Pinoy Big Brother 9, officially called by its edition name Pinoy Big Brother: Connect, is the 9th season and 15th edition overall of Pinoy Big Brother.
This season was considered unplanned by the show's executives due to both the 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic and the ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy that led ABS-CBN to cease its free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the NTC. However, PBB Management announced on October 8, 2020, that the series would make a comeback in late 2020 for its ninth season.
As a result of the ABS-CBN controversy, Connect became the first season to air on multiple TV networks and platforms: via cable on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Channel, via free-to-air broadcast on A2Z and TV5, and via online streaming on iWant, Kumu, and via Kapamilya Online Live on both Youtube and Facebook. Moreover, the season also brought in stricter safety measures against the Coronavirus Pandemic, which led this season to have a Lock-In Production and a full online casting via Filipino livestreaming app Kumu.
Background[]
As ABS-CBN's flagship channel ABS-CBN Channel 2 ceased its free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the NTC on May 5, 2020 [1][2], Pinoy Big Brother along with its other shows, as well as the network's talents found an uncertain future as a result, and fans voiced their dismay of the shut down of the country's largest TV network on social media, especially on Twitter.
Development[]
Pinoy Big Brother Connect Audition Mechanics
Big Brother announces the comeback for this season.
After over a year since Otso ended, ABS-CBN officially announced a new season on October 18, 2020 through the Sunday musical variety show ASAP Natin 'To, which has been airing on Kapamilya Channel since the network launched the new cable channel on June 13, 2020 as a result of ABS-CBN shutdown. On ASAP, Big Brother officially introduced the audition mechanics for the season's online casting as well as the season's official name, Pinoy Big Brother Connect. [3]
In an interview with TV Patrol, Production Unit Head and the Head Director Laurenti Dyogi revealed that the show was never planned to air in 2020, "This is a very unplanned season. We didn't plan to have 'PBB' now but for some, probably because of fate, and the partnership with Kumu, we were given a chance to have 'PBB," [4] Marcus Vinuya, one of the show's head producers, explained via Instagram that the edition's name is related to the quarantine and the pandemic the Filipinos and the world have been experiencing throughout 2020, "We have all been quarantined and isolated for the past 7 months. But we are humans! It’s time to get connected!"[5]
Casting[]
Due to the country's mass gathering restrictions and community quarantines due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the season held its casting entirely online..[6] The online auditions took place on the Filipino live streaming and video sharing app, Kumu from October 19, 2020, until November 11, 2020, wherein applicants had to submit and post a 1-minute audition video using the hashtag #PBBkumuaudition. [7][8]
Magbubukas na ang Bahay ni Kuya!
Cast Teaser and Launch Date Reveal
The casting was open for both teen and adult applicants, and just like seasons past, Season 9 also accepted applicants worldwide. However, the age limit for this season's teen applicants was raised from 13-18 to 16-18 years old, while the adults' age limit remained unchanged, which is 19 to 35 years old. On its first week alone, the total number of audition entries already reached a record-breaking 106,820, a record that has never been seen before in the first week of auditions of any Big Brother season. [9] By the end of the auditions on November 11, 2020, a total of 177,524 applicants have submitted their audition entries for this season.[10]
For the official lineup, it was initially revealed that there would be only 12 housemates for the season.[4] This later changed on November 23, 2020, when production confirmed 15 housemates were accepted for this season and another 3 would come from more than 117 shortlisted hopefuls on Kumu as a twist, resulting in a total of 18 housemates for this season's cast. From November 30, 2020 up until the season's premiere, the housemates were virtually introduced on various ABS-CBN programs, such as in Showtime and TV Patrol.[11]
Partnership with Kumu[]
On October 18, 2020, Pinoy Big Brother announced its partnership with the Filipino live streaming app, Kumu. Kumu would serve as the season's official social media partner.
On October 18, 2020, Pinoy Big Brother announced its partnership with the Filipino live streaming app Kumu. Kumu would serve as Connect's official social media partner and sponsor. In PBB MediaCon, Laurenti Dyogi also revealed that Kumu would serve as one of the season's media platforms, and it would play a major role throughout the season. Kumu became the official site for applicants to submit their audition entries. Kumu also served as the live-feed broadcaster where four Kumu cameras were installed throughout the Big Brother house. It also aired this season's official companion shows, such as PBB Kumunect Tayo: Afternoon Show and PBB Kumunect Tayo: Primetime Show, and other special PBB-related sideshows. Further, a Kumu room was added inside the Big Brother House for Kumu-related tasks.[12]
On November 3, 2020, Pinoy Big Brother began airing a digital show entitled "KUMUnect Tayo Audition Show" on Kumu and Facebook hosted by Bianca Gonzalez, Robi Domingo and PBB Production Head, Laurenti Dyogi. For the first time, the viewers would be able to see Laurenti Dyogi reacting, announcing, and discussing some of the aspiring applicants who would proceed for the next round of auditions.[13] The show also mentioned the season's first twist regarding the final casting lineup. On November 11, 2020, Pinoy Big Brother launched "PBB Kumunect sa Pagtulong (PBB Connect to Help)" on Kumu, a special fundraising online livestream hosted by Bianca Gonzalez and Otso - Batch 4 alumni Sky Quizon and Kiara Takahashi. The fundraising livestream aired by the management to gather relief for the victims of the Typhoon Rolly that hit several provinces days prior. Past seasons' housemates appeared in the livestream and helped the fundraising program.[14] On November 14, 2020, the show launched a special talk show entitled PBB KUMUlitan where it features aspiring auditionees as guests. [15]
Multiplatform Coverage[]
On November 2, 2020 via Pinoy Big Brother's "Big Four Balita" Livestream on Kumu, it was officially announced that this season would have a multi-platform coverage. Although the previous seasons have been using at least two platforms already, this is the first time that the series would fully utilize a multiplatform coverage, connecting to a wider reach of viewers.
This season would be televised on cable television via Kapamilya Channel and would have a simulcast on free-TV via A2Z. Just like the past 14 seasons, Connect would have its international broadcast via TFC and would air worldwide except in TFC North America. On March 5, 2021, just days prior the finale week, PBB was announced as one of the many ABS-CBN shows to have a simulcast on TV5 beginning on March 8, 2021. The season would also air on various online streaming platforms such as Kapamilya Online Live, iWant TFC, Kumu, and including Pinoy Big Brother's official social media accounts on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. [16]
Air Schedule[]
During PBB MediaCon on December 3, 2020, PBB revealed the schedules and companion shows for this season. It would follow the regular scheduling of Pinoy Big Brother and would air 7 days a week from Mondays to Sundays, wherein weeknights were reserved for Daily Highlights while Saturdays and Sundays were reserved for Evictions and Nominations respectively. Due to its multiplatform coverage, it would simulcast on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, Kapamilya Online Live, iWant TFC, Kumu, Youtube, and Facebook.[17]
Hosts[]
Big Brother KUMUnect sa isang mahalagang tao
Big Brother connected with Toni Gonzaga.
On November 2, 2020 through a special video call where Big Brother conversed with Pinoy Big Brother's main host Toni Gonzaga about her life during COVID Pandemic, Big Brother officially asked Toni Gonzaga to return for this season in which Toni immediately agreed on Big Brother's task for hosting the show again.[18] On the same day via Pinoy Big Brother's "Big Four Balita" Livestream on Kumu, Toni announced that her co-hosts Bianca Gonzalez and Robi Domingo would also return to join her for hosting this season.[19]
On November 11, 2020, PBB Alumni Kim Chiu, Richard Juan, Melisa Cantiveros and Enchong Dee were added among the hosting cast for this season. While Toni, Bianca, and Robi remained the show's main presenters, the four additional co-hosts would have different hosting duties to cover all platforms, including TV (free TV and cable) and streaming platforms (Kumu, YouTube, and Facebook). Richard Juan would serve as the correspondent for PBB Updates, while Melisa and Enchong hosted the companion livestream shows, "PBB Kumunect Tayo: Afternoon Show". Kim, on the other hand, due to her hosting commitments on other ABS-CBN shows would only appear recurringly.
Theme Song[]
Similarly to Pinoy Big Brother: Otso, Pinoy Big Brother also released a special theme song for Connect entitled Connected na Tayo (eng. We're Now Connected). The song was composed by Otso alumni Jem Macatuno, Shawntel Cruz, Lie Reposposa and Kiara Takahashi, and was released on November 27, 2020.
House Reveal[]
Tour at COVID-Proofing ng Bahay ni Kuya!
On December 5, 2020, the house was revealed via House Tour livestream on Kumu with Bianca Gonzalez, Robi Domingo, Melisa Cantiveros, Enchong Dee and Richard Juan. During the livestream, the hosts were given a task to disinfect the house.
Aside from some redecorations, the house was relatively unchanged and was the same as the Otso house. The mural at the garden area created by the last season's Ultimate Batch finalists was retained. Safety protocols were also strictly observed for the house to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus. These include restricting random visits and having specific utensils assigned for each housemate and single beds for each housemate.
Although the house remained the same, this season's house also had minor changes on Garden Area by removing the windowed arches seen from the last season and replacing it with tropical wall murals. In addition, the house has been adorned with various tropical and house plants, reflecting the 2020 "Plantito & Plantita" trend of becoming plant enthusiasts among Filipino households to cope with the pandemic lockdowns. The furniture also used native rattan materials.
House Pictures[]
Production Changes[]
- Smaller Cast: In contrast to its predecessor Otso, Connect only has 18 housemates. However, just like the preceding 4 seasons, this season's cast consists of both adult and teenaged housemates.
- Safety Measures against Coronavirus: Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, special safety measures and protocols would be strictly observed by both the housemates and the production staff.
- Remote Hosting: With the exception of Eviction Nights, the majority of the hosting were done remotely on the hosts' homes.
- No Live Audience: Similarly to ABS-CBN shows, Connect did not any live audience throughout the season.
- Lock-In Production: A select group of the PBB Production Team is required to live within the confines of the PBB House throughout the season.
- No Random Guest Visits: House visits from outsider guests were prohibited unless if necessary.
- Personal Utensils: The housemates were given their own set of named utensils to use.
- Single Beds Only: In contrast to previous seasons with double beds, this season's housemates had their own bed.
- KUMUnity Interaction: This season was more interactive for the Kumu Community of Kumu.
- Kumu Livefeeds: 4 special cameras were installed in four different rooms of the house wherein it was livestreamed on Kumu, and fans could have access to these four cameras 24/7.
- Kumu Room: A special blue room inside the house was dedicated for livestreaming on Kumu whenever the housemates were tasked to livestream by Big Brother for their tasks and challenges.
- Multiple Voting Lines: For this season, the viewers were allowed to vote on two voting lines; via SMS and via Kumu. On every eviction night, the text votes and kumu votes would be combined.
- Big Night Virtual Audience: Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, this season's Big Night finale would have a virtual audience. Viewers could become a virtual audience by purchasing virtual tickets on ktx.ph. All ticket proceeds went to charity.
Twists[]
Day 1-Kilalanin ang aspiring housemates na maaaring maging official housemates ni Kuya - PBB Connect
Kumu's 117 Aspiring Housemates wherein 3 of them would be chosen through a series of elimination rounds by the Kumunity.
- Head of Household: Last used in Unlimited, the twist was brought back this season wherein the Head of Household gained safety for the entire week, and would have responsibilities of leading the house in their tasks and other house duties such as budgeting. An HOH Challenge would determine the week's Head of Household.
- Launch Night Task: A special task was given to the housemates wherein their failure would result to three housemates being nominated instantly. On the otherhand, winning the task would result to safety for all and the HoHs would only choose three housemates to stay in an Isolation Area.
- Instant Nominations: If the housemates failed their launch night task, the Heads of Household would have to nominate three people on Night One. However, this twist was not used after the housemates won their task.
- Isolation Area: On the first night, the HoHs were tasked to choose three housemates to stay within an isolation area found at the garden for the entire week. Andrea Abaya, Crismar Menchavez, and Ella Cayabyab were banished to the Isolation Area and were restricted from entering the house. In order to get out from isolation and join the rest of the housemates, the three isolated housemates must accomplish a series of secret tasks together.
- Late Entrants: The three housemates would enter the house at a later date as they're still completing their 14-day quarantine during the season premiere. Alyssa Exala and Liofer Pinatacan entered the house on Day 5 while Ralph Malibunas entered on Day 14.
- KUMUnity Wildcard Selection: In addition to the original 15 in the cast, viewers were given the power to select 3 more housemates out of 117 wildcard contestants who were tasked to livestream on Kumu. A series of elimination rounds would take place throughout the competition in Kumu until only 3 wildcards remain. These three would then become official housemates. Through Weeks 6,7, and 8, Amanda Zamora, Quincy Villanueva, and Gail Banawis joined the season's cast.
- Save-Evict Voting: The Filipino public were given two choices for eviction voting, vote to save, and vote to evict. The nominee with the least combined percentage at the end of the week would be evicted out of the house.
- Padaluck: Every week via Kumu, viewers had the power to give a challenge advantage to a housemate.
- Supercharged Challenge: On Week 7, the housemates can challenge, compete and replace the reigning Heads of Households Alyssa Exala and Ella Cayabyab in two Supercharged Challenges. In the competition, a housemate may challenge one of the reigning Heads of Household in a duel. If the challenger wins the duel against the reigning HOHs, they can dethrone the said HOH and assume their title. Ella Cayabyab was dethroned, and was replaced by Chico Alicaya as HOH. Alyssa and Chico reigned as HOHs for two weeks and gained supercharged powers.
- Supercharged HOHs Nominate: As part of the new power, the Supercharged HOHs Alyssa Exala and Chico Alicaya would have the sole power to nominate housemates for eviction.
- Power to Veto: On Week 8, the Alyssa Exala and Chico Alicaya were given a veto medallion each, gaining a responsibility to choose on whether use the power to veto a nominee or not. This twist reappeared on the succeeding weeks.
- Rank Nominations: On Week 12's Nomination process, the final eight housemates ranked themselves according to from most deserving to least deserving. Each rank had its corresponding points; starting at 1st with 1 point all the way to 8th with 8 points. The two housemates who received the two lowest ranks and the most amount of points would be nominated for eviction.
- Big Brother's Partners: On Week 13, four participants from Kumu Wildcard Contest and the Online Big Brother House were given a reward to enter the house as Big Brother's guests.
- Big 4 Karapatdapat Challenges: Instead of the usual Big Jump, this season introduced a new challenge on Week 13 that would determine the Big Four finalists for the Big Night. The remaining housemates must compete in a series of Karapatdapat Challenges to secure their respective Big Four slots. However, they must defend their Big Four placement to guarantee their place in the Big Night finale.
- Big 4 Challengers: On Week 13, after the Karapatdapat Challenges ended, Big Brother revealed that Amanda Zamora and Ralph Malibunas was voted by the Filipino public to have a chance to challenge any of the four Big Four slot holders and seize their Big Four placements.
- Big 4 Challenger Tasks: On the final week, each of the two challengers Amanda Zamora and Ralph Malibunas must select two Big Four finalists they would play against in the Challenger Tasks. In order to successfully seize a Big Four slot, the challengers must defeat both of their chosen opponents. In the event that the challengers defeated their respective Big Four opponents, the Big Four finalist who placed last in the challenge would have his/her slot seized and would be taken over by the challengers, automatically evicting the dethroned Big Four finalist.
- Big 4 Real Talk: Apart from the usual interrogation session in front of a panel of evicted housemates, this season's Big Four finalists also get to respond to negative criticisms from social media, as well as answering personal questions from their loved ones.
- Big 4 Vote Task: On Day 95, Big Four finalists Andrea Abaya, Jie-Ann Armero, Kobie Brown and Liofer Pinatacan underwent a special challenge wherein for every pencil they would put up on a table, they could gain additional save votes for themselves in the Big Night voting. Each pencil would be equivalent to 50 save votes. In addition to that, Big Brother also gave the Big Four a chance to collect evict votes and give them to fellow housemates, however, the Big Four never gave evict votes to each other.
Housemates[]
Tasks[]
| Pinoy Big Brother: Connect Tasks | ||||||
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| Week | Date Given | Date Ended | Task Title & Description | Reward | Result | |
| 1 | December 6, 2020 (Day 1) |
"Liwanag At Ligaya ng Pasko"
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The 12 housemates who entered on Day 1 must light up a Christmas Tree located inside the Activity Area. To light it up, the housemates must be able to plug the big power cord located in the Pool Area to a socket in the Activity Area within a 10 minute time limit. In addition, they are not allowed to touch the floor and instead must use 13 blocks as platforms to reach the Christmas Tree.
Failure to accomplish the task would result to a launch night nomination where the Heads of Household must nominate 3 housemates.Succeeding the task would save all housemates for the nominations but three housemates must be chosen to stay in an isolation area at the garden for further notice. |
No Instant Nominations |  Passed | |
| December 8, 2020 (Day 3) |
December 12, 2020 (Day 7) |
"Floating Bridge"
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The housemates must build a floating bridge in the pool area and they must successfully cross the bridge without sinking. They were allowed to use up to 15 items but it's up to the housemates on what items they'll be using to build the bridge, and if they would use 15 or less items. However, to determine the number of items they can use, they must undergo a special challenge.
In addition, they were also tasked to livestream by group in Kumu to collect diamonds and the amount of diamonds they collected would be equivalent to the budget for their materials. |
Grocery Budget | Passed | |
| December 8, 2020 (Day 3) |
December 10, 2020 (Day 5) |
"Hidden Tablet"
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After being chosen by the HoHs to stay in the isolation area, Ella, Andrea, and Crismar must retrieve a tablet hidden somewhere inside the house without the housemates noticing. Unbeknownst to them, Big Brother placed two tablets in the house; one real and one fake, and this tablet would be used to contact the two other housemates who are still in sequester. | Getting out of the Isolation Area (at least 3 passed tasks) |  Failed | |
| December 10, 2020 (Day 5) |
"Secret Task 2 & 3"
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Ella, Andrea and Crismar must be able to contact Alyssa and Liofer who were still in sequester to collect necessary information about the two new housemates without being noticed by the rest of the house. Only 10 minutes will be allotted for their calls.
The three isolated housemates must also correctly answer Big Brother's quiz about the two sequestered housemates. Their success in this task is equivalent to two task wins and two of them will be freed from the isolation area. |
Passed | |||
Passed | ||||||
| December 11, 2020 (Day 6) |
"Secret Task 4 & 5"
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With Ella and Andrea as accomplices, Crismar must be able to hide Alyssa and Liofer at the Isolated Area.
Alyssa and Liofer must enter the house and stay in the Isolation Area until further notice without the housemates seeing them around. |
Passed | |||
Passed | ||||||
| 2 | December 17, 2020 (Day 12) |
December 19, 2020 (Day 14) |
"Connect Football"
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Played in a pre-determined passing sequence, the housemates must pass a football from one designated area to another designated area until it reaches the last housemate who would strike the ball into the net. The housemates must remain inside their area throughout the task, if the housemates stepped outside their designated area to catch the football or failed to catch it at all, the task would start over from the first housemate. To win the task, the housemates must score a hat-trick or three goals within a 7 minutes and 50 seconds. Chico and Kobie and were assigned as task leaders were responsible for the housemates' football training prior to the final performance of the task. | Grocery Budget | Failed |
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December 18, 2020 |
"Football Juggling"
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Chico and Kobie must juggle a football continuously around a designated route. They must complete the route before kicking the ball into the goal post. Each of them must have 50 goals or a total of 100 goals. If the ball touched the ground, went outside the designated pathway or failed to enter the net, the players would go back to the starting point. During the task, Big Brother increased the task's difficulty: they must complete one round of juggling and the player must pass the ball to the other player for him to do the goal. Prior to the task, Chico and Kobie were instructed separately that the task would be a secret sacrifice task for each other and if they win the task they would have a reward in relation to their fathers. | Kobie: Family Call from Home Chico: Father watches task |
Passed | ||
| 3 | December 22, 2020 (Day 17) |
December 27, 2020 (Day 22) |
"Human Christmas Tree"
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Upon every signal, the housemates must form a Christmas tree using their bodies on designated spots located on different areas of the house and they must be able to make a formation within 1 minute. Each of the Christmas spots vary on how long they were required to stay in formation. Further, if the housemates went outside the designated christmas spots, it would be considered a violation.
The task would start with 7 people but the number of people forming the Christmas tree would increase every day, however the week's nominees must always be part of the formation. |
Grocery Budget | Passed |
| December 23, 2020 (Day 18) |
December 25, 2020 (Day 20) |
"Connect Gifts"
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The housemates must make 2020 laps along a circular track while pulling a 632-kilogram Christmas sleigh containing presents for their respective families. Only two housemates must carry the sleigh at every time given within two days. Later on, the laps were decreased to 1545 after they won a Kumu livestream task. Further, the housemates decided to sacrifice some of their gifts by prioritizing Aizyl, Haira, Jie-Ann and Liofer's presents to their families in order to make the sleigh lighter. | Christmas gifts from their families | Passed | |
| 4 | December 28, 2020 (Day 23) |
January 1, 2021 (Day 27) |
"Jump Rope"
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Divided into two teams, each headed by HOHs Ella and Haira, they must choreograph jump rope performances. To succeed, the two teams must be able to perform five jump rope tricks: basic bounce, skier, side swing, the winter, and 2-man jump, and atleast three people must perform every trick in their performances. Each team's success is equivalent to 50% of their grocery budget. The two teams were allowed three mistakes and if a team exceeds to the three allowable mistakes, the team will fail. In addition, the two teams participated in minor challenges and games by Big Brother to gain advantages for their group, with Team Ella winning three more allowable mistakes as their advantage. | Grocery Budget | Passed |
| 5 | January 3, 2021 (Day 29) |
January 8, 2021 (Day 34) |
"Pinoy Big Biker"
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The housemates must cycle 1000 km using two stationary bikes (500km for each bike) for five days. They are given five hours everyday to perform the task and they must be able to manage the alloted time of the day for them. In random instances, the housemates may encounter roadblocks along the ride and must stop on every roadblock to perform a special task but the 5-hour timer will remain ticking. They must successfully perform the roadblock task for them to return to cycling, otherwise they would receive a penalty. | Grocery Budget | Failed |
| 6 | January 11, 2021 (Day 37) |
January 16, 2021 (Day 42) |
"Pinoy Big Digital Film"
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Throughout the week, the housemates must produce a digital film depicting the life story of one housemate. The story would be chosen by the task leaders Ralph and Andrea through a story audition process. Andrea and Ralph must also serve as film directors for the task. The housemates must also write scripts and create sets and props from scratch throughout the week. Only 16 hours were allotted everyday for their film's production but housemates under the age of 18 (Haira, Kobie, Kyron and Jie-Ann) were only allowed to shoot for 8 hours.
At the end of the week, the digital film will be evaluated by four judges: Director Theodore Boborol, Season 7 alum Maymay Entrata and Edward Barber, and the fourth being the PBB Kumunity in Kumu. To succeed, the housemates must receive a total grade of 80% and above from the four judges within 24 hours after the film's digital premiere. |
Grocery Budget (received only 71% of the budget as Big Brother's compensation for completing the film production.) |
Failed |
| 7 | January 17, 2021 (Day 43) |
January 24, 2021 (Day 50) |
Human Batteries 
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Everytime the season's theme song "Connected Na Tayo" plays, the housemates must physically connect themselves by forming a line and wrapping one's arm into each other's backs. They were given ten seconds to form a line. While connected, only the housemates at both ends of the line are allowed to use their hands. The housemates must remain connected and they would only disband once they hear the "power off" sound. Further, there were only three allowable mistakes for the task. If in any instance that they become disconnected thrice or more, they task would result to failure. | Grocery Budget | Passed |
| 8 | January 24, 2021 (Day 50) |
January 31, 2021 (Day 57) |
PBB 3 Bosses 
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The week began with a house ranking. As a result, the three lowest ranked housemates Gail, Quincy and Jie-Ann became bosses for their respective company. They had the power to select their employees through job interviews. Throughout the week, they must create their own online stores in Kumu wherein they could sell any product except for food in a livestream selling. The three bosses would have the authority to decide their company names and their products as well as managing their respective company affairs. In addition, the companies were required to present a business plan to two guest mentors: Big Winner turned entrepreneurs Nene Tamayo and Slater Young. These two mentors would select the group they would help throughout the week.
After failing to get chosen by the mentors, Jie-Ann's company dissolved and they were absorbed by the remaining companies: Gail's Team Survibin' and Quincy's Team Dreamer Connect. As a result, Jie-Ann automatically received 2 nomination points for losing her company. Each company were allotted fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000) as capital and each must earn a net profit of at least fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000) for them to win their task. In addition to their weekly budget, the group with the highest income would gain immunity from the nominations for the following week, while only the members of the other group would be allowed to be nominated. |
Grocery Budget + Team Immunity |
Passed |
| January 25, 2021 (Day 51) |
Delika-Dos 
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The housemates must stack-up a 13-level cup tower on top of a table. Once they were successful in stacking up the cups, they would have to transfer the tabletop to another tabletop without having any of the cups fall down.
If successful, just like in other evictions, only one housemate would be evicted in the week's eviction night. If they failed the task, two housemates would be evicted. |
No Double Eviction | Passed | ||
| 9 | January 31, 2021 (Day 57) |
February 7, 2021 (Day 64) |
PBB Big Mailbox 
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Throughout the week, the housemates would receive mails from a Mailbox in the garden. These mails contain several tasks that they must perform. However, these mails would randomly arrive, and only the housemates whose names shown in random intervals on the plasma screen inside the living area would be allowed to collect the mail. Upon the delivery, the housemates must catch the mail and not let it fall to the ground. To win the weekly task, the housemates must avoid committing more than three mistakes. | Grocery Budget | Failed |
| 10 | February 7, 2021 (Day 64) |
February 14, 2021 (Day 70) |
Big Card Castle 
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The housemates must build a 7-foot castle made out of giant playing cards. To build the castle, the housemates must work in pairs and were allowed to use one hand each and their non-free hands must remain connected while working. In addition, a pair of housemates should be seated on the thrones as the "King and Queen of Hearts" whenever the rest of the housemates build the Big Card Castle around it. The housemates may take turns on sitting at the thrones during the weekly task. The pair who would sit on the throne may only pass through a small passageway incorporated into the castle and they must wear royal robes and crowns while sitting at the thrones.
The task had an allotted 30 minute throne timer, and if any task violations were made, the throne timer would keep running until the housemates have fixed their task violations. At the end of the week, the task would only be a success if the throne timer didn't run out of time, and if the housemates finished building the Big Card Castle with a height of 7 feet. |
Grocery Budget | Passed |
| 11 | February 16, 2021 (Day 73) |
February 20, 2021 (Day 77) |
Connect the Pipes 
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After the housemates committed a total of 56 rulebook violations, Big Brother gave them a punishment task wherein they must transfer 56 pingpong-sized balls simultaneously falling from the pipes in the activity area to a container placed at the garden by using only the pipes placed on their respective helmets. Whenever one or more balls were on their pipe helmets, they would not be allowed to move by foot. The housemates must connect their pipe helmets to keep the balls rolling all the way to the garden area. As an added punishment, the housemates were made to wear orange vests with pockets that contain weights. The amount of weights each housemate carried depends on the number of violations each has committed.
Upon reaching the garden area, they must transfer the balls to a giant scale until it tilts to an equilibrium. As each ball represents a household item taken by Big Brother as their punishment, every ball they could successfully transfer would be equivalent to an item Big Brother will return to them. They could only proceed to the activity area upon Big Brother's signal. However, if any of the balls dropped along the way, the housemates would go back to the starting point in the activity area. |
None | Failed |
| February 17, 2021 (Day 74) |
February 21, 2021 (Day 78) |
Big Brother's Accomplices 
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Chosen by Kumu users, Ella and Andrea would become Big Brother's accomplices for the week. The two would receive several missions through secret letters and they must accomplish these secret tasks without the other housemates discovering. They were allowed only one mistake. At the end of the week, Big Brother revealed that the secret task was actually their weekly task. | Grocery Budget | Failed | |
| 12 | February 21, 2021 (Day 78) |
February 28, 2021 (Day 85) |
P-pop Week 
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The housemates must form two P-pop groups for the week; a girl group and a boy group. As P-Pop idol groups, each group must dance and sing three songs: "Ikaw Ang Pinili ng Puso Ko" for the boys, "Pinoy Salamat" for the girls, and "The Light" for a merged performance of all housemates.
Prior to their performance night under Coach Mickey Perz, the housemates experienced a week-long intensive idol training, similar to trainings of most idol groups throughout Asia. To win the task, they need to earn 10 million Kumu diamonds from their music videos and performances. |
Grocery Budget | Failed |
| 13 | March 4, 2021 (Day 89) |
March 6, 2021 (Day 91) |
Charity Task 
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Serving both as a reward task and a weekly task, the housemates must transfer 1000 ping-pong balls by fanning these balls from one end to another. However, they must perform these task on a slanted and uneven table. Each ball has a value of P50, and the housemates could give a maximum of P50,000 to "House of Hope Foundation, Inc", a mental health institution in Cagayan de Oro if they could successfully transfer all 1000 balls.
Also, if the housemates reached the maximum donation amount, they would win their weekly task. Otherwise, they would not receive grocery budget for the finale week. |
P50,000 for The House of Hope Foundation, Inc Grocery Budget |
Failed (Won P48,000) (No Budget) |
| Key: | Weekly Task | Reward Task | Secret Task | Punishment Task |
Challenges[]
| Pinoy Big Brother: Connect Competition History | ||||||
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| Week | Challenge title and description | Winner/Saved | ||||
| 1 | Prior to the season premiere, the first 12 housemates introduced were given a task to livestream on Kumu. Unbeknownst to them, the viewers were also tasked to give Kumu Diamonds to the housemates. The two housemates who collected the most diamonds on their livestreams would eventually become Heads of Household. |   Kyron & Mika | ||||
| 2 | The housemates playing in pairs must transfer blue water from one container to another using a small bucket within 3 minutes. They can use any part of their body except their hands to carry the bucket. The players with the most amount of water transferred would be the week's Heads of Household. |  Kyron & Russu | ||||
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| 4 | The housemates must memorize the correct order of animals flashed in the screen. They then have to traverse an obstacle of platforms to reach the other end wherein they must make sounds of the animals in correct order. If they missed an animal or forget the animal sound to parrot, they are allowed to return to the starting end to see the right order. The two housemates with the fastest time will win Heads of Household. |   Ella & Haira | ||||
| In addition to their Jump Rope Weekly Task, the two teams must also compete for immunity. The winning team would not only provide 50% of their weekly budget, but will also gain safety from nominations. Conversely, the losing team will be the only ones eligible for nomination. |        Team Ella | |||||
| 5 | The players must transfer a bottle from Point A to Point B with a distance of 14 feet apart using only a small pencil tied and hanged in their back. They must not use their hands or touch the floor while transferring the bottle. Further, the bottle must be standing when the players transfer it to Point B. |  Aizyl | ||||
| 6 | The challenge begins with the housemates watching a scene from the movie Four Sisters and a Wedding. After watching the scene, they then have to answer a series of questions that require them to identify five items that were seen in the movie scene. Once they identified the item asked, the housemates must pick up the items using a boom microphone stick and put it in the corresponding film strip boxes. | Andrea & Liofer | ||||
| 7 | The housemates must collect 300 scattered balls and put it inside a container using their elbows. The two fastest housemates will become Heads of Household. | Ella & Alyssa | ||||
| In the first supercharged challenge, the challenger and the challenged HOH must form a banner by stapling them together according to the correct order of housemates' ages from youngest to older and must connect it to from one pole to the other. The first to properly place the banner with correct order will be able to occupy the challenged HOHs' throne and will continue to Part 2 of the Supercharged challenge. Challenger vs. Challenged Haira vs. Ella Jie-Ann vs. Alyssa |
Ella | |||||
Alyssa | ||||||
| In the second part, each player must hit the other player with colored balloons that has corresponding points: blue for 1 point, red for 2 points. To gain a balloon to hit, the players must take turns on flipping a bottle. If a player successfully flipped a bottle, the player may receive a blue balloon, but if the player made two consecutive flips, they may receive a red balloon. The players with the most hits after an hour will win the Supercharged Challenge and will become the Heads of Household for two weeks. Challenger vs. Challenged Chico vs. Ella Andrea vs. Alyssa |
Chico | |||||
Alyssa | ||||||
| 9 | In the pool area, each housemate must dive and flip four letter coins using only their hands. Behind each coins are numbers that they will add to come up with a code to unlock a box with a numeric lock. Inside the box contains a red flag, which they need to mount on a stand beside the box in order to finish the task. | Alyssa | ||||
| 10 | Game of Hearts - Part 1: Mambobola Each housemate must place a tennis ball into a pipe. When the ball reaches the other end of the pipe, he must catapult the ball using the seesaw catapult to a basket mounted on a pole and situated 9 feet away from the end of the pipe. |
 Amanda & Jie-Ann | ||||
| Game of Hearts - Part 2: Huwag Ma-Fall Each housemate must need to freefall a ball from the starting point at the top layer to the bottom layer until it will shoot into a basket. There are six layers of different lengths that the ball will need to traverse, and they need to balance and maneuver all the layers together. All these six layers are connected by one column, so if one layer moves, the other layers move as well. In the event that the ball drops outside any of the layers or that the ball does not shoot to the designated basket, they will have to go back to the starting point. |
 Chico & Kobie | |||||
| Game of Hearts - Part 3: Three Timer In the activity area, each housemate must hit 11 pictures in the correct sequence using golden volleyballs. In case they have forgotten the correct order, they may go and check again the correct sequence at a plasma screen at the pool area. If a housemate incorrectly hits a different picture, he or she will have to start over again from hitting the first picture. Also, they are not allowed to cross a green line situated 20 feet away from the row of pictures while throwing the volleyballs. |
  Andrea, Liofer, Quincy, & Ralph | |||||
| 11 | Trios Task The housemates were divided into three groups of three: first group consist of Kobie, Liofer and Ralph; second group is Amanda, Ella and Quincy; and the third group is Andrea, Chico and Jie-Ann. Each group will have one retriever and two builders. The retriever will have to collect 90 dominos in two separate rounds; while each of the two builders, in two separate rounds, will have to build the domino lines. For the first round, with the activity area as the starting point, the retriever will have to collect all the 90 dominos scattered around the garden area and bring them to the activity area. After collecting all the dominos, the first builder will then line up all the dominos from the starting point to the gold bar placed at the end of the first platform. Once all the dominos are lined up, the builder will have to tumble down all the dominos one after another until the gold bar is toppled and fall to a container. In the event that any of or all the dominos will fall without completely finishing the domino line, the builder will have to line them up from the start or from the last domino standing. If the first builder is successful in the first round, the retriever will then have to collect the second set of dominos: Ten bags (each bag has nine dominos) placed in the pool. He or she will then hand the second set of dominos to the second builder who will have to do same task the first builder did. |
Andrea, Chico, & Jie-Ann | ||||
| 13 | Big 4 Karapatdapat Challenge - Part 1: Self Trust | Andrea | ||||
| Big 4 Karapatdapat Challenge - Part 2: Camaraderie | Jie-Ann | |||||
| Big 4 Karapatdapat Challenge - Part 3: Resourceful | Liofer | |||||
| Big 4 Karapatdapat Challenge - Part 4: Steadfast | Kobie | |||||
| 14 | 1st Big 4 Challenger Task - Transfer the Cup Tower Task Challenger vs. Challenged Ralph vs. Andrea, Kobie |
Andrea & Kobie | ||||
| 2nd Big 4 Challenger Task - Challenger vs. Challenged Amanda vs. Jie-Ann, Liofer |
Jie-Ann & Liofer | |||||
| Key: | HOH | Supercharged | Karapatdapat | Big 4 Challengers | Immunity | Ligtask | Safety |
Padaluck History[]
| Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 9 | Week 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advantage in Ligtask (Distance reduced from 14 ft. to 10 ft.) |
Advantage in HOH Challenge (May answer only 3 instead of 5 questions) |
Advantage in HOH Challenge (May collect only 200 instead of 300 balls) |
Advantage in Ligtask (Only 3 letters to flip instead of 4 letters) |
Advantage in Safety Challenge (Distance reduced from 9 ft. to 8 ft.) |
Advantage in Safety Challenge (Only 5 layers of metal instead of 6) |
Advantage in Safety Challenge (Only 10 pictures to hit instead of 11) | |
| Liofer | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss |
| Andrea | Loss | Win | Loss | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Loss |
| Kobie | Win | Loss | Loss | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Ineligible |
| Jie-Ann | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Ineligible |
Loss | Ineligible |
Ineligible |
| Amanda | Not in House | Ineligible |
Win | Ineligible |
Win | Ineligible |
Ineligible |
| Ralph | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss |
| Chico | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Ineligible |
| Ella | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Loss |
| Quincy | Not in House | Ineligible |
Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Win | |
| Gail | Not in House | Win | Loss | Win | Win | ||
| Alyssa | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss | Win | Loss |
| Kyron | Ineligible |
Loss | Loss | Loss | |||
| Aizyl | Loss | Loss | Loss | ||||
| Haira | Loss | Loss | Loss | ||||
| Crismar | Loss | Loss | |||||
| Mika | Loss | ||||||
| Russu | |||||||
| Justin | |||||||
Nominations History[]
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | ||
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| Rank | Big Jump | Day 92 | Final | ||||||||||||
| Liofer | Not in House |
No Nominations |
2-Mika 1-Jie-Ann |
2-Crismar 1-Alyssa |
2-Mika 1-Crismar |
2-Aizyl 1-Alyssa |
Ineligible |
2-Ella 1-Amanda |
Vetoed No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ella 1-Quincy |
Rank 1 | Win | Win | Winner |
| Andrea | Banished to Isolation Area |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Alyssa |
2-Crismar 1-Liofer |
2-Crismar 1-Haira |
2-Aizyl 1-Ella |
Ineligible |
Vetoed 2-Ella 1-Gail |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ella 1-Quincy |
Rank 3 | Win | Win | Runner-Up |
| Kobie | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Justin 1-Alyssa |
2-Mika 1-Crismar |
2-Crismar 1-Mika |
2-Ella 1-Jie-Ann |
Ineligible |
2-Ella 1-Gail |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Quincy 1-Ella |
Rank 6 | Win | Win | Third Place |
| Jie-Ann | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Ella |
2-Russu 1-Crismar |
2-Crismar 1-Haira |
2-Ella 1-Aizyl |
Ineligible |
Vetoed 2-Ella 1-Aizyl |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ella 1-Quincy |
Rank 2 | Win | Win | Fourth Place |
| Amanda | Not in House |
Exempt | Ineligible |
2-Ella 1-Ralph |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ella 1-Kobie |
Rank 7 | Loss | Loss | | ||||
| Ralph | Not in House |
Exempt | 2-Aizyl 1-Russu |
2-Mika 1-Kobie |
2-Aizyl 1-Haira |
Ineligible |
2-Aizyl 1-Ella |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ella 1-Quincy |
Rank 5 | Loss | Loss | | |
| Chico | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Mika 1-Crismar |
2-Crismar 1-Mika |
2-Mika 1-Crismar |
2-Alyssa 1-Ella |
Aizyl Ella |
2-Andrea 1-Aizyl |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ella 1-Quincy |
Rank 3 | Loss | | |
| Ella | Banished to Isolation Area |
No Nominations |
2-Liofer 1-Aizyl |
2-Crismar 1-Russu |
2-Crismar 1-Kobie |
2-Aizyl 1-Crismar |
Ineligible | 2-Andrea 1-Jie-Ann |
No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Quincy 1-Kobie |
Rank 8 | | ||
| Quincy | Not in House |
Exempt | 2-Ella 1-Ralph |
No Nominations |
Saved No Nominations |
2-Ralph 1-Ella |
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| Gail | Not in House |
2-Kobie 1-Jie-Ann |
No Nominations |
No Nominations |
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| Alyssa | Not in House |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Crismar |
2-Crismar 1-Aizyl |
2-Crismar 1-Haira |
2-Aizyl 1-Ella |
Kyron Haira |
2-Ella 1-Aizyl |
No Nominations |
No Nominations |
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| Kyron | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Jie-Ann |
2-Russu 1-Crismar |
2-Kobie 1-Mika |
2-Aizyl 1-Chico |
Ineligible | 2-Ella 1-Aizyl |
No Nominations |
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| Aizyl | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Mika 1-Andrea |
2-Crismar 1-Mika |
2-Crismar 1-Mika |
2-Crismar 1-Kyron |
Ineligible | 2-Amanda 1-Ralph |
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| Haira | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Alyssa |
2-Crismar 1-Russu |
2-Crismar 1-Kobie |
2-Aizyl 1-Ella |
Ineligible | | |||||||
| Crismar | Banished to Isolation Area |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Haira |
2-Russu 1-Kyron |
2-Haira 1-Kobie |
2-Ella 1-Aizyl |
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| Mika | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Liofer |
2-Russu 1-Aizyl |
2-Haira 1-Kobie |
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| Russu | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Justin 1-Mika |
2-Crismar 1-Aizyl |
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| Justin | No Nominations |
No Nominations |
2-Aizyl 1-Haira |
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| Key: | Winner | Runner-up | Finalist | Evicted |
| HOH | Dethroned HOH | Nominated | Immune | Vetoed/Saved | Ligtask Winner | Big Jump Winner |
Viewer Voting History[]
| Week | Nominees | Viewer Votes from Kumu 70% of the overall voting |
Viewer Votes from SMS 30% of the overall voting |
Result | ||||
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| Votes to Save | Votes to Evict | Combined Votes | Votes to Save | Votes to Evict | Combined Votes | Overall Percentage | ||
| Week 3 | Aizyl | 15.42% | -1.52% | 13.90% | 14.32% | -4.63% | 9.69% | 12.64% |
| Mika | 23.73% | -17.83% | 5.90% | 11.75% | -14.50% | -2.75% | 3.30% | |
| Justin | 23.71% | -17.79% | 5.92% | 17.16% | -37.65% | -20.49% | -2.00% | |
| Week | Nominees | Votes to Save | Votes to Evict | Overall Percentage | ||||
| Week 4 | Aizyl | 16.31% | -1.41% | 14.90% | ||||
| Crismar | 23.01% | -16.14% | 6.87% | |||||
| Russu | 23.76% | -19.37% | 4.39% | |||||
| Week 5 | Haira | 15.34% | -0.55% | 14.79% | ||||
| Kobie | 15.16% | -0.60% | 14.56% | |||||
| Crismar | 18.01% | -15.03% | 2.98% | |||||
| Mika | 18.39% | -16.83% | 1.66% | |||||
| Week 6 | Ella | 14.56% | -1.62% | 12.94% | ||||
| Aizyl | 8.76% | -1.29% | 7.47% | |||||
| Alyssa | 21.54% | -18.25% | 3.29% | |||||
| Crismar | 18.29% | -15.69% | 2.60% | |||||
| Week 7 | Ella | 26.70% | -9.83% | 16.87% | ||||
| Kyron | 10.24% | -0.86% | 9.38% | |||||
| Aizyl | 13.33% | -5.20% | 8.13% | |||||
| Haira | 18.83% | -15.62% | 2.61% | |||||
| Week 8 | Ella | 31.76% | -19.08% | 12.68% | ||||
| Aizyl | 30.89% | -18.28% | 12.61% | |||||
| Week 9 | Gail | 17.64% | -1.46% | 16.18% | ||||
| Ralph | 27.74% | -14.04% | 13.70% | |||||
| Kyron | 25.15% | -13.96% | 11.91% | |||||
| Week 10 | Ella | 36.03% | -12.81% | 23.22% | ||||
| Gail | 20.19% | -12.77% | 7.42% | |||||
| Alyssa | 8.47% | -9.73% | -1.26% | |||||
| Week 11 | Ella | 20.71% | -6.34% | 14.37% | ||||
| Kobie | 13.76% | -1.75% | 12.01% | |||||
| Ralph | 20.61% | -13.80% | 6.81% | |||||
| Quincy | 14.44% | -8.60% | 5.84% | |||||
| Week 12 | Amanda | 45.04% | -6.29% | 38.75% | ||||
| Ella | 19.65% | -29.02% | -9.37% | |||||
| Week 13 | Amanda | 32.68% | -0.89% | 31.79% | ||||
| Ralph | 16.29% | -10.63% | 5.66% | |||||
| Chico | 16.69% | -22.81% | -6.12% | |||||
| Week 14 | Liofer | 33.39% | -12.49% | 20.90% | ||||
| Andrea | 30.69% | -14.09% | 16.60% | |||||
| Kobie | 3.79% | -0.43% | 3.36% | |||||
| Jie-Ann | 3.89% | -1.23% | 2.66% | |||||
Game History[]
| # | HOH(s) | Ligtask/Big Jump | Nominations | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Housemate(s) | Vote | Finish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Kyron |
 Mika |
 Alyssa |
Entered Day 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Liofer |
Entered Day 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kyron |
 Russu |
 Ralph |
Entered Day 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Aizyl |
 Justin |
Mika |
Justin |
-2.00% | 1st Evicted Day 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Ella |
 Haira |
Aizyl |
 Crismar |
Russu |
Russu |
4.39% | 2nd Evicted Day 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aizyl |
Crismar |
Haira |
 Kobie |
Mika |
Mika |
1.66% | 3rd Evicted Day 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Amanda |
Entered Day 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Andrea |
Liofer |
Aizyl |
Alyssa |
Crismar |
Ella |
Crismar |
2.60% | 4th Evicted Day 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Quincy |
Entered Day 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alyssa |
 Chico |
Aizyl |
Ella |
Haira |
Kyron |
Haira |
2.61% | 5th Evicted Day 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Gail |
Entered Day 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aizyl |
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Ella |
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Aizyl |
12.61% | 6th Evicted Day 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alyssa |
Gail |
Kyron |
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Ralph |
Kyron |
11.19% | 7th Evicted Day 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Alyssa |
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Alyssa |
-1.26% | 8th Evicted Day 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ella |
Gail |
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Gail |
7.42% | 9th Evicted Day 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Andrea |
Chico |
Jie-Ann |
Ella |
Kobie |
Quincy |
Ralph |
Quincy |
5.84% | 10th Evicted Day 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Amanda |
Ella |
Ella |
-9.37% | 11th Evicted Day 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Andrea |
Jie-Ann |
Amanda |
Chico |
Ralph |
Andrea, Jie-Ann, Kobie, Liofer |
Big Jump Winners Big 4 Finalists Day 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chico |
-6.12% | 12th Evicted Day 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kobie |
Liofer |
Amanda |
Fake Evicted Big 4 Challenger Sent to Kumu Room Day 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ralph |
Fake Evicted Big 4 Challenger Sent to Kumu Room Day 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Andrea |
Kobie |
Ralph |
Ralph |
Lost Challenger Task 13th Evicted Day 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amanda |
Jie-Ann |
Liofer |
Amanda |
Lost Challenger Task 14th Evicted Day 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jie-Ann |
2.66% | Fourth Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kobie |
3.36% | Third Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrea |
16.60% | Runner-Up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liofer |
20.90% | Big Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Controversies[]
Justin Dizon's Comments[]
On Week 2, Twitter users accused Justin Dizon of discriminating Jie-Ann Armero after a live feed clip was taken out of context and went viral on Twitter wherein it showed Justin bantering with Jie-Ann about the latter's refusal to take a bath daily. Their sarcastic bantering to each other was taken out of context and were translated as offensive instead and the viewers immediately called out Justin for his jokes that fans viewed as elitist and insulting, such as his remark "...sabagay, marumi ka nga pala (...well, you're dirty anyway)"'. This went viral after the episode where Jie-Ann explained to Big Brother in the Confession Room that the reason for her unusual bathing habits was due to their town's limited water supply. This issue went political with some Twitter users questioning Sarangani province's governance. The controversial livefeed clip was given context few episodes later with Justin and the rest of the house finally understanding the reason behind Jie-Ann's quirks and acknowledging that the jokes they made on her was insensitive and ignorant on their part. In spite of Jie-Ann mentioning that she didn't find any of the jokes as offensive, Justin still apologized for his actions. [20]
Pro-ABSCBN Shutdown Housemates[]
Even before the season began, a controversy went viral during the casting period that there were some auditionees who supported the ABS-CBN Network's closure back in May 2020.[21]
On Week 4, the controversy resurfaced again when some of the housemates have confessed that they indeed supported the shutdown and were in favor for ABS-CBN's airing franchise not be renewed. These housemates, namely Russu Laurente and Crismar Menchavez, revealed to their fellow housemates in some of their conversations that they previously supported the idea. Laurente admitted that he posted pro-shutdown statements on Twitter, but a week prior to the confession, his controversial posts have been viral. On the otherhand, Menchavez said he didn't post anything related to the shutdown issue but he confessed that he was in favor over the shutdown decision. Upon the revelation, many of the viewers were appalled and eventually becoming a controversial topic on Twitter once again. Nonetheless, both housemates admitted that they were ill-informed about the issue, and apologized for their previous statements. Big Brother then had a one-on-one counsel talk with Laurente and Menchavez to understand their previous sentiments over the franchise dispute issue and gave advice regarding their controversial confessions.
Big Brother then shared an advice to Russu, who had been receiving negative responses the most on social media. Big Brother shared, "We say some things, we judge based on incomplete information. We are easily influenced or easily influenced by the opinions of others, so it is not right. I know different people have different opinions. But to want to harm others, it is not acceptable. Just like I said Russu and I always say, our past should not be the basis for judging personality and in admitting our mistakes, let us leave these mistakes. May we all have a new future in this new person. And Russu, in your criticism, in supporting the shutdown of this home, I accept your humility. Even though that happened, you still became part of this family." The two eventually apologized to Big Brother, and Big Brother eventually accepted their apologies in return.[22]
#BoycottPBB[]
On Week 8 after the 6th Nomination Night, enraged fans trended the hashtag #BoycottPBB on twitter, criticizing the production for allegedly using the Double Power of Veto twist to evict either Ella Cayabyab or Aizyl Tandugon, two housemates who had been the most targeted by their fellow housemates in the past weeks. In the original usage of the Power of Veto twist as seen on American and Canadian versions, the Head of Household must select a replacement nominee once the veto has been used, but in the season's adaptation, the replacement nominee element wasn't used. The upset fans on twitter most of whom were supporters of Aizyl and Ella, thought that the removal of the "replacement nominee" aspect of the twist felt that PBB was unfair and biased, and that they didn't give the two women a chance to fight for their safety. Despite the accusations, PBB did not comment on the issue, and the PBB version of the Veto twist remained in play in the following weeks. [23]
Trivia[]
- This is the first season where the casting was held entirely online.
- This season holds the record for having the largest amount of applicants in the history of Big Brother, with 177,524 applicants from around the world auditioning to become housemates.
- This is the first season of Pinoy Big Brother franchise under the Banijay Group, as Banijay acquired Endemol in mid-2020.
- This is the first Pinoy Big Brother season to air simultaneously on two of the three biggest TV Networks in the Philippines: ABS-CBN via Kapamilya Channel, and TV5.
- Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first season to not have any live audience since Pinoy Big Brother first aired in 2005.
- Although this is the fifth season of Pinoy Big Brother to feature a mix of Teen and Adults housemates, this is the first season to have a mixed cast where it didn't create any distinction and emphasis regarding their age groups.
- With the housemates committing over 56 violations throughout the series, this season broke the record for being the edition with the most violations committed in the history of Pinoy Big Brother and the first season where all housemates commited atleast three house rule violations.
- With only 99 days, Pinoy Big Brother: Connect (alongside with Pinoy Big Brother: Gen11) is the shortest regular season of Pinoy Big Brother.
- This is the first season with a Big Four that was determined purely by a series of challenges as opposed to the the usual viewer voting
- This is the first season in the history of Pinoy Big Brother wherein the majority of Big 4 (3 out 4 finalists) did not face Filipino Public Eviction throughout the entire season.
- This is the second season after Teen Edition 4 not to have records of Voluntary Exits or Forced Evictions.
- Due to COVID safety protocols and Media Week, the season's Big Four had to stay for a few more days inside the Big Brother house after the finale has concluded.
- The official farewell/eviction song of this season is Bagong Simula by Jem Macatuno, an ex-housemate of the previous season.
References[]
External Links[]
- ABS-CBN Official Site
- Pinoy Big Brother Official Site
- Pinoy Big Brother Official Kumu Account
- iWant TFC
| Pinoy Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|
| Civilian | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 | |
| Combined | 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 | |
| Celebrity | 1 · 2 | |
| Teen | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 | |