Rebelde
| Rebelde | |
| Directed by | Pedro Damián Rojas |
| Written by | Cris Morena (Rebelde Way) |
| Script by | Pedro Armando Rodríguez |
| Cinematography by | Pedro Damián |
| Produced by | Pedro Damián Perez |
| Starring | Anahí Dulce María Christopher Uckermann Alfonso Herrera Maite Perroni Christian Chávez |
| Music by | DJ Kafka Lu Diego González RBD |
| Theme song' | Rebelde Solo Quédate en Silencio Sálvame Nuestro Amor Aún hay algo México, México Tras de Mí Este Corazón No Pares |
| Performed by | RBD (from their albums Rebelde, Nuestro Amor, and Live in Hollywood). |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish and English |
| Network | Televisa |
| Broadcast | October 4, 2004 - June 2, 2006 |
| No. of episodes | 440 in 88 weeks |
Rebelde ("rebel" or "rebellious") is a Mexican telenovela (soap opera) produced by Televisa. It is a remake of an Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in Mexico on 2006-06-02. Rebelde was replaced in June of 2006 with Televisa's new series Código Postal.
Rebelde was one of the biggest teen soaps in Mexico and had a huge impact among Latin-American youth.
The series is set at the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding high school near Mexico City (In Rebelde Way it was a middle school). The school's faculty and the parents often have their own subplots as well. One feature of the show is the random use of English words and phrases, commonly used by fresas.
One of the series' major plot lines revolves around a group of students forming a pop band. The actors, who play the members of this band, are also in a real band, abbreviated as RBD to distinguish it from the show. RBD performs most of the music used on the show, and has been extremely successful in its own right, becoming one of the highest-grossing acts in Mexico and touring internationally.
In the United States on Univision the show started on March 21 2005 and ended on December 15, 2006. The show is also transmitted in Peru, Brazil, Spain,and more than 65 other countries.
Cast
Main characters
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Anahi | Mía Colucci Cáceres |
| Dulce María | Roberta Pardo Rey/Roberta Reverte Rey |
| Christopher Uckermann | Diego Bustamante |
| Alfonso Herrera | Miguel Arango Cervera |
| Maite Perroni | Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández |
| Christian Chávez | Juan "Giovanni" Méndez López |
| Zoraida Gomez | José Luján Landeros/José Luján |
| Karla Cossío | Pilar Gandía |
| Estefania Villarreal | Celina Ferrer |
| Jack Duarte | Tomás Goycolea |
| Eddy Vilard | Téo Ruiz Palacios |
| Angelique Boyer | Victoria "Vico" Paz |
| Rodrigo Nehme | Nicolás Huber(2004-2005) |
| Enrique Rocha | León Bustamante |
| Juan Ferrara | Franco Colucci |
| Ninel Conde | Alma Rey |
| Lisandro Guarinos | Martin/Octavio Reverte (2006) |
| Patricio Borghetti | Enrique Madariaga(1)(3) |
| Leticia Perdigon | Mayra Fernández |
| Grettell Valdéz | Renata Lizalde (2005) |
| Tony Dalton | Gastón Diestro(2005-2006) |
| Silvia Gutiérrez | Silviana Reverte Rey2004-2006 |
- Supporting Characters
| ACTOR | PLAYS |
|---|---|
| Viviana Ramos | Lola(2-3) |
| Allisson Lozano | Bianca(2-3) |
| Diego González | Rocco(2-3) |
| Cynthia Copelli | Mabel Bustamante |
| Dobrina Liubomirova | Yoli Huber |
| Francisco Avendaño | Gustavo Ruíz Palacios |
| Gerardo Klein | Fernando Ferrer (2005) |
| Grisel Margarita | Anita (2005-2006)(2-3) |
| Jesus Falcon | Augusto Paz (2004-2005)(1) |
| Marco Antonio Valdés | Dante |
| Mike Biaggio | Javier |
| Lourdes Canale | Hilda Bernard |
| Carlos Girón | Iván "Roger" (2005) |
| Paola Lavat | Marcia Ruiz Palacios |
| Patricia Martínez | Luisa López |
| Roberto Miranda | Cosme Méndez |
| Maria Fernanda García | Alicia Salazar |
| Fernanda de las Fuentes | Raquel Byron |
| Michael Gurfinkell | Joaquín Mascaró (2004) |
| Maria Fernanda Malo | Sol de la Riva (2-3) |
| Derrick James | Santos (2-3) |
| Aitor Iturrioz | Esteban Nolasco (2004-2005) |
| Ana Bolena | Belén Menéndez Pacheco (2004-2005) |
| Carlos Balart | Coach Donato (2004-2005) |
| Eleazar Gómez | Leonardo Francisco Blanco (2004-2005) |
| Ernesto Díaz | Mauricio Garzo Alebrija (2004-2005) |
| Antonio Sainz | Iñaki (2-3) |
| Fernando Morin | Antonio Pardo (2004-2005) |
| Gabriela Bermúdez | Elena Cervera |
| Hector Gómez | Hilario (1) |
| Julio Camejo | Mauro (2004) |
| Liuba de Lasse | Catalina "Cata" (2004-2005) |
| Malillany Marín | Luz Viviana (2005) |
| Manola Diez | Pepa (2004-2005) |
| Sergio García | Rodrigo (2004-2005) |
| Dylan Obed | Marcelino (2004-2005) |
| Nailea Norvind | Marina Cáceres Colucci (2006) |
| Ashley Ericka | Paula Ríos (2004) |
| Marimar De La Vega | Sabrina Guzman #1 |
| Cláudia Schmidt | Sabrina Guzman #2 |
| Hilary Duff | Herself (guest appearance in Season 3) |
The Rebelde Uniform
Informal
The informal uniform for Elite Way students (shown in the picture) is as follows:
- Girls wear a blue denim mini-skirt and black leather boots.
- Boys wear ankle-length blue denim jeans.
- Boys and girls alike wear red sport-jackets, buttoned-up white dress-shirts, and white-striped red ties. (Girls often untuck and tie up their shirts, leaving their midriff exposed.)
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- NOTE: As shown by Mia in the series pilot (during a song-and-dance number), girls also wear "regulation" underwear...black briefs and matching bras.
Formal
The formal uniform for Elite Way students is as follows:
- Girls wear a dressy black mini-skirt and black leather boots.
- Boys wear black dress-slacks and black dress-shoes.
- Boys and girls alike wear buttoned-up blue shirts with red ties, black blazer jackets (with the Elite Way insignia on the chest-pocket)...and, during the winter, wool coats with flat wool caps.
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- NOTE: In later episodes of the series, girls wear gold plaid mini-skirts, white knee socks and high-heeled Mary Janes with their buttoned-up shirts, ties and blazers.
Promotional content
The show is also notable for its extensive use of product placement. During the three seasons of the show, more than 220 companies had some spot during the show. Aside from RBD, the show has also featured guest appearances and performances from many other popular musicians, including Hilary Duff, Luny Tunes, Gorillaz, Lenny Kravitz, JD Natasha, LU, Tiziano Ferro, and La 5ª Estación. There have also been two excursions to luxury vacation resorts (Cozumel and the Banff Springs Hotel in Canada).
The cast promoted everything from shampoos (Herbal Essences) to juices (Jugos del Valle) to pads (Kotex) to cellphone operators (Telmex in Mexico, OLA in Colombia). The cast members also did individual commercials. Plus, the cast also advertised for Lojas Americanas and the restaurant Girafas in Brazil. Almost every brand in Mexico who wanted to talk with teenagers did some tie-in with Rebelde or its members. For example, Nivea Young had a digital campaign asking "Do you want to have wonderful skin like Mia and Roberta?". Several exclusive pictures of the cast are available to cellular phone users.
All 6 RBDs also appeared on cans of Coca-Cola and promotions with brands like Kelloggs, Nestle and many others.
They have no problems in advertising competing brands: Herbal Essences and Garnier Fructis were sponsors of the show at the same time and while Herbal used Anahi as their spokeperson, Garnier chose Dulce Maria. In 2005, while at their peak, RBD appeared in Coca Cola's cans in Mexico and in 2007 they were hired by Pepsi.
Promotional products
To capitalize on the huge success of Rebelde the producers are now marketing a consortium of items relating to the show.
The soap opera and the band had over 70 licensing deals in Mexico and 80 in Brazil. In Mexico they had underwear, clothing line, jewelery, comic book, calendars, uniform, calendar shoe-line, perfume, magazine, candies, caps, board game, backpack, school stuff, blankets, dolls (including barbie), among other things. In Brazil, shoes, magazines, books, digital cameras, MP3 players, board games, toys, apparel, dolls, blankets, cosmetics, shampoo, bubble gum, school stuff, backpacks and many other products were available.
According to Redibras, Rebelde and RBD's licensing company, in Brazil alone 400.000 RBD dolls have been sold, 350 million bubble gums, 40 million stickers of their sticker album and 10 million magazines.
DVDs
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Rebelde: Primera Temporada (First Season)
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Rebelde: Segunda Temporada (Second Season)
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Rebelde: Tercera Temporada (Third Season)
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See also
External links
| RBD | |
|---|---|
| Members | Dulce María · Anahí · Maite · Alfonso · Christopher · Christian |
| Studio albums | Rebelde · Nuestro Amor · Celestial · Rebels · Empezar desde Cero |
| Live albums | Tour Generación RBD en Vivo · Live in Hollywood · Hecho en España |
| Other albums | Rebelde (Edição Brasil) · Nosso Amor Rebelde · Celestial (Versão Brasil) · RBD: La Familia |
| Singles | "Rebelde" • "Solo quédate en silencio" • "Sálvame" • "Un poco de tu amor" • "Nuestro amor" • "Aún hay algo" • "Tras de mí" • "Este corazón" • "Ser o parecer" • "Tu amor" • "Celestial" • "Bésame sin miedo" • "Inalcanzable" |
| Other songs | "Otro día que va" • "Enséñame" • "México, México" • "No pares" • "Lento" • "Wanna Play" • "Money Money" • "Dame" |
| DVDs | Tour Generación RBD en Vivo · Live in Hollywood · ¿Que Hay Detrás de RBD? · Live in Rio · Hecho en España |
| Related topics | Rebelde · Music videos · RBD: La Familia · Audio samples |
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