Nubeluz was a Peruvian children's show produced by Panamericana Televisión that aired from September 8, 1990 to November 7. 1996. It aired in a total of 19 Latin American countries, as well as the United States, Turkey, the Philippines, Egypt, Japan, Indonesia and China. It was produced by Rochi Hernández and written by Alonso Alegría, Maritza Kirchhausen, Catalina Lohmann, Clara María Cavagnaro and Fernando Gagliuffi, and was hosted by a group of female presenters called Dalinas, the best known being Mónica Santa María and Almendra Gomelsky.
History
The show succeeded ', another children's show hosted by based on the Brazilian Xou da Xuxa that aired from 1989 to 1990.
- Cíndela(s): female companions of the dalinas.
- Dalina: the female presenters and a portmanteau of dama linda (pretty lady).
- Dicolin(es): children who accompanied the dalinas.
- Flonde: a milkshake.
- Flópico: slippery
- Glufo: inhabitants of Nubeluz.
- Gólmodi(s): male companions of the dalinas.
- ¡Grántico, pálmani, zum!: equivalent of "ready, set, go"
- Kosito(s): people from the set
- Lúndrico: wonderful, shocking
- Monico(s): cartoons
- Nubecino(s): children participating in the show
- Nubelina: dalinas based in other countries
- Nubetor(es): children watching the show
- Ruckie/Ruki: a shaved ice dessert served in a cone
- Sófico/Tópico: advertisements, from sofía
- Tati(ve)s: years (age) while Anna Carina and María Pía Copello went on to work in María Pia & Timoteo. Additional cast members included Elvira Villa (1991–1996), Noelia Cogorno, Claudia and Franco Nagaro, Marco Zunino, , , Rossana Fernández-Maldonado, and Cristian Rivero. The show finally ended in 1996. However, it was rebroadcast in other countries such as Venezuela with a different cast.
A pilot for a new version of the show was shot in March 2008 in Peru, with Patty Wong, Tracy Freundt, Brenda Carvalho and Katherine Jiménez as the new Dalinas.
A number of live shows commemorating the show have taken place, starting in 2010, when Gomelsky and Braun starred in ¡Grántico, Pálmani, Zum!, commemorating its 20th anniversary. Six years later, another anniversary show took place at the amphitheatre of the Park of the Exhibition, also featuring Xibillé. A final show, Nubeluz, la despedida, took place at the Estadio Universidad San Marcos on July 20, 2024, featuring the show's entire cast. A second show was announced for November 3, to take place at the Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago de Chile.
In 2024, Sube a mi nube, a fictionalised biopic of Santa María's career in the show, was released. It was directed by Sergio Barrio, the son of Nubeluz producer Cusi Barrio.
Cast
Dalinas
- Mónica Santa María (1990–94)
- Almendra Gomelsky (1990–95)
- Lilianne Kubiliun (1992–94)
- Xiomara Xibillé (1993–95)
- (1995)
- Scarlet Ortiz (1995–96)
- Gaby Espino (1995–96)
- (1995–96)
Nubelinas
- Xiomara Xibillé (1993)
- (1994)
- (1994–96)
Cíndelas
- Anabel Elías (1990-1994)
- Antuané Elías (1990-1994)
- Johanna Strauss (1990-1991)
- Vanessa Viale Mongrut (1990-1992)
- Brenda Natters (1990-1991)
- Cinzia Canale (1990-1992)
- Noelia Cogorno (1990-1995)
- Linda Toledo (1990-1991)
- Darlene Bernaola (1990-1991)
- Carol Bernaola (1990-1991)
- (1991-1994)
- Elvira Villa (1991-1995)
- Claudia Nagaro (1992-1995)
- Rossana Fernández-Maldonado (1992-1995)
- (1993-1994)
- María Pía Copello (1993-1994)
- Anna Carina Copello (1994-1995)
- Mitzy Silva (1994-1995)
- Pierina Cogorno (1994-1995)
- Valeria Leigh Wensjoe (1994-1995)
- Alessandra Gaidolfi (1994-1995)
- Mariella Cafferata (1995)
Dicolines
- Ángela Carrillo (1991-1994)
- Rudy Ocaña (1991)
- Paola León Prado (1991)
- Enrique Deschiave (1991-1992)
- Sandra Sánchez (1991)
- Daniel Vélez (1991)
- Javier Mendoza (1991)
- Tahisa Suárez (1991-1992)
- Jesús Tanguis (1992-1994)
- Felipe Berckemeyer (1992-1994)
- Israel Gomelsky (1992)
- Alice Raschio (1992-1994)
- Anna Carina Copello (1991-1994)
- Lilita de la Fuente (1993-1995)
- Cinthia Iparraguirre (1993-1995)
- Alfredo Pérsico (1993)
- Daniel Sacovertiz (1993)
- Rodrigo Siles (1993)
- Lilian Pozo (1995)