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BBB 11 Posted by on Jan 6, 2011

Big Brother is by far the most popular reality show in Brazil, when millions of viewers tune in to watch seventeen contestants live together in a house in Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro, and get voted off one by one until there’s one person remaining, who wins R$1.5 million. Cameras watch the contestants’…

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And the winner is… Posted by on Mar 25, 2008

The votes are in and the winner of Big Brother Brasil 8 is… Rafinha.   Rafinha is 26 year-old musician from Campinas in the state of São Paulo. Rafinha beat his competitor, Gyselle, by a hair–with only 50.15% of the votes. This year’s Big Brother beat all voting records, with a whopping 75 million votes…

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Big Brother Brasil Madness Posted by on Mar 14, 2008

Many foreign TV shows are adapted in Brazil, everything from “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” to “Desperate Housewives.” But undoubtedly, the most popular foreign TV show adaptation has to be Big Brother. Each season, 14 contestants are chosen from across the country to live in a mansion in Rio de Janeiro. They can’t leave…

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