Pequeños Gigantes (Mexican TV series)

Pequeños Gigantes (English title: Little Giants) is a Mexican reality talent show that premiered on Las Estrellas March 27, 2011.[1] The talent show televises groups of talented children from various Hispanic countries including the United States (each group comprises four children) competing against each other to receive the highest ranking at the end of each program, and for the first place and the grand prize. Each group has one captain, one singer, and two dancers. Six judges give each child category a rating based from 1 to 10.

Pequeños Gigantes
Genre	Talent show
Created by	Rubén Galindo Santiago Galindo
Directed by	Eduardo Suárez
Presented by	Galilea Montijo Jimena Gállego Yurem Rojas (Season 1-2) Bárbara Islas (Season 4)
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	49
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rubén Galindo Santiago Galindo
Producer(s)	Miguel Batz Fabián Flores
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa Internacional
Release
Original network	Las Estrellas Univision
Original release	March 27, 2011 (2011-03-27) – present (present)
External links
Website
Production website

In December 2018, it was announced that auditions for the fourth season had begun.[2]

Hosts and Judges

The first season premiered on March 27, 2011 hosted by Galilea Montijo, Jimena Gállego, And Yurem Rojas. The judges were Bianca Marroquín, María José, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Pierre Angelo, Noel Schajris and Raquel Ortega. For the second season, Schajris and Angelo didn’t return and saw Fanny Lú and Arath de la Torre as their replacements. In 2018, a third season was announced with Adrián Di Monte, Lupe Esparza, Nacho and Ariel Miramontes as the new judges joining three-season veterans Marroquín and Ibañez. Season four saw a reduction of judges from six to four. Miramontes was the only one returning from the previous season joined by Karol Sevilla, Verónica Castro and Miguel Bosé. For the fifth season, Miramontes returned once again, for his third season with María León, Bibi Gaytán and Juanpa Zurita. Montijo has served for all five season as host.

Hosts & Judges of Pequeños gigantes

	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5
Galilea Montijo	Host
Jimena Gállego	Host
Yurem Rojas	Host
Bianca Marroquín	Judge
Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez	Judge
María José	Judge
Raquel Ortega	Judge
Noel Schajris	Judge
Pierre Angelo	Judge
Gloria Trevi	Adviser
Fanny Lú		Judge
Arath de la Torre		Judge
Lupe Esparza			Judge
Adrián Di Monte			Judge
Ariel "Albertano" Miramontes			Judge
Nacho			Judge
Bárbara Islas				Host
Verónica Castro				Judge
Miguel Bosé				Judge
Karol Sevilla				Judge
María León					Judge
Juanpa Zurita					Judge
Bibi Gaytán					Judge

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

Season one premiered on Las Estrellas on March 27, 2011 and concluded on July 24, 2011. On Univision the season premiere on June 19, 2011 and concluded on September 5, 2011.[3][4] Galilea Montijo, Jimena Gállego, and Yurem Rojas are hosts for this season. The judges of this season are Bianca Marroquín, María José, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Raquel Ortega, Noel Schajris, and Pierre Angelo. In this season seven teams of four children compete for the grand prize of 2 million MXN pesos to be distributed among the four team members, a trophy, and the singer of the team would sing a song with Gloria Trevi.

The winning team of this season is Los Irresistibles consisting of Javier Ruíz, Miguel Angel Romero, Daryna González, and Jorge del Valle.[4]

Team Name	Captain	Singer	Dancers	Placement
Los Irresistibles	Javier Ruiz	Miguel Ángel	Jorge del Valle & Daryna Gonzalez	1st
Los Megaestrellas	Grecia Sánchez	Luis Hiroshi Akriado	Karla Rodriguez Maciel & Jesús Ruiz	2nd
Los Rebeldes	Montserrat García	Magaby Garay	Ylenia Jaramillo & Gerardo Hernandez	3rd
Los Superpeques	Carlos Yumbe	Joselyn Tiburcio	Michel Gómez & David Díaz	4th
Los Superpoderosos	Ana Celeste Pena	Carlos Bernal	Diana Valeria & José Armando Rodriguez	5th
Pequeños Guerreros	Gema Nicte-Ha	José Luis Rivera	Nicole Chavez & Andres Maceda Mojica	6th
Gigantes en Acción	Dana Valeria	Mariana Lopez	Zhiria Burgos & Adolfo Mauricio Romero	7th

Season 2 (2012)

Season two premiered on Las Estrellas on April 15, 2012 and concluded on July 15, 2012. On Univision the season premiere on June 3, 2012 and concluded on September 2, 2012.[5][6] Galilea Montijo and Jimena Gállego returned as hosts. Bianca Marroquín, María José, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, and Raquel Ortega returned as judges. Fanny Lu and Arath de la Torre replaced Noel Schajris and Pierre Angelo as judges. In this season seven teams of four children compete for the grand prize of a trophy and 2 million MXN pesos to be distributed among the four team members.

The winning team of this season is Mega Estrellas consisting of Rogelio Cruz, Irlanda Valenzuela, Gretchen Rojas, and Max Kozelchick.[6]

Team Name	Captain	Singer	Dancers	Placement
Megaestrellas	Rogelio Cruz	Irlanda Valenzuela	Gretchen Rojas & Max Kozelchick	1st
Los Irresistibles	Fátima Zurita	Josafat Silva	Athena Cruz & Rommel del Río	2nd
Los Superpeques	Nazli Prieto	Toñito Ramírez	Melissa Méndez & Jarek Hernández	3rd
Los Superpoderosos	André Real	Dania González	Altahir Kozelchik & Jorge Romero	4th
Pequeños Guerreros	Saraí Pacheco	Kenia Feria	Nicole Cardona & Erick Zapata	5th
Gigantes en Acción	Miguel Cazares	Bridget González	Dariana Pimentel & Edson Morin	6th
Los Rebeldes	Karla Torres	Jesús Cantú	Alexa González & Aoki Castelan	7th

Season 3 (2018)

Season three premiered on February 25, 2018 and concluded on April 29, 2018.[7][8][9] This is the first season to air simultaneously on Las Estrellas and Univision. Galilea Montijo and Jimena Gállego returned as the hosts. Bianca Marroquín and Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez returned as judges. Lupe Esparza, Adrián Di Monte, Nacho, and Ariel Miramontes "Albertano" replaced María José, Raquel Ortega, Fanny Lu, and Arath de la Torre as judges.[10] In this season six teams of four children compete for the grand prize of 1 million MXN pesos to be distributed among the four team members.

The winning team of this season is Los Super Powers consisting of Natalia Gomez, Rodrigo Perez "Canelito", Jazlyn Quintero, and Aramis Ojeda.[11]

Team Name	Captain	Singer	Dancers	Placement
Los Super Powers	Natalia Gomez	Rodrigo Perez "Canelito"	Jazlyn Quintero & Aramis Ojeda	1st
Los Conquistadores	Nayleah Vanessa Ramón Santos	Anyelique Solorio	Gabrielly Palacio & Kenish Aquino	2nd
Los Pequeños Guerreros	Yumalay Díaz	Valeria Rodrigrez	Luisangeli Espinoza & Diego Rodriguez	3rd
Los Peque Estrellas	Saith Maya "Morokito"	Abril Medina	Andrea Rosales & Patricio Lopez	4th
Los Dinamitas	Amanda Munguia	Nuria Loya	Marcela Guerrero & Oscar Villareal	5th
Los Adorables	Anahi Ledezma	Camila Álvarez	Ximena Sánchez & Ray Báez	6th

Season 4 (2019)

Season four premiered on March 24, 2019, and concluded on May 26, 2019.[12][13] On Univision the season concluded on 2 June 2019. Auditions were held in February 2019.[14] Galilea Montijo returned as host.[2] Bárbara Islas joined as co-host.[15] The number of judges was reduced from six to four.[12] Ariel Miramontes "Albertano" returned as judge.[16] Verónica Castro, Miguel Bosé, and Karol Sevilla replaced Lupe Esparza, Adrián Di Monte, Nacho, Bianca Marroquín, and Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez as judges.[17][18][19] This is the first season to include extraordinary physical abilities as a talent and the child is called the "Quinto Elemento" (Fifth Element).[12] In this season six teams of five children compete for the grand prize of 1,200,000 MXN pesos to be distributed among each other.

The winning team of this season is Giovani y los saca chispas consisting of Giovani Chávez, Rafael Salazar, Sara Alejos, Yamil Ibáñez, and Mariana Olvera.

Team Name	Captain	Singer	Dancers	Quinto Elemento	Placement
Giovani y los saca chispas	Giovani Chávez	Rafael Salazar	Sara Alejos & Yamil Ibáñez	Mariana Olvera	1st
Mateo y los Súper Sabios	Mateo Figueroa	Taisia Sigala	Flor Santander & Yahir Solís	Jenifer Quezada	2nd
Beba y sus yolotzin	Piera Renata Cuervo "Beba"	Kevin Duarte	Valeria Vallado & Ramón Leyva	Sofía Marie	3rd
Sarilú y sus bombas	Sara Lucía Castillo "Sarilú"	Kenneth Lagunes	Regina Espejo & Paulo Fonseca	Josue Basilio	4th[20]
Danna y los Súper Fashion	Danna Zermeño	Sofía González	Rubén del Prado & Mariana Ruiz	Sergio Antonio Andrade	5th[21]
Victoria y sus victoriosos	Victoria Quintero	Roberto Carlos Olán	Tadeo López & Venuz Arce	Ethan Joseph	6th[22]

Ratings

U.S. ratings

Season	Timeslot (ET)	Season premiere		Season finale
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Sunday 8pm/7c	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	4.2[23]	September 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)	6.2[24]
2		June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02)	4.2[25]	September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02)	3.1[26]
3		February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	2.5[27]	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	2.4[28]
4		March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)	1.5[29]	June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02)	1.9[30]

International versions of Pequeños Gigantes

     Currently airing franchise

     Franchise with an upcoming season

     Franchise whose status is unknown

     Franchise no longer in production

Country/region	Name	Network	Host(s)	Judges	Seasons and winners
Chile	Pequeños Gigantes	Chilevisión	Carolina de Moras	Américo Amaya Forch Power Peralta	Season 1, 2015: Los Rebeldes
Costa Rica	Pequeños Gigantes	Teletica	Edgar Silva Natalia Rodríguez	Flor Urbina Nancy Dobles José "Chepe" González “Lalo” Rojas Alejandra Portillo Gustavo Rojas	Season 1, 2011: Estrellas Arrasadores[31]
Ecuador	Pequeños Gigantes	Teleamazonas	Erick Méndez	Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez María José Noel Schajris Gloria Trevi	Season 1, 2012: Los Rebeldes[32]
Hungary	Kicsi Óriások	RTL Klub	Balázs Sebestyén	Eszter Földes Péter Geszti Dávid Spáh	Season 1, 2016: Lázadók
Italy	Pequeños Gigantes Piccoli giganti	Canale 5 Real Time	Belén Rodríguez (1) Gabriele Corsi (2)	Current Benedetta Parodi (2) Enzo Miccio (2) Serena Rossi (2) Former Claudio Amendola (1) Megan Montaner (1) Francesco Arca (1)	Season 1, 2016: I Piccoli Guerrieri Season 2, 2017: Stelle Filanti
Panama	Pequeños Gigantes	Telemetro	Michelle Simons Jackie Guzmán Patty Castillo	Phatom Any Tovar Carlos Real Jahenel Pitti Margarita Henríquez Ana Lucía Herrera	Season 1, 2012: Gigantes En Acción Season 2, 2013: Super Peques[33]
Paraguay	Pequeños Gigantes	Telefuturo	Dani Da Rosa	David Dionich Clara Franco Mili Britez Nadia Portillho (2) Álvaro Ayala Alicia Ramirez (1)	Season 1, 2014: Los Megas Talentosos Season 2, 2014: Los Irresistibles
Peru	Pequeños Gigantes	América Televisión	Federico Salazar Katia Condos	Denisse Dibós Jesús Neyra Karina Rivera Ricky Tosso Magdyel Ugaz	Season 1, 2012: Los Irresistibles
Poland	Mali Giganci	TVN	Filip Chajzer	Agnieszka Chylińska Katarzyna Bujakiewicz Kuba Wojewódzki	Season 1, 2015: Klika Rubika Season 2, 2016: Kadra Anki Season 3, 2017: Pogodni
Portugal	Pequenos Gigantes	TVI	Fatima Lopes	Manuel Luis Goucha Rita Pereira David Carreira	Season 1, 2015: Os Rebeldes Season 2, 2016: Os Sonhadores
Spain	Pequeños Gigantes	Telecinco	Jesús Vázquez	Mónica Naranjo (2) Florentino Fernández (2) Marbelys Zamora (2) Angy Fernández (1) Jorge Cadaval (1) Melody (1)	Season 1, 2014: Los Rebeldes Season 2, 2015: Gigantes en acción
Ukraine	Маленькі гіганти	1+1	Kateryna Osadcha	Yuriy Gorbunov Natalia Mogilevskaya Elena Soptenko	Season 1, 2015: ?
Uruguay	Pequeños Gigantes	Teledoce	?	?	Season 1, 2013: Pequeños Guerreros
United States	Pequeños Gigantes USA	Univision	Giselle Blondet	Bianca Marroquín Luis Coronel Prince Royce	Season 1, 2017: Peque Flow

References

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27. Pucci, Douglas. "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Midseason Premiere on AMC Outrates Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony on NBC Among All Key Adult Demos". programminginsider.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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External links

• Official website in Mexico
• Official website in the United States