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.
Format 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.
Controversy 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.
Series overview Season Number of Duration dates Placements Couples Weeks Winner Runner-up Third place 1 14 13 3 April –26 June 2017 Maytê PiragibePaulo Victor Souza Jade BarbosaLucas Teodoro Leo MiggiorinDani de Lova 2 12 10 24 July –25 September 2017 Yudi TamashiroBárbara Guerra Suzana AlvesTutu Morasi LexaLucas Teodoro 3 15 13 17 January –11 April 2018 Geovanna TominagaLucas Teodoro Raissa SantanaPaulo Victor Souza Bárbara BorgesMarquinhos Costa 4 14 11 26 September –5 December 2018 Pérola FariaFernando Perrotti Lu AndradeMarquinhos Costa Allan Souza LimaCarol Dias 5 13 11 3 July –11 September 2019 D'BlackCarol Dias Dany HypólitoMarquinhos Costa Bia FeresPaulo Victor Souza
Ratings 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 5.0 7.2 2017–18 5.9 2 6.3 7.8 5.8 3 Wednesday 10:30 pm 8.1 6.7 6.2 4 Wednesday 11:00 pm 5.9 7.0 2018–19 6.0 5 Wednesday 10:45 pm 6.7 6.4 2019–20 5.3
References
External links Dancing Brasil on R7.com