June 20, 202411:44
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It all started by chance. Children’s programs presented by female hosts were having a great moment. The phenomenon started with Xuxa in Clube da Criança and then in Xou da Xuxa, laid the foundations for Brazilian imitators and other latitudes They will emulate the spirit of the festive show. The recipe was simple, a colorful set, a central object from which the host descended to meet the audience and the public present in the studio, an out-of-traditional costume and music, a lot of music.
The ingredient unavoidable part of the formula, so that the amalgamation of games, cartoons and advertisements would pay off and captivate audiences, was the presenterwhich is why castings began to look for magnetic female figures to direct the hordes of children who would inhabit the television sets cheering her name.
Xuxa’s reign began at the beginning of the eighties, in a small program of the now defunct Rede Manchete. The charisma of the queen of the short ones captured the audience and started a business in a niche that, until then, was little explored by broadcasters. The channels were limited to broadcasting the foreign animations of the moment and filling their advertising spaces with commercials for toys and candy, and not much else.
At the same time, a blonde, too, but much smaller, Angelica Ksyvickis, Later renamed simply Angélica, due to her unpronounceable surname, she won the Chacrinha television contest, hosted by José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros, popularly known by the nickname that gave its name to the shipment.
There Angélica was chosen as the “prettiest girl” of the program and took advantage of her popularity to later continue with a modeling career and develop as a professional singer, first in the group Ultra slight, and then, as a soloist, reversing the song “Joe le taxi”, by Vanessa Paradis, as “Vou de táxi”, in Portuguese.
But before it would become the youngest children’s host on Brazilian televisiongiven that at 12 years old the Manchete Network would call her to be part of their programming and formally in 1987 he would replace Xuxa in it Clube da Criançasince Xuxa He had signed with Globo to bring his children’s show there. Thus would begin a duel without concessions between the two that would position them as the strongest enemies of Brazilian television.
Although she had started in the program with the actor Luiz Alves Pereira Nieto, popularly known as Ferrugem, shortly after, and after the boy’s departure, she would be left alone in front of the show and would begin a stardom and a bond with Brazilians that was not known. would stop until today.
Grief and distance between the two drivers he won in rumors and the publications of the time filled their covers with new confrontations, also demanding that audiences, in some way, choose between one, discarding other figures such as Mara Maravilha, who also had her moment of glory on Brazilian TV, but, being brunette, she did not fit into the logic of mourning that the media needed.
By 1988, Angélica’s success began to overshadow that of Xuxa, who would begin her expansion plan throughout Latin America, Spain and the United States, while she would add another program, for the same reason, Milk Shakewhere she debuted as an interviewer, while the musical numbers and live performances grew.
Between songs and children’s programs, Angelica was forging her own empire, the one that had nothing to envy of Xuxa’s, nor of Eliana’s, the third blonde in dispute for the Brazilian children’s audience who would appear a little later in the fight for ratings.
To the success of “Vou de táxi”, other hits would be added such as “Cuida de Mim”, “Apaixonadors”, “Esperando”, “Se a gente se understand”, “Blue Jeans” and “C’est la vie”. She would record, in total, 13 albums. At one point his name was licensed for more than 300 products, ranging from dolls and shoes to a magazine and candy.
With the passage of time and the decline in the audience, due to a natural wear and tear of the format, she would take her profile from being a children’s host to being the presenter of programs for teenagers and family broadcasts such as Angel Mix, the sitcom Sai from Baixo, the soap opera Um Anjo Caiu do Ceu either Fame (the Brazilian version of Triumph operation).
Years later, The duel between Xuxa and Angélica would change towards an endearing friendship that continues to this day and that had a turning point when the queen of the short ones freed herself from Marlene Mattos, her historical manager, whom many pointed out as the one who created this rivalry. In 2004, driving video games, with her husband, Luciano Huck, would lead a historic and iconic matches against Xuxa, which put an end to the feud.
Beyond several television and personal meetings, in 2023 togetherand adding Eliana, the other children’s star, they would perform together, for the first time in Criança Esperançathe Brazilian television special that helps boys and girls in the style of A sun for the boys.
To underline the iconic nature of the encounter during the presentation, Eliana said: “All our lives they have tried to make us out to be enemies. They didn’t get it. Instead of rivalry, we opt for friendship and sisterhood. Brotherhood rhymes with solidarity and sorority, a word that means unity among women. No more competition, more respect and admiration. Let’s move on, on television, in a taxi or on a boat. We take different routes, but we are always together, and together we are stronger. “Women united can go much further.”
In the special, hosted by Ivete Sangalo and Marcos Mion, he said: “I am shocked because I am from the time when it was prohibited for these three (women) to appear together, unthinkable.”
And that was not the only time they were together in a special, when Angélica premiered her program on Globoplay Angelica: 50 & somethinga series of specials in which he discussed different topics, Xuxa participated.
In that chapter, Angélica recalled “At that time, I remember that one of your directors approached me in the dressing room and said: ‘Change your hair.’ And I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Because Xuxa wants you to change it.’ I told him: ‘I can’t change it because he goes with my suit.’ You were in the other dressing room, we weren’t talking to each other. So what they told us we didn’t know if it was true or not. Among other things because she (the director) created a barrier so that no one could get close. She said, “Then I’m going to tell him.” She told me that you were very upset and that you didn’t even want to go on stage with me, so we did it separately. Isn’t she crazy? Xuxa, surprised by her story, only managed to say: “I try to imagine saying to her: ‘Take that hair off.’ Me saying that?”, to which Angélica agreed: “I can’t imagine it either.”
Currently They are close friends, but they also work together for various reasons, such as one so that the lost dogs of Rio Grande do Sul, after the floods that hit the region in the month of May, can find their owners, and, if they do not return With them, they can find another home and a family to shelter them. The campaign was called “Procura-se um Amigo.”
And they will also soon premiere the series on Disney+ in Brazil and the entire region. Tare, where they return to fiction together after a small participation of Angélica in the film starring Xuxa, Xuxa and the elveswhere Angélica played the fairy Melissa.
Overcoming any enmity and jealousy, this duo, who knew how to live through moments of stark confrontation, which were also promoted by the press and media of the time, were able to turn the page and begin a completely new story, full of friendship, encounters and work. on the whole.
