Malhação

Malhação is a Brazilian telenovela for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha (Portuguese for "Multiple Choice") College.

Malhação is very popular in Portugal (known as New Wave, broadcast on SIC). The show inspired others soaps, like TVI's Morangos com Açúcar, which is strongly based on the Malhação format, and Rede Record's Alta Estação.

The show reached its peak in 2004, with Guilherme Berenguer and Juliana Didone as the leads, and the ratings decreased from this season on. In 2005 and 2006, Malhação lost a huge part of its fanbase to the Mexican teen soap Rebelde, airing at SBT. Malhação used the technique Cold open by the end of 2007.

Criticism

The soap is criticized because it does not reflect accurately the 1990s and 2000s Brazilian generation. It is also criticized because the education system displayed in the soap is unrealistic, compared to the Brazilian reality. Another complaint is that the standard of living shown in Malhação is available only to few Brazilians. Even middle-class and rich teenagers can't relate to the characters, and some of the main girls have been accused by fans of following the Mary Sue stereotype.

Malhação main characters and actors since 1995

• 1995 - Héricles (Danton Mello) and Isabella (Juliana Martins)
• 1996 - Dado (Cláudio Heinrich) and Luiza (Fernanda Rodrigues)
• 1997 - Vudu (Pedro Vasconcellos) and Patrícia (Luana Piovani)
• 1998 - Bruno (Rodrigo Faro) and Alice (Cássia Linhares)
• 1999 - Rodrigo (Mário Frias) and Tati (Priscila Fantin)
• 2000 - Marcelo (Fábio Azevedo) and Joana (Ludmila Dayer), Rodrigo (Mário Frias) and Tati (Priscila Fantin), Touro (Roger Gobeth) and Érica (Samara Felippo)
• 2001 - Gui (Iran Malfitano), Nanda (Rafaela Mandelli) and Valéria (Bianca Castanho)
• 2002 - Pedro (Henri Castelli) and Júlia (Juliana Silveira)
• 2003 - Victor (Sérgio Marone) and Luísa (Manuela do Monte)
• 2004 - Gustavo (Guilherme Berenguer), Letícia (Juliana Didone) and Natasha (Marjorie Estiano)
• 2005 - Bernardo (Thiago Rodrigues), Betina (Fernanda Vasconcellos) and Jaque (Joana Balaguer)
• 2006 - Cauã (Bernardo Melo Barreto), Manuela (Luiza Valdetaro), Eduardo (Gabriel Wainer) and Priscila (Monique Alfradique)
• 2007 - Marcela (Thaila Ayala), André (Rômulo Arantes Neto), Vivian (Fiorella Mattheis), Murilo Jaguar (Bruno Udovic), Cecília (Maria Eduarda Machado), Mateus (Klebber Toledo) and Bruna (Gabriella Vigol)
• 2007/2008 - Gustavo (Rafael Almeida), Angelina (Sophie Charlotte), Débora (Nathalia Dill) and Andréas (Cleiton Morais)

Like American soap operas, cast and characters change from year to year, but actors and characters who have stayed for long in the soap are, among others, Alexandre Slaviero whose character "Kiko" has experienced changes (he has gone from student, to bad boy, to steroid addict, to model) and Sérgio Hondjakoff, whose character Cabeção, has been in the story from 2000 to 2005.

Logos

1995	1998	1999	2003	2006	2008

Malhação around the world

• Country - timetables
• Australia - 00:15 h/17: 00h
• Japan - 17:50 h -
• Canada - 03:00 h/10: 50h
• United States - 03:00 h/10: 50h
• Mexico - 03:00 h/10: 50h
• Guatemala - 03:00 h/10: 50h
• Bolivia - 05:00 h/13: 15h
• Ecuador - 05:00 h/13: 15h
• Uruguay - 06:00 h/13: 50h
• Chile - 06:00 h/13: 50h
• Peru - 06:00 h/13: 50h
• Paraguay - 06:00 h/13: 50h
• Colombia - 06:00 h/13: 50h
• Venezuela - 06:00 h/13: 50h
• Spain - 11:00 h/17: 50h
• France - 11:00 h/17: 50h
• Italy - 11:00 h/17: 50h
• Swiss - 11:00 h/17: 50h
• Argentina - 11:35 h
• United Kingdom - 15:35 h/22: 40h
• Ireland - 15:35 h/22: 40h
• Holland - 16:35 h/23: 40h
• Germany - 16:35 h/23: 40h
• Brazil - 17:30 h
• Greece - 17:35 h
• Malhação arrives at the countries by Globo International.

Soundtrack internacional 2007

Malhação Internacional 2007, vol. 1

• In the Colors - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
• Take A Chance - The Magic Numbers
• Hold On - KT Tunstall
• Nothing But A Song - Tiago Iorc
• Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer
• Class A - Pete Murray
• Ordinary Day - Dolores O'Riordan
• Without You - Silicon Fly
• These Arms - Donavon Frankenreiter
• Talk About You - Eman

Malhação Internacional 2007, vol. 2

• Who Knew - Pink
• A Beautiful Place - Good Charlotte
• Light Up the Sky - Yellowcard
• Little Sister - Mariano San Roman
• Closer - Travis
• Butterfly - Heath Brandon
• Graffiti - Inmigrantes
• It's not Over - Daughtry
• Fans - Kings of Leon
• Losing - Zach Ashton
• Banks of the Deep End - Gov't Mule

Malhação 24 Horas

Trivia

• Malhação 24 Horas is not related with the Multipla Escolha or with the Academia Malhação, only the name.
• None of the actors of the soap opera will make the movie.
• The movie was to be released in Brazil in January 11 2008, the same day it will be the last chapter of the 2007 season, USA. In January 9 2008, 2 days before the Brazil release and in Portugal and UK in January 12 2008, since aren't any news or trailer, the film is possibly in Development Hell.
• The movie will show teens traveling in Fernando de Noronha.
• The movie will be Distributed by Globo Filmes and Europa Filmes and Produced by Columbia Pictures International.

External links

• Official Website