**A series with so many fans and detractors, which lasted for more than a decade, made so much money and started so many artistic careers, can only be considered a success. Despite this, it is a weak, uninteresting, tiring and very amateur series.** This series, strongly aimed at teenagers, was created by TVI Channel, airing in prime time on weekdays. I think they were very inspired by *Malhação*, a similar series from Globo that was shown in Portugal through the TVI's rival channel SIC. The final formats of the series already have a certain influence of *High School Musical* and *Glee*. In any case, the series was a sure bet for the Queluz de Baixo TV channel: it acquired extraordinary popularity and guaranteed TVI the beginning of an audience supremacy that lasted for years. It also became a huge source of income for the channel, at the expense of advertising and massive merchandising. The series appeared in 2003 and followed the lives of a group of school-aged teenagers from an elitist particular high school, Colégio da Barra. Each season ended with the end of the school year and gave way to a mini summer season. Each season there was a renewal of the cast and sometimes also a renewal of the environments: in the fifth season, the particular high school gives way to a public high school full of problems, which turns into a performing arts school in season 7 and disappears i…

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