From an influencer's 524,000 votes to Tiririca's 5,523: the celebrities who won and lost in Brazil's 2026 election

Who made it: first-time candidate Ana Elisa (PT-MG), a 21-year-old influencer, was the second most-voted federal deputy in Minas Gerais with 524,216 votes, behind only Nikolas Ferreira (PL). In São Paulo, Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança (PL) was re-elected with 187,743 votes and actor Mario Frias (PL) renewed his term with 91,403. Actor Thiago Gagliasso (PL) heads to the Chamber of Deputies for Rio with 67,700 votes, and Thammy Miranda (PSD) won a seat in the São Paulo state assembly with 84,330. In sports, former goalkeeper Danrlei (PSD-RS) was re-elected with 105,079 votes and ex-player Bobô (PCdoB) won a state seat in Bahia with 70,893.

TV names who missed out: José Luiz Datena (PSB-SP) got 51,071 votes and ended up as an alternate; Sikêra Jr. (Republicanos-SP), 37,042; Silvia Abravanel (PSD-SP), 22,464; Rachel Sheherazade (PSD-SP), 22,453; Netinho de Paula (MDB-SP), 19,336; and Geraldo Luís (Avante-SP), 10,176. In music, MC Gui (PSD-SP) drew 7,378, Manoel Gomes, of 'Caneta Azul' fame (Avante-SP), 7,239, and Frank Aguiar (Podemos-SP), 7,146. Tiririca, who tried to return to Congress with the PSD, got 5,523 votes. Val Marchiori (Republicanos-SP) had 5,025, and Inês Brasil (PSB-RJ), running for the state assembly, 3,145. For the Senate, Vanderlei Luxemburgo (Podemos-TO) received 67,987 votes and was not elected.

Former Big Brother Brasil contestants also had a rough night. Matteus Amaral, runner-up of BBB 24, got 51,437 votes for the PP in Rio Grande do Sul and became an alternate. Adrilles Jorge (União-SP) had 26,694; Jean Wyllys, BBB 5 winner and a former congressman, 18,073 for the PT in São Paulo; Vivian Amorim (União-AM), about 10,800 for the Amazonas assembly; and Lucas Penteado (PT-SP), 3,448. Sarah Poncio (Solidariedade-RJ) reached 20,474 votes for state deputy but also fell short. Figures come from tallies based on official TSE results released after the October 4 count.