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Dancing Brasil

2017 Brazilian TV series or program

Dancing Brasil is a Brazilian reality television series based on the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The series was produced by Endemol Shine in partnership with BBC Worldwide.

The show is hosted by Xuxa Meneghel, alongside Junno Andrade, who became co-host in season four. Sérgio Marone co-hosted the first two seasons, while Leandro Lima was co-host in the third season.

The series premiered on Monday, 3 April 2017 at 10:30 p.m. (BRT / AMT) on RecordTV.

01Format

The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points. The three couples receiving the lowest total of judges' points are up to the public vote, where the couple who received the fewest votes will be eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.

02Controversy

In order to produce Dancing Brasil, RecordTV bought the rights to adapt Dancing with the Stars, the American version of the British series Strictly Come Dancing, from BBC Worldwide, to be co-produced by Endemol Shine.

However, Strictly has been served as the base for Dança dos Famosos (The Famous' Dance), another Brazilian series which has been airing since 2005 on Rede Globo as a 1-hour segment on Domingão do Faustão, hosted by Fausto Silva. Globo bought the rights to adapt Strictly from Endemol Shine, known at time as Endemol Globo, a joint venture between Globo and Endemol.

The joint venture was dismantled in 2017, when Endemol Shine Group began controlled directly all the company's operations in Brazil, which allowed both the British and American adaptations to be sold separately.

03Series overview

Season Number of Duration dates Placements
Couples Weeks Winner Runner-up Third place
1 14 13 3 April,
26 June 2017
Maytê Piragibe
Paulo Victor Souza
Jade Barbosa
Lucas Teodoro
Leo Miggiorin
Dani de Lova
2 12 10 24 July,
25 September 2017
Yudi Tamashiro
Bárbara Guerra
Suzana Alves
Tutu Morasi
Lexa
Lucas Teodoro
3 15 13 17 January,
11 April 2018
Geovanna Tominaga
Lucas Teodoro
Raissa Santana
Paulo Victor Souza
Bárbara Borges
Marquinhos Costa
4 14 11 26 September,
5 December 2018
Pérola Faria
Fernando Perrotti
Lu Andrade
Marquinhos Costa
Allan Souza Lima
Carol Dias
5 13 11 3 July,
11 September 2019
D'Black
Carol Dias
Dany Hypólito
Marquinhos Costa
Bia Feres
Paulo Victor Souza

04Ratings and reception

Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.

Season Timeslot (BRT) Premiered Ended TV season SP viewers
(in points)
Source
Date Viewers
(in points)
Date Viewers
(in points)
1 Monday 10:30 pm 3 April 2017 5.0 26 June 2017 7.2 2017-18 5.9
2 24 July 2017 6.3 25 September 2017 7.8 5.8
3 Wednesday 10:30 pm 17 January 2018 8.1 11 April 2018 6.7 6.2
4 Wednesday 11:00 pm 26 September 2018 5.9 5 December 2018 7.0 2018-19 6.0
5 Wednesday 10:45 pm 3 July 2019 6.7 11 September 2019 6.4 2019-20 5.3
  • Each point represents a specific number of households in 15 market cities in Brazil.

2017: 245.700 households (70.500 in São Paulo)
2018: 248.647 households (71.855 in São Paulo)

2019: 254.892 households (73.015 in São Paulo)
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