Protagonistas de Novela is a television

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 show in Spanish

Spanish language

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 that has been produced since 2002 by Telemundo Network

Telemundo

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 USA

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, based on the Protagonistas...

Protagonistas

"Protagonistas..." aka Protagonistas de Novela, Protagonistas de la Música, Protagonistas de la Fama is a Spanish language Reality Television franchise...

franchise.

Protagonistas de Novela has the same format and rules as Protagonistas de la Música

Protagonistas de la Música

Protagonistas de la Música was a Spanish reality television program taped in Miami, where various participants competed to win a recording contract with Sony Records. Based on the Protagonistas... franchise, it aired from October 2002 to January 2003...

, and that is because Protagonistas de Novela, a reality show where the winners are guaranteed a spot in a future Telenovela

Telenovela

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, was released before its musical version. Both shows are produced by Telemundo USA.

The female winner of the show's first season, Milly Ruperto, has already participated in a soap opera, playing a boxing

Boxing

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 trainer, alongside Venezuela

Venezuela

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n superstar Gaby Spanic.

The winners of the show's second in 2003 season were Mexican

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 Erick Elías and Dominican

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 Michelle Vargas.

There are also versions of Protagonistas de Novela in Chile

Chile

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 (called Protagonistas de la Fama), Colombia

Colombia

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 and Venezuela

Venezuela

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. In Chile (airing in Canal 13

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), the winners were Catalina Bono and Álvaro Ballero. In Colombia (airing in RCN

RCN TV

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), the winners were Ximena Córdoba and Jaider Villa