| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Creator: | Jesús Calzada |
| Screenplay: | Gabriela Ortigoza |
| Creative Director: | Juan José Urbini |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Episodes: | 160 |
| Executive Producer: | Luis de Llano |
| Cinematography: | Darío Rangel |
| Location: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Company: | Televisa |
| Network: | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Related: | Hollywood Heights |
Alcanzar una estrella ("To reach a star") is a Mexican telenovela first broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in 1990.[1] Also broadcast in Latin America and on Univision in the United States, the telenovela tells the story of an introverted girl's infatuation with her teen idol. The leading roles were played by singers Mariana Garza and Eduardo Capetillo, ex-members of the Mexican pop band Timbiriche. The two also sang the theme songs, which were written by Ricardo Arjona. Arjona and other singers such as Patricia Manterola (from the group Garibaldi) also made acting cameos. The story was produced by Luis de Llano, producer and manager of Timbiriche and Garibaldi, and written by actress Rita Macedo, de Llano's mother. Alcanzar una estrella turned out to be Macedo's last credit as an actress before she committed suicide in the mid-1990s.
Alcanzar una estrella won a TVyNovelas Award for "Best Telenovela of the Year" in 1991. Its success led to the making of a film, Más que alcanzar una estrella, and a sequel telenovela Alcanzar una estrella II starring Sasha Sokol and Ricky Martin.[1] In 2012, American network Nick at Nite remade it as Hollywood Heights.[1] [2]
Lorena (Mariana Garza) is an introverted girl who dreams of "reaching a star" - that star being singer Eduardo Casablanca (Eduardo Capetillo). She gets to meet him at a press conference to present his latest album and his first telenovela. Lorena begins to write anonymous letters to Eduardo while her classmates ridicule her bad looks. Eduardo struggles to maintain a relationship with his gold digger girlfriend Déborah (Kenia Gazcón).
| Alcanzar una estrella | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Alcanzar una estrella |
| Cover: | ALCANZAR UNA ESTRELLA2.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1989 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Fonovisa |
| Next Title: | Muñecos de Papel |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
Alcanzar una estrella is the soundtrack to the telenovela Alcanzar una estrella. It was released in 1990 and contains the first two opening songs for the telenovela "Quiero estar contigo", and "La mujer que no soñe", as well as the closing song "Alcanzar una estrella".
The third opening song "Contra tu cuerpo", performed by Mariana Garza, would not be released until 1992 on the Mas que alcanzar una estrella film soundtrack.
The hit singles off this album were "Alcanzar una estrella" and "La mujer que no soñe".
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | ||||
| Best Leading Actress | rowspan=8 | |||
| Best Leading Actor | Enrique Lizalde | |||
| Best Co-lead Actress | Ana Silvia Garza | |||
| Andrea Legarreta | ||||
| Marcela Páez | ||||
| Best Co-lead Actor | Marcos Valdés | |||
| Héctor Suárez Gomis | ||||
| Best Female Revelation | Angélica Ruvalcaba | |||
| rowspan=2 | ||||
| Best Male Revelation | Eduardo Capetillo | |||