A Gurls Wurld (stylized as A gURLs wURLd; also known as Emma's Chatroom and Cyber Girls) is an Australian children's television series. The series was co-produced by Southern Star Entertainment, Southern Star Singapore, Screen Australia, and TV Plus Production for Nine Network Australia and Norddeutscher Rundfunk.^[1][2]

It first aired on 18 November 2010 in Germany and on 2 July 2011 in Australia, and concluded on 20 January 2011.^[3] There are 26 half-hour episodes.^[2]

Music composed by Nick Howard and Luke Mynott.

Premise

Three young teenage girls – a German, a Singaporean, and an Australian – become friends while studying together at school in Singapore. When two of them must return to their homes in Germany and Australia, they accidentally discover that their mobile phones and computers can combine to transport them into each other's houses.

Cast

Main

• Marny Kennedy as Ally Henson, a 14-year-old student and dancer from the Australian countryside near Sydney. Her family owns a riding school where she often helps out by leading riding trips, instructing lessons, or taking care of the horses. She leads a love-hate relationship with Dan.^[4]
• Sophie Karbjinski [de] as Emma Schubert, a 14-year-old girl from Hamburg. She is friends with Nicholas and has been dancing with him since they were in elementary school. During her stay in Singapore, she developed a crush on Jackie's older brother Josh and the two eventually start dating.^[5]
• Charlotte Nicdao as Jackie Lee, a 14-year-old city girl from Singapore. She is able to maintain her good grades while fulfilling her duties around the house and helping out in her grandmother's store. Although she dreams of becoming a dancer, she has to hide her future goals from her strict father, who forbids her to dance so that she can focus on her studies. She has a crush on Nicholas, Emma's friend, and the two start dating despite all odds.^[6]

Supporting

• Jannik Schümann as Nicholas Holz, a 16-year-old dance student and a close friend of Emma. He becomes interested in Jackie and they eventually start dating, although their relationship is hindered by the country difference.^[7]
• Takaya Honda as Josh Lee, Jackie's 16-year-old older brother. He is a gifted musician and football player and enjoys working with computers, which is why he creates the chatroom for his sister and her friends. He also often composes the music for their dances and works as a DJ and videographer on various occasions. Emma and him grow interested in each other during her stay in Singapore and they end up dating before Josh leaves on a computer science scholarship to the US.^[8]
• Luke Erceg as Dan Price, a 16-year-old boy who helped out at the Henson's riding school while Ally was in Singapore. The two have a complicated relationship at first because Ally feels like she has been replaced by him. But after some time, they grow fond of each other and admit that they might be developing feelings for each other.^[9]
• Chervil Tan as Chelsea Teo, the girls' dance rival and the daughter of a real estate mogul. She is manipulative and vindictive but also a capable, beautiful dancer who is matched in skill with the trio. Her two friends, Carla and Sophie, always follow her around.^[10]
• Veracia Yong as Carla, one of Chelsea's friends and a member of her dance team. She is always ready to go along with Chelsea's plans and has no own ambitions besides dancing.^[11]
• Iris Eleora Lim as Sophie, Chelsea's other underling and dance team member. She is 15 years old and possesses a photographic memory.^[12]
• Julie Wee as Michelle Juan, the girls' dance instructor. She choreographs all their dances, helps them perfect their form, and guides them through the National Dance Competition. Well-regarded in the dance world, Chelsea initially tries to hire her but fails when Michelle realizes how bad her personality is.

Recurring

• Don Halbert as Ben Henson, Ally's father. He owns a riding school near Sydney and makes his kids help out with his business.^[1]
• Clodagh Crowe as Sarah Henson, Ally's 40-year-old mother. She runs the riding school with her husband.^[1]
• Sam Fraser [de] as Damon Henson, Ally's younger brother. He often meddles with Ally's business and his curiosity leads to him almost discovering the chatroom on multiple occasions.^[13]
• Michael Lott [de] as Jürgen Schubert, Emma's father who spends most of his time at home with his daughter. He is an excellent cook and a Hamburger SV fan.^[1]
• Christine Kutschera [de] as Tina Schubert, Emma's mother who is a successful businesswoman. Since she has to go on many business trips around the world, she spends little time at home.^[1]
• Chew Kin Wah as Mr. Lee, Jackie's strict father. He wants his daughter to excel at her studies while also learning Mandarin and helping out at her grandmother's shop. He forces her to quit dancing so that she can focus on her other duties, which leads to her continuing behind his back.^[1]
• Bernie Chan as Mrs. Lee, Jackie's mother. Although she is still strict, she is more lenient towards her daughter than her husband.^[1]
• Catherine Sng as Jackie's grandmother whose store Jackie often helps out at. Even though she is conservative in many respects, she cares for her granddaughter and encourages her to continue dancing.^[1]
• Gerald Chew as Mr. Teo, Chelsea's father. He is the wealthy owner of a construction and real estate company in Singapore. Although he spoils Chelsea financially, he does reprimand her when necessary and criticizes her spending habits.
• Kheng Hua Tan as Mrs. Teo, Chelsea's mother. Much like Chelsea, she has a prickly personality and doesn't like associating with people with a lower income than her.

Episodes

Production

A Gurls Wurld was shot entirely on location in Hamburg, Sydney, and Singapore from January to August 2009.^[14] Filming for the episode Lost in Lüneburg took place in Lüneburg. The show's costumes were created by Imogen Price.^[15]

The Media Development Authority of Singapore participated in the production of the show.^[1]

Release

Out of the production countries, the show was first aired in Singapore, followed by Germany and Australia. In Singapore, the show aired every Wednesday at 8 pm (SST) on Okto from 14 July 2010 to 5 January 2011.

In Germany, the show was distributed under the title Emmas Chatroom (stylized as Emm@s Ch@troom) by KiKa, a joint venture between ARD, NDR's parent company, and ZDF. It aired every Thursday at 8:15 pm (UTC+01:00) from 18 November 2010, to 20 January 2011.^[16] On its initial run, the first two episodes were broadcast back to back. Studio Hamburg Synchron was put in charge of the German localization. Marius Clarén and Bianca Krahl translated the scripts and directed the German dubbing. The German cast members also voiced their roles for the dub.^[17] Starting on 2 May 2022, the show reran on KiKa, with two episodes being broadcast every weekday at 3 pm.^[18] After concluding its rerun on 15 May 2022, the German version of the show was made available for streaming free of charge through KiKa's website.^[19] Prior to this, it could only be streamed through ARD's paid streaming service, ARD Plus.^[20]

In Australia, the show ran every Saturday at 1:30 pm (AEST) from 2 July 2011 on Nine Network.^[21] On 24 September 2011, the show was dropped by the network after Episode 11. On 3 December 2013, the show was picked up again and started airing on ABC3. It aired on weekdays at 2:30 pm (AEST) until 19 April 2014. Each episode could be streamed for a week after its original broadcast on ABC iview.^{[citation needed]}

The show was also screened in Belgium, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latin America (Central America, South America, the Caribbean), Mexico, Norway, and Sweden.^[22] It is available for streaming on Amazon Freevee, Prime Video, Tubi, and through the ARD Plus channel on Apple TV+ and MagentaTV in selected countries and territories.

International broadcast

Country/Region	Network	Original run	Notes
Singapore	Okto	14 July 2010 — 5 January 2011
Germany	KiKa	18 November 2010 — 20 January 2011	The show was rerun from 2 May 2022 — 15 May 2022.
Australia	Nine Network ABC3	2 July 2011 — 19 April 2014	The show was dropped by Nine Network after Episode 11 and was picked up again by ABC3.
Belgium	Ketnet	9 November 2010 — 14 December 2010	The program was aired in Dutch.
Ireland	TRTÉ
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim
Italy	Disney Channel	18 September 2010 — 12 December 2010	The show was rerun on Italia 1 from 11 January 2014 — 5 April 2014.
Mexico	Once TV Mexico
Latin America	HBO Family	August 2010	The show was distributed under the title El Ciber — El Mundo de las Chicas (lit. 'The Cyberspace — The World of Girls').
Sweden	Barnkanalen