In October, Argentines will return to the polls to renew the National Congress (with 127 deputies and 24 senators at stake) and several municipal councils. And, as usual in times of politics turned into reality, the closure of lists brought an unexpected casting of libertarian vedettes, former soccer players, television humorists and heirs of famous surnames who decided to try their luck in the electoral sand, after an irregular work present.
Among the most resonant names, they appear Virginia Gallardo, Karen Reichardt, Jorge Porcel Junior (already got out), Claudio “Turco” García, “El Loco Enrique”, “Larry de Clay”, Sergio “Tronco” Figliuolo, Mauricio D’Alessandro and Evelyn von Brocketo which other figures are added that will try to move from the media orbit to the halls of power.
But this phenomenon is not new. The litter of Miguel del Sel, Ivo Cutzarida, Amalia Granata and even Cinthia Fernández. However, in this 2025, the percentage reaches a particular density since the lists were populated with celebrities whose letter of presentation is not public management, renewing ideas and less a political flag in which to glue, but the rating on the screen. The voter will decide whether the policy is an act of representation or a casting open to celebrities. Next, a detailed review of the names that seek institutional bronze.
Correntina, dancer and former vedette, Virginia Gallardo He heads the list of national deputies of La Libertad advances in his province. You could see it in networks sharing photos of the Virgin of Itatí and messages of faith, as if religion and politics were the two faces of the same stamp. From the libertarian environment they say that “it has been forming in the ideas of freedom”, although for the general public it remains that television figure that shone in “ShowMatch” and that at the table of Mirtha Legrand He accused “the senators of selling for a salary of 9 million pesos.” Without resisting a file, Gallardo seeks to translate his sensuality into political capital. In turn, on his Instagram account, in which he has 2.9 million followers, between real and bought, the messages were divided for and against his application.
Another histrionic woman who emerges on stage but with less screen and resorting to the declassified files that opened lately from the 90s, is Karen Reichardt. The current driver and actress, model and former playboy girl, also climbed into the La Libertad ship, advances as a candidate for deputy for Buenos Aires under the wing of José Luis Espert. Mascotera, businesswoman and active in networks, usually replicate with enthusiasm the posts of Javier Milei on poverty and destitution. If it was previously a sexual image of picaresca television programs, today it is committed to highlighting the image of the libertarian president.
Football also brings its share of candidates. Claudio “Turco” García and from the Argentine National Team, Racing idol, will look for a bank in deputies by the City of Buenos Aires with the Integrate Party. His slogan could not be more football: “The city is losing and we come to turn the game.” With videos in networks in which he invites “playing” the campaign, Garcia tries to convert the epic of the ball into an electoral program. Relatively away from television and definitively recovered from drugs, he feels that in the political field he can give the Argentine the same satisfaction he gave him when he made his epic head of the English in the very Wembley stadium in 1991. For his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, for his part, on the other Carlos “El Loco” Enrique He will look for a place in the Lanús council.
Another name that arises from the sports world is the former tennis player Diego Hartfieldwho was confirmed as the first candidate for national deputy for Misiones, also for Freedom advances. As soon as he won a provincial bank, he admitted: “It’s a huge privilege … I’m going to do my best.”
Jorge Porcel Juniormeanwhile, it appears as one of the most striking cases. His last name is a registered trademark of Argentine humor, but his public tour was marked by the controversy. In 2014 he surprised on television demanding: “I want a well -paid job, according to my category. Jorge Porcel JuniorI will not scrub floors. ”A decade later, he is postulated as a candidate for national deputy for the city with the plural movement of the trade unionist Marcelo Peretta. It says it represents “the policy of the center” and criticizes equally to Kirchnerism and mileism at its extremes. Today it promises to defend forgotten artists, remembering their own economic hardships. Cultor of sexual self -satisfaction, on social networks, its aura has as its main axis the most soez of the macho DNA. At the close of the paper edition, he got off the contest for his scarce chances of entering Congress.
The payroll of celebrities continues with Raúl Biaggionibetter known as “Larry de Clay”humorist who became popular in “Videomatch” and that he already has political experience as a councilor in Escobar. This year he returns as a candidate for deputy for the province of Buenos Aires in the list headed by Santiago Cneo. His bet is that the smile and television memory reach to capture sympathies at the polls; However, it can be seen during the coldest nights of the year distributing hot food to people in street situations next to the Solidarity Life Foundation.
Political aligned. Another curious case is that of Sergio “Tronco” FigliuoloAlejandro Fantino’s partner on the Neura platform, which appears in the 11th place of the Buenos Aires libertarian list. It represents the young, hyperconnected voter, for whom politics is one more scroll on the screen. Its landing confirms that campaigns are no longer disputed in partisan acts, but on Twitch, Instagram and Tiktok.
The eclectic electoral ballot is completed with two television referents in panel. One is Evelyn von Brocke and the other Maurico d’alessandro. Fabián Doman’s ex -wife runs as a councilor in San Isidro with neighborhood action, while the media lawyer gave the surprise in the Buenos Aires suburbs, heading the list of the brand new front “new airs” in the strategic third electoral section.
The massive landing of celebrities on the lists opens two very marked certainties: the lack of credible, convincing, transparent and reliable personalities on the one hand, and on the other, the definitive banalization of political institutions.
The truth is that, in times of citizen apathy and fall in confidence in the parties, the names of the show offer a visibility and close shortcut. After all, in a country where surveys no longer predict anything, the vote is also defined by media empathy.
Thus, the October election will be the scenario in which Vedettes, former athletes and streamers measure their forces against professional policy. As in any show, there will be winners and losers. The only sure thing is that, whatever happens, the function has already begun.
