Ídolos Brazil 4 was the fourth season of Brazilian reality

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 interactive talent show Ídolos (second aired on Rede Record

Rede Record

Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...

), which premiered August 18, 2009 with the season finale airing on December 16, 2009.

Rodrigo Faro

Rodrigo Faro

Rodrigo Faro is a Brazilian telenovela actor, singer, dancer and TV presenter.He was a singer of the boy band Dominó.-Television jobs:*A Indomada *Malhação *Suave Veneno...

 returned as a host from last year and the judging panel again consists of Luís Calainho, Paula Lima

Paula Lima

Paula Lima is a Brazilian singer and composer whose music is influenced by bossa, percussion, samba, Brazilian soul, international funk music and one of judges of Brazilian Idol, Ídolos Brazil ....

 and Marco Camargo.

Saulo Roston

Saulo Roston

Saulo do Amaral Freire Oliveira Souza , best known as Saulo Roston, is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the fourth season of the reality television show Ídolos Brazil.-Biography:...

 won the competition with Diego Moraes as the first runner-up and Hélen Lyu finishing third.

Regional Auditions

Auditions were held in the following cities:

During this stage guest judges filled in a special fourth judging seat.

Episode Air Date	Audition City	Audition Date	Audition Venue	Guest Fourth Judge
Aug 18, 2009	Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...	May 14, 2009	Paulo Sarasate Gymnasium	No Guest Judge
Aug 19, 2009
Aug 25, 2009	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	May 21, 2009	Anhembi Sambadrome Anhembi Anhembi is a Brazilian city in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2004 was 5,047. The area is 738.232 km².It also is the name of a big Convention Center in São Paulo....
Aug 26, 2009	Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...	April 25, 2009	Barigui Park
Sep 01, 2009
Set 02, 2009	Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...	May 3, 2009	Chevrolet Hall Marista Hall Marista Hall, currently named Chevrolet Hall, is a convention centre in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, created by the Marist Brothers institution UBEE, the Brazilian Association of Education and Teaching. The goal was to create an environment with a great diversity of spaces...
Set 02, 2009	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	May 28, 2009	Fort Copacabana Fort Copacabana Fort Copacabana is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro...	Fernanda Abreu Fernanda Abreu -Biography:Fernanda was born and raised in a middle-class family of the South Zone, a neighborhood of Rio. Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until 1986...
Set 08, 2009		May 29, 2009		Jon Secada Jon Secada Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...
Set 09, 2009		May 30, 2009	Windsor Hotel Windsor Hotel Windsor Hotel may refer to:in Australia*Hotel Windsor , Australiain Canada*Windsor Hotel , Canada*Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto, Canadain Japan*The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa, Hokkaidō, Japanin the United States...	No Guest Judge

Chorus Line

The first day of Theater Week featured the eighty-six contestants from the auditions round. Divided into groups, the contestants go up on stage and individually sing a song a capella. Sixty-seven advanced.

Groups

The sixty-seven remaining contestants were divided in groups of four or three. They had to pick a song and sing accompanied by a soundtrack. Forty-eight advanced.

Solos

The forty-eight remaining contestants had to choose a music and singing accompanied by a band and can also play an instrument. The contestants were divided into three rooms: square, circle and triangle. The twelve contestants on the square room were eliminated, while the twelve contestants on the circle room advanced to the semifinals.

Final Cut

The twenty-four remaining contestants who were in the triangle room knew that had not been defined a unanimous verdict for them. In the end, the judges take the contestants in pairs and tell them if they made the final twenty-four.

Semi-Finals

The twenty-four semifinalists were split by gender into two groups. Each contestant would then sing in their respective group's night. The top six contestants from each group made it to the finals. The guys performed on September 29, 2009 and the girls on October 7, 2009, with results show on the following night.

Finalists

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Audition Location	Voted Off
Saulo Roston Saulo Roston Saulo do Amaral Freire Oliveira Souza , best known as Saulo Roston, is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the fourth season of the reality television show Ídolos Brazil.-Biography:...	20	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	São Paulo	Winner
Diego Moraes	23	Campinas Campinas Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....	São Paulo	Dec 16, 2009
Helen Lyu	18	Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...	Curitiba	Dec 09, 2009
Priscila Borges	26	São Vicente São Vicente São Vicente may refer to:-In Africa:In Cape Verde* São Vicente, Cape Verde, an island in Cape Verde* São Vicente, Guinea-Bissau, a village in Guinea-Bissau-In the Americas:In Brazil...	São Paulo	Dec 02, 2009
Dani Moraes	25	Pedra Azul Pedra Azul Pedra Azul is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the northeast of the state, in the Jequitinhonha River valley region. The population in 2007 was 24,851 in a total area of 1,619 km²....	Belo Horizonte	Nov 25, 2009
Marcos Paulo	19	Manaus Manaus Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....	São Paulo	Nov 18, 2009
Marcos Duarte	25	Santa Quitéria	Fortaleza	Nov 11, 2009
Julio Cesar	21	Sapopemba	São Paulo	Nov 04, 2009
Taissa de Araujo	24	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Rio de Janeiro	Nov 04, 2009
Thais Bonizzi	20	Barueri Barueri Barueri is a Brazilian city in the state of São Paulo located in the northwestern part of the Greater São Paulo metropolitan area. The population in 2006 is estimated to be 265,549, the population density is 4,149.2 per km² and the area of 64 km²....	São Paulo	Oct 28, 2009
Raquel Soares	23	Itaguaí Itaguaí Itaguaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 93,662 and its area is 272 km². The city was founded in 1688....	Rio de Janeiro	Oct 21, 2009
Evandro Elias	25	Jacarezinho	Rio de Janeiro	Oct 14, 2009

Elimination chart

Legend

Did Not Perform	Female	Male	Top 24	Top 12	Winner

Safe

Safe First

Safe Last

Eliminated

Stage:		Semi-Finals		Finals
Week:		09/30	10/07	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/04	11/11	11/18	11/25	12/02	12/09	12/16
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Saulo Roston	Top 12					Bottom 3						Winner
2	Diego Moraes	Top 12						Bottom 3			Bottom 2		Runner-Up
3	Helen Lyu		Top 12							Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Elim
4	Priscila Borges		Top 12					Bottom 3	Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Elim
5	Dani Morais		Top 12			Bottom 2		Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Elim
6	Marcos Paulo	Top 12			Bottom 3		Bottom 4		Elim
7	Marcos Duarte	Top 12						WD
8-9	Julio Cesar	Top 12			Bottom 2	Bottom 3	Elim
	Taissa de Araujo		Top 12
10	Thais Bonizzi		Top 12	Bottom 2		Elim
11	Raquel Soares		Top 12	Bottom 3	Elim
12	Evandro Elias	Top 12		Elim
Semi- Final 2	Aline Moreira		Elim
	Barbara Amorim
	Mayara Magalhães
	Melina Marçal
	Natalia Rodrigues
	Suzi de Paula
Semi- Final 1	Cosme Motta	Elim
	Jesus Henrique
	Juicer Junio
	Leo Bruno
	Maycon Balbino
	Phelipe Carvalho

Results Night Performances

Week	Performer(s)	Title	Performance Type
Top 10	Diogo Nogueira Diogo Nogueira Diogo Nogueira is a singer and songwriter from Brazil. He is the son of composer João Nogueira and Ângela Maria Nogueira...	"Tô Fazendo a Minha"	live performance
Top 7	Paulo Ricardo RPM (Brazilian band) RPM , is a Brazilian Pop Rock band. It was formed by singer/bassist Paulo Ricardo, keyboardist Luiz Schiavon, guitarist Fernando Deluqui and drummer Paulo Antônio "P.A." Pagni....	"Olhar 43"	live performance
Top 6	Wando	"Moça"	live performance
Top 5	Fresno Fresno Fresno is the fifth largest city in California.Fresno may also refer to:-Places:Colombia* Fresno, TolimaSpain* Fresno, a ghost village in Nidáliga, Valle de Sedano, Burgos* Aldea del Fresno, Madrid* Fresno de la Vega, Ribera del Esla, León...	"Tô Fazendo a Minha"	live performance
Top 3	Billy Paul Billy Paul Billy Paul is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones" as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences...	"Your Song Your Song "Your Song" is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. It appeared on John's self-titled second album in 1970.... "	live performance
Top 2 Finale	Maria Rita Maria Rita Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...	"Homem Falou"	live performance
	Davi Metal & Andreas Kisser Andreas Kisser Andreas Rudolf Kisser is the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura as well as the rock supergroup HAIL!-Biography:...	"Meu Ursinho"	live performance
	Maria Rita Maria Rita Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...	"A Festa"	live performance
	Alexandre Pires Alexandre Pires Alexandre Pires do Nascimento is a Brazilian singer. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 80s....	"Sá Marina"	live performance
	Alexandre Pires Alexandre Pires Alexandre Pires do Nascimento is a Brazilian singer. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 80s....	"Cigano"	live performance

External links

• Ídolos Brazil website