Ídolos Brazil 3 (known as Ídolos 2008) was the third season of Brazilian reality interactive talent show Ídolos (and first aired on Record), which premiered August 19, 2008 with the season finale airing on December 17, 2008.
Rodrigo Faro was the host and the judging panel was reduced from 4 (in seasons 1 and 2) to 3 and consisted of Luiz Calainho, a music and entertainment businessman, Paula Lima, a soul singer/songwriter and Marco Camargo, a Latin Grammy Award winning music producer.
Rafael Barreto won the competition with Rafael Bernardo as the first runner-up and Maria Christina finishing third.
Early Process
Regional Auditions Auditions were held in the following cities:
Episodes Air Dates Audition City Audition Date Audition VenueAugust 19, 2008 toSeptember 10, 2008 Porto Alegre May 3, 2008 Hotel De Ville Salvador May 17, 2008 Hotel Bahia Othon Palace Rio de Janeiro May 24, 2008 Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí São Paulo May 31, 2008 Ibirapuera Gymnasium
Theater Round
Groups The first day of Theater Week featured the eighty-nine contestants from the auditions round. Divided into groups, each contestant should go on stage and sing a song a capella for the judges until they stopped them. Seventy contestants advanced.
Duets The next round required the contestants to split up in pairs and perform. Forty-five advanced to the final round of Theater requiring a solo performance.
Solos Forty-five made it to the final round, which required the contestants singing solo with the option of playing an instrument. In the end, the judges take the contestants in groups of five and tell them if they made the final thirty.
Semi-finals The thirty semifinalists were randomly split into different groups. Each contestant would then sing in their respective group's night. There were three separate groups and the top three contestants from each group made it to the finals.
Wild Card Six contestants who failed to make it to the finals were invited back to perform for another chance at a spot in the finals. Only one wildcard contestant (Nanda Garcia) was chosen by the public vote.
Finals
Finalists
Contestant Age Hometown Audition Location Voted Off Rafael Barreto 22 Salvador Salvador Winner Rafael Bernardo 23 Vitória da Conquista São Paulo Dec 17, 2008 Maria Christina 19 São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo Dec 10, 2008 Paulo Cremona 23 São Paulo São Paulo Dec 03, 2008 Nanda Garcia 23 Niterói Rio de Janeiro Nov 26, 2008 Lorena Chaves 21 Belo Horizonte São Paulo Nov 19, 2008 Cássia Raquel 21 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Nov 12, 2008 Amandí Cortez 26 João Pessoa Salvador Nov 05, 2008 Pedrinho Black 23 Uberlândia São Paulo Oct 29, 2008 Tiago Mattos 18 Curitiba Porto Alegre Oct 22, 2008
Elimination chart + Legend Did Not Perform Female MaleTop 30Top 10Winner SafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated
Stage:Semi-FinalsWCFinalsTop 30Top 10Top 9Top 8Top 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Top 3Top 2Week: 9/23 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/3 12/10 12/17 Place ContestantResult1 Rafael BarretoN/ATop 10N/AN/A Safe Safe SafeBottom 2 Safe Safe Safe SafeWinner2 Rafael BernardoTop 10N/AN/AN/A SafeBottom 2 Safe Safe SafeBottom 2 Safe SafeRunner-up3 Maria ChristinaN/ATop 10N/AN/A Safe Safe SafeBottom 3 Safe SafeBottom 2Elim4 Paulo CremonaN/AN/ATop 10N/A Safe Safe Safe SafeBottom 3 SafeElim5 Nanda GarciaN/AN/AElimTop 10 Safe SafeBottom 2 SafeBottom 2Elim6 Lorena ChavesTop 10N/AN/AN/ABottom 3Bottom 3 Safe SafeElim7 Cássia RaquelN/AN/ATop 10N/A Safe SafeBottom 3Elim8 Amandí CortezN/ATop 10N/AN/ABottom 2 SafeElim9 Pedrinho BlackTop 10N/AN/AN/A SafeElim10 Tiago MattosN/AN/ATop 10N/AElimWildCard Geisi RiosElimN/AN/AElim Grazzi BrasilN/AN/AElim Mariana BravoN/AElimN/A Rubens DanielN/AElimN/A Sarah RaquelElimN/AN/ASemi-Final 3 Bruna CaialaN/AN/AElim Daniela IsmérioN/AN/A Dyggo de DeusN/AN/A Eduardo LouzadaN/AN/A Saulo do AmaralN/AN/ASemi-Final 2 Helen CristinaN/AElim João Paulo XavierN/A Larissa CarvalhoN/A Leila LinsN/A Renata BacalN/ASemi-Final 1 Allan LopesElim João Klaus Maiquel Zafanelli Ricardo Fé Thaís Barja
References
External links Ídolos Brazil website