The first season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series No Limite, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor, premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at (BRT / AMT) on TV Globo.
Twelve contestants were chosen by the producers to participate the show in July 2000. The two initial tribes were Sol (Sun) and Lua (Moon). On episode 6, the two teams merged into a tribe called Solua, named for a combination of two tribes.
On the season finale, the second-to-last immunity challenge divided the players in two teams. The winning team (Elaine and Pipa) advanced for the finals, while the losing team (Andréa and Juliana) was automatically eliminated.
The final two faced off for the final immunity challenge, which was an extremely grueling, multi-part challenge, and the most elaborate challenge of the entire season, often combining elements from previous challenges.
This season creates the first ever all-female final two, with all the final four contestants being women. This fact was repeated only eight years later in Survivor: Micronesia.
The winner was 35-year-old Elaine de Melo, a hairdresser from São Paulo, São Paulo. She defeated graphic producer Patrícia "Pipa" Diniz at the final challenge and took home the R$300.000 prize. The final result was leaked on August 16, 2000, by the brazilian newspaper Extra (also owned by Grupo Globo).
Contestants +List of No Limite (season 1) contestants Contestant Original Tribe Merged Tribe Finish Hilca Maria21, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Paulo César "Amendoim" Martins42, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Marcus Werner27, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Francisco "Chico" Salles51, São Paulo, SP Ilma Arakawa54, São Paulo, SP Jeferson Schmengler31, Porto Alegre, RS rowspan="7" Vanderson Souza20, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Thiago Toqueton20, São Paulo, SP Juliana Marques23, São Paulo, SP Andréa Baptista29, São Paulo, SP Patrícia "Pipa" Diniz29, Porto Alegre, RS Elaine de Melo35, São Paulo, SP
Future Appearances Patrícia "Pipa" Diniz later returned to compete in No Limite: Amazônia, she finished in 14th place in the competition.
Season summary +Challenge winners and eliminations by episodesEpisodeChallenge winner(s) Eliminated Finish No. Air date Reward Immunity 1 23 July 2000 1st Voted OutDay 3 2 30 July 2000 2nd Voted OutDay 6 3 6 August 2000 3rd Voted OutDay 9 4 13 August 2000 4th Voted OutDay 12 5 20 August 2000 None 5th Voted OutDay 15 6 27 August 2000 colspan=2 6th Voted OutDay 18 7 3 September 2000 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 7th Voted OutDay 21 8th Voted OutDay 21 8 10 September 2000 None rowspan=2 EliminatedDay 22 EliminatedDay 22 Final Trial Runner-Up Sole Survivor
Voting history Original tribes Merged tribe Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Day 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 22 23 Tribe colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" Eliminated Hilca Amendoim Marcus Chico Ilma Jeferson Vanderson Thiago Juliana Andréa Pipa Elaine Vote 5-1 4-1 3-1 3-3 4-0 2-1 3-2-2 4-1-1 2-1 Challenge Final Trial Voter Votes Elaine Andréa Chico Vanderson Vanderson Thiago colspan="2" colspan="2" Pipa Hilca Amendoim Marcus Ilma Vanderson Vanderson Andréa colspan="2" colspan="2" Andréa Chico Jeferson Vanderson colspan="2" Juliana Chico Chico Jeferson Vanderson Thiago colspan="2" Thiago Hilca Amendoim Marcus Ilma Jeferson Andréa Vanderson Andréa Chico Thiago Thiago Jefferson Chico Chico Thiago Ilma Hilca Amendoim Marcus Pipa Chico Andréa Marcus Hilca Amendoim Ilma Amendoim Hilca Ilma Hilca Ilma Notes
Ratings and reception Brazilian ratings All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.
Episode Air date Timeslot (BRT) SP viewers(in points) Source 1 July 23, 2000 Sunday 46.0 2 July 30, 2000 45.0 3 August 6, 2000 43.0 4 August 13, 2000 48.0 5 August 20, 2000 48.0 6 August 27, 2000 43.0 7 September 3, 2000 52.0 8 September 10, 2000 50.0
References
External links No Limite – 1ª edição (2000) on MemóriaGlobo.com