Gran Hermano (Argentine TV series) season 9

Gran Hermano 2016 is the ninth season of the Argentinian version of the reality show Gran Hermano. This season was confirmed as part of a multi-season deal subscribed between América TV and Endemol Argentina when the network took over the rights. The premiere of this season was originally set to debut in March 2016, confirmed by Jorge Rial during the Gran Hermano 2015 finale on 30 September 2015. This season began on 18 May 2016.

Gran Hermano
Season 9
Presented by	Jorge Rial
No. of days	99
No. of housemates	24
Winner	Luis Fabián "Luifa" Galesio
Runner-up	Ivana Icardi
Release
Original network	América TV
Original release	18 May (2016-05-18) – 24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)
Season chronology

After the previous season started to provide peaks of up to 12 points for América TV in the primetime ratings, the network quickly decided to extend the agreement and this new season has been rumored to come since July, but it wasn't until September 2015 when it was technically confirmed just awaiting the network's major call for open castings. Castings opened officially on 1 October 2015.

As the show's house would be used for Big Brother Panamá just days after this season's conclusion, and also, after this season suffered a decrease in ratings and advertising revenue compared to the previous one, it has been confirmed that this season would end on 24 August 2016, lasting 99 days and becoming the shortest season ever produced in the country. An additional season was expected but after several considerations, América TV did not produce a new season. However, the day after this season finale, Debate host Pamela David announced in her morning talk show Desayuno Americano that "next year the Celebrity season is coming up", referencing a potential Celebrity season exactly 10 years after the first one ever aired in the country. Also, days before the season came to its end, host Jorge Rial announced that this season would actually be his last.

Luis Fabián "Luifa" Galesio was crowned the winner on 24 August 2016 after surviving 92 days in the house of the 99 that season lasted. Ivana Icardi became the runner-up. Third place went to Mauricio Guirao, while fourth went to Leandro Robin and fifth place went to Yasmila Anna Mendeguía. This season is being called the most "fixed" in the show's history in the country, and there was a possibility of the second celebrity season in 2017. Luifa won with 60,1% of all votes against Ivana in a final match, and he will receive this season's cash prize together with a brand new house. As this season's runner-up, Ivana landed a gig as a panelist in one of América TV's talk shows most likely joining Jorge Rial's Intrusos. Mauricio, who finished third received a brand new car and a house for his whole family.

Season overplay

On Launch Night, host Jorge Rial revealed that all housemates that moved in on Day 1 (18 May 2016) were not definitive contestants for the series, and the audience would decide who the final contestants would be. The twist was revealed during the debut gala of this series. According to what the host said, this how the mechanism will work to select the final set of contestants: the public will choose one male and one female housemate to become "The Protgées", then one housemate will be sent home by Gran Hermano and the other one by host Jorge Rial, more details will be revealed during the course of the first week of the housemates in the house.

On Day 8 (25 May 2016), it was announced that a Triple Eviction would take place: Two evictees by Gran Hermano and one by host Jorge Rial. Before the evictions happened, Azul & Mauricio were announced as the two most voted contestants by the public, therefore becoming "The Protegées". Mariano was the first housemate evicted, chosen by Gran Hermano, the main reason behind his eviction was because he was not feeling comfortable inside the house with the rest of his fellow castmates. Carolina soon followed and was also chosen by Gran Hermano to be evicted on Day 8. After this violent behavior during the first week, Jorge decided to evict Lucas, and he became the third housemate evicted on Day 8.

On Day 22 (8 June 2016), Macarena decides to quit the game. In the following days an open vote between the previously evicted females from this series (Carolina & Yasmila) together with several contenders from Gran Hermano 2015 (Belén, Florencia, María Paz, Marian & Valeria) was made. On Day 29 (15 June 2016), the most voted from each group would enter the game to compete to become Macarena's replacement, the ones who entered were Yasmila & Marian. However, on Day 32 (18 June 2016), during the evening, in a way of a prank mixed with some yelling that happened earlier that day, Marian together and motivated by Dante briefly escaped the house through the backyard. On Day 36 (22 June 2016), a decision on their case was made, with host Jorge Rial announcing the results inside the house together with all housemates remaining. They were ultimately ejected for trespassing the rules and breaking the isolation the way they did. Because of producers extending the announcement of their decision, the vote-to-evict that began on Day 29 was extended through Day 43 (29 June 2016).

Azul decided to quit the game during the evening of Day 38 (24 June 2016), however, her exit was confirmed hours later. The reason behind her decision was an argument between Ivana and the rest of the remaining male housemates occurred that night, because of its intensity, it became Azul's tipping point and convinced her to quit the game, as confirmed the following day by Rial. The next day, Rial in a Periscope chat with his followers, explained that indeed, Azul left the house unnoticed and Azul, she received immediate attentions by producers and the show's psychologists. He also stated that Azul was fed up with all the arguments and fights that happened so far into the season and she could not take them any longer. In the following live show, on Day 43 (29 June 2016), Azul re-entered the House to explain herself to her fellow housemates exactly what led her to leave, as mentioned previously, on that evening - Day 38 - because of the intense fight that occurred during while the majority of the housemates were having dinner, the yelling and intensity of that argument became unbearable for her, and that's why she walked all the way to the backyard, and just as Dante & Marian did the previous week, she climbed the wall and jumped outside the house.

On Day 50 (6 July 2016), 4 new potential housemates entered the house: Ainelén, Antonella R., Bárbara & Valentina, and their mission was to be themselves and impress the show's producers and Gran Hermano so they could stay and become the new official housemates. After one week inside, Ainelén & Bárbara became the new housemates, and the other 2 candidates left the house that very same night.

During Week 11, a special repechage vote was announced and was between several of this season's evicted housemates. The housemates up for public vote in this special voting round were: Agustín, Antonella P., Belén, Luifa, Julieta, Macarena & Matías S., the public was given just a few hours to cast their votes, Luifa became the lucky housemate to return to the game, and he received 70,6% of all votes cast. This special vote left many fans disappointed as they didn't expect it to happen and the outcome made the whole ordeal even worst, as many expressed on social media that it was set so Luifa (who was evicted just the week before) was given an undeserved second chance. Also, one of the most shocking details of this repechage was that twin sisters Antonella & Julieta Pozzi, who played the game as a single entity, were split for this repechage.

Housemates

A total of 19 housemates entered on Day 1 (18 May 2016). It was clarified during the Launch show, that sisters Antonella & Julieta Pozzi will play as a single housemate. Several of the housemates are linked to local celebrities, either because they're relatives (like Ivana, her brother is a soccer star & Matías S., his brother is a famous tennis player) or they dated them (like Lucas; who dated a widely known journalist & Macarena, who has dated high profiled men). Also, both Luis Fabián "Luifa" Galesio and Cynthia Aller were relatively known prior to enter Gran Hermano.

Marian García was a housemate on Gran Hermano 2015 and entered in this series as one of the two replacements (the other one was this season's Yasmila) chosen by the public for Macarena who quit on Day 22. On Day 57, Ainelén & Bárbara were announced as official housemates by Gran Hermano, after they survived 1 week in the House as their final tryout to become the new housemates.

Name	Age	Occupation	Resident	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Luis Fabián "Luifa" Galesio	22	Soccer player	Córdoba, CO	78	99	Winner
				1	71	Evicted
Ivana Icardi	20	Student	Rosario, SF	1	99	Runner-up
Mauricio Guirao	23	Builder	Santa Fe, SF	1	99	Third Place
Leandro Robin	29	Singer	Tucumán, TU	1	99	Fourth Place
Yasmila Anna Mendeguía	19	Promoter	Mar del Plata, BA	29	99	Fifth Place
				1	22	Evicted
Patricio Sills	21	Student	San Antonio de Areco, BA	1	92	Evicted
Gabriel Di Tocco	20	Carpenter/Student	Burzaco, BA	1	92	Evicted
Ainelén Thevenon	28	Dentist	Río Gallegos, SC	50	85	Evicted
Matías Portillo	21	Student	Corrientes, CT	1	85	Evicted
Bárbara Kolm	22	Unemployed	Buenos Aires, BA	50	78	Evicted
Matías Schwartzman	28	Singer	San Telmo, CF	1	64	Evicted
Agustín Pappa	19	Student/sportsman	Flores, CF	1	57	Evicted
Azul Carrizo	31	Singer	San Fernando del Valle, CA	43	43	Ejected
				1	38	Walked
Belén Cavanay D'Alessandro	21	Flight attendant	Colegiales, CF	1	43	Evicted
Dante Sendyk	27	Exhibitionist	Cipolletti, RN	1	36	Ejected
Marian García Farjat	22	Student/GH 2015 housemate	Escobar, BA	29	36	Ejected
Antonella Pozzi	20	Psychology student	General Roca, RN	1	29	Evicted
Julieta Pozzi		Economic Sciences Student
Macarena Pérez	24	Model	Villa del Parque, CF	1	22	Walked
Cynthia Aller	27	Promoter	Loma Hermosa, BA	1	15	Evicted

Future appearances
In 2016, all contestants (with the exception of Pérez, García Farjat, Carrizo and Kolm) participate in El Debate: La Revancha. Gallesio has the role of jury while Ivana Icardi is crowned the winner.

In 2019, Icardi participate in Grande Fratello (season 16), where she is the 4th evicted. In 2020, participe in Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2020), where she is the 10th eliminated.

In 2024, Yasmila Mendeguia is join cast of La Venganza de los Ex VIP (season 3) has the role of Ex in last seven episodes. Icardi participate in Gran Hermano Dúo 2, where she is the 5th evicted. Matías Portillo is part of cast of La Isla de las Tentaciones: Argentina & Chile in role of bachelor.

Final casting progress

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status	Result
Azul	31	Singer	San Fernando del Valle, CA	Official Housemate	18.55%
Mauricio	23	Builder	Santa Fe, SF		15.45%
Lucas	35	Unemployed	Santa Fe, SF	Evicted	Jorge Rial's choice
Carolina	25	Model	Arequito, SF		Gran Hermano's choice
Mariano	23	Truck driver	La Plata, BA

Repechage & New casting progress

Repechage 1

From Gran Hermano 2015 & Gran Hermano 2016
Two females will re-enter the House. One from Gran Hermano 2015, and one from Gran Hermano 2016. They will enter the house for a week. At the end, the winner will become an official housemate.

Ex-housemate	Age	Occupation	Percentage	Result
Yasmila From Gran Hermano 2016	19	Promoter	23.9%	Re-entered
Carolina From Gran Hermano 2016	27	Model	10.34%	No choice
Marian From Gran Hermano 2015	22	Student/Hockey player	29.4%	Entered
María Paz From Gran Hermano 2015	30	Model	24.2%	No choice
Belén From Gran Hermano 2015	24	Model	6.35%	No choice
Florencia From Gran Hermano 2015	26	Model/Promoter	3.40%	No choice
Valeria From Gran Hermano 2015	31	Moza/Social Worker	1.8%	No choice

Repechage 2

Ex-housemate	Percentage	Result
Luifa	70.6%	Re-entered Day 78
Belén	14.6%
Antonella	5.9%
Macarena	5%
Agustín	2.3%
Matías	0.8%
Julieta	0.8%

New casting progress

Due to ejections of Marian, Dante and Azul. Gran Hermano decided to start a new casting progress. On Day 50, four female candidates entered the house. They will stay in the house for a week. Gran Hermano will decide which two become official housemates.

Contestant	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Result
Ainelén	28	Dentist/Actress	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz	Official housemate Day 57
Bárbara	22	Unemployed	Buenos Aires, BA	Official housemate Day 57
Antonella	23	Student/Model	Buenos Aires, BA	Evicted Day 57
Valentina	18	Student	Adrogué, BA	Evicted Day 57

Nominations table

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14 Final		Noms received
	Day 1	Day 8
Luifa	Non- Housemate		Macarena, Patricio	Patricio, A.& J.	A.& J., Belén	Agustín	No noms.	Matías S., Agustín	Yasmila, Gabriel	Ainelen, Barbara	Evicted (Day 71)	Exempt	Patricio, Yasmila	Winner (Day 99)		38
Ivana			Macarena, Belén	Macarena, Yasmila	Luifa, Agustín	Matías P., Luifa		Agustín, Leandro	Matías S., Luifa	Luifa, Patricio	Ainelén Mauricio, Yasmila	Mauricio, Yasmila	Mauricio, Yasmila	Runner-up (Day 99)		6
Mauricio	Non- Housem.	Housemate	Belén, Luifa	Patricio, A.& J.	Patricio, A.& J.	Belén, Matías P.		Luifa, Matías P.	Yasmila, Barbára	Ainelen, Barbara	Bárbara, Ivana	Yasmila, Gabriel	Patricio, Yasmila	Third place (Day 99)		12
Leandro	Non- Housemate		Matías S., Agustín	Yasmila, Matias S.	Matías S.	Matías S., Luifa		Agustín, Patricio	Matías S., Luifa	Luifa, Patricio	Bárbara, Mauricio	Yasmila, Mauricio	Yasmila, Mauricio	Fourth place (Day 99)		5
Yasmila			Ivana, Patricio	Patricio, A.& J.	Evicted (Day 22)	Exempt		No noms.	Patricio	Luifa, Patricio	Gabriel, Mauricio	Matías P., Gabriel	Mauricio, Gabriel	Fifth place (Day 99)		26
Patricio			Luifa, Cynthia	Yasmila, Luifa	Luifa, Agustín	Luifa, Matías S.		Agustín, Matías S.	Matías S., Matías P.	Leandro	Mauricio, Bárbara	Mauricio, Leandro	Mauricio, Gabriel	Evicted (Day 92)		24
Gabriel			Macarena, Cynthia	Luifa, Matias S.	Luifa, Agustín	Luifa, Mauricio		Yasmila	Matías S., Leandro	Luifa, Patricio	Ainelén Yasmila, Bárbara	Yasmila, Patricio	Yasmila, Mauricio	Evicted (Day 92)		9
Ainelén	Not in House							Non- Housem.	Yasmila, Mauricio	Luifa, Patricio	Gabriel, Bárbara	Yasmila, Matías P.	Evicted (Day 85)			1
Matías P.	Non- Housemate		Yasmila, Cynthia	Luifa, Yasmila	Luifa, Agustín	Matías S., Belén	No noms.	Agustín, Leandro	Leandro, Luifa	Patricio, Luifa	Mauricio, Bárbara	Yasmila, Mauricio	Evicted (Day 85)			6
Bárbara	Not in House							Non- Housem.	Luifa, Ainelén	Luifa, Patricio	Mauricio, Patricio	Evicted (Day 78)				10
Matías S.	Non- Housemate		Macarena, Patricio	Patricio, A.& J.	A.& J., Patricio	Belén, Matías P.	No noms.	Agustín, Ivana	Yasmila, Bárbara	Evicted (Day 64)						26
Agustín			Patricio, Gabriel	Dante Luifa, Patricio	A.& J., Belén	Belén, Mauricio		Matías S., Gabriel	Evicted (Day 57)							22
Antonella R.	Not in House							Non- Housem.	Evicted (Day 57)							N/A
Valentina									Evicted (Day 57)							N/A
Azul	Non- Housem.	Housemate	Dante, Leandro	Patricio, A.& J.	A.& J., Belén	Gabriel, Matías P.	No noms.	Ejected (Day 43)								0
Belén	Non- Housemate		Cynthia, Agustín	Yasmila, Matias S.	Luifa, Agustín	Luifa, Matias S.		Evicted (Day 43)								15
Dante			Belén, Cynthia	Luifa, Yasmila	Luifa, Agustín	Luifa, Matías S.	Ejected (Day 36)									5
Marian	Not in House					Exempt	Ejected (Day 36)									N/A
Antonella P. & Julieta	Non- Housemate		Cynthia, Yasmila	Yasmila, Macarena	Agustín, Luifa	Evicted (Day 29)										16
Macarena			Ivana, Patricio	Patricio, A.& J.	Walked (Day 22)											11
Cynthia			Dante, A.& J.	Evicted (Day 15)												8
Lucas			Evicted (Day 8)													N/A
Carolina			Evicted (Day 8)													N/A
Mariano			Evicted (Day 8)													N/A
Notes	1		none	2, 3, 4, 5	6	7, 8, 9, 10	10, 11	12, 13, 14	15, 16	17, 18, 19	20	21	22, 23, 24	25
Up for eviction	none		Cynthia, Macarena	Agustín, Belén, Dante, Ivana, Matías P., Patricio, Yasmila	Antonella P. & Julieta, Luifa, Matias S.	Agustín, Azul, Belén, Ivana, Luifa, Matías S.	Belén, Ivana, Matías S.	Agustin, Luifa, Matias P., Matias S., Yasmila	Leandro, Luifa, Matías S., Patricio, Yasmila	Ainelén, Bárbara, Gabriel, Ivana, Leandro, Luifa, Matías P., Mauricio, Yasmila	Ainelén, Bárbara, Mauricio	Ainelén, Matías P., Mauricio, Yasmila	Gabriel, Luifa, Mauricio, Patricio, Yasmila	Ivana, Leandro, Luifa, Mauricio, Yasmila
Walked	none			Macarena	none		Azul	none
Ejected	none					Dante, Marian	Azul	none
Evicted	Azul 18.55% to be a housemate	Mariano Gran Hermano's choice to evict	Cynthia 51.3% to evict	Yasmila 52.7% (out of 2) to evict	Yasmila 23.9% to enter	Eviction postp.	Belén 50.5% to evict	Antonella R. Gran Hermano's choice to evict	Matías S. 50.9% (out of 2) to evict	Luifa 51.9% (out of 2) to evict	Bárbara 48.7% to evict	Matías P. 46.8% to evict	Gabriel 6.54% (out of 5) to save	Yasmila 7.05% (out of 5) to win	Leandro 13% (out of 4) to win
		Carolina Gran Hermano's choice to evict			Marian 29.4% to enter			Valentina Gran Hermano's choice to evict
	Mauricio 15.45% to be a housemate										Luifa 70.6% to re-enter	Ainelén 33.3% to evict	Patricio 49.42% (out of 2) to save	Mauricio 18.13% (out of 3) to win	Ivana 39.849% (out of 2) to win
		Lucas Jorge Rial's choice to evict			Antonella P. & Julieta 62% (out of 2) to evict			Agustin 53.48% (out of 2) to evict
Survived	none		Macarena 48.7%	Belén 47.3% Patricio ?% Agustin ?% Dante ?% Ivana ?% Matias P. ?%	Luifa 38% Matías S. ?%	Luifa 11.27% Azul 4.7% Agustín 4.25%	Ivana ?% Matías S. ?%	Matías S. ?%, Luifa ?%, Yasmila ?%, Matías P. ?%	Yasmila 49.1% Patricio ?%, Leandro ?%, Luifa ?%	Matías P. 3.35% (out of 9) Mauricio 1.8% (out of 9) Bárbara 1.27% (out of 9) Gabriel 1.16% (out of 9) Leondro 0.55% (out of 9) Ivana 18.8% (out of 4) Ainelén 13.5% (out of 4) Yasmila 48.1% (out of 2)	Mauricio 33.1% Ainelén 18.2%	Yasmila 15.4% Mauricio 4.5%	Luifa 39.52% (out of 5) Yasmila 49.58% (out of 3) Mauricio 50.58% (out of 2)	Luifa 60.151% to win

Notes

• ^1 : On Day 8, it was announced that a triple eviction would take place: Two evictees by Gran Hermano and one by host Jorge Rial. Before the evictions happened, Azul & Mauricio were announced as the two most voted contestants by the public, therefore becoming "The Protegées". Mariano was the first housemate evicted, chosen by Gran Hermano, the main reason behind his eviction was because he was not feeling comfortable inside the house with the rest of his fellow housemates. Carolina soon followed and was also chosen by Gran Hermano to be evicted on Day 8. After this violent behavior during the first week, Jorge Rial decided to evict Lucas, and he became the third housemate evicted on Day 8.
• ^2 : Agustin, Ivana and Matias P. are automatically up for eviction as punishment.
• ^3 : Agustin pressed the Red Button, he had the fulminated nomination and automatically nominated Dante.
• ^4 : Gabriel entered The Attic and he had to pick two housemates to join him to pop balloons. Agustin popped his balloon and got an Immunity, but it was nullified because he was punished. Belen popped her balloon and she was automatically nominated.
• ^5 : Dante entered The Attic and he had the power to save a housemate from eviction, he chose Patricio.
• ^6 : Leandro pressed the Red Button, he had the fulminated nomination and automatically nominated Matias S..
• ^7 : Luifa pressed the Red Button, he had the fulminated nomination and automatically nominated Agustín.
• ^8 : Gabriel entered The Attic and he must give two housemates gifts. He chose Azul & Patricio. Patricio's gift: He is the king of the week, and immune from eviction. Azul's gift: She had to choose a housemate, she chose Ivana. They open the box and find out they are automatically up for eviction.
• ^9 : On Day 32, during the evening, in a way of a prank mixed with some shouting that happened earlier that day, Marian together and motivated by Dante briefly escaped the house through the backyard. On Day 36, a decision on their case was made, with host Jorge Rial announcing the results inside the house together with all housemates remaining. They were ultimately ejected for trespassing the rules and breaking the isolation the way they did.
• ^10 : Because of producers extending the announcement of their decision, the vote-to-evict that began on Day 29 was extended through Day 43.
• ^11 : On Day 43, Azul re-entered the house to explain why she left, but she was "ejected" by producers later that night.
• ^12 : During the Gala show on Day 43, Gabriel pressed the Red Button, he had the fulminated nomination and automatically nominated Yasmila. But nomination was not held due to time constraints.
• ^13 : Luifa entered The Attic, there are two envelopes. The first one for him, he must give the second one to one housemate, he chose Mauricio. Which means Mauricio is now immune. And Mauricio must nominate two people for eviction, he nominated Luifa and Matias P..
• ^14 : As part of the new casting progress, Ainelén, Antonella, Bárbara and Valentina entered the house for a week. Gran Hermano will decide which two become official housemates. They are not official housemates, so they can't nominate and be nominated.
• ^15 : Yasmila pressed the Red Button, he had the fulminated nomination and automatically nominated Patricio.
• ^16 : Gabriel entered The Attic, there are two envelopes. He read the first one then gives the second one to Matias P. Matias P. read the envelope and found out he can directly nominate two housemates for eviction. He chose Leandro and Luifa.
• ^17 : Ivana entered The Attic, she chose Mauricio from the other group to start a negotiation. They must nominate a housemate and give another housemate an immunity in five minutes. If they didn't decide in five minutes, they will both automatically nominated for eviction️ this week. They failed, so they both automatically nominated for eviction.
• ^18 : Patricio pressed the Red Button, he had the fulminated nomination and automatically nominated Leandro.
• ^19 : As punishment for complot during nomination progress, all housemates except Patricio are automatically nominated for eviction.
• ^20 : Gabriel entered The Attic, he chose Ivana from the other group to start a negotiation. They chose to nominate Ainelen and gave Matías P. an immunity.
• ^21 : Matías P. entered The Attic, and start a negotiation with Luifa. They must nominate a housemate and give another housemate an immunity in five minutes. If they didn't decide in five minutes, they will both automatically nominated for eviction️ this week. They chose to nominate Ainelén and gave Ivana an immunity.
• ^22 : Matías P. entered The Attic, and found out he is nominated for eviction.
• ^23 : Ivana entered The Attic, and start a negotiation with Leandro. They need to choose a housemate to become first finalist. Leandro chose Ivana and she accepted, that means Ivana is the 1st Finalist.
• ^24 : Leandro became the second finalist.
• ^25 : For the final week, the public were voting for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than evict.