No Limite 4

No Limite 4
Season Information
Version	Brazil
Season No.	4
Filming Location	Ceará, Brazil
Filming Dates	July 28, 2009 – September 27, 2009
Season Run	July 30, 2009 – September 27, 2009
No. of Episodes	18
No. of Days	62
No. of Castaways	23
Winner	Luciana de Araújo
Runner(s)-Up	Gabriela Costa
Tribes	Manibu Taiba Carnaúba
Prize for Winner	R$500,000
Season Chronology
Previous	No Limite 3
Next	No Limite 5

No Limite 4 (also known as No Limite: Ceará) is the fourth season of No Limite.

After 62 days, Luciana de Araújo defeated Gabriela Costa in a 6–4 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.

Production

After a nine-year hiatus, No Limite returned to the location where the first season was recorded in 2000 to film a fourth season. Nineteen contestants were chosen by the producers to participate in the show, of which filming took place between July and September 2009. The last original contestant was chosen by a public vote in a competition between two male contestants, which aired on July 26, 2009. Episodes aired twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays. The Tribal Councils were shown live in every episode. The prize for this season increased from R$300,000 and a new car, to R$500,000. The latter prize is roughly equivalent to US$200,000 in 2023.

Twists/Changes

• Longer Game: The game lasted 62 days, 38 days longer than the standard format of No Limite.
• Expanded Cast: For the first time in the series, the starting cast of the season featured 20 castaways divided into two tribes, each with 10 members. This is 8 more contestants than the casting of the standard format.
• Exílio: Based on Exile Island, one castaway from each tribe would be banished to Exílio for the time period between the Immunity Challenge and the next Tribal Council.
• Hidden Immunity Idol: While on Exílio, each exiled castaway picked from one of two urns. One urn contained a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, while the other urn contained nothing.
• Public Vote: For the first time, contestants were eliminated by public vote. On each "cycle" of the show, two members of the losing tribe faced each other in the "Desafio do Portal" ("Gate Challenge", in English) (one member chosen by other team members and the other member chosen by the current team leader), then the public would vote on the contestant they wanted to leave the game. From the fifth episode onwards, this method was dropped, returning the show to its original format.
• Replacements: During the show, three new contestants entered the game, replacing two players who withdrew from the competition and one player who broke the rules and was ejected from the show.
• Jury: This is the first season of No Limite to have a jury comprised of participants eliminated after the merge who would eventually vote to crown the Sole Survivor.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Eneida Diniz 33, Belém, PA	Manibu		1st Voted Out Day 6	8
	Ronaldo Machado 54, Belo Horizonte, MG	Taiba		2nd Voted Out Day 10	4
	Denise Oliveira 27, Pato Branco, PR	Taiba		Quit Day 11	0
	Sibele Maciel 24, Itajaí, SC	Taiba			3
	João Alves 30, Rio de Janeiro, RJ	Manibu		3rd Voted Out Day 13	4
	Luiz Nascimento 35, Rio de Janeiro, RJ	Manibu		Ejected Day 13	0
	Júlia Vasques 26, São Paulo, SP	Manibu		4th Voted Out Day 17	4
	Marcelo "Cebola" Caminha 26, Recife, PE	Manibu		5th Voted Out Day 20	4
	Isabel Oliveira 23, Niterói, RJ	Taiba		6th Voted Out Day 24	8
	Bia Amaral 24, Juiz de Fora, MG	Manibu		7th Voted Out Day 27	6
	Rafael "Rafão" Matos 28, Belo Horizonte, MG	Manibu	Carnaúba	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 31	9
	Taritza Puggina 32, Porto Alegre, RS	Taiba		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 34	9
	Felipe Lima 27, Santos, SP	Manibu		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 38	20
	Gilson Alves 37, Porto Alegre, RS	Taiba		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 41	5
	Marcelo Gaya 30, Porto Alegre, RS	Manibu		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 45	13
	Sandi Ribeiro 29, Rio de Janeiro, RJ	Taiba		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 48	7
	Índia Soares 30, Barreiras, BA	Taiba		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 52	5
	Marcelo Guimarães 24, Itabuna, BA	Taiba		15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 55	3
	Osmar Guesser 31, Florianópolis, SC	Taiba		16th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 59	3
	Alexandre Loureiro 29, Rio de Janeiro, RJ	Taiba		17th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 61	2
	Jéssica da Silva 25, Jundiaí, SP	Manibu		18th Voted Out 11th Jury Member Day 62	3
	Gabriela Costa 28, Juiz de Fora, MG	Taiba		Runner-Up	9
	Luciana de Araújo 38, Goiânia, GO	Manibu		Sole Survivor	12

Season Summary

Episode		Air Date	Challenges		Leader	Portal		Exiled	Eliminated	Results		Finish
			Reward	Immunity		Tribe	Leader			Vote	Public's Vote
1		July 30, 2009	Taiba		Rafão	Eneida	Bia		Eneida	8-2	57%	1st Voted Out Day 6
2		August 2, 2009	Taiba	Manibu	Sandi	Ronaldo	Índia		Ronaldo	4-3-2-1	55%	2nd Voted Out Day 10
3		August 6, 2009	Taiba	Taiba	Bia	João	Felipe		Denise	No Vote	No Vote	Quit Day 11
									Sibele	No Vote	No Vote	Quit Day 11
									João	4-3-2	53%	3rd Voted Out Day 13
									Luiz	No Vote	No Vote	Ejected Day 13
4		August 9, 2009	Manibu	Taiba	Júlia	Júlia	Luciana		Júlia	4-1-1	66%	4th Voted Out Day 17
5		August 13, 2009	Manibu	None					None	No Portal
			Manibu
6		August 16, 2009	Manibu	Taiba				Marcelo	Cebola	4-2-1		5th Voted Out Day 20
								Osmar
7		August 20, 2009	Taiba	Manibu				None	Isabel	8-1		6th Voted Out Day 24
8		August 23, 2009	Manibu	Taiba				Felipe	Bia	3-3; 4-0		7th Voted Out Day 27
			Taiba					Gabriela
9		August 27, 2009	Taiba	Luciana				None	Rafão	9-3-1		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 31
10		August 30, 2009	None	Osmar				Alexandre, Gilson	Taritza	7-4-1		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 34
11		September 3, 2009	None	Osmar				None	Felipe	7-2-1-1		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 38
12		September 6, 2009	Gabriela, Gilson, índia, Marcelo, Osmar	Sandi				Guimarães, Luciana	Gilson	5-2-2-1		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 41
13		September 10, 2009	Índia, Marcelo	Sandi				None	Marcelo	5-3-1		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 45
14		September 13, 2009	Guimarães, Jéssica, Luciana, Sandi	Jéssica				Sandi, Osmar	Sandi	7-1		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 48
15		September 17, 2009	Gabriela, Índia, Osmar	Alexandre				None	Índia	4-2-1		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 52
16		September 20, 2009	Guimarães, [Alexandre]	Osmar				Jéssica	Guimarães	3-2-1		15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 55
17		September 24, 2009	Osmar, [Luciana]	Alexandre				None	Osmar	3-2		16th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 59
18		September 27, 2009	None	Gabriela, Jéssica					Alexandre	2-0		17th Voted Out 11th Jury Member Day 61
				Gabriela					Jéssica	1-0		18th Voted Out 11th Jury Member Day 62
			Jury Vote						Gabriela	6-5		Runner-Up
									Luciana			Sole Survivor

Voting History

		Original Tribes														Merged Tribe
Episode		1		2		3				4		6	7	8		9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Eliminated		Eneida		Ronaldo		Denise & Sibele	João		Luiz	Júlia		Cebola	Isabel	Bia		Rafão	Taritza	Felipe	Gilson	Marcelo	Sandi	Índia	Guimarães	Osmar	Alexandre	Jéssica	Gabriela	Luciana
Vote		8-2	57%	4-3-2-1	55%	No vote	4-3-2	53%	No vote	4-1-1	66%	4-2-1	8-1	3-3	4-0	9-3-1	7-4-1	7-2-1-1	5-2-2-1	5-3-1	7-1	4-2-1	3-2-1	3-2	2-0	1-0	6-5
►	Luciana	Eneida	—	—		—	Marcelo	—	—	Júlia	Saved	Marcelo	—	Felipe	Bia	Felipe	Felipe	Felipe	Gilson	Marcelo	Sandi	Índia	Guimarães	Osmar	None	None	Jury Vote
►	Gabriela	—		Ronaldo	—	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Felipe	Felipe	Marcelo	Marcelo	Sandi	Índia	Guimarães	Osmar	Alexandre	Jéssica
►	Jéssica	Eneida	—	—		—	Marcelo	—	—	Júlia	—	Cebola	—	Felipe	Bia	Felipe	Taritza	Felipe	Gilson	Marcelo	Sandi	Índia	Guimarães	Osmar	Alexandre	None		Luciana
►	Alexandre	—		Ronaldo	—	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Taritza	Jéssica	Gilson	Luciana	Sandi	Luciana	Gabriela	Gabriela	None		Gabriela
►	Osmar	—		Gabriela	—	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Jéssica	Felipe	Gabriela	Gabriela	Sandi	Índia	Luciana	Gabriela				Luciana
►	Guimarães	—		Sibele	—	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Taritza	Felipe	Gilson	Marcelo	Sandi	Gabriela	Luciana					Luciana
►	Índia	—		Ronaldo	Saved	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Taritza	Felipe	Luciana	Luciana	Sandi	Luciana						Luciana
►	Sandi	—		Índia	—	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Taritza	Taritza	Gabriela	Gilson	Marcelo	Índia							Luciana
►	Marcelo	Eneida	—	—		—	João	—	—	Júlia	—	Cebola	—	Bia	Bia	Rafão	Taritza	Luciana	Luciana	Luciana							Gabriela
►	Gilson	—		Sibele	—	—	—		—	—		—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Felipe	Felipe	Marcelo								Gabriela
►	Felipe	Eneida	—	—		—	João	Saved	—	Marcelo	—	Cebola	—	Bia	None	Rafão	Taritza	Luciana										Luciana
►	Taritza	Not in game										—	Isabel	—		Rafão	Felipe										Gabriela
►	Rafão	Bia	—	—		—	Marcelo	—	—	Felipe	—	Cebola	—	Bia	Bia	Felipe											Gabriela
	Bia	Eneida	Saved	—		—	Felipe	—	—	Júlia	—	Marcelo	—	Felipe	None
	Isabel	Not in game										—	Taritza
	Cebola	Not in game										Bia
	Júlia	Eneida	—	—		—	João	—	—	Luciana	Voted Out
	Luiz	Eneida	—	—		—	João	—	Ejected
	João	Eneida	—	—		—	Felipe	Voted Out
	Sibele	—		Ronaldo	—	Quit
	Denise	—		Ronaldo	—
	Ronaldo	—		Sibele	Voted Out
	Eneida	Bia	Voted Out

Trivia

• The opening of this season is the only one from No Limite to feature samples of Ancient Voices (specifically from the theme of Survivor: Panama).
• This is the first season of No Limite to feature a quit.