Heroine Hat-Trick

Rejection, deception and jealousy will not deter three ingénue heroines from fighting for love in three brand-new telenovelas coming to DStv in March.

- Elri Boucher

VOICE OF AN ANGEL

Lead actress Maite Perroni is a pop star and was asked to perform on the show’s official soundtrack. The producers were so impressed with her singing that she was asked to sing five of the 15 official songs used in the series.

Things have kicked off a little shakily this year, with the world still living with the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic that, like some telenovelas, has decided to be renewed for a second season. Joh, talk about drama! Now it’s time for something new – and DStv has three brand-new telenovelas hitting tlnovelas (*133) during March that will spice up your TV viewing.

The three shows are being led by a trio of beautiful ingénues whose stories will grip you and inspire you – here’s why you are going to love them in these addictive Mexican shows…

DON’T MESS WITH AN ANGEL

In this Mexican telenovela (originally called Cuidado Con El Ángel when it first aired in 2008 and 2009), Marichuy (Maite Perroni, Esmerelda in the telenovela The Stray Cat, 2014) grew up as a humble orphan after her birth mother Cecilia (Helena Rojo, Dora in telenovela The Heart Is Never Wrong, 2019), who was afraid she would die, gave her to a priest who then abandoned her at an orphanage. At the age of 14, Marichuy ran away from the orphanage, only to be sexually assaulted by a drunken stranger.

Wandering the streets and stealing to survive, she is taken in by