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Pequeños Gigantes
Genre	Talent show
Created by	Rubén Galindo Santiago Galindo
Directed by	Eduardo Suárez
Presented by	Galilea Montijo Jimena Gállego (seasons 1-2) Yurem Rojas (seasons 1-2) Bárbara Islas (season 4)
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Rubén Galindo Santiago Galindo
Producers	Miguel Batz Fabián Flores
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Las Estrellas Univision
Release	27 March 2011 (2011-03-27) – 5 April 2020 (2020-04-05)

Pequeños Gigantes (English title: Little Giants) is a Mexican reality talent show that premiered on Las Estrellas 27 March 2011. The talent show televises groups of talented children from various Hispanic countries including the United States (each group comprises four children) competing against each other to receive the highest ranking at the end of each program, and for the first place and the grand prize. Each group has one captain, one singer, and two dancers. Six judges give each child category a rating based from 1 to 10.

Hosts and Judges

The first season premiered on 27 March 2011 hosted by Galilea Montijo, Jimena Gállego, And Yurem Rojas. The judges were Bianca Marroquín, María José, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Pierre Angelo, Noel Schajris and Raquel Ortega. For the second season, Schajris and Angelo didn’t return and saw Fanny Lú and Arath de la Torre as their replacements. In 2018, a third season was announced with Adrián Di Monte, Lupe Esparza, Nacho and Ariel Miramontes as the new judges joining three-season veterans Marroquín and Ibañez. Season four saw a reduction of judges from six to four. Miramontes was the only one returning from the previous season joined by Karol Sevilla, Verónica Castro and Miguel Bosé. For the fifth season, Miramontes returned once again, for his third season with María León, Bibi Gaytán and Juanpa Zurita. Montijo has served for all five season as host.

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

Season one premiered on Las Estrellas on 27 March 2011 and concluded on 24 July 2011. On Univision the season premiere on 19 June 2011 and concluded on 5 September 2011. Galilea Montijo, Jimena Gállego, and Yurem Rojas are hosts for this season. The judges of this season are Bianca Marroquín, María José, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Raquel Ortega, Noel Schajris, and Pierre Angelo. In this season seven teams of four children compete for the grand prize of 2 million MXN pesos to be distributed among the four team members, a trophy, and the singer of the team would sing a song with Gloria Trevi.

The winning team of this season is Los Irresistibles consisting of Javier Ruíz, Miguel Angel Romero, Daryna González, and Jorge del Valle.

Season 2 (2012)

Season two premiered on Las Estrellas on 15 April 2012 and concluded on 15 July 2012. On Univision the season premiere on 3 June 2012 and concluded on 2 September 2012. Galilea Montijo and Jimena Gállego returned as hosts. Bianca Marroquín, María José, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, and Raquel Ortega returned as judges. Fanny Lu and Arath de la Torre replaced Noel Schajris and Pierre Angelo as judges. In this season seven teams of four children compete for the grand prize of a trophy and 2 million MXN pesos to be distributed among the four team members.

The winning team of this season is Mega Estrellas consisting of Rogelio Cruz, Irlanda Valenzuela, Gretchen Rojas, and Max Kozelchick.

Season 3 (2018)

Season three premiered on 25 February 2018 and concluded on 29 April 2018. This is the first season to air simultaneously on Las Estrellas and Univision. Galilea Montijo and Jimena Gállego returned as the hosts. Bianca Marroquín and Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez returned as judges. Lupe Esparza, Adrián Di Monte, Nacho, and Ariel Miramontes "Albertano" replaced María José, Raquel Ortega, Fanny Lu, and Arath de la Torre as judges. In this season six teams of four children compete for the grand prize of 1 million MXN pesos to be distributed among the four team members.

The winning team of this season is Los Super Powers consisting of Natalia Gomez, Rodrigo Perez "Canelito", Jazlyn Quintero, and Aramis Ojeda.

Season 4 (2019)

Season four premiered on 24 March 2019, and concluded on 26 May 2019. On Univision the season concluded on 2 June 2019. Auditions were held in February 2019. Galilea Montijo returned as host. Bárbara Islas joined as co-host. The number of judges was reduced from six to four. Ariel Miramontes "Albertano" returned as judge. Verónica Castro, Miguel Bosé, and Karol Sevilla replaced Lupe Esparza, Adrián Di Monte, Nacho, Bianca Marroquín, and Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez as judges. This is the first season to include extraordinary physical abilities as a talent and the child is called the "Quinto Elemento" (Fifth Element). In this season six teams of five children compete for the grand prize of 1,200,000 MXN pesos to be distributed among each other.

The winning team of this season is Giovani y los saca chispas consisting of Giovani Chávez, Rafael Salazar, Sara Alejos, Yamil Ibáñez, and Mariana Olvera.

Season 5 (2020)

Season five premiered on Univision on 22 March 2020. Galilea Montijo returned as host. Ariel Miramontes "Albertano" returned as judge. María León, Bibi Gaytán and Juanpa Zurita replaced Verónica Castro, Miguel Bosé, and Karol Sevilla as judges. On 27 March 2020, Univision announced an early end to production on the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, with only three audition episodes being produced. The season finale aired on 5 April 2020.

Ratings

U.S. ratings

International versions of Pequeños Gigantes

  Currently airing franchise

  Franchise with an upcoming season

  Franchise whose status is unknown

  Franchise no longer in production

Country/region	Name	Network	Host(s)	Judges	Seasons and winners
Argentina	Pequeños Gigantes	Telefe	Susana Giménez	Martín Bossi Cris Morena Ricardo Montaner Martina Stoessel	Season 1, 2019: Los Pequeños Guerreros Season 2, 2019: ?
Chile	Pequeños Gigantes	Chilevisión	Carolina de Moras	Américo Amaya Forch Power Peralta	Season 1, 2015: Los Rebeldes
Costa Rica	Pequeños Gigantes	Teletica	Edgar Silva Natalia Rodríguez	Flor Urbina Nancy Dobles José "Chepe" González “Lalo” Rojas Alejandra Portillo Gustavo Rojas	Season 1, 2011: Estrellas Arrasadores
Ecuador	Pequeños Gigantes	Teleamazonas	Erick Méndez	Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez María José Noel Schajris Gloria Trevi	Season 1, 2012: Los Rebeldes
Hungary	Kicsi Óriások	RTL Klub	Balázs Sebestyén	Eszter Földes Péter Geszti Dávid Spáh	Season 1, 2016: Lázadók
Italy	Pequeños Gigantes Piccoli giganti	Canale 5 Real Time	Belén Rodríguez (1) Gabriele Corsi (2)	Current Benedetta Parodi (2) Enzo Miccio (2) Serena Rossi (2) Former Claudio Amendola (1) Megan Montaner (1) Francesco Arca (1)	Season 1, 2016: I Piccoli Guerrieri Season 2, 2017: Stelle Filanti
Panama	Pequeños Gigantes	Telemetro	Michelle Simons Jackie Guzmán Patty Castillo	Phatom Any Tovar Carlos Real Jahenel Pitti Margarita Henríquez Ana Lucía Herrera	Season 1, 2012: Gigantes En Acción Season 2, 2013: Super Peques
Paraguay	Pequeños Gigantes	Telefuturo	Dani Da Rosa	David Dionich Clara Franco Mili Britez Nadia Portillho (2) Álvaro Ayala Alicia Ramirez (1)	Season 1, 2014: Los Megas Talentosos Season 2, 2014: Los Irresistibles
Peru	Pequeños Gigantes	América Televisión	Federico Salazar Katia Condos	Denisse Dibós Jesús Neyra Karina Rivera Ricky Tosso Magdyel Ugaz	Season 1, 2012: Los Irresistibles
Poland	Mali giganci	TVN	Filip Chajzer	Agnieszka Chylińska (1–3) Kuba Wojewódzki (1–3) Katarzyna Bujakiewicz (1–2) Sonia Bohosiewicz (3)	Season 1, 2015: Klika Rubika Season 2, 2016: Kadra Anki Season 3, 2017: Pogodni
Portugal	Pequenos Gigantes	TVI	Fatima Lopes	Manuel Luis Goucha Rita Pereira David Carreira	Season 1, 2015: Os Rebeldes Season 2, 2016: Os Sonhadores
Spain	Pequeños Gigantes	Telecinco	Jesús Vázquez	Mónica Naranjo (2) Florentino Fernández (2) Marbelys Zamora (2) Angy Fernández (1) Jorge Cadaval (1) Melody (1)	Season 1, 2014: Los Rebeldes Season 2, 2015: Gigantes en acción
Ukraine	Маленькі гіганти Malenki giganti	1+1	Kateryna Osadcha	Yuriy Gorbunov Natalia Mogilevskaya Elena Soptenko	Season 1, 2015: ?
Uruguay	Pequeños Gigantes	Teledoce	?	?	Season 1, 2013: Pequeños Guerreros
United States	Pequeños Gigantes USA	Univision	Giselle Blondet	Bianca Marroquín Luis Coronel Prince Royce	Season 1, 2017: Peque Flow
Vietnam	Người Hùng Tí Hon	HTV7	?	?	?

References

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External links

• Official website in Mexico
• Official website in the United States

• 2011 Mexican television series debuts
• 2020 Mexican television series endings
• Las Estrellas original programming
• Mexican reality television series
• Spanish-language television shows
• Television productions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Television series by Televisa