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 Rajchman in 2019 | |
| Born | Camila Rajchman Goldfarb November 26, 1994 |
| Education | Universidad ORT Uruguay |
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| Years active | 2014-present |
| Family | Chil Rajchman (grandfather) |
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Camila Rajchman Goldfarb (born 26 November 1994) is an Uruguayan singer, songwriter and television personality. She is best known for being the vocalist of the cumbia-pop band Rombai from 2014 to 2016.
Camila Rajchman was born in Montevideo on November 26, 1994, into a Jewish family. [1] She is the youngest of four daughters of entrepreneur José Rachman and schoolteacher Gabriela Goldfarb. [2] She is also the granddaughter of Chil Rajchman, a Polish Holocaust survivor who settled in Uruguay after World War II. [3] [4]
She completed her primary and secondary education at Woodlands School, a private school in the Carrasco neighborhood, and later pursued her high school studies at Liceo Integral. [5] [6] After graduating, she enrolled at Universidad ORT Uruguay where she studied for a degree in communication and audiovisual technology. [2] [7]
While pursuing her university studies in late 2014, she formed the cumbia pop band Rombai with Fer Vázquez and some fellow students. [8] Their debut single, “Locuras contigo,” quickly became a summer hit, amassing millions of views on YouTube and playing a key role in bringing the cumbia pop style into the mainstream of the Río de la Plata region. [9] [10]
Throughout 2015, the group released several chart-topping singles, toured across various Latin American countries, and appeared on numerous television programs and events, further boosting their popularity. [11] They also performed joint concerts and had songs featuring fellow Uruguayan band Márama. [12] [13] In January 2016 the band released their first album De Fiesta. [14]
In March 2016, Rajchman announced her departure from Rombai, and on April 29 of that year, she performed for the last time with the group at Luna Park in Buenos Aires. [15] She was later replaced as vocalist by Argentine singer Emilia Mernes. [16] In June 2016, months after her departure from the band, Marama - Rombai - El viaje was released, a tour film showcasing the joint tour of both bands. [17]
After her departure from Rombai in March 2016, she began a career in television. From May to August, she was a panelist on the Argentine reality show Gran Hermano. [18] In 2017 she joined for two months, the panel of the morning television show Desayunos informales , as a replacement panelist for Andy Vila. [19] After a few months, she began to be the show's reporter. [20] In 2021 she joined the culinary competition Fuego Sagrado as the community manager. [21] In 2022 she joined ¿Quién es la máscara? as the backstage host, and began hosting game show El Último Pasajero with Jorge Echagüe. [22] [23] In July she left Desayunos informales, and after the finals of El Último Pasajero and ¿Quién es la máscara? she turned away from the television. [24]
In November 2022, she began hosting the program Weno que pasó on the streaming channel Aweno TV. [25]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| 2016 |  | Marama - Rombai - El viaje | Herself | Documentary film |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2016 | Gran Hermano Argentina | Season 9, Panelist |
| 2017–2022 | Desayunos informales | Reporter |
| 2018 | Súbete a mi moto–Summer edition | Co-presenter |
| 2021 | Fuego Sagrado | Social media correspondent |
| 2022 | El Último Pasajero | Co-presenter |
| ¿Quién es la máscara? | Backstage host | |
| 2023 | Guest contestant |