Lalola

Lalola (lal♂l♀)
Format	Telecomedy
Created by	Sebastian Ortega
Starring	Carla Peterson (actress) Luciano Castro Muriel Santa Ana Sandra Ballesteros Lola Berthet Chela Cardal Pablo Cedrón Rita Cortese Santiago del Moro Matias Desiderio Rafael Ferro Juan Gil Navarro Marcela Kloosterboer Agustina Lecouna Nahuel Mutti Violeta Urtizberea Luis Ziembrowsky Reina Reech Mario Moscoso
Theme music composer	Alejando Sergi
Opening theme	"Enamorada" by Miranda!
Ending theme	"Hola" by Miranda!
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language(s)	Spanish and Portuguese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	150
Production
Producer(s)	Celina Amadeo Pablo Cullel
Running time	45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	América 2
Original run	August 27, 2007 – May 2, 2008
Chronology
Followed by	Amanda O

Lalola (" lal♂l♀ ") 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 James Van Der Beek. 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 her story and helps her cope. Grace tells her not to give up and gets her women's clothing, which at first she refuses to wear. But Grace gets her dressed and sends her to work.

Nobody 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.

As time passes, very funny situations happen. Lola realizes Grace is her best friend, and experiences all the things that make women different from men: wearing high heels, putting on a bra, wearing skirts and thongs, menstruation, and so on. Gradually, she notices some people who were with Lalo, including his best friend, Gaston (Rafael Ferro). Without realizing it, she starts to get closer to coworker Facundo (Luciano Castro) and falls in love.

In the episode of 28 September 2007, Reina Reech joined the show in the role of Carola Aguirre, wife of Mr. Aguirre, the CEO of High Five. Carola is actually the owner of the company.

Theme Songs

This telenovela has two theme songs, Hola and Enamorada. Both are sung by Miranda!.

International broadcast and remakes

Flag	Region/Country	Network/Channel	Native title of the show/remake	Type: Original version/Remake	Original airing	Info
	Arab World	MBC4	“مسلسل لولا” (“Lalola”)	Original	September 18, 2010	The series was premiered on September 18, 2010 on MBC4 broadcast via NileSat and ArabSat. It airs every night at 5.00 PM UTC and 21.00 UTC. It's dubbed in Egyptian Arabic with its original name "Lalola".
	Belgium	vtm	LouisLouise (English: LouisLouise)	Remake	September 24, 2008	It premiered on September 24, 2008 as LouisLouise.
	Brazil	SBT	Lalola	Original	January 21, 2008	Ramiro, Facundo and Aguirre were respectively renamed Camilo, Fernando and Andrei in the dubbing. The first three episodes aired without breaks.
	Chile	Canal 13	Lola	Original	September, 2006	Premiered in September 2006 as Lola.
	Czech Republic	TV Barrandov	Lalola	Original	January 21, 2009	Premiered on TV Barrandov.
	Georgia	Rustavi 2	Lalola	Original	October, 2008
	Greece, Cyprus	ANT1	Λόλα ("Lola")	Remake	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	Firangi	La Lola	Original	February 25, 2008	The serial was shown in Hindi replacing original dialogues in Argentine Spanish. The channel ended the serial half-way due to other serials. Firangi channel is no more an entertainment channel which continuously keeps showing advertisements.
	Indonesia	Indosiar	Pejantan Cantik	Remake	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.
	Malaysia	TV3	Lalola	Original	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.
	Philippines	GMA Network	LaLola (English: LaLola (lal♂l♀)	Remake	October 13, 2008	LaLola (lal♂l♀) premiered on October 13, 2008 starring Rhian Ramos and JC de Vera.
	Poland	TV4	Lalola	Original	2008	Polish version kept its original title, “Lalola” and was broadcast in 2008.
	Portugal	TVI	Ele é Ela (“He is She”)	Remake	October, 2009
	Ukraine	1+1	Маргоша (“Margosha”)	Russian version (remake)	February 7, 2009
	Russia	STS	Маргоша (“Margosha”)	Russian version (remake)	September 7, 2009
	Russia	Domashny	Лалола (“Lalola”)	Original	October 4, 2010
	Slovenia	TV3 Slovenia	Lalola	Original
	Spain	Antena 3	Lalola	Remake	July 6, 2008	Spanish remake starring Marina Gatell
	Serbia	TV Kosava	Lalola	Original	May 12, 2008 - January 2009
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Televizija OBN	Lalola	Original
	Turkey	Comedy Smart	Lalola	Original
	Turkey	Kanal 1 (Turkey)	Ece	Remake		A Turkish remake named Ece was canceled mid-season due to poor ratings.
	Vietnam	VTV3	“Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ” (English: "Unavoidable Girl")	Remake	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 is set to have 150 episodes.
	Zambia	MOBI TV Zambia	Lalola	Original	June 2007 - February 2008	OBI TV Zambia aired 145 episodes of the original version in English. It aired on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday.

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