Big Brother Brasil

Template:Big Brother Brazil sidebar Big Brother Brasil (or BBB) is the Brazilian version of the reality show Big Brother and is broadcast over Rede Globo (TV Globo). It first aired on January 29, 2002, as Big Brother Brasil 1. The show's host is journalist Pedro Bial.

It is currently in its seventh installment (Big Brother Brasil 7). Rede Globo's website and a Globo-owned pay-per-view channel offer round-the-clock coverage.

Season 5 was the most popular season.

Format

Competition and prizes

Much like other Big Brother TV shows, Big Brother Brasil features 16 housemates who are isolated from the rest of the world (primarily from mass media, such as newspapers, telephones, television and the internet) to live together in a "Big Brother" house while having all their steps followed by cameras around-the-clock. Their only regular contact with the outside world is the television's studio host, Pedro Bial, but celebrity guest stars have also been introduced into the house

Contestants are evicted out of the show weekly through popular audience vote, with the winner receiving a grand prize of R$ 1,000,000. Aside the main prize there are also prizes for second and third place. Other prizes are also awarded to housemates who complete certain tasks throughout the contest.

Weekly "Líder" and "Anjo"

By winning a Líder task, a contestant (or contestants) may be named the Líder (Leader) for that week. The Líder cannot be nominated for elimination (Paredão, "Brick wall") that week, and must pick another contestant to face the elimination match.

It is common that the Leader of the week of Carnaval is allowed to go to the Desfiles of Escolas de Samba with another contestant of their choice.

Líder tasks vary each week and may be based on luck, endurance or other skills the housemates may possess.

As well as a Líder, an Anjo (Angel) is determined. This housemate can protect any housemate, other than the Anjo themself, from facing the Paredão.

In 2007, another selected house mate is given the power to nullify the Anjo's saving power. If they elect to use their ability, the Anjo's choice is ignored.

Estaleca (currency)

Introduced at Big Brother Brasil 5, the Estaleca (Z$) is currency of the house. Each contestant has their own credit card with an amount of "Estalecas". Contestants may use their currency to purchase needs for the house, such as food, rent items for personal use, such as hairdryer, or even purchase an event outside of the house, such a helicopter ride.

The winners of the Estaleca's task win each week the right to do all the shopping. They can choose what the others housemates are going to eat in the following week. As in the real stock market, the Estalecas can suffer some speculative attacks and it can make the value of the groceries rise or lower.

The house

The Big Brother Brasil house is located inside Globo's production center in Rio de Janeiro, "Projac". The house is considered by most Big Brother Specialists as the biggest and most extravagant house of all Big Brothers.

The external area of the house is approximately 700 square meters (m²) while the internal areas is about 200 m². The house has 4 bedrooms (3 for the normal contestants and one for the Leader), a living room, one bathroom, a big garden, one kitchen, a gym, a jacuzzi, a pool, and a special room called Confessionário (Confessionary).

Weekly broadcast

On Sunday nights, the weekly Paredão process is initiated. First the Anglo and Líder nominate their choices for their respective abilities. Then, each one of the remaining contestants go into the Confessionário (Confessionary), and vote on the other contestant they with to face an elimination match. The highest voted contestant is sent to the elimination match to face the person nominated by the Líder and an audience poll starts (either by phone, SMS or Internet) to pick which of the two contestants shall be eliminated.

On Tuesday the poll result is shown and the highest voted contestant is eliminated and removed from the house.

Seasons

Big Brother 1

The first season started airing on January 29, 2002. It was hosted by Pedro Bial and Marisa Orth who later quit and did not host the second season. The show lasted 64 days and ended on April 2, 2002, and brought in record ratings.

Contestants

Contestant	Contestant	Status	Eliminations (%)
	Kleber (Bam-Bam)	Winner - 64th Day - April 2, 2002	68%
	Vanessa Pascale	Second Place - 64th Day - April 2, 2002	21%
	André Gabeh	Third Place - 64th Day - April 2, 2002	11%
	Sérgio	62nd Day - March 31, 2002	48% X 52% (Kleber)
	Alessandra Begliomini (Leka)	57th Day - March 26, 2002	27% X 73% (Kleber)
	Estela Padilha	50th Day - March 19, 2002	15% X 85% (Kleber)
	Adriano de Castro	43rd Day - March 12, 2002	26% X 74% (Vanessa)
	Helena Louro	36th Day - March 5, 2002	48% X 51% (Alessandra)
	Cristiana Mota	29th Day - February 26, 2002	30% X 70% (Estela)
	Bruno	22nd Day - February 19, 2002	47% X 53% (Kleber)
	Xaiane Dantas	15th Day - February 12, 2002	23% X 77% (Helena)
	Caetano Zonaro	8th Day - February 5, 2002	45% X 55% (Helena)

Big Brother Brasil 2

The second portion or second season began one and a half month after the first season on May 14, 2002, and was hosted by Pedro Bial. The house improved a bit in order to keep the number of viewers the same as the first season. The second season ended on July 23, 2002, and lasted for 71 days.

Contestants

Contestant	Contestant	Status	Eliminations (%)
	Rodrigo Leonel	Winner – 71st Day – July 23, 2002	65%
	Manuela Saadeh	Second Place – 71st Day – July 23, 2002	35%
	Cida Moraes	Third Place - 69th Day – July 21, 2002	41% X 59% (Rodrigo)
	Thyrso Mattos	64th Day – July 16, 2002	47% X 53% (Cida)
	Tarciana Mafra	57th Day – July 9, 2002	30% X 70% (Rodrigo)
	Fabrício Amaral	50th Day – July 2, 2002	36% X 64% (Thyrso)
	Thaís Pugliese	43rd Day – June 25, 2002	27% X 73% (Manuela)
	Moisés da Silva	36th Day – June 18, 2002	46% X 54% (Cida)
	Jéferson Santos	29th Day – June 11, 2002	38% X 62% (Cida)
	Fernando Fernandes	22nd Day – June 4, 2002	23% X 77% (Thyrso)
	Tina (Vanessa) Soares	15th Day – May 28, 2002	37% X 63% (Tarciana)
	Rita Sinara	8th Day May 21, 2002	45% X 55% (Cida)

Big Brother Brasil 3

The third season of BBB began on January 14, 2003, and caused controversy. Among the participants was the Miss Brazil 2002, Joseane. Rules of the Miss Brazil contest forbid participation of married women, and when Joseane participated, she stated she was single. Due to the overexposition in the BBB, some magazines discovered she was married since before winning the beauty contest. The marriage being proved, Joseane was stripped of her crown, and Thaisa Tomsem was crowned Miss Brazil 2002.

Also, participant Dilson, not knowing Joseane was married, tried to start a romantic relationship with her during the show. Due to her refusals, he felt unmotivated and left the show voluntairly. Participant Harry replaced him at February 26, and became the first participant not to enter the show at the first day.

The season lasted 78 days and ended on April 1, 2003.

Contestants

Contestant	How far he/ she got
Dhomini Fontes	Winner - 78th Day - April 1, 2003
Elane Chaves	Second Place - 78th Day - April 1, 2003
Viviane Oliveira	Third Place - 76th Day - March 30, 2003
Jean Massumi	71st Day - March 25, 2003
Harry (1)	64th Day - March 18, 2003
Sabrina Sato	57th Day - March 11, 2003
Emilio Zagaia	50th Day - March 4, 2003
Alan	43rd Day - February 25, 2003
Juliana de Oliveira	36th Day - February 18, 2003
Andrea	29th Day - February 11, 2003
Marcelo	22nd Day - February 4, 2003
Joseane de Oliveira	15th Day - January 28, 2003
Dilson Júnior	forfeited - 12th Day - January 25, 2003
Paulo	8th Day - January 21, 2003 (2)
Samantha	8th Day - January 21, 2003 (2)

⁽¹⁾ - Replaced Dilson on January 26, 2003

⁽²⁾ - First double elimination

Big Brother Brasil 4

The fourth season of Big Brother ran from January 13 to April 6, 2004, and lasted for 85 days, the longest of the seasons. Ratings were a little higher in this season.

Contestants

Contestant	How far he/ she got
Cida (Gecilda dos Santos)	Winner - 85th Day - April 6, 2004
Thiago Lira	Second Place - 85th Day - April 6, 2004
Juliana Lopes	Third Place - 83rd Day - April 4, 2004
Solange Cristina Couto	78th Day - March 30, 2004
Marcela Queiroz	71st Day - March 23, 2004
Rogério Dragone	64th Day - March 16, 2004
Marcelo Dourado	57th Day - March 9, 2004
Zulu (Marcelo Gomes)	50th Day - March 2, 2004
Buba (Edilson) (recently deceased)	43rd Day - February 24, 2004
Géris dos Santos	36th Day - February 17, 2004
Antonela Avelaneda	29th Day - February 10, 2004
Cristiano Carnevale	22nd Day - February 3, 2004
Eduardo Coelho	15th Day - January 27, 2004
Tatiana Giordano	8th Day - January 20, 2004

Big Brother Brasil 5

The 5th season ran from January 10 to March 29, 2005. Changes in the Big Brother House and the function of the program were done in the sections above including "General Concepts" and "The House"

It was the most popular season and the most-watched on. The participant Grazielli Massafera became a very popular celebrity and starred in a Rede Globo's prime-time soap opera.

Contestants

Contestant	How far he/ she got
Jean Wyllys	Winner - 79th Day - March 29, 2005
Grazielli Massafera	Second Place - 79th Day - March 29, 2005
Sammy Ueda	Third Place - 79th Day - March 29, 2005
Alan Passos	77th Day - March 27, 2005
Tatiane Barbosa (Tati Pink)	72nd Day - March 22, 2005
Karla Patrícia	65th Day - March 15, 2005
Aline Cristina (2)	58th Day - March 8, 2005
Tatiana Souza (Tathy Rio)	51st Day - March 1, 2005
Natália Nara	44th Day - February 22, 2005
Paulo André Costa (P.A.)	37th Day - February 15, 2005
Rogério Padovan (Gê)	30th Day - February 8, 2005
Giuliano Ciarelli	23rd Day - February 1, 2005
Marcos Maçaneiro	16th Day - January 25, 2005
Marielza de Souza Santos (1)	14th Day - January 23, 2005
Juliana Brandão	9th Day - January 18, 2005

⁽¹⁾ - Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was replaced by Aline Cristina on the 14th day

⁽²⁾ - Replaced Marielza de Souza Santos

Big Brother Brasil 6

This season premiered on January 10, 2006. Renovations in the Big Brother House and rules were done various aspects, including the previously mentioned "General Concepts" and "The House".

Contestants

Home page of the contestants

Contestant	Name	Status	Eliminations (%)
	Maria Nilza (Mara)	Winner - 78th Day - March 29, 2006	47%
	Mariana Felício	Second Place - 78th Day - March 29, 2006	34%
	Rafael Valente	Third place - 78th Day - March 29, 2006	19%
	Agustinho Fernandes	76th Day - March 26, 2006	48% X 52% (Mara)
	Gustavo Aguiar	71st Day - March 21, 2006	37% X 63% (Agustinho)
	Iran Gomes	64th Day - March 14, 2006	37% X 63% (Rafael)
	Carlos Castello (Carlão)	57th Day - March 3, 2006	41% X 59% (Agustinho)
	Inês Gomes	50th Day - February 28, 2006	22% X 78% (Mara)
	Thaís Macedo	43rd Day - February 21, 2006	43% X 57% (Gustavo)
	Léa Ferreira	36th Day - February 14, 2006	29% X 71% (Rafael)
	Roberta Brasil	29th Day - February 7, 2006	24% X 76% (Rafael)
	Daniel Saullo	22nd Day - January 31, 2006	33% X 67% (Agustinho)
	Daniel Costa (DanDan)	15th Day - January 24, 2006	31% X 69% (Carlos)
	Juliana Canabarro	8th Day - January 17, 2006	48% X 52% (Inês)

Big Brother Brasil 7

This season premiered on January 9, 2007, with some controversy. Before the beginning of the show, the announced contestant Yumi Ouchi was replaced by Flávia Viana, as Rede Globo claimed that Yumi had a contract with SBT, another Brazilian television channel, although she denied that.

Another replacement happened on the premiere of the season, when Fernando Orozco was eliminated for having a friend who works as a director in the channel, which is against the rules of the show, as anyone who has any type of relationship with a Globo's employee is not allowed to be contestant in the program. He was replaced by Felipe Cobra. This was the first Big Brother Brasil to allow other contestant of other Big Brother to stay in the house (he was Pablo Espósito, from Gran Hermano Argentina 4)

The Canadian Pop-punk band Simple Plan and Fatboy Slim were guest stars.

Every year, a very popular act is chosen by Globo to play during the finale. For the 7th season, the chosen band was Babado Novo.

Songs

Songs featured on BBB1:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
I Love Rock ´n Roll	Britney Spears	General
Je T´aime Mon Non Plus	Serge Gainsbourg	Sérgio
Your Song	Elton John	Sérgio and Vanessa
I´m too Sexy	Right Said Fred	Caetano
Tédio	Biquíni Cavadão	Adriano
Just The Way You Are	Barry White	Kléber and Xaiane
Vai Serginho	Mc Serginho	Sérgio
If I Had a Hammer	Trini Lopez	General
Mr. Loverman	Shabba Ranks	Adriano and Estela
Noite do Prazer	Brylho	General
O Bom	Eduardo Araújo	Kléber Bambam
Cruisin´	Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow	Leka and André
Tesouro de Pirata	Tchaka Bum	Kléber Bambam
Baba Baby	Kelly Key	Leka and Cristiana

Songs featured on BBB2:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
Alô Galera de Cowboy	Dallas Company	Rodrigo Cowboy
Crazy	Sect	Fabricio,Thais and Manuela
Volta pra Mim	Roupa Nova	Thyrso and Manuela
Por Enquanto	Cássia Eller	General
SuperManoela	Betinho	Manuela

Songs featured on BBB3:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
To nem aí	Luka	Elane
Gomo de Mixirica	Nashville	Dhomini
Jenny from the Block	Jennifer Lopez	Viviane
Fácil	Jota Quest	General
A dois passos do Paraíso	Planta e Raiz	General
Feira de Mangaio	Elba Ramalho	General
Falsidade	Mc Andinho	Harry

Songs featured on BBB4:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
Hey Ya!	Outkast	General
Happy	Square Heads	General
Deixa a vida me levar	Zeca Pagodinho	Cida and Thiago
Sandstorm	Darude	General
Nós gatos, Já nascemos pobres	Os Saltimbancos	General
Rap da Felicidade	Vinicius & Andinho	Cida, Solange, Cristiano and Thiago
Trust Me	Dee Joy	Juliana and Marcelo Dourado

Songs featured on BBB5:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
I Close My Eyes	Shivaree	Grazielli and Alan
Teu Olhar	Cídia e Dan	Sammy, Grazi, Jean and Pink
Pra Você eu Digo Sim	Cídia e Dan	Grazielli and Alan
Teu Olhar	Cídia e Dan	General
Can You Feel It	Jean Roch	General
It is you	Dana Glover (Shrek Soundtrack)	Grazielli and Alan
Cara Valente	Maria Rita	Alan

Songs featured on BBB6:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
Pescador de Ilusões	O Rappa	General
Breakaway	Kelly Clarkson	Daniel Saullo and Mariana
Hung Up	Madonna	Roberta
Let´s Stay Together	Al Green	Rafael and Mariana
Love Generation	Bob Sinclair	General

Songs featured on BBB7:

Song Information	Singer	Theme of...
Mad About You	Hooverphonic	Íris and Alemão
Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)	Fergie	Íris and Alemão
Mary Jane Shoes	Fergie	Flávia
Pra Gente Passear	Papas da Língua	Íris and Alemão
Levada da Breca	Gil Melândia	Flávia
Funk do Paredão	Lyrics: Alan Pierre and Flávia DJ Marlboro	Flávia and Alan Pierre
Essa Garota	Mc Princesa e Plebeu	Fani
Agita o Caldeirão	Amilcka e Chocolate	General
Shut Up	Simple Plan	General
Put Your Hands Up for Brazil	Fatboy Slim	Analy

Contestants

Contestant	Name	Status	Eliminations (%)	Week Leader
	Diego Bissolati Gasques (Alemão - "German")	Winner - 85th Day - April 3, 2007 (5)	91%
	Carollini Honório (Carol / Brigadeirão)	Second Place - 85th Day - April 3, 2007 (2)	9%
	Bruna Tavares (Bruninha - "Little Bruna")	Third Place - 83rd Day - April 1, 2007	67% X 33% Carollini Honório	Diego Bissolati Gasques
	Analy Rosa	78th Day - March 27, 2007	69% X 31% Carollini Honório	Diego Bissolati Gasques
	Airton Cabral (Negão - "Big Blackman")(2)	76th Day - March 25, 2007	91% X 9% Diego Bissolati Gasques	Carollini Honório
	Alberto Pimentel (Cowboy)	71th Day - March 20, 2007	85% X 15% Analy Rosa	Carollini Honório
	Fani Pacheco	64th Day - March 13, 2007	89% X 11% Diego Bissolati Gasques	Alberto Pimentel
	Flávia Viana (Flavinha - "Little Flávia")	57th Day - March 6, 2007	77% X 23% Diego Bissolati Gasques	Bruna Tavares
	Irislene Stefanelli (Íris / Siri)	50th Day - February 27, 2007	57% X 43% Diego Bissolati Gasques	Alberto Pimentel
	Bruno Jácome	43th Day - February 20, 2007	72% X 28% Irislene Stefanelli	Bruna Tavares
	Fernando Luiz (Justin)	36th Day - February 13, 2007	78% X 22% Diego Bissolati Gasques	Fani Pacheco
	Felipe Cobra (Cobra - "Snake")(3)	29th Day - February 6, 2007	93% X 7% Alberto Pimentel	Diego Bissolati Gasques
	Alan Pierre (Caatinga)	22th Day - January 30, 2007	66% X 34% Irislene Stefanelli	Fani Pacheco
	Liane Souza	15th Day - January 23, 2007	74% X 26% Fernando Luiz	Bruna Tavares
	Daniel Bellangero	8th Day - January 16, 2007	72% X 28% Bruno Jota	Alan Pierre and Flávia Viana
	Juliana Regueiro	3rd Day - January 11, 2007(1) (5)	56% with Airton X 44% Alan Pierre and Flávia Viana	No Leader
	Fernando Orozco	1st Day - January 9, 2007	Disqualified (see above).	-

⁽¹⁾ - Double elimination

⁽²⁾ - Returned on the 13th Day

⁽³⁾ - Replaced Fernando Orozco

⁽⁴⁾ - Double elimination of Airton and Juliana on the 3rd day. However, the audience could choose one of them to return to the house on the 13th day, and Juliana lost 32% X 68%.

Celebrities

Usually Big Brother contestants are already forgotten by the time of the next season but there are a few exceptions of contestants who became national stars. Grazielli Massafera is probably the biggest celebrity coming out of the reality show. After her participation on the 5th edition, she became a huge celebrity appearing in over 130 magazine covers, starring in over 13 commercials and winning an important role on Brazil's most-watched soap.

Sabrina Sato also became a personality on the country after appearing on the 5th edition of the show. She posed naked twice for Playboy magazine and is one of the hosts of Panico, a show very popular among teenagers and Rede TV most-watched show. She has one of Rede TV's biggest contracts and is also the spokesperson for several companies.

Diego "Alemão", Big Brother 7 winner (with 91% of the votes) and Iris also became huge celebrities after appearing on the show, possibly the two most popular Big Brother contestants. But it's still very early to determine if their popularity will continue until the show next season. Alemão received a big paycheck to star in Brazil's big store Casa & Video campaign.

Diego "Alemão" also appeared on over 40 magazine covers, from gossip weeklies to teenage magazines. When he appeared with an Armani A;X coat in Globo's 'Mais Você', the coat sold out in a few hours. He presents a segment on Sunday magazine show Fantastico and, according to O Globo's Controle Remoto, his segment is the show most-watched part. He is dating Iris.

Iris is also very popular. She posed naked on Playboy magazine. Now she presents TV Fama in REDETV Channel.

Game

A mobile version of Big Brother was released in 2005, called My Big Brother, and reproduced the entire show, in real-time, inside mobile phones. Big Brother Brasil is also on software and is manufactured by Continuum and Brasoft Studios ([1])

External links

Official

• Big Brother Brasil 7
• Big Brother Brasil 6
• Big Brother Brasil 5
• Big Brother Brasil 4
• Big Brother Brasil 3
• Big Brother Brasil 2
• Big Brother Brasil 1

Other

• Terra: BBB7
• Terra: BBB6
• Terra: BBB5
• Terra: BBB4
• Terra: BBB3
• Terra: BBB2
• Terra: BBB1