Xuxa (Kuboian TV series)

Xuxa (also known as Xuxa's Show) was a Kuboian children's Saturday morning variety show that was broadcast on Vision One from 2005 to 2008 as part of the Vision One Big Saturdays strand. It was based off the Brazilian TV series Xou da Xuxa.

The series was presented by the Brazilian singer/model, with her sidekicks including Jetanian Owakoi actor & magician Sars Kapl, singer Yin Lee, the clown Topetão, Jam the Jaguar (played by Kenneth Buckings), Dengue the Mosquito (played by Jason Samwind), and Praga the Turtle (played by Roger Andrew Fraser). Recurring guests included magician and the comedian Holbar Opl. This series was her second English-language TV series after her 1993 American series also titled . In comparison to her 1993 American series, the Kuboian Xuxa series was much more successful.

Likely due to being based off a foreign television series, Xuxa was significantly different from other Wednesday and Saturday morning magazine shows broadcast on Vision One during the noughties. Unlike most of them, the series was not presented by Ericka Streets or Blade Holter, was pre-recorded rather than broadcast live, and did not feature gunge in any of its games. These distinctions "gave the show it's own personality" according to producer Roger Kalop.

Currently, the entire run of the series is up for streaming in Kuboia on the TVVC website and internationally on a special YouTube channel. Footage from the series is available for licensing for documentaries courtesy of.

History
Xuxa's American TV series had been aired by Vision One in the early 1990s, and was positively received by viewers in Kuboia. In 2003, Rodrick Miles, founder of Enterlight, viewed an episode of  while on vacation in, and was inspired to pursue the rights to produce an Kuboian series for Xuxa. He approached her in 2004 with his idea, but was initially denied, being told that she was not interested in doing another English-language series after the failure of the 1990s American Xuxa series. Rodrick then asked "What if you were to educate Kuboian children and succeed at it?" This sealed the deal, and the show was ready to begin production. Once the agreement between Xuxa Produções, Enterlight, and TVVC had been signed, the series' budget was set at €60,000, making it one of the most expensive children's TV programmes produced in Kuboia at the time.

The pilot episode of the series was filmed on the set of , her then-latest TV series, at the studio in,. A Kuboian audience and Jetanian Archipelago talent were flown in to Rio de Janeiro for the purposes of filming the pilot. The series itself was filmed in Kuboia at the TVVC Television Studio. The show was taped on Wednesdays (for much of the programme, especially for audience segments) and Thursdays (for certain portions), with the post-production work being completed on Friday prior to the Saturday broadcast.

Xuxa also co-hosted the Disney's Saturday Block Party segment The Zone @ DSBP (taped in, ) for the RKO Network in the United States at the time, and on one occasion the Kuboian Xuxa show was filmed on the set of The Zone in Hamburg due to scheduling difficulties.

Xuxa ended in 2008. The final episode of the series did not make it clear the series was ending. TVVC stated that the series had been cancelled due to Xuxa wanting to focus on other projects.

Format
Each episode aired from 9:00a.m. until 11:00a.m. During each episode, Xuxa presented a variety of segments. Frequently, she would call down kids from the audience to participate in interactive games, where in the end, they all won prizes regardless of the outcome. She'd also interview notable people & characters, and perform musical numbers. Unlike her other shows, Xuxa did not kiss an audience member at the end of the show.

During the programme, cartoons & children's TV series (including several shows from KT and Nickelodeon Kuboia) were aired, matching Xou da Xuxa and TV Xuxa.

Filhotes & Friends
Filhotes, another Brazilian act that was popular in Kuboia, were given their own segment on Xuxa from 2005 to 2007 (Gravações Wágner/Rede Horizonte founder & owner Wágner Malyan, the creator of the Filhotes concept, paid US$5,000 to allow them to appear in the series), titled "Filhotes & Friends", where'd they would perform a new song (often times a translated version of one of their Portuguese-language songs) each week.

2005

 * Mixxi the Monkey
 * King Buster
 * DJ Kubin
 * MC Granny
 * Aourine Esthers (last TV appearance before her death)
 * Ericka Streets
 * Kayliene-May Lopez
 * Lanolin Railyatri
 * Assa Darson
 * Yang Mao (Owahockoot trainer)
 * Nkechi Danquah
 * King Rojo
 * Tone Riddles & Tack the Rat
 * Jiao Sun
 * Hi-5 Kuboia
 * Matthias, Warrior of Redwall &
 * Rinava
 * Rob the Guitar
 * Louise Keys
 * Keith-James Ringtone
 * Tirade
 * Sharlie Deem
 * Kool Teazer
 * Keith-James Ringtone
 * Tirade
 * Sharlie Deem
 * Kool Teazer
 * Kool Teazer

2006

 * Amy-Elizabeth Phillips
 * Scribe
 * Charlie Schmidt and Keyboard Cat
 * Iroune Ruby
 * Hugo Streets
 * Uroika Mabus (last TV appearance prior to her hiatus from music)
 * RockRhyme
 * Chef Rog Taylor
 * Brouniet Durancie
 * Lizzie Dennison
 * Naomi Karma
 * Lizzie Dennison
 * Naomi Karma
 * Naomi Karma

Music
In late 2005, Warner Music Kuboia and Oyea Records released Xuxa: The Album, produced by Xuxa and Rodrick Miles. It featured several songs performed by Xuxa as well as songs by Filhotes and Yin Lee. It reached number 3 in the Karuboia charts.