Janella in Wonderland

Janella in Wonderland is a 2014 Philippine first fantasy television series dubbed as fantaserye directed by Jeffrey Jeturian and Paco Sta. Maria, starring the teen actress Janella Salvador in her first leading role as Janella, a girl nicknamed the Princess of the Sea, who will transform into a mermaid under the sea. The series was aired on IBC and worldwide on Global IBC from January 6, 2014 to July 18, 2014 on the network's primetime block Kapinoy Primetime.

It is the nineth television drama in the Philippines made by IBC to be filmed and shot in high definition (HD). It was also the very first fantasy series of IBC in a primetime slot since 2004 dominance of two first fantasy series Marina and Marinara are both also the mermaid fantaseryes.

The series was aired from Mondays to Fridays at 7:45 pm after Express Balita and also became competition in a rival networks like ABS-CBN's fantaserye Dyesebel and GMA Network's telefantasya Kambal Sirena in the same timeslot.

Promotion
Discover a fantasy made a splash in the deep blue sea about a mermaid tale from an underwater fantasy as IBC launch its very first fantaserye Janella in Wonderland.

This project was given to Be Careful With My Heart star Janella Salvador as the first lead role for the first-ever fantaserye in played character as the 15-year Janella Bernardo received acclaim from critics, after signing the contract superstar for IBC through Kapinoy Talent Center on November 29, 2013. This is her first venture into the "fantaserye  genre," although this new series is a perfect mix of fantasy, light drama, romance, action and adventure as the cast and crew described the series.

On December 13, 2013 on the network's primetime news program Express Balita, the show announced as the title Janella in Wonderland and will be shown on January 6, 2014 at 7:45pm, taking over the timeslot of the PBA games on Wednesday and Friday and now moved to Saturday and Sunday games.

Along with Janella, other actors include her Be Careful With My Heart onsceen team-up partner Marlo Mortel, along with Angelu de Leon, Bobby Andrews, Andrei Felix and Bettina Carlos, with Kat Alano as Janella's mother Queen Calissa.

Primetime first-timer with director Jeffrey Jeturian hired as director for the fantaserye. In an interview, Salvador said that it was an unforgettable experience to shoot in the island and underwater sea in IBC's very first fantaserye for 2014. Since the story revolves about a girl who will transform into a mermaid.

The full trailer was released on December 25, 2013 via the primetime series Safe In The Arms Of Love. The trailer became a top trending topic nationide on Twitter as the official poster was released.

From December 30, 2013 to January 3, 2014, Salvador will appeared and performed via the morning talk show Joey & Teysi where they promoted the very first fantasy series of IBC. On January 1, Marlo Mortel, Janella's love interest who coincidentally is the talk show's most requested guest, gave a special appearance. By January 3, Angelu de Leon, Bobby Andrews, Andrei Felix and Bettina Carlos with Kat Alano are the guest appearance promoted for Janella's first ever fantasy series.

A one-hour primer was made entitled Janella in Wonderland: The Making was aired on January 4, 2014 featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and cast interviews of the very first fantasy series. It was aired a week before the fantasy series kicked-off on Kapinoy Primetime.

Salvador promoted the fantasy series by guesting in the noontime variety show Lunch Break on January 4, the same day of the fantasy series' advanced special screening held at SM Megamall, the screening was attended by many acclaimed artists and critics namely mother Jenine Desiderio with Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. Also present in the said screening was Superstar Circle alumni Liza Soberano, Diego Loyzaga, Michelle Vito and Teejay Marquez. On January 5, the cast visited SM North Skydome for a Grand Fans Day, they also guested in the musical variety show It's Partytime, while Janella guested in Showbiz Star on January 6.

Overview
The opening intro and doing the opening recap for the narrator of Janella Bernardo (Janella Salvador) she recorded in proper sequence as she was there so she knows what happened and was catching us up, a character in the show can easily narrate us on what’s happened without causing confusion which artificial narrators like to do before the scene of episode. An ending in narration of Janella before the ending credits with the scene of clips

Synopsis
The story of Janella Bernardo (Sofia Millares) was born in 5-year-old, a young mermaid as the Princess of the Sea in Oceana, an underwater kingdom, approached by pink-purple dolphin named Zuma (voiced by Alyanna Angeles) and ruled by her mother Queen Calissa (Kat Alano) who meets with the small red Jamaican crab Sebastian (voiced by Elmo Magalona), as she discovers the world above the ocean and locks in a fierce love triangle. The little sister of her mom Dianne (Angelu de Leon) and his dad Danny (Bobby Andrews).

Marvin Ramos (Andrei Felix), a foster dad received the island. When the normal child in all respects, the victim to a curse by Bettina Ramos (Bettina Carlos), an older sister woman who seeks her vengeance.

While underwater and the island was destroyed by fire and death, mom and dad pleased that Janella was fell down into the sea and she was sick under the sea, but instead, Janella (Janella Salvador) who turning 15, was awake while swim and she discovers that she can breathe in water as Janella used her magical necklace to transform into a mermaid and going to Oceana while Janella met up with her Queen Calissa, and also Zuma. So that, Sebastian contact between merpeople and humans is forbidden while Janella meets a sea lion Snouts (voiced by Harvey Bautista).

In the land, Victor Ramos (Marlo Mortel), Janella's love interest, who will fall in love again. Meanwhile, Janella back to the land with her friends Fallon (Gabbi Garcia) and Andy (Alexandra Macanan) who are in high school. In Janella's house, her mom Dianne and his dad Danny give Janella to wear a school uniform. Because of that, Janella went to high school with her friends Fallon and Andy who is also on the same year level as she is, along with their classmates like Eric (Kiko Estrada), James (CJ Navato) and Ronald (Joshua Dionisio). In Ramos' house, Victor see that his foster dad Marvin and her oldest sister Bettina while Victor loves Janella.

Janella tells his dad Danny, of the incident. Her mom Dianne gave his dad Danny explains that Janella's mother Calissa, and that Janella was given to their mom and dad as a baby to raise because she was born with legs. Janella believe that and goes to her friends Fallon and Andy, telling them the story.

Zuma appears to the girls, confirming that Janella is a mermaid. Zuma explains to Janella that her mother is Calissa, previous queen of the underwater kingdom of Oceana. Calissa's current queen is Eris, Calissa's sister, who is a tyrant and took the throne when Calissa went missing years earlier. Zuma hopes that Janella will claim her birthright and usurp Eris. Janella refuses, and in her anger throws the necklace she'd been wearing since she was an infant. The smashed pendant reveals a magical image of Calissa, confirming that she is alive.

Janella uses her magical necklace to transform into a mermaid and agrees to go to Oceana in the hopes that Mayleen can make Janella normal again. With Zuma as her guide, Janella arrives in Oceana and meets Zuma's mermaid friends Syrenka (Jai Agpangan) and Kim (Joj Agpangan). Syrenka and Kim give Janella an outfit to hide her legs, and together they visit the Destinies, three mermaids with prophetic powers. The Destinies tell Janella that she needs to collect three items in order to succeed in overthrowing Eris: the Celestial Comb, a Dreamfish and Eris' protective necklace.

The group search for the items, occasionally calling Fallon and Andy for help with research. They find the Celestial Comb in an underwater cave and the Dreamfish in the Adenato currents. Janella talks to Fallon and Andy with a device and they find out where the Celestial Comb is: in a cave guarded by large jellyfish. Zuma, Syrenka and Kim try to distract the jellyfish while Janella and Snouts get the comb. They get it and escape before the cave collapses. Janella contacts Fallon and Andy again, and they locate the Dreamfish (Ciara Sotto).

They get the Dreamfish and then, to get Eris' necklace, Janella, Syrenka and Andy sing a song Queen of the Waves (but with different lyrics) to her in a festival to distract her. Eris becomes angry and makes a whirlpool to get rid of Janella, and Janella gets sucked in.

Janella asks the Dreamfish for help, and it offers to let her go home and pretend nothing ever happened. Janella refuses and magically gets a real mermaid tail. She escapes the whirlpool with her new, strong tail and takes Eris' necklace. Calissa makes more Merillia, and Janella finds out that Eris couldn't defeat Calissa because Eris is unable to make any Merillia. Eris chases after Janella and Eris ends up caught in one of her own whirlpools. She is taken to the bottom of the deepest trench in the ocean.

Janella frees Calissa and Calissa cures the ocean with her Merillia. She also won her daughter a necklace that will let her be human again, as well as a mermaid whenever she wishes. Janella goes back to the land.

Janella will be a mermaid tale at the island to explore the deep. How will mom Dianne and dad Danny giving Janella as the mermaid tale of the sea? Janella goes to her friends Fallon and Andy who are showing that take the picture for Victor, Janella's love interest who called it Mallows.

Snouts appears to the girls like Fallon and Andy with her boyfriend Victor, confirmed that Janella will go swimming while she uses her magical necklace to transform into a mermaid and went to Oceana to tell her mother Calissa for the good news. Janella met up with her Queen Calissa, and also Zuma. Janella looks at the water for her with Zuma's mermaid friends Syrenka and Kim.

In order to obtain Eris' necklace, Janella, Syrenka and Kim then approach Eris directly, performing a song and dance to distract her long enough for Janella to grab Eris' necklace. In a rage, Eris creates a whirlpool to banish Janella to the deepest depths of the ocean. While inside the whirlpool, Janella calls the Dreamfish for help. The Dreamfish offers to grant Janella's deepest wish and send her back to the island and erase her mermaid half for good. Janella rejects the wish and accepts her responsibility as princess of Oceana. Due to this, Janella got a mermaid tail, which she uses to escape the whirlpool herself. Janella reveals her identity to the people of Oceana, proving her identity by brandishing the Celestial Comb. Eris rushes Janella, and after a chase Janella is able to lure Eris into the whirlpool. Eris is trapped and sent into the deepest depths of the ocean.

Janella finds and sets Calissa free. Calissa is queen again, and makes Calissa healthy once more. In the aftermath, Janella confesses that she misses her life as a human, and Calissa gives her a magical necklace that enables her to be a human or mermaid whenever she wishes. Janella returns to land, where she is reunited with her family with Victor. “Oh my gee, i'm so exciting mermaid princess how Janella fall in love again because this mermaid tail girl in the land that I have received this year,” said Janella who admitted that she has become attached to her character. I'm so oh my super gee, i'm Janella Bernardo feels the magic for me.

Janella gave Pet Fish (Nel Gomez), Zuma and Sebastian are in the splash of beach. Now that the mermaid ending of Janella’s fairytale near, the Princess of the Sea in island at the beachfront home and the Paradise Cove. Who will kiss Victor charming fall in love again?

She reunited for the family at home received the house island. In the end of the story for the sea, at the beach, Oh My G, Janella loves Victor who kiss me while as she jumps into the water and they elude their pursers Janella using her magical necklace and transform into a mermaid tail who will fall in love again. Together they swim along the ocean floor toward what appears to be an underwater kingdom as Victor kiss Janella.

Main Cast

 * Janella Salvador as Janella Bernardo - Oh my gee, a girl nicknamed Princess of the Sea, who's half human while turning into a mermaid tale under the sea. Their parents death when she was a little baby so her mother Queen Jenine gave baby Janella to her mom and dad to raise, thinking that she will be safe on land than in the ocean. She's a mermaid princess of Oceana and a classmate from high school. Janella was born to Queen Calissa, her queen of the mermaid. She is the her mom and dad, and also niece of Eris. She also has two friends named Fallon and Andy, and the trio send in high school and Janella is a classmate who using a school uniform. She is nicknamed the Princess of the Sea. She even had no idea about her origins and thought that she is a teenager, when she was really a mermaid princess and the daughter of the Pacific ocean's queen. Janella is a teen actress to play the role at age 15 by wearing the "pink-colored" fish tail much like a dolphin. She's the princess of Oceana and has a pink tail.
 * Marlo Mortel as Victor Ramos - A popular boy as Janella's love interest. Janella calls him "Mallows".
 * Angelu de Leon as Dianne Bernardo - Janella's mom
 * Bobby Andrews as Danny Bernardo - Janella's dad
 * Andrei Felix as Marvin Ramos - A boy who is interest with Bettina and his bestfriend Victor.
 * Bettina Carlos as Bettina Ramos - An oldest sister of Marvin and his brother Victor.

Supporting Cast

 * Gabbi Garcia as Fallon Reyes - One of Janella's best friends.
 * Alexandra Macanan as Andy Reyes - Janella's other best friend. Her personality makes her the first one to believe that Janella is a mermaid.
 * Kiko Estrada as Eric Bautista - Classmate from high school.
 * CJ Navato as James Pomol - Classmate from high school.
 * Joshua Dionisio as Ronald Dan - Classmate from high school.

Mermaids

 * Kat Alano as Calissa Bernardo - Janella's mother. She was the Queen regnant Queen of Oceana, until her evil younger sister, Eris, stole the throne from her.
 * Jai Agpangan as Syrenka Gonzales - One of Janella's best friends and super-stylish mermaids. They own a luxurious boutique under the sea where Janella gets a mermaid makeover. They own Snouts, a sea lion pup. They help Merliah fight the evil Eris.
 * Joj Agpangan as Kim Gonzales - One of Janella's best friends and super-stylish mermaids. They own a luxurious boutique under the sea where Janella gets a mermaid makeover. They own Snouts, a sea lion pup. They help Janella fight the evil Eris.
 * Mikee Lee as Michael Domingo - A merman prince of the underwater.
 * Yen Santos as Louise Tolentino - She is a destiny girl of the underwater island surf.
 * Paolo Serrano as Ryan Adam - The forces of underwater stormed.

The Destinies
Three girls named Dee, Deanne and Deandra (their names are only shown in the credits) who own a hair salon and can also see the future. They tell Janella the three tools she needs to defeat Eris and restore Oceana.
 * Celine Lim as Deanne
 * Dexie Daulat as Dee
 * Aria Cariño as Deandra

Sea creatures (voice)

 * Alyanna Angeles as Zuma - A pink, sparkly dolphin who is friends with Janella. A sparkly pink dolphin who shows Janella around the ocean kingdom and helps her save Calissa. She is almost the same size as Janella. Zuma appears to the girls (such as Falon and Andy) and later Victor, confirming that Janella is a mermaid.
 * Elmo Magalona as Sebastian - A small red Jamaican crab who acts for Janella's mother Calissa.
 * Harvey Bautista as Snouts - A helpful sea lion who is friends of Janella. He belongs to Syrenka and Kim.
 * Ciara Sotto as Dreamfish - 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 - The pet fish who is he give Janella's fisher pets.
 * Raine Salamante as Lipstick Fish
 * Josh Padilla as Remo - A yellow-and-green striped seahorse who is Eris' sidekick. Remo is constantly abused by Eris. He leads Janella to where Clarissa is held as soon as Eris is defeated. He likes to blow through a shell.
 * Jake Roxas as Pufferazzi - His name is a based on him being a puffer fish who works as a paparazzi.

Villains

 * Alessandra de Rossi as Eris - An evil mermaid with an orange tail whose a sister of Calissa and aunt of Janella. She is the one who overthrew Calissa and became their new evil queen. Everyone in the kingdom is afraid of her. The main antagonist of the film. She is jealous of evil underwater and imprisons her to become queen.
 * Meryll Soriano as Ursula - A fictional character as the sea witch. A powerful cecaelian sea witch who occasionally antagonizes Janella.
 * RJ Ledesma as Shark (voice)
 * Derrick Monasterio as Dragon Fish (voice)

Extended Cast

 * Victor Anastacio as Lloyd Ramiro - High school teacher.
 * Ian Galliguez as Trisha Romualdez - High school principal.

Special Participation

 * Sofia Millares as young Janella Bernardo - It was born in 5-year-old girl as a kid, takes on a journey to trace her origins until she finds out that she is the daughter of a merman and a human.
 * Franchesca Salcedo as young Shy Gonzales
 * Barbie Sabino as young Andy Reyes

Ratings
This series has started the trend of fantaserye (Fantasy series) mania for IBC. Since its premiere telecast, Janella in Wonderland debuted with a pilot episode garnered a 31.1% household rating, dominated its two competitors ABS-CBN's Honesto (29.0%) and GMA's Adarna (12.0%).

By January 23, the fantasy series was at number 1 once more reigns the Philippine primetime TV shows as the fantaserye top-billed by Janella Salvador hit an all-time high national TV rating of has garnered a 33.2% household rating, beating its rivals Honesto (31.4%) and Adarna (13.3%) in dominating primetime slot. Since then, Janella in Wonderland's ratings proved is the #1 most-watched fantaserye on Philippine TV, according to Kantar Media/TNS Total Philippines (Urban+Rural Households) ratings while Maghihintay Sa'yo, another IBC’s production, was the #1 teleserye on Philippine TV, also the strongest ratings-wise on IBC's Kapinoy Primetime and its timeslot, it made the network edge over ABS-CBN and GMA Network which are the Philippines' leading networks since 1988 and 2004. These two series created a domino effect for IBC's other shows, and thus it solidified its position as nation's number 3 network since 1996.

As of March 17, 2014, the fantasy series remained its lead despite its 11-week-airing and now gains the rival mermaid fantasy with an average rating of registered a 34.1% in the ratings share nationwide, beating the entrance of Sirena Wars like ABS-CBN's Dyesebel which is top-billed by Anne Curtis with 32.8% and GMA's Kambal Sirena also top-billed by Louise delos Reyes with only 17.9% in the month of March, based on the Kantar Media-TNS data survey. In time for its 54th year anniversary of IBC, the fantaserye craze continues as for making Janella in Wonderland, the number 1 most-watched fantserye toppling Dyesebel and Kambal Sirena for the top slot after 3-weeks and gains its primetime shows lead in Mega Manila and nationwide ratings.

Mall tour
After its successful premiere and the viewers' charm support, the cast of Janella in Wonderland, name the only primetime princess Janella Salvador lead the show has launched Janella in Wonderland: The Nationwide Mall Tour. In February 5, the cast visited Trinoma Activity Center in Quezon City followed by an appearance in February 12 at SM City Lucena. More fans who want to join and attend Janella in Wonderland Mall Tour to buy the event of licensing and merchandising like shirts, bags, slippers, dress, mermaid suits, toys, dolls, necklace and beautiful bracelet in the venue. In February 28, Mortel, Salvador, Felix, Carlos and Dionisio stopped by at Sinulog Festival in Cebu City. On March 13, Mortel and Salvador visited in its grand fans’ day at the SM City Iloilo. In April 4-6, Janella Salvador visited at Marikina Sports Complex in Marikina City, Philippines as well as being part of the Kapinoy Live: Fans Day Caravan concert along with Marlo Mortel and Andrei Felix to promote the fantasy series. The cast continued the tour in SM City Baguio in April 19 for the grand fans thanksgiving celebration and was followed by a tour at Robinsons Place Roxas in May 3.

Critics
The director of Janella in Wonderland is the award-winning director Jeffrey Jeturian and Paco Sta. Maria, tagged Janella Salvador now hailed as the Primetime Princess of IBC based on her portrayal as Janella. She started: "She is realy good. Oh my gee, I think she will now have a show business and this will becoming so exciting as a mermaid ever. She may be a primetime princess and eventually as a mermaid tale." "I really like it. Oh no, andya na sila, I told herself this as her fantaserye ever would surely rate, oh my super gee.

Merchandise
The Kapinoy Network is adventage of the show's popularly to the partnerhip with Sari-Sari Kapinoy as the merchandise Janella in Wonderland Items, the merchandise that produce a toys, dolls, i-pods, cellphones from Globe, My Phone and Cherry Mobile, t-shirts from Bench, video games, tumbler, notebooks, pencils, crayons, eraser, keychain, fan, bag, ballpen, caps, coin banks, watches, rain gear, umbrella, mug, sticker, among others are also being sold available in the makret of supermarkets, supermalls, malls and so much more in Mega Manila and other provinces nationwide in very affordable prices.

DVD Release
IBC has released Janella in Wonderland on DVD. The DVD set contains all episodes.

Janella in Wonderland mobile game
In February 2014, a mobile game was released IBC Interactive after the launch of Janella in Wonderland. This is the first mobile game based on a Philippine television series.

IBC Interactive plans to make more mobile games based on popular television shows of IBC such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Born to be a Superstar, KapinoyLand and Maya Loves Sir Chief.

Music
Due to the success of the fantaserye, the soundtrack album Janella in Wonderland: Original Soundtrack was released January 24, 2014 by IBC Records. The physical copy of soundtrack is available in leading music stores and digitally via iTunes.

All the songs from the official soundtrack album of the series are performed by Janella Salvador, led by the show's lullaby love theme song Hanggang Kailan. The second single is the dance craze track Mermaid Party in March 3. Due to success of the show, the album was also certified Gold according to IBC Records.

Track listing

 * 1) Hanggang Kailan (written by Ryan Cayabyab, arranged by Vehnee Saturno)  - Janella Salvador
 * 2) Yesterday's Love (composed by Vehnee Saturno) - Janella Salvador (also from the album Oh My G!)
 * 3) Urong Sulong (compsoed by Lito Camo) - Janella Salvador
 * 4) When She Loved Me (composed by Vehnee Saturno) - Janella Salvador
 * 5) Panaginip (music by Lorrie Ilustre and lyrics by Dennis Garcia) - Janella Salvador
 * 6) Queen of the Waves (composed by Melchora Mabilog) - Janella Salvador
 * 7) Yakap (Charice) (composed by Christian Martinez) - Janella Salvador (also from the album Oh My G!)
 * 8) Mermaid Party (composed by Andrei Dionisio) - Janella Salvador

GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards

 * 2014 Winner, Princess of Philippine Television (Janella Salvador)
 * 2014 Winner, Most Promising Love Team on Television (Marlo Mortel and Janella Salvador)
 * 2014 Winner, Top Rating Primetime Fantasy

KBP Golden Dove Awards

 * 2014 Winner, Best TV Drama Series

Bataan Peninsula State University: Kagitingan Awards

 * 2014 Winner, Pinaka-Magiting na Programang Pantelebisyon

USTv Student Choice Awards

 * 10th USTv Student's Choice Awards (Students’ Choice of Fantasy Series Stars) - Won (Janella Salvador)
 * 10th USTv Student's Choice Awards (Students’ Choice of Fantasy Series) - Won

Trivia

 * This marks Salvador's first project and the first television series for IBC. She has been ABS-CBN's Star Magic contract star and now is one of IBC's contract star thru Kapinoy Talent Center.
 * This fantasy series gave Janella Salvador as the Primetime Princess of IBC on Philippine television.
 * A good summer tale before the series, Janella Salvador is a diving course while taping started while she using her magical necklace to transform into a mermaid. Her role required her to swim up to 60 ft (18 m). Salvador's mermaid tail costume's colors ("pink-colored") for the mermaid tale compared to the tail colors from the film Splash.
 * This is IBC's first-ever fantaserye in the primetime block, and commonly known as the sirena-serye since Marimar and Marinara aired in 2004.
 * It also marked Marlo Mortel's first primetime series under IBC and his hottest Kapinoy leading man.
 * Both Janella Salvador and Marlo Mortel are also appear in Be Careful With My Heart on ABS-CBN. Aside from fantasy series, they played as Nikki and Nicolo in the feel-good sitcom Maya Loves Sir Chief and the youth-oriented drama Friends 4Ever.
 * Janella in Wonderland also marks the second primetime project of the loveteam Angelu de Leon and Bobby Andrews under IBC when they started in the primetime teleserye Esperanza. Angelu had the third project of the network after May Bukas Pa (2000) and CelebrityDATCom (2003), while Angelu's on-screen partner Bobby is a second primetime project.
 * This is also the second primetime project of Andrei Felix after My Family Xyriel.
 * This is also the first primetime series of Bettina Carlos on IBC.
 * The theme song of Janella in Wonderland is Hanggang Kailan, performed by Janella Salvador. It was originally performed by Sarah Geronimo from the 2004 movie Lastikman: Unang Banat.
 * Last March 2014, IBC revived the fantasy series by uploading all episodes in YouTube. People, avid fans and viewers of the show can now watch the series again through YouTube.