Hipertensão
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Hipertensão is the Brazilian version of Fear Factor
, which premiered April 14, 2002 on the Rede Globo
television network
.
The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. The show pits contestants against each other to complete a series of stunts better and/or quicker than all the other contestants, by doing this in the fastest time, for a grand prize.
The show was hosted by journalist Zeca Camargo in season 1 and will hosted by Glenda Kozlowski
in season 2.
50,000. If a contestant was too scared to attempt a stunt, failed to complete a stunt, or (in some cases) had the worst performance on a stunt, it was eliminated from the competition.
. Like the first stunt, it usually involved heights, water, vehicles, or some combination of the three. In order to avoid ties, this stunt was always competitive. The player with the best performance this round would win the grand prize (R$
50,000 in season 1).
called Hipertensão: Celebrity Special aired a week after the season finale on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 11:00PM.
This episode featured six celebrity contestants competing for charity. The winner would receive R$50,000 for their charity. In the end, voleyball player Tande
came out as the winner.
In Stunt 1, the contestants were hung at 100 feet in the air. and had to hit a moving target. In Stunt 2, the contestants had to separate with your hands as many belly white snakes, lying in a magazine with 10,000 worms in their legs and 5000 cockroaches in their heads. In Stunt 3, underwater, the contestants would have to leave as soon as possible in a padlocked cage, then swim to a buoy.
Fear Factor
Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
, which premiered April 14, 2002 on the Rede Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
.
The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. The show pits contestants against each other to complete a series of stunts better and/or quicker than all the other contestants, by doing this in the fastest time, for a grand prize.
The show was hosted by journalist Zeca Camargo in season 1 and will hosted by Glenda Kozlowski
Glenda Kozlowski
Glenda Kozlowski is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and former bodyboarder. She is best known as host of Esporte Espetacular and Globo Esporte.-Biography:...
in season 2.
Season 1: Hipertensão
The season 1 format involved three men and three women, who had to complete three professional stunts to win R$Brazilian real
The real is the present-day currency of Brazil. Its sign is R$ and its ISO code is BRL. It is subdivided into 100 centavos ....
50,000. If a contestant was too scared to attempt a stunt, failed to complete a stunt, or (in some cases) had the worst performance on a stunt, it was eliminated from the competition.
Season 2: Hipertensão X
The season 2 format will be similar to Fear Factor Extreme (FFX) instead of the original "three-stunt, one winner per episode" format used in the first season. Season 2 will consists of multiple sets of stunts and a set number of contestants over a period of weeks.Season 3: Hipertensão X
It keeps the format of the second season. The third season of Hipertensão would debut in September 2011.Stunt 1
The first stunt was designed to physically test each of the contestants. Usually, the two men and the two women, or the three teams, that gave the best performance would move on to the second stunt.Stunt 2
The second stunt was meant to mentally challenge the contestants. The three most common types of stunts in the second round were eating stunts, animal stunts, and retrieval stunts. Eating stunts entailed ingesting vile animal parts, live bugs, or a blended concoction of multiple gross items; animal stunts entailed immersing one's head or entire body in animals considered to be disgusting or intimidating (such as rats, snakes, or worms).Stunt 3
The third and final stunt was usually something from an extreme type of stunt seen in an action filmAction film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
. Like the first stunt, it usually involved heights, water, vehicles, or some combination of the three. In order to avoid ties, this stunt was always competitive. The player with the best performance this round would win the grand prize (R$
Brazilian real
The real is the present-day currency of Brazil. Its sign is R$ and its ISO code is BRL. It is subdivided into 100 centavos ....
50,000 in season 1).
Celebrity Special
A special spin-offSpin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
called Hipertensão: Celebrity Special aired a week after the season finale on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 11:00PM.
This episode featured six celebrity contestants competing for charity. The winner would receive R$50,000 for their charity. In the end, voleyball player Tande
Tande
Alexandre Ramos Samuel, nickname Tande, is a Brazilian volleyball player. He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team, when he was 12 years old....
came out as the winner.
The Celebrities
(ages stated at time of contest)| Name | Age | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Dieckmann Carolina Dieckmann Carolina Dieckmann is a Brazilian actress.Dieckmann acted in soap operas since 1992. A 2004 article in the Women's Wear Daily described Dieckmann as one of the "fastest-rising actresses" in Brazil.... |
23 | Actress |
| Luciano Huck Luciano Huck Luciano Grostein is a Brazilian television personality and presenter. He is better well-known as Luciano Huck, which is his artistic pseudonym, after the famous jurist Hermes Marcelo Huck.... |
30 | TV Host |
| Janeth Arcain Janeth Arcain Janeth dos Santos Arcain is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997–2005.-WNBA career:Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural... |
33 | Basketball Player |
| Marcos Pasquim Marcos Pasquim Marcos Pasquim is a Brazilian actor.-TV filmography:* 2011 - Morde & Assopra* 2009 - Caras & Bocas* 2008 - Guerra e Paz * 2006 - Pé na Jaca .... Lance... |
32 | Actor |
| Tande Tande Alexandre Ramos Samuel, nickname Tande, is a Brazilian volleyball player. He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team, when he was 12 years old.... |
32 | Voleyball Player |
| Xaiane Dantas Big Brother Brasil 1 Big Brother Brasil 1 was the first season of Big Brother Brasil which premiered January 29, 2002 with the season finale airing April 2, 2002 on the Rede Globo television network.... |
27 | Big Brother 1 Housemate |
In Stunt 1, the contestants were hung at 100 feet in the air. and had to hit a moving target. In Stunt 2, the contestants had to separate with your hands as many belly white snakes, lying in a magazine with 10,000 worms in their legs and 5000 cockroaches in their heads. In Stunt 3, underwater, the contestants would have to leave as soon as possible in a padlocked cage, then swim to a buoy.