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The Cheetah Girls 2, a television movie, is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, starring Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan. The movie has been seen by over 30 million people in the US and its premiere was the highest rated for a DCOM at the time of its release.

The sequel is about a talented teen quartet who take a whirlwind tour of the Catalonian capital in Spain to pursue their dreams of pop superstardom.

Synopsis

The movie begins in Manhattan, New York, where the Cheetah Girls are performing "The Party's Just Begun" at a Graduation Party for the Manhattan Magnet's Class of 2006. . Aqua sees a shooting star later that night and then she and the rest of the girls find an ad for a Barcelona music festival. Galleria enters the Cheetah Girls and the next day, Dorethea, Juanita, and The Cheetah Girls all travel to at Luc's Spanish villa. Everyone except Chanel thinks that Luc is the perfect man for her mom, but she refuses to let him into the family. The Cheetahs have just completed their junior year. Chanel's mother, Juanita, is planning a trip to her boyfriend Luc's villa in Barcelona, Spain and wants the Cheetahs to accompany her for a month of their summer break. Chanel is bummed and does not want to see Luc but the other girls are excited to explore Barcelonafter the girls shopping spree ends, they meet Angel, a mysterious guitar player who accompanies them around Barcelona. ("Strut") The girls audition for the festival and earn a spot. Then they meet Joaquin, a handsome dancer with a crush on Dorinda. Joaquin takes the Cheetahs to the Dancing Cat, a Spanish night club where all the new artists perform their songs. There they meet Spanish pop artist Marisol (Belinda), who will also compete in the Music Festival, and her manager/mother, Lola. ("Why Wait") Lola plans a scheme to break up the Cheetah Girls, as they pose a threat to her daughter's chances in the competition, and she invites Chanel to sing with Marisol.

Galleria notices that everyone is getting involved in other activities except for her – Aqua designs clothes with Juanita, Chanel sings with Marisol and Dorinda spends all her extra time with Joaquin. Galleria decides to return to New York because she's the only one focused on the competition. ("It's Over") While at a train station, the other three girls find Galleria and sing the starting sequence of "Amigas Cheetahs", the song she wrote. Galleria says she will only come back if they stay focused. They perform a song to show just how focused they are. ("Step Up")

Meanwhile, Juanita believes that Luc doesn't want to marry her because Chanel doesn't like him. Luc later proposes to Juanita after Chanel gives her permission and she gladly accepts. Luc tells Chanel that she can stay in New York with her friends for her upcoming senior year. However, the Cheetah Girls' dreams are in serious trouble. While they were performing Step Up, Lola convinces the Dancing Cat's manager to pay the Cheetah Girls money. The competition will only allow amateur performs to compete. Accepting payment from the Dancing Cat makes the Cheetah Girls proofessional performers. Angel, who was present during the entire exchange, investigates. He informs his uncle, the Festival Director, that Lola tried to sabotage the Cheetahs, and his uncle reinstates the girls as que cheetahgirl

Cast

Taglines

  • "The Party's Just Begun!"
  • "It's Cheetah-licious!"
  • "Girl power!"
  • "Cheetah Sisters"
  • "Cheetah Crazy!"*

Soundtrack

The Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack (amazon.com listing) is a diverse blend of Pop, Latin, Hip-Hop, R&B, and Rock music. The soundtrack was released on August 15 2006. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and has so far spent four weeks at the top 10 on the charts and was certified Platinum in November 2006. The Cheetah Girls started touring for the album on September 15 2006.

Tracklist

  1. The Party's Just Begun ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  2. Strut ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls featuring Peter Vives
  3. Dance With Me ::: Performed by Drew Seeley featuring Belinda
  4. Why Wait? ::: Performed by Belinda
  5. A La Nanita Nana ::: Performed by Adrienne Bailon & Belinda featuring The Cheetah Girls
  6. Do Your Own Thing ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  7. It's Over ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  8. Step Up ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  9. Amigas Cheetahs ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  10. Cherish The Moment ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  11. Cheetah Sisters (Barcelona mix) ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  12. Everyone's A Star ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  13. It's gonna Be Alright ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  14. Studio session with The cheetah girls ::: Bonus video track

Special Edition

DISC 1: SOUNDTRACK + TWO BONUS TRACKS

  1. The Party's Just Begun ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  2. Strut ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls featuring Peter Vives
  3. Dance With Me ::: Performed by Drew Seeley featuring Belinda
  4. Why Wait? ::: Performed by Belinda
  5. A La Nanita Nana ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls & Belinda
  6. Do Your Own Thing ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  7. It's Over ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  8. Step Up ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  9. Amigas Cheetahs ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  10. Cherish The Moment ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  11. Cheetah Sisters (Barcelona mix) ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  12. Everyone's A Star ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  13. It's gonna Be Alright ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  14. Route 66 ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  15. Strut (Ming Mix) ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls

DISC 2: DVD WITH THE CONCERT IN DISNEYLAND

  1. The Party's Just Begun ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  2. Step Up ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  3. Cinderella ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  4. Strut ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  5. Cheetah Sisters ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live

Facts

  • Grammy Award winning pop superstar Whitney Houston returns to executive produce this sequel as she did the first. Production began on March 12 2006 in Barcelona, Spain, and continued for eight weeks.

  • Originally subtitled "When in Spain".

  • 8.1 million people watched the premiere night, beating the record of 7.7 million viewers of High School Musical. It held the record until January 2007 when it was bested by Jump In's premiere of 8.2 million viewers.

  • Galleria's room was built in a set from a warehouse since the apartments in Spain don't look anything like New York.

  • During the "Strut" sequence, the shoes of Adrienne Bailon kept falling off because she has small feet. The crew fixed the problem by taping her feet to the shoes.

  • Peter Vives Newey (Angel) is an accomplished pianist, but for the film he had to learn to play the guitar which took him three weeks to practice.

  • When Golan Yosef (Joaquin) drives the scooter, the crew had to push the vehicle since the machine didn't work.

  • Golan Yosef was a dancer. He was cast as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet when the casting director saw him and offered him a spot in the movie.

  • In the finale scene, the hat of Raven Symoné kept falling off, so the production team cut out the top and put the frame around her head.

Initial airdates

DVD release

  • The Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-Licious Edition was released on November 28 2006. The Region 1 DVD includes Spanish audio tracks.
  • The Cheetah Girls 2 - As Feras da Música DVD was released in Brazil on April 11, 2007
  • The Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-Licious Edition DVD was released in the UK on May 21, 2007.
  • The Cheetah Girls 2 DVD was released in Italy on May 23, 2007, with audio tracks in Italian, German, English, Spanish and French and with extra features.
  • The Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-Licious Edition DVD will be released in Hong Kong on June 26, 2007. The Region 3 DVD includes audio tracks in English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese, and subtitles in English, Traditional Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Las Cheetah Girls 2 (Spanish Version)

  • The role of Marisol Durán, played by Mexican singer Belinda, was dubbed in Spanish by herself.

Various names are used for the Cheetah girls in Spanish:

  • Las Cheetah Girls
  • Cheetah Girls (Disney Channel Latin America)
  • '' Las Chicas Guepardo (Disney Channel Spain)

Translation oddities

(NOTE: It is highly unusual for something to be translated perfectly into another language; translations are often loose for the dialogue to make sense to the new audience)

  • In the scene at The Dancing Cat, after Marisol and Chanel finished singing A La Nanita Nana, Lola asks if any of them speak Spanish (English version). In the Spanish version, Lola asks if any of them were part Hispanic.

  • In one scene, Chanel and her mother dress up properly and wait for Luc's family. But after the family comes out of the van, they see the family dressed up casually. Chanel says (in the English version), "I could've at least worn flipflops." In the Spanish version, she says, "I should've worn the red gloves."

  • When Galleria is trying to write a new song for the competition, she complains about learning a new song in Spanish, and how they couldn't sing in Spanish (Galleria says that their pronunciation of Spanish is failing and discuss with Aqua about the song) . But they are obviously speaking Spanish. (This is not exactly a blooper, since it was translated from English.)

Trivia

  • In the book, Dorinda's full name is Dorinda Rogers, however, in the movie, her name is Dorinda Thomas.
  • This movie is co-choreographed by Kenny Ortega and Charles Klapow, the choreographers of High School Musical with English choreographer Paul Harris, (Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix), who was brought in to choreograph the Tango sequence.
  • Raven, who plays Galleria in the Cheetah Girls movies, was an executive producer for The Cheetah Girls 2.
  • This movie had full length album versions of the songs in the movie, as opposed to the first one which didn't include the full length of the songs in the movies.
  • The DVD debuted at #10 on Billboard's "Top DVD sales" chart. It has sold nearly one million copies since it's release and has grossed over $17 million in revenue.
  • Peter Vives learned to play the guitar for the film, and it took him three weeks.
  • While filming "Amigas Cheetahs", it rained all over the stage. They had to wait until all the rain dried off to continue filming.
  • The movie received a total over 21 million viewers in the US alone. (as of September 2006)
  • All the scenes in the movie were shot in Barcelona, Spain.
  • In Italy Ambra Lo Faro sang the Italian version of The Party's Just Begun, named "La festa è intorno a noi" (The party is around us).
  • When the film re-aired on Disney Channel in the United States in September 2006, the Spanish version(with English subtitles) was shown first, then the English version (with Spanish subtitles). For these language versions, it was broadcast in widescreen.
  • All of the songs in the U.K version of the The Cheetah Girls 2 speed rate is 1.2, However on the soundtrack the playrate is 1. If you have Windows Media Player you can use WOW effects and change the speed rate.

Sequel

A sequel, The Cheetah Girls One World, will premiere on Disney Channel in August 2008. It was confirmed by Adrienne Bailon. It is going to be filmed in India around the premise of a Bollywood film. It has been confirmed, however, that Raven will not return for the 3rd film, due to other commitments because she will be working on other films, such as College Road Trip. Lynn Whitfield will also not be in the movie due to Raven not being there, along with her other commitments.

Goofs

  • During the filming of the "Strut" music video, one of Raven's heel breaks.
  • Aqua's name is frequently changing from Aquanette to Aquanetta. Aquanetta was what Galleria's father, Franco, called her in the Cheetah Girls book series
  • In one part of the music video, "Strut" Dorinda is holding a video camera. In the next scene she does not have it anymore. She is dancing with the other girls, and the video camera is nowhere to be seen.
  • When at the Dancing Cat, Marisol sings "Why Wait?" and at the end, she steps on her top hat that she wore during the performance. She squishes the hat. Then the camera shows the Cheetah Girls, but when they redirect to Marisol at a different angle, it shows the hat is restored like it was not even crushed and a man taps it over closer to her.
  • In scenes where two people have a conversation (such as when Galleria was at the train station) the camera shows the face of the person talking. In some scenes, hair switches from behind and front of the head.
  • In "Step Up", before Dorinda arrives, Aqua ties her shoes and stands up. However, when Dorinda enters, Aqua is still sitting down.
  • Outside Aramet & Randolph's shop it shows Aqua with 2 yellow bags, 1 blue, 1 green in one shot. Then in a following shot when it shows the dress that Dorothea points out it shows Aqua's bags going in reverse (1 green, 1 blue, 2 yellow). And then a few shots later when Randolph shakes Aqua's hand the bags are back in the first order (2 yellow, 1 blue, 1 green).
  • During 'Amigas Cheetahs', Chanel exclaims "Barcelona, help me bring out mi amiga Cheetah - Marisol!". As she says this however, her voice can be heard singing the line "Friends for life...".
  • At the final concert, a man and a woman are sitting in front of the Cheetah Girls' parents. When the camera comes in at another angle, two different women are in place of the couple. As the camera angle changes back to the original position, the man and woman are back.

Awards

  • 2007

Imagen Award:Best Director - Film Kenny Ortega

Golden Reel Award:Best Sound Editing in Music for Television - Long Form Carli Barber (music editor)

References

External links

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