After breaking with SBT by inviting Lula and Alexandre de Moraes to launch SBTNews, Zéze de Camargo He began to be criticized for attacking the president, but not when public money came into play. In São José do Egypt (PE), the city hall hired the singer for a show in January 2026 at a cost of R$500,000, to be paid with federal resources. In other words, from the Lula government.
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Beauty. But apart from the political disputes, what attracts even more attention are the high taxes paid by small municipalities. Between 2024 and 2025, Zezé received at least 2.21 million reais in contracts with town halls for shows in towns in the interior, including one with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants.
In Teresina de Goiás, a municipality with 2,701 inhabitants, according to the IBGE census, the town hall paid R$380,000 for the town’s anniversary show. In practice, the fee is equivalent to approximately R$141 per inhabitant.
This amount represents more than half of everything invested in the Municipal Social Assistance Fund over the past six months. During this period, according to the Transparency Portal, transfers to the fund totaled R$568,124.15.
In Nazário (GO), with 8,189 inhabitants, the estimated amount was R$400,000 for a presentation at the town rodeo — an amount close to the total spent by the town hall, during the last semester, with the Municipal Fund for the Environment, which received R$508,448.11.
In Ribeirão Branco (SP), where 18,627 people live, the presentation cost R$480,000. In Inhapim (MG), with 22,692 inhabitants, the contract reached R$454.5 thousand.
The highest amount on the list was paid by Jales (SP), a town with 48,776 inhabitants, which paid R$500,000 for the show.
All contracts were signed without a call for tenders, on the basis of the non-enforceability provided by law for renowned artists. Beyond legality, the figures reveal the weight of these royalties in the coffers of small municipalities, where the cost of a single show competes with investments in essential areas.
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