Calle 7 (TVN)
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Calle 7 is a Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an Television program, shown by TVN
Televisión Nacional de Chile
TVN is Chile's state-owned television station. Its inaugural transmission took place on 1969. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it; a very particular case of public television in South America...

 from Monday to Friday at 6 pm. It is hosted by Jean Philippe Cretton and its plot has to do with a group of youngsters who play and dance, and participate to win a top prize at the end of competition.

Early months

Calle 7 began airing on January 12, 2009 at 6pm and presented by Martín Cárcamo
Martín Cárcamo
Martín Andrés Cárcamo Papic is a Chilean television presenter and actor and was the host of Pasiones and El Último Pasajero....

 and Karen Doggenweiler
Karen Doggenweiler
Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter.Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...

. The program was aimed at youth and family area where a group of participants known as "Team Calle 7" danced and competed in several tests, where the winning team gave $ 100,000 Chilean pesos
Chilean peso
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...

 to a viewer.
The changes began with the exit of Karen Doggenweiler
Karen Doggenweiler
Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter.Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...

, on February 20, 2009, because she went to host of another project at the station called, Todos a Coro, an adaptation to the British program from BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, Last Choir Standing
Last Choir Standing
Last Choir Standing was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. Broadcast on BBC One in July and August 2008, the series saw amateur choirs competing each week to be the 'last choir standing'....

, that began airing in March of 2009.
However changes to the program became clear when the result on the ratings
Audience measurement
Audience measurement measures how many people are in an audience, usually in relation to radio listenership and television viewership, but also in relation to newspaper and magazine readership and, increasingly, web traffic on websites...

 came out. The level of audience for Calle 7 was about 8 points, low compared to competition. Rumors of cancellation where everywhere, but lately ratings have shown Calle 7 beating the competition.
In this re-formatting of the program, "the Team Calle 7" was divided in two teams (yellow and red) and competed in different contests to win points. The winners won great prizes, while the losers were suffering hard challenges.

Seasons

Premiere Finale Winner Runner Up Number of contestants Spirit of Calle 7
Season One
Calle 7 (season 1)
The first season of Calle 7 was premiered on March 2, 2009, and the competition started on March 8, 2009. On Mondays and Wednesdays the two teams compete with each other during three contests with a point system of 100, 200 and 300 points deciding the winner, while on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the...

March 9, 2009 July 31, 2009 Francisco Puelles
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...

Valentina Roth
Valentina Roth
Valentina Alejandra Roth Soracco is a dancer, model and television personality best known for her participations in Rojo, Yingo and Calle 7-Career:...

27 Francisco Puelles
Season Two August 3, 2009 January 29, 2010 Francisco Puelles
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...

Felipe Camus 31 Felipe Camus
Season Three
Calle 7 (season 3)
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March 15, 2010 June 5, 2010 Maite Orsini
Maite Orsini
Maite Orsini Pascal is a Chilean actress and model.-Biography:Over the past two decades, Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as Los Venegas and Fuera de control . During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs...

 and
Francisco Rodríguez
Camila Nash and
Federico Koch
26 Alain Soulat
Season Four
Calle 7 (season 4)
The fourth season begin on June 7, 2010 showing the new contestans. On June 8 of 2010 the couples were announced for both teams. It was also announced that at the time of nomination, both partners would be nominated. At the beginning of this season the horary was changed to 16:00 hrs and a few days...

June 7, 2010 November 13, 2010 Catalina Vallejos
Catalina Vallejos
Catalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepulveda is a Chilean model,actress and television personality best known for winning Miss ATP in 2009, and for her involvement on Calle 7.-Career:...


and Felipe Camus
Camila Nash and
Francisco Puelles
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...

22 Felipe Camus
Season Five
Calle 7 (season 5)
The season began on November 15, 2010, new participants were introduced as some of the known cast did not return. Like the third and fourth season the system of the competition was in mixed couples. This season, in addition to the award of six million Chilean pesos, the winning couple will get a...

November 15, 2010 Enero 22, 2011 Catalina Vallejos
Catalina Vallejos
Catalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepulveda is a Chilean model,actress and television personality best known for winning Miss ATP in 2009, and for her involvement on Calle 7.-Career:...


and Philippe Trillat
Karen Paola
and Juan Carlos Palma
20 Juan Pedro Verdier

Season one

The first season
Calle 7 (season 1)
The first season of Calle 7 was premiered on March 2, 2009, and the competition started on March 8, 2009. On Mondays and Wednesdays the two teams compete with each other during three contests with a point system of 100, 200 and 300 points deciding the winner, while on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the...

 premiered on March 2, 2009. On this season the cast of Calle 7 formed the yellow team as "Team Calle 7" and new participant formed "The Challengers" (red team). Competing every tuesdays and thursdays, the team with less score nominated one contestant of their own team and the fridays one cast member was eliminated. The competition started on March 9 and the finale of the season was on July 31 and the winners was Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...

.

Season two

The second season of Calle 7 began on Monday, August 3, 2009. The new competitors were presented, and called "Challenging team", they will team up to compete against the well known "Team Calle 7" that includes all cast members of the season one and the winner Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...

.
The competition system is the same as the one utilized in the first season; on Mondays and Wednesdays, the two teams compete in three events, each worth 100, 200 and 300 points. The winner of those days is saved from competing in elimination, while the loser has to compete among themselves on Tuesdays and Thursdays to elect a nominated team member. The elimination competition was on Fridays, and the loser leaves Calle 7 for ever. The winners of this was again Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles
Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...

.

Season three

Before the start of season three
Calle 7 (season 3)
-External links:*...

, there was a pre-season from 1st to 26 February, the participants were divided in the yellow and red teams, which competed from monday to friday in three tests and the winning team earned a sum of money. The raised money was donated to the victims of the 2010 Chile earthquake
2010 Chile earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...

.
Finely the third season of Calle 7 began two weeks after at the end of the pre-season, in this period of time the program was not delivered due to the earthquake
Earthquake
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 that struck the central-southern of Chile, becoming the March 15. This time the competition system was in mixed couples, but compete in the familiar yellow and red teams.
The winners of this season were Maite Orsini
Maite Orsini
Maite Orsini Pascal is a Chilean actress and model.-Biography:Over the past two decades, Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as Los Venegas and Fuera de control . During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs...

 and Francisco "Pancho" Rodríguez.

Season four

The fourth season
Calle 7 (season 4)
The fourth season begin on June 7, 2010 showing the new contestans. On June 8 of 2010 the couples were announced for both teams. It was also announced that at the time of nomination, both partners would be nominated. At the beginning of this season the horary was changed to 16:00 hrs and a few days...

 was premiered on June 7 of 2010. Like the third season the system of the competition was in mixed couples.
In October 2010 it was announced that former co-host Jean Philippe Cretton was replacing Martin Carcamo
Martín Cárcamo
Martín Andrés Cárcamo Papic is a Chilean television presenter and actor and was the host of Pasiones and El Último Pasajero....

 as the program's host. It was never mentioned that Martín Cárcamo
Martín Cárcamo
Martín Andrés Cárcamo Papic is a Chilean television presenter and actor and was the host of Pasiones and El Último Pasajero....

 left the program due to his contractual signing with Canal 13
Canal 13
Canal 13 is the name of six Central and South American television stations:* Canal 13 , television network from Buenos Aires, Argentina* Canal 13 , television network from Santiago, Chile...

.
The final was held on Saturday November 13, 2010 in primetime. Felipe Camus and Catalina Vallejos
Catalina Vallejos
Catalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepulveda is a Chilean model,actress and television personality best known for winning Miss ATP in 2009, and for her involvement on Calle 7.-Career:...

 were the big winners winning $6.000.000 of Chilean pesos
Chilean peso
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...

.

Season five

The season began on November 15, 2010, new participants were introduced as some of the known cast did not return. The style of competition is the same, the two teams contain the designated couples and the competitions are similar to previous seasons. This season, in addition to the award of six million Chilean pesos, the winning couple will get a zero km car.

Calle 7 OnLine

Calle 7 OnLine (also known as the "tiendita") is the satellite of Calle 7 delivered virtually through TVN's website from 18:00 to 19:00. It began broadcasting on Wednesday June 3, 2009 to be presented officially to all Chile on June 11, 2009 live on Calle 7, becoming the first program in a dual issue and live (television and the Internet) in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. The online program, which was led by Jean Philippe Cretton until he became the co-host of Calle 7, is a sort of online
ONLINE
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 backstage where participants interact with viewers, who send their comments immediately through a chat system through the platform provided Cover It Live, and subsequently was formally led by Valeria Ortega
Valeria Ortega
Valeria Muriel Ortega Schettino is a Chilean host and TV personality, best known for her appearances as a television reporter in Concepción. She was a participant in Calle 7. On April 19, 2010, she became co-host of the program until December 30 of that year...

 a few days after Nicolas Opazo did, then made Ronny "Dance" Munizaga and from April 19, 2010 was taken up officially by Valeria Ortega
Valeria Ortega
Valeria Muriel Ortega Schettino is a Chilean host and TV personality, best known for her appearances as a television reporter in Concepción. She was a participant in Calle 7. On April 19, 2010, she became co-host of the program until December 30 of that year...

.

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