Currently in its 10th season, this Portuguese-language version of the Dutch original, popularized in so many countries, enjoys particularly wide audiences in Brazil. The Brazilian Big Brother house is judged to be one of the most extravagant of all BB houses, and several of its cast members have gone on to much larger careers, most notably Season 5 contestant Grazielli Massafera, who has appeared on more than 100 magazine covers and landed a scripted television role in a soap opera.
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