Busão do Brasil
Encyclopedia
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.
29 year-old police officer Mario Remo won the competition over student Thalita Wagner and fashion designer Camilla Fit at the live finale.
, 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.
(ages stated at time of contest)
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show, which premiered July 30, 2010 with the season finale airing October 19, 2010 on the Band
Rede Bandeirantes
Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
.
The show was presented by former MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil is the Brazilian version of MTV, owned by Abril Mídia, the nation's largest magazine publisher, under license from Viacom - owned MTV Networks Latin AmericaMTV Brasil is one of two versions of MTV available in free-to-air terrestrial television...
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.
29 year-old police officer Mario Remo won the competition over student Thalita Wagner and fashion designer Camilla Fit at the live finale.
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 to 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 EndemolEndemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
, 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 |
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| Tato Tarcan | 26 | Blogger | São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in southern Metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo microregion. The municipality's total area is 408.45 km ² and a population estimated at 1 July 2009, according to the IBGE, was 810,979 inhabitants, which results in a population... |
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| Ammie Graves | 22 | DJ | São José São José dos Campos São José dos Campos is a municipality and a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil and one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America. It is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo ... |
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| Julio Hasse | 25 | Rapper | Blumenau Blumenau Blumenau is a city in Vale do Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. It was founded on September 2, 1850 by Dr. Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau along with 17 German immigrants. A few years later Fritz Müller migrated to Blumenau as well.... |
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| Dedé Lipparelli | 28 | Promoter | São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... |
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| Déya | 25 | Secretaire | São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... |
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| Léo Tanus | 33 | Model | São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... |
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| Joice Verônica | 22 | Funk Singer | Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... |
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| Julio Bueno | 28 | Gogo-Boy | Santos | ||
| Cadu Martins | 23 | ONG Director | Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to... |
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| Teca Mesquita | 22 | Student | Nova Friburgo Nova Friburgo Nova Friburgo is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the northern mountainous region of the state, 136 km from its capital Rio de Janeiro... |
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| Camilla Fit | 26 | Fashion Designer | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... |
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| Thalita Wagner | 22 | Student | Santos | ||
| Mario Remo | 29 | Police Officer | Teresina Teresina Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. It is located in North-central Piauí 366 km from the coast.It is therefore, the only capital in the Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 814 439 inhabitants, it is the 19th... |
The Bus Tour
| First Air Date | Destination | |
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| Launch | July 30, 2010 |  FortalezaFortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country... (Starting Line) |
| Aug 03, 2010 |  MossoróMossoró Mossoró is the second most populous city in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It is equidistant from Natal , the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, and from Fortaleza , the capital of the state of Ceará... |
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| 1 | Aug 06, 2010 | Mossoró |
| Aug 10, 2010 |  Campina GrandeCampina Grande Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called agreste. It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational... |
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| 2 | Aug 13, 2010 |  CaruaruCaruaru Caruaru is a Brazilian city in the Pernambuco state. The most populous city in the interior of the state, it's located in the zone named Agreste and because of its cultural importance, it's known by its people as the Capital do Agreste and Princesinha do Agreste.130 kilometers from... |
| Aug 17, 2010 |  Barra de St. AntônioBarra de Santo Antônio Barra de Santo Antônio is a municipality in the state of Alagoas in Brazil. The population in 2005 is 13,812 and the area is 138.6 km². The elevation is 10 m. It is located on a highway linking Natal to Maceió.... |
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| 3 | Aug 20, 2010 | Barra de St. Antônio |
| Aug 24, 2010 |  CanindéCanindé de São Francisco Canindé de São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 22,534 and its area is 908.2 km².... |
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| 4 | Aug 27, 2010 |  Feira de SantanaFeira de Santana Feira de Santana is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 700,000 according to IBGE's estimate. It is located 115 km northwest of Salvador, Bahia's capital city. These cities are connected by BR-324, a four-lane divided highway... |
| Aug 31, 2010 | Feira de Santana |
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| 5 | Sep 03, 2010 | Feira de Santana |
| Sep 07, 2010 | Lençóis Lençóis Lençóis is a municipality/county in the state of Bahia in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 9,590. The town has a well-preserved colonial atmosphere and is the starting point for treks into Chapada Diamantina.... |
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| 6 | Sep 10, 2010 | Lençóis |
| Sep 14, 2010 | Ilhéus Ilhéus Ilhéus is a major city located in the southern coastal region of Bahia, Brazil, 430 km south of Salvador, the state's capital. The city was originally founded in 1534 as Vila de São Jorge dos Ilhéus and is known as one of the most important tourism centers of the northeast of Brazil.The... |
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| 7 | Sep 17, 2010 | Ilhéus |
| Sep 21, 2010 | Itamaraju Itamaraju Itamaraju is a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.-References:... |
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| 8 | Sep 24, 2010 | Itamaraju |
| Sep 28, 2010 |  Domingos MartinsDomingos Martins Domingos Martins is the name of a municipality and its capital in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. According to the IBGE census of 2000, the municipality had 30,559 inhabitants, of which 5,820 were urban dwelling... |
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| 9 | Oct 01, 2010 | Domingos Martins |
| Oct 05, 2010 |  MarianaMariana, Minas Gerais Mariana is the oldest city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a touristic city, founded on July 16, 1696, and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums.-Further reading:... |
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| 10 | Oct 08, 2010 | Mariana |
| Oct 12, 2010 |  PetrópolisPetrópolis Petrópolis , also known as The Imperial City of Brazil, is a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 65 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro.... |
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| 11 Finale |
Oct 15, 2010 | Petrópolis |
| Oct 19, 2010 |  São PauloSão Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... (Finish Line) |
Voting History
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Elimination Votes |
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| Finale | ||||||||||||
| (none) | Dedé Hasse Julio |
Camilla Dedé Deya |
Cadu Joice Thalita |
Cadu Joice Leo |
Cadu Camilla Teca |
Camilla Mario Teca |
Cadu Camilla Mario |
(none) | (none) | |||
| Dedé | Leo | Leo | Thalita | Leo | Thalita | Mario | Mario | Teca | Thalita | |||
| Cadu Joice Tato |
Ammie Julio Joice |
Dedé Hasse Julio |
Dedé Deya Julio |
Cadu Deya Joice |
Cadu Joice Leo |
Cadu Camilla Joice |
Cadu Julio Teca |
Cadu Mario Thalita |
Camilla Mario Teca |
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| Mario | Tato | Ammie | Hasse | Dedé | Deya | Leo | Joice | Julio | Cadu | Teca | Winner (Day 82) |
1 |
| Thalita | Tato | Julio | Dedé | Dedé | Deya | Leo | Joice | Julio | Cadu | Teca | Runner-Up (Day 82) |
1 |
| Camilla | Tato | Julio | Dedé | Dedé | Deya | Leo | Joice | Julio | Cadu | Teca | 3rd Place (Day 82) |
3 |
| Teca | Debuts Week 6 |
Cadu | Camilla | Cadu | Mario | Camilla | Evicted (Day 75) |
5 | ||||
| Cadu | Joice | Ammie | Hasse | Dedé | Deya | Joice | Joice | Teca | Thalita | Evicted (Day 68) |
9 | |
| Julio | Cadu | Ammie | Hasse | Dedé | Joice | Joice | Camilla | Teca | Evicted (Day 61) |
8 | ||
| Joice | Tato | Ammie | Hasse | Deya | Cadu | Cadu | Cadu | Evicted (Day 54) |
13 | |||
| Leo | Tato | Ammie | Hasse | Deya | Joice | Cadu | Evicted (Day 47) |
4 | ||||
| Deya | Joice | Ammie | Hasse | Dedé | Cadu | Evicted (Day 40) |
6 | |||||
| Dedé | Tato | Ammie | Hasse | Julio | Evicted (Day 33) |
9 | ||||||
| Hasse | Joice | Julio | Dedé | Evicted (Day 26) |
7 | |||||||
| Ammie | Joice | Julio | Evicted (Day 15) |
7 | ||||||||
| Tato | Joice | Evicted (Day 8) |
6 | |||||||||
| Notes | (none) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | (none) | 8 | ||
| Evicted | Tato 6 of 12 votes to evict |
Ammie 7 of 11 votes to evict |
Hasse 7 of 10 votes to evict |
Dedé 6 of 9 votes to evict |
Deya 4 of 8 votes to evict |
Leo 4 of 9 votes to evict |
Joice 4 of 7 votes to evict |
Julio 3 of 6 votes to evict |
Cadu 3 of 5 votes to evict |
Teca 3 of 4 votes to evict |
Camilla 8.5% to win |
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| Thalita 11.3% to win |
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| Mario 80.2% to win |
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