Floribella

"Floribella" the name of one Spanish language and two Portuguese language telenovelas, primarily targeted for children, but with elements for an adult audience as well. The three telenovelas are remakes of the Argentine telenovela "Floricienta", created by Cris Morena, with the backgrounds of the characters adapted for the audiences. There is a Brazilian version, a Chilean version and a Portuguese version, that ended on 10 March 2007 at the SIC network.

"Floribella" is based on the story of "Cinderella" and "The Sound of Music".Fact|date=February 2007 Flor (played by Luciana Abreu in the Portuguese version, and Juliana Silveira in the Brazilian), is a pretty, young and poor girl who works for Frederico Fritzenwalden (played by Diogo Amaral in the Portuguese version and Roger Gobeth in the Brazilian), who becomes involved in a love triangle, competing with her employer's fiancée Delfina for Frederico's love.

Brazil

While Floribella Brasil (2005-2006) was aired on small-net channel Band, the show developed an unusually large fanbase among children. Despite its popularity, the show received poor reviews, netting a mere 5 review points (while rival soaps amassed as many as 55).Fact|date=February 2007 The show's sleeper success became more evident upon the release of the first musical album, which went Platinum.Fact|date=February 2007 The book "As Aventuras de Floribella", released a week after the end of the soap, became a best-seller and topped the Children Book list for weeks. The show is currently being re-run on Disney Channel Brasil.

Music

* Floribella (2005)
* DVD Floribella - Musical (2005)
* Floribella 2 (2006)
*DVD Floribella
*Floribella remix & Karaokê

Portugal

The success of the soap was even more widespread in Portugal, where, after a few weeks, the show would compete with its rival soap Morangos com Açúcar in the ratings and the CD would become the year's best-seller. A clothing line was also produced along with apparel, toys, and a magazine among many other products based on the show, even a video game was created. The second and final season was not successful and was ended earlier than expected.

Music

* Floribella soundtrack [http://sic.sapo.pt/online/programas/floribella/musicas] (2006)
* O Melhor Natal (Christmas soundtrack) [http://www.floribella-online.site.vu/] (2006)
* DVD "Floribella Karaoke" (2006)
* Floribella 2 (Soundtrack) (2007)
* DVD "RI-FIXE - O Musical da Floribella" (2007)
* DVD "Floribella Karaoke 2" (2007)
* Video game "Floribella" (2007)

Chile

In 2006 began the production of the Chilean version by TVN, premiering on October of the same year. It reached high levels of rating, defeating its counterpart by Canal 13 Charly Tango. The original name Floricienta, couldn't be used because a private company had registered the trademark previously. It features actress Mariana Derderián on the role of Florencia and Cristián Arriagada on the role of Federico.

Music

* Floribella (2006)
* Floribella, Las Canciones (Karaoke) (2006)

Links

* [http://blogfloribella.weblog.com.pt Official Portuguese Floribella website ]
* [http://www.band.com.br/FLORIBELLA/ Official Brazilian Floribella website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZ0-rmmQQc Opening of Floribella. Mix of three versions: Floribella Portugal, Floribella Brazil and Floricienta Argentina]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpGFhI_KMYU Opening of the Chilean version]
* [http://teleseries.tvn.cl/floribella/ Official Website of the Chilean version]