Big Brother Brasil 8
Introduction '''''Big Brother Brasil 8''''' was the eighth season of ''Big Brother Brasil'' which premiered January 8, 2008 with the season finale airing March 25, 2008 on the Rede Globo television network.The show is produced by Endemol Globo and presented by news reporter Pedro Bial. The season was officially confirmed since 2001 as part of the original contract between international Endemol and Rede Globo that provided seasons until 2008.The grand prize was R$1 million with tax allowances, with a R$100,000 prize offered to the runner up and a R$50,000 prize offered to the 3rd place. In the end, 26-year-old musician Rafinha Ribeiro from Campinas, SP, won the competition over student Gyselle Soares with 50.15% of the final vote. There were 75 million votes cast on the season finale, the show's record at the time.
Overview There were fourteen housemates competing for the grand prize, a decrease over the previous season. The season introduced the "big phone" and the "haves and have-nots" concept. It lasted 78 days, a decrease of one week over the previous season.===Controversy===On week 7, journalism student and housemate Juliana Góes fainted inside a glass chamber during an endurance competition. Newspapers and websites proclaimed ''Big Brother Brasil'' to be inhumane. However, the show was unaffected by the negative press.
Housemates The cast list was unveiled on January 3, 2008. (ages stated at time of contest)+ Name Age Occupation Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Rafinha Carvalho 26 Musician Campinas 1 78  Gyselle Soares 24 Student Teresina 1 78  Natalia Casassola 22 Model Passo Fundo 1 76  Marcos Parmagnani 26 Student Vitória 1 75  Thatiana Bione 21 English Teacher Brasília 1 71  Marcelo Arantes 31 Doctor  Uberlândia 1 64  Juliana Góes 22 Journalism Student Santos 1 57  Felipe Basílio 21 Student São Paulo 1 50  Fernando Mesquita 25 Account Manager Rio de Janeiro 1 43  Bianca Jahara 28 Fashion Producer Rio de Janeiro 1 36  Thalita Lippi 29 Actress Rio de Janeiro 1 29  Alexandre Scaquette 24 Model Limeira 1 22  Rafael Memória 24 Medical Student Fortaleza 1 15  Jaqueline Khury 23 Model São Paulo 1 8
Future appearances In 2010, Natália Casassola was contender to be a competitor on Big Brother Brasil 10, but ultimately did not return, eventually in 2013 she returned in Big Brother Brasil 13 and finished in 4th place.In 2023, Gyselle Soares appeared on ''A Grande Conquista'', she have to compete for a place to enter in the game, Gyselle won her place in the mansion and finished the game 4th place.
Voting history Nominationsreceived Day 74 Day 75 Finale Head ofHousehold Juliana Bianca Thalita Gyselle Thatiana Marcelo Marcelo Rafinha Thatiana Rafinha Natalia Rafinha (none) Power ofImmunity Gyselle Fernando Marcos Thatiana Bianca Juliana Thatiana Juliana Rafinha(none)(none) Saved Rafinha Natalia Rafinha Juliana Fernando Felipe Juliana Thatiana Gyselle Big Phone(none) Rafael(none) Bianca Marcelo Felipe Thatiana Marcos Marcelo Gyselle Rafinha Nomination(Twist)(none) Gyselle Bianca Marcelo Thatiana Thatiana Marcelo(none) Nomination(HoH) Gyselle Rafael Alexandre Fernando Bianca Natalia Natalia Juliana Marcelo Thatiana GyselleGyselleNatalia Nomination(Housemates) Jaqueline Rafinha Thatiana Thalita Felipe Fernando Felipe Gyselle Rafinha Gyselle Marcos Rafinha Marcelo Thalita Thatiana Thalita Juliana Marcos Marcos''Head ofHousehold'' Marcos''Head ofHousehold''''NotEligible''''Head ofHousehold'''''Winner'''(Day 78) 9 Gyselle Felipe Felipe FernandoThalita Natalia Fernando Felipe Marcos Natalia Marcos Marcos''Nominated''''''''(Day 78) 17 Natalia Jaqueline Juliana Juliana Marcelo Rafinha Gyselle Gyselle Gyselle Rafinha Gyselle''Head ofHousehold''''Nominated''''Evicted''(Day 76) 7 Marcos Jaqueline Thalita Bianca Thalita Felipe Fernando Felipe Gyselle Rafinha Gyselle''Not Eligible''''Evicted''(Day 75) 15 Thatiana Jaqueline Rafinha Fernando RafinhaFelipe FernandoFelipe GyselleRafinha Gyselle''Evicted''(Day 71) 4 Marcelo Fernando Rafinha Thatiana Thalita Natalia''Head ofHousehold''''Head ofHousehold'' Marcos Natalia''Evicted''(Day 64) 8 Juliana''Head ofHousehold'' Gyselle Marcelo Thalita Felipe Fernando Gyselle Gyselle''Evicted''(Day 57) 5 Felipe Marcos Gyselle Marcos Natalia Gyselle Marcos Marcos''Evicted''(Day 50) 10 Fernando Jaqueline Felipe Marcos Marcelo Gyselle Juliana''Evicted''(Day 43) 8 BiancaRafaelRafinha Thatiana Marcelo Marcos''Evicted''(Day 36) 2 Thalita Alexandre Marcos''Head ofHousehold'' Marcelo''Evicted''(Day 29) 8 Alexandre Marcelo Gyselle Felipe''Evicted''(Day 22) 2 Rafael Thalita Rafinha''Evicted''(Day 15) 2 Jaqueline Marcos''Evicted''(Day 8) 4 Notes 1 2 3 4, 5 6, 7 8 9, 10 11 12, 13 14 15 16 (none) Nominatedfor Eviction GyselleJaqueline RafaelRafinha AlexandreGyselleThatiana BiancaFernandoThalita BiancaFelipeMarcelo FernandoNataliaThatiana FelipeNataliaThatiana GyselleJulianaMarcelo MarceloRafinha GyselleThatiana GyselleMarcos GyselleNatalia GyselleRafinhaEvicted'''Jaqueline'''87%to evict'''Rafael'''63%to evict'''Alexandre'''45%to evict'''Thalita'''65%to evict'''Bianca'''60%to evict'''Fernando'''62%to evict'''Felipe'''44%to evict'''Juliana'''50%to evict'''Marcelo'''71%to evict'''Thatiana'''70%to evict'''Marcos'''54%to evict'''Natalia'''54%to evict'''Gyselle'''49.85%to win Survived'''Gyselle'''13%to evict'''Rafinha'''37%to evict'''Gyselle'''32%to evict'''Bianca'''18%to evict'''Marcelo'''29%to evict'''Thatiana'''25%to evict'''Thatiana'''29%to evict'''Marcelo'''47%to evict'''Rafinha'''29%to evict'''Gyselle'''30%to evict'''Gyselle'''46%to evict'''Gyselle'''46%to evict'''Rafinha'''50.15%to win'''Thatiana'''23%to evict'''Fernando'''17%to evict'''Felipe'''11%to evict'''Natalia'''13%to evict'''Natalia'''27%to evict'''Gyselle'''3%to evict===Notes======Have and Have-Nots=== RafinhaHave-NotHave-Not LostFinalWeek GyselleHave-NotHave-NotHave LostWon NataliaHave-NotHave-Not LostWon MarcosHave LostWon ThatianaHaveHaveWon MarceloHave-NotHave-NotHaveHave-NotHave Lost JulianaHave-NotHave-NotHaveHave-NotHave FelipeHave-NotHave-NotHave-NotHave-NotHave-Not FernandoHave-NotHave-NotHave-NotHave-Not BiancaHave-NotHave-NotHave-NotHave-Not ThalitaHave-NotHave-NotHave-Not Alexandre Rafael
References
External links *  Big Brother Brasil 8*  Terra: BBB8