Big Brother Brasil 20 was the twentieth season of Big Brother Brasil which premiered on TV Globo on January 21, 2020. The show was produced by Globo and hosted by Tiago Leifert, who returned for his fourth season as the host.
The grand prize is R$1.5 million without tax allowances and a Fiat Toro Ultra car, plus a R$150.000 prize offered to the runner-up and a R$50.000 prize offered to the third place.
For the first time, the show is divided into two groups: "Celebrities", composed of actors, singers, professional athletes, and social media personalities, and "Civilians", composed of everyday Brazilians. On week 2, four new potential housemates entered the game as part of a twist, but only two of them actually moved into the house, bringing the total number of housemates up to 20.
On March 12, TV Globo suspended all live audiences for their shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. On March 16, or Day 56 inside the house, the housemates were notified of the current events outside of the house. The channel also moved the show's broadcast timeslot from 10:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. due to the extent of news coverage on their primetime national newscast. Sunday's live nominations shows were also moved from 11:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. due to the channel cutting some of their entertainment programs (such as the fifth season of The Voice Kids) for that day.
As of March 31, 2020, the season broke three worldwide voting records. Guilherme's eviction against Gizelly and Pyong on week 6 reached the mark of 416 million votes, surpassing the old mark of 202 million votes cast in the previous season. Pyong's eviction against Babu and Rafa on week 8 broke the record of simultaneous voting with 1.4 million votes cast per minute, with 385 million votes counted. Then, on week 10, a new record-breaking number of 1.5 billion votes resulted in Felipe's eviction against Manu and Mari, and entered the Guinness World Record for "Most public votes received by a television programme".
In order to celebrate the show's 20th season anniversary, competitions and twists from previous seasons were revived and scattered again throughout this season. The season was originally planned to last 94 days, the longest of the series, ending on April 23, 2020. On April 13, 2020, TV Globo announced that the season was extended in 4 days, with the live finale moved to April 27, 2020, for a total of 98 days.
On April 27, 2020, anesthesiologist Thelma Assis won the competition with 44.1% of the public vote over digital influencer Rafa Kalimann and actress & singer Manu Gavassi. According to Ibope (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics), this season had an average of 25 million views in the 15 largest metropolitan areas in Brazil, with a 43% share. This means that 4 out of 10 television sets in the country were tuned to the reality show.Folha (in Portuguese) - BBB 20 bate recordes, consagra mulheres e discute feminismo e racismoExtra (in Portuguese) - 'BBB 20' supera audiência da última edição, o 'BBB 19' In addition, a total of 165 million people were reached during the three months that the program was aired.BBB 20: Final de reality tem a maior audiência desde a edição de 2010
The game #FeedBBB This season, each housemate will be able to use a cellphone to capture moments in the house during a time determined by production. The cell phone will only allow them to post photos and videos to #FeedBBB and see what other housemates are saying about each other. It will not allow contact with the outside world.
Super HoH Along with its regular powers, this season the HoH will also be tasked with splitting their housemates into Haves and Have-Nots as well as choosing what and how much each group will be eating. This HoH will also be awarded their own private party at the end of their HoH reign.
The Wall On Day 1, 18 housemates entered the Big Brother house, divided by a wall with Celebrities on one side and Civilians on the other. The two groups were not able to see each other until the end of night 2, after the wall fell. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 9.
Power of Veto In some weeks, the nominated housemates (excluding the HoH's nominee) compete against each other for one last chance to save themselves from eviction. Housemates nominated by the HoH are not eligible to compete and are guaranteed to face Brazil's vote. A re-worked version of a twist featured in the first week of Big Brother Brasil 18.
Glass House On Day 12, four additional housemates entered the Glass house where the public voted for two of them (one man and one woman) to move into the main House. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 9, re-used in Big Brother Brasil 11 (featuring the first five evicted housemates from that season) and Big Brother Brasil 13.
White Room On Day 46, three housemates (Felipe, Gizelly and Manu) were chosen to enter the White Room, where they would stay until the live nominations on Day 48, unless one of them pressed the red button, thus becoming the first nominee of the week. A re-worked version of a twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 9, re-used in Big Brother Brasil 10.
Big Phone Once in a while, the Big Phone rings, unleashing good or bad consequences on the nomination process for those who decide to answer it. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 8, permanent from then onwards.
Week Housemate Date Timeslot Consequences 2 Petrix February 1, 2020 Saturday10:52 p.m. See note 6 4 Felipe February 16, 2020 Sunday8:01 a.m. See note 10
Power of No At the beginning of each week, the previous Head of Household may or may not be given the opportunity to disqualify some housemates from competing in the upcoming HoH competition. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 12, permanent from then onwards.
Week Housemate Total Vetoed housemates 3 Guilherme 4 Daniel, Felipe, Hadson, Lucas 6 Rafa 3 Felipe, Guilherme, Mari 10 Thelma 1 Flayslane
The Counterattack Introduced this season, the counterattack is a surprise power given to either the HoH's nominee and/or the House's nominee, in which they have the opportunity to automatically nominate an additional housemate for eviction. While viewers are informed when the power will be featured in advance (on Thursdays before the Head of Household competition even takes place), the housemates are only informed about the twist on the spot, during Sunday's live nominations.
Week Housemate Status Used on: Result 6 Guilherme HoH'snominee Pyong See note 13 Felipe House'snominee Gizelly See note 13 9 Felipe House'snominee Ivy See note 17 10 Felipe HoH'snominee Manu See note 19 11 Babu House'snominee Gabi See note 23 13 Ivy House'snominee Thelma See note 28 Manu House'snominee Babu See note 29
Housemates
The cast of 18 official housemates was unveiled on January 18, 2020, three days before the premiere, during breaks in TV Globo programming and on Gshow. On January 31, four more candidates were revealed, who entered the Glass House competing for the last two spots in the game Daniel Lenhardt and Ivy Moraes secured the final two spots in the program by winning the popular vote against Daniel Caon and Renata Dornelles, respectively. + Name Age Type Hometown Occupation Day entered Day exited Result Thelma Assis 35 Civilian São Paulo Anesthesiologist 1 98 Rafa Kalimann 26 Celebrity Campina Verde Digital influencer 1 98 Manu Gavassi 27 Celebrity São Paulo Actress & singer 1 98 Babu Santana 40 Celebrity Rio de Janeiro Actor 1 96 Mari Gonzalez 25 Celebrity Salvador Digital influencer 1 92 Ivy Moraes 27 Civilian Belo Horizonte Model 16 90 Gizelly Bicalho 28 Civilian Iúna Lawyer 1 85 Flayslane Raiane 25 Civilian Nova Floresta Singer 1 83 Marcela 31 Civilian Rancharia Gynecologist & obstetrician 1 78 Gabi Martins 23 Celebrity Belo Horizonte Singer 1 76 Felipe Prior 27 Civilian São Paulo Architect 1 71 Daniel Lenhardt 22 Civilian Selbach Actor 16 64 Pyong Lee 27 Celebrity São Paulo Hypnologist 1 57 Teixeira 25 Civilian Imperatriz Public health scientist & psychologist 1 50 Guilherme Napolitano 28 Civilian Presidente Prudente Model 1 43 Bianca Andrade 25 Celebrity Rio de Janeiro Digital influencer & businesswoman 1 36 Lucas Gallina 26 Civilian Florianópolis Physiotherapist 1 29 Hadson Nery 38 Civilian Belém Former football player 1 22 Petrix Barbosa 27 Celebrity São Paulo Gymnast 1 15 Lucas Chumbo 24 Celebrity Saquarema Professional surfer 1 8 Glass House housemates The cast list was unveiled on January 31, 2020. + Name Age Type Hometown Occupation Day entered Day exited Result Ivy Moraes 27 Civilian Belo Horizonte Model 12 15 Renata Dornelles 32 Civilian Campo Grande Physical education teacher 12 15 Daniel Caon 26 Civilian Linhares Songwriter 12 15 Daniel Lenhardt 22 Civilian Selbach Actor 12 15
Future appearances In 2021, Pyong Lee appeared as a contestant on the first season of Bake Off Celebridades 1, he finished in tied 3rd place in the competition. Pyong also appeared in Ilha Record 1, where he runner-up in the competition.
In 2021, Thelma Assis appeared on Big Brother Brasil 21 as a host in an activity.
In 2021, Guilherme Napolitano and Lucas Chumbo appeared in No Limite 5. Chumbo finished in 13th place, while Guilherme finished in 9th place.
In 2022, Ivy Moraes, with her boyfriend Nandinho Borges, and Hadson Nery, with his wife Eliza Fagundes, appeared in Power Couple Brasil 6. Ivy & Nandinho finished in 8th place, while Hadson & Eliza finished in 5th place.
In 2022, Guilherme Napolitano appeared in Bake Off Celebridades 2, he finished in 15th place.
In 2023, Babu Santana and Flayslane Raiane appeared in The Masked Singer Brasil 3. Babu, as the Coruja (Owl), placed 6th, while Flayslane, as the DJ Vitória-Régia (DJ Water-Lily), won the competition.
In 2024, Gizelly Bicalho appeared in A Fazenda 16, she entered in the Warehouse where the public voted for four contestants to move into the main house, she received enough votes to enter in the game and finished in 14th place in the competition.
In 2026, Babu Santana returned in Big Brother Brasil 26, he finished the competition in 14th place.
Voting history Key – Civilians – Celebrities – Glass House Civilians