Brazil | |
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Area |
8.4. million |
Population |
201 million |
Cities |
Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Salvador |
Brazil is the largest country in South America, and the Southern Hemisphere. It is the largest Lusophone speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas. It is known for the sport of soccer, which they have won many FIFA World Cup titles. Brazil has hosted the World Cup in 1950 and 2014, as the 2014 World Cup is used by Unanimous often and Backbone not a lot.
Brazil participated in Ben and Toad's Contest for the first season, and returned for the fourth due to the rules allowing a Brazilian contestant.
Brazil is known for their hot days and climate of the weather when they usually participate in the Summer Olympics. Due to the hot weather, they didn't participate in the Winter Games from Chamoix 1924 until Albertville 1992. Brazil will be hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the first city in South America, a Lusophone-speaking country hosts an Olympic Games. It would be two years after the 2014 World Cup is held in the same country. It will be the first one that is not held in a country's capital since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Brazil is home to Brasilia, and it's largest cities, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador and Belo Horizonte. It hosts a race in the IndyCar series: the Sao Paulo Indy 300, from 2010 until 2013. In 2014, it was removed from the schedule due to conflicts with the FIFA World Cup from June 12 until July 13. In 2015, Brazil will host another IndyCar race since the 2014 FIFA World Cup was held in Brazil.
Ben and Toad's Contest Trials
Brazil usually sends their only contestant, race car driver Hélio Castroneves to season 1 with the Unanimous team; but due to his IndyCar driving the season ones mostly have 41 contestants. Sometimes Brazil sends snowboarder Isabel Clark Ribeiro to BATC.
- Trial 1 (Season 4)
Contestant | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-Finals | Finals | |
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Name | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time | |
Isabel Clark | 18 | Did not advance | ||||
Hélio Castroneves | 2 Q | Ekaterina Ilyukhina (RUS) W -20.86 |
Mao Asada (JPN) W -0.30 |
Shakira (COL) W DSQ |
Apolo Ohno (USA) W -15.97 |
BATC Results
Both Unanimous and Backbone's trials for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were in Rio de Janeiro, the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The four lowest were relegated to Division I, played in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- Unanimous (12 October 2013)
Rank | Contestant | Country |
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1 | Gilles Marini | France |
2 | Joey Fatone | United States |
3 | Victor An | Russia |
4 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States |
5 | Lee Jung-Su | South Korea |
6 | Drew Lachey | United States |
7 | Emmitt Smith | United States |
8 | Hines Ward | United States |
9 | Allen Ford | Canada |
10 | Benjamin Karl | Austria |
11 | Donny Osmond | United States |
12 | Drake | Canada |
13 | Hélio Castroneves | Brazil |
14 | J. R. Martinez | United States |
- Castroneves suffered gearbox troubles during Houston, which he was relegated to Division I.
- Shizuka Arakawa was a replacement helper for Hanae Kimura from June 12, 2013 to present. She still continues from her death on June 16, 2014.
- Backbone (12 October 2013)
Rank | Contestant | Nation |
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1 | Melissa Rycroft | United States |
2 | Shawn Johnson | United States |
3 | Sabrina Bryan | United States |
4 | Kelly Monaco | United States |
5 | Mao Asada | Japan |
6 | Yuna Kim | South Korea |
7 | Peyton List | United States |
8 | Demi Lovato | United States |
9 | Kirstie Alley | United States |
10 | Tomoka Takeuchi | Japan |
11 | Kourtney Kardashian | United States |
12 | Bristol Palin | United States |
13 | Kim Kardashian | United States |
14 | Pamela Anderson | Canada |
Relegated to Division I |
Notable People
- Adriana Lima - Model
- Hélio Castroneves - Race car driver, 3-time Indy 500 champion, Dancing with the Stars winner
- Oscar Niemeyer - Architect
- Tony Kanaan - Race car driver
- Marta - soccer player
- Neymar - soccer player
- Ronaldo - soccer player
- Isabel Clark Ribeiro - Snowboarder