| Season Name: | Pinoy Big Brother | ||||||||
| Season Number: | 2 | ||||||||
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| Network: | ABS-CBN | ||||||||
| Prev Season: | Teen 1 | ||||||||
| Next Season: | Celebrity 2 |
The second season of the reality game show Pinoy Big Brother premiered on February 25, 2007 on ABS-CBN and ran for 126 days until June 30, 2007.
This season is the second civilian season and fourth season overall to air on the network.[1] This season broke the previous season's record of fourteen days, which was the longest stay of housemates inside the house until it was broken by the next civilian season by only seven days.
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.
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 jacuzzi, 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.
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 an 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.
Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez reprised their roles as primetime and UpLate hosts respectively, while Celebrity Edition housemate Bianca Gonzalez hosted the Update reports. 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 and Arigatou Tomodachi by Jun Hirano, Jay-R Siaboc and Eman Abatayo as part of the background music.
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.
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.
| Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Entered | Exited | Result | |
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| Beatriz Saw | 21 | Baao | Day 8 | Day 126 | ||
| 23 | Switzerland | Day 1 | Day 126 | |||
| Wendy Valdez | 25 | Navotas | Day 78 | Day 126 | ||
| Day 1 | Day 70 | |||||
| Gee-Ann Abrahan | 21 | Quezon City | Day 1 | Day 126 | ||
| Bodie Cruz | 21 | Las Piñas | Day 14 | Day 124 | ||
| Bruce Quebral | 25 | Cainta | Day 11 | Day 122 | ||
| Nel Rapiz | 25 | Iloilo City | Day 1 | Day 119 | ||
| Robert Woods II | 24 | Birmingham, UK | Day 7 | Day 112 | ||
| Saicy Aguila | 23 | Bacolod | Day 1 | Day 105 | ||
| Kian Kazemi | 21 | Makati | Day 78 | Day 98 | ||
| Day 9 | Day 49 | |||||
| Yen Galagnara | 35 | Quezon City | Day 70 | Day 91 | ||
| Ezekiel Dimaguila | 21 | Australia | Day 78 | Day 85 | ||
| Day 1 | Day 34 | |||||
| Jasmin Engracia | 22 | Davao City | Day 78 | Day 86 | ||
| Day 10 | Day 29 | |||||
| Dionne Monsanto | 21 | Cebu City | Day 12 | Day 77 | ||
| Geraldine Javier | 32 | Quezon City | Day 70 | Day 77 | ||
| Maricris Dizon | 27 | Italy | Day 14 | Day 65 | ||
| Jeremy Hidano | 21 | Japan | Day 14 | Day 22 | ||
| Mikah Dizon | 20 | Baguio | Day 14 | Day 22 |
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.
| --This shows each of weekly tasks and how they resulted. Don't delete it, just make the changes accordingly--> | |||||
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| 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% | 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% | Failed | |
| 3 | March 12, 2007 (Day 16) | Harry Potter Make several pieces of pottery using the clay provided. | 75% | 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% | 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% | Passed | |
| 6 | April 2, 2007 (Day 37) | Egg-specially for Easter Make 500 Easter eggs each filled with leche flan mixture. They should be dressed as rabbits and should hop around. | 60% | 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, and bilao (woven bamboo platters). They should also wear traditional Filipino clothes. | 100% | 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% | 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% | Failed | |
| 12 | May 21, 2007 (Day 86) | Boat Wisely Build four boats using the materials provided. Boats would tested (supposedly) on Day 90. | 50% | Passed | |
| 13 | May 28, 2007 (Day 93) | Return of the Dominoes Build a tower/wall of dominoes 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% | Failed | |
| 14 | June 4, 2007 (Day 100) | Pang-Sirko Tayo! Perform three circus acts: tightrope walking, juggling four bowling pins, and training the House pet Buddy to jump through hoops. | 33% 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% | Passed |
Though successful, 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%.
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:
The official website announced on Day 47 that one Philippine housemate would trade places with a housemate from the Slovenian version.[3] [4] Days later, Tina[5] was chosen to swap with Bruce.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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:
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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[9] 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 housemate first mentioned in each nomination gets two points, while the second gets one point.
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| BIG NIGHT | Nominations received | ||
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| Eviction Day and Date | Day 22 | Day 29 | Day 34 | Day 49 | Day 70 | Day 77 | Day 84 | Day 91 | Day 98 | Day 105 | Day 112 | Day 119 | Day 122 | Day 124 | Day 126 | |||
| Nomination Day and Date | Day 16 | Day 23 | Day 30 | Day 43 | Day 66 | Day 71 | Day 78 | Day 85 | Day 92 | Day 99 | Day 106 | Day 113 | ||||||
| Beatriz | No nominations | Mickey Robert | Dionne Saicy | No nominations | Robert Bodie | Yen | Dionne Saicy | 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 | Yen | Dionne Saicy | No nominations | Beatriz Yen | Kian Nel | Wendy Saicy | Nel Bruce | No nominations | 25 | ||||
| Wendy | No nominations | Jasmin | Ezekiel | No nominations | Beatriz | 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 | No Nominations | Nel Robert | Yen | Bruce Nel | No nominations | Nel Yen | Nel Kian | Bruce Nel | Bruce Wendy | No nominations | 4th Place | 17 (+ 2) | |||
| Bodie | No Nominations | Exempt | Bruce Maricris | No Nominations | Dionne Beatriz | Yen | Dionne Nel | 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 | Yen | Dionne Bodie | 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 | Yen | Dionne Saicy | 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 | Yen | Dionne Nel | 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 | Yen | Nel Mickey | No nominations | Nel Mickey | Mickey Beatriz | Beatriz Mickey | Evicted (Day 105) | 15 (+ 2) | |||||
| Kian | No nominations | Wendy Mickey | Wendy Mickey | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 49) | Re-entered Day 78 | Exempt | Bodie Robert | Re-evicted (Day 98) | 7 (+ 2) | ||||||||
| Yen | Not in the House | Nominated | Exempt | No nominations | Robert Bruce | Evicted (Day 91) | 6 (+1) | |||||||||||
| Dionne | No nominations | Jasmin Robert | Ezekiel Nel | No Nominations | Bodie Saicy | Yen | Mickey Nel | Evicted (Day 77) | 27 (+ 1) | |||||||||
| Geraldine | Not in the House | Nominated | Exempt | Evicted (Day 77) | 9 (+1) | |||||||||||||
| 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 34) | 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 22) | 0 (+ 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Mikah | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 22) | 0 (+ 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | none | None | ||||||||||||||||
| Up for eviction | Bodie Jeremy Maricris Mikah | Beatriz Jasmin Kian | Beatriz Dionne Ezekiel Wendy | Bodie Dionne Gee-Ann Kian | Dionne Saicy Wendy | Geraldine Yen | Dionne Nel | Ezekiel Jasmin Kian Wendy | Robert Saicy Yen | Kian Mickey | Beatriz Saicy | Bruce Robert | Open Voting | |||||
| Saved from eviction | Bodie Maricris | Kian Beatriz | Beatriz Wendy Dionne | Gee-Ann Dionne Bodie | Dionne Saicy | Yen | Nel | Wendy Kian | Saicy Robert | Mickey | Beatriz | Bruce | Beatriz Bodie Bruce Gee-Ann Mickey Wendy | Beatriz Bodie Mickey Wendy | Beatriz Mickey Wendy | Beatriz | ||
| Evicted | Jeremy | Jasmin | Ezekiel | Kian | Wendy | Geraldine | Dionne | Jasmin | Yen | Kian | Saicy | Robert | Nel | Bruce | Bodie | Mickey -------- | ||
| Forced Eviction | Maricris | |||||||||||||||||
Granted Immunity (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.)
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
On June 30, 2007, the season finale, dubbed "The Big Night at the Big Dome" was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, 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.[10]
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.
This table shows the summary of votes as obtained by each of the Big 4 in the Big Night.
| Event | Big 4 | Votes | Result | ||
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| Big Night | Beatriz | 1,571,556 | 30.29% | Winner | |
| Gee-Ann | 1,119,714 | 21.58% | 4th Place | ||
| Mickey | 1,286,166 | 24.79% | Runner-Up | ||
| Wendy | 1,209,978 | 23.32% | 3rd Place | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 5,187,414 votes | 99.98% | |||