Busão do Brasil
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Busão do Brasil'' was a Brazilian
reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
show, which premiered July 30, 2010 with the season finale airing October 19, 2010 on the
Band Band or BAND may refer to: Places *Bánd, a village in Hungary *Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania * Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
television network A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or multichannel video programming distributo ...
. The show was presented by former
MTV Brasil MTV Brasil was a Brazilian over-the-air television network owned by Grupo Abril focused on the youth. The network was launched on 20 October 1990, as the first specialty television network to broadcast over-the-air, becoming the local version ...
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.


Production


Cast

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 to October 2010.


The bus

During three months, the bus traveled for 11 different Brazilian states, covering about 4,000 miles and stopping in 14 cities.


Format

''Busão do Brasil'' is a reality television show created by
Endemol Endemol B.V. was a Dutch-based media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content. The company annually produced more than 15,000 hours of programming across scripted and non-scripted genres, including drama, reality ...
, 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.


Voting format

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.


Contestants

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)


Summaries


The Bus tour


Voting history


Notes


References


External links


Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Busao Do Brasil Rede Bandeirantes original programming Brazilian reality television series 2010 Brazilian television series debuts 2010 Brazilian television series endings 2010s Brazilian television series Portuguese-language television shows