Erreway is an Argentine pop band formed during the development of television series Rebelde Way. The band members are Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas and Felipe Colombo. Luisana Lopilato used to be the part of Erreway, but she left the band. They were all cast members of the kids soap opera Chiquititas, created by Cris Morena. Erreway sold above 5 000 000 albums worldwide.
The band had fans mostly in Argentina, Spain & Israel.
They have released three albums: Señales (Signs), Tiempo (Time) and Memoria (Memory), and three compilations of the greatest hits, Erreway en Concierto, El Disco de Rebelde Way and Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria. Currentlly, they are recording their forth studio album, Vuelvo, but without Lopilato.
They were the protagonists of the soap opera Rebelde Way (2002-2003) and in 2004 they did the movie 4 Caminos. As four-members-band, they broke-up in December 2004.
Felipe and Camila did a promotional tour with department store El Corte Ingles to 7 cities in Spain and the signings drew fans.
The Band has reunited for a tour in Spain. Even though Erreway was originally four members, only three did the tour, without Luisana Lopilato, who wouldn't reunite. In December 2006, Camila Bordonaba, Benjamin Rojas and Felipe Colombo reunited the band. In June 2007, they visited Spain and sang some songs on Sunny Happy Day festival. Luisana Lopilata didn't come. Bordonaba, Rojas an Colombo said that they called Lopilato to go with them, but she didn't want to. Now, Lopilato isn't part of the group even on paper.
There are many remakes of Erreway. The best-known are Mexican, Brazilian and Indian. Remake which got the greatest success is RBD, from Mexico.
Their CDs earned Erreway few Golden albums in Argentina.
Chiquititas (1996-2001)
When they were kids, Chiquititas (Tiny Angels) were very popular show in Latin America in '90s. The first who came in Chiquititas was Bordonaba. She started playing Pato in 1996. She played Pato till 1999, when she got the new role, Camila Bustillo. Rojas came in 1998. He was new and scared. "First who started talking with me was Georgina Mollo. Still, when we meet each other, she says: "Who the first who talked with you?"", laughed Rojas. He played Yago and Bautista Arce.
Lopilato came later in 1998. She got role of Luisana Maza. "We used to act best friends. We had so much scenes together. Oh, how we laughed! We really became best friends", said Bordonaba. Colombo came in 1999. from Mexican Chiquititas. "I had problem with my speech. I still had Mexican accent, and it was funny to rest of the team", Colombo said. "O, we had a lot of fun! We told him to say "pollo", but he yelled "pohio, pohio..". It was so funny to us!", laughed Bordonaba.
Rebelde Way and 4 Caminos
Chiquititas finished in 2001. In 2002. they got main roles in teenage soap opera Rebelde Way (Rebel's Way). They played four students from Elite Way School. Bordonaba played Marizza, Rojas Pablo, Colombo Manuel and Lopilato played Mía. "Rebelde Way" had international success. It was popular in South America, Spain, Israel, Europe and many other countries. It finished in the end of 2003. Erreway is made in Rebel's Way, by four main actors. In their "rebels era", they released three studio albums: Señales in 2002 (1 000 000 copies in the whole world), Tiempo in 2003 (2 000 000 copies in the whole world) and Memoria in 2004 (500 000 copies in South America).
On July 1, 2004, their movie 4 Caminos was released. It had no good critics, but it was very successful.
Floricienta
They kept working with Cris Morena. In 2004, Rojas, Bordonaba and Colombo worked together on one more show. It was teenage soap opera, named Floricienta. In Brazil, there was made a remake of this show, named Floribella. Show had a lot of success. Rojas played one of the lead roles, and Bordonaba was one of main bad characters. The very successful sondtrack was released in 2004, and one of the most famous songs was Donde Estas, Princessa?, recorded by Rojas and Colombo. In 2005, Floricienta became a theatre play, that included only Rojas.
Alma Pirata
The actors in Cris Morena's telenovela Alma Pirata were Benjamin Rojas and Luisana Lopilato. It was made in 2006. They played both main roles, but they didn't play a couple (Rojas' partner was Elsa Pinilla, and Lopilato's Mariano Martínez). They also made the same-named soundtrack, which was very successful, as the telenovela. It has some Martín Fierro Awards nominations, but earned none.
Son de Fierro
Colombo and Bordonaba worked together on Argentine hit comedy Son de Fierro, which is finished in 2008. Colombo portrayed Lucho Fierro, one of the main characters, and Bordonaba portrayed his girlfriend Karina Andureggui. The show was very successful, one of the most successful Latin sictoms in 2007.
During the show, Bordonaba and Colombo formed a band with Vanesa Gonzáles. There were some plans, that included the band after Son de Fierro. But, both Bordonaba and Colombo had the contract signed with Cris Morena, and they couldn't do it. They stayed in Erreway.
4x4
This telenovela is going to be made in 2008. It includes many famous Argentine actors and - Luisana Lopilato and Camila Bordonaba. This is going to be their first telenovela after Rebelde Way, and it includes a soundtrack. It's possible that they're gonna portray sisters.
Solo projects
They all kept working with Cris Morena, but also with Pol-Ka, and many others. In 2004, Rojas, Bordonaba and Colombo worked together on Floricienta. Luisana Lopilato made an appearance in Los Pensionados.
In 2005, Rojas acted in theatre version of Floricienta. Lopilato acted Paola Argento in Casados con Hijos, Argentine remake of Married... with Children. In original version, her character was played by Christina Applegate. Bordonaba played lead female role in soap opera El Patron de la Vereda, with Gustavo Bermudez. Colombo played in show Doble Vida. In this year, Luisana Lopilato left Erreway.
In 2006, Lopilato and Rojas together worked on TV show Alma Pirata. Bordonaba played in comedy Gladiadores del Pompeya, which, unfortunetlly, didn't have a lot of success. In 2007, Lopilato acted in telenovela El Capo and started working on her first solo CD. She has many roles for 2008.
After finishing the movie Kluge with Alejandro Awada, Rojas is currently working on film with Pablo Rago, named La Leyenda. He also signed the contract with Disney Channel in 2008.
