Festilindo (Argentina)

Festilindo began in 1979 as the First Interamerican Children’s Song Festival, inspired by Italy’s "Zecchino d’Oro." It was a popular children’s musical television program in Buenos Aires  aired from(1980s/1990s aprox.), similar to La Banda de«Cantaniño», from Telefe aired on Channels; Canal 13, Canal 9, ATC(Argentina Televisora Color) and TV2.

 It featured a group of talented kids, boys and girls, pre-teens, who sang and danced to original songs, as well as covers of famous hits like No Somos Cocodrilos[Sacha Distel] On n'est pas des grenouilles etc. The show was created by Cris Morena, who later became a successful producer of other  kids' music shows like telenovelas«Chiquititas», Rebelde Way, etc.🌍
Some of the most famous Festilindo young members were Pablo Ruiz(Pablito Ruiz), Julieta Outon, Brenda Rego, Deborah Turza, Ivanna Rossi, Laura Miller, Lorena Paola, Desiree Naguel, Florencia Peña, Luciano Pereyra and Emi Kurtz.
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Español:/ “El formato estaba inspirado en Zecchino d’Oro, el primer programa de niños cantores que se hizo en Italia”,  aquellos “grillitos cantores”, como se conocía a los  [Festi] aspirantes a artistas, competidores de las “ranitas”🐸 de Cantaniño queridos en Uruguay.