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Season 2 (2013)

In the second season, Violetta starts falling in love with León and he feels the same for her. They start to date, but Diego (Diego Domínguez), who is new at Studio 21, steals a kiss from Violetta. Ludmila continues to be an unkind and glamorous girl who does everything to get what she wants: she called in her friend since childhood to help her get rid of Violetta from the studio but she became impatient and blackmailed Diego to continue to pretend that he loves Violetta, telling him that if he will do that, she will tell him who his father is (as his father abandoned him when he was a child). Marco does everything to date Francesca, who doesn't know what she feels for him. Camila and Broduey start the season fighting, but end up friends, Camila meets DJ and he liked her, but he left. Camila and Maxi kissed but didn't feel anything, Seba (Rock Bones) comes and they fell in love, until they get together at the end. Naty, Ludmila's best friend, and Maxi, also split up at first, but come back in full force. Francesca falls in love with Marco (Xabiani Ponce de León) after many doubts and thoughts (Diego's best friend). Ludmila starts falling in love with Federico (Ruggero Pasquarelli) and get together at the end. Diego finds out that his father is Gregorio, a selfish teacher that works at the Studio. Diego is very mad at Gregorio for abandoning him; at the end, they make peace. Angie goes away to France, leaving Germán alone. Esmeralda is hired by Jade and Matías to win Germán over and steal his money. However, on their wedding day, Jade reveals that Esmeralda is a scam. The two are arrested and Matías starts dating the deputy who arrested him, Marcela Parodi. León suspected Diego all along, and found proof that Diego and Ludmila were together to make Violetta sad and humiliated on her big performance when they were going to say that Diego never loved Violetta. León shows the footage of proof on his cellphone to Francesca, but Violetta overhears. Violetta starts crying during her performance without any strength to sing. However, León gets on stage and starts singing "Podemos" with Violetta. Camila and Broduey get back together, as do Francesca and Marco, after a big interference with Marco's ex-girlfriend. Violetta and León get back together, and in the end, after all that has passed, their love is stronger than ever.

Season 3 (2014–15)

The studio cast of On Beat went on a major world tour, which had been successful in Europe. Violetta and her friends had to return to Buenos Aires for their last year of school. With dreams and individual ambitions multiplied by fame, the group began to crumble, putting Studio On Beat in danger. Gery, who falls in love with León, and Clément (also known as Alex), who falls in love with Violetta, are introduced at the beginning of the season. Violetta and Ludmila are forced to share the same roof when Germán and Priscilla, the mother of Ludmila, start dating and later get married, but Priscilla turns out to be a snake and the worst person anyone has ever met. Violetta and León become separated, but still love each other, but Alex and Gery will do anything to keep them separate, since they are passionate, respectively, for Violetta and León. Marco goes away, and Francesca and Diego fall in love with each other. However, Francesca is afraid of Violetta finding out (since Diego regrets what he did to Violetta during the previous season) and decides to keep their relationship secret. With the death of Antonio (the previous director of Studio 21), Pablo exits Studio On Beat at the end of You Mix sponsorship, the site slowly goes bankrupt and it is up to Gregorio, the new director, Angie (who returns in this season) and Beto, with the help of Germán, to save the studio. Ludmila starts to become a better person and when forced to choose between staying in the Studio On Beat or be a star, she chooses the Studio. In order to spy on León, Violetta and Francesca masquerade as Roxy and Fausta, but León falls in love with Roxy, and Violetta is forced to tell him the truth. The group travel to Seville, Spain where Violetta and Leon realize their true feelings for each other and Gery and Clement end up together. In Seville, they put on their last tremendous show. After performing their last songs ever, Germán proposes to Angie. The series ends with Germán marrying Angie, back in Buenos Aires, with everyone singing "Crecimos Juntos".

Production

Following the global phenomenon of Patito Feo, an Argentine telenovela produced by Ideas del Sur that aired on Disney Channel between July 2007 and March 2011 in Latin America, Europe and Asia, receiving consistently high viewership and becoming an international success of merchandise, soundtrack albums, and concert tours; Disney decided to begin production on its own first original telenovela. The show, inspired by Patito Feo, was produced in Argentina in collaboration with local production company Pol-Ka. The cast was formed by actors from across Hispanic America, Brazil, Spain and Italy.

Filming began in September 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lasted for seven months. The series was co-produced by Disney Channel Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The series was filmed entirely in high definition at the Central Park Studios in Buenos Aires. On 31 December 2011, Disney Channel Latin America broadcast a New Year's television special entitled Celebratón, where Martina Stoessel performed the song Tu Resplandor (Disney Princesses). Disney Channel announced that the series would premiere in 2012. The cast was first introduced on 22 December 2011. In March 2012, promos and ads started airing to promote the series.

In early April 2012, a music video for "En Mi Mundo", sung by Martina Stoessel, was uploaded to Disney Channel Latin America's website. Violetta finally premiered in Latin America and Italy on 14 May 2012. The cast visited Mexico City and Bogotá and sung live on a Radio Disney event at Luna Park in Buenos Aires. On 25 October, the last episode of the first season was aired. Between September and October 2012, the show had its premiere in Brazil, France, Israel and Spain.

On 1 November 2012, shootings for the second season began. The second season started in Latin America in April, in Italy in June and in Spain in September. The complete cast visited Paris, Milan and Madrid for promotion at the end of June. The final scenes from the second season were shot in Spain.

Among the products spawned from the shows was an official magazine (available in Latin America, Italy and Spain), sticker album (available in France, Latin America, Italy and Spain), a series of books (available in Latin America, France, Spain and Italy) and trading cards (available in Italy and Argentina). DVDs were also released in Italy and Spain. There's also a soundtrack album featuring the music from the show. The album has achieved 3× Platinum in Argentina, Platinum in Spain and Gold Certification in Chile and Brazil.

In June 2013, after three months of rehearsal, the musical with the complete cast made its debut at Teatro Gran Rex. Following the Patito Feo model, the cast played concerts daily during the Winter Vacation. Prior to the debut, all 60 presentations were already sold out with over 200.000 tickets sold. After the season in Buenos Aires, the cast also toured across Argentina, Latin America and Europe. Besides the 60 concerts in Buenos Aires, the cast also toured the rest of Argentina.

In October 2013, Diego Ramos announced a third season. Production began in March 2014 for a 28 July 2014 premiere. This was the final season.

Broadcast

The first season originally aired from 14 May to 26 October 2012, in Latin America. In the UK and Ireland), the season ran from 22 July 2013 to 28 August 2014. It premiered on 26 August 2013, and ended on 4 April 2014, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In Scandinavia, it premiered 14 October 2013 and ended 6 June the following year. In Australia and New Zealand, the first season premiered on 18 October 2013. It is not known if it finished its run on television, but the complete first season was available at the launch of Netflix in those territories. In the United States, it premiered on 1 September 2014 on Azteca, and ended on 19 December. The show had its English-language debut with the first two seasons being made available on Netflix U.S. starting 10 July 2015. In Southeast Asia, only the first half of the first season was aired exclusively to Singapore and the Philippines. It premiered 3 March 2014 for the Singaporean feed and 5 May 2014 for the Philippine feed . In Taiwan, the first half of the first season premiered on 19 January 2015 with the Taiwanese Mandarin dubbing (songs were left in English). The second half of the first season aired on 6 February 2017, it was aired in English with Taiwanese Mandarin subtitles.

The second season originally aired from 29 April to 11 October 2013, in Latin America. It premiered on 25 August 2014, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and ended 10 April 2015. Prior to the season finale, Netflix Latin America started putting up the English audio on episodes that had not yet aired in English internationally. In Scandivania, it premiered on 13 October 2014 and ended 29 May 2015. The UK and Ireland then aired the season everyday starting 1 June at 10:10pm until 19 August. In Australia, the complete second season was put up weeks after the first on Netflix, but has not aired on Disney Channel.

The third season originally aired from the 28 July 2014 to 6 February 2015, in Latin America. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, it premiered 21 September 2015. By October 2015, all episodes were available in English on Netflix Latin America. In Scandinavia, the season premiered on 12 October 2015. The season was added to Netflix U.S. on 31 December 2015. The UK and Ireland aired season 3 starting on 4 July 2016, at 10pm and the final episode of season 3 was shown on 1 January 2017.

When Disney+ launched in November 2019, the first season of Violetta appeared on the service for the first time in the U.S. since Netflix removed the show sometime in 2017–2018. The second season appeared on 29 May 2020, and the third arrived on 18 September 2020.

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Season 1 (2012)

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Violetta: La Emoción del Concierto

Tini: The Movie

The U-Mix Show

El V-log de Francesca

Ludmila Cyberst@r

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Violetta en Vivo

Violetta Live

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Music

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Other products

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Where to watch

Family guide

Cast & creators

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Violetta across IJR

Article

Family guide

Cast & creators

Article

Plot

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2013)

Season 3 (2014–15)

Cast and characters

Main

Production

Casting

Broadcast

Reception

Viewership

Films

Violetta: La Emoción del Concierto

Tini: The Movie

Related programs

The U-Mix Show

El V-log de Francesca

Ludmila Cyberst@r

Tours

Violetta en Vivo

Violetta Live

In other media

Music

Magazine

Sticker album

Video game

Other products

Where to watch

Violetta across IJR