Patito Feo
| Patito Feo La Historia mas Linda |
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Marcelo Tinelli – Alejandro Stoessel – Mario Schajris |
| Written by | Mario Schajris and Marcela Citterio |
| Directed by | Jorge Montero |
| Theme music composer | Carlos Nilson – Mario Schajris |
| Opening theme | Un Rincón Del Corazón |
| Ending theme | Un Rincón Del Corazón |
| Composer(s) |
Laura Natalia Esquivel Brenda Asnicar |
| Country of origin | Argentina |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 283 149 (first season) 134 (second season) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Leonardo Blanco |
| Producer(s) | Ideas del Sur |
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| Original network | Canal 13 |
| Original release | First Season: April 10, 2007 – December 14, 2007 Second season: April 23, 2008 – November 3, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Floricienta |
| Followed by | Atracción x4 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Patito Feo (in English, Ugly Duckling) is a comedy TV series for kids and teens from Argentina, starring Laura Natalia Esquivel, Brenda Asnicar, Juan Darthes, Griselda Siciliani and Gastón Soffritti produced by Ideas del Sur for Canal 13. The show is distributed worldwide by Televisa.The opening theme, "Un Rincon Del Corazon" in English (A Corner Of The Heart) is sung by Patito played by Laura Natalia Esquivel. In 2009 under the licence of "Ideas Del Sur"0 "Luis De Llano" made a Mexican version of the show "Atrevete a sonar" starring Danna Paola.
With a huge marketing push, the show started its run on 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 was a direct competitor to Telefe's Casi Angeles in Argentina. Casi Angeles' was produced by Cris Morena, the ratings' leader in kids and teen fiction for over 15 years. Patito Feo beat Casi Angeles, marking the first time a Cris Morena production didn't have the lead in the Argentine market in 2008. During that year, Patito 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 solds for shows in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia and Paraguay.
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