Overview
- Invited by TV Globo, Edílson joined the show's Camarote lineup of celebrity contestants for the 2026 edition.
- Inside the house, he told fellow participants he came for the prize money, saying he trusted the wrong people and lost wealth.
- The top prize totals 5,440,000 reais, roughly one million dollars, which he frames as a chance to stabilize his finances.
- The former forward was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup–winning squad and had stints with Palmeiras, Corinthians, Flamengo, Cruzeiro and Benfica, among others.
- Coverage revisits past arrests over unpaid child support and a lottery-fraud investigation he says ended without conviction, with no new legal developments reported.