Lalola

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.[1] The show won nine Martín Fierro Awards for 2007, and also the Gold Prize.[2][3]

Lalola
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Sebastian Ortega
Written by	Nuri Abramovicz Santiago Calori Susana Cardozo Daniel Datola Esther Feldman Carolina Gonzalez Pablo Lago Marisel Lloberas Alejandro Maci Sebastián Ortega Alejandro Quesada
Directed by	Gustavo Luppi Diego Suárez Marcelo Suárez Mariano Ardanaz Nicolás Mazzi
Starring	Carla Peterson Luciano Castro Muriel Santa Ana Rafael Ferro Agustina Lecouna Sandra Ballesteros
Theme music composer	Alejando Sergi
Opening theme	"Enamorada" by Miranda!
Ending theme	"Hola" by Miranda!
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	150
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mónica Faccennini
Producer(s)	Celina Amadeo Pablo Cullel
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	América TV Dori Media Contenidos Underground Contenidos
Distributor	Dori Media Group
Release
Original network	América 2
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28) – April 29, 2008 (2008-04-29)

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.[4][5]

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.
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.	[6][7]
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.	[8][9]
India	Sony Entertainment Television (India)	Bhaskar Bharti	May 25, 2009	Dubbed in Hindi, produced by Manoj Kotian 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.	[10][11]
Philippines	GMA Network	LaLola (English: LaLola (lal♂l♀)	October 13, 2008	Starring Rhian Ramos and JC de Vera.	[12]
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.	[13][14][15]
Ukraine	1+1	Маргоша (“Margosha”)	February 7, 2009
Russia	STS	Маргоша (“Margosha”)	September 7, 2009		[16]
Spain	Antena 3	Lalola	July 6, 2008	Spanish remake starring Marina Gatell	[17][18]
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.	[19][20]
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.

International broadcast

Region/Country	Network/Channel	Native title of the show	Original airing	Info
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.
Czech Republic	TV Barrandov	Lalola	January 21, 2009	Premiered on TV Barrandov.
Georgia	Rustavi 2	Lalola	October, 2008
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 with English subtitles.
Poland	TV4	Lalola	2008	Polish version kept its original title, “Lalola” and was broadcast in 2008.
Russia	Domashny	Лалола (“Lalola”)	October 4, 2010
Slovenia	TV3 Slovenia	Lalola
Serbia	TV Kosava	Lalola	May 12, 2008 - January 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Televizija OBN	Lalola
Turkey	Comedy Smart	Lalola
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.
Armenia	Shant TV	Lalola

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