The third season of Power Couple premiered on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 10:30 p.m. on RecordTV.[1]
The show features eleven celebrity couples living under one roof and facing extreme challenges that will test how well they really know each other. Each week, a couple will be eliminated until the last couple wins the grand prize.
In February 2018, RecordTV announced that various changes would occur with the format. For the first time, the show will air in real time and five times a week (Monday to Friday). At the end of each cycle, viewers at home will determine which one of the bottom two couples will continue in the game.
Tati Minerato & Marcelo Galatico won the competition with 60.98% of the public vote over Aritana Maroni & Paulo Rogério and took home the R$303.000 prize they accumulated during the show. Aritana & Paulo received R$122.800 (20% of their final jackpot) as the runners-up.
After this season, in 2018, Aloísio Chulapa (from Aloísio & Luisa) and Nadja Pessoa (from Vinícius & Nadja) appeared in A Fazenda 10. Chulapa finished in 12th place, while Nadja finished in 10th place after being ejected because of violent behaviour.
After this season, in 2018, Nizo Neto (from Nizo & Tatí) and Franciele Grossi (from Franciele & Diego) appeared in Dancing Brasil 4. Franciele finished in 13th place, while Nizo finished in 11th place.
In 2019, Vinícius D'Black (from Vinícius & Nadja) appeared in Dancing Brasil 5, he won the competition.
In 2019, Diego Grossi (from Franciele & Diego) appeared in A Fazenda 11, he finished in 3rd place in the competition.
In 2021, Nadja Pessoa (from Vinícius & Nadja) appeared in Ilha Record 1, she finished in 6th place in the competition. In 2023, she appeared in A Fazenda 15, Nadja entered in the Warehouse where the public voted for four contestants to move into the main house, she received 34.26% of the votes and entered the game. She finished in 7th place in the competition.
In 2022, MC Créu (from Créu & Lilian) appeared in A Fazenda 14, he entered in the Warehouse where the public voted for one contestant to move into the main house, he didn't receive enough votes to enter in the game.
The game
Key
Men's challenge bet
Women's challenge bet
T Total money combined
Passed the challenge (adds the betting sum)
Failed the challenge (deducts the betting sum)
Won couples' challenge (immunity and adds R$20.000)
^Note 1 : The three couples with the most money in their Bank accounts after the first Women's challenge were allowed to choose one of three color-coded special boxes (red, green, and yellow). Marlon & Letícia chose the green box, awarding them with an extra R$ 20.000 to bet on the upcoming Men's challenge, which would be equally taken from two other couples (Créu & Lilian and Vinícius & Nadja lost R$ 10.000 each). Créu & Lilian chose the red box, awarding them with a brand new car. Vinícius & Nadja were left with the yellow box, awarding them the power to ban a couple from compete in the first Couple's challenge (Marlon & Letícia).
^Note 2 : Half of André & Liége's money won on week 2 was stolen by Aritana & Paulo due to the use of their Special power on week 1's elimination ceremony.
^Note 3 : Aritana & Paulo's sum of money was R$ 50.000, while Tati & Marcelo's was R$ 30.000 due to the use of Marlon & Letícia's Special power on week 4.
^Note 4 : No bets were made on the live Wildcard round. Instead, both returning couples Thais & Douglas (by winning the Couples' challenge) and Vinícius & Nadja (by winning the public vote) won R$100.000 each to be added to their new bank accounts in the game.
^Note 5 : Marlon & Letícia's sum of money was increased from R$ 40.000 to R$ 50.000, due to the use their Special power on week 6's elimination ceremony.
^Note 6 : No bets were made on the first part of the Finale. Instead, the final Couples' Challenge losing couple would be automatically eliminated. Tati & Marcelo won the challenge followed by Aritana & Paulo. In last place, Munik & Anderson were eliminated.
Special power
For the first 7 weeks, the Couple's challenge winners randomly picked two out of eight boxes from the Tree of Power of the following colors: blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, white and yellow. Then, the couple would be given a choice between two advantages in the game; the couple's choice is marked in bold.
Results
Week
Couples' challenge winners
Advantages
1
Aritana & Paulo
Chose a couple to have their sum of money reduced by R$10.000 and another to have their sum of money increased by R$10.000.
Choose a couple to share next week's profit with them. →André & Liége
2
Aritana & Paulo
Choose a couple who must bet their entire money at the next Men or Women's challenges.
A double vote at this week's Elimination ceremony. →Aritana & Paulo's vote on Marlon & Letícia
3
Marlon & Letícia
Ban a couple from competing in next week's Couple's challenge.
An advantage at the next Men's or Women's challenges. →Women's challenge
4
Marlon & Letícia
Choose a couple who must bet their entire money at the next Men or Women's challenges.
Chose a couple to have their sum of money reduced by R$10.000 and another to have their sum of money increased by R$10.000. →Tati & Marcelo and Aritana & Paulo
5
Aritana & Paulo
Not revealed.
An advantage at the next Couples' challenge, but also choosing a couple to have a disadvantage. →Vinícius & Nadja
6
Marlon & Letícia
Chose a couple to do all the laundry and dishes during the week.
Becoming not eligible to vote but have their sum of money increased by R$10.000. →Marlon & Letícia
7
Aritana & Paulo
Chose a couple to have their sum of money reduced to R$10.000
Chose to cancel this week's 'couple's save' choice, nullifying all the votes cast. →Nizo & Tatí
^Note 7 : Aritana & Paulo cast two votes to save Marlon & Letícia after choosing the red box as a reward for winning that week couples' challenge.
^Note 8 : Franciele & Diego were ejected from the competition after Diego threatened Anderson's physical integrity during an altercation off-camera between the two of them. The fight started when the men were returning from a reward and reportedly drunk Anderson made offensive comments using homophobic slurs to Diego, Nizo and the van driver. Anderson was given a formal warning for his behaviour by the Power Couple production and stated that he didn't offend the van driver because he thought it was all a joke. However, during week 4's live elimination ceremony, Anderson said to host Gugu Liberato he was wrong and shouldn't have made the comments.[2][3]
^Note 9 : There was no 'couples' save' during week 5's elimination ceremony, therefore, all three nominated couples were against the public vote.
^Note 10 : After Créu & Lilian's elimination, all previous eliminated couples (minus Franciele & Diego) received a chance to return through a live Wildcard couples' challenge. Thais & Douglas won the challenge and returned to the game. However, due to Franciele & Diego's unexpected disqualification, Gugu Liberato announced that a second couple would also return, this time by public vote. Vinícius & Nadja received the most votes with 60.52% and came back to the competition as well.
^Note 11 : Couples' challenge winners Marlon & Letícia were not eligible to vote on the elimination ceremony due to the use of their Special power.
^Note 12 : At the end of week 6's couples' save vote, Nizo & Tatí, Tati & Marcelo and Vinícius & Nadja were all tied with one vote each. Per the rules, since Nizo & Tatí have the most money in their overall Bank account, they were saved from elimination, thus sending Tati & Marcelo and Vinícius & Nadja to the public vote.
^Note 13 : Couples' challenge winners Aritana & Paulo used their Special power to cancel this week's 'couple's save' choice, nullifying all the votes cast and sending all three nominated couples to the public vote.
^Note 14 : Following the live final elimination, the public votes for the couple they want to win Power Couple Brasil 3.
