[4][5] As part of the twist for this season, six (seven later) former housemates re-entered the Big Brother House for another chance to win the grand prize, bringing the total number of finalists to twenty-one.
Fani Pacheco was the only veteran to place higher than in her original season (7th to 6th) while other returnees ranked lower.
[8] On January 5, 2013, six housemates were locked for seven days in a Glass House located at Santana Parque Shopping in São Paulo.
[10] For the first Head of Household (HoH) competition of the season, Big Brother divided the housemates into two teams: the Veterans and the Newbies.
On January 12, 2013, Big Brother Brasil 1 winner and current HoH at the time, Bambam, walked out of the game.
[13] This season however, started on week 4, the vetoed housemates could remove themselves from the block and compete for HoH if they win the Save Me Challenge, which takes place on Wednesdays nights.
On week 3, after a fake Head of Household competition, housemates were told there's gonna be a surprise eviction.
[18] Around 11:30pm, Kamilla finally returned to the house during the Disco party and then, explained to her shocked fellow housemates what happened to her.
[24] The mystery box ended up being placed in the house only at 2:30pm due this week's HoH endurance competition overrun.
[29] After that, Miguel left the house promising to Fani (whom he had a brief showmance) that he will wait for her outside, which she replied stating "I loved it all!
[33] (ages stated at time of contest) After this season, in 2013, Kelly Baron, from the glass house, appeared in Big Brother VIP from Portugal, she finished in 4th place.
In 2019, André Coelho, from the glass house, appeared with his wife Clara Maia in Power Couple Brasil 4, they finished in 3rd place.