''Ídolos Brazil 3'' (known as ''Ídolos 2008'') was the third season of
Brazilian reality
Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence. In physical terms, r ...
interactive talent show ''Ídolos'' (and first aired on
Rede Record
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
), which premiered August 19, 2008 with the season finale airing on December 17, 2008.
Rodrigo Faro
Rodrigo Alcazar Faro (born 20 October 1973) is a Brazilian television presenter, actor and singer.
Career
He started his career at the age of 9 in 1982 when he participated in a milk commercial. As a child he was a model and presenter of the ...
was the host and the judging panel was reduced from 4 (in seasons 1 and 2) to 3 and consisted of Luís Calainho, a music and entertainment businessman,
Paula Lima
Paula Lima (born October 10, 1970 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer and composer whose music is influenced by bossa, percussion, samba, Brazilian soul international funk and one of judges of Brazilian Idol, Ídolos Brazil (Season 3 and Seaso ...
, a soul singer/songwriter and Marco Camargo, a Latin Grammy Award winning music producer.
Rafael Barreto won the competition with Rafael Bernardo as the first runner-up and Maria Christina finishing third.
Early Process
Regional Auditions
Auditions were held in the following cities:
Theater Round
Groups
The first day of Theater Week featured the eighty-nine contestants from the auditions round. Divided into groups, each contestant should go on stage and sing a song a capella for the judges until they stopped them. Seventy contestants advanced.
Duets
The next round required the contestants to split up in pairs and perform. Forty-five advanced to the final round of Theater requiring a solo performance.
Solos
Forty-five made it to the final round, which required the contestants singing solo with the option of playing an instrument. In the end, the judges take the contestants in groups of five and tell them if they made the final thirty.
Semi-finals
The thirty semifinalists were randomly split into different groups. Each contestant would then sing in their respective group's night. There were three separate groups and the top three contestants from each group made it to the finals.
Wild Card
Six contestants who failed to make it to the finals were invited back to perform for another chance at a spot in the finals. Only one wildcard contestant (Nanda Garcia) was chosen by the public vote.
Finals
Finalists
Elimination chart
References
External links
Ídolos Brazil website
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Ídolos (Brazilian TV series)
2008 Brazilian television seasons