Dyesebel, Kambal Sirena and Janella in Wonderland: An epic clash of TV mermaids

March 19, 2014

IT’S midway through March yet the excitement just keeps getting better and better in TV land as relatively younger Louise delos Reyes takes on the teen star Janella Salvador and the veteran actress Anne Curtis in a head-on battle of ratings between the mermaids of GMA Network’s Kambal Sirena, ABS-CBN’s Dyesebel and IBC’s first venture of fantaserye Janella in Wonderland.

Although Kambal Sirena is pegged on the timeslot of ABS-CBN’s Ikaw Lamang, still the perceived rival of the show is obviously Dyesebel and IBC's first ever Janella in Wonderland. Obviously, the 20-year-old Louise delos Reyes is the underdog versus the 29-year-old Anne Curtis who has been in showbiz since the late 1990s and the 15-year-old teen actress Janella Salvador who has been the first project for IBC. And Filipinos love underdogs. Yet Louise has more to offer than that. She said in an interview with PEP that Kambal Sirena offers an original story (it’s plot being that Louise’s Alona is a twin mermaid to a human). That story would have been A-OK but it unfortunately, it clashed with a classic – the story of Dyesebel who has been in existence in Pinoy fictionlandia since the 1950s. It is a time-tested story incarnated eight times. In fact, ABS-CBN in essence captured a golden treasure when the rights of Mars Ravelo’s Dysebel was handed to them.

For all that, Louise delos Reyes is still confident that her Kambal Sirena can compete. That’s what I love about this woman. She isn’t afraid to take on a veteran as suave as Anne Curtis and Janella Salvador. She said she will do her best not to disappoint her current fanbase and instead, try to lure in more people to watch her show.