Xuxa

Xuxa was a Latin children's show host who had a successful show in Brazil, so they decided to try to make an American version. The show would start out with kids chanting her name and holding flags from around the world. There would be an explosion and a globe will open from which she would emerge. She would then go into her signature song (all of the songs she sang sounded like they were just translated from their original form, rather than making up new ones). There would also be games that kids would play for prizes. Xuxa also made it educational with her Ask Xuxa segment. Special guests would pop up as well. There were many problems that plagued this show: Xuxa looked annoyed by some of the kids, her English wasn't too hot, and she had posed nude in the past (That was the ultimate double whammy that ended her career in the States). The show only lasted one season, and reruns were shown on the Family Channel. They even marketed Xuxa stuff to kids like dolls, shoes and games. She never caught on (rumor has it MGM wants her to try again). I thought she was okay and the show had some kind of cheese quality. Where else could you find a sexy woman wearing hotpants, men dressed up as scary looking pandas, and demonic toy solders LOL?

I saw this show and it was fantastic!! So many kids loved it, even today they have fond memories. It was tons of fun to watch, The songs were catchy and fun to dance. Xuxa was very nice to the kids and her staff was very attentive and kind with the kids. If anyone ever had any complaint about clothing or the fact that Xuxa had once been in playboy, they simply were living on a different planet of Salem puritanism circa 1628, since the show was so innocent and candid. It seems you have to do a show not for the kids but for the adults, so they are not disturbed and no one harbors any impure thoughts..LOL, how silly and pathetic. Kids don't pay attention to stuff like this, they were having fun and they were being taught positive lessons, since Xuxa had a message of acceptance and kindness towards each other, without treating them like amorphous,brainless beings, like some kiddie shows do. the fact that she was learning the language.. Don't you think is a reflection of the Real America? After all, all kids have classmates who are also learning the language, from anywhere in the world, and we adults, don't we encounter everyday someone learning the language? Like we should do as well, by learning a foreign language as to enrich our lives. Unless of course your ideal is a place were we are brainless enough as to not be able to understand anything other than Aunt Sarah speaking in her old-fashioned strand of good old Ämerican English, whatever that means...

I always find it interesting to see how an International celebrity that is known all over the world tries to break the American market. I've seen this show a few times when I was younger, on the Family Channel(pre-ABC Family) almost 15 years ago. From what I do remember, I liked the show a lot. My mom was the one that told me who Xuxa was, we watched the Spanish channel a lot. Xuxa found great success in her native Brazil, then the Spanish speaking market, in the English speaking market hmmm..... I remember them playing games, singing English versions of her famous songs ("tindolele" is a great song) ETC. She had success all over the world with this format, except in the USA. The show was pretty good, I just think its not the type of Children's Programming our country was used to. In Latin America, a lot of the kids shows are similar to this one. I recently went on Youtube and watched a few of the clips available, and I thought it was pretty good. I wish she'd try again with bringing a show to the USA, I probably shouldn't get my hopes up. Good show, just a little different than what we were used to watching.

judging by what kids shows are on these days, I think we could all benefit from a show like this.

Is 'Barney' Too Challenging? Are you confused by the 'Teletubbies?' Is following the plot to 'Barney' too challenging? Then you'll love 'Xuxa.' This has to go down as one of the most FUBAR shows ever, which is why it works. It embraces the nuttiness of having a dumb blonde bombshell who can't even say her lines host a kids show, and runs with it.

Xuxa was a big hit down south in Brazil. She was such a big hit that they brought her show all the way to America to compete for the audience of 'Barney.' Not joking! After the 'Barney' phenomenon Xuxa was called up north as a fierce competitor.

As we all know ANY show, movie, music, or any form of recorded media, south of the boarder just doesn't translate well up here. We don't get their type of entertainment and we don't like it.

Well a hot blonde prancing around stage is very sexy costumes translates anywhere.

I remember the controversy and jokes about Xuxa coming to America in English in 1993 and just had to see for myself.

The show's premise really is silly. It's the first kids show I've seen devoid of any shred of educational or moral value.

The 30 minutes is spent with a crowd kids singing and dancing. They play messy 'Double Dare' style games so simple they're devoid of any challenge or imagination.

There are some guests, mostly singers and gymnasts, who just like Xuxa can't speak English to save their lives. The show closes with Xuxa putting on lipstick to give one lucky kid a kiss.

The most pathetic and amusing aspect is Xuxa's lack of English. She tries and tries but it always comes out wrong. Although this adds to her sexiness. She's a dumb blonde who can't speak English. The girl of all our dreams! Somehow I suspect that Xuxa's high ratings were due to the fact that her real fans were all over the age of 13.

Some might even remember Xuxa was parodied on 'Married With Children' when after Kelly Bundy takes over as hostess of a kids show, 'Kelly's Castle,' its ratings go through the roof with adult males.

I only have one thing to say about Xuxa posing for 'Playboy.' WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PICTURES?!!!

OK, a few things. Everybody talks about Playboy and yes, she did pose. So what. Her Playboy pictures are beautiful. SHE'S beautiful, in or out of clothes. Besides, anybody with children of her own has had full-on sex, and we don't ban parents from hosting kids' shows. Yeah, her English could've been better. Then again, some characters marketed to children don't speak at all, or speak in beeps and squawks. You try to learn a language in less than a year and host a TV show. Finally, let's not forget that this woman's show was a hit in multiple countries simultaneously and that she has had a lot of hit songs, Ilarié having charted in six nations and reaching #1 in four. Finally, she is the one person most responsible for bringing universal immunization to the children of Brazil.

Sorry if I come across as defensive, but a lot of the reviews here seem to have no respect for this wonderful human being.