A Fazenda 15

A Fazenda 15^[a] was the fifteenth season of the Brazilian reality show A Fazenda broadcast by RecordTV, which premiered on 19 September 2023, and concluded on 21 December 2023. Hosted by Adriane Galisteu, the season featured 22 contestants competing for the prize of R$1.5 million, under the general direction of Rodrigo Carelli.^[1][2]

On December 21, 2023, digital influencer Jaquelline Grohalski won the competition with 56.17% of the public vote over actor André Gonçalves (25.77%), former volleyball player Márcia Fu (12.78%) and digital influencer WL Guimarães (5.28%). Jaquelline received R$1.5 million and an electric car model BYD Dolphin. André was awarded R$100.000 prize and Márcia R$50.000 prize for finishing in second and third place, respectively.^[3]

The show was broadcast daily by RecordTV. The transmission was carried out on pay-per-view (PPV) 24 hours a day, through the streaming service for PlayPlus subscribers. It aired from Monday to Saturday at 10:45 PM and on Sundays at 11:00 PM.

The final stretch of the season began after the elimination of Radamés Furlan and Cezar Black on 14 December 2023, and lasted for 7 days, covering the last 2 eliminations until the Grand Finale on 21 December 2023.

The fifteenth season features twenty-two contestants.^[1] The schedule of the reality show remains the same:^[1]

• Sunday: Highlights of the week and Farmer's Ranch.
• Monday: Fire Challenge and Nomination Dynamics.
• Tuesday: Formation of the Nomination.
• Wednesday: Farmer's Challenge.
• Thursday: Elimination.
• Friday: Post-elimination and live flashes of the Party.
• Saturday: Everything that happened at the party and post-party on Friday.

During their time in confinement, the contestants have to perform various daily tasks involving animals and the plantation, being accompanied by instructors who teach them how to care for the animals and maintain the farm.^[4]

• Diogo Barbieri — Caretaker
• Fernanda Manelli — Zootechnician
• Eryck Pinareli — Veterinarian

The comedian Márvio Lúcio, known as Carioca, hosts "SofáZenda," a segment set in a fixed scenario simulating a TV room. With a good dose of humor and relaxation, Carioca follows everything that happens in the confinement, commenting and cheering like a viewer, occasionally interacting with Adriane Galisteu when appropriate. In "SofáZenda," the comedian plays himself and also his wife in a sketch where the two characters talk about the week's events in the reality show.^[5][6]

The fifteenth season of A Fazenda features the Cabine de Descompressão (Decompression Booth), exclusively available to PlayPlus subscribers. In this segment, Lucas Maciel interviews the eliminated contestant of the week just minutes after their eviction, questioning them about their actions, showing videos from the confinement, and discussing the public's reaction on social media.^[7][8]

During the formation of the Week 2's nominations on 3 October 2023, and the following day, Cariúcha and Yuri Meirelles used homophobic terms to refer to Lucas Souza during arguments.^{[9][10][11][12]}

The incident caused outrage on social media, with calls for Yuri's ejection and the deactivation of Cariúcha's official Instagram profile.^[13][14]

During the live broadcast of the week's Farmer's competition, the host Adriane Galisteu condemned homophobia without mentioning the contestant, emphasizing the unacceptability of prejudice, with a threat of ejection for persistent behavior.^[15]

On October 5, 2023, Darlan Cunha, known as Laranjinha, tried to circumvent the rules by agreeing with Cariúcha and Jenny Miranda to give signals about the repercussion of both contestants with the public during the plaque activity in the "A Fazenda — Last Chance" section of the "Hora do Faro" program. Due to this attempt, Laranjinha's contact with the contestants was prohibited, and his signs were not shown to the contestants.

On October 31, 2023, a sound car near the studios broadcast a message that caused the PlayPlus broadcast to be suspended for more than 40 minutes, saying: "Attention! Jenny is canceled. Kally, watch out for Warehouse. Rachel winner!".

On November 12, 2023, another sound car drove around the show's headquarters, but the contestants were unable to hear the content of the message clearly, so everyone remained inside the main House with the music playing loudly, to prevent the message from being heard by the contestants.

Internet users accused Kamila Simioni of sexual harassment after a video went viral on social media, showing the contestant groping Shayan Haghbin's private parts moments before the formation of Week 4's nominations on October 17. There were calls for Simioni's ejection, and Shayan's team rejected the move, while the businesswoman's team stated that the two were close enough to do so.

On October 23, Shayan alleged that Kamila, under the influence of alcohol, had bitten his genitals during a party, generating more controversy and calls for ejection. An old video showed Kamila biting Shayan's private parts again, leading to the resurgence of the hashtag #SIMIONIEJECTED on social media. Simioni's team said the actions were friendly banter and were not intended to violate Shayan's rights. After that, the tag #SIMIONIEJECTED started circulating on social media again.

On October 19, 2023, during the delegation of animal tasks, the Farmer of the week Jenny Miranda assigned Rachel Sheherazade to take care of the sheep. Sheherazade promptly said she would not do the job, pointing out that she was sore from taking care of the garbage the previous week, and that if she put her in the role, the Farmer should do it in her place. The journalist's refusal to choose Jenny led to an argument between the two. The fact had repercussions at main House, since failure to perform the tasks results in severe collective punishment. After the sheep's warning sounded twice and was not answered by the participants, the workers were punished and left without gas for a period of 48 hours. As a result, a fight broke out between different workers.

That morning, after the punishment, Rachel decided that she would do the task, counting on the help of contestant Lucas Souza, which led to another confrontation between the contestants. At the time, Jenny went down to the animal area and said that she would help Rachel with the task. However, the journalist did not accept and said that she would complete the task with Lucas' help, but only for that day. During an argument in the workshop, Rachel raised her voice, Jenny shouted back at her to lower her voice and, at that moment, Rachel put her hand on the Farmer's face in an act of defense while she was cornered. The moment, which was not broadcast on PlayPlus, caused the immediate ejection of the journalist. Due to this, the public vote of the Week 4's eviction from season, formed by André Gonçalves, Kally Fonseca and Nadja Pessoa, ended up being canceled. The images of the aggression were shown on the program at night, in addition to the position of the show's management.

Rachel's ejection also had repercussions outside the program, causing many celebrities, including former contestants such as Jojo Todynho, Rico Melquiades, Bárbara Borges, Bia Miranda, Dynho Alves, Liziane Gutierrez and Gretchen, to issue a position in favor of Sheherazade and against the program. Fans of the journalist launched a campaign on social media for sponsors to terminate their contracts and for Internet users to cancel the streaming service PlayPlus, which broadcasts the program 24 hours a day. Viewers and former contestants, such as Rico and Liziane, criticized the cancellation of eviction and the lack of a position from the management in similar situations of aggression in other seasons. Rachel was considered the favorite to win the season of the show.

During a party on October 21, 2023, Kamila Simioni hit Radamés Furlan with one of her braids, generating calls for ejection on social media with the hashtag "SIMIONI EJECTED".

At the same party, Jenny Miranda also caused controversy by hitting WL Guimarães in the face with her coat. Despite calls for her ejection, the broadcaster claimed that the events that occurred were not aggressions during a conflict.

On November 22, 2023, contestant Lucas Souza left the program after some disagreements with contestants Cezar Black, Alicia X and Kally Fonseca, claiming that the coach's mental health had been shaken. The night before, during the formation of the Week 9's nominations, he had a disagreement with contestant Black, who accused him of wanting to become rich and famous at the expense of singer Jojo Todynho — information that had been revealed by Kally to the nurse.

On November 20, after an action sponsored by Betano, he argued with Black, even threatening to physically assault him inside the confinement, even though it would result in his ejection if the subject was mentioned again by the nurse.^[16][17]

Due to the events of the previous season and the negative repercussions among the public, this season was marked by some interventions by the show's production team, which divided the public and critics.

On October 4, during the evening program, in addition to speaking out about the homophobic comments, the host Adriane Galisteu also denied the contestant and Kamila Simioni for another accusation made against Rachel Sheherazade. Cariúcha and Simioni claimed that Rachel had told Cariúcha not to spit on her during an argument, as it could transmit diseases, since Cariúcha is of African descent. Galisteu confirmed that the audience watched the activity and that Rachel only told her not to spit so as not to risk being ejected. Even so, both the singer and the businesswoman continued to doubt the authenticity of the host's statements. During and after the nominations of the week, Sheherazade stated that she will file a lawsuit against the singer for defamation, since the journalist had not acted racistly towards the contestant.

On October 17, during the Week 4's nominations, Galisteu publicly clarified that Cezar Black had not assaulted Jenny Miranda at the party that week. On the day of the event, the contestant had a disagreement with Kally at the entrance to the main House and ended up having to be separated by her colleagues. During this time, WL Guimarães grabbed Jenny's arm, which the contestant believed to have been Black. With that, she accused the nurse of assault and went to the closet to ask for an analysis of the images of the moment. There was no statement from the production team at the time.

On October 24, during the Week 5's nominations, Galisteu put an end to Kamila Simioni and Lily Nobre's story about Jaquelline Grohalski having had the desire to kiss Tonzão Chagas, supposedly referred to by her as Ton, at the party that week. In addition to the edition having recapitulated the moment, in which Jaquelline says "another man", the host denied the story live to avoid worsening the accusations, since Tonzão is engaged.

The celebrities were officially revealed by RecordTV on 14 September 2023.^[18][19]

In 2025, Radamés Furlan appeared with his wife Carol Furlan in Power Couple Brasil 7.

This season, 10 celebrities (7 former reality show contestants and 3 digital influencers from Kwai, one of the sponsors from this season) enter the Warehouse to compete in a public vote for the final 4 spots (2 men and 2 women) in the Farm, bringing the total number of contestants up to 22.^[20][21]

Pessoa and Haghbin previously appeared in A Fazenda 10 and A Fazenda 14 respectively. Both were ejected after aggressive behaviours. Nadja finished in 10th place, while Haghbin shared 16th-15th place with Tiago Ramos.^[22]

Each week, contestants (determined by a random draw) compete in the Fire challenge to win the Lamp power. The Lamp power entitles the holder two flames (white and orange), which may unleash good or bad consequences on the nomination process, with the orange flame power defined by the public through the show's profile on Kwai among two options.

The winner chooses a flame for itself and delegates which contestant holds the other. The Flame holder's choice is marked in bold.

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.

• In 2023, each point represents 268.083 households in 15 market cities in Brazil (76.953 households in São Paulo).

• A Fazenda 15 on R7.com (in Portuguese)