Big Brother Brasil 10


Big Brother Brasil 10 was the tenth season of Big Brother Brasil. It began on January 12, 2010, and ended on March 30, 2010, on the Rede Globo television network. The show was produced by Endemol Globo and presented by the news reporter Pedro Bial. The season was officially confirmed in 2008 as part of a millionaire contract between international Endemol and Rede Globo. The prize award was R$1,500,000 without tax allowances. The winner was a 37-year-old physical education teacher, Marcelo Dourado, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, who won with 60% of 154,878,460 votes cast, a worldwide record. He had previously appeared on Big Brother Brasil 4, when he finished in seventh place. Anamara Barreira and Elieser Ambrosio returned to compete as veterans in Big Brother Brasil 13, where they were placed 8th and 10th respectively.

Overview

There were seventeen housemates competing for the grand prize, a decrease over the previous season. The season lasted for 78 days, one week less than the previous season.

The game

Big Brother divided the housemates into five cliques of three: Sarados, Belos, Cabeças, Ligados and Coloridos. The housemates played as individuals except when a housemate from a clique won Head of Household, when all members of that clique were immune from eviction. This concept was first implemented in the eleventh season of Big Brother in USA. Five previous housemates returned to support one of the cliques in the House: Joseane Oliveira of Big Brother 3 supported the Belos, Marcelo Dourado of Big Brother 4 supported the Sarados, Rafael Valente of Big Brother 6 supported the Cabeças, Fani Pacheco of Big Brother 7 supported the Coloridos and Natalia Casassola of Big Brother 8 supported the Ligados. Fernanda won the first Head of Household competition for the Belos, allowing Joseane to return to the house as a full housemate and the first Head of Household. She could also choose one of the two male ex-housemates, either Dourado or Rafael, to enter as a full housemate, and chose Dourado.

Reunion show

The reunion was hosted by Ana Maria Braga and broadcast on April 5, 2010, on the morning news and talk show Mais Você. It was the first reunion since Season 5 and all the former housemates attended. The actresses Deborah Secco and Betty Lago, the singer Preta Gil, season 7 winner Diego Gasques and season 9 runner-up Priscila Pires were special guests.

Controversies

Anamara

A request for exemption was made on January 29, 2010, by housemate Anamara Barreira to the State Military Police was accepted and the decision was published on February 23, 2010, in the Official Gazette of Bahia. Anamara should have returned from her vacation earlier that month. Without the exemption, she would be considered a deserter and could have been imprisoned for up to two years. The application was lodged by the procurator of Anamara, Amanda Miller. According to Miller, before entering the house Anamara left the application for exemption with an attorney. With the letter of resignation, Anamara could not be considered a defector.

Dourado

Dourado caused disagreements and controversies by displaying manjis in a tattoo on his left arm, which were taken to be swastikas. He was also accused of homophobic behavior by some LGBT organizations. Dourado's adviser, Aline Antonoff, issued a press release, in which she stated that the tattoo differs from the Nazi swastika, because it is reversed, and has no connection with it, since the symbol belongs to several cultures. She also denied that the fighter is homophobic.

Elenita

After recording a post-elimination interview with Elenita for a spin-off show, broadcast by the cable channel Multishow, the season 7 winner and main host Diego Gasques criticized the former housemate on his Twitter account, commenting that the two had a fight and she was a disgusting and low level woman. He later deleted the post, but continued posting sarcastic comments about her.
A week after the incident, the season 9 runner-up, Priscila Pires, took over hosting duties from him to interview the last evicted housemate at the time, Angélica Marques.

Housemates

The cast list was unveiled on January 5, 2010.
NameAgeTypeOccupationHometownDay enteredDay exitedResult
Marcelo Dourado37Veteran P.E. teacherPorto Alegre278
Fernanda Cardoso28RookieDentistSão José dos Campos178
Cadu Parga24RookiePersonal trainerRio de Janeiro178
Lia Kheireddine28RookieDancerSão Paulo176
Dicesar Ferreira44RookieMake-up artistSão Paulo175
Anamara Barreira25RookiePolice officerJuazeiro171
Sergio Francischini20RookieFashion studentSão Paulo169
Michel Turtchin30RookieAdvertisingSão Paulo164
Elieser Ambrosio25RookieAgronomistMaringá157
Claudia Colucci28RookieManagerRibeirão Preto150
Angelica Marques24RookieJournalistUberlândia143
Elenita Rodrigues30Rookie language teacherBrasília136
Uilliam Carvalho24RookieDancerSão Paulo129
Alex Vilanova36RookieLawyerSão Paulo127
Tessália Serighelli22RookieAdvertisingCuritiba122
Ana Marcela Alves25RookieStudentRecife115
Joseane Oliveira28Veteran ModelCanoas28

Future appearances

In 2013, Anamara Barreira and Eliéser Ambrósio returned to compete in Big Brother Brasil 13, where they were placed 8th and 10th respectively.
In 2019, Eliéser Ambrósio appeared with his wife, Kamilla Salgado, in Power Couple Brasil 4; they originally finished in tenth place, but they came back to the game and finished ninth.
In 2020, Claudia Colucci and Lia Khey appeared together on Big Brother Brasil 20 as models in an activity.
In 2023, Dicesar Ferreira appeared on A Grande Conquista 1, he had to compete for a place to enter in the game and he didn't enter.

Voting history

The voting table below records whom each housemate voted to nominate in the diary room during his or her time in the house. The Head of Household vote automatically nominated one housemate for eviction. Then, the other housemates voted and if the vote was tied, the Head of Household broke the tie.
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  • [|Note 1:] During the first three weeks, when a housemate of a clique won Head of Household, the other housemate of the same clique would also be immune from eviction.
  • [|Note 2:] For winning the first Head of Household competition for Joseane, Big Brother gave an extra immunity to Fernanda.
  • [|Note 3:] For winning the Monday Night Game, Big Brother gave an extra immunity to Lia.
  • [|Note 4:] Ana Marcela answered the Big Phone and had to choose two housemates to wear red collars until the vote. On Sunday, one of them would be nominated for eviction. However, if the chosen housemate nominated her in the Diary Room, she would be nominated instead. Ana Marcela chose Tessalia to be the first nominee. Tessalia nominated Ana Marcela in the Diary Room, so Ana Marcela was automatically up for eviction.
  • [|Note 5:] Anamara answered the Big Phone and was automatically nominated for eviction.
  • [|Note 6:] The audience voted Dourado to win the "Higher Power", he could overthrow the Head of Household or the house votes or the Big Phone and replace the nominations. This power could only be used once and within the next two evictions. The twist was based on "Coup d'État" from the American Big Brother.
  • [|Note 7:] In the first round of nominations in the fourth week, the two housemates who received the most votes would be nominated along with the Head of Household vote.
  • [|Note 8:] Dourado played his "Higher Power" and overthrew the house votes, so the four votes against him did not count. He had the casting vote and chose Eliéser to replace him on the nomination.
  • [|Note 9:] In the second round of nominations in the fourth week, housemates could only vote in a person who lived that week in the opposite house. First, the Head of Household Michel automatically nominated Lia, then the other housemates voting in public, not the Diary Room. The Rich House nominated Uilliam by a 6-1 vote, while the Poor House nominated Dourado by a 5-0 vote.
  • [|Note 10:] Anamara answered the Big Phone and was informed that she should choose two housemates to wear red collars until the vote. On Sunday, the house would give immunity to one of the two choices, and also nominate who did not receive that immunity. Anamara should have kept this secret, but she gave some clues about the meaning of the red collars, so Big Brother nominated her as a punishment.
  • [|Note 11:] Angelica answered the Big Phone and was informed that she should choose two housemates to stay in the White Room together with her. The audience voted for a person who was in the White Room to win immunity and Sergio received the most votes. On Sunday, the house had to choose between sending one or two people from the White Room be automatically nominated for eviction. The house chose to send only one person.
  • [|Note 12:] For winning the Monday Night Game, Big Brother gave an extra immunity to Dicesar.
  • [|Note 13:] Dourado answered the Big Phone and was informed that he should choose one housemate to be automatically nominated for eviction on Sunday and keep this a secret. He nominated Claudia and, therefore, he was banned from nominating with the other housemates.
  • [|Note 14:] Dicesar answered the Big Phone and was informed that he should choose two housemates to stay handcuffed until the vote. On Sunday, one of the two would be automatically nominated for eviction. He nominated Dourado and, therefore, he was banned from nominating with the other housemates.
  • [|Note 15:] Lia won the eighth Power of Immunity competition. However, there was a twist, not known to the housemates, in which the winner, rather than immunize another housemate, would be immunized.
  • [|Note 16:] Dicesar answered the last Big Phone and received an extra immunity from Big Brother. However, he had to keep this secret until the vote, or he would lose that immunity.