, and Josefa Valdés.-Literary career:...
visited the country to promote the show. The rights were bought by terrestrial Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
-owned Italia 1
Italia 1
Italia 1 is an Italian commercial television channel on the Mediaset network. It is oriented especially at young people.Italia 1 was launched in January 1982 and, originally, was owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival...
which started airing the show in the Summer of 2009. Il Mondo di Patty became an even bigger success in the country, being one of the most-watched shows on the channel.
Also in 2008, Patito Feo debuted on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It was very well-received and became one of the top shows among young girls on cable. In 2009, it debuted on the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
and became one of the highest-rated shows on cable in Spain, topping Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
and other shows ratings.
Also, it debuted in SIC
SIC
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in Portugal
Portugal
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under the name O Mundo de Patty. It also became a huge success there, being the leader in its time-slot and one of the highest-rated show among kids.
Finally, in August 29, 2010 it debuted on Mega Channel
Mega Channel
Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...
in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
with the name Patty, the most beautiful story.It was received with high TV-ratings, while Laura Natalia Esquivel
Laura Natalia Esquivel
Laura Natalia Esquivel Gomez is an actress and singer, best known for her role as Patricia "Patito" Castro in the popular Argentine children's telenovela, Patito Feo.-Biography:...
visited the country in December 2010 and performed in various TV shows. On Saturday 11 December 2010, Laura received an 11 times platinum plaque for the sales of the soundtrack. In February 2011,she visited again Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
for concerts in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
for her fans.
There are plans for a US version and MTV Networks is currently developing a pilot.
Legal problems
In late 2008, Alessandro Stoessel, creator of Patito, was fired. Disagreements between him and the production company started after two shows he was in charge of, the second season of Patito Feo and the teen-oriented show Atraccion x 4, failed to reach expectations and ended up being canceled. After parting ways with the company, he started a lawsuit against Ideas del Sur asking for a part of Patito Feo profits because he claims he was responsible for creating the entire concept. The lawsuit not only was the reason a new leg of a Latin American tour was canceled but also a European tour, where the show was also enjoying huge popularity.After his dismissal, Alejandro Stoessel was hired by Dori Media to develop a new show targeted to kids and teenagers.
At the same time, Ideas del Sur
Ideas del Sur
Ideas del Sur is a production company founded by Marcelo Tinelli, host of the highest-rated show in Argentina: Videomatch....
started to develop a new youth-oriented show, Malcriados (now titled Consentidos
Consentidos
Consentidos is a teen comedy TV series from Argentina, starring Claribel Medina, Marcelo de Bellis, Nataly Pérez and Michel Noher.The show started its run on 2009 on Canal 13 and had one season...
), and chose Brenda Asnicar, who had enjoyed high popularity in her role as Antonella, as one of the lead actresses. At the same time, Dori Media and Stoessel wanted her to star in their new show, Ñeka.
Brenda finally decided to do the Dori Media project and, not satisfied with being turned down, Ideas de Sur started a lawsuit against Brenda's management since her contract stipulated she should prioritize Ideas del Sur projects over other production companies.
Finally, Ñeka was renamed Mia, mi Amiga Invisible and will debut at Mipcom
Mipcom
-MIPCOM:MIPCOM is a TV and entertainment market which is held in the town of Cannes once every year, normally in October.It is essentially a content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content...
in Cannes starring Brenda. But the show is also facing various lawsuits: besides Ideas del Sur, Valeria Britos, the creator of the original script (when it was titled Ñeka), is also suing Dori Media.
First Season
The beginning of the story introduces single mom Carmen and her daughter Patricia, simply known as Patito (Patty). They live in San Carlos de BarilocheSan Carlos de Bariloche
San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche, is a city in the , situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake and is located inside Nahuel Huapi National Park...
, a small town in Argentina. Patito falls in love at first sight with Matias - she meets him just after falling off her bike, he helps her up. Matias is there on vacation, but he soon returns to his hometown of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. Patito names her dog after him (Mati).
Soon after, Carmen and Patito travel to Buenos Aires for medical exams. There, Patito meets the hospital director, Leandro Díaz Rivarola. It turns out that he is her estranged father. Neither Patito nor Leandro know this, however. Carmen and Patito remain in the city for Patito's medical treatment. Leandro learns of Patito's desire to sing and suggests that she apply to the fine arts school directed by his mother, the Pretty Land School of Arts. Patito agrees.
As time passes, Leandro suspects that Patito is his daughter and takes a DNA test, which is a positive, but Leandro's girlfriend, Bianca, pays one of his employees to change the result to a negative to avoid Leandro leaving her. Bianca wants to marry Leandro, but only for his status; she does not love him. She did the same thing years before with another rich man, the father of her two children, Fabio and Antonella, she then told her children that their father is dead. Bianca does everything she can to make sure Leandro stays with her with the help of her 'friends', Dorina and Paolo, from paying Leandro's employees to tell him that Patito is not his daughter to pretending to be pregnant. When Carmen and her best friend Ashley find out Bianca is not pregnant, Bianca threatens to take Patito away from Carmen, as she did repeatedly in the past to keep Carmen from telling Leandro what she knows. Bianca's daughter, Antonella, goes to the same school as Patito and is Matias's girlfriend.
Given these circumstances, rivalries crop up between Carmen and Bianca as well as Patito and Antonella. Within the school, this leads to the creation of two rival musical dance groups - Las Divinas (The Divines) led by Antonella, and Las Populares (The Populars) led by Patito. As time passes, Antonella does more and more things to Patito to make her life miserable from almost drowning her to making sure she can't release her CD. Eventually, the two become friends because of one very important thing they have in common: they both grew up without a father. Meanwhile, Bianca, who learns that Carmen had found out that she isn't pregnant and planned to tell Leandro, commands Paolo to eliminate her. Paolo, trying to please her, hires a man to hit Carmen with a car, but their plan goes haywire when Antonella sacrifices herself to save Carmen, ending up in Leandro's hospital in a coma. She eventually wakes up, and her 'friend', Pia, and Bianca tell her that Patito is happy that Antonella is hurt so that she can have her CD published. The two go back to being enemies, and Antonella, who has some of Bianca's lying genes, helps keep Leandro with her mother by pretending to be unable to walk. Matias later realizes his deep feelings for Patito and decides to become her boyfriend. Patito being eager, accepts.
Patito is not the only one who gets a boyfriend: Leandro, despite his marriage to Bianca, gives his heart to Carmen, who accepts. However, their relationship comes to a crashing end when Carmen tells him the truth: Patito is his daughter. They decide to tell her at the right time together, but when Antonella and Patito are having a competition on television, Leandro announces it when the third judge was telling Patito that he did not want to give her a 10 (like he had just done with Antonella) because of her appearance. An enraged Patito then moves in with her father and refuses to forgive Carmen, until Carmen's birthday arrives, and mother and daughter make peace after Carmen told her everything that kept her from telling her the truth.
Main Characters
Las Populares:- Paricia (Patito) Diaz Rivarola Castro - Laura Natalia EsquivelLaura Natalia EsquivelLaura Natalia Esquivel Gomez is an actress and singer, best known for her role as Patricia "Patito" Castro in the popular Argentine children's telenovela, Patito Feo.-Biography:...
- Matías Beltran - Gaston Soffritti
- Josefina Beltran - Thelma FardinThelma FardinThelma Fardín is an Argentine actress. She rose to fame with her portrayal of Laura, the adopted daughter of Martin Quesada in the sitcom Sos mi vida .-Career:...
- Tamara Valiente - Eva Quattrocci
- Sol Demini - Maria Sol Berecoechea
- Belen Demini - Maria Belen Berecoechea
- Santiago Peep Maria Rodriquez - Nicolas Torkanowski
- Gonzalo Molina - Juan Manuel Guilera
- Alan Tecrina - Nicolas Zuviria
- Felipe Sanchez - Rodrigo Velilla
- Lucas Veterani - Luciano Ruiz
Las Divinas:
- Antonella Lamas Bernadi - Brenda AsnicarBrenda AsnicarBrenda Daniela Asnicar Mendoza , is an Argentine actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for starring season 1 and 2 of Patito Feo.-Early Years & Career:...
- Facundo (Fabio) Lamas Bernadi - Brian Vainberg
- Caterina Artina - Camila Salazar
- Pía Sanetti - amila Outon))
- Luciana Mentitequi - Nicole Luis
- Bruno Molina - Andres Gill
- Guido Leinez - Santiago Talledo
- Emma Taylor - Calu Rivero
- Felicitas Olgar - Olivia MolinaOlivia MolinaOlivia Molina is a German-Mexican singer.Born in Copenhagen, Olivia Molina grew up in Mexico. Her mother was a German dancer, born in Flensburg, her father a musician and bandleader, born in San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico. Olivia Molina started her career as a singer in Acapulco, Mexico, at the...
- Wendy Volterson - Brenda Chiclowsky
- Guadalupe Fransico Dela Maria Consayez - Julia Meddleton
- Emanuele Hovare de Lano - Francisco Verardi
Second Season
In the second season Patito fully enjoys her family and Matias' love. The Populars and the Divines participating in a tournament with the group Populars & Divines, representing the Pretty Land School of Arts. Belinda, a famous singer sees their performance and offers them to join her international tour that will begin shortly, but Antonella refuses (since now she is a famous popstar) to work with Patty, this will be the cause of battles between the two groups to see which group will support this popstar.Soon, Matias' love will again be a source of dispute between Patito and Antonella and also of a new girl called Karina. Everything is going to complicate.
New boys and girls will come to the Pretty Land School of Arts and already known people will have to deal with complicated and funny situations.
The love story of Carmen and Leandro will be at their best time, especially with Carmen's pregnancy and this promises only happy moments. However, Carmen has put on an incredible amount of weight and Bianca will use this to try to separate them. Carmen takes a babysitter for the newborn baby, who is nothing but Bianca's unrecognized sister. Then Bianca's mother, actress and showgirl frustrated that will help his daughter and his niece Antonella to achieve all their ambitions, regardless of means, but will not know the appearance of this daughter who has remained in oblivion, giving rise to complications in the life of Bianca, Antonella and society. Carmen and Leandro in this season get married.
International release
| Country | Language | Channel | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish(Alb subs) | Junior TV(digitalb) | Bota e Patit (Patito's World) | |
| Turkish | ATV, Nickelodeon Turkey | Patito Feo: En Güzel Hikaye (Patito Feo: The Most Beautiful Story) | |
| Romanian | Acasa Acasa Acasă is a television channel operated by the Central European Media Enterprises that broadcasts in Romania. It is mostly dedicated to daytime telenovelas, family movies, news, talk shows, soap operas and entertainment.-Telenovelas:-External links:*... , Disney Channel Romania Disney Channel Romania Disney Channel Romania is a Romanian language children's television channel that broadcasts in Romania and Moldova since September 19, 2009, after replacing Jetix .... |
Patito Feo | |
| Italian | Disney Channel Italy, Italia 1 Italia 1 Italia 1 is an Italian commercial television channel on the Mediaset network. It is oriented especially at young people.Italia 1 was launched in January 1982 and, originally, was owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival... , La5 La5 La5 is an Italian entertainment television channel, launched on May 12, 2010 and owned by the media company Mediaset. It is available on digital terrestrial television and digital satellite television through Tivù Sat... |
Il Mondo di Patty | |
| Greek | Mega Channel Mega Channel Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A... |
Patty: Η πιο όμορφη ιστορία (Patty: The most beautiful story) | |
| Greek | ANT1 Cyprus ANT1 Cyprus ANT1 Cyprus is a free to air terrestrial TV channel established in 1993. The channel is partly owned by ANT1 Greece. It is a general entertainment channel screening international, Greek and some locally produced programs. It transmits on channels 48, 35, 60, 41, 63, 65, 23, 26, 67, 24, 56, 37,... |
Patty: Η πιο όμορφη ιστορία (Patty: The most beautiful story) | |
| Italian | Disney Channel Italy | Il Mondo di Patty | |
| French | Gulli Gulli Gulli is a French television network dedicated to children's programming. It is available through digital terrestrial television "TNT" in partnership with Lagardère Active, and France Télévisions with children's programmes from France 3. Gulli is also known as Cyperbot.-Programmes:Children can... |
De tout mon cœur | |
| Spanish | Cartoon Network Spain Cartoon Network (Spain) Cartoon Network Spain is available in Spanish language, though most of the shows are also available in English language by selecting the Second Audio Program... , Disney Channel Spain Disney Channel Spain Disney Channel Spain is a free-to-air television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting in Spain. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience. It is owned by Disney-ABC... , Telecinco Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel... |
Patito Feo | |
| Portugesse | SIC SIC Sic is a Latin word that means "thus" or, in writing, "it was thus in the source material".Sic may also refer to:* Sic, Cluj, a commune in Romania* SiC, Silicon carbide, a semiconducting material, also used to make metalworking tools from... , Panda Biggs Panda Biggs Panda Biggs is a Portuguese television channel targeted to children, teens and youth. It was launched on December 1st 2009 on the ZON TVCabo platform... |
O Mundo de Patty | |
| Spanish | Canal 13 Canal 13 (Argentina) El Trece is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.- Foundation :... / Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... / Magazine Magazine (TV channel) Magazine is an Argentine cable television channel owned and operated by Grupo Clarín from Buenos Aires. It can be tuned in all the country via subscription television.-Programming:... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | TVN TVN TVN may refer to:*TVN , a horse racing channel*TVN , a public broadcaster*TVN , a television station*TVN or TVNorge, a commercial television channel*TVN , a commercial broadcaster... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Televisa Televisa Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... , Antena Latina |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Teletica Teletica Teletica, formerly known as Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., is a Costa Rican television company, founded in 1958; it was the first television company in Costa Rica. It operates Teletica Canal 7 and Teletica Canal 33. It has mostly imported programming and it also handles a high production and... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Televicentro Televicentro (Honduras) Televicentro or TVC is a television station in Honduras. located in the capital Tegucigalpa. It was founded in 1987 in order to unite as one business the three television channels Canal 5, Canales 3 y 7 and Telecadena 7 y 4.-External links:*... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Telemetro | Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Telefuturo Telefuturo Telefuturo, sometimes known as Canal 4, is an paraguayan television network. Operates between 66 and 72 MHz in Asunción, and reaches almost the entire population of Paraguay. Telefuturo coverage almost all the Región Oriental, where approximately 97% of the population of Paraguay lives. Since its... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | La Tele La Tele La Tele is a regional television network in Venezuela. It can be seen on the cable and satellite systems of DirecTV , Supercable , Intercable , and Net Uno .-History:La Tele... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Ecuavisa Ecuavisa Ecuavisa is one of the major television networks in the Republic of Ecuador.Since the start of their transmissions, on March 1st of 1967, the channel is one of the major networks and biggest of Ecuador, It broadcasts on channel 8 in Quito and on channel 2 in Guayaquil... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Disney Channel Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in... |
Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | PAT | Patito Feo | |
| Hebrew | Arutz Hayeladim | פטיטו |
External links
- Official site (in Spanish)
- Fans community