How are 13 actors from the series “Sandy & Junior” today 20 years after their debut (+ curiosities)

Anyone who was a child or teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s really enjoyed a Brazilian series totally aimed at children and teenagers. Sandy & Junior, which was aired on weekends, won the public’s interest precisely for working on the theme of the joys and difficulties of the child-adolescent-adult transition.

we, from awesome.club, we love to remind our readers of good times like childhood and adolescence. That’s why we brought a summary of the seasons of this series, the “before and after” look of the artists and, still, a bonus with curiosities. Stay with us, because it’s unmissable.

After the success of the end-of-year special in which the duo participated in 1998, Rede Globo decided to create the series, and the first episode was aired in April 1999. While it was on the air, the plot brought a group of young people actors who, some time later, would be important names in Brazilian soap operas and TV series: Paulo Vilhena, Erik Marmo, Fernanda Paes Leme, Daniele Suzuki, among others.

The first season, which aired on Sunday afternoons, had a total of 37 episodes (+ pilot) that aired from April to December 1999. The pilot episode, which took place in the holiday special, had 32 rating points. audience and showed the program’s director, Carlos Manga, that the series had a future. The story takes place at CEMA high school, where studious Sandy and aspiring musician Junior attend.

the second season of Sandy & Junior, with 43 episodes, had a change of cast and many scenes were recorded in a new scenario, the trailer of Basílio, where the meetings of the CEMA people take place. With the great success of the series, the characters put together a musical called Tutti Frutti, inspired by the 1978 film Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

The third season, which began in 2001 and had 38 episodes, was quite a rush for the protagonist, as she was also part of the cast of the soap opera. Guide star🇧🇷 The story begins with the disappearance of Basilio’s trailer and the production of a film in the Detonação space. This season, some actors left, several debuted, and others returned, such as Patty (Fernanda Paes Leme).

The cast was changed and other teenage actors began to star in the plot such as: Erik Marmo, Daniele Suzuki and Juliana Knust. The season, with 36 chapters, now focuses on the protagonists’ college classes and their adventures. With an approach to themes more focused on young adults, the duo lives the difficulties and joys of sharing an apartment with colleagues, in addition to new novels and lots of music.

The plot takes place in the cafeteria Detonação and at the dance academy where Sandy takes ballet lessons. In the final episode of the series, the duo withdraws from Psychology and Music courses and goes to live in New York for a while, in order to focus on an international career. With many shows scheduled inside and outside the country, the brothers ran out of time for their career on the small screen and the series was not resumed.

She who grew up in the spotlight, as her father and uncle were already famous when she was born, was the protagonist of the series with her brother. The two have been singing together since they were little and signed their first contract in 1990, with country music produced by Xororó. Later, Sandy went solo, and was also an actress in film and TV. In late 2019, the brothers went on a tour reviving songs by the former duo.

Junior was just 15 years old when he started starring in the series, alongside his sister. After the duo broke up, he began his solo career as a DJ, singer, producer, songwriter and instrumentalist, in addition to dedicating himself more to alternative rock, pop and electronic music. Today he presents a YouTube channel called Pipocando Música, in which he talks about music curiosities with presenter Bruno Bock.

The actress and presenter started on the small screen in the series Sandy 🇧🇷 Junior, in which she played Ritinha, a sweet and strong girl. Later, she played roles in SBT soap operas (birthright and Sugarcane Field) is at Workout. She graduated in Journalism and was hired for a while by FOX Today it is part of a play called universes and is the presenter of the program Always well on SBT.

Paulo Vilhena started on the small screen in 1998, as Gustavo in the series Sandy & Junior and, in 2000, he was also the presenter of the program Video show🇧🇷 He acted in several telenovelas of Rede Globo such as: Student Heart, Now It’s Them, Celebrity and Workout. His last works were in the soap opera The Seventh Guardian (2018) and in the film Monica’s Gang: Ties like Mr. Cebolácio, the father of Cebolinha.

Igor played Gobber, a boy who was madly in love with Sandy, in 1999. But this wasn’t Igor’s first role; he was part of the main cast of plays such as The Legend of Peter Pan and The Miser. Then he played several roles in theater, film and TV. His last film was a short film called When Life Dies, in 2019, and has already won 7 awards for which he has been nominated.

Fábio played Otto in the series, a boy that Sandy was in love with. In 2000, he was part of the cast of Workout (Rede Globo) and Floribella (Band). His last job was as a presenter on the show Login on TV Cultura. Today the famous is dedicated to the world of dubbing and is the official voice actor for Benedict Cumberbatch in Brazil.

Graziella was already successful at the station for having been part of the group of stage assistants of presenter Xuxa. After the series, she still worked presenting the TV globinho (2002), in Workout (2004) and in Didi’s gang (2009). made the novel love and revolution on SBT and her last two works were on Record TV: Rich and Lazarus and read🇧🇷

Fernanda was the villain Patty in the series, and always ended up doing badly in the plot. This was her first performance as an actress. Despite being still in her 30s, the actress accumulates many successful performances such as participation in the Yellow Woodpecker Site🇧🇷 The color of sin🇧🇷 Paradise and Task force. She currently hosts the show Travel at Any Cost from GNT.

Juliana was already working at Rede Globo before her success as Leila in Sandy & Junior (2002). She started at the station in Malhação in 1997, playing a girl who suffered bullying for being chubby; then acted in hits such as: Site of the Yellow Woodpecker, America, Fina Estampa, and came back in Workout in 2015. His last work was in the soap opera Jezebelfrom Record TV.

The artist began his career in the series Sandy & Junior in 1999, and soon after became a host on a show on MTV. He did some movies and some voiceovers for the cinema, but his forte was always being a presenter. He went through programs like: Supernova and Worst Clips in the World from MTV; idols and legendary from RecordTV. He is currently the host of the reality show The farm🇧🇷

The beautiful Danni began her career doing commercials for a soft drink brand in the 1980s. In 2000, she participated in the soap opera ugh, ugh from Rede Globo, before being part of the cast of the series Sandy & Junior🇧🇷 Despite being young, the actress already has more than 30 appearances in films, series and soap operas. The artist is currently part of the series Renegade Archangel from Globoplay.

Wagner began his career in the art world at age five in a shampoo commercial; today he has more than 30 years on stage and on the small screen. Before being the shy Basilio in the Sandy & Junior, he had already made four soap operas. His last works were in the film The patient and in the period novel We were Six.

Before playing the character João Pedro in the last season of Sandy & JuniorErik was part of the cast of Workout as Socrates, the first homosexual character in the plot of Rede Globo’s teen soap opera. The heartthrob made other soap operas such as: Soulmate🇧🇷 Bite & Blow and Gabriela. Today he lives in the United States and presents the program Planet Brazil by Globe International.

Before the series, the duo had a program on Rede Manchete, in 1997, called Sandy & Junior Show; ANDn 2001, Sandy recorded scenes from the series and chapters of the novel Guide star at the same time, in which she was Cristal and Junior was Zeca, a street juggler; The Liceu where the first seasons were filmed was a real school in Campinas, SP; In the Detonação space, the bands that performed were beginner bands that were starting in the music business; The series won one of the four awards for which it was nominated: it won the “Prêmio Contigo!” of TV. At the end of each episode, there was an exclusive clip of the duo with their greatest hits; On the show, the duo played themselves; only the stories that were fiction, all in the style of American shows at the time.

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