Luiz Ricardo Melquiades, better known by his stage name Rico Melquiades, is a comedian and digital influencer, originally from Maceió, who participated in De Férias com o Ex 7 and A Fazenda 13. After winning the 13th edition of Fazenda, Rico started working at Hora do Faro, where he was a counselor on Vai dar Namoro, a reporter and one of the interviewers on Fazenda: Ultima Chance. However, he was fired from the show before the 15th edition of the rural reality show. Rico is one of two members of the LGBT+ community to win an edition of Fazenda, the other being Angelis Borges from Fazenda de Verão.