Rebelde Way

This article is about the original Argentine telenovela, for the Mexican remake starring the group RBD, see Rebelde.

Rebelde Way (Rebel's Way) was a Martin Fierro nominated Argentine soap opera produced by Cris Morena. The series ran for two seasons, the final episode airing in Argentina on 2004.

The series is set in the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding middle school near Buenos Aires, attended by the adolescent children of some of Argentina's wealthiest citizens, as well as gifted "becados" (students with scholarships). The school's faculty and the parents often have their own subplots as well. One feature of the show is the regular use of English words and phrases to accurately display the lack of manners and buffoonish behavior of the upper class.

One of the series' major plot lines revolves around a group of students forming a band. The actors who play the members of this band are also a real-life band, written Erreway to distinguish it from the show. Erreway perform most of the music used on the show, and have been extremely successful in their own right, becoming one of the highest-grossing acts in Argentina and touring internationally.

Cast

Main characters

Actor	Character
Benjamín Rojas	Pablo Bustamante
Camila Bordonaba	Marizza Pía Spirito/Andrade
Luisana Lopilato	Mía Colucci
Felipe Colombo	Manuel Aguirre
Diego Mesaglio	Guido Lassen
Micaela Vázquez	Pilar Dunoff
Jorge Maggio	Tomás Ezcurra
Diego García	Marcos Aguilar
Georgina Mollo (2002)	Luna Fernández
Guillermo Santa Cruz (2002)	Nicolas "Nico" Provanza
Jazmín Beccar Varela	Luján Linares
Victoria Maurette	Victoria "Vico" Paz
Ángeles Balbiani	Felicitas "Feli" Mitre
Mariana Seligmann	Laura Arregui (2003)
Francisco Bass	Francisco "Fran" Blanco (2003)
Inés Palombo	Sol Rivarola (2003)
Piru Sáez	Rocco Fuentes Echagüe (2003)
Mariano Bertolini	Javier Alanis (2003)
María Fernanda Neil	Fernanda Peralta Ramos/Byron
Belén Scalella	Belén Menendez Pacheco
Diego Child	Diego Urcola
Lis Moreno	Dolores "Lola" Arregui (2003)
Catherine Fulop	Sonia Rey
Martin Seefeld	Franco Colucci
Boy Olmi	Sergio Bustamante
Arturo Bonin	Marcel Dunoff
Fernán Mirás	Santiago Mansilla(2002)
Sandra Ortiz	Sandra Fernández (2002)
Pablo Heredia	Blas Heredia/Ricardo Faras
Hilda Bernard	Hilda Acosta
Miguel Ángel Cerutti	Octavio/Martín Andrade

Characters

• See List of Rebelde Way characters.

Worldwide syndication

Rebelde Way was extremely popular in Argentina, becoming the highest-rated show on Canal 9 soon after its premiere. Luisana Lopilato became a regular on magazine covers and in gossip magazines, as did Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamin Rojas. The four also made several trips to Israel, where the show's popularity was almost as great as in Argentina. Rebelde Way was also syndicated in Germany and Austria, where it aired on Nickelodeon Germany, and in Austria. It was aired in Romania on TVR2 (2003/2004); in the Republic of Macedonia on A1 Television (2003/04) ;in Bosnia and Herzegovina on OBN (2006/07); in Greece on ET1 (2006/07); in Cyprus on ANT (2006/07); in Serbia on B92 (2007), and in the Croatia on Extra TV (2008). It was also aired in Kosovo & Albania (2005-2006) on KTV, Spain, Portugal, Panama, Colombia, Russia and Lithuania (LNK/TV1 in 2007-2008).

In Latin American countries also sydicated Rebelde Way, the soap aired its original run twice on Tele Antillas in Dominican Republic (March 2003 - September/October 2004 and December 2005 - February 2007) both at different time slots (the original run Weeknights at 7pm and the rerun Weekdays at 3pm and then in January 2006 moved to Weekdays at 2pm).

Rebelde Way was also syndicated in the Philippines via TV5 (renamed simply as Rebelde, not to be confused with the Mexican remake also known as Rebelde) beginning August 11, 2008, dubbed in Tagalog. However, the opening and closing song used by TV5 is Tu Amor performed by the Mexican Rebelde's group RBD.

International remakes

The basic plot and situation of Rebelde Way was also remade for various countries around the world. In each version the plot was the same and centered around a student musical group performing within the telenovela.

Rebelde

Rebelde was the Mexican remake of the show, initially aired in Mexico on Televisa. Although the school retained the same name, the band around whom the show's storyline revolved was renamed RBD. Rebelde was also internationally successful, and has been shown in Mexico, the United States, Brazil, and other Latin American countries, lasting for three seasons, from 2004 until 2006. The group RBD was even more successful, releasing more than five albums, and touring Mexico, United States, Brazil, Chile, Europe, and Asia, remaining active today.

Remix

Remix was the Indian remake of the show, initially aired in India on STAR One. For this version the band was renamed Remix, and the school was renamed Maurya High. The show began in November 2004 and ended on July 2006, and was successful among teenagers in the country.

Rebelde Way

In 2008, a version of Rebelde Way, named exactely the same, was done in Portugal, by the channel SIC. The show is scheduled to start in August.

Rejected versions

Versions of Rebelde Way were made in Brazil and Spain in 2006, but the pilots were not picked up by any channel in either country. This was partly due to the popularity of the the original one, in both countries.

Awards and nominations

• Martin Fierro Awards
• 2003: Best Telenovela - Nominated

External links

• Rebeldeway-Erreway-SerbiaSrpski forum o seriji
• Rebelde Way Official site (in Spanish)
• Rebelde Way Albania Official site (in Albanian)
• Rebelde Way Lithuania Official site (in Lithuania)
• Rebelde Way at The Internet Movie Database
• Cuatro.com (in Spanish)
• All openings and clips