Lalola
Lalola | |
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Genre | Telenovela |
Created by | Sebastian Ortega |
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Theme music composer | Alejando Sergi |
Opening theme | "Enamorada" by Miranda! |
Ending theme | "Hola" by Miranda! |
Country of origin | Argentina |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 150 |
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Executive producer | Mónica Faccennini |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
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Distributor | Dori Media Group |
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Original network | América 2 |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Original release | August 28, 2007 April 29, 2008 | –
Lalola was an Argentine television comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2. It starred Carla Peterson and Luciano Castro as protagonists. The show won nine Martín Fierro Awards for 2007, and also the Gold Prize.
A pilot for an American version, entitled "Eva Adams", was filmed for the Fox network starring Rhea Seehorn and James Van Der Beek in 2009. It was envisioned as a dramedy, in the vein of how Yo soy Betty la fea was adapted for American audiences as Ugly Betty, but wasn't picked up for a regular series.
Synopsis
Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla (played by Juan Gil Navarro) is the director of the media company "High Five", editor of the famous magazine Don, and has many women around him. Romina (played by Marcela Kloosterboer), who is in love with Lalo, decides to punish his lack of commitment to her. She hires a witch to cast a spell on him, which turns him into a very beautiful woman, as Romina wanted him to know what it is like for a woman who is being harassed.
Lalo (now played by Carla Peterson) awakes as a woman, in a state of utter confusion. However, Lalo's friend Graciela ("Grace") Neira (played by Muriel Santa Ana) believes what happened as she heard Romina's phone call to Lalo's home saying what she did. As it seems unlikely anyone else will believe that Ramiro has been magically transformed, so Ramiro assumes a new identity: Dolores "Lola" Padilla, cousin of Lalo. Lalo "had to make an urgent trip to Germany because his father became ill", and has appointed Lola to take his place. While trying to find a way to change back, there are a whole new set of challenges to face that Lalo didn't have to experience before, both within and outside the workplace.
Cast and characters
- Carla Peterson ... Dolores "Lola" Padilla / Daniela Calori
- Luciano Castro ... Facundo "Nando" Canavaro
- Muriel Santa Ana ... Graciela "Grace" Neira
- Rafael Ferro ... Gastón Zacks
- Agustina Lecouna ... Natalia Aguirre
- Luis Ziembrowski ... Donato Aguirre
- Sandra Ballesteros ... Vicky
- Violeta Urtizberea ... Julia
- Lola Berthet ... Soledad
- Víctor Malagrino ... Patricio "Pato" Miguel
- Diana Lamas ... Griselda
- Tomás de las Heras ... Nicolás
- Nahuel Mutti ... Boogie
- Matías Desiderio ... Martín
- Chela Cardalda ... Iris
- Bruna Castro ... Melisa
- Reina Reech ... Carola Aguirre
- Pablo Cedrón ... Teo
- Juan Gil Navarro ... Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla
- Marcela Kloosterboer ... Romina
Theme Songs
This telenovela has two theme songs, "Hola" and "Enamorada", both are sung by Miranda!.
International remakes
The show has been officially remade in 12 other countries: Portugal, Chile, Peru, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Russia, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. All of these remakes start with mostly the same initial premise but many of them head in very different narrative directions and ultimate conclusions than the original show.
Region/Country | Network/Channel | Native title of remake | Original airing | Info | Ref. |
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Belgium | VTM | LouisLouise (English: LouisLouise) | September 24, 2008 | Produced by Studio-A and starring Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Axel Daeseleire and Roel Vanderstukken. | |
Chile | Canal 13 | Lola | 26 September 2007 | This version, Lalo after being in a woman's body, discovers everything worth the female sex, goes back to being a man and falls in love with Grace, then about to get married, becomes a woman again, until he becomes a man again definitely and marrying Grace. | |
Greece Cyprus |
ANT1 | Λόλα ("Lola") | September 22, 2008 in Greece; and September 29, 2008 in Cyprus | Λόλα ("Lola"), a Greek version of the series, aired from September 2008 to July 2009 in Greece and Cyprus. The series starred Anta Livitsanou and Thanasis Efthimiadis. | |
India | Sony Entertainment Television (India) | Bhaskar Bharti | May 25, 2009 | Remake in Hindi, produced by DJ's creative unit and starring Ragini Khanna, Aamir Ali and Eijaz Khan. | |
Indonesia | Indosiar | Pejantan Cantik | 2010 | This series is scheduled to air in late 2010. It will star the best on-screen comedian couple of Indonesia, Agnes Monica and Okan Kornelius. These actors appeared together in the drama Kawin Muda ("Early Marriage") in 2008. | |
Peru | Frecuencia Latina Network | LaLola (English: LaLola (lal♂l♀) | January 20, 2011 | Starring Gianella Neyra, Bernie Paz, Cristian Rivero, Anneliese Fiedler. It had 145 episodes, reaching 20.2 points in the debut episode. | |
Philippines | GMA Network | LaLola (English: LaLola (lal♂l♀) | October 13, 2008 | Starring Rhian Ramos and JC de Vera. | |
Angola | TPA 1 | Ele é Ela (“He is She”) | October, 2009 | ||
Portugal | TVI | Ele é Ela (“He is She”) | October, 2009 | The names of the protagonists are Julio and Julieta Bordalo, Julio becomes Julieta through a chemical potion and not by witchcraft. It has 28 episodes and in the end, the audience decides whether they want Julieta to become Julio or not, by telephone voting. | |
Ukraine | 1+1 | Маргоша (“Margosha”) | February 7, 2009 | ||
Russia | STS | Маргоша (“Margosha”) | September 7, 2009 | ||
Spain | Antena 3 | Lalola | July 6, 2008 | Spanish remake starring Marina Gatell | |
Turkey | Kanal 1 | Ece | A Turkish remake named Ece was canceled mid-season due to poor ratings. | ||
Vietnam | VTV3 | “Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ” (English: "Unavoidable Girl") | July 6, 2009 | A Vietnamese version called Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ ("Unavoidable Girl") premiered on July 6, 2009. It airs every Monday to Wednesday at 9 PM. The series was set to have 150 episodes. Production was ultimately concluded at 100 episodes but still did have a proper series finale. |
International broadcast
Region/Country | Network/Channel | Native title of the show | Original airing | Info |
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Arab League | MBC4 | “مسلسل لولا” (“Lalola”) | September 18, 2010 | The series was premiered on September 18, 2010 on MBC4 broadcast via NileSat and ArabSat. It airs every night at 17:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC. It's dubbed in Egyptian Arabic with its original name "Lalola". |
Brazil | SBT | Lalola | January 21, 2008 | Ramiro, Facundo and Aguirre were respectively renamed Camilo, Fernando and Andrei in the dubbing. The first three episodes aired without breaks. It's dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese. |
Czech Republic | TV Barrandov | Lalola | January 21, 2009 | Premiered on TV Barrandov. It's dubbed in Czech. |
Georgia | Rustavi 2 | Lalola | October, 2008. It's dubbed in Georgian | |
Malaysia | TV3 | Lalola | April 23, 2009 | The series premiered on April 23, 2009, replacing Telemundo’s Marina. It airs every Monday to Thursday at 3:00 PM. Starting October 2009, it airs in Malay dubbing. |
Philippines | GMA Network | Lalola | 2009 | Two weeks after the Philippine remake had ended, the telenovela dubbed in Tagalog from Monday to Friday mornings and was broadcast on GMA. |
Poland | TV4 | Lalola | 2008 | Polish version kept its original title, “Lalola” and was broadcast in 2008. It's dubbed in Polish. |
Romania | National TV, National 24 Plus | Lalola | 2018 | The last channels to broadcast Latin American series. It's dubbed in Romanian. |
Russia | Domashny | Лалола (“Lalola”) | October 4, 2010. It's dubbed in Russian. | |
Slovenia | TV3 Slovenia | Lalola | It's dubbed in Slovenian | |
Serbia | TV Kosava | Lalola | May 12, 2008 - January 2009. It's dubbed in Serbian. | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Televizija OBN | Lalola | It's dubbed in Croatian | |
Turkey | Comedy Smart | Lalola | It's dubbed in Turkish | |
Zambia | MOBI TV Zambia | Lalola | June 2007 - February 2008 | OBI TV Zambia aired 145 episodes of the original version in English. It aired on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday. It's dubbed in English |
Armenia | Shant TV | Lalola | It's dubbed in Armenian | |
India | FIRANGI -World ki best Kahaniyan | Lalola | February 25, 2008 | The show was dubbed and aired in India as a flagship show for the channel firangi at prime timing and dual slots of 5pm and 9pm. The show had a very successful run and was remade in India by SET. |
Vietnam | HTV9 | Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ ("Lalola") | April 10, 2010 | The series was premiered on April 10, 2010 on HTV9 broadcast on satellite Vinasat-1. It airs every morning at 06:30 UTC. |