''Domingão do Faustão'' (
literally ''Big Fausto's Big Sunday'') was a Brazilian TV show aired every Sunday from 1989 to 2021. Produced by
Rede Globo
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and hosted by
Fausto Silva (also known as Faustão), it featured live music performances (usually by the most popular artists in Brazil at the time) as well as special segments, such as the ''
Dança dos Famosos'' (Brazilian version of ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'') and ''Dança no Gelo'' (''
Dancing on Ice''). It was one of the oldest and most famous of Globo's television shows since its first broadcast in 1989.
History
The series was originally slated to be hosted by
Augusto "Gugu" Liberato, who had hosted a late-night show on
SBT. However, during
Carnival
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in 1988, SBT's owner
Silvio Santos
Senor Abravanel (; 12 December 1930 – 17 August 2024), known professionally as Silvio Santos, was a Brazilian television presenter and business magnate. Widely regarded as the greatest personality in Television in Brazil, Brazilian television, ...
personally intervened with Globo's president
Roberto Marinho to discourage him from hiring Gugu, allowing Santos to sign a lucrative extension with Gugu that would include prominent roles in SBT's Sunday afternoon lineup.
Globo quickly hired Faustao Silva—who had hosted the late-night show ''Perdidos na Noite'' on
Band—to host the show instead. ''Domingão do Fausto'' would premiere on March 26, 1989, featuring a mix of music, dance performances, and interviews. Its main competitor at launch would be SBT's ''
Programa Silvio Santos''.
In October 1997, ''Faustão'' was overtaken in the ratings by another competitor on SBT, Gugu's ''Domingo Legal''; both shows accounted for a total of 60% of Brazilian television viewership on Sundays. By the 2000s, ''Domingo Legal''
's viewership began to decline amid a scandal involving Gugu and the
PCC.
From 1991 to 1997, Silva also presented a
New Year's Eve
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special for Globo as a spin-off of ''Domingão'', ''Réveillon do Faustão''; it was replaced by the ''Show da Virada''.
In 2008, ''Domingão'' celebrated its 1000th episode. In addition to the celebrations, Fausto was congratulated by some personalities, including then
president Lula. In 2009, the program celebrated 20 years in the air, promoting the edition ''Melhores do Ano de 2008'' (which was intentionally delayed). In December of that year, the resignation of some members of the cast and production was announced. Among them, Adriana Colin (merchandising), ''Caçulinha'' (literally little young brother - musical director) and Lucimara Parisi (director).
On January 25, 2021, the columnist Lauro Jardim announced that the show would be ending in December, after Silva declined an offer by Globo for him to move to a new show on Thursday nights.
On June 13, 2021, Silva missed an episode of ''Domingão'' for the first time for medical reasons (citing a
urinary tract infection
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), with
Tiago Leifert filling in as guest host. On June 17, Globo announced that Silva had left the network after 35 years, and that ''Domingão'' would be succeeded by a new program hosted by
Luciano Huck. Leifert would remain as an interim host. The following month, Silva signed with Band to host a
new nightly program on the network.
It was later announced that the ''Domingão do Faustão'' title would not be used for this transitional period (thus making the June 13 broadcast its final episode), with the remainder of ''
Super Dança dos Famosos'' being broadcast as a standalone program with Leifert as host. The program's official replacement, ''
Domingão com Huck'', premiered on September 5; the new show carries over segments that were featured on ''Domingão do Faustão'' (such as ''
Dança dos Famosos'' and ''
Show dos Famosos'')'','' while also featuring segments that were seen on his Saturday show ''Caldeirão do Huck'' (such as ''
Quem quer ser um milionário?'' and ''
The Wall)''.
Regular segments
''Dança dos Famosos''
One of the two Brazilian versions of the British competition series ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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'' (the other being Record's ''
Dancing Brasil'', which is licensed specifically from its U.S. adaptation ''
Dancing with the Stars
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''), the show pairs a number of celebrities with professional
ballroom dancers.
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''Show dos Famosos''
Based on the Spanish format ''
Your Face Sounds Familiar'', the series features celebrities performing as randomly-selected musicians.
Melhores do Ano
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;2015 edition
Impact
Ratings
''Domingão'' debuted with a central objective: to surpass the audience of the popular ''Programa Silvio Santos'' (SBT). According to
IBOPE
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, some affiliated stations SBT recorded 60 rating points during program airing, an easy win for Globo.
Soon after the premiere, ''Domingão'', broadcast during prime time on Sunday, between 4:00 pm and 19:00 pm, scored 36 points average, compared to 20 for Silvio Santos in
São Paulo
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. In
Rio de Janeiro
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, it was 36 points for 'Domingão' versus 16 points for
TV Manchete.
The program remained leader for 8 consecutive years (which made the media call Fausto the ''King of Sundays''), until the SBT launched ''Domingo Legal'', a similar program presented by Augusto Liberato, who quickly became popular and took over the leadership of IBOPE ratings. The loss of ratings forced Fausto and his production team to appeal to alternatives, such as the controversial segment ''Sushi Erótico'' (Erotic Sushi). However, the program still lost more audience and popularity, and ''Domingo Legal'' continued to grow. However, some years later, the rival program would lose popularity, after displaying a false report in which alleged members of the
PCC threatened the death of some of Brazil's media personalities. Later, Fausto again lead the IBOPE Ratings.
Fausto continued to lead the public by the end of the 2000s (even considering the boom of
Rede TV! which did not affect ''Domingão'' directly). However, in 2010, Fausto returned to facing problems with the audience. Gugu, who moved to
TV Record
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a year earlier, began broadcasting its program in the new station simultaneously, and performed well in the ratings, and beat Fausto several times.
In 2011, ''Domingão'' recorded its worst audience: 10 points on average, according to ''IBOPE Media Information''. At some times of the day, Fausto came in third place, surpassed by Gugu (Record) and
Eliana (SBT).
References
External links
The official page of the program*
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