'Janella in Wonderland' Makes a Splash in National TV Ratings

January 8, 2014

For the battle of fantaserye to be joined the network war, Primetime TV’s first-ever Princess of the Sea truly made a splash under the sea as the very first fantaserye of IBC-13, Janella in Wonderland made a huge splash in the national TV ratings ever since the premiere of the pilot episode, making it the overall No. 1 fantaserye in the Philippines as one of the most watched TV programs in the country.

According to data from Kantar Media, the fantasy series led by Janella Salvador in her lead role as the Primetime Princess of IBC seen swimming as the pink-tailed mermaid, ruled its timeslot last January 6 with a 31.1% national TV ratings, compared to its rival programs Honesto of ABS-CBN (29.0%) and Adarna of GMA (12.0%).

The pilot episode of Janella in Wonderland also dominated conversations on Twitter, with its official hashtag, #JanellaTheBeginning topping the list of trending topics in the Philippines and worldwide.

Watch out for the next episodes of Janella in Wonderland as Salvador become a mermaid tale as the Princess of the Sea on January 23, with an introduction of her leading men Marlo Mortel in the next episodes.

Meanwhile, now that Calissa (Kat Alano) see that young Janella Bernardo (Sofia Millares) when she arrived at Janella's house from the island to see with mom Dianne (Angelu de Leon) and dad Danny (Bobby Andrews). What life-changing curse could happen on young Janella’s little mermaid tale?

Together with Janella and Marlo Mortel in Janella in Wonderland is its refreshing cast are Angelu de Leon, Bobby Andrews, Andrei Felix, Bettina Carlos, Kat Alano as Calissa, Gabbi Garcia, Alexandra Macanan, CJ Navato, Kiko Estrada, Paolo Serrano, Alessandra de Rossi as Eris, RJ Ledesma as the voice of Shark, Joshua Dionisio, Jai and Joj Agpangan, Yen Santos, Mikee Lee and the voices of Alyanna Angeles as Zuma, Elmo Magalona as Sebastian, Harvey Bautista as Snouts, Nel Gomez as Kim's Pet Fish, Ciara Sotto as Dreamfish, Raine Salamante as Lipstick Fish, Josh Padilla as Remo and Jake Roxas as Pufferazzi. It is under the direction of Jeffrey Jeturian and Paco Sta. Maria.

Don’t miss the magical ‘tail’ of Janella in Wonderland, weeknights at 7:45pm, after Express Balita in IBC-13’s Kapinoy Primetime. For more updates, log on to www.ibc.com.ph or follow @ibc13 on Twitter.

Cast
Janella's house island Fred's house Underwater Sea
 * Sofia Millares as young Janella Bernardo
 * Angelu de Leon as Dianne Bernardo - Janella's mom
 * Bobby Andrews as Danny Bernardo - Janella's dad
 * Andrei Felix as Marvin Fred
 * Bettina Carlos as Bettina Fred
 * Kat Alano as Clarisa Bernardo - Janella's mother. She was the Queen regnant Queen of Oceana, until her evil younger sister, Eris, stole the throne from her.
 * Franchesca Salcedo as young Shy Gonzales
 * Barbie Sabino as young Andy Reyes
 * Paolo Serrano as Ryan Adam - The forces of underwater stormed.
 * Yen Santos as Louise Tolentino - She is a destiny girl of the underwater island surf.
 * Mikee Lee as Michael Domingo - A merman prince of the underwater.
 * Alyanna Angeles as Zuma (voice) - A sparkly pink dolphin who shows Janella around the ocean kingdom and helps her save Mayleen. She is almost the same size as Janella. Zuma appears to the girls (such as Syrenka and Monica), confirming that Janella is a mermaid.
 * Elmo Magalona as Sebastian (voice) - A small red Jamaican crab.
 * Harvey Bautista as Snouts (voice) - A sea lion pup.
 * Ciara Sotto as Dreamfish (voice) - The Dreamfish offers to grant Janella's deepest wish and send her back and her mermaid for good.
 * Nel Gomez as Kim's Pet Fish (voice) - The pet fish who is he give Janella's fisher pets.
 * Raine Salamante as Lipstick Fish (voice)
 * Josh Padilla as Remo (voice) - A yellow-and-green striped seahorse who is Eris' sidekick. Remo is constantly abused by Eris. He leads Janella to where Calissa is held as soon as Eris is defeated. He likes to blow through a shell.
 * Jake Roxas as Pufferazzi (voice) - His name is a based on him being a puffer fish who works as a paparazzi.