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. 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 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.

Synopsis

Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla is the director of the media company "High Five", editor of the famous magazine Don, and has many women around him. Romina, 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 awakes as a woman, in a state of utter confusion. However, Lalo's friend Graciela Neira 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

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/CountryNetwork/ChannelNative title of remakeOriginal airingInfoRef.
VTM:nl:LouisLouise|LouisLouise September 24, 2008Produced by Studio-A and starring Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Axel Daeseleire and Roel Vanderstukken.
Canal 13:es:Lola |Lola26 September 2007This 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.

ANT1Λόλα September 22, 2008 in Greece; and September 29, 2008 in CyprusΛόλα, 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.
Sony Entertainment Television Bhaskar BhartiMay 25, 2009Dubbed in Hindi, produced by Manoj Kotian and starring Ragini Khanna, Aamir Ali and Eijaz Khan.
IndosiarPejantan Cantik2010This 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 in 2008.
Frecuencia Latina Network:tl:LaLola|LaLola January 20, 2011Starring Gianella Neyra, Bernie Paz, Cristian Rivero, Anneliese Fiedler. It had 145 episodes, reaching 20.2 points in the debut episode.
GMA Network:tl:LaLola|LaLola October 13, 2008Starring Rhian Ramos and JC de Vera.
TPA 1:ao:Ele é Ela|Ele é Ela October, 2009
TVI:pt:Ele é Ela|Ele é Ela October, 2009The 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.
1+1:ru:Маргоша|Маргоша February 7, 2009
STS:ru:Маргоша|Маргоша September 7, 2009
Antena 3:es:Lalola |LalolaJuly 6, 2008Spanish remake starring Marina Gatell
Kanal 1EceA Turkish remake named Ece was canceled mid-season due to poor ratings.
VTV3“:vi:Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ|Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ” July 6, 2009A Vietnamese version called Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ 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.
FIRANGI -World ki best KahaniyanLalolaFebruary 25, 2008The 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