Patito Feo
Argentine telenovela (2007–08)
title: "Patito Feo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000s-children's-television-series", "2007-argentine-television-series-debuts", "2007-telenovelas", "2008-argentine-television-series-endings", "argentine-television-series-about-teenagers", "children's-telenovelas", "disney-channel-original-programming", "el-trece-telenovelas", "musical-telenovelas", "spanish-language-telenovelas", "teen-telenovelas"] description: "Argentine telenovela (2007–08)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patito_Feo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Argentine telenovela (2007–08) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox television"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Patty logo.png |
| genre | {{Plainlist |
| creator | {{Plainlist |
| writer | Esteban Mejia and Marcela Citterio |
| director | Jorge Montero |
| theme_music_composer | {{Plainlist |
| opentheme | Un Rincón del Corazón |
| endtheme | Amigos Del Corazón |
| composer | {{Plainlist |
| country | Argentina |
| language | Spanish |
| num_seasons | 2 |
| num_episodes | 304 (Original) |
| 265 (Censored) | |
| executive_producer | Leonardo Blanco |
| company | Ideas del Sur |
| Televisa | |
| channel | Canal 13 |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| related | Atrévete a Soñar |
| Consentidos | |
| Atracción x4 en Dream Beach | |
| :: |
| image = Patty logo.png | caption = | genre = {{Plainlist|
- Telenovela
- Teen drama
- Comedy drama | creator = {{Plainlist|
- Alejandro Stoessel
- Mario Schajris | writer = Esteban Mejia and Marcela Citterio | director = Jorge Montero | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | voices = | narrated = | theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist|
- Carlos Nilson
- Mario Schajris | opentheme = Un Rincón del Corazón | endtheme = Amigos Del Corazón | composer = {{Plainlist|
- Laura Esquivel
- Brenda Asnicar
- Juan Darthés
- Griselda Siciliani
- Gloria Carrá | country = Argentina | language = Spanish | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 304 (Original) 265 (Censored) | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Leonardo Blanco | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = Ideas del Sur Televisa | channel = Canal 13 | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = Atrévete a Soñar Consentidos Atracción x4 en Dream Beach Patito Feo is an Argentine children's–teen telenovela produced by Ideas del Sur. It originally aired on Canal 13 from 2007 to 2008. Following its popularity among the younger audience in Argentina, Disney Channel acquired the broadcast rights and aired the series internationally between 2007 and 2011 in more than 50 countries across Eurasia and the Americas. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, the series achieved high ratings and became a global phenomenon.
Set in a prestigious performing arts school in Buenos Aires, the telenovela follows the rivalry between two teen girl groups: Las Populares, known for their vibrant, fun-loving style and led by Patricia "Patito" Castro (Laura Esquivel), and Las Divinas, characterized by their glamorous and competitive attitude, led by Antonella Lamas Bernardi (Brenda Asnicar). The groups compete for dominance in a high-stakes music competition hosted by a major record label in the Americas, aiming to discover the next breakout star.
Plot
Patricia, lovingly known as Patito, has to leave her humble life in Bariloche with her mother, Carmen, to move to the big city of Buenos Aires. For health reasons, both travel so Patito can receive the medical treatment that she needs. To Carmen's surprise, the doctor of the hospital will be her unforgettable old love, Leandro, the unknown father that Patito has been waiting to find for years.
Due to her passion for music, Patito joins the Pretty Land School of Arts, where she will meet Antonella, the queen bee of the prestigious private school. Antonella is the daughter of Blanca, who is engaged to Leandro for financial reasons. Antonella is unaware that her family is made up of a group of swindlers, which is why her presumed deceased father is actually in prison in Spain.
Patito and Antonella will become best frenemies. Despite their differences, both share the same dreams: reunite with their respective fathers and became music stars. Two decisive groups will be formed at the Pretty Land School of Arts: Las Divinas, led by Antonella, and Las Populares, led by Patito, who will compete to win the talent show and sign a record label.
Cast
Main characters
- Laura Esquivel as Patricia "Patito" Castro
- Brenda Asnicar as Antonella Lamas Bernardi
- Thelma Fardin as Josefina Beltran
- Eva De Dominici as Tamara Valiente
- Gaston Soffritti as Matias Beltran
- Rodrigo Velilla as Felipe Sanchez
- Brian Vainberg as Facundo Lamas Bernardi
Recurring characters
- María Sol Berecoechea as Sol Démini
- Juan Manuel Guilera as Gonzalo Molina
- Nicolás Zuviria as Alan Luna
- Nicolás Torcanowsky as Santiago Peep
- Camila Outon as Pía Zanetti
- Camila Salazar as Caterina Artina
- Nicole Luis as Luciana Menditegüi
- Andrés Gil as Bruno Molina
- Santiago Talledo as Guido Leinez
Background
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Laura_y_Brenda.jpg" caption="The stars of ''Patito Feo'': [[Brenda Asnicar]] (l.) played antagonist Antonella Lamas Bernardi, while [[Laura Natalia Esquivel]] (r.) played the title role of Patricia "Patito" Díaz-Rivarola Castro (2006)"] ::
The series started filming in 2006 in Buenos Aires. With a huge marketing push, the show started its run in April 2007 in Canal 13. In September of that year, the show started airing in the entire Spanish-speaking Latin America market on the Disney Channel and soon, the program became a sensation among kids and teens in the entire continent.
When it debuted, Patito Feo performed exceptionally not only on TV but also on merchandising sales. The soundtrack album was the best-selling album of 2008 in the country and over 100 licensed products were released. An official magazine exceeded sales expectations and had its initial print sold out within a week and a stamp album also had record sales for Panini in Argentina. The song Las Divinas was the best-selling ringtone ever in the country.
In Argentina, 400.000 tickets were sold for the first national live tour, over 150.000 in Buenos Aires and 90.000 in the litoral city of Mar Del Plata during the summer. Afterwards, the complete cast toured Latin America with over 700.000 tickets sold for shows in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia and Paraguay.
In 2008, Patito Feo won the Martin Fierro Award and received a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Children & Young Adults program.
The show became a huge success soon after its debut. The soundtrack was the best-selling album of 2007 according to CAPIF, over 70 licensed products were released and the cast toured Argentina (with stops in Buenos Aires, where over 160,000 people saw the live concert, Mendoza, Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Rosario, Salta, Tucuman and Santa Fe) and, subsequently, the rest of South America, North America and Central America with stops in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Panama, Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia and Turkey, selling out arenas and stadiums.
In 2008, Patito Feo won the Martin Fierro Award and received a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Children & Young Adults program.
Although the show was incredibly well received by the audience, Patito Feo attracted huge criticism due to the fact it glamorized the villains, a group of mean and beautiful girls that called themselves Las Divinas (The Divines). Besides being superficial, Las Divinas were also mean and bullied Patito. The fact the villains were much more popular among young girls than the main character caused concern over some groups and the issue was even on the cover Noticias, Argentina's most important current affairs magazine, under the headline "The Triumph of Discrimination".
In early 2008, under the name De Tout Mon Coeur, Patito Feo started airing on children channel Gulli in France. It soon became a huge success, being the most-watched show on the channel. A few months later, Elastic Rights bought the rights to distribute the show in Italy, Portugal and Spain.
In Italy, Il Mondo di Patty and debuted on the Disney Channel and soon became a gigantic hit. Due to the big popularity, a huge merchandising line was unveiled and Laura Natalia Esquivel visited the country to promote the show. The rights were bought by terrestrial Mediaset-owned Italia 1 which started airing the show in the Summer of 2009. Il Mondo di Patty became an even bigger success in the country, being one of the most-watched shows on the channel.
Also in 2008, Patito Feo debuted on Cartoon Network in Spain. It was very well received and became one of the top shows among young girls on cable. In 2009, it debuted on the Disney Channel and became one of the highest-rated shows on cable in Spain, topping Hannah Montana.
In Italy and Spain, the show spawned over 200 merchandising including toys, apparel, cosmetics, food items and a video game for PlayStation and a special Singstar game. The soundtrack album was certified over 5× Platinum in both countries. It was also a huge rating hit in Portugal, Greece and Turkey. In Greece, the album was certified for 11× Platinum.
With the success of the show, Laura Natalia Esquivel and Brenda Asnicar launched successful international careers, where they star in movies and TV shows. Legal problems between the executive producers of the show and the production company made hard for the full cast to tour in those countries. However, it ended in new soloist tours for each main actress, Laura Esquivel & Brenda Asnicar, with over 250.000 tickets sold in Italy and Spain. Over 30.000 tickets were sold for concerts in Athens.
Legal problems
In late 2008, Alejandro Stoessel, creator of Patito, was fired. Disagreements between him and the production company started after two shows he was in charge of, the second season of Patito Feo and the teen-oriented show Atraccion x 4, failed to reach expectations and ended up being canceled. After parting ways with the company, he started a lawsuit against Ideas del Sur asking for a part of Patito Feo profits because he claims he was responsible for creating the entire concept. The lawsuit not only was the reason a new leg of a Latin American tour was canceled but also a European tour, where the show was also enjoying huge popularity.
After his dismissal, Alejandro Stoessel was hired by Dori Media to develop a new show targeted to kids and teenagers.
At the same time, Ideas del Sur started to develop a new youth-oriented show, Malcriados (now titled Consentidos), and chose Brenda Asnicar, who had enjoyed high popularity in her role as Antonella, as one of the lead actresses. At the same time, Dori Media and Stoessel wanted her to star in their new show, Ñeka.
Brenda finally decided to do the Dori Media project and, not satisfied with being turned down, Ideas de Sur started a lawsuit against Brenda's management since her contract stipulated she should prioritize Ideas del Sur projects over other production companies.
Finally, Ñeka was renamed Mia, mi Amiga Invisible and will debut at Mipcom in Cannes starring Brenda. But the show is also facing various lawsuits: besides Ideas del Sur, Valeria Britos, the creator of the original script (when it was titled Ñeka), is also suing Dori Media.
The lawsuit prevented the cast, especially Brenda Asnicar, of touring across Europe in 2010 to promote the show.
International release
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| Country | Language | Channel | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Canal 13, Disney Channel, Magazine | ||
| Albanian | Junior TV | Bota e Patit: Historia më e bukur (Patty's World: The most beautiful story) | |
| Hindi | Disney Channel India | Patito Feo (Patito Feo: The most beautiful story) | |
| Turkish | D Çocuk, ATV, Nickelodeon Turkey, Kidz TV | Patito Feo: En güzel hikaye (Patito Feo: The most beautiful story) | |
| Italian | Disney Channel Italy, Italia 1, La5, Boing Italia | Il Mondo di Patty (Patty's World) | |
| Italian | Disney Channel Italy | ||
| Greek | Mega Channel | Patty: Η πιο όμορφη ιστορία (Patty: The most beautiful story) | |
| Greek | ANT1 Cyprus | ||
| French | Gulli / Cartoon Network / Boing (France) / IDF1 | De tout mon Coeur (With all my Heart) / Le Monde de Patricia (Patricia's world) | |
| Portuguese | SIC, Panda Biggs, RTP África | O Mundo de Patty | |
| Spanish | Cartoon Network Spain, Disney Channel Spain, Telecinco | ||
| French | MTV Belgium | Le Monde de Patricia | |
| French | MTV Switzerland | ||
| Spanish | TVN | Patito Feo | |
| Spanish | Caracol TV, Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Televisa, Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Disney Channel, Antena Latina | ||
| Spanish | Teletica | ||
| Spanish | Televicentro | ||
| Spanish | Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Telemetro | ||
| Spanish | Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Telefuturo | ||
| Spanish | Teledoce | ||
| Spanish | Televen, Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Ecuavisa | ||
| Spanish | Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | Disney Channel | ||
| Spanish | PAT | ||
| Spanish | Univision | ||
| Czech | Disney Channel Czech Republic | ||
| Czech | Disney Channel Czech Republic | ||
| Hungarian | FEM3, Disney Channel Hungary | ||
| Romanian | Disney Channel Romania | ||
| Bulgarian | Disney Channel Bulgaria | ||
| Hebrew | ערוץ הילדים | פטיטו | |
| Serbian | Ultra | Ružno pače / Ружно паче (Ugly Duckling) | |
| Serbian | Ultra | ||
| Serbian | Ultra | ||
| Serbian | Ultra | ||
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References
References
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- "ADNMundo.com | Diario de Actualidad de España".
- [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/09/15/espectaculos/c-01011.htm ''A success that seems to don´t have ceiling''], ''Clarín'', July 22, 2007, [retrieved on April 30, 2008] {{in lang. es
- "Revista Noticias | Patito feo - El triunfo de la discriminación".
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- "Exclusivo, casualidad o causalidad? Juan Darthes trabajará con Brenda Asnicar y Alejandro Stoessel".
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