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, Globo.com, and a Globo-owned pay-per-view channel offer round-the-clock coverage. Season 5 was the most popular season.

Rules

The R$ 1 million prize (about 500,000 USD), is disputed by 16 contestants (8 boys and 8 girls) who are completely isolated from the world and have all their steps followed by cameras in a round-the-clock coverage. In this 7th edition, they'll be facing 78 days of Big Brother (finishing at March 27, 2007). During this time, the housemates can't watch TV, listen to radio, make phone calls, send mail (letters or e-mail) or read magazines/newspapers. Housemates are only allowed to make contact with the host Pedro Bial by the television installed on the living room. They can be visited by some guests as TV hosts and some artists (like the canadian band Simple Plan and Fatboy Slim).

The House

The house is located inside Projac, Globo's production center, in Rio de Janeiro. 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 has 700 square meters (m²) and the internal areas are about 200m². It 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).

Prizes

Aside the main prize, the second and third places are also awarded. Other prizes (as brand new cars, computers and printers, refrigerators, televisions and even money) can be given as the housemates accomplish some tasks.

Estalecas (Z$) and Groceries

The Estaleca (Z$) is the house currency and it was introduced at Big Brother Brasil 5. Each contestant has it own credit card with an amount of "Estalecas", that allows them to buy things for the house, like food, or personal items (rent a hair dryer, a barbecue or other pleasures they are commonly denied inside and outside the house, such as hang-gliding, bungee-jump or a helicopter ride). The winners of the Estalecas' task win also 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.

Leader and Angel

The Leader (Líder) is the contestant (sometimes contestants) that cannot be eliminated that week and must pick one other contestant to face the elimination match (commonly named Paredão, or Brick Wall in English). The housemate achieve this function by winning the Leader task, that can be a luck task (their luck will define the Leader), a normal task (the winner of a task is the Leader) or a endurance task (when all the housemates are submitted to a stressful situation and the last man to stand is the Leader). The Angel (Anjo) is a housemate that can protect any other housemate from being voted, but he (or she) can't protect himself. Another selected house mate is given the power to nullify this action (this rule was only recently added to the 2007 edition), if they choose to nullify, the Angel is worthless.

Eliminations

• On Sunday nights, Angel and Leader contestants, respectively appoint one participant to be preserved and another to be added to Paredão. Then, each one of the remaining contestants go into the Confessionary (Confessionário), and vote on the other contestant they with to face an elimination match. After that, the highest voted contestant is sent to the elimination match and an audience poll starts (either by phone, SMS or Internet) to pick which of the two contestants shall be eliminated.

• On Tuesdays (except in the case of the final), the poll result is shown and the highest voted contestant is eliminated.

• It is also 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.

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	How far he/ she got
Kleber (Bam-Bam)	Winner - 64th Day - April 2, 2002
Vanessa Pascale	Second Place - 64th Day - April 2, 2002
André Gabeh	Third Place - 64th Day - April 2, 2002
Sérgio	62nd Day - March 31, 2002
Alessandra Begliomini (Leka)	57th Day - March 26, 2002
Estela Padilha	50th Day - March 19, 2002
Adriano de Castro	43rd Day - March 12, 2002
Helena Louro	36th Day - March 5, 2002
Cristiana Mota	29th Day - February 26, 2002
Bruno	22nd Day - February 19, 2002
Xaiane Dantas	15th Day - February 12, 2002
Caetano Zonaro	8th Day - February 5, 2002

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	How far he/ she got
Rodrigo Leonel	Winner - 71st Day - July 23, 2002
Manuela Saadeh	2nd Place - 71st Day - July 23, 2002
Cida Moraes	3rd Place - 69th Day - July 21, 2002
Thyrso Mattos	64th Day - July 16, 2002
Tarciana Mafra	57th Day - July 9, 2002
Fabrício Amaral	50th Day - July 2, 2002
Thaís Pugliese	43rd Day - June 25, 2002
Moisés da Silva	36th Day - June 18, 2002
Jeferson Santos	29th Day - June 11, 2002
Fernando Fernandes	22nd Day - June 4, 2002
Tina (Vanessa) Soares	15th Day - May 28, 2002
Rita Sinara	8th Day - May 21, 2002

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. Ratings were a little higher.

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 11, 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 she is participating at the main novela at Globo right now.

Contestants

Contestant	How far he/ she got
Jean Wyllys	Winner - 78th Day - March 29, 2005
Grazielli Massafera	Second Place - 78th Day - March 29, 2005
Sammy Ueda	Third Place - 78th Day - March 29, 2005
Allan Passos	76th Day - March 27, 2005
Tatiane Barbosa (Pink)	71st Day - March 22, 2005
Karla Patrícia	64th Day - March 15, 2005
Aline Cristina	57th Day - March 8, 2005
Tatiana Souza (Tathy Rio)	50th Day - March 1, 2005
Natália Nara	43rd Day - February 22, 2005
Paulo André Costa (P.A.)	36th Day - February 15, 2005
Rogério Padovan (Gê)	29th Day - February 8, 2005
Giuliano Ciarelli	22nd Day - February 1, 2005
Marcos	15th Day - January 25, 2005
Juliana	8th Day - January 18, 2005

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	How far he/ she got
Maria Nilza (Mara)	Winner - 78th Day - March 29, 2006
Mariana Felício	Second Place - 78th Day - March 29, 2006
Rafael Valente	Third place - 78th Day - March 29, 2006
Agustinho Fernandes	76th Day - March 26, 2006
Gustavo Aguiar	71st Day - March 21, 2006
Iran Gomes	64th Day - March 14, 2006
Carlos Castello (Carlão)	57th Day - March 3, 2006
Inês Gomes	50th Day - February 28, 2006
Thaís Macedo	43rd Day - February 21, 2006
Léa Ferreira	36th Day - February 14, 2006
Roberta Brasil	29th Day - February 7, 2006
Daniel Saullo	22nd Day - January 31, 2006
Daniel Costa (DanDan)	15th Day - January 24, 2006
Juliana Canabarro	8th Day - January 17, 2006

Big Brother Brasil 7

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Irislene Stefanelli, the 9th place, one of the most popular participants from the Reality Show. She was a member of the "Love Triangle" in the house.

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 a contestant in the program. He was replaced by Felipe Cobra.

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

Contestants

Contestant	Eliminations	Eliminations (%)
Airton Cabral (Negão)(2)
Alberto (Cáuboi)
Analy Rosa (Angel)
Bruna Tavares (Leader)
Carollini
Diego (Alemão/German)
Fani Pacheco
Flávia Viana	57th Day - March 6, 2007	77% X 23% (Diego)
Irislene Stefanelli (Íris / Siri)	50th Day - February 27, 2007	57% X 43% (Diego)
Bruno Jota	43th Day - February 20, 2007	72% X 28% (Irislene Stefanelli)
Fernando Luiz (Justin)	36th Day - February 13, 2007	78% X 22% (Diego)
Felipe Cobra(3)	29th Day - February 6, 2007	93% X 7% (Alberto)
Alan Pierre	22th Day - January 30, 2007	66% X 34% (Irislene Stefanelli)
Liane Souza	15th Day - January 23, 2007	74% X 26% (Fernando Luiz)
Daniel Bellangero	8th Day - January 16, 2007	72% X 28% (Bruno Jota)
Juliana Regueiro	3rd Day - January 11, 2007(1)	56% X 44% (Alan Pierre and Flávia Viana)
Airton Cabral	3rd Day - January 11, 2007(1)	56% X 44% (Alan Pierre and Flávia Viana)
Fernando Orozco	1st Day - January 09, 2007	Eliminated by Rede Globo (see reason above).

⁽¹⁾ - Double eviction

⁽²⁾ - Returned in 15th Day

⁽³⁾ - Replaced Fernando Orozco

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