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Dança Dos Famosos (season 12)
''Dança dos Famosos 2015'' is the twelfth season of the Brazilian reality television show '' Dança dos Famosos'' which premiered on August 2, 2015, with the competitive live shows beginning on the following week on August 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m./6:30 p.m. (BRT/ AMT) on Rede Globo. On December 6, actress Viviane Araújo & Marcelo Grangeiro won the competition over ''Malhação'' cast member Arthur Aguiar & Mayara Araújo and ''Zorra'' cast member Mariana Santos & Marcus Lobo, who took 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Couples Elimination chart ;Key : : : Eliminated : Bottom two : Dance-off : Winner : Runner-up : Third place Weekly results Week 1 ; Presentation of the Celebrities ''Aired: August 2, 2015'' Week 2 ;Week 1 – Men *Style: Disco ''Aired: August 9, 2015'' ;Running order Week 3 ;Week 1 – Women *Style: Disco ''Aired: August 16, 2015'' ;Running order Week 4 ;Week 2 – Men *Style: Forró ''Aired: August 23, 2015'' ;Running order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viviane Araújo (actress)
Viviane dos Santos Araújo (March 25, 1975 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian photographic model, actress and reality television personality. Career Araújo is best known for being the '' rainha de bateria'' of samba schools ''Mancha Verde'' in São Paulo and '' Salgueiro'' in Rio, and the winner of the fifth season of the Brazilian version of '' The Farm''. Filmography ''A Fazenda'' On May 28, 2012, Viviane Araújo was officially announced by host Britto Junior as one of the sixteen celebrity contestants on the fifth season of ''A Fazenda'', the Brazilian version of reality series '' The Farm'', which aired on Rede Record. On August 29, 2012, after 93 days, she was crowned the winner of the season, beating actor Felipe Folgosi and drag queen Leo Aquila in the final vote, taking home the R$2 million prize. Personal life Araújo married pagode Pagode () is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Long Jump
The women's long jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 6.72 m (A standard) and 6.60 m (B standard). Summary In the qualifying round, Blessing Okagbare was the last qualifier, jumping 6.59m on her final attempt to knock bot Tatyana Kotova and triple jump bronze medalist, Hrysopiyí Devetzí out of the final by 2 cm. #1 qualifier Brittney Reese jumped 6.65m as the first jump in the final, which held up for five jumps until Tatyana Lebedeva jumped 6.97m. Four more jumps later, Maurren Maggi's winner was the only jump of the competition to best Lebedeva. The penultimate jumper Chelsea Hammond jumped 6.79m, then the 19 year old Okagbare hit a 6.91m. Those first round jumps settled the competition. Only Lebedeva was able to improve with a 7.03m final attempt, but it was still 1 cm short of capturing gold. In 2017, retests showed Tatyana Lebedeva had a positive test for turinabol an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi (; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once. Moving up from Formula Two, Fittipaldi made his race debut for Team Lotus as a third driver at the 1970 British Grand Prix. After Jochen Rindt was killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, the Brazilian became Lotus's lead driver in only his fifth Grand Prix. He enjoyed considerable success with Lotus, winning the World Drivers' Championship in 1972 at the age of 25. At the time, he was the youngest ever F1 world champion, and he held the record for 33 years. He later moved to McLaren for 1974, winning the title once again. He surprised the paddock by moving to his brother's Fittipaldi Automotive team prior to the 1976 season, being replaced by James Hunt. Success eluded him during his final years in Formula One, with the Fittipaldi cars not competitive enough to fight for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Bernardi
Paloma Bernardi (born April 21, 1985) is a Brazilian actress. She became known in Brazil playing the character Mia in the telenovela ''Viver a Vida''. Biography Bernardi was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She is the daughter of businessman Nestor Bernardi and the plastic artist and former dancer Dil Bernardi. In 2005 she graduated from Senac in the Technical Course of Actor presenting the play ''Faces D'Alma''. In 2006 Paloma graduated in the College of Radio and TV of the Methodist University of São Paulo The Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (Methodist University of São Paulo), also known as UMESP or simply Metodista, is a private university based in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Metodista currently e .... Filmography Television Film Videoclip Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * 1985 births Living people Actresses from São Paulo Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forró
The term forró (*) refers to a musical genre, a rhythm, a dance and the event itself where forró music is played and danced. Forró is an important part of the culture of the Northeastern Region of Brazil. It encompasses various dance types as well as a number of different musical genres. Their music genres and dances have gained widespread popularity in all regions of Brazil, especially during the Brazilian June Festivals. Forró has also become increasingly popular all over the world, with a well-established forró scene in Europe. Origin of the music A theory on the origin of forró music is that it originated on the farms and plantations in Ceará and all over northeast Brazil, where farmers and workers used to sing to the cows and together with each other as they gathered coffee and other crops like sugarcane, corn, and vegetables. They had a different song for each crop, and for each phase of the collection. As the farmers and field hands corralled cows and carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Fischer (actress)
Vera Fischer (; born 27 November 1951) is a Brazilian actress, known for acting in telenovelas, and former beauty pageant titleholder. Early life Fischer was born in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, to Hildegard Berndt, a Brazilian of German descent, and Emil Fischer, a German. She was raised Protestant.FISCHER, Vera. Vera, a pequena moisi. Editora Globo, 2007 According to Fischer's autobiography, her father was a Nazi and beat her. Until age five, Fischer spoke only German; she started to learn Portuguese at school. Career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Flores
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Beatriz Barros
Ana Beatriz Barros El Chiaty (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian model, known for her multiple appearances in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' and for her work with Intimissimi, GUESS, Bebe, Victoria's Secret, Chanel cosmetics, and Jennifer Lopez's JLO fashion line. Early life Barros was born in the town of Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to Sônia, a housewife, and Reinato Barros, a mechanical engineer. Later, her family moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she spent her childhood. She is of German, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish descent. Career Modeling career 1990s When she was 13, Barros and her older sister, Patricia, were vacationing in Rio de Janeiro when they were spotted by a representative from Elite Model Management.Ana Beatriz Barros Bio Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 3 June 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiago Abravanel
Tiago Abravanel (born Tiago Donato Abravanel Corte Gomes on October 21, 1987 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and singer. He is the grandson of TV show host and owner of SBT, Silvio Santos Senor Abravanel, known professionally as Silvio Santos (Portuguese: /ˈsiwvju ˈsɐ̃tus/) (born December 12, 1930), is a Brazilian entrepreneur, media tycoon and television host. He is the owner of holdings that include SBT, the second largest .... Career Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abravanel, Tiago 1987 births Living people Brazilian LGBT actors Brazilian male television actors Brazilian people of Greek-Jewish descent Brazilian people of Turkish-Jewish descent Jewish Brazilian male actors Male actors from São Paulo Big Brother (franchise) contestants Big Brother Brasil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheron Menezzes
Sheron Mancilha Menezes (born 26 November 1983) is a Brazilian actress. Career Menezzes starred in the TV Globo soap opera '' Esperança'' in April 2002 with the approval of the director Luiz Fernando Carvalho who was impressed with her test and suggested to the author, Benedito Ruy Barbosa, the changing age of the character, Julia, oldest first, so it could be played by newcomer Sheron Menezes. Sheron then won the role of the sweet and stately Julia, illegitimate daughter of Baron coffee, late husband of Frances iron hand, the character of Lúcia Veríssimo, who lived on the farm family as a maid. Julia ends up marrying a stranger, Hornet, played by Ali Jackson. Julia was well received by audiences and ended up yielding to Sheron three awards for his work and an invitation from director Luiz Antonio Pilar to act in the theater. Between 2007 and 2008, Sheron lived in the novel ''Duas Caras'', the fox Solange Couto Ferreira dos Santos Maciel, daughter of community leader Juven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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