Busão do Brasil was a Brazilian reality television show, which premiered July 30, 2010 with the season finale airing October 19, 2010 on the Band television network.
The show was presented by former MTV Brasil VJ Edgard Piccoli, with the direction of Michael Ukstin. There were twelve contestants competing for the grand prize, which was R$1,000,000 without tax allowances.
Twenty-nine-year-old police officer Mario Remo won the competition over student Thalita Wagner and fashion designer Camilla Fit at the live finale.
Production
Cast Casting and production started in March 2010. Applications were due by May 3, 2010, until June 3, 2010. Ultimately, twelve contestants were chosen by the producers to participate the show between July and October 2010.
The bus During three months, the bus traveled for 11 different Brazilian states, covering about 4,000 miles and stopping in 14 cities.
Format Busão do Brasil is a reality television show created by Endemol, in which a group of people live together in a large and luxury bus, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras.
The series lasted for around three months, where the contestants tried to win a cash prize by avoiding periodic evictions from the bus.
Voting format Each week the public makes the nominations. On Friday night, the lines are temporarily frozen and the three highest rated contestants are revealed to the public, while only clues to the nominated candidates are given to contestants. Then, the lines are re-opened until Tuesday night, where the three contestants who received the most votes throughout the week face the elimination.
Contestants On Day 1, twenty-four hopefuls arrived at the entrance of the bus. Only eleven contestants were selected to enter out of all candidates. The twelfth contestant was selected by a special vote, in which the eleven contestants vote for one of the thirteen that were not originally chosen. A new contestant, Teca, entered the bus on Day 47.
(ages stated at time of contest)
Name Age Occupation Hometown Status Finish Tato Tarcan 26 Blogger São Bernardo Ammie Graves 22 DJ São José Julio Hasse 25 Rapper Blumenau Dede Lipparelli 28 Promoter São Paulo Deya Souza 25 Secretaire São Paulo Leo Tanus 33 Model São Paulo Joice Veronica 22 Funk Singer Rio de Janeiro Julio Bueno 28 Gogo-Boy Santos Cadu Martins 23 ONG Director Curitiba Teca Mesquita 22 Student Nova Friburgo Camilla Fit 26 Fashion Designer Belo Horizonte Thalita Wagner 22 Student Santos Mario Remo 29 Police Officer Teresina
Summaries
The Bus tour
First air date DestinationLaunch July 30, 2010 Fortaleza, Ceará (Starting Line) Aug 03, 2010 Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte1 Aug 06, 2010 Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte Aug 10, 2010 Campina Grande, Paraíba2 Aug 13, 2010 Caruaru, Pernambuco Aug 17, 2010 Barra de St. Antônio, Alagoas3 Aug 20, 2010 Barra de St. Antônio, Alagoas Aug 24, 2010 Canindé, Sergipe4 Aug 27, 2010 Feira de Santana, Bahia Aug 31, 2010 Feira de Santana, Bahia5 Sep 03, 2010 Feira de Santana, Bahia Sep 07, 2010 Lençóis, Bahia6 Sep 10, 2010 Lençóis, Bahia Sep 14, 2010 Ilhéus, Bahia7 Sep 17, 2010 Ilhéus, Bahia Sep 21, 2010 Itamaraju, Bahia8 Sep 24, 2010 Itamaraju, Bahia Sep 28, 2010 Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo9 Oct 01, 2010 Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo Oct 05, 2010 Mariana, Minas Gerais10 Oct 08, 2010 Mariana, Minas Gerais Oct 12, 2010 Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro11Finale Oct 15, 2010 Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro Oct 19, 2010 São Paulo, São Paulo (state) (Finish Line)
Voting history
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11EliminationVotes Finale (none) DedéHasseJulio CamillaDedéDeya CaduJoiceThalita CaduJoiceLeo CaduCamillaTeca CamillaMarioTeca CaduCamillaMario(none)(none) Dedé Leo Leo Thalita Leo Thalita Mario Mario Teca Thalita CaduJoiceTato AmmieJulioJoice DedéHasseJulio DedéDeyaJulio CaduDeyaJoice CaduJoiceLeo CaduCamillaJoice CaduJulioTeca CaduMarioThalita CamillaMarioTeca Mario Tato Ammie Hasse Dedé Deya Leo Joice JulioCaduTecaWinner(Day 82) 1 Thalita Tato Julio Dedé Dedé Deya Leo Joice JulioCadu Teca1 Camilla Tato Julio Dedé Dedé Deya LeoJoice Julio CaduTeca3rd Place(Day 82) 3 TecaNot in the BusCadu CamillaCadu MarioCamillaEvicted(Day 75)5 CaduJoice Ammie Hasse DedéDeyaJoiceJoiceTecaThalitaEvicted(Day 68)9 Julio CaduAmmieHasseDedé Joice Joice CamillaTecaEvicted(Day 61)8 JoiceTatoAmmie Hasse DeyaCaduCaduCaduEvicted(Day 54)13 Leo Tato Ammie Hasse Deya JoiceCaduEvicted(Day 47)4 Deya Joice Ammie HasseDedéCaduEvicted(Day 40)6 Dedé Tato AmmieHasseJulioEvicted(Day 33)9 Hasse Joice JulioDedéEvicted(Day 26)7 Ammie Joice JulioEvicted(Day 15)7 TatoJoiceEvicted(Day 8)6 Notes(none) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (none) 8EvictedTato6 of 12votesto evictAmmie7 of 11votesto evictHasse7 of 10votesto evictDedé6 of 9votesto evictDeya4 of 8votesto evictLeo4 of 9votesto evictJoice4 of 7votesto evictJulio3 of 6votesto evictCadu3 of 5votesto evictTeca3 of 4votesto evictCamilla8.5%to winThalita11.3%to winMario80.2%to win
Notes
References
External links Official site