Lalola

Lalola is an Argentine television comedy show broadcast by América 2. Directed by Gustavo Luppi, Diego Suárez, Marcelo Suárez, Mariano Ardanaz and Nicolás Mazzi, it stars Carla Peterson, Luciano Castro, Muriel Santa Ana, Rafael Ferro, Agustina Lecouna and Sandra Ballesteros. It aired from August 28, 2007 to April 29, 2008. The show won nine Martín Fierro Awards for 2007, and also the Gold Prize.
A pilot for an American version, entitled Eva Adams, was filmed in 2009 for Dori Media Group, Sony Pictures Television, and Fox Broadcasting Company starring Rhea Seehorn and James Van Der Beek. It was envisioned as a dramedy, in the vein of how Yo soy Betty la fea was adapted for American audiences as Ugly Betty, but it ultimately wasn't picked up for a regular series.

Synopsis

Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla is the director of the media company "High Five", editor of the famous magazine Don, and has many women around him. Romina, who is in love with Lalo, decides to punish his lack of commitment to her. She hires a witch to cast a spell on him, which turns him into a very beautiful woman, as Romina wanted him to know what it is like for a woman who is being harassed.
Lalo awakes as a woman, in a state of utter confusion. However, Lalo's friend Graciela Neira believes what happened as she heard Romina's phone call to Lalo's home saying what she did. As it seems unlikely anyone else will believe that Ramiro has been magically transformed, so Ramiro assumes a new identity: Dolores "Lola" Padilla, cousin of Lalo. Lalo "had to make an urgent trip to Germany because his father became ill", and has appointed Lola to take his place. While trying to find a way to change back, there are a whole new set of challenges to face that Lalo didn't have to experience before, both within and outside the workplace.

Cast and characters

Theme songs

This telenovela has two theme songs, "Hola" and "Enamorada". Both are sung by the band Miranda!.

International remakes

The show has been officially remade 14 times. All 15 versions are listed below. Of these, the 2009 pilot for the United States is the only version that never aired. All but two of the rest were brought to a successful conclusion, with the Turkish and Mexican versions cancelled without fully concluding the story. All of these remakes start with mostly the same initial premise but many of them head in very different narrative directions and ultimate conclusions than the original show.

Region/Country	Network/Channel	Production Company	Native title of remake	Original airing	Info	Ref.
	América 2	Dori Media Contenidos, Underground Contenidos	Lalola	August 28, 2007	The original version of Lalola lasted 150 episodes and inspired 14 remakes for other countries.
	Canal 13	Televisión Nacional de Chile, FremantleMedia	Lola	September 26, 2007	The Chilean version was 276 episodes. Originally intended to run 150 episodes like the Argentine version, Chile's Lola had the story extended an additional 126 episodes before finally concluding.
	Atresmedia: Antena 3, Nova	Zebra Producciones	Lalola	July 6, 2008	This 160 episode Spanish remake stars Marina Gatell. Antena 3 chose to compress episodes 133–160 into 6 summary episodes 133–138, reducing their episode total to 138. However, immediately after Antena 3 concluded the series, Nova chose to fully air the final 28 episodes as originally intended. Both Antena 3 and Nova are part of Atresmedia, who licensed the show from Dori Media International.
	Kanal 1 Fox Türkiye	Medyapım	Ece	August 4, 2008	The Turkish remake was produced by Medyapım. 20 episodes were aired by Kanal 1, then the show moved to Fox Turkey, which aired 6 more episodes before the show was canceled due to poor ratings. The Kanal 1 episodes ran around 48 minutes each, while the Fox episodes ran around 78 minutes each.
	ANT1	Ena Productions	Λόλα	September 22, 2008 in Greece; and September 29, 2008 in Cyprus	Λόλα, a 202 episode Greek version of the series, aired from September 2008 to July 2009 in Greece and Cyprus. The series starred Anta Livitsanou and Thanasis Efthimiadis.
	VTM	Studio-A	LouisLouise	September 24, 2008	This 200-episode Dutch language series starred Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Axel Daeseleire and Roel Vanderstukken.
	GMA Network	GMA Entertainment TV	LaLola	October 13, 2008	This 85-episode Filipino language series starred Rhian Ramos as Lola and JC de Vera as Facundo. Wendell Ramos portrays the male version - Lalo.
	1+1 STS	CTC Media, Kostafilm	Маргоша	February 7, 2009 September 7, 2009	This Russian language remake was produced by CTC Media and their subsidiary KostaFilm in Moscow, but the 240 episodes began airing in Ukraine on 1+1 seven months prior to airing in Russia on CTC. Unlike the other versions, "Margosha" was divided into season 1, season 2, and season 3. Seasons 1 and 2 generally followed the 150 Argentine episodes, while the third season extended the storyline.
	FOX, Sony	Sony Television, Woodridge Productions, Fanfare Productions	Eva Adams	March 20, 2009	This show starred Rhea Seahorn, Will Arnett, James Van Der Beek, Kat Foster, and David Denman. Only the pilot episode was made, and the show was never picked up.
	Sony Entertainment Television	DJ's a Creative Unit	Bhaskar Bharti	May 25, 2009	This remake in Hindi was 120 episodes starring Ragini Khanna, Aamir Ali and Eijaz Khan.
	VTV3	Công ty Cổ phần Sáng tạo, Kiet Tuong Ltd	“Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ”	July 6, 2009	A Vietnamese version called Unavoidable Girl premiered on July 6, 2009. It aired every Monday to Wednesday at 9 PM. The series was set to have 150 episodes, but was trimmed to 100 episodes with the story still brought to its conclusion.
	TVI TPA 1	Nicolau Breyner Produções /Casa da Criação	Ele é Ela	October 31, 2009	This remake was produced by Nicolau Breyner Produções /Casa da Criação in Lisbon, and aired in both Portugal and Angola. There were 28 episodes, and the show had the audience use telephone voting to decide how the main character would end up.
	Indosiar	Soraya Intercine Films	Pejantan Cantik	December 6, 2010	This short series was 15 episodes, and aired in late 2010. It starred the popular Indonesian on-screen comedian couple Agnes Monica and Okan Kornelius who also appeared together in the drama Kawin Muda in 2008. Pejantan Cantik ran for 3 weeks, but the story ran for 6 weeks. The second half of the story was titled Marisa, premiering on Indosair December 27, 2010, immediately following Pejantan Cantik.
	Frecuencia Latina Network	Imizu Producciones	Lalola	January 20, 2011	The Peruvian version of Lalola was 145 episodes and starred Gianella Neyra, Bernie Paz, Cristian Rivero, and Anneliese Fiedler. The debut episode reached 20.2 points.
	Vix	Dori Media International, Atenea Media	Lalola	February 2, 2024	The Mexican version of Lalola is produced by Dori Media International for Vix and stars Bárbara de Regil and Alejandro de la Madrid. Two seasons were produced, then the show was cancelled. This left a total of 19 episodes, 9 in season 1 and 10 in season 2.

The various versions of Lalola differed in detail. The setting was usually a men's magazine, however the show was set in the country of each version, and the dialog was in the language or dialect of that country. Names of characters differed, and many of the less significant incidental subplots differed. Below are descritpions of the main plots only to show how they differed.

Region/Country	Native title of remake	Basic Plot
	Lalola	Lalo is the editor-in-chief of the men's magazine "Don". He is also a womanizer. One scorned lover has a witch curse Lalo, and he becomes Lola. Lola must create a new life for herself. Eventually, it is discovered that Lalo wasn't just transformed into a woman, but rather swapped bodies with a woman named Daniela, who the witch also cursed at the request of the boyfriend she cheated on. In the end, both of them are happier in their new bodies. Daniela liked being able to play the field without the judgment she would get as a woman, and Lola wishes to remain a woman and be with Facundo.
	Lola	The show went through some re-writes to sideline Diego because the actor had become unavailable for family medical reasons. Also, the show was popular and they chose to extend the original story to 276 episodes. As in the Argentine version, Lalo is turned into a woman by a witch, and this was actually a body-swap with another person. But, this time Pepa is actually the Witch's daughter, and another purpose of the spell was to protect Pepa from her abusive boyfriend Rubén. After a long time as a woman, Lalo comes to learn the value of the opposite sex. When Lola confesses love to Grace, the spell is broken and he becomes Lalo once more. He is about to marry Grace, but Pepa marries Rubén, causing the ghost of the witch to reactivate the protective spell. Lalo and Pepa are switched once more. Eventually, Pepa is freed of Rubén, Rubén kills himself, and Pepa falls for Justin. Briefly, Pepa and Lalo are back in their own bodies, long enough for Pepa to become pregnant by Justin. But, the witch believes that actually the true love should be between Lalo and Pepa and switches them back to Lola and Pepe once more. They must convince the ghost of the witch to set them right. Unfortunately, Grace has tried to move on, and Lalo must win her back. In the end, the witch sets things right, and Lalo and Grace can be married.
	Lalola	The setting changes to Spain, and Lola's love interest is named Sergio, but mostly this follows the Argentine original plotline.
	Ece	In this version, it is the man Ege who is turned into a woman named Ece. The setting, is Turkey at a magazine called Black, and the love interest is named Omer, but the show followed the original plot-line before it was cancelled, and the story-line had not progressed far.
	Λόλα	The setting changed to Greece, at a magazine named "Mister", and the love interest is named Fotis, but it is mostly the orignial plot-line. In the end, Lola remains a woman to be with Fotis.
	LouisLouise	In this version the setting is Belgium, and Louis is transformed into Louise. The love interest is named Thomas. The original plot-line is mostly followed, and in the end, Louise remains a woman to be with Thomas.
	LaLola	This version deviates a bit from the Argentine original. Instead of a magazine, our main character manages a distillery owned by his family. Lalo's best friend is a gay man rather than a woman. Lalo dates a "babaylan" named Ada who kills herself after he jilts her. Ada's sister Sera curses Lalo with a kiss that transforms him into Lola. This version lacks the angle where this is a body-swap with another person. In the end Sera offers to change Lola back, but Lola remains as a woman and with Facundo.
	Маргоша	In this version the setting is Russia, and the magazine is called MZh. The chief editor, Gosha is turned into Margo. The chief love interest is named Andrei. She eventually discovers that she must find true love before the next eclipse in order to remain a woman. For a while she pursues Maxim, but in the end her true love proves to be Andrei.
	Eva Adams	In this version, the setting is the US, and instead of a magazine the characters work for Sharp Management, a sports management company. Adam Evanston is a womanizing sports agent who wakes up in the wrong body after having a "quicky" with a mystery-woman. Going by the name Eva Adams, she must help nice-guy Paul Byrne compete against ruthless Connor Strikes in the cut-throat business of sports marketing. Only the pilot was produced, so there was only ever the initial set-up.
	Bhaskar Bharti	This version has a setting in India at a magazine called Men's Universe. In this story, a scorned lover prays to Lord Khrishna, which turns Bhaskar Bharti into woman Bharti Bhaskar without the angle where this is a body-swap with another person. In the end, Lord Krishna returns Bharti to being Bhaskar, a man.
	“Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ”	In this story, the setting is Vietnam at a magazine called "Hào hoa". Editor Trần Anh Lân is turned into Trần Lan Anh without the angle where this is a body-swap with another person. In the end,Trần Lan Anh returns to being the man.
	Ele é Ela	This version's setting is Portugal at a magazine called "H+7". In this story, Julio dates a female scientist then tries to brush her off. She slips a pill into his drink, that will transform him into a female, and he must go by the name Julietta, a straight transformation with no body-swap involving another person. In the end, the scientist provides Julietta with the antidote, and she returns to being Julio. The audience voted by telephone to determine which sex the main character would end up as.
	Pejantan Cantik	The setting for this version is Indonesia, and the story-line deviates a lot from the Argentine original. The main character Ardi is not a philanderer, but kisses another girl for innocent reasons. His financée curses him, and he becomes Asmara. Instead of using a female actress for most of the show, actor Okan Kornelius performs the role of Asmara in drag, with only occasional appearances by actress Mawar Rizkina to remind the audience what she looks like. This short series had simpler misadventures, with Ardi regaining his manhood in the end. Ardi was simply transformed, and there is no angle where this was a body-swap with another person. The series would continue in the follow-up series Marisa.
	Lalola	The setting for this version is Peru, but otherwise, the story line is mostly the original plot. In the end, Lola decides to remain a woman and be with Facundo.
	Lalola	The setting was Mexico, and generally follows the original plot. The show was cancelled without concluding the story, early enough that no body-swap had yet been revealed.