Brazilian television is not only known for successful soap operas that often achieve multiple international licensing deals; some of the country’s main networks place their bets on overly-confident children whose behavior is not usually expected from someone their age.
Two examples who recently gained quite a lot of online attention are miniature Lady Gaga impersonator Laura Fontana, and Maísa, a cheeky kid who tried to mimic grown-up conduct and make unfitting statements, considering her age. After months of being on-air, Maísa had her show cancelled, and could no longer take part on other TV shows as a guest, after an order issued by Brazilian Federal justice.
TV kid Maísa is carried inside a travel bag by network owner
As for the mini Lady Gaga, think of a tiny kid wearing a leotard, gloves, boots, heavy make-up, huge ake eyelashes, weird head adornments and enormous earrings. She also does a few awkward dance moves and sings (or at least tries to) some of Gaga’s hits, like “Paparazzi” and “Bad Romance”. Does anyone else bet she doesn’t even understand the lyrics she sings?
8-year-old Laura Fontana impersonating Lady Gaga on a talent show
TV kids like Laura Fontana/mini Lady Gaga and Maísa not only make their parents proud, provide TV networks with reasonable viewer ratings, and bring some bucks home – which sounds rather weird -, but are also prone, due to their precocious on-camera work, to become Internet mocking phenomenas, having their videos spread around social networks and other websites for the sole purpose of ridicule. Honestly, who can blame an adult for laughing at videos like those? It is quite interesting, though, to realize that those girls would not be known by the general public if it wasn’t for social media and its ability of spreading information instantly.
Maísa’s “best of” compillation
