One of the new items from Globo’s 2014 catalogue, Caribbean Flower has shown in Portugal its potential to conquer the audience. The show hit Portuguese screen on May 19, on the Globo channel, and was the most watched programme on all subscription TV in the country, with 139,000 viewers and 4.1% of the share. The programme, set in idyllic locations, marked the biggest debut of a telenovela on cable in the country in recent times. Caribbean Flower even exceeded the excellent audiences conquered by its predecessor Side by Side which, in its final stretch, already appeared atop the most watched programmes, with 127,000 viewers. The success of the debut stretched to the rest of the week. On Wednesday, the 21st, the telenovela was again the most watched programme on subscription TV in the country.
Portuguese viewers are big fans of Globo productions. Currently, the Brazilian broadcaster’s channel has two other telenovelas in the Top 10 most watched programmes of paid TV:Women in Love (9th place) and Watercolors of Love (10th place), with more than 89,000 viewers each.
Caribbean Flower, one of the highlights that Globo released to the European market during MIPTV in April, was aired in Brazil on access primetime and attained an average of 25 rating points and a 50% share. The show has already been licensed to ten countries – Guatemala, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, El Salvador, Chile, Honduras, and South Korea.
Caribbean Flower
The telenovela is a moving story of love and adventure between the air force fighter pilot Cassiano (Henri Castelli, Gabriela) and tour guide Ester (Grazi Massafera, Pages of Life). The two have been in love since they were just kids, but everything changes when the couple suffers a betrayal from Alberto (Igor Rickli), a false friend who manages to get his rival out of the way and achieve his secret dream: marrying Ester.
Written by Walter Negrão, author of Destiny River, nominated for the 2012 International Emmy Award, Caribbean Flower has a cast with talented actors such as Juca de Oliveira, Débora Nascimento, Thiago Martins, and Bruno Gissoni (Brazil Avenue), Daniela Escobar (The Clone), Sthefany Brito (Life We Lead), Suzana Pires and Laura Cardoso (Gabriela), and Sérgio Mamberti (The Illusionist), among others. The programme also relied on the participation of foreign interpreters Moro Anghileri and Jean Pierre Noher, of Argentina, and Cesar Troncoso, of Uruguay.
