Big Brother Brasil 20
Season 20
Hosted by	Tiago Leifert
No. of days	98
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Thelma Assis
Runner-up	Rafa Kalimann
Companion shows	Rede BBB A Eliminação
No. of episodes	98
Release
Original network	TV Globo Multishow Globoplay
Original release	January 21 (2020-01-21) – April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)
Season chronology
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Big Brother Brasil 20 was the twentieth season of Big Brother Brasil which premiered on TV Globo on January 21, 2020. The show was produced by Globo and hosted by Tiago Leifert, who returned for his fourth season as the host.

The grand prize is R$1.5 million without tax allowances and a Fiat Toro Ultra car, plus a R$150.000 prize offered to the runner-up and a R$50.000 prize offered to the third place.

For the first time, the show is divided into two groups: "Celebrities", composed of actors, singers, professional athletes, and social media personalities, and "Civilians", composed of everyday Brazilians.^[1] On week 2, four new potential housemates entered the game as part of a twist, but only two of them actually moved into the house, bringing the total number of housemates up to 20.^[2]

On March 12, TV Globo suspended all live audiences for their shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. On March 16, or Day 56 inside the house, the housemates were notified of the current events outside of the house. The channel also moved the show's broadcast timeslot from 10:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. due to the extent of news coverage on their primetime national newscast. Sunday's live nominations shows were also moved from 11:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. due to the channel cutting some of their entertainment programs (such as the fifth season of The Voice Kids) for that day.^[3][4][5][6]

As of March 31, 2020, the season broke three worldwide voting records. Guilherme's eviction against Gizelly and Pyong on week 6 reached the mark of 416 million votes, surpassing the old mark of 202 million votes cast in the previous season. Pyong's eviction against Babu and Rafa on week 8 broke the record of simultaneous voting with 1.4 million votes cast per minute, with 385 million votes counted. Then, on week 10, a new record-breaking number of 1.5 billion votes resulted in Felipe's eviction against Manu and Mari,^[7] and entered the Guinness World Record for "Most public votes received by a television programme".^[8][9]

In order to celebrate the show's 20th season anniversary, competitions and twists from previous seasons were revived and scattered again throughout this season. The season was originally planned to last 94 days, the longest of the series, ending on April 23, 2020. On April 13, 2020, TV Globo announced that the season was extended in 4 days, with the live finale moved to April 27, 2020, for a total of 98 days.^[10]

On April 27, 2020, anesthesiologist Thelma Assis won the competition with 44.1% of the public vote over digital influencer Rafa Kalimann and actress & singer Manu Gavassi. According to Ibope (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics), this season had an average of 25 million views in the 15 largest metropolitan areas in Brazil, with a 43% share. This means that 4 out of 10 television sets in the country were tuned to the reality show.^[11][12] In addition, a total of 165 million people were reached during the three months that the program was aired.^[13]

This season, each housemate will be able to use a cellphone to capture moments in the house during a time determined by production. The cell phone will only allow them to post photos and videos to #FeedBBB and see what other housemates are saying about each other. It will not allow contact with the outside world.^[14]

Along with its regular powers, this season the HoH will also be tasked with splitting their housemates into Haves and Have-Nots as well as choosing what and how much each group will be eating. This HoH will also be awarded their own private party at the end of their HoH reign.

On Day 1, 18 housemates entered the Big Brother house, divided by a wall with Celebrities on one side and Civilians on the other. The two groups were not able to see each other until the end of night 2, after the wall fell. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 9.

In some weeks, the nominated housemates (excluding the HoH's nominee) compete against each other for one last chance to save themselves from eviction. Housemates nominated by the HoH are not eligible to compete and are guaranteed to face Brazil's vote. A re-worked version of a twist featured in the first week of Big Brother Brasil 18.^[15]

On Day 12, four additional housemates entered the Glass house where the public voted for two of them (one man and one woman) to move into the main House. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 9, re-used in Big Brother Brasil 11 (featuring the first five evicted housemates from that season) and Big Brother Brasil 13.

On Day 46, three housemates (Felipe, Gizelly and Manu) were chosen to enter the White Room, where they would stay until the live nominations on Day 48, unless one of them pressed the red button, thus becoming the first nominee of the week. A re-worked version of a twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 9, re-used in Big Brother Brasil 10.

Once in a while, the Big Phone rings, unleashing good or bad consequences on the nomination process for those who decide to answer it. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 8, permanent from then onwards.

At the beginning of each week, the previous Head of Household may or may not be given the opportunity to disqualify some housemates from competing in the upcoming HoH competition. Twist introduced in Big Brother Brasil 12, permanent from then onwards.

Introduced this season, the counterattack is a surprise power given to either the HoH's nominee and/or the House's nominee, in which they have the opportunity to automatically nominate an additional housemate for eviction. While viewers are informed when the power will be featured in advance (on Thursdays before the Head of Household competition even takes place), the housemates are only informed about the twist on the spot, during Sunday's live nominations.

Thelma Assis (Winner), Rafa Kalimann (Runner-up) and Manu Gavassi (Third place), the finalists of Big Brother Brasil 20.

The cast of 18 official housemates was unveiled on January 18, 2020, three days before the premiere, during breaks in TV Globo programming and on Gshow. On January 31, four more candidates were revealed, who entered the Glass House competing for the last two spots in the game Daniel Lenhardt and Ivy Moraes secured the final two spots in the program by winning the popular vote against Daniel Caon and Renata Dornelles, respectively.^[16]

Glass House housemates

The cast list was unveiled on January 31, 2020.^[17]

In 2021, Pyong Lee appeared as a contestant on the first season of Bake Off Celebridades 1, he finished in tied 3rd place in the competition. Pyong also appeared in Ilha Record 1, where he runner-up in the competition.

In 2021, Thelma Assis appeared on Big Brother Brasil 21 as a host in an activity.

In 2021, Guilherme Napolitano and Lucas Chumbo appeared in No Limite 5. Chumbo finished in 13th place, while Guilherme finished in 9th place.

In 2022, Ivy Moraes, with her boyfriend Nandinho Borges, and Hadson Nery, with his wife Eliza Fagundes, appeared in Power Couple Brasil 6. Ivy & Nandinho finished in 8th place, while Hadson & Eliza finished in 5th place.

In 2022, Guilherme Napolitano appeared in Bake Off Celebridades 2, he finished in 15th place.

In 2023, Babu Santana and Flayslane Raiane appeared in The Masked Singer Brasil 3. Babu, as the Coruja (Owl), placed 6th, while Flayslane, as the DJ Vitória-Régia (DJ Water-Lily), won the competition.

In 2024, Gizelly Bicalho appeared in A Fazenda 16, she entered in the Warehouse where the public voted for four contestants to move into the main house, she received enough votes to enter in the game and finished in 14th place in the competition.

Key

  – Civilians

  – Celebrities

  – Glass House Civilians

• ^Note 1 :   On Day 1, the housemates (divided as "Celebrities" and "Civilians"), competed in an endurance competition for immunity. After 9 hours, the "Civilians" won immunity for the first nominations.
• ^Note 2 : This week, Big Brother revealed to the viewers that the winner of the Power of Immunity competition, instead of giving immunity to someone else, would win the immunity. The housemates were only informed about the twist during the live nominations.
• ^Note 3 : This week, top 2 vote recipients beceame the House's Nominees.
• ^Note 4 :     Caon, Daniel, Ivy and Renata, entered the Glass House on Day 12, where the public voted to save two of them (one man and one woman). Ivy and Daniel received the most votes and moved into the main house on Day 16. Upon entry to the house, Ivy & Daniel received immunity for their first week in the main game.
• ^Note 5 :   Unbeknownst to the housemates, the housemate positioned at station 7 on this week's HoH competition would win the power to instantly nominate a housemate for eviction. Pyong was that housemate and then nominated Petrix.
• ^Note 6 :   On Day 12, Petrix answered the Big Phone and was tasked with nominating a second housemate for eviction. He nominated Pyong.
• ^Note 7 : Petrix was originally scheduled to compete in the Power of Veto alongside the housemate nominated by the House vote. However, before the live nominations, due to the controversy surrounding the foot race between him and Pyong to answer the Big Phone the night before, Big Brother revealed to the viewers that the competition was cancelled and all four nominees would be face Brazil's vote.^[18]
• ^Note 8 : This week, the Housemates nominated in a face-to-face round of voting.
• ^Note 9 :  As the loser of the HoH competition, Marcela was automatically nominated for eviction.
• ^Note 10 :   Felipe answered the Big Phone and was awarded immunity.
• ^Note 11 :   After winning the HoH competition, Rafa had to pick 3 housemates to receive a 'bottle of consequences'. She chose Bianca, Felipe and Flayslane. The consequences were as follows:
  • Bianca lost 300 Estalecas
  • Felipe was removed from the week's Power of Immunity competition
  • Flayslane was automatically nominated for eviction
• ^Note 12 : There was no Power of Veto during this week.
• ^Note 13 :   This week, both the HoH's nominee & the House's nominee had the power to name an additional nominee. During the nominations, Ivy, as HoH, nominated Guilherme, who in-turn nominated Pyong. The Housemates nominated Felipe, who in turn nominated Gizelly.
• ^Note 14 : After the Power of Immunity competition, Big Brother revealed the "White Room" and forced the PoI holder to pick a fellow Housemate to go to the room. PoI Ivy picked Felipe, who had to pick two more Housemates to join him: Gizelly and Manu. In the room, they were told that they were all nominated for eviction, however they were given a dilemma - should one of three elect to press the red button, the trio would be freed from the room and save the other two from being nominated. Manu pressed the button, removing Felipe & Gizelly from nominations.
• ^Note 15 :   Unbeknownst to the housemates, the first and the last housemates eliminated from week 8's HoH endurance competition would be instantly nominated for eviction. Babu was the first to leave, while Rafa was the last, so they became the first two nominees of the week. The housemates were only informed about the twist during the live nominations.
• ^Note 16 :     During Week 9's HoH endurance competition, the first housemate eliminated would be automatically nominated, while the last eliminated housemate would win immunity.
• ^Note 17 :   The House's nominee had the power to name an additional nominee. During the nominations, the Housemates nominated Felipe, who in-turn nominated Ivy.
• ^Note 18 :   Week 10's HoH competition, was a pairs competition. The winning pair of Gizelly and Ivy had to allocate among themselves the HoH title (chosen by Gizelly) & a cash prize of R$10.000 (chosen by Ivy). Additionally, the losing pair would be automatically nominated. Gabi & Mari lost and were automatically nominated for eviction.
• ^Note 19 :   This week, the HoH's nominee had the power to name an additional nominee. During the nominations, Gizelly, as HoH, nominated Felipe, who in-turn nominated Manu.
• ^Note 20 : As Head of Household, Gizelly was forced to break the tie between Babu, Flayslane and Rafa (with three votes each). She nominated Flayslane.
• ^Note 21 : Week 10 featured the final veto competition and it was a double Veto. Of the 4 Veto players, 2 would win a veto and avoid nominations, leaving the other two facing Brazil's vote alongside the HoH's nominee.
• ^Note 22 : As Head of Household, Flayslane was forced to break the tie between Babu and Mari (with four votes each). She nominated Babu.
• ^Note 23 :   This round, the House's nominee had the power to name an additional nominee. During the nominations, the Housemates nominated Babu, who in-turn nominated Gabi.
• ^Note 24 : From this point forward, all nominations would be made in face-to-face voting.
• ^Note 25 : This round, the House (except Head of Household Thelma) was divided into two groups of four each, where they could only nominate a housemate from the other group. The first group (Babu, Manu, Mari and Rafa) nominated Marcela with two votes. The second group (Flayslane, Gizelly, Ivy and Marcela) nominated Babu with two votes.
• ^Note 26 : As Head of Household, Ivy was forced to break the tie between Babu, Gizelly, Manu and Rafa (with one vote each) to determine the House's second nominee. She nominated Babu.
• ^Note 27 : This round, two Housemates were nominated by the house - the Haves (Babu, Rafa and Thelma) had to vote to nominate one of their own, and the Have-Nots (Gizelly, Ivy and Mari) nominating one of their own. As Mari was previously nominated by the HoH Manu, Gizelly and Ivy remained with no options for nominating. So, Mari was the only one from the Have-Not group to cast a vote.
• ^Note 28 :   This round, the House's nominee had the power to name an additional nominee. During the nominations, the Housemates nominated Ivy, who in-turn nominated Thelma.
• ^Note 29 :   This round, the House's nominee had the power to name an additional nominee. During the nominations, the Housemates nominated Manu, who in-turn nominated Babu.
• ^Note 30 :     Manu won the final competition, winning immunity from the final eviction and granting her a place in the Finale. Babu, Rafa and Thelma were automatically nominated for eviction by default.
• ^Note 31 : For the final, the public will vote for the housemate they want to win Big Brother Brasil 20.

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

• In 2020, each point represents 260.558 households in 15 market cities in Brazil (74.987 households in São Paulo).
• ^Note 1 : This episode aired on a special time at 10:30 p.m.
• ^Note 2 : This episode aired on a special time at 9:45 p.m.
• ^Note 3 : This episode aired on a special time at 8:00 p.m.

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