The Latin American Wiggles

**The Latin American Wiggles** were a Spanish-speaking franchise of The Wiggles active during the mid 2000s. The line-up was made up of Zoe Velez (Blue Wiggle), Fernando Moguel (Yellow Wiggle), Katty Villafuerte (Purple Wiggle) and Francisco Meid (Red Wiggle).

No official CDs or DVDs featuring the group were ever released, though select songs and film clips have appeared in Australian Wiggles releases, often serving as the backing music to animated Mariachi Wiggles; caricatures of the regular Wiggles dressed in sombreros and mustaches.

In 2018, Australia-based company Panita Productions acquired the rights to localize The Wiggles as ***Los Wiggles*** for Latin America, effectively reviving The Latin American Wiggles. As of January 2021, no Los Wiggles material has surfaced.

On May 22, 2021, Anthony Field announced on Twitter and Instagram that international Wiggles content (Taiwanese and Latin American) will be making its way to The Wiggles' YouTube channel. A Spanish-language Play Time video starring Francisco and Zoe will be on the YouTube channel as well.

On June 7, 2021, The Wiggles Uploaded a video of Francisco and Zoe announcing that The Spanish Wiggles clips will be uploaded to the channel soon, followed by the Spanish music video of Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?)

On June 11, 2021, the first episode of The Latin American Wiggles Show was released on the offical Wiggles YouTube channel, with songs never before released, such as the Spanish versions of Henry's Dance, Shaky Shaky and D.O.R.O.T.H.Y (My Favourite Dinosaur). All episodes have been confirmed to be released and will be uploaded every 2 weeks, with Spanish Play Time content in between.

## Cast

* Fernando Wiggle
* Zoe Wiggle
* Francisco Wiggle
* Katty Wiggle

* Captain Feathersword
* Henry the Octopus
* Dorothy the Dinosaur
* Wags the Dog
* Sam Moran

* Ben Murray
* Fernando Moguel Sr.
* Mario Martinez Diaz
* Alfonso Rinaldi
* Yarima Herrera

* Ben Murray
* Sam Moran
* Ryan De Saulnier
* Mario Martinez Diaz
* Yarima Herrera
* Larissa O'Donovan
* Caterina Mete
* Lucy Stuart
* Leeanne Ashley
* Lyn Stuckey
* Jeff Fatt
* Clare Field
* Anthony Field
* Brett Clarke

## Trivia

* Some of the Latin American Wiggles have worked for the regular Australian Wiggles.
* Sam Moran sung all of the backing vocals on Latin American Wiggles songs, since he knows how to sing in Spanish
* Some footage from the Latin American Wiggles was reused in the regular Australian Wiggles, like Having Fun at the Beach
* According to Sam, the group re-recorded about "two or three albums worth" of songs for the project.
* From 2009 to 2011, a show called *Dos y Dos* aired on the American Spanish-language cable network Sopresa!. It starred characters who wore the same colours as the Wiggles singing songs in both Spanish and English. Whether the similarities to the Latin American Wiggles were intentional or not has yet to be confirmed.
* This rarely aired on Discovery Kids Latin America.
* The Title was called Vamos Wiggles.
* According to Francisco Meid, they came from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay.

## Gallery

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## Videos

The Latin American Wiggles (Spanish)Latin American Wiggles Fruit Salad Extended versionThe Latin American Wiggles - Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)The Latin American & Mandarin Wiggles Clips (SUPER RARE!!!)-0The Latin American Wiggles Vegetable Soup Wiggly AnimationThe Latin American Wiggles Henry's Underwater Big Band Wiggly AnimationThe Spanish Speaking Wiggles are Coming Soon! - Los Wiggles en Español pronto llegarán a YouTube!Los Wiggles- ¡Prepárate para Cantar & Bailar! Canciones para niños!Los Wiggles- ¡El Cumpleaños de Dorothy! Canciones para niños!
## References

1. ↑ https://kidscreen.com/2018/02/09/latam-focused-panita-productions-opens-shop-with-los-wiggles/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Anthony\_Wiggle/status/1396253413369810947