Nowadays, as if by magic, to be on a television show could change the meaning of one´s life. That is maybe the reason why, for many people, it is now a priority to be in focus. It is somewhat like having a job, a way of getting money, of climbing socially, of rising to fame, or, one may say, of becoming a celebrity. It does not really matter how to label this kind of achievement, but what matters is at what cost it is achieved. This study aims to analyze a reality show whose main purpose is to reach a wide audience - as happens with most of the current television shows. The success of such a show lies in turning the private public and, in the process, satisfying one´s curiosity about other people´s intimacy. The viewer´s interest in peering at other people´s life in a way expresses his wish to make comparisons with his own life and to observe how much people´s intimacy resembles his own. Big Brother Brazil shows that everybody has opportunities and encourages the achievement of one´s dreams by recruiting ordinary, anonymous people to be part of it. In exchange, they have to be confined for some months and show a stereotyped kind of behavior. We can not judge whether this exchange is fair, but it is actually real and it is approved and anticipated.