Somos tú y yo
Somos tú y yo, known as Somos tú y yo: Un nuevo día for its final season, is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Vladimir Pérez, filmed in Caracas, Venezuela and produced by the venezuelan television channel Venevisión, which later sold the series to several broadcast channels all over Latin America, including Boomerang. The series stars Sheryl Rubio and Víctor Drija as two teenagers who fall in love with each other and face several struggles.
Synopsis
Somos tú y yo revolves around the students of The Academy, a school of performing arts, ambitions, talents and relationships. The heart of the story is the first love, and viewers follow the budding romance of young singers Victor Rodríguez and Sheryl Sánchez, whose friendship turns into true love in the midst of many setbacks.The third season, subtitled Un nuevo día, directly adapts the events of Grease, in which following his parents' deaths and with dreams of becoming an international rock star, Victor decides to move to the United States, promises his girlfriend Sheryl that he would always keep in touch with her; however, after not hearing from Victor for months, Sheryl decides to forget about him. Three years later, Victor returns to the country, but discovers that everything has changed when he sees that his old gang, "Los Tigres", has replaced him with Aran as leader, and that Sheryl has become the leader of a group of girls called "Las Reinas" and a "tough girl" who does not want to know anything about him.
Meanwhile, Victor reconnects with his best friend from his youth, who waited for him the whole time he was out of the country, tomboy Rosmeri Rivas, a mechanic for the Rodríguez family workshop who is secretly in love with him. With their new leader, Los Tigres goes from consisting of Jorge, Victor, Luciano and Ricardo to being Aran, Gustavo, Luciano, Jorge and Ricardo, all popular kids in the city. In addition, a new group named "The Artists", consisting of the rich children of The Academy, Andrés, Alejandro, Gabriel, Erick, Oriana, Yuvana and Claudia, are led by Hendrick Welles, the star of the reality series The Hendrick Show. With this distraction, Arán attempts to seduce Sheryl, while Oriana Castillo, a rival television star to Hendrick, also falls in love with Víctor in addition to Rosemari and try to prevent him from winning her back.
Production
Somos tú y yo was produced by Venevisión, who also owns the broadcast rights to all three seasons of the show. Each season was filmed in Caracas, both in interior and exterior places. Season two featured episodes filmed at the beaches of Coche Island, in Nueva Esparta State.The series aired in Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. It premiered in Venezuela on June 27, 2007 and its pilot episode had approximately 5.9 million viewers. The second season ended on November 13, 2008 and its final episode had an audience of about 9.8 million, the largest audience received by any final episode of a series of Boomerang Latin America.
The series was also acquired by several air and cable channels around the world, including Italy and the Philippines. Some of the leading channels were Boomerang Latin American, GMA Network, Univision, and RAI.
After reaching record-breaking ratings in Latin America, Venevision International, the entertainment company owned by the Cisneros Group, along with DVI Productions, announced localized adaptations for China, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Casting
Sheryl Rubio was chosen by casting. The audition process lasted six months and tested the singing, dancing and acting abilities of each aspirant. Rubio, who had made special appearances as a child actress in television prior to Somos tú y yo, confessed that she had never taken acting classes up to that point. Víctor Drija was invited to audition by the series creator, Vladimir Pérez; eventually, he obtained the main role. Meanwhile, actress Rosmeri Marval, who plays Rosmery Rivas, was attending school in Caracas when the principal informed the students that there would be an audition; she decided to participate.Venevisión made an open casting to choose new characters for the second season. It began as a virtual casting that allowed people between the age 13 and 20 to participate.