BBB26 Launches Five Glass Houses as Public Voting Chooses 10 Pipoca Ahead of Sunday Reveal

Overview

• Twenty candidates entered five installations in São Caetano do Sul, Brasília, Salvador, Manaus and Porto Alegre, with one man and one woman from each site advancing to form the 10 Pipoca entrants.
• Voting is taking place on Gshow while 24/7 Globoplay streams and Seleção BBB TV summaries track the candidates, and Tadeu Schmidt will announce the winners live before Fantástico on Sunday, January 11.
• The season premieres Monday, January 12, when the Camarote (invited celebrities) and Veteranos (returning ex-contestants) rosters will be revealed.
• Producers are expanding audience control with three Big Fones triggered by viewers and a developing ‘Laboratório’ mechanism that could let the public replace players, with operational details still to come.
• Production scaled a nationwide rollout that started in October with about 500 staff and is promoting the show’s largest prize to date, reported at roughly R$3 million.