| Runtime: | 60 minutes (Live Shows) |
| Creator: | Endemol |
| Starring: | Edgard Piccoli |
| Opentheme: | "Busão do Brasil" by Claudia Leitte |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Network: | Band |
| Num Episodes: | 82 |
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.[1]
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.
Twenty-nine-year-old police officer Mario Remo won the competition over student Thalita Wagner and fashion designer Camilla Fit at the live finale.
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 and October 2010.[2]
During three months, the bus traveled for 11 different Brazilian states, covering about 4,000 miles and stopping in 14 cities.[3]
Busão do Brasil is a reality television show created by Endemol, 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.
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tato Tarcan | 26 | Blogger | São Bernardo | |||
| Ammie Graves | 22 | DJ | São José | |||
| Julio Hasse | 25 | Rapper | Blumenau | |||
| Dede Lipparelli | 28 | Promoter | São Paulo | |||
| Deya Souza | 25 | Secretaire | São Paulo | |||
| Leo Tanus | 33 | Model | São Paulo | |||
| Joice Veronica | 22 | Funk Singer | Rio de Janeiro | |||
| Julio Bueno | 28 | Gogo-Boy | Santos | |||
| Cadu Martins | 23 | ONG Director | Curitiba | |||
| Teca Mesquita | 22 | Student | Nova Friburgo | |||
| Camilla Fit | 26 | Fashion Designer | Belo Horizonte | |||
| Thalita Wagner | 22 | Student | Santos | |||
| Mario Remo | 29 | Police Officer | Teresina |
| First Air Date | Destination | |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | July 30, 2010 | Fortaleza, Ceará (Starting Line) |
| Aug 03, 2010 | Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte | |
| 1 | Aug 06, 2010 | Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte |
| Aug 10, 2010 | Campina Grande, Paraíba | |
| 2 | Aug 13, 2010 | Caruaru, Pernambuco |
| Aug 17, 2010 | Barra de St. Antônio, Alagoas | |
| 3 | Aug 20, 2010 | Barra de St. Antônio, Alagoas |
| Aug 24, 2010 | Canindé, Sergipe | |
| 4 | Aug 27, 2010 | Feira de Santana, Bahia |
| Aug 31, 2010 | Feira de Santana, Bahia | |
| 5 | Sep 03, 2010 | Feira de Santana, Bahia |
| Sep 07, 2010 | Lençóis, Bahia | |
| 6 | Sep 10, 2010 | Lençóis, Bahia |
| Sep 14, 2010 | Ilhéus, Bahia | |
| 7 | Sep 17, 2010 | Ilhéus, Bahia |
| Sep 21, 2010 | Itamaraju, Bahia | |
| 8 | Sep 24, 2010 | Itamaraju, Bahia |
| Sep 28, 2010 | Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo | |
| 9 | Oct 01, 2010 | Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo |
| Oct 05, 2010 | Mariana, Minas Gerais | |
| 10 | Oct 08, 2010 | Mariana, Minas Gerais |
| Oct 12, 2010 | Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro | |
| 11 Finale | Oct 15, 2010 | Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro |
| Oct 19, 2010 | São Paulo, São Paulo (state) (Finish Line) |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Elimination Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | 1 | ||
| Camilla | Tato | Julio | Dedé | Dedé | Deya | Leo | Joice | Julio | Cadu | Teca | 3rd Place (Day 82) | 3 | |
| Teca | Not in the Bus | bgcolor=yellow | 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 | ||
| Thalita 11.3% to win | |||||||||||||
| Mario 80.2% to win | |||||||||||||