"We were rehearsing in Milan when Berlusconi suddenly arrived. He told us that he was going to open Telecinco in Madrid and that he was looking for six beautiful girls"
For years, Mama Chicho became a real sensation: they danced, flirted with the cameras while playing
This Tuesday, March 3, Telecinco celebrates 30 years of retransmissions. 30 years of uncovering, gossip, scandals, romances, successful series and 'realities'. Among them, Big Brother , the first reality TV show in Spain, which with its 18 editions continues to generate scandals in the media. And it is that Mediaset has specialized in raising controversies throughout its three decades of life. Above all, with spaces such as Survivors or Save Me , or in 1990, with Tutti Frutti , the first humor show of the chain, where the remembered Mama Chicho were born (for the Spanish) .
"Mama, Chicho touches me, touches me more and more. Mama, Chicho touches me, touches me, touches me, defend me!", Then sang a group of six Italians who had come to Spain to become the stars of a channel that had just been born. Their names? Patrizia Cavaliere, Patrizia Fabbian, Stephania Dall'Olio, Daniela Lodigiani, Patrizia Orzieri and Susy Wender , in their original training (subsequently, there were substitutes). A band of dancers that moved the rhythm of an insinuating choreography that is remembered to this day in the halls of Mediaset. Likewise, the faces of Mama Chicho, who - after 1992 - stopped appearing on national screens.
For two years, Mama Chicho became a true sensation, danced, flirted with the cameras and moved their lips shamelessly doing playback. Moreover, of the six, few spoke fluent Spanish. Despite this, their voices sounded harmonious in Spanish and their interventions brought a special grace to the program. "I think we liked the Spaniards because we are Italian and, besides, we were all very nice," Patrizia Cavaliere explains to LOC via telephone. But how did the Mama Chicho get up as true 'celebs'?
"We were rehearsing with other dancers on Channel 5 in Italy, in Milan, when Berlusconi himself suddenly arrived. He looked at us, asked about the choreography, told us that he was about to open Telecinco in Madrid and that he was looking for six beautiful girls, "says Cavaliere. A memory similar to that of Daniela Lodigiani. "First I worked as Mamma Ciccio (the original name of the group) in Italy, on a television show, and when the experience ended, I was proposed to do Tutti Frutti in Madrid," he said, in addition to remembering that the space presented by Cruz y Raya It was one of the best periods of his life.
"I have a wonderful memory of those years, I loved Spain and the Spaniards," Lodigiani tells LOC, while Patrizia says that Tutti Frutti was the most fun and impressive time of his life. "I was very little, I was 20 years old. Still too small to understand the importance of a phenomenon that became stronger every week: we were invited to all events, we went out with very famous people, dinner with Julio Iglesias, the paparazzi we they went on. My life suddenly changed, "he confesses about Mama Chicho fever.
In fact, the fervor caused by the Italians was such that Telecinco decided to fulfill the dream of some of its fans through a peculiar contest. "The beautiful Mama Chicho, who have decided to settle in Spain and find a formal boyfriend, return . If you think you could be, choose Mama Chicho that you want as a bride, write us by sending your photograph, information about your character, income and intentions and Telecinco invite the lucky ones to pass seduction tests, " offered a 1991 announcement, which today could be considered sexist . Despite this, Mama Chicho saw it differently.
"We were six cheerful girls in a comic program. There are many ways to respect women and I believe in being able to laugh at ourselves," Daniela revealed. Also he said Patrizia never felt uncomfortable inside Humor Tutti Frutti or five stars which appeared later. "Machismo? No, not at all. At that time the thing was changing. And we were the first (uncovering dancers)," he said. On the other hand, the Mama Chicho were also responsible for the whole of Spain being obsessed with catchy songs. Among them: "I'm your girl, I dreamed of your love, if your body catches me, you're going to fall in love" and "mama, Chicho is an uncle, a phenomenal uncle, but he's jealous, I can't stand them for another day ".
However, Patrizia and Daniela no longer usually sing Mama Chicho songs. Although both agree that they would be willing to hold a group meeting. Even so, the task might not be easy. His agendas are complicated. For example, Cavaliere continues in music, Daniela works as an interior designer and in a bank, Susy is a singer and Patrizia Fabbian works in advertising. Different interests that have caused them to lose contact with each other. "We lost sight of different jobs. But, get together? Why not? It would be a pleasure!" Lodigiani tells LOC.
Moreover, the group could surprise any of these days. Because, as indicated to LOC, Patrizia Cavaliere (who is presented with the artistic names of Lady Trisha and Randy Bush ) could be seriously thinking about reversing the successes of Mama Chicho in reggaeton. "In Italy I sing in house music and Eurodance discos, but I could record a remix of Mama Chicho," joked the singer, who keeps in constant contact with her followers. In the same way that Daniela, who said she was happy to talk "with nostalgic fans", who - for some time - remind her of her face as Mama Chicho and 'hits' as 'Mama Chicho touches me'.
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