While "Rebelde Way" and the spawned band "Erreway" were popular in Argentina, they achieved even more in Israel, where the show benefited from the hype surrounding "Chiquititas". "Rebelde Way" soon became the most-watched show among children and teenagers in the country, the group was contracted by several companies, from McDonald's to Swatch, to promote their products and their concerts in Tel Aviv were attended by over 100,000 people. Hysteria was so big that they were headlines of the country's biggest and most important newspaper on the day of their arrival in the country. A phenomenon so big was never before seen in Israel and even though several kids and teenage-oriented shows of the same vein were aired later in the country, most of them coming from Argentina, never a show came close to the mass hysteria "Rebelde Way" caused among Israeli youth. Argentina is still instantaneously connected with this show by Israeli natives and both the Mexican and the Brazilian versions were also aired.