Pinoy Big Brother (season 2)
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Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2 was the second official season of Pinoy Big Brother
and aired on ABS-CBN
's primetime block. As with the show's previous full and special seasons, it also aired a companion program on Studio 23
. It began with a live party on February 25, 2007. It ran for 126 days until June 30, 2007, which was the longest stay of housemates inside the house until Double Up. The season was won by Beatriz Saw, who garnered over 1.5 million votes, or about 30.29% of total votes cast during the open voting, which started on June 17, 2007. This is also the record-breaking highest total of actual votes in the history of Pinoy Big Brother
and other all text-based votes reality programs in the Philippines
as of now.
Toni Gonzaga
and Mariel Rodriguez
reprised their roles as Primetime/Live show host and UpLate host respectively, while Celebrity Edition
housemate Bianca Gonzalez
again hosted the Update reports, a role she did in the Teen Edition
. First season
housemate Jason Gainza joined the hosts as the Man-of-the-Street reporter.
Meanwhile, Asia Agcaoili
again took hosting chores for the show's companion program on Studio 23
, along with the puppet Pining. They shared hosting chores with new host Sitti Navarro
.
Also for the show's new season, the theme song Pinoy Ako had been rehashed, this time performed by the band Cebalo (composed of Yvan Lambatan, Panky Trinidad, Eman Abatayo, and Davey Langit of Pinoy Dream Academy
). The show also used the songs Time In by Yeng Constantino
(the winner of Pinoy Dream Academy) and Arigatou Tomodachi by Jun Hirano, Jay-R Siaboc and Eman Abatayo (also of Pinoy Dream Academy) as part of the background music.
There are several twists this season, which include:
Aside from Gonzalez's Updates aired throughout the day, the morning show Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas
and its successor Umagang Kay Ganda
also reported updates from inside the House.
, separate restrooms for the men and women, a separate prayer room, and a bridge over the swimming pool. The confession (aka diary) room is now tangerine-colored and expanded. Furthermore, the front doors to the house are now located at the garden, leading to the eviction hall next door (the auditorium previously used in Pinoy Dream Academy).
There are two secret areas in the house. The first secret area is separated from the garden by a gate. It is initially filled with sand and had bamboo furniture and an area for urination. The secret housemates occupied this area in their first five days of stay in the house. Afterwards, the location became common knowledge for the housemates and it has been used as a Big Brother-sponsored activity area. The other secret area is adjacent to the confession room. It has been previously used by Gee-Ann, Wendy, and Mickey as a "quarantine area" when they caught Robert's "disease" on Week 5.
The interiors of the various rooms were designed by students from the Philippine School of Interior Design. The revamped larger layout of the House could be attributed to the fact that the House was previously used as the Academy during the filming of Pinoy Dream Academy. Major renovations had to be done for the second season.
Aside from the housemates, three houseguests entered the Big Brother House on this season. The first houseguest is Tina Semolič, as part of the Big Brother Swap with Slovenia
. The second houseguest is Hanna Eunice Rodriguez, as the winner of the Globe
promotion on being a housemate for a week. The third houseguest is Uma Khouny.
: Though successful, although only 25% was added because the sand castle they made was not the same as the model. PHP1,199 was also deducted from the budget to pay for the vase Gee-Ann accidentally broke during the week. An additional PHP750 was added the next day after the housemates successfully brought down the rest of their luggage without getting any of those bags wet in the pool.
: The housemates were supposed to bet 60% of their budget, but Big Brother requested that they bet their entire budget because the rice processed in this task would be donated to charity.
: The entire task was stopped after three days and was deemed a success. In exchange, Big Brother would fulfill his promise of donating a sack of rice to a family of each housemate's choice.
: Eighty-seven coins were collected, so 87% was added to their weekly budget.
: This particular weekly task took two weeks. A total of P325,713.50 was amassed; the two activities alone raised P175,713.50, not including monetary donations from the show's sponsors and donations of shoes and school supplies.
: The boats were actually tested on Day 92 because of the rains that plagued the week.
: Out of 260 people who entered the House of Horrors, 219 (85%) of them felt fear as opposed to 41 who felt the ride was corny. The budget was therefore increased by 85%.
. Days later, Tina was chosen to swap with Bruce.
Promotion ads for this event likened this to an alien abduction because the Philippine housemates were not be aware that Bruce will trade places with Tina, a foreigner, until Tina entered the Philippine House. On the other hand, the Slovenian housemates already knew of the Swap and prepared for this event, which was expected to be a cultural exchange of sorts for both sides. The swap took place starting Day 56 (April 21) and ended on Day 61 (April 26), when the swapped housemates returned to their respective Houses.
Tina Semolič, a 22-year-old former beauty queen, was chosen by the Philippine version's staff because of her personality "would fit well" with the Filipino housemates, as well as being nice and not too aggressive. On the other hand, Bruce was chosen by the Slovenian staff because of his physique and his "very Filipino" characteristics that would stir up competition among the men there.
To let Filipino viewers know about Bruce's situation in the Slovenian House, some footage from the Slovenian version related to Bruce was also shown, aside from the events inside the Philippine House. English conversations recorded on both Houses were subtitled into Filipino, while any Slovenian conversation and comment was dubbed
over by Filipino voice actors to let the Filipino viewers understand better.
Below is a list of activities each swapped housemate did in their respective host country's Houses, aside from introductions and trading of basic phrases:
While Tina left the Philippines without much incident, Bruce left Slovenia with controversy brewing up behind him. Slovenian housemates Miha and Pero made inappropriate remarks about Bruce — remarks that did not sit well with both Big Brother and the viewers there. Because of that and Pero's "plan" of "stabbing Big Brother," Big Brother removed Pero from the Slovenian House and then added Miha to the list of nominees for eviction, which already included Jasmina and Sonja.
Tina was eventually evicted from the Slovenian House on Day 63 of the Slovenian version, about five weeks after the Swap.
On Day 125 of the Philippine version, Tina returned to the Pinoy Big Brother house to have a celebratory dinner with the Big 4, Bea, Gee-Ann, Mickey and Wendy. She left the house the same night and participated in the Finale, where she danced various Philippine dances and took part in the awarding ceremony for the Big 4.
: The four secret housemates were put up for eviction because only two people were needed to complete the official housemate roster of fourteen.
: A lottery was held by Big Brother for the six housemates who have violated house rules, where Kian lost (thus slapping him an automatic nomination from Big Brother). The two additional housemates, Bodie and Maricris, were exempted from the nominations process for being newcomers, while Ezekiel and Dionne were immune
from eviction for successfully completing their special task of keeping the existence of the secret housemates a secret.
: Kian became immune
from nomination due to his win in the special games on Day 28 and his escape from eviction the following night. Beatriz answered the seventh call from the big red telephone, instantly giving her automatic nomination. Wendy originally used her power of changing the official list of nominees by replacing her name with that of Maricris. But after much reconsideration and a burst of emotion, she asked Big Brother to reverse her decision. Later that night, Big Brother reinstated the original official list of nominees.
: There were no nominations on the day of the announcement of nominees. Big Brother automatically put Gee-Ann, Kian, Bodie, and Dionne up for eviction because of Gee-Ann's breach in the five-pound weight gain rule (see above) and Kian, Bodie, and Dionne's negligence in using their lapel microphones.
: Bruce was given an exemption on Day 63 from the next nomination round for his accomplishment in the Big Brother Swap. Mickey was also given immunity
for winning a special game back in Day 36. Wendy was put up automatically for eviction because of her accidental misuse of her lapel microphone. On Day 65, even before the fourth nomination round could even take place, Maricris was forced out of the House by Big Brother because of her acts and thoughts of violence against herself and several other housemates. On Day 65, after Maricris left, Mickey gave Saicy the "Kiss of Judas", which gave her an automatic nomination. Because of the number of nominees already up for eviction, only Dionne, the highest earner of nomination votes, was included and not Beatriz, the second highest earner.
: Geraldine and Yen had just entered the House on Day 70 so they were exempted from nominations. However, only one of them would remain by the next week, and this choice was determined through votes by the other housemates. Yen was unanimously voted by the housemates to stay.
: Wendy and Kian were voted back into the house by public voting. Although Ezekiel and Jasmin were evicted on Day 84, Big Brother allowed them to stay in the main house area for one day to resolve former conflicts with the regular housemates. Ezekiel was in the main house area from Day 84 to 85, while Jasmin was in there from Day 85 to 86.
: Saicy was nominated for her breach in the weight rule while Gee-Ann was nominated because she admitted to talking while her lapel microphone was accidentally turned off. Kian and Wendy were not yet in the main house area and the other housemates were not yet supposed to know of their presence, so they were not part of the week's nominations. Although technically evicted, Jasmin was present in the House during the announcement of nominees.
: Nominations were held face-to-face with numbered badges attached to each nominated housemate. Their face-to-face nominations must be the same as their private nominations earlier; Mickey inadvertently switched the points he gave to Nel and Bruce, but he corrected it after he was reminded by Big Brother of the former's mistake.
: All voting would determine the final four and the eventual winner. The lowest three from the seven remaining housemates would each be evicted in the three eviction nights indicated in the table. During each of the eviction nights, the call-out order of names of those who were saved does not reflect their standing in the tally.
Special Voting: Mommy Elections
, also known as the Big Dome. The housemates were transported by vintage cars on the way to the venue. During the program, the fourteen other housemates, as well as Tina Semolic from the Slovenian version, danced various Philippine dances and even the polka. Also present in the event were previous Pinoy Big Brother winners Nene Plamio (née Tamayo)
of the first season, Keanna Reeves
of the Celebrity Edition, and Kim Chiu
of the Teen Edition, as well as Zanjoe Marudo
of the Celebrity Edition, and Sam Milby
of the first season.
Aside from the opening number, the only other huge number in the mostly formal and story-driven finale was the "final four housemates," played by Jon Santos as Mickey, Candy Pangilinan
as Bea, Giselle Sanchez as Gee-Ann and R. S. Francisco as Wendy, engaging on a debate on who should be the winner.
In the end, Beatriz was declared the winner, garnering 1,571,556 votes or 30.29% of total votes cast. Mickey came in second with 1,286,166 votes (24.79%), Wendy, visibly booed by the audience, came up third with 1,209,978 votes (23.32%), and Gee-Ann ended up last at 1,119,714 votes (21.58%). The total number of votes, which were amassed since the start of the open voting on June 17, 2007, broke all records held by all previous editions. For dramatic effect, Beatriz was brought into the stage in a giant disco ball
.
Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother is the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother . It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world: twelve Philippine residents are forced to live with each other inside a house for about 3 months or at least 100 days...
and aired on ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
's primetime block. As with the show's previous full and special seasons, it also aired a companion program on Studio 23
Studio 23
Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...
. It began with a live party on February 25, 2007. It ran for 126 days until June 30, 2007, which was the longest stay of housemates inside the house until Double Up. The season was won by Beatriz Saw, who garnered over 1.5 million votes, or about 30.29% of total votes cast during the open voting, which started on June 17, 2007. This is also the record-breaking highest total of actual votes in the history of Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother is the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother . It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world: twelve Philippine residents are forced to live with each other inside a house for about 3 months or at least 100 days...
and other all text-based votes reality programs in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
as of now.
Toni Gonzaga
Toni Gonzaga
Celestine Cruz Gonzaga , better known as Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipino singer, television host and actress. She started her career with GMA Network, then later moved to ABS-CBN Network...
and Mariel Rodriguez
Mariel Rodríguez
Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla is a Filipino commercial model, endorser, TV host, former MTV VJ and actress. She first started as an MTV VJ. Currently, she co-hosts the noontime variety show Happy Yipee Yehey!...
reprised their roles as Primetime/Live show host and UpLate host respectively, while Celebrity Edition
Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
The first celebrity edition of Pinoy Big Brother, titled Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition is a special edition of the original show...
housemate Bianca Gonzalez
Bianca Gonzalez
Bianca Gonzalez is a Filipina TV host and model.-Education:Bianca Monica Malasmas Gonzalez graduated from high school at the De La Salle Santiago Zobel School and graduated with a degree of AB Communication Arts with a minor in Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University.-Writer:Her first job in...
again hosted the Update reports, a role she did in the Teen Edition
Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition
Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition began airing on April 23, 2006, three weeks after the end of the first Celebrity Edition. It ran for six weeks and closely resembled the original show, unlike the relatively short Teen Big Brother, its British counterpart...
. First season
Pinoy Big Brother (season 1)
Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1 officially started August 21, 2005 with an extravagant presentation by ABS-CBN. The first season ended December 10, 2005, with Nene Tamayo of Romblon emerging as the first-ever winner taking home the grand prize worth six million pesos Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1...
housemate Jason Gainza joined the hosts as the Man-of-the-Street reporter.
Meanwhile, Asia Agcaoili
Asia Agcaoili
Asia Agcaoíli is a Filipino actress, model, sexy columnist of FHM Philippines and TV and radio host.- About Asia :Asia was born Junelyn Alexis Agcaoili on September 20, 1983 in Isabela, Philippines...
again took hosting chores for the show's companion program on Studio 23
Studio 23
Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...
, along with the puppet Pining. They shared hosting chores with new host Sitti Navarro
Sitti Navarro
Sitti Katrina Navarro , also known as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. After releasing her first album, Café Bossa, in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed. Navarro is also featured in the segment "A.S.A.P. Sessionistas" of the variety show ASAP...
.
Also for the show's new season, the theme song Pinoy Ako had been rehashed, this time performed by the band Cebalo (composed of Yvan Lambatan, Panky Trinidad, Eman Abatayo, and Davey Langit of Pinoy Dream Academy
Pinoy Dream Academy
Pinoy Dream Academy is the Philippine version of Endemol's Operación Triunfo . The format is similar to Big Brother, where a set number of finalists would live inside the Academy for four months and will be trained by guest teachers to be multimedia performers...
). The show also used the songs Time In by Yeng Constantino
Yeng Constantino
Josephine "Yeng" Constantino, born on December 4, 1988, is a Filipina singer and host. She won as "Grand Star Dreamer" of Pinoy Dream Academy, the Philippine edition of Endemol's reality TV show Star Academy...
(the winner of Pinoy Dream Academy) and Arigatou Tomodachi by Jun Hirano, Jay-R Siaboc and Eman Abatayo (also of Pinoy Dream Academy) as part of the background music.
There are several twists this season, which include:
- Secret Housemate Twist - Aside from the first two batches of housemates, four additional housemates were made to enter an adjacent area were they were to be kept hidden from the rest of the housemates except for two housemates, Zeke, the first housemate to enter, and Dionne, the last housemate to enter. From the four, only two became official housemates after undergoing a public voting.
- Challenges grating Immunity - Several challenges were held in the house which granted immunity from being nominated to the winner.
- Balik-Bahay - Four ex-housemates from the season were brought back in the house and kept hidden in a secret room, whilst the public were voting for two housemates to go back inside the house and once again compete as regular housemates.
Aside from Gonzalez's Updates aired throughout the day, the morning show Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas
Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas
Magandang Umaga Pilipinas is ABS-CBN's former early morning show. It started at 5:15am and ended at 8:30am on weekdays.-History:...
and its successor Umagang Kay Ganda
Umagang Kay Ganda
Umagang Kay Ganda is a morning show airing on ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group, and simulcasts on ABS-CBN News Channel. Premiered on June 25, 2007, it airs every weekday mornings from 5:00 to 8:15 AM.-Synopsis:...
also reported updates from inside the House.
House concept
The concept of the house is a pop-art scheme, with a predominantly lime green living area with pastel colors. It has been equipped with 42 cameras and 42 overhead microphones. The men's bedroom have the beds in a linear pattern, while the women's beds in their bedroom are in a circular pattern. Rocking chairs and other furniture have also been added, as well as gym equipment, a large bathroom with showers and a jacuzziJacuzzi
Jacuzzi is a company that produces whirlpool bathtubs and spas. Its first product was a bath with massaging jets. The term "jacuzzi" is now often used generically to refer to any bathtub with massaging jets.-History:...
, separate restrooms for the men and women, a separate prayer room, and a bridge over the swimming pool. The confession (aka diary) room is now tangerine-colored and expanded. Furthermore, the front doors to the house are now located at the garden, leading to the eviction hall next door (the auditorium previously used in Pinoy Dream Academy).
There are two secret areas in the house. The first secret area is separated from the garden by a gate. It is initially filled with sand and had bamboo furniture and an area for urination. The secret housemates occupied this area in their first five days of stay in the house. Afterwards, the location became common knowledge for the housemates and it has been used as a Big Brother-sponsored activity area. The other secret area is adjacent to the confession room. It has been previously used by Gee-Ann, Wendy, and Mickey as a "quarantine area" when they caught Robert's "disease" on Week 5.
The interiors of the various rooms were designed by students from the Philippine School of Interior Design. The revamped larger layout of the House could be attributed to the fact that the House was previously used as the Academy during the filming of Pinoy Dream Academy. Major renovations had to be done for the second season.
Housemates and houseguests
On Day 1, only six housemates entered the house. The next six housemates entered the house on Days 7 to 12. The final four housemates entered the house on Day 14. The number of housemates thus reached 16, although only 14 were promised in the pre-season teasers. This last batch of housemates were put up for public voting. Two of the final four housemates were eventually voted to stay in the house, thus completing the list of 14 housemates. Due to the unprecedented Forced Eviction of Maricris, an additional housemate was scheduled to enter the house. Instead of just one housemate, Big Brother decided to let two mothers enter, deviating from the young group of housemates that were already in the house. By the end of the week, one of the two mothers was chosen by the housemates to stay in the house. Conversely, the other housemate was evicted from the house. All in all, there were 18 housemates for this season, 15 of which were official housemates and 3 sub-official housemates.Aside from the housemates, three houseguests entered the Big Brother House on this season. The first houseguest is Tina Semolič, as part of the Big Brother Swap with Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. The second houseguest is Hanna Eunice Rodriguez, as the winner of the Globe
Globe Telecom
Globe Telecom , commonly known as Globe, is a telecommunications company in the Philippines. Globe provides mobile, fixed line, and broadband Internet services.- History :In 1928, Congress passed Act No...
promotion on being a housemate for a week. The third houseguest is Uma Khouny.
Weekly tasks
| Task No. | Date given | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 26, 2007 (Day 02) |
Sand by Me Build a sand castle which replicates a model nearby. It must be done in beach wear and while Pinoy Ako was being played. (50% bet of weekly allowance) |
Passed |
| 2 | March 5, 2007 (Day 09) |
Room Service Cook several dishes ordered by Big Brother. They should wear toques while doing the task. (60% bet of weekly allowance) |
Failed |
| 3 | March 12, 2007 (Day 16) |
Harry Potter Make several pieces of pottery using the clay provided. (75% bet of weekly allowance) |
Failed |
| 4 | March 19, 2007 (Day 23) |
A-maze-ing Task Cross a string maze on Day 27 without touching any of the strings or sounding the bells that are attached to the strings. The bells should not be sounded eight or more times. (50% bet of weekly allowance) |
Failed |
| 5 | March 26, 2007 (Day 30) |
Watermill or No Mill Run a water mill using water from the swimming pool. This should be done manually and the mill should run day and night. The mill should not stop for more than 30 seconds. (60% bet of weekly allowance) |
Passed |
| 6 | April 2, 2007 (Day 37) |
Egg-specially for Easter Make 500 Easter egg Easter egg Easter eggs are special eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime.The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans... s each filled with leche flan mixture. They should be dressed as rabbits and should hop around. (60% bet of weekly allowance) |
Failed |
| 7 | April 9, 2007 (Day 44) |
Rice to the Occasion Process several sacks of newly harvested rise using the method of pagbabayo or rice pounding using mortars, pestles Mortar and pestle A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix solid substances . The pestle is a heavy bat-shaped object, the end of which is used for crushing and grinding. The mortar is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, ceramic or stone... , and bilao (woven bamboo platters). They should also wear traditional Filipino clothes. (100% bet of weekly allowance) |
Passed |
| 8 | April 16, 2007 (Day 51) |
100 Treasures Take on several survival tasks, while dressed as different kinds of people depending on the task. In the process, they would earn gold coins. (Weekly allowance would depend on coins amassed.) |
Passed |
| 9 | April 23, 2007 (Day 58) |
Big Brother Fiesta Organize and prepare an original festival to let Slovenian housemate Tina immerse in the colorful Philippine fiestas and the well-known "Filipino hospitality." (85% bet of weekly allowance) |
Passed |
| 10 | April 30, 2007 (Day 65) |
School Daze/Summer-yenda ni Kuya Take part in activities which would enable them to raise no less than P300,000 to be donated to some elementary schoolchildren in Iloilo for their school supplies and the repair of their dilapidated school buildings. First was making summer foodstuffs and desserts to be sold to passers-by outside the House. The second was organizing and staging a puppet show. (Weekly allowance not bet) |
Passed |
| 11 | May 14, 2007 (Day 79) |
Ano ang Habi N'yo? Find a way to unwind a large, compacted ball of rope using their hands and teeth and use the rope to make a large welcome mat. (75% bet of weekly allowance) |
Failed |
| 12 | May 21, 2007 (Day 86) |
Boat Wisely Build four boats using the materials provided. Boats would tested (supposedly) on Day 90. (50% bet of weekly allowance) |
Passed |
| 13 | May 28, 2007 (Day 93) |
Return of the Dominoes Build a tower/wall of dominoes Dominoes Dominoes generally refers to the collective gaming pieces making up a domino set or to the subcategory of tile games played with domino pieces. In the area of mathematical tilings and polyominoes, the word domino often refers to any rectangle formed from joining two congruent squares edge to edge... six feet high. One housemate should be seated inside the domino wall at all times to watch over the rising tower and anyone who wants to be in the center has to enter it carefully through a small portal. The person in the center cannot help in building the tower. (50% bet of weekly allowance) |
Failed |
| 14 | June 4, 2007 (Day 100) |
Pang-Sirko Tayo! Perform three circus acts: tightrope walking Tightrope walking Tightrope walking is the art of walking along a thin wire or rope, usually at a great height. One or more artists performs in front of an audience or as a publicity stunt... , juggling Juggling Juggling is a skill involving moving objects for entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, in which the juggler throws objects up to catch and toss up again. This may be one object or many objects, at the same time with one or many hands. Jugglers often refer... four bowling pins, and training the House pet Buddy to jump through hoops. (33% of weekly allowance for each act) |
Failed |
| 15 | June 11, 2007 (Day 107) |
Big Brother House of Horrors Organize an attraction wherein the House would become a haunted house where people would visit on Day 110. (Weekly allowance would depend on percentage of people who felt they were scared during the attraction.) |
Passed |
| 16 | June 18, 2007 (Day 114) |
Pinoy Big Brother Big Dream Wedding Plan and organize a wedding inside the House, complete with tuxedos, wedding dresses, and wedding cakes. They would also take part in activities that would provide them with various essentials for the wedding. (100% bet of weekly allowance) |
Passed |
: Though successful, although only 25% was added because the sand castle they made was not the same as the model. PHP1,199 was also deducted from the budget to pay for the vase Gee-Ann accidentally broke during the week. An additional PHP750 was added the next day after the housemates successfully brought down the rest of their luggage without getting any of those bags wet in the pool.
: The housemates were supposed to bet 60% of their budget, but Big Brother requested that they bet their entire budget because the rice processed in this task would be donated to charity.
: The entire task was stopped after three days and was deemed a success. In exchange, Big Brother would fulfill his promise of donating a sack of rice to a family of each housemate's choice.
: Eighty-seven coins were collected, so 87% was added to their weekly budget.
: This particular weekly task took two weeks. A total of P325,713.50 was amassed; the two activities alone raised P175,713.50, not including monetary donations from the show's sponsors and donations of shoes and school supplies.
: The boats were actually tested on Day 92 because of the rains that plagued the week.
: Out of 260 people who entered the House of Horrors, 219 (85%) of them felt fear as opposed to 41 who felt the ride was corny. The budget was therefore increased by 85%.
The Big Red Phone
On Day 23 (March 19, 2007), a large red telephone was placed inside the House. It was announced the day before that the phone would ring in different instances, and each call would inform the housemate who would answer the call of a different reward or punishment. The housemate who would answer each call would receive any of the following news:- 1st Call (Day 23): Staying in the sun for a day and no baths for two days (received by Ezekiel)
- 2nd Call (Day 23): Haircut, facial massage, and "full body foot massage" (received by Mickey)
- 3rd Call (Day 25): The granting of any one wish, regardless of the result of any task (received by Bodie, who ordered pizza)
- 4th Call (Day 25): A 60-second shopping spree in the Storage Room (received by Dionne)
- 5th Call (Day 26): Being the "pet of the day" (received by Nel)
- 6th Call (Day 27): The power to change the second set of nominees (received by Wendy, who retained the set of nominees as is)
- 7th Call (Day 29): Automatic nomination (received by Beatriz)
- 8th Call (Day 32): A secret date with another housemate (received by Bruce, who chose Wendy to be his date)
- 9th Call (Day 44): Playing Sadako of the Japanese movie RingRing (film)is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel Ring by Kōji Suzuki, which in turn draws on the Japanese folk tale Banchō Sarayashiki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Rikiya Ōtaka as members of a divorced family...
and living in a well for a day (received by Kian) - 10th Call (Day 45): Walking around blindfolded for a day without any help from the others (received by Gee-Ann)
- 11th Call (Day 45): A chance to conquer one's fear (received by Saicy whose fear is snakes)
- 12th Call (Day 62): Shaving one's eyebrow (received by Robert, who had his right eyebrow shaved in exchange for an operation on a hare-lipped child)
- 13th Call (Day 65): A kiss of JudasJudas IscariotJudas Iscariot was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. He is best known for his betrayal of Jesus to the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver.-Etymology:...
—i.e. the recipient of the call kisses a housemate, who in turn gains an automatic nomination (received by Mickey, who kissed Saicy; this is supposedly for Maricris, the only one not to receive a call, but since she was evicted forcibly, Big Brother allowed any of the remaining housemates still inside to pick up the phone, even though they already answered it)
Big Brother Swap
The official website announced on Day 47 (April 12, 2007) that one Philippine housemate would trade places with a housemate from the Slovenian versionBig Brother Slovenia Season 1
Big Brother is a reality show shown on Kanal A in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the international Big Brother format produced by Endemol...
. Days later, Tina was chosen to swap with Bruce.
Promotion ads for this event likened this to an alien abduction because the Philippine housemates were not be aware that Bruce will trade places with Tina, a foreigner, until Tina entered the Philippine House. On the other hand, the Slovenian housemates already knew of the Swap and prepared for this event, which was expected to be a cultural exchange of sorts for both sides. The swap took place starting Day 56 (April 21) and ended on Day 61 (April 26), when the swapped housemates returned to their respective Houses.
Tina Semolič, a 22-year-old former beauty queen, was chosen by the Philippine version's staff because of her personality "would fit well" with the Filipino housemates, as well as being nice and not too aggressive. On the other hand, Bruce was chosen by the Slovenian staff because of his physique and his "very Filipino" characteristics that would stir up competition among the men there.
To let Filipino viewers know about Bruce's situation in the Slovenian House, some footage from the Slovenian version related to Bruce was also shown, aside from the events inside the Philippine House. English conversations recorded on both Houses were subtitled into Filipino, while any Slovenian conversation and comment was dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
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over by Filipino voice actors to let the Filipino viewers understand better.
Below is a list of activities each swapped housemate did in their respective host country's Houses, aside from introductions and trading of basic phrases:
| Tina |
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| Bruce |
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While Tina left the Philippines without much incident, Bruce left Slovenia with controversy brewing up behind him. Slovenian housemates Miha and Pero made inappropriate remarks about Bruce — remarks that did not sit well with both Big Brother and the viewers there. Because of that and Pero's "plan" of "stabbing Big Brother," Big Brother removed Pero from the Slovenian House and then added Miha to the list of nominees for eviction, which already included Jasmina and Sonja.
Tina was eventually evicted from the Slovenian House on Day 63 of the Slovenian version, about five weeks after the Swap.
On Day 125 of the Philippine version, Tina returned to the Pinoy Big Brother house to have a celebratory dinner with the Big 4, Bea, Gee-Ann, Mickey and Wendy. She left the house the same night and participated in the Finale, where she danced various Philippine dances and took part in the awarding ceremony for the Big 4.
Nomination history
The housemate first mentioned in each nomination gets two points, while the second gets one point.| | Special 1 | | #1 | | #2 | | #3 | | #4 | | #5 | | Special 2 | | Balik- Bahay | | #6 | | #7 | | #8 | | #9 | | #10 | | #11 | | #12 | | FINALE | Nominations received | |
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| Eviction Day and Date | Day 21 March 17 | Day 29 March 25 | Day 35 March 31 | Day 49 April 14 | Day 70 May 5 | | Day 77 May 12 | Day 84 May 19 | Day 91 May 26 | Day 98 June 2 | Day 105 June 9 | Day 112 June 16 | Day 119 June 23 | Day 122 June 26 | Day 124 June 28 | Day 126 June 30 |
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| Nomination Day and Date | Day 18 March 14 |
Day 22 March 18 |
Day 30 March 26 |
Day 43 April 8 |
Day 66 May 1 |
Day 71 May 6 |
Day 78 May 13 |
Day 85 May 20 |
Day 92 May 27 |
Day 99 June 3 |
Day 106 June 10 |
Day 113 June 17 |
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| Beatriz | No nominations |
Mickey Robert |
Dionne Saicy |
No nominations |
Robert Bodie |
Dionne Saicy |
Yen | No nominations |
Bruce Nel |
Mickey Bodie |
Robert Bruce |
Robert Bruce |
No nominations |
Winner | 23 (+ 1) | ||
| Mickey | No nominations |
Jasmin Beatriz |
Ezekiel Saicy |
No nominations |
Dionne Saicy |
Dionne Saicy |
Yen | No nominations |
Beatriz Yen |
Kian Nel |
Wendy Saicy |
Nel Bruce |
No nominations |
Runner-Up- | 25 | ||
| Wendy | No nominations |
Gee-Ann Jasmin |
Gee-Ann Ezekiel |
No nominations |
Beatriz Gee-Ann |
Evicted (Day 70) |
Re-entered Day 78 |
Exempt | Mickey Nel |
Mickey Bodie |
Mickey Robert |
No nominations |
3rd-Place | 12 (+ 1) | |||
| Gee-Ann | No nominations |
Beatriz Mickey |
Wendy Ezekiel |
Nominated | Nel Robert |
Bruce Nel |
Yen | No nominations |
Nel Yen |
Nel Kian |
Bruce Nel |
Bruce Wendy |
No nominations |
4th-Place | 17 (+ 2) | ||
| Bodie | No nominations |
Exempt | Bruce Maricris |
Nominated | Dionne Beatriz |
Dionne Nel |
Yen | No nominations |
Robert Beatriz |
Kian Beatriz |
Beatriz Robert |
Robert Beatriz |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day-124) |
13 (+ 2) | ||
| Bruce | No nominations |
Jasmin Saicy |
Ezekiel Wendy |
No nominations |
Exempt | Dionne Bodie |
Yen | No nominations |
Yen Bodie |
Mickey Bodie |
Gee-Ann Saicy |
Mickey Robert |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 122) |
18 | ||
| Nel | No nominations |
Jasmin Beatriz |
Bodie Dionne |
No nominations |
Dionne Saicy |
Dionne Saicy |
Yen | No nominations |
Robert Mickey |
Robert Wendy |
Saicy Gee-Ann |
Gee-Ann Bruce |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 119) |
25 | ||
| Robert | No nominations |
Jasmin Beatriz |
Ezekiel Bodie |
No nominations |
Dionne Beatriz |
Dionne Nel |
Yen | No nominations |
Yen Beatriz |
Kian Nel |
Beatriz Nel |
Nel Beatriz |
Evicted (Day 112) |
23 | |||
| Saicy | No nominations |
Gee-Ann Jasmin |
Gee-Ann Ezekiel |
No nominations |
Dionne Gee-Ann |
Nel Mickey |
Yen | No nominations |
Nel Mickey |
Mickey Beatriz |
Beatriz Mickey |
Evicted (Day 105) |
15 (+ 2) | ||||
| Kian | No nominations |
Wendy Mickey |
Wendy Mickey |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 49) |
Re-entered Day 78 |
Exempt | Bodie Robert |
Re-evicted (Day 98) |
7 (+ 2) | |||||||
| Yen | Not in the house (Entered, Day 70) |
Exempt | No nominations |
Robert Bruce |
Evicted (Day 91) |
6 | |||||||||||
| Dionne | No nominations |
Jasmin Robert |
Ezekiel Nel |
Nominated | Bodie Saicy |
Mickey Nel |
Yen | Evicted (Day 77) |
27 (+ 1) | ||||||||
| Geraldine | Not in the house (Entered, Day 70) |
Exempt | Evicted (Day 77) |
N/A | |||||||||||||
| Maricris | No nominations |
Exempt | Ezekiel Bruce |
No nominations |
Forced Eviction (Day 65) |
1 (+ 1) | |||||||||||
| Ezekiel | No nominations |
Saicy Gee-Ann |
Dionne Gee-Ann |
Evicted (Day 35) |
Re-entered Day 78 |
Re-evicted (Day 85) |
13 | ||||||||||
| Jasmin | No nominations |
Bruce Wendy |
Evicted (Day 29) |
Re-entered Day 78 |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
12 | |||||||||||
| Jeremy | No nominations |
Evicted (Day 21) |
0 (+ 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Mikah | No nominations |
Evicted (Day 21) |
0 (+ 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Notes | See note 1 |
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None | See note 9 |
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| Up for eviction | Bodie Jeremy Maricris Mikah |
Beatriz Gee-Ann Jasmin Kian |
Beatriz Dionne Ezekiel Gee-Ann Wendy |
Bodie Dionne Gee-Ann Kian |
Dionne Saicy Wendy |
Dionne Nel |
Geraldine Yen |
Ezekiel Jasmin Kian Wendy |
Gee-Ann Robert Saicy Yen |
Kian Mickey |
Beatriz Saicy |
Bruce Robert |
Open Voting | ||||
| Saved from eviction | Bodie 39.33% Maricris 25.08% |
Gee-Ann 43.37% Kian 25.19% Beatriz 20.62% |
Gee-Ann 30.76% Beatriz 20.15% Wendy 17.43% Dionne 15.98% |
Gee-Ann 28.9% Dionne 26.65% Bodie 24.9% |
Dionne 40.32% Saicy 30.09% |
Nel 61.27% |
Yen 9 of 9 votes |
Wendy 54.04% Kian 17.71% |
Gee-Ann 40.18% Saicy 30.52% Robert 24.71% |
Mickey 54.00% |
Beatriz 60.58% |
Bruce 56.01% |
Beatriz Bodie Bruce Gee-Ann Mickey Wendy |
Beatriz Bodie Gee-Ann Mickey Wendy |
Beatriz Gee-Ann Mickey Wendy |
BEATRIZ 30.29% |
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| Evicted | Jeremy 24.13% ---- 11.46% |
Jasmin 10.82% |
Ezekiel 15.67% |
Kian 19.55% |
Wendy 29.59% |
Dionne 38.73% |
Geraldine 0 of 9 votes |
Jasmin 15.64% ---- 12.61% |
Yen 4.59% |
Kian 46.00% |
Saicy 39.32% |
Robert 43.99% |
Nel 3.75% |
Bruce 6.35% |
Bodie 12.46% |
Mickey 24.79% ---- 23.32% ---- 21.58% |
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| Forced Eviction | none | Maricris | none | ||||||||||||||
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(due to successful execution of "Secret Task", challenge winner, etc.) - Automatic Nomination (due to violation(s) committed, 5-pound Weight gain Rule, "Big Red Telephone" Challenge, etc.)
- Secret Housemates Twist
: The four secret housemates were put up for eviction because only two people were needed to complete the official housemate roster of fourteen.
: A lottery was held by Big Brother for the six housemates who have violated house rules, where Kian lost (thus slapping him an automatic nomination from Big Brother). The two additional housemates, Bodie and Maricris, were exempted from the nominations process for being newcomers, while Ezekiel and Dionne were immune
Immunity (reality television)
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from eviction for successfully completing their special task of keeping the existence of the secret housemates a secret.
: Kian became immune
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from nomination due to his win in the special games on Day 28 and his escape from eviction the following night. Beatriz answered the seventh call from the big red telephone, instantly giving her automatic nomination. Wendy originally used her power of changing the official list of nominees by replacing her name with that of Maricris. But after much reconsideration and a burst of emotion, she asked Big Brother to reverse her decision. Later that night, Big Brother reinstated the original official list of nominees.
: There were no nominations on the day of the announcement of nominees. Big Brother automatically put Gee-Ann, Kian, Bodie, and Dionne up for eviction because of Gee-Ann's breach in the five-pound weight gain rule (see above) and Kian, Bodie, and Dionne's negligence in using their lapel microphones.
: Bruce was given an exemption on Day 63 from the next nomination round for his accomplishment in the Big Brother Swap. Mickey was also given immunity
Immunity (reality television)
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for winning a special game back in Day 36. Wendy was put up automatically for eviction because of her accidental misuse of her lapel microphone. On Day 65, even before the fourth nomination round could even take place, Maricris was forced out of the House by Big Brother because of her acts and thoughts of violence against herself and several other housemates. On Day 65, after Maricris left, Mickey gave Saicy the "Kiss of Judas", which gave her an automatic nomination. Because of the number of nominees already up for eviction, only Dionne, the highest earner of nomination votes, was included and not Beatriz, the second highest earner.
: Geraldine and Yen had just entered the House on Day 70 so they were exempted from nominations. However, only one of them would remain by the next week, and this choice was determined through votes by the other housemates. Yen was unanimously voted by the housemates to stay.
: Wendy and Kian were voted back into the house by public voting. Although Ezekiel and Jasmin were evicted on Day 84, Big Brother allowed them to stay in the main house area for one day to resolve former conflicts with the regular housemates. Ezekiel was in the main house area from Day 84 to 85, while Jasmin was in there from Day 85 to 86.
: Saicy was nominated for her breach in the weight rule while Gee-Ann was nominated because she admitted to talking while her lapel microphone was accidentally turned off. Kian and Wendy were not yet in the main house area and the other housemates were not yet supposed to know of their presence, so they were not part of the week's nominations. Although technically evicted, Jasmin was present in the House during the announcement of nominees.
: Nominations were held face-to-face with numbered badges attached to each nominated housemate. Their face-to-face nominations must be the same as their private nominations earlier; Mickey inadvertently switched the points he gave to Nel and Bruce, but he corrected it after he was reminded by Big Brother of the former's mistake.
: All voting would determine the final four and the eventual winner. The lowest three from the seven remaining housemates would each be evicted in the three eviction nights indicated in the table. During each of the eviction nights, the call-out order of names of those who were saved does not reflect their standing in the tally.
Special Voting: Mommy Elections
| Geraldine | | Yen |
|---|---|
| 0 | 9 |
Big Night at the Big Dome
On June 30, 2007, the season finale, dubbed "The Big Night at the Big Dome" was held at the Araneta ColiseumAraneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
, also known as the Big Dome. The housemates were transported by vintage cars on the way to the venue. During the program, the fourteen other housemates, as well as Tina Semolic from the Slovenian version, danced various Philippine dances and even the polka. Also present in the event were previous Pinoy Big Brother winners Nene Plamio (née Tamayo)
Nene Tamayo
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of the first season, Keanna Reeves
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of the Celebrity Edition, and Kim Chiu
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of the Teen Edition, as well as Zanjoe Marudo
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of the Celebrity Edition, and Sam Milby
Sam Milby
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of the first season.
Aside from the opening number, the only other huge number in the mostly formal and story-driven finale was the "final four housemates," played by Jon Santos as Mickey, Candy Pangilinan
Candy Pangilinan
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as Bea, Giselle Sanchez as Gee-Ann and R. S. Francisco as Wendy, engaging on a debate on who should be the winner.
In the end, Beatriz was declared the winner, garnering 1,571,556 votes or 30.29% of total votes cast. Mickey came in second with 1,286,166 votes (24.79%), Wendy, visibly booed by the audience, came up third with 1,209,978 votes (23.32%), and Gee-Ann ended up last at 1,119,714 votes (21.58%). The total number of votes, which were amassed since the start of the open voting on June 17, 2007, broke all records held by all previous editions. For dramatic effect, Beatriz was brought into the stage in a giant disco ball
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.
Official website
- Big Brother Slovenia English homepage (set up for updates on the Swap)
- Beatriz Saw - Pinoy Big Brother Season 2 Big Winner