Rede Record, Globo’s major competitor, has come out with a new reality show to rival Globo’s Big Brother series. The show, called A Fazenda, is like Big Brother, but the participants are famous Brazilian actors and actresses who live together on a farm in rural Sao Paulo, rather than in a house on a set. (For those not familiar with Brazilian soap stars, you may know Jonathan Haagensen, from City of God.) They have to run the farm, getting up early, taking care of the animals, planting, and taking on the roles of actual farmers. The participants are voted off by the viewers, leaving an eventual winner who wins R$1 million.
Check out some scenes from the show, below.
São Paulo hosted another successful Fashion Week last week, attracting Brazil’s top designers and some of its most famous runway models, including Gisele and model of the moment Jesus Luiz. Check out the coverage below.
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For today’s interactive feature, the question is: what is your favorite Brazilian TV show?
Though Brazil is best known for its novelas, it also has produced some interesting reality shows, often local adaptations of foreign reality shows. I happen to be a big fan of “Troca de Familia,” a Brazilian adaptation of the American show, in which wives (and sometimes husbands) switch families for a week to gain some perspective on their own family. It is a great glimpse into Brazilian culture and the vast socioeconomic and regional divides that exist in Brazil.
What about you?
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