The Cheetah Girls 2

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The Cheetah Girls 2

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Directed by Kenny Ortega
Produced by Deborah Gregory
Whitney Houston
Written by Deborah Gregory
Alison Taylor
Starring Raven-Symoné
Adrienne Bailon
Kiely Williams
Sabrina Bryan
Belinda Peregrin
Distributed by Disney Channel
Release date(s) August 25, 2006
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Preceded by The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Followed by The Cheetah Girls 3: One World (2008)

The Cheetah Girls 2, a television movie, is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, starring Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan. The movie has been seen by over 30 million people in the US and its premiere was the highest rated for a DCOM at the time of its release.

The sequel is about a talented teen quartet who take a whirlwind tour of the Catalonian capital in Spain to pursue their dreams of pop superstardom.

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[edit] Synopsis

The movie begins in Manhattan, New York, where the Cheetah Girls have just completed their junior year and are performing "The Party's Just Begun" at a Graduation Party for the Manhattan Magnet's Class of 2006. While having a sleep-over at Galleria's, Chanel tells the girls that her mother, Juanita, is planing a trip to Barcelona, Spain, where they will be visiting Luc, Juanita's boyfriend. Chanel is bummed and does not want to see Luc while the other girls are upset about being separated for the summer when Aqua sees a shooting star and the girls make a wish together - to go to Spain with Chanel. At that very moment, one of the girl's magazines flips pages until it comes across an ad for a Barcelona music festival. Galleria enters the Cheetah Girls and the next day, Dorethea, Juanita, and the Cheetah Girls all travel to at Luc's Spanish villa. Everyone except Chanel thinks that Luc is the perfect man for her mom, but she refuses to let him into the family due to all the "jerks she dated" before.

After shopping through Barcelona, they go and rest in a cafe. Soon they hear a guitar playing and meet Angel, a mysterious guitar player who accompanies them around Barcelona and whom Galleria takes a liking to. ("Strut") The girls audition for the festival and earn a spot. The next day at breakfast, they meet Joaquin, a handsome dancer who has a crush on Dorinda. Joaquin takes the Cheetahs to the Dancing Cat, a local Spanish night club where all the new artists perform their songs. There they meet Spanish pop artist Marisol (Belinda), who will also compete in the Music Festival, and her manager/mother, Lola. ("Why Wait") Lola plans a scheme to break up the Cheetah Girls, as they pose a threat to her daughter's chances in the competition, and she invites Chanel to sing with Marisol.

Galleria notices that everyone is getting involved in other activities except for her – Aqua designs clothes with Dortheia, Chanel sings with Marisol and Dorinda spends all her extra time with Joaquin. Galleria decides to return to New York because she's the only one focused on the competition. ("It's Over") While at a train station, the other three girls find Galleria and sing the starting sequence of "Amigas Cheetahs", the song she wrote. Galleria says she will only come back if they stay focused. They perform a song to show just how focused they are. ("Step Up")

While Chanel walking around the house, she overhears Juanita talking to Dortheia about how she believes that Luc doesn't want to marry her because Chanel doesn't like him. Luc later proposes to Juanita after Chanel gives her permission and she gladly accepts. Luc tells Chanel that she can stay in New York with her friends for her upcoming senior year. However, the Cheetah Girls' dreams are in serious trouble. While they were performing Step Up, Lola convinces the Dancing Cat's manager to pay the Cheetah Girls money. The competition will only allow amateur performs to compete. Accepting payment from the Dancing Cat makes the Cheetah Girls professional performers. Angel, who was present during the entire exchange, investigates.

Right before Chanel is going to get changed to perform with Marisol, the Festival Director informs that the Cheetah Girls are able to perform after getting a tip. Everyone is surprised when they see that the informer was his nephew, Angel. He informed that Lola tried to sabotage the Cheetahs, and his uncle reinstates the girls as the cheetah girls. Lola tries to dispute, but the Director will not hear it. Marisol finally tells off her mother, saying she feels she's no longer in it because she loves to sing, but because her mother is desperate to make her a star. The Cheetah Girls then perform "Amigas Cheetahs," and as a surprise, bring Marisol onto the stage, along with Joaquin's dancing crew, Angel on the guitar and the Director on the trumpet. Their song is a hit with the crowd.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Taglines

  • "The Party's Just Begun!"
  • "It's Cheetah-licious!"
  • "Girl power!"
  • "Cheetah Sisters"
  • "Cheetah Crazy!"*

[edit] Soundtrack

Main article: The Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack

The Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack (amazon.com listing) is a diverse blend of Pop, Latin, Hip-Hop, R&B, and Rock music. The soundtrack was released on August 15, 2006.[1] The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and has so far spent four weeks at the top 10 on the charts and was certified Platinum in November 2006. The Cheetah Girls started touring for the album on September 15, 2006.

[edit] Tracklist

  1. The Party's Just Begun ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  2. Strut ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls featuring Peter Vives
  3. Dance With Me ::: Performed by Drew Seeley featuring Belinda
  4. Why Wait? ::: Performed by Belinda
  5. A La Nanita Nana ::: Performed by Adrienne Bailon & Belinda featuring The Cheetah Girls
  6. Do Your Own Thing ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  7. It's Over ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  8. Step Up ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  9. Amigas Cheetahs ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  10. Cherish The Moment ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  11. Cheetah Sisters (Barcelona mix) ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  12. Everyone's A Star ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  13. It's gonna Be Alright ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  14. Studio session with The cheetah girls ::: Bonus video track

[edit] Special Edition

DISC 1: SOUNDTRACK + TWO BONUS TRACKS

  1. The Party's Just Begun ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  2. Strut ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls featuring Peter Vives
  3. Dance With Me ::: Performed by Drew Seeley featuring Belinda
  4. Why Wait? ::: Performed by Belinda
  5. A La Nanita Nana ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls & Belinda
  6. Do Your Own Thing ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  7. It's Over ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  8. Step Up ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  9. Amigas Cheetahs ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  10. Cherish The Moment ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  11. Cheetah Sisters (Barcelona mix) ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  12. Everyone's A Star ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  13. It's gonna Be Alright ::: Performed by Raven-Symoné
  14. Route 66 ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls
  15. Strut (Ming Mix) ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls

DISC 2: DVD WITH THE CONCERT IN DISNEYLAND

  1. The Party's Just Begun ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  2. Step Up ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  3. Cinderella ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  4. Strut ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live
  5. Cheetah Sisters ::: Performed by The Cheetah Girls Live

[edit] Initial airdates

[edit] DVD release

  • Flag of the United States Flag of Canada The Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-Licious Edition was released on November 28, 2006. The Region 1 DVD includes Spanish audio tracks. [2]
  • Flag of Brazil The Cheetah Girls 2 - As Feras da Música DVD was released in Brazil on April 11, 2007
  • Flag of the United Kingdom The Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-Licious Edition DVD was released in the UK on May 21, 2007.
  • Flag of Italy The Cheetah Girls 2 DVD was released in Italy on May 23, 2007, with audio tracks in Italian, German, English, Spanish and French and with extra features.[4]
  • Flag of Hong Kong The Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-Licious Edition DVD will be released in Hong Kong on June 26, 2007. The Region 3 DVD includes audio tracks in English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese, and subtitles in English, Traditional Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

[edit] Las Cheetah Girls 2 (Spanish Version)

  • The role of Marisol Durán, played by Mexican singer Belinda, was dubbed in Spanish by herself. Adrienne Bailon did her own Spanish dubbing as well.

Various names are used for the Cheetah girls in Spanish:

  • Las Cheetah Girls
  • Cheetah Girls (Disney Channel Latin America)
  • Las Chicas Guepardo (Disney Channel Spain)

[edit] Translation oddities

(NOTE: It is highly unusual for something to be translated perfectly into another language; translations are often loose for the dialogue to make sense to the new audience)

  • In the scene at The Dancing Cat, after Marisol and Chanel finished singing A La Nanita Nana, Lola asks if any of them speak Spanish (English version). In the Spanish version, Lola asks if any of them were part Hispanic.
  • In one scene, Chanel and her mother dress up properly and wait for Luc's family. But after the family comes out of the van, they see the family dressed up casually. Chanel says (in the English version), "I could've at least worn flipflops." In the Spanish version, she says, "I should've worn the red gloves."
  • When Galleria is trying to write a new song for the competition, she complains about learning a new song in Spanish, and how they couldn't sing in Spanish (Galleria says that their pronunciation of Spanish is failing and discuss with Aqua about the song) . But they are obviously speaking Spanish. (This is not exactly a blooper, since it was translated from English.)

[edit] sales

The DVD debuted at #10 on Billboard's "Top DVD sales" chart. It has sold nearly one million copies since it's release and has grossed over $17 million in revenue.[1]

The movie received a total over 21 million viewers in the US alone. (as of September 2006)[2]

[edit] Video Game

A video game is The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations for Nintendo DS, Is sell Oct, 9 2007

[edit] Sequel

A sequel, The Cheetah Girls One World, will premiere on Disney Channel in August 2008. It was confirmed by Adrienne Bailon. It is going to be filmed in India around the premise of a Bollywood film. It has been confirmed, however, that Raven will not return for the 3rd film, due to other commitments because she will be working on other films, such as College Road Trip. Lynn Whitfield will also not be in the movie due to Raven not being there, along with her other commitments.


[edit] Awards

  • 2007

Imagen Award:Best Director - Film Kenny Ortega

Golden Reel Award:Best Sound Editing in Music for Television - Long Form Carli Barber (music editor)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cheetah Girls 2 at Allmusic
  2. ^ a b The Cheetah Girls 2 at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ The Cheetah Girls 2. Disney Channel. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
  4. ^ The Cheetah Girls 2 (Italian). DVD.it. Retrieved on 2007-04-23.

[edit] External links

[edit] International sites

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