A Grande Conquista 2

A Grande Conquista 2 was the second season of the Brazilian reality television series A Grande Conquista, which premiered on Monday, April 22, 2024, on RecordTV. Under the direction of Rodrigo Carelli, The show is commanded by Lucas Selfie and Ju Nogueira on digital platforms and hosted for the first time by Rachel Sheherazade, (replacing Mariana Rios, who left the show) she who makes her debut as the new host of the series.

On July 18, 2024, advisor Kaio Perroni won the competition with 51.83% of the public's votes over digital influencer João Hadad (35.19%), comedian Will Rambo (9.53%) and actor Fernando Sampaio (3.45%).

Format
Unlike the first season, the second has undergone some changes in format, now reducing the stages to just two.

Stage 1
In the Villa, the 100 candidates live in three houses (starting with 47 in the Orange house, 33 in the Blue house and 20 in the Green house), having to share beds and limited supplies for 19 days, while facing a series of challenges and mass evictions. The last 30 to survive in the Villa compete in the final challenge, in which the public decides whether the winner secures a place in the next stage of the game. Then, the remaining candidates face the final public vote for the last spots in the Mansion.

The new thing on this season is that the Villa's owners, when they win the challenges, get a bigger advantage Whether of which house they end up in, the leader is sent to a house of a different color (or the same one if that's the case) and receives missions from the production and the external audience The main goal is to convince the contestant to stay in the show through mental games, and if any contestant gives up, the house where the owner is (whether it's the opponent's or not) gets punished. In addition, the top six Villagers from the second to the fourth eviction and the winner of the last Safety Challenge, secure a direct spot in the Mansion.

Mansion spots competition
The cast of 100 (later 101) official contestants was unveiled on April 18, 2024, four days before the season's premiere.

Two of the original 100 villagers cast contestants needed to be isolated for health reasons and later reentered the competition: Vinigram, who tested positive for H3N2 flu, recovered and entered the group on the second day. Ysani Kalapalo, diagnosed with COVID-19, was initially disqualified and replaced by Lara Costa, but was eventually reintegrated to the cast after Gaby Fontenelle's withdrawal.

Stage 2
The 20 selected contestants move into the Mansion on week 3. Each week, two contestants become the Mansion's owners and delegate the weekly tasks, while three contestants are voted into the Risk Zone (the Owners' nominee, the Secret vote nominee between the two Owners and the Mansion's face-to-face vote nominee among all eligible contestants), where they compete in the Safety challenge to escape eviction.

The Safety winner is exempt from nominations, however, they must replace themselves with another contestant of their choice in order to determine that week's set of nominees who would face the public vote.

Display scheme

 * Monday: Discord Activities
 * Tuesday: Risk Zone (live)
 * Wednesday: Safety Challenge (live)
 * Thursday: Eviction (live)
 * Friday: Mansion's owners Tasks of the Week
 * Saturday: Coexistence + Party (live flashes)
 * Sunday: Party

Vinigram and Ysani Kalapalo
Before starting the show tasks, 98 out of the 100 contestants entered, as two competitors (known as villagers before they are promoted to the mansion) needed to be isolated for health reasons. Host Rachel Sheherazade had not revealed who the two absent contestants were, but shortly after, the scene of Vinícius de Paula entering his mates in the orange house aired. Vinigram, as he is known, had tested positive for H3N2 flu but managed to recover in time.

The second undisclosed competitor was indigenous influencer Ysani Kalapalo, who tested positive for COVID-19. Ysani ended up being disqualified from the show for recovery, never entering the other contestants and was replaced by Lara Costa. But was eventually reintegrated to the cast after Gaby Fontenelle's withdrawal.

Removal and arrest of Fellipe Villas
On April 25, 2024, it was reported by external news portals that the contestant Fellipe Villas had his license request denied by the Military Police of Espírito Santo. Villas, who is a military police officer, would have signed up to enter in the show and when he was called by the production, he requested his request for temporary dismissal, which was not accepted by the corporation.

Even so, Fellipe entered the show, which led the PM-ES to open an administrative proceeding against the contestant for disobedience, but it was not revealed if there would be any dismissal.

On July 12, 2024, around 1:13 PM, Villas was called by the production of the show and from there his withdrawal from the show was announced. Subsequently, he was arrested for desertion by the Military Police of São Paulo, following a complaint from the Capixaba Police, to where he would be sent later It was also revealed that Fellipe had presented a psychiatric report to participate in the show, taking a 90-day leave starting from April 15, and that he was supposed to report to the corporation after completing the 30 days of leave, which would have been on May 15. However, this did not happen as the police officer was on the show. In June, the salary of the Conqueror from the PM-ES was blocked and the funds were returned to the state treasury.

Ricardo Costa's ejection
In the early hours of April 26 to 27, 2024, Ricardo Costa and Fábio Gontijo had a strong argument in the bedroom of the orange house. The incident began when singer MC Mari found a wet red swim trunk on her bed. The singer had asked to change beds with Fábio after asking who the piece of clothing belonged to. Then, the pair start a quick argument, which would extend after Fábio threw his wet swim trunks at Ricardo, who soon after start an argument. The gourmet chef leaves the room after the altercation with the dermatologist and goes towards the kitchen and grabs a knife, but is restrained by other contestants. While those outside created a barrier to prevent him from entering, those inside the room locked and requested the ejection of the contestant, announcing to the camera that the situation has crossed the line. Ending the fight, Vinigram complained about living with the gourmet chef, as well as the other contestants.

On the morning of the 27th, Ricardo left the show, but without the production clarifying to the public if he was ejected or if he gave up, leaving even the team of the then contestant without a position on the matter, since the exclusive cameras of PlayPlus did not film that moment. Soon after, RecordTV confirmed the gourmet chef's ejection and made available an snippet of the scene of the moment when Costa went to the kitchen to get the knife and was prevented from entering the room, leaving to air the moment of his departure and a clearer explanation, with the right to the reaction of the confinement colleagues with the warning, only on the evening edition of television.

Cibelle Mestre
On April 25, 2024, a snippet of conversation of Cibelle Mestre started circulating with some contestants at the lunch table at the blue house, where she asserts that most of the women in her family are married to Black men. She also mentioned that her cousins advised her that when she meets "a Black man", she would fall in love because they are "wonderful" and not in the "sense of sensuality" and "respectful way". These statements caused negative reactions on social media.

Cátia Paganote
On April 30, 2024, after being evicted, Thay Sampaio revealed that she had been a victim of racism by Cátia Paganote. According to Thay, the contestant said that her hair looked like a "bird's nest" and that she should understand the speech as a compliment.

Thay would have had a disagreement with Cátia, but the scenes were not aired on the live show, nor on the exclusive cameras of PlayPlus. As a means of defense, Cátia even said that she was not racist, as her best friend was black.

On May 10, 2024, Thay revealed that he would sue his lawyers against Paganote. "I'm here now accompanied by my lawyer José. Luís is the one who will give me full support in this process that I will continue, not only for myself, but for millions of people who also felt offended and who are going through this. Yes, unfortunately, still in 2024", she said.

Punctured condoms
On April 29, 2024, Bifão tried to fill some leaky condoms with water to troll the other contestants. However, the digital influencer noticed that they were pierced and then threw them away, in addition to drawing the attention of the reality production, which immediately cut the footage to another room, but did not prevent such a moment from being recorded by the public.

The scene ended up generating a debate on some websites about the responsibility of the show's team in any cases involving safe sex.

Error in the Safety Challenge
On July 3, 2024, contestant Will Rambo had won the Safety Challenge and nominated João Hadad in his place for the popular vote in the Risk Zone, along with Anahí Rodrighero and Fernando Sampaio. However, an hour later, it was alleged that presenter Rachel Sheherazade had unknowingly given Rambo an obvious hint in a challenge question. After the error was found, the popular vote of the Risk Zone was suspended and, soon after the decision of the production, the result of the test was annulled and Rambo returned to the hot seat and Hadad was kept in the mansion, being removed from the public's evaluation.

Contestants
On March 13, 2024, RecordTV announced that applications for the second season of the show were open.

Below is the cast of 20 official contestants for this season, with the occupations listed by the official show website and their respective ages at the start of filming.

Mansion
6 contestants secured a spot in the Mansion as the most voted from the Risk Zones during the Villa's stage. The remaining 14 contestants were automatically promoted to the Mansion on May 9, 2024, after surviving the fifth Risk Zone.

Brazilian ratings
All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.
 * In 2024, each point represents 253.273 households in 15 market cities in Brazil (73.279 households in São Paulo).