# No Limite season 1

The first season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series No Limite, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor, premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at 11:00 p.m. / 10:00 p.m. (BRT / AMT) on TV Globo.
Twelve contestants were chosen by the producers to participate the show in July 2000. The two initial tribes were Sol (Sun) and Lua (Moon). On episode 6, the two teams merged into a tribe called Solua, named for a combination of two tribes.
On the season finale, the second-to-last immunity challenge divided the players in two teams. The winning team (Elaine and Pipa) advanced for the finals, while the losing team (Andréa and Juliana) was automatically eliminated.
The final two faced off for the final immunity challenge, which was an extremely grueling, multi-part challenge, and the most elaborate challenge of the entire season, often combining elements from previous challenges.
This season creates the first ever all-female final two, with all the final four contestants being women. This fact was repeated only eight years later in Survivor: Micronesia.
The winner was 35-year-old Elaine de Melo, a hairdresser from São Paulo, São Paulo. She defeated graphic producer Patrícia "Pipa" Diniz at the final challenge and took home the R$300.000 prize. The final result was leaked on August 16, 2000, by the brazilian newspaper Extra (also owned by Grupo Globo).

## Contestants

List of No Limite (season 1) contestants :
| Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish |
| Hilca Maria 21, Rio de Janeiro, RJ | Sol | | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| Paulo César "Amendoim" Martins 42, Rio de Janeiro, RJ | Sol | | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| Marcus Werner 27, Rio de Janeiro, RJ | Sol | | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| Francisco "Chico" Salles 51, São Paulo, SP | Lua | | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| Ilma Arakawa 54, São Paulo, SP | Sol | | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
| Jeferson Schmengler 31, Porto Alegre, RS | Lua | Solua | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| Vanderson Souza 20, Rio de Janeiro, RJ | Lua | Solua | 7th Voted Out Day 21 |
| Thiago Toqueton 20, São Paulo, SP | Sol | Solua | 8th Voted Out Day 21 |
| Juliana Marques 23, São Paulo, SP | Lua | Solua | Eliminated Day 22 |
| Andréa Baptista 29, São Paulo, SP | Lua | Solua | Eliminated Day 22 |
| Patrícia "Pipa" Diniz 29, Porto Alegre, RS | Sol | Solua | Runner-up Day 23 |
| Elaine de Melo 35, São Paulo, SP | Lua | Solua | Sole Survivor Day 23 |

### Future appearances

Patrícia "Pipa" Diniz later returned to compete in No Limite: Amazônia.

## Season summary

Challenge winners and eliminations by episodes :
| Episode | Episode | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Finish |
| No. | Air date | Reward | Immunity | Eliminated | Finish |
| 1 | 23 July 2000 | Lua | Lua | Hilca | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| 2 | 30 July 2000 | Sol | Lua | Amendoim | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| 3 | 6 August 2000 | Sol | Lua | Marcus | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| 4 | 13 August 2000 | Sol | Sol | Chico | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| 5 | 20 August 2000 | None | Lua | Ilma | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
| 6 | 27 August 2000 | Andréa | Andréa | Jeferson | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| 7 | 3 September 2000 | Elaine Juliana Pipa | Elaine Juliana Pipa | Vanderson | 7th Voted Out Day 21 |
| 7 | 3 September 2000 | Elaine Juliana Pipa | Elaine Juliana Pipa | Thiago | 8th Voted Out Day 21 |
| 8 | 10 September 2000 | None | Elaine Pipa | Juliana | Eliminated Day 22 |
| 8 | 10 September 2000 | None | Elaine Pipa | Andréa | Eliminated Day 22 |
| 8 | 10 September 2000 | | | Final Trial | Final Trial |
| 8 | 10 September 2000 | | | Pipa | Runner-Up |
| 8 | 10 September 2000 | | | Elaine | Sole Survivor |

## Voting history

| | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe |
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Day | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Tribe | Sol | Sol | Sol | Lua | Lua | Sol | Solua | Solua | Solua | Solua | Solua | Solua | Solua |
| Eliminated | Hilca | Amendoim | Marcus | Tie | Chico | Ilma | Jeferson | Vanderson | Thiago | Juliana | Andréa | Pipa | Elaine |
| Vote | 5-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 3-2-2 | 4-1-1 | 2-1 | Challenge | Challenge | Final Trial | Final Trial |
| Voter | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Elaine | | | | Andréa | Chico | | Vanderson | Vanderson | Thiago | Won | Won | Sole Survivor | Sole Survivor |
| Pipa | Hilca | Amendoim | Marcus | | | Ilma | Vanderson | Vanderson | Andréa | Won | Won | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Andréa | | | | Chico | None | | Jeferson | Vanderson | None | Lost | Lost | | |
| Juliana | | | | Chico | Chico | | Jeferson | Vanderson | Thiago | Lost | Lost | | |
| Thiago | Hilca | Amendoim | Marcus | | | Ilma | Jeferson | Andréa | None | | | | |
| Vanderson | | | | Andréa | Chico | | Thiago | Thiago | | | | | |
| Jefferson | | | | Chico | Chico | | Thiago | | | | | | |
| Ilma | Hilca | Amendoim | Marcus | | | Pipa | | | | | | | |
| Chico | | | | Andréa | None | | | | | | | | |
| Marcus | Hilca | Amendoim | Ilma | | | | | | | | | | |
| Amendoim | Hilca | Ilma | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hilca | Ilma | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Notes

* ↑ The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
* ↑ On Day 22, a challenge was held instead of a vote, where Andréa & Juliana and Elaine & Pipa were paired. The pair that lost the challenge would be eliminated.
* 1 2 Andréa and Chico were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.
* 1 2 Andréa and Thiago were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting, since as the only non-immune contestants, their votes would automatically cancel each other out.

## Ratings and reception
### Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.
| Episode | Air date | Timeslot (BRT) | SP viewers (in points) |
| 1 | July 23, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 46.0 |
| 2 | July 30, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 45.0 |
| 3 | August 6, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 43.0 |
| 4 | August 13, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 48.0 |
| 5 | August 20, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 48.0 |
| 6 | August 27, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 43.0 |
| 7 | September 3, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 52.0 |
| 8 | September 10, 2000 | Sunday 11:00 p.m. | 50.0 |
* In 2000, each point represents 80,000 households in São Paulo.