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Soy Luna
GenreTelenovela
Created byJorge Edelstein
Screenplay by
  • Gabriela Fiore
  • Jorge Edelstein
Directed by
  • Jorge Nisco[1]
  • Martín Sabán[1]
Theme music composer
  • Eduardo Emilio Frigerio
  • Federico San Millán
  • Florencia Ciarlo
Opening theme"Alas" performed by Karol Sevilla
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes220 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDiego Carabelli
Producers
  • Adrián Suar
  • Fernando Blanco
Running time45 minutes[2]
Production companyPol-ka[3]
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
Release14 March 2016 (2016-03-14) –
17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)
Related
Violetta
BIA

Soy Luna (English: I am Luna) is an Argentine telenovela produced by Disney Channel Latin America that aired from 14 March 2016 to 17 August 2018. The first episode of Soy Luna premiered with over 2.3 million views in Argentina alone. Developed by Disney Channel Latin America and produced by Disney Channel Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Disney channel Russia Disney channel Asia the series stars Karol Sevilla along with Ruggero Pasquarelli, Valentina Zenere and Michael Ronda. Soy Luna is the second original production of Disney Channel Latin America after Violetta (2012-2015), and the third musical telenovela on the channel following the steps of Patito Feo (2007-2011), the show that paved the way for Disney’s latin series.[1][4][5]

The supporting cast features Agustín Bernasconi, Malena Ratner, Katja Martínez, Jorge López, Ana Jara, Chiara Parravicini, Gastón Vietto, Lionel Ferro, Carolina Kopelioff, Lucila Gandolfo, Rodrigo Pedreira, Ana Carolina Valsagna, David Murí, Ezequiel Rodríguez and Caro Ibarra. Estela Ribeiro, Roberto Carnaghi, Giovanna Reynaud, Pasquale Di Nuzzo, Jandino, Victoria Suárez Battan and Joaquín Berthold joined the main cast in later seasons. Luz Cipriota, Diego Alcalá, Germán Tripel, Antonella Querzoli and Paula Kohan used to also star on the show, but their characters were written off, whilst Bernasconi and Ferro left the series during the final season.

In May 2017, the series was renewed for a third and final season, which premiered on 16 April 2018. After the airing of the final episode, Disney broadcast a documentary titled Soy Luna: The Journey which recounts the main actors' most emotional experiences in the series over the last three years.[6][7]

In November 2020, a documentary/special titled Soy Luna: El último concierto was officially announced. It was exclusively released to Disney+ on 26 February 2021.[8]

Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1804014 March 2016 (2016-03-14)6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
404 July 2016 (2016-07-04)26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
2804017 April 2017 (2017-04-17)9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)
407 August 2017 (2017-08-07)29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
3603016 April 2018 (2018-04-16)[9]25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
309 July 2018 (2018-07-09)17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)

Season 1 (2016)

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Luna Valente is a 16-year-old girl who loves to roller-skate and lives with her adoptive parents in Cancún, Mexico, in the mansion where her parents work. Luna works as a delivery girl at a fast food joint with her best friend, Simon. On a delivery she bumps into a boy named Matteo. Matteo flirts with her and nicknames her Delivery Girl, Luna nicknames him Chico Fresa, a nickname meaning he is very conceited/rich.

However, her life is completely turned upside-down when the mansion's new owner, Sharon Benson arrives. Luna has a bad encounter with Sharon's goddaughter, Ambar, when she accidentally spills a milkshake on Ambar. Ambar then pushes her in the pool with her skates on. Luckily Matteo, who happens to be Ambar's boyfriend, saves her from drowning. Sharon is pleased with the work performance of Luna's parents and offers them double pay and to give Luna education in one of the best schools, if they go work in her manor in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Forced to accept, Luna has to leave her friends, job, and life behind, but her transition is eased when she comes across the roller skating rink named the Jam & Roller, where her existing passion for roller skating is reinvigorated as she discovers the world of freestyle skate-dancing. The rink brings her new friends, Nina, Jim, and Yam, a new job as skating rink assistant, and a new passion. She's also forced to endure the challenges of a vigorous new school system. To make matters worse, Luna is targeted by Ambar, who goes to the same school where she is the most popular. Ambar uses her two best friends, Delfi and Jazmin to also target Luna.

Luna's best friend, Simon, decides to go after her, leading him to forming the Roller Band with Nico and Pedro (Part of the Staff at the Jam & Roller). Luna then begins to fall in love with Matteo, who like Ambar is the most popular at school.

Meanwhile, Sharon is threatened by her past as she discovers that her niece, Sol Benson is still alive. Many years ago Sharon had burned the manor down, leading to the death of her sister Lili and her husband, Bernie, who Sharon loved. Sharon believed Sol, daughter of Lili and Bernie, had also died in the fire. Sharon, as the closest legal relative to Bernie, changed her last name to Benson and kept Lili and Bernie's fortune. With the help of her personal assistant, Rey, she investigates to find out who and where is Sol Benson.

Meanwhile, many years back, a worker of the manor named Roberto helped little Sol Benson escape the fire. He left the baby girl at an orphanage in Mexico City. She was eventually adopted by Monica and Miguel Valente. They named her Luna because of the moon pendant she had. Destiny brought Luna to her birth home and past without her knowing it.

Roberto ends up dying in a hospital. But he has the Sun part of Sol's pendant (which is a Sun and Moon that conjoin). He gives the Sun piece to a pair of hospital employees, Tino and Cato (two clumsy best friends), and asks them to go to the Benson Family to find and return it to Sol.

Sharon and Rey investigate any possible connection to the Benson Family, not knowing that Luna is actually Sol Benson. Sharon and Rey realize Tino and Cato aren't so smart so they stand no threat but they decide to keep them close as workers in the manor. Tino and Cato have their own storyline as they try to accomplish their mission given by Roberto. Cato also falls in love with Amanda, the house's maid.

Meanwhile, there are other storylines, like the rising of the Roller Band (Nico, Pedro, and Simon). Others include Nina's (Luna's new best friend) journey as FelicityForNow, an undercover account that lets her speak her real thoughts, while she is in love with Gaston, Matteo's best friend. Jim (Jimena) and Yam (Yamila) are two best friends who do everything together. They are both in love with Ramiro, an egotistic guy aspiring to live off his skating and rapping. But this all changes when Jim begins to fall for Nico and Ramiro falls in love with Yam. Another storyline is Jazmin and Delfi, Ambar's best friends and accomplices. They have their own channel named "Fab'n'Chic". Delfi likes Gaston, to the point where she pretends to be FelicityForNow after seeing how much Gaston likes the account. She then begins to better herself when she gets closer to Pedro.

Luna must juggle her new responsibilities, her new course load, and the drama of her various relationships while unfurling the mysteries of the disconcertingly real dreams she has of her past and future.

Season 2 (2017)

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The holidays are over and everyone returns home. Luna walks to a revealing truth, with illusion, in her reunion with Matteo. Nobody knows the secret that Matteo hides which is that he will leave to Oxford next year, but Luna is willing to fight with the wind and the air to find out. Over time, Luna helps Matteo to discover his true passion and he must cope with the pressure of his demanding father.

In the Benson mansion is a tense atmosphere after the arrival of Alfredo, father of Mrs. Sharon, changes the routine and brings back memories of the past. Luna feels a strong sympathy for this funny man who looks so much alike. This is because Alfredo is actually Luna's biological grandfather. Their relationship, with the help of Nina, marks a new personal path for Luna and helps investigate the mysteries of her past.

During this time The Jam and Roller is bought by Vidia (an online platform) which uses cameras to show the world what the Jam and Roller is like. Tamara (Instructor and Trainer) decides to leave and leaves Luna in charge. In a themed party, named the Roller Jam, Ambar destroys the cameras leading to the place burning down.

Everyone gets together to help rebuild it. Although Vidia isn't interested but they save el Jam and Roller with the help of Nina's father, Ricardo, who designs an app similar to Vidia's but much more features and better quality. The Jam and Roller is saved and they get a new instructor, Juliana, a strict and mean woman with a cane who was once a famous skater, Marissa Mint, who had an accident that ruined her career. Juliana was also one of the few skaters to receive the award of The Glass Skate, but she keeps the award and her career a secret.

Not only this but Rey and Sharon find out Luna is Sol Benson after Rey decided to investigate on Luna. So they make Ambar pretend to be Sol Benson to keep their future and fortune safe.

Holiday conflicts affect the group of others. Ambar, Jazmin, Delfi, Gastón, Ramiro and Matteo who are finishing their studies, must decide which way to go. Ambar is planning in walking Sharon's steps of studying business and law in Paris. Delfi decides to follow her passion for photography and Jazmin is undecided. Matteo decides he will become a professional musician and faces his father. Gaston plans on going to Oxford. Ramiro wants to live off his skating and rapping. During this time Delfi and Jazmin break off Ambar's friendship as they realize they are just puppets to her.

Ambar begins to get closer to Simon. She does this so that she can hurt Luna by taking her best friend from her. But when they spend more time together Ambar and Simon begin to fall in love.

During this time new characters arrive like an old foe of Simon appears, Benicio. Benicio and Simon worked in Foodger Wheels in Cancun together but Benicio was untrustworthy and stole money and blamed Simon. Benicio gets off on the wrong start with Juliana, as Benicio tries to take Simon's spot on the Roller Band but Juliana prohibits it. Benicio allies with Ambar and they break Juliana's glass skate. Benicio is discovered and is kicked out, but he doesn't reveal Ambar as his accomplice.

A new man appears, Garry, Nico's uncle who is an ex-surfer and business man with his own surf team. He becomes part owner of el Jam and Roller, he wants to change the name to his surf team's name, Red Sharks. The Roller's team enters a new competition, Roda Fest, where they meet their ultimate foes, The Sliders.

Both The Sliders and The Jam&Roller make it to the finals in Cancun, Mexico. Ambar is then discovered by Simon that she caused the fire and broke Juliana's Glass Skate. Ambar is spared from the authorities as Sharon uses all of her influences to protect her. Ambar is kicked out the team, so she allies herself with the leader of the Sliders, Emilia, to destroy the Roller's team.

Alfredo then discovers about Luna being Sol Benson but Sharon puts him in an asylum. She also fires Tino y Cato. Cato then goes to propose to Amanda and she says yes. Sharon discovers that Rey was blackmailing her threatening to reveal the truth about Luna. Sharon fires him, and Rey helps Alfredo escape and gives him the proof that Luna is Sol.

The Jam & Roller face off with the Sliders at Roda Fest. The Sliders win the competition but Luna wins the Glass Skate for el Jam & Roller. Luna then discovers her past with the help of Alfredo. Sharon escapes leaving Ambar behind telling her to lie and say she didn't know anything. Luna now knowing she is Sol Benson is more distant from Mateo. Meanwhile, Gary decides that the Jam & Roller exist no more, now giving birth to the Red Sharks.

Season 3 (2018)

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Luna/Sol, has returned with her adoptive parents and her grandfather to the Benson mansion in Argentina. The mansion is now theirs. Àmbar has changed her clothing style to gothic and has turned completely dark after the events of the previous seasons. A new boy named Erik has fallen in love with Nina and becomes a couple. Luna and Matteo gets closer and closer, as Emilia tries to drive them further and further apart, leading to Matteo to have a devastating accident, that leaves him in the hospital for quite some time, and leaves him with more or less memory, than he had before. the Roller Band gets kicked out of their apartment, so they move to Luna's house. and a new boy arrives named Michel, he moves into the house with the Roller Band, and finds an interest in Luna, and they get very close, which makes Matteo very jealous, later, Michel gets an offer to study abroad in Rome, Italy, and he asks Luna to choose for him, it is clear to Luna, that she still loves Matteo. Michel leaves for Rome and tells Luna to fight for Matteo's love, Simon tells Matteo that it was a misunderstanding, that Luna never was in love with Michel, and that Luna loves him. after Matteo hears this, he tells Luna that he loves her, the two get back together happily, and they both kiss. Meanwhile, Sharon wants to take revenge on her father and the Valentes and decides to go back to Buenos Aires in several disguises. Later in the season, Àmbar regained her normal clothing style, changed her attitude and became a couple with Simon. During the big series finale, the Roller team started performing with the song "Todo Puede Cambiar" and Luna and Matteo are back together again. Àmbar, Delfi and Jazmin have made up for it and are friends again. At the end Luna celebrates her 18th birthday and sings the song "Soy Yo" at her party, concluding the series.

Cast and characters

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Main

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Music

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Soundtrack albums

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Title Soundtrack details Peak chart positions Certifications
ARG
[10]
AUT
[11]
FRA
[12]
GER
[13]
MEX
[14]
POL
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PRT
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SPA
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Soy Luna 1 8 6 20 5 47 3 1
Música en ti
  • Released: 26 August 2016
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Format: CD, digital download
1 24 29 73 10 22 11
La vida es un sueño
  • Released: 3 March 2017
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Format: CD, digital download
3 17 25 32 3 5
Modo Amar
  • Released: 6 April 2018
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Format: CD, digital download
28 67 18
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix album

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Title Album details
Soy Luna Remixes (AtellaGali Remixes)
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Format: Digital download

Ratings

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Season Timeslot (ART) Episodes First aired Last aired Rank
Date Viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Mon–Fri 6:00 pm 80 40 14 March 2016 (2016-03-14) 2.3[23] 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06) 5.3[24] #1[23]
40 4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)[25] 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
2 80 40 17 April 2017 (2017-04-17) TBD 9 June 2017 (2017-06-09) 31[26] #1[27]
40 7 August 2017 (2017-08-07) 29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)

Note: The ratings for the first season are only from Argentina. Those of the second season are from all countries from Latin America.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016 Kids' Choice Awards Mexico[28] Favorite Actor Michael Ronda Nominated
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Nominated
Favorite Villain Valentina Zenere Won[29]
Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Colombia Favorite Actor Ruggero Pasquarelli Won
Michael Ronda Nominated
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Nominated
Katja Martínez Nominated
Favorite Villain Valentina Zenere Won
Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Argentina Favorite Actor Ruggero Pasquarelli Won
Michael Ronda Nominated
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Won
Katja Martínez Nominated
Trendy Boy Agustín Bernasconi Won
Lionel Ferro Nominated
Favorite Villain Valentina Zenere Won
Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Won
Meus Prêmios Nick Favorite International TV Series Soy Luna Nominated
2017 Kids' Choice Awards Mexico[30] Favorite Actor Michael Ronda Won
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Nominated
Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Won
Premios Martín Fierro de Cable Best Children/Youth Program Soy Luna Won
Kids' Choice Awards Colombia Favorite Actor Ruggero Pasquarelli Won
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Won
Trendy Girl Valentina Zenere Won
Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Won
Kids' Choice Awards Argentina Favorite Actor Michael Ronda Won
Favorite Actress Carolina Kopelioff Won
Trendy Boy Agustín Bernasconi Won
Favorite Villain Valentina Zenere Nominated
Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Won
Lunas del Auditorio Family Show Soy Luna Live Nominated
Tú Awards #Portada del año Soy Luna Nominated
#Tour del año Soy Luna Live Nominated
#El chico sexy Michael Ronda Nominated
Ruggero Pasquarelli Nominated
Meus Prêmios Nick Favorite TV Series Soy Luna Won
2018 Premios Gardel Best children's album La vida es un sueño Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Mexico Favorite Actor Michael Ronda Won
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Won
Favorite Villain Giovanna Reynaud Won
Favorite Ship Lutteo (Luna + Matteo) Won
Favorite Show Soy Luna Won
Kids' Choice Awards Argentina Favorite Actor Agustín Bernasconi Nominated
Michael Ronda Nominated
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Won
Carolina Kopelioff Nominated
Favorite Villain Giovanna Reynaud Nominated
Favorite Ship Simbar (Simón + Ámbar) Won
Favorite Show Soy Luna Won
2019 Kids' Choice Awards Mexico Favorite Actor Michael Ronda Nominated
Favorite Actress Karol Sevilla Won
Trendy Boy Ruggero Pasquarelli Nominated
Favorite Villain Valentina Zenere Won
Favorite Show Soy Luna Nominated
2020 The Global TV Demand Awards Most In-Demand Latin American Series Soy Luna Nominated

Broadcast

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The first season originally aired from 14 March 2016 to 26 August 2016 in Latin America. The series premiered on Disney Channel in Scandinavia on 10 October 2016.[citation needed] In the United States, the Spanish-language UniMás channel was set to air the series from 17 April 2017.[31] However, the show was quietly taken off schedule. Eventually, the first season aired on 20 February 2018 on UniMás,[32] and then later on Galavisión.[33] After having a dormant entry for the series at launch, the first season was briefly made available on Disney+ with English subtitles in December 2019 before its official release on 1 January 2020. The second and third seasons followed on 18 September 2020. An English dub was produced for Disney Channel in the United Kingdom but it ultimately went unaired.

Tours

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bernasconi is still credited in the main cast throughout the third season.
  2. ^ Ferro is still credited in the main cast throughout the second part of the third season.
  3. ^ Cipriota was not credited in the second season.
  4. ^ Rodríguez is still credited in the main cast throughout the third season.
  5. ^ The actor is credited as Lino Di Nuzzo throughout the third season.
  6. ^ Berthold reprises the role from the Brazilian series Juacas and is still credited throughout the second part of the third season.

References

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  3. ^ "Disney Latinoamérica presentó las producciones originales para sus tres canalesBRUNO14MPD1, 2015". Produ Corporativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Conoce a los Personajes de 'Soy Luna', la Serie Sustituta de Violetta". El Mundo España (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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  8. ^ "¡El final se acerca! Confirman la fecha de estreno 'Soy Luna: El último concierto'". wipy.tv (in Spanish). 8 February 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ^ "El 16 de abril llega #SoyLuna3, ¿están listos? 👏😀". twitter.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Rankings". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
    • For Soy Luna: select "Ventas Físicas Mensual", "2016" and "Febrero".
    • For Música en Tí: select "Ventas Físicas Mensual", "2016" and "Agosto".
    • For La vida es un sueño: select "Ventas Físicas Mensual", "2017" and "Marzo".
  11. ^ Peak positions for albums in Austria:
  12. ^ Peak positions for albums in France:
  13. ^ Peak positions for albums in Germany:
  14. ^ Peak positions for albums in Mexico:
  15. ^ Peak positions for albums in Poland:
  16. ^ Peak positions for albums in Portugal:
  17. ^ Peak positions for albums in Spain:
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  20. ^ "B.S.O. Soy Luna". El Portal de Música (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Albums and singles certified gold in 2017" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Certificaciones Mayo 2017". Facebook. AMPROFON. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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  24. ^ "Capítulo final de Soy Luna conquista audiencias de Disney Channel". TVLATINA (in Spanish). 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  25. ^ "Soy Luna: ¡La primera parte llega a su final!". meltyfan.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  26. ^ "Bruno entre Luna y Matteo: ¡confesiones de rodaje! – Disney Planet News #2". Disneylatino.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  27. ^ "El estreno de la nueva temporada de Soy Luna lidero el rating en América Latina". Television.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  28. ^ "Revelan nominados a los Kids' Choice Awards México 2016". informador.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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  30. ^ "¡Vota para Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards!". noroeste.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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  32. ^ @SoyLunaUSA (5 February 2018). "SOY LUNA se estrena en Estados Unidos por UNIMAS el martes 20 DE FEBRERO a las 6PM!!! @karolsevilla @_ruggero @cecimendoncaok" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  33. ^ "Disfruta de una aventura sobre ruedas en Soy Luna por Galavisión". Univisión (in Spanish). 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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