Big Brother Brasil
Big Brother Brasil (BBB) is a Brazilian version of the Big Brother reality television show based on the Dutch television series of the same name that was originally created in 1997 by John de Mol.
The show is based on a group of strangers, known as housemates, living together twenty-four hours a day in the "Big Brother" house, isolated from the outside world (primarily from mass media, such as newspapers, telephones, television and the internet) while having all their steps followed by cameras around-the-clock, with no privacy for three months.
The housemates compete for the chance to win the grand prize by avoiding weekly eviction, until the last housemate remains at the end of the season that can claim the grand prize. The show's host is journalist Pedro Bial.
Rede Globo's website and a Globo-owned pay-per-view channel offer round-the-clock coverage. The Seasons 3, 5 and 7 were the most popular seasons. Sabrina Sato (Season 3) is the show's host Panico na TV, Grazi Massafera (Season 5) is the actress Rede Globo, Íris Stefanelli (Season 7) is a reporter and program TV Fama, are the most popular contestants of the shows, although none of them have won the show.
But the last season Big Brother 10 had the biggest participation in the world of callings at the final, with over 154 millions of votes but there were suspicions of an invasion by i-macro voting users.[1]
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[edit] 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, a special room called Confessionário (Diary Room) and a secret area, which was once the white bedroom (9 and 10 editions) and the surprise bedroom (11 edition).
[edit] Show Format
[edit] The Launch Night
On the night of the Live Launch several members of the public, who have successfully passed through several audition processes, enter the House to become Housemates of the Big Brother House. Once inside the house the Housemates will live together and have no contact with the outside world.
[edit] Head of Household
After each eviction (except the first week), housemates compete to become the Head of Household, by winning a weekly physical endurance challenge, based on a specific skill, a general knowledge quiz or, even sometimes through a luck event.
The HoH receives perks such as their own private bedroom, photos or gifts from home, and maid service. The HoH cannot be nominated and also nominates one housemate for eviction. Although one housemate normally retains the Leader rewards and responsibilities for the week, exceptions have occurred.
In a "double eviction" week, the first HoH only reigns for a short period (between an hour and three days) while the second HoH reigns for the rest of the week. When this occurs, the first Leader is normally not provided the benefits such as use of the "HoH Room". Another exception is when two housemates share a HoH, such as in the third week of Season 6 and in the first week of Season 7. It is common that the Leader during the week of Carnaval is allowed to go to the Samba school parades.
[edit] Power of Immunity
In Season 3, a weekly Power of Immunity is introduced and determined. This housemate may choose any other housemate to protect from facing the eviction. However, in Season 7, another selected house mate was given the Power of Veto to nullify the saving power.
Since Season 8, Power of Immunity winner was also given a bad side, where that housemate, besides protecting someone from elimination, must "punish" one or more contestants, obliging them to do an unpleasing task or forbidding them to go to the party.
[edit] Estaleca or Food Competition
On Sundays, a competition allow the housemates to win food (until Season 4) or estalecas (from Season 5 ownwards) for the week. Most competitions are games of skill, although the housemates may work individually, in teams, or as one group.
Introduced in Season 5, the Estaleca (Z$) is the official currency of the house. Each contestant has their own credit card with a set 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 luxury items, like a helicopter ride.
The winners of the week's Estaleca competition earn the right to do all the shopping, choosing what the entire house will eat for the upcoming week. As in the real stock market, the Estalecas can suffer some speculative attacks and thus the value of the groceries may inflate or deflate.
[edit] Sunday Live Nominations
First the PoI winner and HoH nominate their choices for their respective abilities. Then, each one of the remaining contestants go into the Diary Room, and vote on the contestant they wish to face an elimination match. The highest voted contestant is sent to the elimination match to face the person nominated by the HoH and an audience poll starts (either by phone, SMS or Internet) to pick which of the two or three contestants shall be eliminated.
[edit] Tuesday Live Eviction
On Eviction Night, the poll result is shown and the highest voted housemate is eliminated and evicted from the house. The evicted housemate must to get ready to leave immediately. Once they leave the House they are greeted by the live crowd, which will boo or cheer according to the popularity of the evicted Housemate.
[edit] Live Final and the Winner
In the Live Final, only two to three Housemates remain in the house, after surviving numerous evictions. The public are then asked to vote for their favourite surviving Housemate to win the prize. The winner is announced and the final two surviving Housemates leaving the house together, treated to a cheering crowd and a firework display.
[edit] Season details
| Season | Housemates | Winner | Vote | Notes |
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| Big Brother Brasil 1 | 12 | Kleber de Paula | 68% | First and only season to have the nomination process pre-taped and Marisa Orth as co-host. Orth left her hosting duties early in the series but continued making appearances and providing color commentary. |
| Big Brother Brasil 2 | 12 | Rodrigo Leonel | 65% | First time two seasons were filmed and aired back to back at the same year. First and only season to air in the South American winter. First time the final vote included two housemates. |
| Big Brother Brasil 3 | 14 | Dhomini Ferreira | 51% | Introduced the Power of Immunity. First season to have a housemate, Dilson Walkarez, voluntary quit the game. Last season where the weekly nomination process was split into two different days (Saturday and Sunday). |
| Big Brother Brasil 4 | 14 | Cida dos Santos | 69% | First time two housemates where selected by a random draw at the launch night. First season where the nomination process was completely done on Sunday's night. Last season to featured the original R$500,000 grand prize. |
| Big Brother Brasil 5 | 14 | Jean Wyllys | 55% | Increased the grand prize to R$1 million. First and only time a season started on a Monday, instead of a Tuesday night. First season in which a housemate, Marielza Santos, was evacuated from the game due to medical conditions. Wyllys became a Brazilian MP in 2010. |
| Big Brother Brasil 6 | 14 | Mara Vianna | 47% | First time two housemates shared a Head of Household. Additionally, a pair of twins secretly swapped in and out of the house, pretending to be a housemate and the same person, in a bid to win R$10,000. |
| Big Brother Brasil 7 | 16 | Diego Gasques | 91% | First and only season in which a housemate, Fernando Orozco, was expelled from the game. Introduced the Power of Veto, in which the holder could nullify the Power of Immunity. |
| Big Brother Brasil 8 | 14 | Rafinha Ribeiro | 50.15% | Introduced the Big Phone. First time three housemates were up for eviction at the same time. Only time in which a housemate was automatically nominated after came last in a HoH competition (Thatiana Bione on week 7). |
| Big Brother Brasil 9 | 20 | Max Porto | 34.85% | Featured the house separated in two areas: rich and poor. Introduced two new twists: the Glass House and the White Room, with the latter culminating in Leo Jancu's withdrawal on week 3. Last season to have a R$1 million prize. |
| Big Brother Brasil 10 | 17 | Marcelo Dourado | 60% | Increased the prize to R$1.5 million. Divided the house into cliques, whereas an entire clique was safe from eviction if one of their members becomes HoH. Introduced the Higher Power that could overthrow the HoH or the house vote. |
| Big Brother Brasil 11 | 19 | Maria Melillo | 43% | Featured the Saboteur, whose mission was perform various tasks to disrupt the life in the house in order to win R$10,000. The public were able to vote for one housemate to return. First time there was a double eviction night. |
| Big Brother Brasil 12 | 16 | TBD | TBD | A back to basics season. Second season in which a housemate, Daniel Echaniz, was expelled from the game. [2] |
[edit] Reception
[edit] Brazilian ratings
All numbers are provided by IBOPE.[3]
| Season | Timeslot | Premiered | Ended | TV Season | Viewers (in points) |
Rating/ Share |
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Date | Viewers (in points) |
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| 1 | Every day 10:00PM |
January 29, 2002 | 49 | April 2, 2002 | 59 | 2002 | 40.3 | 60.5% |
| 2 | May 14, 2002 | 29 | July 23, 2002 | 45 | 36.6 | 59.1% | ||
| 3 | January 14, 2003 | 38 | April 1, 2003 | 55 | 2003 | 39.2 | 60.4% | |
| 4 | January 13, 2004 | 42 | April 6, 2004 | 56 | 2004 | 45.3 | 68.5% | |
| 5 | January 10, 2005 | 46 | March 29, 2005 | 57 | 2005 | 47.5 | 69.7% | |
| 6 | January 10, 2006 | 45 | March 28, 2006 | 51 | 2006 | 43.1 | 63.9% | |
| 7 | January 9, 2007 | 43 | April 3, 2007 | 48 | 2007 | 41.3 | 62.2% | |
| 8 | January 8, 2008 | 37 | March 25, 2008 | 46 | 2008 | 37.2 | 57.1% | |
| 9 | January 13, 2009 | 37 | April 7, 2009 | 41 | 2009 | 32.4 | 52.3% | |
| 10 | January 12, 2010 | 30 | March 30, 2010 | 40 | 2010 | 30.7 | 50.7% | |
| 11 | January 11, 2011 | 35 | March 29, 2011 | 30 | 2011 | 24.7 | 45.7% | |
| 12 | January 10, 2012 | 34 | March 27, 2012 | 2012 | ||||
- Each point represents 58.000 households in São Paulo.
[edit] Celebrities
Usually Big Brother contestants are already forgotten by the time of the next season, most of the women (and some of the men, as well) posing naked to get some extra cash, but there are a few exceptions of contestants who became national stars. Sabrina Sato, Grazielli Massafera and Íris Stefanelli are probably the biggest celebrities coming out of the reality show.
Sabrina Sato became a personality on the country after appearing on Season 3. She posed naked twice for Playboy magazine and is one of the hosts of Pânico na TV, a very popular TV show among teenagers and Rede TV!'s most-watched show. She has one of Rede TV!'s biggest contracts and is also the spokesperson for several companies.
After her participation on Season 5, where she was billed as extremely charismatic and nice, Grazielli Massafera also became a huge celebrity appearing in over 130 magazine covers, posing naked for Playboy magazine, starring in over 13 commercials and winning an important role on Rede Globo's 9 o´clock soap opera "Páginas da Vida", where she received bad critics. Grazi is now a little more respected as actress,becoming one of the most popular celebrities in the country and is dating Cauã Raymond, one of Brazil's most popular and eligible young actors.
Íris Stefanelli attracted huge attention during her time in the house and achieved extreme popularity, thanks to her charisma. She became a personality in the country after appearing on Season 7, She received a big paycheck to pose naked for Playboy. Globo decided not to take into consideration "Siri" (as she was nicknamed in the house) huge popularity and decided not to give her a long-term contract. She was contracted by RedeTV! to co-host celebrities show TV Fama. Her lucrative deal was highlighted by the media. Íris is still a host on the show after the huge buzz that ensued her participation on the house.
[edit] 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]) There is also a Brazilian online Big Brother game, at www.tengaged.com.br [2].
[edit] Criticisms and Controversy
Big Brother Brasil 3 began on January 14, 2003, and caused controversy. Among the participants was Miss Brazil 2002, Joseane. Rules of the Miss Brazil contest forbid participation of married women, and when Joseane participated, she stated she was single. With her exposure in BBB, some magazines discovered she was married even before winning the beauty contest.
Once the marriage was proven, 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 voluntarily. Participant Harry replaced him at February 26, and became the first participant not to enter the show on its first day.
During Big Brother Brasil 8, the contestant Juliana fainted during a Resistance Test where the contestants were to remain perfectly still inside a glass chamber indoors. Newspapers and websites proclaimed Big Brother to be inhumane. However, the show was unaffected by the negative press.
[edit] References
- ^ entretenimento MSN News (Portuguese)
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[edit] External links
- Official
- Big Brother Brasil 11
- Big Brother Brasil 10
- Big Brother Brasil 9
- Big Brother Brasil 8
- 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
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