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A Fazenda 3


A Fazenda 3 was the third season of the Brazilian reality television series A Fazenda which premiered September 28, 2010 with the finale airing on December 21, 2010 on the Rede Record television network.

The third season was confirmed on late–January 2010, before the finale of the second season by Rede Record. Britto Junior and Chris Couto reprise their hosting stints for the show, while Carolina Magalhães Carolina Magalhães make her debut as the show's special reporter.

The winner was 33-year-old model Daniel Bueno from Porto Alegre, who defeated the actor Sergio Abreu and model Lisi Benitez with 44% of the votes, against 40% of Sergio and 16% of Lisi.

Fellow contestant Monique Evans was contender to be a competitor on A Fazenda 4. She won the public vote and finished the season as runner-up.

There were fifteen celebrity contestants competing for the grand prize, making this the first season to have an odd number of original contestants. The prize award was R$2,000,000 without tax allowances, the biggest prize in history of Brazilian reality television.

The season lasted 85 days, a decrease of four days over the previous season. Instead of the Final Two, this season was a Final Three facing the public vote at the Finale Night.

The cast list was officially unveiled at the launch night on Tuesday, September 28, 2010.

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

Contestants entered the farm on September 27, 2012.


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