10 Supporting couples who stole the show and overshadowed the protagonists of the soap opera

There are secondary couples in soap operas with a chemistry of millions, which when they get together they end up stealing the show, and viewers forget about the romantic protagonist. The success is so great that often the author needs, unexpectedly, to change the direction of these characters to continue to offer the public what they want to see and, of course, the supporting actors become even more prominent on the small screen.

As this happens with a certain frequency in soap operas, we, from awesome.clublet’s remember 10 couples who shone on TV and weren’t the protagonists.

There’s no way to start this article and not speak promptly about Felipe and Shirlei. The story of this romantic couple moved the structures of Brazilians and overlapped the plot of the protagonists Tancinha and Apolo. The #ShirLipe couple was very well introduced to the public who, from the beginning, rooted for them to stay together.

The pair of protagonists, Mario and Alice, couldn’t keep up with Lenita and Vittorio’s explosive chemistry. Two characters with opposite personalities, who attracted and enchanted Brazilians. The actors Letícia Spiller and Marcello Novaes had already formed a couple in the soap operas, in 1994, when they played Babalu and Raí, in Quatro por Quatro, and also became the most talked about and beloved couple at the time.

When Maria Casadevall and Caio Castro work together, all eyes are on them. It happened in the soap opera Amor à Vida, when they played Patricia and Michel, and it was repeated in I Love Paraisópolis. Grego and Margot stood out more than Benjamin and Marizete, the protagonists, and the two “only got closer in the telenovela thanks to the will of the viewer”, said Wolf Maya.

A good villain always attracts attention, but when two villains fall in love and start to get emotionally involved, combined with a powerful and complex plot, there’s no way the public surrender to them. That’s what happened with Cobra and Jade, played respectively by Felipe Simas and Anaju Dorigon.

The formation of this couple happened little by little throughout the plot, slowly conquering space in the main story of the soap opera and in the hearts of Brazilians. Their relationship will forever be remembered with great affection and considered an important milestone in Brazilian dramaturgy.

The main couple of Êta Mundo Bom, Candinho and Filomena, did not thrill viewers as much as Celso and Maria. Despite being secondary characters, the two together became the darlings of fans of the novel.

As Helô and Stenio became popular with the public, some critics chose the pair “as the only couple that excites”, displacing the protagonists Morena and Théo. The success of the supporting couple increased the audience of the telenovela: “and the great merit is in the performance of the actors – great in their characters –, who show perfect chemistry on stage, capable of drawing laughter and sighs”.

Like Maria Casadevall and Caio Castro, Isabelle Drummond and Humberto Carrão are two actors who, when they come together on stage to make a romantic couple, the audience already knows they will like it. After living a romance in the soap opera Cheias de Charme, the two returned as a couple in Sangue Bom and celebrated yet another success on the small screen.

João Lucas and Du had a lot of chemistry and it’s no wonder that those who watched Império became a fan of this couple and hoped the two would stay together. They went considered by many the best couple in the soap opera, so much so that their name was often seen on Twitter’s trend topics.

The real protagonists of Cordel Encantado were Jesuíno and Açucena, however, the hearts of Brazilians beat faster when Príncipe Felipe and Doralice entered the scene. In addition to the unquestionable chemistry between Nathalia Dill and Jayme Matarazzo, the story of this passionate couple had a more interesting plot than the main pair.

Were you a fan of any minor couple mentioned here? If yes, which one? And do you remember another ship you’d like to add to the list? comment.