# Malhação

Malhação (Brazilian Portuguese:, Young Hearts in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every season.

## History

The soap opera began in 1995, and was initially set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the setting varied each season. Although the name of the soap remained the same, it was set in the Múltipla Escolha (English: Multiple Choice) High School for nine seasons. In the twenty-second season, the location returned to be a gym, the Gael's Martial Arts Gym, placed within the art school Ribalta. The following season brought the high school setting back. From the twenty-fourth season onwards, the setting was changed back to the "Academia Form".
During the first fourteen seasons, each episode of Malhação began with a cold open scene, preceded by a recap of the previous episodes, continuing the narrative that follows. This technique was removed at the beginning of the fifteenth season.
The series has been broadcast in several countries by Globo Internacional, including SIC (between 1995 and 2007, airing with the name "New Wave") in Portugal and by ABC Spark in Canada.

### Cancellation

The series was cancelled after 27 seasons on 28 September 2021. The final season, Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar, finished with 253 episodes, a reduction from the planned 288 episodes that was forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The series had been renewed for a twenty-eighth season titled Malhação: Transformação, written by Márcia Prates and Priscila Steinman, which also had its production suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic and postponed to 2021. Transformação was eventually scrapped and replaced by Malhação: Eu Quero é Ser Feliz written by Eduardo and Marcos Carvalho, until the series was cancelled altogether.

## Plot

Malhação revolves around the everyday life of teenagers, their conflicts, including school, friends, families, and especially their relationships, which occupy the central focus of all the seasons. Every season, a different couple of protagonists occupies the core of the whole storyline.

## Cast

Similar to American soap operas and long-running television series, cast and characters change each season, but actors who have stayed for more than one season include Gustavo Goulart, Alexandre Slaviero, and Sérgio Hondjakoff.

## Series overview

| Series | Title | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Title | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | Malhação | 179 | 179 | 24 April 1995 (1995-04-24) | 29 December 1995 (1995-12-29) |
| 2 | Malhação | 195 | 195 | 8 April 1996 (1996-04-08) | 3 January 1997 (1997-01-03) |
| 3 | Malhação | 200 | 200 | 31 March 1997 (1997-03-31) | 2 January 1998 (1998-01-02) |
| 4 | Malhação | 110 | 110 | 30 March 1998 (1998-03-30) | 2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) |
| 5 | Malhação.com (Malhação Ao Vivo) | 270 | 270 | 5 October 1998 (1998-10-05) | 15 October 1999 (1999-10-15) |
| 6 | Malhação | 125 | 125 | 18 October 1999 (1999-10-18) | 7 April 2000 (2000-04-07) |
| 7 | Malhação | 277 | 277 | 10 April 2000 (2000-04-10) | 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04) |
| 8 | Malhação | 248 | 248 | 7 May 2001 (2001-05-07) | 19 April 2002 (2002-04-19) |
| 9 | Malhação | 263 | 263 | 22 April 2002 (2002-04-22) | 25 April 2003 (2003-04-25) |
| 10 | Malhação | 188 | 188 | 28 April 2003 (2003-04-28) | 16 January 2004 (2004-01-16) |
| 11 | Malhação | 250 | 250 | 19 January 2004 (2004-01-19) | 14 January 2005 (2005-01-14) |
| 12 | Malhação | 258 | 258 | 17 January 2005 (2005-01-17) | 13 January 2006 (2006-01-13) |
| 13 | Malhação | 262 | 262 | 16 January 2006 (2006-01-16) | 12 January 2007 (2007-01-12) |
| 14 | Malhação | 193 | 193 | 15 January 2007 (2007-01-15) | 12 October 2007 (2007-10-12) |
| 15 | Malhação | 324 | 324 | 15 October 2007 (2007-10-15) | 9 January 2009 (2009-01-09) |
| 16 | Malhação | 215 | 215 | 12 January 2009 (2009-01-12) | 6 November 2009 (2009-11-06) |
| 17 | Malhação ID | 199 | 199 | 9 November 2009 (2009-11-09) | 20 August 2010 (2010-08-20) |
| 18 | Malhação 2010 | 265 | 265 | 23 August 2010 (2010-08-23) | 26 August 2011 (2011-08-26) |
| 19 | Malhação Conectados | 249 | 249 | 29 August 2011 (2011-08-29) | 10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) |
| 20 | Malhação: Intensa Como A Vida | 228 | 228 | 13 August 2012 (2012-08-13) | 5 July 2013 (2013-07-05) |
| 21 | Malhação Casa Cheia | 241 | 241 | 8 July 2013 (2013-07-08) | 11 June 2014 (2014-06-11) |
| 22 | Malhação Sonhos | 280 | 280 | 14 July 2014 (2014-07-14) | 14 August 2015 (2015-08-14) |
| 23 | Malhação: Seu Lugar no Mundo | 250 | 250 | 17 August 2015 (2015-08-17) | 2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) |
| 24 | Malhação: Pro Dia Nascer Feliz | 180 | 180 | 22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) | 3 May 2017 (2017-05-03) |
| 25 | Malhação: Viva a Diferença | 213 | 213 | 8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) | 5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) |
| 26 | Malhação: Vidas Brasileiras | 288 | 288 | 7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) | 15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) |
| 27 | Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar | 253 | 253 | 16 April 2019 (2019-04-16) | 3 April 2020 (2020-04-03) |

## Theme songs

Malhação had 17 different theme songs:
| Song | Artist | Season |
| "Assim Caminha a Humanidade" | Lulu Santos | 1–4; 22 |
| "Te Levar" | Charlie Brown Jr. | 6–12 |
| "Lutar Pelo Que é Meu" | Charlie Brown Jr. | 13–14 |
| "Paraíso Proibido" | Strike | 15 |
| "Daqui pra Frente" | NX Zero | 15 |
| "Bem ou Mal" | NX Zero & Túlio Dek | 16 |
| "Quem eu sou?" | Hori | 17 |
| "Lourinha Bombril" | Bangalafumenga | 18 |
| "Todos" | Marcelo D2 ft. Macaco | 19 |
| "Tempos Modernos" | Jota Quest | 20 |
| "Família" | Nando Reis | 21 |
| "Agora Só Falta Você" | Pitty | 22 |
| "Vida Inteira (Meu Lugar)" | Raimundos | 23 |
| "Pro Dia Nascer Feliz" | Titãs | 24 |
| "Bate a Poeira - Parte II" | Karol Conká | 25 |
| "Põe fé que já é" | Arnaldo Antunes | 26 |
| "Paula e Bebeto" | Milton Nascimento e IZA | 27 |

## Spin-off

In November 2018, a spin-off series of Malhação: Viva a Diferença was announced for 2020, also written by Cao Hamburger and titled As Five. An original production for the Globoplay streaming service, it follows the five main characters at the beginning of their adult lives. The first season premiered on November 12, 2020 and its third season is currently in production.