A Fazenda 5

A Fazenda 5 was the fifth season of the Brazilian reality television series A Fazenda, which premiered on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, on RecordTV. It was hosted by Britto Júnior and reports by Chris Couto and Celso Cavallini.
The season was officially confirmed since 2011 as part of a millionaire contract between Strix Television and Record, which guaranteed seasons until 2019.
Britto Junior and Chris Couto reprised their hosting stints for the show. Celso Cavallini made his debut as the show's new reporter.
The grand prize was of R$ 2 million without tax allowances. with a brand new car offered to the runner-up.
On August 29, 2012, 37-year-old actress Viviane Araújo won the competition with 84% of the public vote over actor Felipe Folgosi and drag queen Léo Áquila.

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Production

Overview

Pre-production started in January 2012. At first, the fifth season was scheduled to premiere early April but was postponed to mid June since the producers believed that launching the new season right after the finale of Big Brother Brasil 12 could hurt the show due to the similarities in both formats.
On May 9, 2012, it was announced that the season would premiere May 30, 2012 in order to make way for the 2012 Summer Olympics and to avoid clashing with Globo's new 11 pm soap opera Gabriela. On 15 May, it was announced that the premiere was anticipated to May 29, 2012.

Contestants

The complete cast list was leaked 24 hours before the season premiere.
Biographical information according to Record official series site, plus footnoted additions.

Contestant	Age	Background	Hometown	Status	Finish
Lui Mendes	41	Actor	Rio de Janeiro	on June 7, 2012	16th
Gustavo Salyer	36	Model	Rio de Janeiro	on June 14, 2012	15th
	47	Singer	Rio de Janeiro	on June 21, 2012	14th
Shayene Cesário	25	Carnival star	Rio de Janeiro	on June 28, 2012	13th
Rodrigo Capella	30	Comedian	Rio de Janeiro	on July 5, 2012	12th
Gretchen	53	Singer	Rio de Janeiro	Walked on July 7, 2012	11th
Angela Bismarchi	45	Media personality	Rio de Janeiro	on July 19, 2012	10th
Diego Pombo	25	Football referee	Salvador	on July 26, 2012	9th
Penélope Nova	38	TV Host	Salvador	on August 2, 2012	8th
Vavá	38	Musician	Santos	on August 9, 2012	7th
Simone Sampaio	34	Dancer	São Paulo	on August 16, 2012	6th
Robertha Portella	26	Dancer	Rio de Janeiro	on August 23, 2012	5th
Nicole Bahls	26	Model	Londrina	on August 26, 2012	4th
Léo Áquila	42	Drag queen	Teófilo Otoni	on August 29, 2012	3rd
Felipe Folgosi	38	Actor	São Paulo	on August 29, 2012	2nd
Viviane Araújo	37	Actress	Rio de Janeiro		1st

Future appearances

In 2015, Viviane Araújo appeared in Dança dos Famosos 12, she won the competition, in 2021 Araújo returned on Dança dos Famosos 18, in a all stars season, she finished in 4th place in the competition.
In 2016, Gretchen appeared with her husband Carlos Marques in Power Couple Brasil 1, they finished in 5th place in the competition, in 2022, Gretchen appeared as a Rosa in The Masked Singer Brasil 2, she joined Group A and sang only one song before her unmasking at the first episode, placing last at 16th in the competition.
In 2017, Sylvinho Blau-Blau appeared with his wife Ana Paula Pereira in Power Couple Brasil 2, they finished in 6th place in the competition, in 2023, Sylvinho Blau-Blau appeared in a trio called Os Suculentos, along with Patricia Marx and Rosana in The Masked Singer Brasil 3, they joined Group A and sang four songs before their unmasking at the sixth episode, placing 9th in the competition.
In 2017, Nicole Bahls returned to compete in A Fazenda 9, she finished in 16th place in the competition, in 2019, Bahls appeared with her husband Marcelo Bimbi in Power Couple Brasil 4, they originally finished in 8th place, however they comeback to the game and finished as winners from the competition.
In 2018, Rodrigo Capella appeared in Dancing Brasil 3, he finished in 4th place in the competition.

Format

The format changed from previous seasons. Celebrities contestants were incarcerated in the Farm with no contact to and from the outside world.
Each week, the contestants took part in several compulsory challenges that determined who would win power in the Farm. The Farmer of the Week is immune from nominations.

Key Power

Starting on week 2, the contestants compete to win the Key Power. The Key Power holder is the only contestant who can open the mystery box located at the Farm. However, opening the box will unleash a good consequence or a bad consequence at the nomination process. The Key Holder's choice is in bold.
;Results

Week	Key Holder	Sent to the Barn	Consequences
2	Felipe	Léo, Nicole, Robertha, Rodrigo, Shayene, Vavá	Felipe had 2 options: win immunity.mystery prize.
3	Felipe	Léo, Rodrigo, Sylvinho, Vavá	Felipe had 2 options:nominate someone from the barn. cancel the eviction.
4	Vavá	Angela, Diego, Viviane	Vava had no options, only 2 instructions. won immunity. banned 2 from the barn from nominate.
5	Rodrigo	Angela, Gretchen, Nicole, Viviane	Rodrigo had no options, only 1 instruction. save one of three nominees, thus chose the next Farmer .
6	Felipe	Nicole, Penelope, Robertha, Simone	Felipe had 2 options:cancel the eviction. allow a new contestant to enter the Farm.
7	Penelope	Angela, Léo, Vavá	Penelope had no options, only 2 instructions. qualified for a challenge worth a Nissan and choose 4 to compete. nominate someone from the barn.
8	Viviane	Diego, Felipe, Nicole, Penelope	Viviane had no options, only 2 instructions. banned 3 from compete in a challenge worth a Nissan. change 1 nominee with someone from the House.
9	Simone	Nicole, Penelope, Vavá	Simone had 2 options: win immunity and give R$10.000 for each contestant in the barn.win R$30.000, but remain eligible to be nominated.
10	Felipe	Léo, Simone	Felipe had 2 instructions. nominate someone from the barn. banned 1 from compete in next Key challenge.
11	Felipe	Léo, Nicole, Robertha, Viviane	Felipe had 2 instructions. nominate someone from the main House. choose 3 from the barn to compete in a challenge worth a Nissan.
12	Viviane		Viviane had 2 options: nominate everybody left in the farm and win immunity.nominate herself and compete to be a finalist.

Guest

On day 20, production pitched a catch for the participants with help of Théo Becker, one of the most controversial housemates from A Fazenda seasons. Théo acted as if he was a new contestant, but at the end of day 21, he revealed that it was a joke and left the farm.

Ratings and reception

Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.