A Fazenda 8 was the eighth season of the Brazilian reality television series A Fazenda, which premiered on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, on RecordTV. For the first time, the show was hosted by Roberto Justus (replacing Britto Júnior, who left the show after seven seasons), reports by Bruna Calmon and commanded by Gianne Albertoni on A Fazenda Online.
This season is part of a millionaire contract signed in 2011 between Strix Television and Rede Record which guaranteed the show's rights until 2019.
This season marks the debut of Roberto Justus hosting the show, replacing Britto Júnior, who hosted the previous seven seasons. Gianne Albertoni returns as the show's commander on A Fazenda Online and events of sponsorship, bonuses and reports are hosted by Bruna Calmon. The grand prize for the winner is R$ 2 million without tax allowances, with a brand new car offered to the runner-up.
On December 8, 2015, 22-year-old actor Douglas Sampaio won the competition with 52.90% of the public vote over model and former Panicat Ana Paula Minerato (46.58%) and actor Luka Ribeiro (0.52%).
Twists
The teams The teams Rabbit, Sheep and Ostrich (present on the seasons 3, 4, 6 and 7) became extinct and were replaced by two teams (Axe and Saw).
The stall In this new season, the barn was replaced by the stall. Every week, three contestants will have to share space with the horses and sleep beside the animals.
Contestants The first three contestants were revealed on September 21, 2015, live on the Xuxa Meneghel show. These being: Amaral, Mara Maravilha and Rayanne Morais. The singer Rafael Ilha, the former thumb, who had been confirmed in A Fazenda, could not participate due to legal problems, being replaced by actor Luka Ribeiro, who went live in the reality, in the debut show. Another substitution was with Sheislane Hayalla, runner-up in Miss Amazonas, who lost her place in confinement after a former aide publicized her name to gossip media.
Below is biographical information according to the Record official site, plus footnoted additions.(ages stated are correct at the start of the contest)
Contestant Age Background Hometown Status Finish Amaral 42 Former Football Player Capivari 16th Edu K 46 Musician Porto Alegre 15th Veridiana Freitas 27 Model Balneário CamboriúSaw 14th Ovelha 60 Musician OlindaSaw 13th Thiago Servo 29 Sertanejo singer MaringáSaw Walked 12th Rebeca Gusmão 31 Former Swimmer Brasília 11th Li Martins 31 Singer & Actress Sertanópolis 10th Quelynah 34 Singer & Actress São Paulo 9th Carla Prata 34 Dancer & TV Host Rio de Janeiro 8th Mara Maravilha 47 Singer & TV Host ItapetingaSaw 7th Marcelo Bimbi 30 Model Rio Branco 6th JP Mantovani † 31 Model & TV Host Campinas 5th Rayanne Morais 27 Beauty Queen JeceabaSaw4th Luka Ribeiro 44 Actor Rio de JaneiroSaw3rd Ana Paula Minerato 24 Model & Former Panicat São PauloSaw2ndDouglas Sampaio22ActorRio de JaneiroSaw1st
Future appearances In 2017, Ana Paula Minerato returned to compete in A Fazenda 9, she finished in 9th place in the competition.
In 2017, Carla Prata appeared in Dancing Brasil 2, she finished in 6th place in the competition.
In 2018, Douglas Sampaio appeared in Dancing Brasil 3, he finished in 10th place in the competition.
In 2018, Amaral appeared in Dancing Brasil 4, he finished in 4th place in the competition, in 2022, Amaral appeared as a Dog in The Masked Singer Brasil 2, he joined at the Group B third round as a wildcard, he sang three songs before his unmasking at the eighth episode, placing 9th in the competition.
In 2019, Marcelo Bimbi appeared with his wife Nicole Bahls in Power Couple Brasil 4, they originally finished in 8th place, however they comeback to the game and finished as winners from the competition.
In 2021, JP Mantovani and Li Martins appeared as a couple in Power Couple Brasil 5, they finished in 3rd place in the competition.
In 2023, Thiago Servo appeared on A Grande Conquista 1, he have to compete for a place to enter in the game, Thiago, at first, didn't receive enough votes to enter in the game but in the villa won his place in the mansion and won the game.
In 2025, Rayanne Morais appeared with her husband Victor Pecoraro in Power Couple Brasil 7, they finished in 3rd place in the competition.
The game
Obligations Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 FarmerMarceloMarceloMaraJPDouglasJPDouglasRayanne DouglasThiagoThiago LukaLukaLukaLukaLuka RayanneVeridianaRayanneLuka RayanneMaraRayanneRayanne OvelhaLukaDouglasRayanne VeridianaRayanneOvelhaMaraMara MaraDouglasMara VeridianaRayanneMaraMara
Key power Since season 5, contestants compete to win the Key Power each week. The Key Power holder is the only contestant who can open the mystery box located at the Farm. However, opening the box will unleash either a good consequence or a bad consequence at the nomination process.
This season, only two pre-selected contestants (one from each team) are allowed to compete each round. The winner becomes the Key Power holder for the week, while the loser is sent to the stall, along with two other contestants (one from each team) selected by the winner of the round. The Key Holder's choice is marked in bold.
Results WeekPlayersWinnerSent to the Stall Consequences1DouglasAmaral, Luka, Rebeca Choose two contestant from his team (Ovelha & Rayanne) and one from the other team (Carla) to win an immunity. Choose a contestant from the stall to have a double vote (Luka)Douglas2Douglas, Edu, Luka Choose two contestant from his team to win an immunity (Li & Quelynah) Ban another contestant from his team from nominating (Marcelo)Luka3Ana Paula, Quelynah, Thiago Choose between win R$10,000 or receive immunity. Change the 3rd nominee (Thiago) for another contestant (Mara).Thiago4Carla, Douglas, Rayanne Choose five contestants to banish from voting (Ana Paula, Douglas, Luka, Ovelha & Rayanne).Douglas5Mara, Quelynah, Thiago Won R$10,000 and had to immunize two contestants from the stall (Mara & Quelynah, automatically due to Thiago's withdrawal) Save one contestant from became the third nominee (Li).Mara6RayanneJP, Li, Mara Choose between win an immunity for yourself or immunize another contestant (Mara). Your vote (Marcelo) count as two votes.Rayanne7Marcelo, Quelynah, Rayanne Choose between win an immunity and not to vote or not win an immunity and vote. Your Key power opponent (Quelynah) is automatically nominated.8Ana Paula, Carla, Luka Choose one contestant to have a double vote (Marcelo) Exchange one nominee (Luka) for another contestant (Carla).Luka 9TeamSawLuka JP, Marcelo 1 − Luka: Won a place in the final; 2 − Rayanne: Won a letter from home; 3 − : Won R$30,000; 4 − Mara: Ban one nominee to compete for Farmer (Marcelo). 10 Douglas, Marcelo Rayanne couldn't be nominee by the Farmer of the Week Residents of the stall will also be voted by the house.
Instant choice The Instant Choice continued on this season. During the designated/announced five-minute voting window, Twitter users (with public accounts only) may vote to select a contestant to receive a special opportunity not available to others (which may or may not influence directly in the game) by tweeting the option's keyword along with the show's designated hashtag.
WeekPlayer QuestionOptionsVoteBrazil's choice1DouglasDouglas should open the red envelope and win a prize of R$10,000.00? Yes 48%No No 52%2JPJP should open the red envelope and win a picnic with a contestant? Yes 20%No No 80%3CarlaCarla should open the red envelope and make the lunch and do the dishes for all contestants? Yes 89%Yes No 11%4JPJP should open the red envelope and win a horseback riding outside the farm with a contestant of his choice? Yes 18%No No 82%5MarceloMarcelo should receive a film session in the tree house with a guest? Yes 33%No No 67%6RayanneRayanne must choose two contestants from different teams to stay tied together? Yes 40%No No 60%7Ana Paula should be dressed as a man for 24 hours? Yes %No No %8JPJP should open the red envelope and win a helicopter ride with a contestant? Yes %Yes No %
Voting history Nominationsreceived Finale Marcelo Marcelo Mara JP Douglas JP Douglas Rayanne (none) Ana Paula Marcelo Luka JP Douglas JP Douglas Mara Marcelo Thiago Mara Veridiana Ovelha Rebeca Marcelo Carla Rayanne Mara Rayanne Amaral Edu Mara Carla Carla Li Quelynah Carla Marcelo (none) DouglasJP Rayanne (none) Douglas Mara Mara Veridiana Quelynah Rebeca Mara Mara JPNomineeSavedWinner 5 Li Veridiana Ovelha Rebeca MarceloExempt Rayanne DouglasSavedNominee(Day 78)3 Luka Quelynah(x2) JP Veridiana Marcelo Rebeca Marcelo Carla RayanneDouglasRayanneExempt Exempt3rd Place 1 Rayanne Quelynah JP Veridiana Quelynah Rebeca Marcelo(x2) Mara JP JPSavedNominee Evicted (Day 75) 14 JP Thiago Mara Mara Ovelha Rayanne Rayanne Mara RayanneNominee Evicted (Day 73)7 MarceloBanned Ovelha Rebeca Rayanne Carla Rayanne(x2) Mara Rayanne Evicted (Day 71)9 Mara Thiago Veridiana Veridiana Carla Marcelo Carla Rayanne Douglas Evicted (Day 66)25 Carla Thiago Mara Mara Ovelha Rebeca Marcelo Mara Marcelo Evicted (Day 59)6 Quelynah Thiago Mara Mara Rebeca Rayanne Carla Evicted (Day 52)6 Li Thiago Mara Mara Ovelha Rebeca Rayanne Evicted (Day 45)2 Rebeca Thiago Mara Mara Ovelha Rayanne Evicted (Day 38)9 Thiago Mara Veridiana Veridiana Ovelha Walked(Day 33)9 Ovelha Quelynah Carla Veridiana Rebeca Evicted (Day 31)7 Veridiana Mara Mara Mara Evicted (Day 24)9 Edu Thiago Mara Evicted (Day 17)1 Amaral Thiago Evicted (Day 10)1 Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, 10, 11 12 13 14 15Up forNomination AmaralThiago EduMaraMarcelo LukaMaraVeridiana CarlaJPOvelha CarlaDouglasRebeca JPLiMarcelo CarlaDouglasQuelynah CarlaMaraRayanne Ana PaulaMaraMarcelo (none)Saved Ana Paula Marcelo Mara JP Douglas JP Douglas Rayanne Ana PaulaNominatedfor Eviction AmaralThiago EduMara LukaVeridiana CarlaOvelha CarlaRebeca LiMarcelo CarlaQuelynah CarlaMara MaraMarcelo MarceloRayanne DouglasJP Ana PaulaRayanne Ana PaulaDouglasLukaWalked(none)Thiago(none)EvictedAmaral23.75%to saveEdu42.20%to saveVeridiana41.58%to saveOvelha47.85%to saveRebeca23.97%to saveLi41.22%to saveQuelynah47.11%to saveCarla48.33%to saveMara42.54%to saveMarcelo44.31%to saveJP25.89%to saveRayanne47.29%to saveLuka0.52% to winAna Paula46.58%to winDouglas52.90%to win
Notes
: Key Power holder Douglas opened the mystery box, which contained two envelopes. He was allowed to open the first envelope and revealed that he had to choose two contestants from his team and one from the other team to win an immunity. He gave immunities to Ovelha and Rayanne (Saw) and Carla (Axe). In the second envelope Douglas had to choose one contestant between the ones in the stall to have his nomination counted as two. He chose Luka, so his vote on Quelynah counted as two votes against her. : Key Power holder JP opened the mystery box, which contained two envelopes. He was allowed to open the first envelope and revealed that he had to choose two contestants from his team to win an immunity. He chose Li and Quelynah. In the second envelope he had to choose to ban one contestant from his team to nominating. He banned Marcelo. : Veridiana got more votes by house and was nominated. She had to choose the third nominee between Ana Paula, Quelynah and Thiago, who were in the stall. She chose Thiago. However, Carla opened the second envelope that said she should replace the third nominee by another contestant of her choice. She decided to nominate Mara. : JP, the Key Power holder, opened the first envelope and had to banish five contestants from voting. He chose Ana Paula, Luka, Ovelha, Douglas and Rayanne. : Key Power holder Marcelo opened the first envelope in the mystery box and had to immunize two contestants from the stall (Mara and Quelynah). According to the second envelope, the remaining eligible contestants were asked to save one contestant. Carla was the last one and became the third nominee for the week.