Big Brother Brasil 2 was the second season of Big Brother Brasil which premiered May 14, 2002, on Rede Globo.
The show was produced by Endemol Globo and presented by Pedro Bial. The season was officially confirmed since 2001 as part of the original contract between international Endemol and Rede Globo that provided seasons until 2008.
The grand prize was R$500.000 without tax allowances, with a R$50.000 prize offered to the runner-up and a R$30.000 prize offered to the housemate in third place.
The winner was 32-year-old cowboy Rodrigo Leonel from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.
Overview For the first time, two seasons were filmed and aired back-to-back in the same year and the only season to air in the South American winter. It's also the first time the final vote included two housemates.
Reunion show The reunion was hosted by Pedro Bial and aired on July 28, 2002. All the former housemates attended.
The men had choose two women (the women would do the same with the men) to compete for a spot in the final vote for the "Big Boss Prize", which awarded R$50.000. Rita and Moisés (who won their rounds against Thaís and Fabrício with 65% and 84% of the votes respectively) competed in the final vote, with Moisés ended up beating Rita with 79% of the fans' vote.Moisés derrota Rita e leva os R$ 50 mil
Housemates (ages stated at time of contest)
+ Name Age Occupation Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Rodrigo Leonel 32 Cowboy Ribeirão Preto 1 71 Manuela Saadeh 23 Student Rio de Janeiro 1 71 Cida Moraes 39 Flight attendant Rio de Janeiro 1 69 Thyrso Mattos 26 Chef São Paulo 1 64 Tarciana Mafra 27 Saleswoman Recife 1 57 Fabrício Amaral 25 Student Novo Hamburgo 1 50 Thaís Pugliese 19 Student Niterói 1 43 Moisés da Silva 26 Salesman Porto de Galinhas 1 36 Jeferson Santos 28 Singer Carapicuíba 1 29 Fernando Fernandes 21 Boxer São Paulo 1 22 Tina Soares 22 Football player São Paulo 1 15 Rita Sinara 30 Fortune-teller Rio de Janeiro 1 8
Future appearances
In 2023, Fernando Fernandes appeared as a Circo (Circus) in The Masked Singer Brasil 3, he joined Group B and sang two songs before his unmasking at the fourth episode, placing at 11th in the competition.
In 2025, Fernando Fernandes, Rodrigo Leonel and Tina Soares, appeared at the BBB: The Documentary as one of the interviewed housemates.
Voting history Day 68 Finale Head ofHousehold Jeferson Rodrigo Cida Fabrício Manuela Cida Tarciana Thyrso Rodrigo Manuela Nomination Cida Tarciana Fernando Cida Moisés Thaís Thyrso Tarciana Thyrso Nomination Rita Tina Thyrso Jeferson Cida Manuela Fabrício Rodrigo Cida CidaRodrigo Rodrigo RitaHead of Household Jeferson Jeferson Cida Manuela Cida ManuelaHead of HouseholdNominatedWinner(Day 71) Manuela Rita Tina Jeferson JefersonHead of Household Rodrigo Fabrício RodrigoNoteligibleHead of Household(Day 71) Cida Thaís JefersonHead of Household Thaís FabrícioHead of Household Fabrício RodrigoNoteligibleNominatedEvicted(Day 69) Thyrso Rita Tina Jeferson Jeferson Thaís Tarciana Fabrício Rodrigo CidaEvicted(Day 64) Tarciana Tina Tina Thyrso Thyrso Cida ManuelaHead of Household ManuelaEvicted(Day 57) Fabrício Thyrso Tina ThyrsoHead of Household Cida Manuela ManuelaEvicted(Day 50) Thaís Tina Tina Thyrso Thyrso Cida ManuelaEvicted(Day 43) Moisés Rita Tina Thyrso Manuela CidaEvicted(Day 36) JefersonHead of Household Tina Thyrso ManuelaEvicted(Day 29) Fernando Rita Tina ThyrsoEvicted(Day 22) Tina Rita JefersonEvicted(Day 15) Rita MoisesEvicted(Day 8) Notes 1 2 3 4 Nominatedfor eviction CidaRita TarcianaTina FernandoThyrso CidaJeferson CidaMoisés ManuelaThaís FabrícioThyrso RodrigoTarciana CidaThyrso CidaRodrigo ManuelaRodrigoEvicted Rita55% Tina63% Fernando77% Jeferson62% Moisés54% Thaís73% Fabrício64% Tarciana70% Thyrso53% Cida59% Manuela35% Rodrigo65%
Notes
References
External links Big Brother Brasil 2 Terra: BBB2