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Violetta
File:Logo violetta.png
GenreMusical
Romantic comedy[2][3]
Written bySolange Keoleyan
Sebastián Parrotta
Directed byJorge Nisco
Martín Saban
Matías Risi (ep. 61-80, season 1)[4]
Creative directorVíctor Tevah
Starring
Theme music composerNicolas Fromentel
Opening theme"In My Own World", performed by Martina Stoessel[5]
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes160 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDiego Carabelli
ProducersAdrián Suar
Fernando Blanco
Production locationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Running time45 minutes
Production companyPol-ka Producciones
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
ReleaseMay 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)[1] –
present (present)

Violetta is a Argentinian tween-oriented musical telenovela developed by Disney Channel Latin America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and production company Pol-ka, first debuted in Latin America and Italy on May 14, 2012.[6][7]

Violetta tells the story of a musically talented teenager (played by Argentine actress Martina Stoessel) who returns to her native Buenos Aires with her father after living in Europe for several years, navigating the trials and tribulations of growing up.[8]

Each episode includes original musical numbers from diverse musical genres.

Production

Following the success of Disney Channel retransmission of Argentine telenovelas such as Floricienta and Patito Feo and the positive results at competitor Nickelodeon initiative in co-producing Latin-American novelas, Disney decided to begin production on its first original telenovela. The show was to be produced in Argentina in collaboration with local production company Pol-Ka. The cast would be formed by actors from across Latin America, Brazil, Spain and Italy.

Shooting began in September 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lasted for seven months. The series was co-produced by Disney Channel Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The series was filmed entirely in high definition at the Central Park Studios in Buenos Aires. On December 31, 2011, Disney Channel Latin America broadcast a New Year's television special entitled Celebratón, where Martina Stoessel performed the song Tu Resplandor (Disney Princesses). Disney Channel announced that the series would premiere in 2012. The cast was first introduced on December 22, 2011. In March 2012, promos and adverts started airing.

In early April 2012, a music video for "En Mi Mundo", sung by Martina Stoessel, was uploaded to Disney Channel Latin America website. Violetta finally premiered in Latin America and Italy on May 14, 2012. The cast visited Mexico City and Bogota to promote the show and sung live on a Radio Disney event at Luna Park in Buenos Aires. On October 25, the last episode of the first season was aired. Between September and October, the show had its premiere in other important markets such as Brazil, France, Israel and Spain.

In November 1, 2012, shootings for the second season begun. The second season is slated begun in Latin America in April and in Spain and Italy in May. Martina Stoessel visited Santiago in Chile for promotion in April and the complete cast visited Paris, Millan and Madrid for promotion at the end of June. The final scenes from the second season were shot in Spain.

Among the products spawned from the shows are an official magazine (available in Latin America, Italy and Spain), sticker album (available in France, Latin America, Italy and Spain), a series of books (available in Latin America, France, Spain and Italy) and trading cards (available in Italy and Argentina). DVDs were also released in Italy and Spain. There's also a soundtrack album featuring the music from the show. The album has achieved 3x Platinum in Argentina, Platinum in Spain and Gold Certification in Chile and Brazil.[9][10]

In June, 2013, after three months of rehearsal, the musical with the complete cast made its debut at Teatro Gran Rex. Following the Cris Morena model, the cast played concerts daily during the Winter Vacation. Prior to the debut, all 60 presentations were already sold out with over 200.000 tickets sold.[11] After the season in Buenos Aires, the cast will tour across Argentina, Latin America and Europe. Besides the 60 concerts in Buenos Aires, the cast will also tour the rest of Argentina with three concerts in Santa Fe, four concerts in Rosario, two concerts in Neuquen, two conc

The cast will also stop by Chile (six concerts in Santiago), Brazil (four concerts in Sao Paulo), Uruguay (two concerts in Montevideo), Paraguay (two concerts in Asunción) and Venezuela (two concerts in Caracas). Then, the cast will embark on a Spanish tour with concerts in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Malaga. Shows for other Latin-American countries, including Mexico and Colombia and for France and Italy will be announced soon.

Casting

Martina Stoessel was chosen by casting.[12][13] The actor Diego Ramos was instead cast as the Violetta's father by the proposal and following an audition, sent to Europe, has been confirmed.[14] The actress Lodovica Comello, who plays Francesca, was attending school in Milan and the director of it he said that some people would come to provinare some students and she decided to participate.[15] Instead the actor Ruggero Pasquarelli was chosen by the proposal.[16] For the second season were also held at the request of casting for fans of the series in Milan, Naples and Rome.[17]

It has been confirmed that most of the cast of the first season, except for the actors Rodrigo Velilla, Artur Logunov[18] and the lead actor Pablo Espinosa.[19][20] It was also announced the inclusion of new characters played by Diego Domínguez who will play the new rival of León, Diego,[21] and then actors like Valeria Baroni, Xabiani Ponce De León, Paloma Sirvén, Gerardo Velázquez,[22] Carla Pandolfi and Valentina Frione. Bridgit Mendler made ​​a cameo appearance in the second season.[23]

Plot

Violetta is a teenage girl who is unaware of her very special gift for singing. She inherited this talent from her mum, a famous singer who died in a tragic accident when Violetta was just a little girl.

Herman, her dad, is a very successful man who loves his daughter, despite being strict and overprotective. Blinded by sadness, he decides to keep her past and her mother's fate from Violetta, worried that she might follow in her footsteps.

After the accident, they both moved to Madrid and he raised her alone, with hardly any contact with other children of her age. Herman is aware that Violetta is a very talented musician and he encourages her to take piano lessons, but he keeps her away from singing and acting.

Everything changes when they return to their homeland in Buenos Aires. There, Violetta starts taking piano lessons at 'Studio 21', a prestigious music school. She meets Angie, her new teacher and governess, who helps her come to terms with her talent. She also meets other people who will accompany her throughout her learning process.

Thus, Violetta meets Tomas and Leon, two boys with opposing personalities who fight for her love.

Cast

Main article: List of Violetta characters
Character Actors / Voice actors
Season 1
(2012) 		Season 2
(2013)
Herman Castillo Diego Ramos (English dub: Geoffrey Chalmers)
Violetta Castillo Martina Stoessel (English dub: Cristina Vee)
Tomas Heredia Pablo Espinosa (English dub: Lucien Dodge)
Leon Jorge Blanco (English dub: Sam Regal)
Diego Diego Domínguez
Ludmila Ferro Mercedes Lambre (English dub: Joie Marlowe)
Andres Nicolás Garnier (English dub: Michael Chapman)
Natalia Alba Rico Navarro (English dub: Christine Marie Cabanos)
Francesca Cauviglia Lodovica Comello (English dub: Johanna Luis)
Camila Torres Candelaria Molfese (English dub: Cindy O'Conner)
Maximiliano Ponte Facundo Gambandé (English dub: Bryce Papenbrook)
Luca Cauviglia Simone Lijoi (English dub: Grant George)
Broduey Samuel Nascimento
Braco Artur Logunov (English dub: Michael Sinterniklaas)
Napoleon Rodrigo Velilla (English dub: Johnny Yong Bosch)
Marco Tavelli Xabiani Ponce De León
Lara Valeria Baroni
Angeles "Angie" Carrará Clara Alonso (English dub: Wendee Lee)
Jade LaFontaine Florencia Benítez (English dub: Erin Fitzgerald)
Matias LaFontaine Joaquín Berthold (English dub: Spike Spencer)
Olga Patricia Peña Mirta Wons (English dub: Jane Carroll)
Lisandro Ramallo Alfredo Allende (English dub: Dave Mallow)
Gregorio Casal Rodrigo Pedreira (English dub: Keith Silverstein)
Roberto "Beto" Benvenuto Pablo Sultani (English dub: Buba Kachow)
Pablo Galindo Ezequiel Rodríguez (English dub: Fred McDougall)
Esmeralda Di Pietro Carla Pandolfi
Jacqueline "Jackie" Saenz Valentina Frione
Antonio Fernandez Alberto Fernández de Rosa (English dub: Joey Lotsko)

Episodes

Main article: List of Violetta episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedUK & Ireland First airedUK & Ireland Last aired
First airedLast aired
1804014 May 2012 (2012-05-14)6 July 2012 (2012-07-06)22 July 2013 (2013-07-22)25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
403 September 2012 (2012-09-03)26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)4 November 2013 (2013-11-04)28 August 2014 (2014-08-28)
2804029 April 2013 (2013-04-29)21 June 2013 (2013-06-21)1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
4019 August 2013 (2013-08-19)11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)19 August 2015 (2015-08-19)
3802028 July 2014 (2014-07-28)22 August 2014 (2014-08-22)4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)29 July 2016 (2016-07-29)
2022 September 2014 (2014-09-22)17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)1 August 2016 (2016-08-01)26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
2017 November 2014 (2014-11-17)12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)
2012 January 2015 (2015-01-12)6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)

Media

Music

In the first season the opening credits and closing is En mi mundo in the original version and in France instead of the symbol is sung by Cynthia and is entitled Dans Mon Monde; in Brazil is sung by Mayra Arduini and it entitled "Pelo Mundo"; in Italy was sung by Stoessel the Italian version entitled "Nel mio mondo",[24] and in Russia, Poland and Turkey is used as the original. The English version called In My Own World, was released on iTunes Ireland on August 9, 2013.[25]

Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
BEL BRA ITA ESP POL
[26]
Violetta
  • Released: June 5, 2012
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 61 28 1 2 3
Cantar es lo que soy
  • Released: November 23, 2012
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — 1 — 12
Hoy somos más
  • Released: June 11, 2013
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — 1
Violetta en Vivo[35]
  • Released: November 25, 2013
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Magazine

From October 10, 2012 is available in Italy the official magazine of the series entitled Violetta. The monthly magazine is directed by Veronica Di Lisio and offers interviews, unpublished photographs of the series and even games, posters and rubrics for the female audience.[36] In Argentina is published in a magazine with the same content as the Italian one. In Chile can be purchased from December 21, 2012. Even in Spain there is the monthly magazine dedicated to the telenovela.[37]

Sticker album

On the same day in which it was published in the magazine, was also released on the sticker album, affordable attached to the magazine or individually. The album is published by Panini.[38]

Other products

Have also been published on the market easter eggs and notebooks (in Brazil). In addition, the Italian actor Simon Lijoi has created his column titled "Chiedilo a Simone" where fans via his Facebook page asking some questions and he answers; the first article was published on March 22, 2013 and was later published every Thursday.[39]

The U-Mix Show

The U-Mix Show is weekly program that airs a weekly summary of the series and interviews with cast members.[40] It is hosted by Roger González and Daniel Martins. In Brazil, the show is presented by Bruno Heder.[41]

El V-log de Francesca

El V-log de Francesca is a webseries starring Lodovica Comello set in her bedroom. The sixteen-episode miniseries premiered on June 10, 2012 and lasted until October 22, 2012.[42] The episodes were also dubbed in Italian as "Il videoblog di Francesca",[43] on Disney Channel Italy and in Brazil as "O V-log de Francesca".[44]

Ludmila Cyberst@r

Ludmila Cyberst@r is another webseries that premiered on June 1, 2012 on the official YouTube channel of Disney Channel Latin America. The series consisted of eight episodes,[45] that aired until September 17, 2012[46] and then continuously loaded on the same website from Portuguese channel's Disney Channel.[47]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2012 Kids' Choice Awards Argentina[48] Favorite TV Show Nominated
Favorite Actor Pablo Espinosa Won
Favorite Villain Mercedes Lambre Won
Newcomer Martina Stoessel Won
2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards[49] Favorite Latin Artist Martina Stoessel Nominated
Premios Gardel[50] Best Soundtrack Album of Film / Television Violetta Won
Martín Fierro Awards[51] Outstanding Children / Youth's Program Won
Newcomer Martina Stoessel Won
Kids' Choice Awards Mexico [52] Favorite Actor Jorge Blanco Won
Favorite TV Series Nominated
Favorite Villain Mercedes Lambre Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Pablo Espinosa Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Clara Alonso Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Argentina [53] Favorite TV Show Won
Favorite TV Actor Jorge Blanco Nominated
Favorite TV Actress Martina Stoessel Nominated
Favorite TV Actress Lodovica Comello Nominated
Best Supporting Actor / Actress Samuel Nascimento Won
Favorite Villain Mercedes Lambre Won
Newcomer Xabiani Ponce De León Nominated

International release

Country / region Channel Series premiere Title in country Source(s)
 Argentina Disney Channel Latin America May 14, 2012 Violetta
[54]
 Chile
 Colombia
 Guatemala
 Mexico
 Honduras
 Peru
 Venezuela
 United Kingdom Disney Channel (UK & Ireland) July 22, 2013
[55][56]
 Ireland
 Pakistan Disney Channel Middle East August 26, 2013
[57]
 Maldives
 South Africa Disney Channel South Africa August 26, 2013
[58]
 Australia Disney Channel (Australia) October 18, 2013
[59]
 New Zealand
 Germany Disney Channel Germany 2014
[60]

Non-Disney Channel Releases

Country / region Channel Series premiere Title in country Source(s)
 Argentina El Trece September 24, 2012 Violetta
[61]

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