Does anyone remember “XUXA”? The Brazilian kids show host
I was just speaking to my mom and remembered back in the 90s XUXA had a program they would show on Spanish channels and then they gave her one here in the States but it flopped and she couldn’t speak English.
I was a kid then.
I heard she’s still a big Star in Brazil and was still working as late as 2009. All her films were kid related, but I believe she did pose nude at some point.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | July 24, 2020 3:11 AM
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She's gotten old and crazy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | February 13, 2019 2:01 AM
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My grandma used to call her Miss Piernas.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 13, 2019 3:10 AM
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I love when the Simpsons go to Brazil and Bart watches Xuxa (at 1:03 and following).
MARGE: "Hmmph! Bert and Ernie left it to your imagination!"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | February 13, 2019 3:17 AM
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Oh, yeah. I moved to NYC in the early 90s. I had moved from central Ohio, where no one had ever heard of this woman. I moved to New York in 1992 and Xuxa was a big deal. Just about every person who was from Puerto Rico, Mexico or Latin America insisited that she was the new Madonna. So, I bought one of her CDs. Wasn't that great. Watched her show a few times but it was amature hour bullshit for children. I lost interest. She apparently sold millions of cds in Latin and South America, and good for her. She was okay, but ... eh. There was no need for me to buy another of her CDs.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 13, 2019 3:26 AM
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BTW, I had nothing against her. Like I said, she was okay. I just didn't see the big deal. Plus there were a bunch of international women trying to become the new Madonna, including this one, Mitsou:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 5 | February 13, 2019 3:34 AM
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I liked the Mitsou a little more than Xuxa. She was more like a Canadian Kylie Minogue. But she disappeared quickly in the US. But "Heading West" was also a song on Cyndi Lauper's "A Night to Remember" album, which I LOVE, even though she disowned it (which she was wrong about. -- her best since her debut, IMHO).
by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 13, 2019 3:37 AM
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She was one of JFK Jr’s hookups, that’s how I remember her.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 13, 2019 6:27 AM
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My mom used to go on and on about how she’s not even pretty lol
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 13, 2019 9:47 AM
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I think she ended up getting a US deal and was filming at CBS Television CIty for a bit but it failed to catch on.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 13, 2019 1:01 PM
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Yeah her show came to the USA in 1993
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | February 13, 2019 1:19 PM
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Wasn't their some controversy about her posing for Playboy?
by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 13, 2019 2:51 PM
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I loved her! She had Waylon Jennings on once-so bizarre. She'd end her show by putting on lipstick and choosing a little boy from the audience to kiss. I bought her doll. I was in my 20s.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 13, 2019 10:31 PM
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My sister had her doll too
by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 13, 2019 10:33 PM
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I lived briefly in Brazil in 1993. I remember watching her children's show and being dumbfounded at how sexualized she was, and she was encouraging young kids to dance provocatively with her. Ole Brasil!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 13, 2019 11:31 PM
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And she would kiss the little boys on the lips.
In the USA version you can tell they made her tone it down and dress less sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 13, 2019 11:33 PM
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She is the perfect example of white hispanics still having something about their face that looks different from WASPs.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 24, 2020 2:01 AM
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Brazil’s main language is Portuguese so why would this be shown on a Spanish channel???
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 24, 2020 2:03 AM
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R21 voice overs. As stated upthread, she was big in Latin and South America
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 24, 2020 2:06 AM
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Xuxa speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and learned English in the 90s.
Her original show was in Portuguese but she also did Spanish voice overs for the runs in places like Puerto Rico, Mexico etc. where her show was huge also.
And then when they tried making her happen in the states they brought her here and she had to learn English.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 24, 2020 2:08 AM
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Here is the original series, in Portuguese
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | July 24, 2020 2:15 AM
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Here she is recording in Spanish language.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 26 | July 24, 2020 2:16 AM
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And then in 1993 they brought her show to America, and it didn’t take off like they thought it would. It didn’t help she couldn’t speak much English and struggled to sing live in English so had to lip sync. In Brazil she sang live.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 27 | July 24, 2020 2:19 AM
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I lived in South America for a while in the late 1980's and was amazed that a children's show would feature who dressed like a hooker and danced provocatively.
In the US we had Bert and Ernie and Mr. Rogers.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 24, 2020 3:11 AM
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