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Casi Ángeles (Almost Angels, officially translated Teen Angels) is an Argentine soap opera targeret to teenagers, which started airing on 21 March 2007 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and RGB Entertainment.In Republic of Macedonia this soap-opera is shown on A1 TV channel (Macedonia) .[1] After a great success of the first, the second and the third season, Cris Morena announced the fourth season would be filmed.[2] In 2008 the series won a Martín Fierro Award for Best Series for Children or Youth.[3] Casi Ángeles stars Emilia Attias, Nicolás Vázquez, Gimena Accardi, Mariana Espósito, María Eugenia Suárez, Juan Pedro Lanzani, Nicolás Riera and Gastón Dalmau. In 2008 Vázquez left the series due to personal reasons, and the third season included a new character, portrayed by Mariano Torre.[4] The show also spawned a popular musical group Teen Angels, consisting of Espósito, Suárez, Lanzani, Riera and Dalmau.
[edit] Plot summaryCasi Ángeles is the story of those who believe in paradise while living in hell, for those who take their pain to build up their strength and happiness. Casi Ángeles is the story about those who never leave their dreams away. In the Season 1, a group of underprivileged kids and teenagers are being exploited and obligated to steal by the powerful Bartolome (Alejo García Pinto) and Justina (Julia Calvo). However, everything changes when acrobat and dancer Cielo (Emilia Attias) and the adventurous archaeologist Nicolás Bauer (Nicolás Vázquez) enter their lives. Both them keep important secrets that will change their lives when they're revealed. Cielo, through her music and love, and Nico, with his protection and dreams, will give the kids the possibility to believe in happiness again. Cielo will form a music band called Teen Angels with the teens Marianella (Mariana Espósito), Thiago (Juan Pedro Lanzani), Jazmín (María Eugenia Suárez), Rama (Gastón Dalmau) and Tacho (Nicolás Riera). In the Season 2, Nico accomplishes Cielo dreams and transform the institution into Hogar Magico, a place with constant changes, rebellions, learning, colliding passions, mistakes, achievements, frustrations, insecurities, happiness. Everything will be full of music, dance, song and contests but there is a mystery surrounding everyone that has to do with the secrets the portal, a huge clock located in Cielo and Nico's room, is hiding, and the relationship that everybody, kids, teenagers and grown-ups, have with it. This portal has chosen every single one of them and they all have a mission. Discovering this mission will be the meaning of their trip. [edit] Creation and reception[edit] Logo creationIn Season 1, the logo had two wings united by a security pin, which also represented the A for Ángeles. The wings were covered in patches to represent the fact they were poor and had affection holes in their hearts. In Season 2, the patches disappeared from the logo as they were not poor anymore, were not explored anymore, had lots of affection from the part of Nicolás Vázquez, who was now their father figure, and finally can life their lives as usual teenagers. In Season 3, there was not a security pin uniting the two wings anymore. The font of Casi Ángeles changed slightly. The logo background image had mandala, which is one important symbol this season, for example the school they attend is called Mandalay. For a brief period of the Season 3, the logo went dark to represent the fact Camilo Estrella, Mariano Torre's character, had been possessed by the evil Juan Cruz and tragedy would ensue. [edit] ReceptionAlthough the show had a good critical reception, Casi Ángeles was received with lukewarm ratings. The fans of Cris Morena criticized the show for being too repetitive, with scenes exactly like some of her previous hits such as Rebelde Way, Floricienta, Chiquititas and Alma Pirata. In the beginning, the show did not had an specific audience, it was targeted to kids and teenagers with some storylines skewing too young while others too old. The ratings were dropping and the highly promoted Patito Feo debuted on Canal 13 at the same time slot, and easily beat Casi Ángeles ratings. While repercussion and sales of Patito Feo products were astronomic and ratings were soaring, Casi Ángeles rating numbers were struggling which prompted Telefe to hurriedly change the show time slot to an earlier. Also some changes were made in Casi Ángeles. The show concentrated on teenagers and started distancing from previous shows of Cris Morena, adding adding mystery and suspense elements. The changes had an effect and the audience started to grow. After a few weeks in the earlier time slot, the show returned to its original 6 P.M. slot, again confronting Patito Feo and this time it had similar rating numbers. In the end, the show had an average of 12 points according to Ibope, only 0.2 points lower than Patito Feo. The Season 1 finale reached 15 points, a series high and 1 point higher than Patito Feo's finale. Although the show was struggling on television, the 2007 musical with the entire cast of the show in Teatro Gran Rex was the highest-grossing live event of the year. As usual, Cris Morena invested millions of dollars in a high-tech concert full of expensive effects and production. It sold over 120,000 tickets. However, the album sales were not very impressive. The first season soundtrack album, with all songs sung by the cast, ranked 12th on the best-selling albums of 2007 list compiled by CAPIF, much lower than Patito Feo's soundtrack which was number one. It also ranked lower than some of the previous Cris Morena production soundtracks (Chiquititas 2006 was 6th on the annual list in 2006, Floricienta 2 was 1st in 2005, Floricienta 1 was 3rd in 2004 and 10th in 2005, Erreway's Señales was 3rd in 2002 and 7th in 2003) although it did achieve Platinum certification. During the summer hiatus, the cast of the show played concerts in Córdoba [disambiguation needed], Rosario and Punta del Este. In the second season, the show got a total makeover. It became much more oriented to teenagers, with the Teen Angels receiving more screen time and Nico and Cielo relationship less. It also introduced a new format for a daily fiction: episodes had titles and ended in monologues, following the model of U.S. shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives. In the same vein as Lost, the mystery elements became very important. The changes were well received and the shows rating exploded. It easily beat Patito Feo's Season 2 number; while the Canal 13 show had a 9 points average, 3 points lower than previous season, Casi Ángeles Season 2 averaged 14 points, 2 points higher. The second soundtrack album was also a strong seller achieving double platinum and ending the year as the 3rd best-selling album in the annual ranking. The Teen Angels popularity skyrocketed with the cast appearing on the cover of several magazines and attracting huge hysteria wherever they went. In Unicenter, a store was opened to sell exclusive Casi Ángeles merchandising, Fans Store. The 2008 live musical in Teatro Gran Rex broke records with 220,000 tickets sold, the second highest attendance ever in the theater's 81 years of history and doubling the number of the previous season[5] After the season of concerts in Buenos Aires, the Teen Angels toured extensively Argentina selling out arenas everywhere. They also played a sold-out concert for 40,000 in Montevideo, Uruguay. After the second season finale, the cast played six additional concerts in Buenos Aires, and, during the summer hiatus, the Teen Angels were chosen as the spokespersons for Coca-Cola. They recorded the song Hoy Quiero which became the official Coke Summer Anthem. Also during the summer, they played two sold-out concerts in Mar del Plata and opened the official Coca Cola stand in Pinamar, attracting over 2500 people to the event. In January, Disney Channel started airing the show to Latin America, in a highly edited version cutting all the sexual and violent elements. To promote the show and their CD, the Teen Angels traveled to Mexico City for a showcase and interviews. The third season finally debuted in Argentina in April, 6 months after production begun. Without no substantial competition, after Patito Feo was canceled after season 2 disastrous number, ratings went through the roof. The third season average is, up to August, 15 points, two points higher than 2008. The third CD is also the best-selling album of the year until the moment. However, the live musical could not top the first two seasons attendance numbers due to the swine flu epidemic which caused panic in Buenos Aires in July, during the Winter Vacations In August, sales were normalized and the concerts started to sold out fast as usual. However, all the canceled shows in July meant 2009 musical would not top previous years numbers. Up to the moment, over 90,000 tickets were sold and the tentative date for the last Buenos Aires concert is August 30. In late 2008, after the debut of the second season, Casi Ángeles became a gigantic hit in Israel. Juan Pedro Lanzani and Mariana Espósito visited the country to promote the show and caused hysteria. The cast announced a series of concerts for October[2009 in Tel Aviv and over 80,000 tickets were sold. Peter and Mariana were also chosen as spokepeople for the Keff shampoo brand. Following their concerts in Israel, the Teen Angels played a series of concerts in Mexico. They will also visit Madrid to promote the debut of the second season of the show in the country. [edit] LicensingCasi Angeles spawned a series of merchandising. During the Season 1, the products were targeted to children with toys, apparel, bicycle, cosmetics among others targeting mostly young girls. With the second season became teenage-oriented and the licensing program also started to skew older beginning. Stationery items, posters, postcards, furniture, clothing line, perfumes among other products were released to accompany the second and the third season. An official store, Fans Store, is located at Unicenter shopping mall in Buenos Aires. The show also spawned an official monthly magazine, four sticker albums by Panini [disambiguation needed], three soundtrack albums, two live album, among other products. The program has tie-ins with several brands. Lingerie line Sweet Victorian and label 47 Street are sponsors of the show and also responsible for the wardrobe of most female characters. Shoes brand Jaguar is also a sponsor and their products are advertised on the show and used by the characters. Jaguar also has a Casi Angeles shoe line available. Coca-Cola and Movistar also have ties with the program. [edit] Cast and characters[edit] CharactersMain article: List of Casi Ángeles characters [edit] Leading cast
[edit] Other releases[edit] Team AngelsTeam Angels is a five minute segment usually aired at the end of each episode with backstage, interviews, among other extra content.[6] This segment was introduced in the Season 2.[6] Luli Fernández and Jaime Dominguez hosted the show in 2008; in 2009 they were replaced with Carolina Ibarra and Gastón Vietto.[6] The aired content includes backstage videos from the concerts and the shooting of Casi Ángeles; Teen Angels music videos; Real Cam, when a member of the cast use a handheld camero to document his day and life; interviews; Q&A, when the actors reply the question posted by Casi Ángeles fans via its official website, etc.[6] In 2009 Team Angels added the Fans Store, so fans can leave their messages for the cast; some of these messages are aired during the show.[6] In some occasions, Team Angels have special exhibitions, named Casual Team.[6] [edit] Soundtracks albumsMain article: Teen Angels [edit] DVDs
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