''Cronica Cârcotaşilor'' (,"The Naggers' Show" or "The Naggers' Chronicles") is a weekly satire show on

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hosted by

Șerban Huidu Șerban Sebastian Huidu (born July 16, 1976 in Bucharest) is a Romanian radio and TV star. He hosted, together with Mihai Găinușă, the morning show on Romanian radio station Kiss FM, and a weekly satire show ('' Cronica Cârcotaşilor'') on t ...

, Codruț Kegheș and Gabriela Marin. Loosely based on the Italian entertainment program ''

Striscia la notizia ''Striscia la notizia'' (, "the news slithers") is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Launched in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but ''Striscia'' ...

'', ''Cronica Cârcotaşilor'' ridicules various celebrities from the current

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n political, media and showbiz scene by exposing their stupidity, hypocrisy or poor grammar skills, as seen on TV. The main features of the show are: * the latest

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s of the news presenters, politicians or other celebrities * the last week's top 3 TV

s or ridiculous sequences from different TV shows (''Top Ruşinică'', approximate English translation: "Shamy-Shame Top 3" or "Hall of Shamy-Shame") * an ironic peek behind the curtains of the fashion and showbiz scene, featuring the snobbish and labile character Cătălin Dezbrăcatu' (Cătălin the Naked, played by the actor Codruţ Chegeş), an obvious satire on the

n fashion designer Cătălin Botezatu. * intermissions by attractive professional dancers nicknamed ''bebeluşe'' ( Romanian for "little baby girls"); in contrast to the ''Striscia la notizias ''veline'', ''Cronica Cârcotaşilor'' features (since 2008) four dancers: Delia Florea, Oana Ionita, Ioana Petric and Cristina Zegan. ''Cronica Cârcotaşilor'' won the Romanian Association of Television Professionals Award for

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in 2002 and for

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in 2003.

External links

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''Cronica Cârcotaşilor'' website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cronica Carcotasilor Romanian comedy television series Prima TV original programming