Fazenda de Verão

Fazenda de Verão (English: Summer Farm) was a Brazilian reality television show, which premiered on October 31, 2012 during the Southern Hemisphere summer. It was broadcast by RecordTV television network.

The series was a spin-off of A Fazenda, but with ordinary people, instead of the celebrities playing the role of housemates. Rodrigo Faro was the host, replacing Britto Junior from the main celebrity version. The grand prize was R$1 million with tax allowances.

On March 26, 2013, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.

Format
The show features 22 contestants who are sequestered in the Farm with no contact to or from the outside world. while having all their steps followed by cameras around-the-clock. Each week, the contestants take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win the power in the Farm.

Each housemate must nominate one of their fellow housemates to face the public vote. "Voting to save" was used for the public vote as opposed to the "vote to evict" method generally used in main celebrity series.

Ratings
All numbers are in points and provided by IBOPE.


 * Each point represents 60.000 households in São Paulo.

Production
National applications run from September 7, 2012 until October 19, 2012. Out of more than 64.000 applicants, 200 were chosen as semi-finalists for an interview during October 2012.

From these semi-finalists, twenty-two were chosen to participate in the show between October 2012 to January 2013.

Contestants
The cast list was released four different days: the first six contestants (Claudia, Dan, Haysam, Ísis, Karine and Rodrigo S.) were revealed on October 25; another six (Bianca, Flávia, Halan, Nuelle, Rodrigo C. and Sacramento) on October 26; four more (Gabriela, Natália, Thyago and Victor) on October 28. The final four contestants (Angelis, Cacá, Leandro and Raphael) were revealed on November 1, as part of a twist on this season.

Biographical information according to Record official series site, plus footnoted additions. (ages stated are at time of contest)

Voting history

 * Key
 * – Contestant is a member of Team Ant and have to do all the work in the farm.
 * – Contestant is a member of Team Cicada and is not allow to work in the farm.

Brazilian ratings
All numbers are in points and provided by IBOPE.


 * Each point represents 60.000 households in São Paulo.
 * Notes
 * Episodes 47 and 53 aired during Christmas Eve (Monday, December 24) and New Year's Eve (Monday, December 31) respectively, and scored an all-time low number of viewers for A Fazenda series.