The group, headed by Flaviana Seeling, was discovered by a Chilean businessman who saw some of its members dancing at a resort.
[1] Shortly after arriving in Chile, three of the group's members, Thalyta, Amanda, and Rodrigo, decided to head back to Brazil.
The group in Chile decided to search for two more members and found Francini Contin do Amaral and Bruno Alexandre Lazzaretti.
Axé Bahia, throughout its ongoing change in membership, has worked in Brazil, Chile, El Salvador (Canal 6), Mexico City and Peru, to name a few places.
On April 22, 2016, cofounder Jeferson Fabiano Barbosa died at age 40, after falling from the 15th floor of an apartment building in Santiago de Chile.