Ídolos Brazil 3 was the third season of Brazilian reality

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...

 interactive talent show Ídolos (and first aired on Rede Record

Rede Record

Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...

), which premiered August 19, 2008 with the season finale airing on December 17, 2008.

Rodrigo Faro

Rodrigo Faro

Rodrigo Faro is a Brazilian telenovela actor, singer, dancer and TV presenter.He was a singer of the boy band Dominó.-Television jobs:*A Indomada *Malhação *Suave Veneno...

 was the host and the judging panel was reduced from 4 (in seasons 1 and 2) to 3 and consisted of Luís Calainho, a music and entertainment businessman, Paula Lima

Paula Lima

Paula Lima is a Brazilian singer and composer whose music is influenced by bossa, percussion, samba, Brazilian soul, international funk music and one of judges of Brazilian Idol, Ídolos Brazil ....

, a soul singer/songwriter and Marco Camargo, a Latin Grammy Award winning music producer.

Rafael Barreto

Rafael Barreto (singer)

Rafael Rodrigues Barreto , best known as Rafael Barreto, is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the third season of the reality television show Ídolos Brazil.-Biography:...

 won the competition with Rafael Bernardo as the first runner-up and Maria Christina finishing third.

The season also featured the eventual winner from the next season, Saulo Roston

Saulo Roston

Saulo do Amaral Freire Oliveira Souza , best known as Saulo Roston, is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the fourth season of the reality television show Ídolos Brazil.-Biography:...

, who was a member of the top 30 but failed to advance to the finals.

Regional Auditions

Auditions were held in the following cities:

Episodes Air Dates	Audition City	Audition Date	Audition Venue
August 19, 2008 to September 10, 2008	Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...	May 3, 2008	Hotel De Ville
	Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...	May 17, 2008	Hotel Bahia Othon Palace
	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...	May 24, 2009	Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
	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...	May 31, 2009	Ibirapuera Gymnasium

Groups

The first day of Theater Week featured the eighty-nine contestants from the auditions round. Divided into groups, each contestant should go on stage and sing a song a capella for the judges until they stopped them. Seventy contestants advanced.

Duets

The next round required the contestants to split up in pairs and perform. Forty-five advanced to the final round of Theater requiring a solo performance.

Solos

Forty-five made it to the final round, which required the contestants singing solo with the option of playing an instrument. In the end, the judges take the contestants in groups of five and tell them if they made the final thirty.

Semi-Finals

The thirty semifinalists were randomly split into different groups. Each contestant would then sing in their respective group's night. There were three separate groups and the top three contestants from each group made it to the finals.

Wild Card

Six contestants who failed to make it to the finals were invited back to perform for another chance at a spot in the finals. Only one wildcard contestant (Nanda Garcia) was chosen by the public vote.

Finalists

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Audition Location	Voted Off
Rafael Barreto Rafael Barreto (singer) Rafael Rodrigues Barreto , best known as Rafael Barreto, is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the third season of the reality television show Ídolos Brazil.-Biography:...	22	Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...	Salvador	Winner
Rafael Bernardo	23	Vitória da Conquista Vitória da Conquista Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, in English: Victory of Conquest, is a city in Bahia, Brazil which serves as a regional center for the smaller cities Barra do Choça, Planalto and Poções...	São Paulo	Dec 17, 2008
Maria Christina	19	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...	São Paulo	Dec 10, 2008
Paulo Cremona	23	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...	São Paulo	Dec 03, 2008
Nanda Garcia	23	Niterói Niterói Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...	Rio de Janeiro	Nov 26, 2008
Lorena Chaves	21	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...	São Paulo	Nov 19, 2008
Cássia Raquel	21	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...	Rio de Janeiro	Nov 12, 2008
Amandí Cortez	26	João Pessoa João Pessoa João Pessoa , is the capital city of the state of Paraíba, was founded in 1585 and sometimes called the city where the sun rises first, is a Brazilian city and the easternmost city in the Americas at 34º47'38"W, 7º9'28"S. Local residents call its easternmost point Ponta do Seixas. It is also...	Salvador	Nov 05, 2008
Pedrinho Black	23	Uberlândia Uberlândia Uberlândia is the main town in the Triangle region, west of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. With a population of 604,013 inhabitants, according to 2010 estimates, the city is the second largest in the state second only to Belo Horizonte...	São Paulo	Oct 29, 2008
Tiago Mattos	18	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...	Porto Alegre	Oct 22, 2008

Elimination chart

Legend

Did Not Perform	Female	Male	Top 30	Top 10	Winner

Safe

Safe First

Safe Last

Eliminated

Stage:		Semi-Finals			WC	Finals
Week:		09/23	10/01	10/08	10/15	10/22	10/29	11/05	11/12	11/19	11/26	12/03	12/10	12/17
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Rafael Barreto Rafael Barreto Rafael Barreto may refer to:*Rafael Barreto , Brazilian footballer*Rafael Barreto , Brazilian singer...		Top 10						Bottom 2					Winner
2	Rafael Bernardo	Top 10					Bottom 2				Bottom 2			Runner-Up
3	Maria Christina		Top 10						Bottom 3			Bottom 2	Elim
4	Paulo Cremona			Top 10						Bottom 3		Elim
5	Nanda Garcia			Elim	Top 10			Bottom 2		Bottom 2	Elim
6	Lorena Chaves	Top 10				Bottom 3	Bottom 3			Elim
7	Cássia Raquel			Top 10				Bottom 3	Elim
8	Amandi Cortéz		Top 10			Bottom 2		Elim
9	Pedrinho Black	Top 10					Elim
10	Tiago Mattos			Top 10		Elim
Wild Card	Geise Rios	Elim			Elim
	Grazzi Brasil			Elim
	Mariana Bravo		Elim
	Rubens Daniel		Elim
	Sarah Raquel	Elim
Semi- Final 3	Bruna Caiala			Elim
	Daniela Ismério
	Dyggo de Deus
	Edu Louzada
	Saulo Roston Saulo Roston Saulo do Amaral Freire Oliveira Souza , best known as Saulo Roston, is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the fourth season of the reality television show Ídolos Brazil.-Biography:...
Semi- Final 2	Helen Cristina		Elim
	Larissa Carvalho
	Leila Lins
	Paulo Xavier
	Renata Bacal
Semi- Final 1	Ricardo Fé	Elim
	Thaís Barja
	Maiquel Zafanelli
	Allan Lopes
	João Klaus

External links

• Ídolos Brazil website