Chiquititas

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Chiquititas (known in English as Tiny Angels) was a successful children's telenovela from Argentina. It was produced by Cris Morena and aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001. A new season was launched on April 3, 2006.

[edit] Phenomenon

On August 7, 1995, Chiquititas started on Telefe during its 6 PM time-slot and soon became the audience leader. The album became a huge success and soon magazine, sticker albums and all type of merchandise with the Chiquititas name on it was released. In 1996, the second album of Chiquititas sold over 250,000 copies and the song "Corazon con Agujeritos" became a huge radio hit. The album was the 2nd best-selling album of the year. A musical with Broadway-style production opened at Buenos Aires' biggest theatre and after over 60 live performances, over 200,000 people saw the show.

In 1997, the male cast started getting equal attention as the Chiquititas. The rating got even bigger, sometimes reaching over 20 points on rating. The album was a huge hit and the Teatro Gran Rex live concert was even more popular, with 250,000 people attending with all concerts being sold-out. Also, in 1997, a Brazilian version premiered on Brazil's SBT. The show was taped in Buenos Aires with an all Brazilian cast. The show soon became one of SBT's most-watched shows and the first album received Diamond Disc for selling over 1 million copies.

In the following year, 1998, Chiquititas rating got even bigger and the album sold 300,000 copies, being the best-selling album of the year in the country. The Teatro Gran Rex show was so popular, a third daily show was added. Over 300,000 people saw Chiquititas live concert. The 4th season of the show was the last season with Romina Yan as Belen and for the 5th season, the show got a total makeover.

The show ended in 2001 after 7 seasons. In 2006, a new season was made, and named Chiquititas Sin Fin. In 2003, Rincon de Luz was produced for Canal 9, a show with the same premise also created by Cris Morena. Rincon de Luz is the name of the Chiquititas' orphanage during the first four seasons and for the last two.

The show was also incredibly popular in Brazil, where it lasted five seasons during four years (in Argentina the show lasted seven season during seven years). It was one of the most popular shows on SBT and its album were also huge-sellers. In 1999, over 15.000 people in São Paulo, 10.000 in Rio de Janeiro and 6.000 in Recife attended the auditions for the show 3rd season, being the biggest number of people ever in a casting (castings for Idolos, the Brazilian version of American Idol, are attended by 2,000 people in each state and 4,000 in São Paulo). It also spawned several merchandising and, according to Veja magazine, the two albums sold over 2,2 million copies together.

[edit] Franchise

The show's success quickly inspired the creation of Chiquititas apparel, a magazine, and several soundtrack albums. The magazine was translated into Hebrew and, in 2002, three members of the cast travelled to Israel, where the show enjoyed high ratings. In 2001, a movie based on the show was released, called Chiquititas: Rincón de luz (Corner of Light). A Brazilian version of the show was also filmed. A Portuguese version has been announced, with filming commencing in late 2007.

[edit] Cast

• Trinidad Alcorta (Clarita, 1995-1996)
• Irene Amus (Chiche Bustamante, 2000)
• Matías Apostolo (Matías Gallardo, 1999)
• Facundo Arana (Alejo and Manuel Méndez Ayala, 1997 to 1998)
• Catalina Artusi (Catalina, 1999)
• Juan Cruz Soares Gache (Juan Cruz, 1998)
• Matías Baglivo (Juan Martin, 1998)
• Andrea Barbieri (Clara, 1998)
• Federico Barón (Federico Martinez, 2000 to 2001)
• Cristian Belgrano
• Patricio Benavides
• Hilda Benard
• Mariano Bertolini
• Thelma Biral
• Benjamin Rojas (Yago and Bautista Arce, 1998 to 2001)
• Camila Bordonaba(Pato, 1996 to 1999, and Camila Bustillo, 1999 to 2001)
• Octavio Borro
• Michel Brown
• Alfonso Burgos
• Facundo Caccia (Facundo Maza, 1999)
• Philippe Caillon (Tomás Rojas, 2000)
• Hernan Cajaraville(Hernán, 1999)
• Omar Calicchio (Renzo Miranda, 2001)
• Bárbara Campanella (Toia, 1999)
• Lucrecia Capello (Emilia Gutiérrez, 1995)
• Ezequiel Castano (Cristian, alias Mosca, 1995 to 1998)
• Luciano Castro (Tano, 1995)
• Lidia Catalano (Elsa Martu, 1999)
• Federico Cernadas (Guido, 1998)
• Agustina Cherri (Milagros Urien-Pereira Morán, 1995 to 1997, 2001)
• Celeste Cid (Barbarita, 1997 to 1998)
• Grecia Colmenares (Ana Pizarro, 1999)
• Felipe Colombo (Felipe Mejía, 1999 to 2001)
• Gabriel Corrado (Martín Moran and Riffy Raff, 1995)
• Hugo Cosiansi (Hernán Ochoa, 1995)
• Lucas Crespi (Lucas, 1999)
• Tomás Cutler (Andrés, 1999)
• Agustina Dantiacq (Inés Maza, 1999)
• Claudio Da Passano (Raúl, 1997 to 1998)
• Ricardo Darín (Eduardo, 1998)
• Giuliana Darioli (Tamara, 1996)
• Andrea Del Boca (Paula, 1998)
• Francisco Fernández De Rosa
• Brenda Díaz (Pilar, 1996)
• Valeria Díaz (Delfina, 1997 to 1998)
• Nadia Di Cello (Nadia and María Fernández, 1996 to 2001)
• Nadine Dwek (Micaela, 1998)
• Pablo Echarri (Salvador, 1997)
• Iván Espeche (Rafael Sander, alias Andres Ferala, 2000)
• Bárbara Estrabou (Carolina, 1996 to 1997)
• Nicolás Feal (Gastón Machado alias Moco, 2000)
• Alberto Fernández de Rosa (Saverio, 1995-1998)
• Mariano Fernández (Pochi, 1995, credited as Chino Fernández)
• Marcela Ferradas (Federico's Mother, 2001)
• Lucas Ferraro (Michel Monteagudo, 2001)
• Bernardita Flores (Bernarda Herrera, 2000)
• Milagros Flores (Juana Maza, 1999 to 2000)
• Gladys Florimonti (Ernestina, 1995)
• Sebastián Francini (Ignacio and Sebastián Mansilla, 1998 to 2000)
• Romina Gaetani (Luz Linares, 2000)
• Diego García (Martin, alias Barracuda' ', 1997 to 1998)
• Mauricio García (Santiago, 1996)
• Divina Gloria (Dorita, 1997)
• Nicolás Goldschmidt (Nicolás, 1998)
• Eliana González (Zoe, 2000)
• Darío Grandinetti (Juan Mazza, 1999)
• Candela Gribodo (Olivia Casani, 2000)
• Gustavo Guillén (Mauro Echagüe and Francisco López, 1999 to 2000)
• Miguel Habud (Guillermo Ramos, 1999)
• Carola Islas (Marisa)
• Paul Jenot (Paul, 1997)
• Aldana Jussich (Luna, 1998)
• Guido Kaczka (Felipe Fraga, alias Piojo, 1995 to 1998)
• Marcela Kloosterboer (Candela Maza, 1999)
• Mabel Landó (Valentina Pereira, 1995)
• Susana Lanteri (Elena, 1997 to 1998)
• Ricardo Lavié (Don Michell and Joaquín Maza, 1998 to 1999)
• Diego Lazzarin (Diego, 1999)
• Pablo Lizaso _{of blessed memory} , (Enzo Miranda, 2000 to 2001)
• Natalia Lobo, (Ginette Monier, 1995)
• José María López (Diego Hernández, 1999)
• Polyana López (Mora, 1997)
• Luisana Lopilato (Luisana Maza, 1999 to 2001)
• Romina Lotoczko (Romina, 1995)
• Jorge Maggio (Francisco, 2001)
• Cinthia Manchado (Cinthia, 1995 to 1996)
• Axel Marazzi (Gonzalo Bustamante, 2000)
• Coni Marino (Chiche, 1999)
• Juan Pablo Martínez Irtia (Nacho, 1997 to 1998)
• Jorge Martínez (Jorge Clementi, 1996)
• Manuel Martínez (Antonio, 1997)
• Guadalupe Martínez Uría (Dolores Aguero, 1995)
• Daniel Martins (Javier, 1996 to 1997)
• David Masajnik (Sebastián, 1996)
• Daniela Mastrichio (Sol Fraga Mendez Ayala, 1995 to 1998)
• Michelle Meeus (Michelle, 1995)
• Natalia Melcon (Natalia Ramos Pacheco Acevedo, 1999 to 2001)
• Diego Mesaglio (Corcho, 1996 to 1998)
• Fernán Mirás (Facundo Brausen, 1995 to 1997)
• Georgina Mollo (Georgina, 1995 to 1998)
• María Fernanda Neil (Martina and Fernanda, 1998 to 1999)
• Pablo Oliva (Pablo Rojas, 2000)
• Emanuel Ortega (Emanuel Ortega, 1997)
• Susana Ortiz (Matilde, 1995 to 1996)
• Manuela Pal (Florencia, 1996)
• Marianela Pedano (Mariela Cisneros, 1995 to 1996)
• Carlos Pedevilla (Coco, 1997)
• Osvaldo Peluffo
• Florencia Pendino (Florencia, 1999)
• Simon Pestana (Andres, 1996)
• María Jimena Piccolo (Jimena Del Solar, 1995 to 1998)
• Nahuel Picone (Nahuel Bustamante, 2000)
• Paola Ponce (Serena, 1998)
• Veronica Ponieman (Sandra, 1997)
• Viviana Puerta (Gabriela Morán, 1995 to 1997)
• Horacio Ranieri (Anibal, 1998)
• Nano Recondo (Pacha, 1995)
• Sofía Recondo (Lucia and Anita Pizarro, 1998 to 1999)
• Jonathan Rendon (Leo, 1997)
• Gaston Ricaud (Ramiro, 2001)
• Pablo Ricciarduli (Pedro, 1999)
• Hosana Rincon (Hosana Maza, 1999)
• Jorge Rivera López (Ramiro Moran, 1995)
• Maria Roji (Lidia Monteagudo, 2001)
• Patricia Rozas (Rosa in 1998, Laura in 2000)
• Boris Rubaja (Ignacio, 1999)
• Abel Saenz Buhr (Fernando Aguero, in 1995, credited as Abel Saez Buhr)
• Adriana Salonia (Andrea, 1997)
• Guillermo Santa Cruz (Guillermo and Javier Maza, 1996 to 1999)
• Patricio Schiavone (Patricio, 1998)
• Agustin Sierra (Agustin Maza, 1999 to 2001)
• Liliana Simoni (Sebas' Mother, 1999)
• Patricia Sosa (Paula Casani, 2000)
• Luciano Sposo (Rana, 1997)
• Millie Stegman (Pia Pacheco Acevedo, 1999)
• Santiago Stieben (Luis, alias Rona and Santiago, alias Tiago, 1996 to 1999)
• Aldana Troncoso (Julieta)
• Brian Vainberg (Tok, 2000)
• Carolina Valverde (Lila, 1997)
• Micaela Vázquez (Miki)
• Solange Verina (Veronica Cisneros, 1995 to 1996)
• María Laura Vicos (Laura, 1995 to 1996)
• Mariano Villa (Alvaro, 1998)
• Monica Villa (Martirio, 1998)
• Romina Yan (Belen Fraga, 1995 to 1998)
• Alicia Zanca (Amanda, 1997)

[edit] Music

See Chiquititas soundtracks.

The show includes seven soundtracks, which were recorded by the actors of Chiquititas.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Chiquititas Official Site
• Chiquititas at the Internet Movie Database
• Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz at the Internet Movie Database
• Chiquititas, la Historia at the Internet Movie Database