Cámara en Mano
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Cámara en Mano, ¿y Vos, Que Ves? (Camera in Hand, How About You, What are you Seeing?), better known and advertised as Cámara en Mano, is an Argentine
television
show.
. The show is a reality-type show, where various interviewers, some of which had already reached show business fame in Argentina and others which hadn't, attend different events with celebrities involved or film different types of adventures, always carrying a small, hand-held camera. Most of the times, celebrities are recorded without being aware that they will be shown on television, although some famous people have recognized the interviewers instantly. President Néstor Kirchner
went as far as saying that he watched the show when he spotted a Cámara en Mano interviewer after a political rally. Former President Carlos Menem
has also been interviewed.
Famous international singer Sandro
spotted one of Cámara en Manos interviewers near his private swimming pool
. Not knowing he was being filmed for a television show, he accepted to talk to the interviewer and answered questions from behind his house's fence. The person who interviewed Sandro that day was Lucia Maciel
, a regular interviewer who is also an actress, having participated in various Argentine telenovela
s, including Resistiré with Celeste Cid
.
Maciel has interviewed many celebrities for Cámara en Mano. She was given a kiss on the cheeks by Enrique Iglesias
during a press conference she covered for the daily show. She also held a moke sparring session with women's boxing
world champion Marcela Acuna
, and was at Buenos Aires
' famous Luna Park, Buenos Aires
recording a kick-boxing world title fight.
Other famous people who have appeared in Cámara en Mano are male boxing world champion Jorge Castro
, actor Facundo Arana
and fashion model Jessica Cirio.
Not all celebrities have been kind to Cámara en Mano interviewers: on the December 30, 2005 telecast of the show, a video of an Argentine politician injuring a "Cámara en Mano" reporter by closing a car door and getting the interviewer's hand jammed between the car and its door, was shown. This interviewer required a quick visit to a local hospital's emergency room, and had his hand inmobilised with a first aid product.
The Cámara en Mano team also filmed a video during an airplane
flight each of the members of Camara en Manos cast took to Uruguay
, to play a friendly soccer match with a Uruguayan team.
Cámara en Manos host is Matias Martin. He has admitted that the show is, according to him, a hybrid between two other similar Argentine shows of the past, Teikirisi and Cámara Testigo (Witness Camera), both of which enjoyed success in South America
.
It could be said that the show's trademark is Martin's phrase at the end of each of Cámara en Manos programs, when he asks, aloud, the question that is actually part of the show's official name, ¿Y vos, que ves??? ("and you, what do you see?").
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
show.
History
"Cámara en Mano" debuted in November 2005 on Argentina television network TeleféTelefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
. The show is a reality-type show, where various interviewers, some of which had already reached show business fame in Argentina and others which hadn't, attend different events with celebrities involved or film different types of adventures, always carrying a small, hand-held camera. Most of the times, celebrities are recorded without being aware that they will be shown on television, although some famous people have recognized the interviewers instantly. President Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
went as far as saying that he watched the show when he spotted a Cámara en Mano interviewer after a political rally. Former President Carlos Menem
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...
has also been interviewed.
Famous international singer Sandro
Sandro
Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss and Georgian given name. It is the diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander and may refer to:-People:*Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo, Braziliian footballer currentlay playing for Citizen AA in Hong Kong...
spotted one of Cámara en Manos interviewers near his private swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
. Not knowing he was being filmed for a television show, he accepted to talk to the interviewer and answered questions from behind his house's fence. The person who interviewed Sandro that day was Lucia Maciel
Lucía Maciel
Lucía Maciel is an Argentine actress and television reporter. She works for what is arguably Argentina's largest television network, Telefé.-Biography:...
, a regular interviewer who is also an actress, having participated in various Argentine telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s, including Resistiré with Celeste Cid
Celeste Cid
María Celeste Cid is an Argentine actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in television series Chiquititas, Verano del '98 and Resistiré.- Filmography :- Discography :* 1997 — Chiquititas Vol. 3...
.
Maciel has interviewed many celebrities for Cámara en Mano. She was given a kiss on the cheeks by Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
during a press conference she covered for the daily show. She also held a moke sparring session with women's boxing
Women's boxing
Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games at a demonstration bout in 1902. For most of the 20th century, however, it was banned in most nations. Its revival was pioneered by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, which sanctioned events for women in 1988. The British Amateur Boxing...
world champion Marcela Acuna
Marcela Acuña
Marcela Eliana Acuña is an Argentine female boxer, who is nicknamed La Tigresa. Her mother wished for Acuña to become a ballerina, but that was never Acuña's dream....
, and was at Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
' famous Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Luna Park, Buenos Aires
For any of the amusement parks of the same name, see Luna Park; for any other use of the term, see Luna Park Luna Park is an 8,000-seat arena, located on the corner of Corrientes and Bouchard Avenues, in the barrio of San Nicolás, east Buenos Aires city and near Puerto Madero...
recording a kick-boxing world title fight.
Other famous people who have appeared in Cámara en Mano are male boxing world champion Jorge Castro
Jorge Castro (boxer)
Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro , is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994....
, actor Facundo Arana
Facundo Arana
Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle is an Argentine actor. He has participated in more than twenty telenovelas.-Biography:...
and fashion model Jessica Cirio.
Not all celebrities have been kind to Cámara en Mano interviewers: on the December 30, 2005 telecast of the show, a video of an Argentine politician injuring a "Cámara en Mano" reporter by closing a car door and getting the interviewer's hand jammed between the car and its door, was shown. This interviewer required a quick visit to a local hospital's emergency room, and had his hand inmobilised with a first aid product.
The Cámara en Mano team also filmed a video during an airplane
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
flight each of the members of Camara en Manos cast took to Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, to play a friendly soccer match with a Uruguayan team.
Cámara en Manos host is Matias Martin. He has admitted that the show is, according to him, a hybrid between two other similar Argentine shows of the past, Teikirisi and Cámara Testigo (Witness Camera), both of which enjoyed success in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
.
It could be said that the show's trademark is Martin's phrase at the end of each of Cámara en Manos programs, when he asks, aloud, the question that is actually part of the show's official name, ¿Y vos, que ves??? ("and you, what do you see?").