# Big Brother Brasil 8

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 | Winner |
| Gyselle Soares | 24 | Student | Teresina | 1 | 78 | Runner-up |
| Natalia Casassola | 22 | Model | Passo Fundo | 1 | 76 | 12th Evicted |
| Marcos Parmagnani | 26 | Student | Vitória | 1 | 75 | 11th Evicted |
| Thatiana Bione | 21 | English Teacher | Brasília | 1 | 71 | 10th Evicted |
| Marcelo Arantes | 31 | Doctor | Uberlândia | 1 | 64 | 9th Evicted |
| Juliana Góes | 22 | Journalism Student | Santos | 1 | 57 | 8th Evicted |
| Felipe Basílio | 21 | Student | São Paulo | 1 | 50 | 7th Evicted |
| Fernando Mesquita | 25 | Account Manager | Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 43 | 6th Evicted |
| Bianca Jahara | 28 | Fashion Producer | Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 36 | 5th Evicted |
| Thalita Lippi | 29 | Actress | Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 29 | 4th Evicted |
| Alexandre Scaquette | 24 | Model | Limeira | 1 | 22 | 3rd Evicted |
| Rafael Memória | 24 | Medical Student | Fortaleza | 1 | 15 | 2nd Evicted |
| Jaqueline Khury | 23 | Model | São Paulo | 1 | 8 | 1st Evicted |

## 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 1, 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

| | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 11 | Week 11 | Nominations received |
| | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Day 74 | Day 75 | Finale | Nominations received |
| Head of Household | Juliana | Bianca | Thalita | Gyselle | Thatiana | Marcelo | Marcelo | Rafinha | Thatiana | Rafinha | Natalia | Rafinha | (none) | |
| Power of Immunity | Gyselle | Fernando | Marcos | Thatiana | Bianca | Juliana | Thatiana | Juliana | Rafinha | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Saved | Rafinha | Natalia | Rafinha | Juliana | Fernando | Felipe | Juliana | Thatiana | Gyselle | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Big Phone | (none) | Rafael | (none) | Bianca | Marcelo | Felipe | Thatiana | Marcos | Marcelo | Gyselle | Rafinha | (none) | (none) | |
| Nomination (Twist) | (none) | (none) | Gyselle | Bianca | Marcelo | Thatiana | Thatiana | Marcelo | (none) | (none) | (none) | | | (none) | (none) |
| Nomination (HoH) | Gyselle | Rafael | Alexandre | Fernando | Bianca | Natalia | Natalia | Juliana | Marcelo | Thatiana | Gyselle | Gyselle Natalia | (none) | |
| Nomination (Housemates) | Jaqueline | Rafinha | Thatiana | Thalita | Felipe | Fernando | Felipe | Gyselle | Rafinha | Gyselle | Marcos | Gyselle Natalia | (none) | |
| Rafinha | Marcelo | Thalita | Thatiana | Thalita | Juliana | Marcos | Marcos | Head of Household | Marcos | Head of Household | Not Eligible | Head of Household | Winner (Day 78) | 9 |
| Gyselle | Felipe | Felipe | Fernando | Thalita | Natalia | Fernando | Felipe | Marcos | Natalia | Marcos | Marcos | Nominated | Runner-Up (Day 78) | 17 |
| Natalia | Jaqueline | Juliana | Juliana | Marcelo | Rafinha | Gyselle | Gyselle | Gyselle | Rafinha | Gyselle | Head of Household | Nominated | Evicted (Day 76) | 7 |
| Marcos | Jaqueline | Thalita | Bianca | Thalita | Felipe | Fernando | Felipe | Gyselle | Rafinha | Gyselle | Not Eligible | Evicted (Day 75) | Evicted (Day 75) | 15 |
| Thatiana | Jaqueline | Rafinha | Fernando | Rafinha | Felipe | Fernando | Felipe | Gyselle | Rafinha | Gyselle | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | 4 |
| Marcelo | Fernando | Rafinha | Thatiana | Thalita | Natalia | Head of Household | Head of Household | Marcos | Natalia | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | 8 |
| Juliana | Head of Household | Gyselle | Marcelo | Thalita | Felipe | Fernando | Gyselle | Gyselle | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | 5 |
| Felipe | Marcos | Gyselle | Marcos | Natalia | Gyselle | Marcos | Marcos | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | 10 |
| Fernando | Jaqueline | Felipe | Marcos | Marcelo | Gyselle | Juliana | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | 8 |
| Bianca | Rafael | Rafinha | Thatiana | Marcelo | Marcos | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | 2 |
| Thalita | Alexandre | Marcos | Head of Household | Marcelo | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | 8 |
| Alexandre | Marcelo | Gyselle | Felipe | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | 2 |
| Rafael | Thalita | Rafinha | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | 2 |
| Jaqueline | Marcos | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | 4 |
| Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, 5 | 6, 7 | 8 | 9, 10 | 11 | 12, 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | (none) | |
| Nominated for Eviction | Gyselle Jaqueline | Rafael Rafinha | Alexandre Gyselle Thatiana | Bianca Fernando Thalita | Bianca Felipe Marcelo | Fernando Natalia Thatiana | Felipe Natalia Thatiana | Gyselle Juliana Marcelo | Marcelo Rafinha | Gyselle Thatiana | Gyselle Marcos | Gyselle Natalia | Gyselle Rafinha | |
| Evicted | 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 | |
| Survived | Gyselle 13% to evict | Rafinha 37% to evict | Thatiana 23% to evict | Fernando 17% to evict | Felipe 11% to evict | Natalia 13% to evict | Natalia 27% to evict | Gyselle 3% to evict | Rafinha 29% to evict | Gyselle 30% to evict | Gyselle 46% to evict | Gyselle 46% to evict | Rafinha 50.15% to win | |