Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up

Template:Big Brother housemates Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up is the third regular season of Pinoy Big Brother, which began on October 4, 2009 on ABS-CBN. Toni Gonzaga, Mariel Rodriguez, and Bianca Gonzalez reprise their hosting duties this season.

There were two sets of auditions for this season. The first set of auditions were held in late 2007 in several key cities in the Philippines, as well as the cities of Madrid, Milan, and Dubai. Those auditions also produced the housemates for Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus. The second set of auditions for this season, as well as for the third Teen Edition, were held in several key cities in the Philippines and the cities of Tokyo and San Francisco. This brought the number of auditioners to 57,824. From those two sets of auditions, it was reported that fifty people were chosen for shortlist. A total of twenty-six housemates have entered the House, fourteen on Day 1 and ten on Day 7. Two more housemates entered on Day 43.

The winner of the new season would receive an LCD TV set, an Asian tour package, a business package, a house and lot, and PHP 1 million in cash. The winner would also donate another PHP 1 million to a charity of their choice, making Double Up the first non-celebrity season to do so.

This season also marks the return of Pinoy Big Brother UpLate, after being replaced by Pinoy Big Brother Über in the second Celebrity Edition and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus. Mariel would continue to host Über while Bianca would take the helm for UpLate. Episodes from the previous week are also recapped through a weekend program on Studio 23 entitled Pinoy Big Brother: Primetime Weekends on 23 and delayed, but unedited late morning/early afternoon feed through Pinoy Big Brother: Raw on Studio 23.

Overview

House theme

House A, with the swimming pool, is located on the right side while House B is on the left side.

With the Double-up twist of having two houses, the houses have a European motif for interiors with bright colors as inspired by architectural designs of Antoni Gaudí for House A and paintings of Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh for House B. The houses appear to be smaller than before, with each house having the same set of ammenities with different wall paintings. House A has predominantly blue and green wall paintings. House B has predominantly red and yellow wall paintings. Furthermore, House A's garden inherits the infinity pool previously seen in Teen Edition: Plus and the second season of Pinoy Dream Academy; House B only has a simple terrace area with a jacuzzi at one side.

Double Up Twists

This season has been dubbed Double Up for several reasons.

• Two Houses - unlike previous seasons, the house has been divided into two distinct areas with similar rooms and a shared confession room, but both are designed differently - with House A inspired by the architectural design of Antoni Gaudí, and House B featuring reproductions of Vincent van Gogh's paintings.
• Double Up Housemates - two sets of identical twins were included in the roster of housemates - with each member of the twins living in both parts of the house, switching between the two areas when instructed. However, the rest of the housemates do not know about the twins, or the fact that there are two houses. The twins will also receive an immunity from nomination for eviction during the first nomination night if they succeed in keeping this a secret, but if they do reveal it they will be forcibly evicted.
• House Swaps - Housemates were made to swap houses and group members as instructed by Big Brother.
• Voting System - For the seventh eviction, the show introduced the vote to evict system, where the viewers are given the chance to vote for the housemates they want to evict. For the eighth eviction onwards, the show brought back the vote-to-save system and retained the vote-to-evict system.
• Head of Household - When the housemates were brought together in one house, the Head of Household was introduced. See Head of Household and Hand Grenade sections for further details.
• Hand Grenade - Like the Head of Household twist, the Hand Grenade twist was implemented after the housemates began living in one house. The hand grenade goes to the ultimate loser in the HOH competition. See Head of Household and Hand Grenade sections for further details.
• 100-Second Encounter - Each week, a housemate will be chosen by Big Brother to have a 100-second encounter with a loved one.

Housemates

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(L-R) Delio, Jason, JP, JM, Carol, Kenny, Toffi, Melisa, Paul Jake, Princess, Mariel, Tom, Yhel, Yuri, Cathy, Hermes, Jimson, Kath, Johan, Patrick, Rica, Patria, Rob, Tibo, Sam, Rocky

There were a total of twenty-six housemates - twenty official housemates, four sub-official housemates, and two replacement housemates, who entered the Houses: the first set of 14 housemates entered on Day 1 (October 4, 2009), while a second set of 10 were introduced on Day 7 (October 10, 2009). A third batch of two housemates entered the house on Day 43 (November 15, 2009). They are divided below by the batch from which they were introduced and House in which they live. The twins are marked with different colors. A table is included to show the housemates shifted houses in the duration of the show.

On Day 63, Big Brother announced that there no longer would be two houses and all housemates were to live in House A. Only ten housemates entered House A on that day as the remaining randomly-chosen housemates were told to spend the night in House B to await their fate the next day from the then recently-closed voting.

First batch

The following housemates entered the Houses on Day 1 (October 4, 2009) in the order shown. They appeared and disappeared from stage with the use of several magic tricks, with a Magic-themed kick-off. Filipino-American artist Amber Davis sang the theme song, with ex-housemates Jason Gainza, Cassandra Ponti and Franzen Fajardo from Season 1, Nina Jose from Teen Edition 1, and Wendy Valdez and Gee-Ann Abrahan from Season 2.

Housemates (First batch)
Name	Age	Home town	Initial House		Week 4 House		Week 6 House		Week 8 House	Day 63/64 House
Paul Jake	24	Cebu	hA		hB		hB	hA	hA	hA
Jason	21	Oriental Mindoro	hA		hB		hB	hA	hA	hA
Melisa	21	General Santos City	hB	hA	hB		hB	hA	hB	hB	hA
Carol	22	Tondo, Manila	hB		hA	hB	hB	hA	hB	hB	Out
Mariel	21	Davao	hB		hA		hA	hB	hA	hA
Yuri	25	Tokyo, Japan	hB		hA		hA	hB	hA	hB	Out
Tom	22	Samar/Arizona, USA	hA	hB	hA		hA	hB	Out
Delio	26	Batangas	hA		hB		Out
Yhel	26	Pampanga	hB		hA		Out
Princess	22	Cebu/Fukuoka, Japan	hA		Out
Toffi	20	Rizal	hB	hA	Out
Kenny	20	Rizal	hA	hB	Out
JM	29	Quezon City	hB	hA	Out
JP	29	Quezon City	hA	hB	Out

Princess

Princess Lieza Manzon (b. January 15, 1987) is a 22-year-old receptionist and a language instructor from Fukuoka, Japan. She left the Philippines when she was in high school to live with her mom in Japan. There she discovered something about her mom which prompted her to break away and live on her own. She was initially the only female living in House A. She was automatically nominated for eviction on Day 22 for discussing her votes in the first nomination night, but decided on a voluntary exit several hours later.

Tom

Bartolome Alberto "Tom" Mott (b. October 1, 1987) is a 22-year-old amateur musical composer and illustrator from the US state of Arizona. He is a native of Catbalogan, Samar but migrated to the States when he was 12 years old with his mom and dad, who is a US Navy serviceman. He spoke little English when he moved abroad and was ridiculed. Tom loves to draw and is interested in pursuing a career in digital animation. On Day 41, Tom was given a forced eviction because of his outburst in the third game of the Pinoy Big Battle which led to him punching the Activity Area's wall. He left the house the next day with ex-housemate Princess, who re-entered the house to accompany him to the outside world as most of Tom's relatives are living outside Metro Manila.

Delio

Delio Dimaculangan (b. January 16, 1983) is a 26-year-old cook from Batangas. He had to work at a young age and was not able to finish his studies. He got his boss’ daughter pregnant and was banned from seeing his child. He was reunited with his wife and child two years after and is now determined to give them a better life. He was evicted on Day 35.

Paul Jake

Paul Jake Castillo (b. December 22, 1984) is a 24-year-old businessman from Metro Cebu. He is from a well-off family and set up his own business at 22 years old. However, he prides himself for being down-to-earth for he is able to get along with people from all walks of life. Paul Jake graduated from the University of San Carlos.

Jason

Jason Veron Marasigan Francisco (b. October 11, 1987) is 22-year-old thug from Oriental Mindoro. Infamous in his hometown for starting brawls and other shenanigans, he admits that he is not one to back out of a fight. Idolizing actor Robin Padilla, Jason says he always gets what he wants.

Melisa

Melisa Cantiveros, or sometimes Melai, (b. April 6, 1988) is a 21-year-old student, part-time instructor, and funny lady from General Santos City. Nicknamed Inday Kengkay, Melisa looks at the positive side of things despite people teasing her about her looks. The aspiring English practice teacher hopes she can impart happiness to other people wherever she goes.

Yuri

Yuri Okawa (b. October 17, 1983) is a 25-year-old nursing student from Japan. Yuri can speak five languages – Spanish, Portuguese, English, Tagalog and Japanese which she has learned living in different parts of the world. Her goal is to help support her family working as a waitress in Japan while on leave from her nursing studies. She was evicted on Day 64, with the vote-to-evict twist.

Carol

Carolyn "Carol" Lim Batay (b. May 18, 1987) is a 22-year-old pharmacist and teacher from Tondo, Manila. She grew up in a traditional Chinese household. She admits that this has hindered her from exploring the world and expressed hope that her stint inside the Big Brother house will change her perspective on things. A Pharmacy graduate and an industrial pharmacy instructor at UP Manila, she passed the PRC Pharmacist Board Exam in June 2008 and never had a boyfriend. She was evicted on Day 77.

Mariel

Marielle Sorino (b. November 29, 1988) is a 21-year-old mother from Davao. She confessed to having a rebellious past, drinking and partying because of issues with her parents, especially her mom. A single mom, Marielle has moved away from her parents and is trying her best to raise her son on her own.

Yhel

Mirielle "Yhel" Punzalan (b. September 8, 1983) is a 26-year-old widow from Angeles City, Pampanga. She became a mother at 14 years old and lost her husband to a gang killing at the age of 20. Yhel gets her inspiration to go on with life from her two children but admits it’s very hard to raise them since she hasn’t even finished high school. Due to her frequent violations on rules against discussing nominations, Yhel was given a forced eviction on Day 25 and left the house the following day.

Double-up Housemates

To complete the first batch of housemates, Big Brother introduced two sets of twins as "double-up" housemates. He also reveals to the pairs that he has two houses. The twins were assigned the first task of the season, a switch of identities and houses at his signal, anytime within the week. If they succeed with their secret task, they'll be considered as official housemates, but should any of them be discovered or the secret of the two houses revealed to the other housemates, both pairs of twins will be forcibly evicted from the house.

Toffi & Kenny

Oliver Steffan "Toffi" and Oliver Kenneth "Kenny" Santos (b. September 21, 1989) are 20-year-old basketball players from Rizal. Both are said to share in everything, including clothes and their status as college varsity basketball players. They are said to be so identical that at their young age, they have fooled their mother about their identities. A major difference to the two is that Kenny is almost two inches shorter than Toffi. However, the girls at House B were able to distinguish the two, dubbing Kenny as "Toffi-fi". They were forcibly evicted on Day 5.

JP & JM

John Paul "JP" and John Michael "JM" Lagumbay (b. April 22, 1980) are 29-year-old family men from Quezon City. JP is a flight attendant, while JM is an IT specialist; both come from a political family. Having lost a sibling, JP straightened out as a father and a husband. JM became more charismatic and evangelized with kids. A major difference of this pair is that JM has a dimple in his right cheek, while JP has no dimples. JP left the show on Day 3 due to work-related concerns, leaving JM to compete as a single housemate, but with the continued onus of assuming his brother's identity in the other House. JM was forcibly evicted on Day 5.

Second batch

The second batch of Housemates entered the Big Brother House on Day 7 (October 10, 2009), during another special show called "The Spooktacular Reveal," utilizing a haunted house theme. Housemates were escorted by hosts Bianca and Mariel to the front door of the house. While the 10 housemates in the two houses danced to the tune of Thriller, outside the house, present were Big Winners and ex-housemates Nene Tamayo from Season 1, John Prats from Celebrity Edition 1, Beatriz Saw and Mickey Perz from Season 2, Robi Domingo from Teen Edition Plus, and Kenny and Toffi Santos and JM Lagumbay.

Housemates (Second batch)
Name	Age	Home town	Initial House		Week 4 House		Week 6 House		Week 8 House	Day 63/64 House
Johan	22	Quezon City	hA		hB		hB	hA	hA	hA
Cathy	22	Bohol	hA		hB		hB	hA	hB	hA
Tibo	33	Cagayan de Oro	hA		hB		hB	hA	hA	hA
Hermes	23	Pampanga/San Diego, California	hB		hA		hA	hB	hB	hB	hA
Kath	24	Spain	hB		hA		hA	hB	hA	hA
Patrick	32	Baguio	hB		hA		hA	hB	hB	hA
Rica	26	Iloilo	hA		hB		hB	hA	hB	hB	hA
Rob	24	Austria	hA		hB	hA	hA	hB	hB	Out
Patria	23	Siquijor	hB		hA		hA	hB	Out
Jimson	25	Spain	hB		Out

Johan

Johan Morielle Santos (b. June 1, 1987) is a 22-year-old working student from Quezon City. Without their own home, Johan had to work double-time as the family's breadwinner, often staying in his workplace all day long. His good looks have often attracted indecent proposals he quickly rejects. He was first known to Philippine viewers as a contestant in GMA-7's Starstruck.

Cathy

Catherine "Cathy" Remperas (b. October 8, 1987) is a 22-year-old nurse from Bohol. Being left alone by their parents, Cathy, being the youngest, was raised by her older siblings. As such, she was the only one to finish her college education. She recently passed the nursing board exam.

Tibo

Steve "Tibo" Jumalon (b. December 31, 1975) is a 33-year-old father of three from Cagayan de Oro. He comes from a family of five siblings with four different fathers to one mother. When he was younger, he and his family went to Manila to escape from a syndicate. Growing up as a strong and determined individual, he later on became a target shooting champion.

Hermes

Hermes Eugene Bautista (b. February 7, 1986) is a 23-year-old nursing graduate. He is a US-born Filipino who grew up in Pampanga. He felt saddened and disappointed when there finally came a point when he had to leave for San Diego, California. As he can't fit in well with his new community, and as a form of rebellion, he let his hair grow long without having to smoke or take drugs.

Patria

Riza Mae Patria (b. September 23, 1986), known in the show under her surname, is a 23-year-old medical representative and funny girl from Lazi, Siquijor. She finished her college studies in Foundation University in Dumaguete City. She has always joined competitions ranging from beauty pageants to simple pizza-eating contests. She is striving hard to help her family. Like Carolyn, she has never been in a relationship. Patria was evicted on Day 49.

Kath

Kathleen Lopeña-Ortega (b. May 21, 1985) is a 24-year-old print model from Spain. She is a Filipina who was born and raised in Spain. She is married and has one kid. She is also intensely jealous because her husband, Jimson, had an affair after he went back home to the Philippines.

Jimson

Jimson "Jim" Ortega (b. November 11, 1983) is a 25-year-old house husband from Spain. A man coming from a well-off family, he went to Spain to try his luck and met Kath in a case of love at first sight. They eventually got married and had one kid. Jimson took the job of a stay-at-home father (or the Filipino English term houseband) as he could not find work in Spain. His affair nearly led to him being separated from Kath. He was evicted on Day 21.

Rob

Robert "Rob" Stumvoll (b. June 25, 1985) is a 24-year-old Filipino-Austrian soldier who was born and raised in Austria, albeit being fluent in Tagalog. With his good looks, it is to no surprise that women flock to him. But with two heartbreaks, he has never again had a serious relationship. He later entered the military to discipline himself. He was evicted on Day 56.

Patrick

Patrick Villanueva (b. September 14, 1977) is a 32-year old banker from Baguio. He pursued his studies in the City of Pines and met the woman he would eventually marry and start a family with. He was tempted to have extra-marital affairs, which almost ruined his marriage.

Rica

Rica Paras (born Richard Paras; November 8, 1982) is a 27-year old IT consultant from Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. Being a transexual, she has experienced discrimination numerous times. Although her father does not accept her chosen lifestyle, Rica is proud of her own sexuality. She graduated from Philippine Science High School - Western Visayas Campus and Ateneo de Manila University.

Replacement Housemates

On Day 41 (November 13, 2009), right after Big Brother announced Tom's forced eviction to the housemates, primetime edition host Toni Gonzaga revealed that new housemate(s) - confirmed during the following night's broadcast as a guy and a girl - would enter the house. The new housemates entered on Day 43 (November 15, 2009). Both are fashion models.

Housemates (Third batch)
Name	Age	Home town	Initial House	Week 8 House	Day 63/64 House	Current House
Sam	19	Parañaque	hB	hA	hA	hA
Rocky	29	Cavite	hB	hB	hA	Out

Sam

Samuelle "Sam" Pinto (b. December 11, 1989) is a 20-year-old fashion design student and commercial model from Paranaque. She has been profiled to be born in a financially-stable environment, but has been living with her mother since her parents separated. She is seen in the fashion scene since age 10, appearing in several TV commercials.

Rocky

Alvin Kirby "Rocky" Salumbides (b. August 30, 1980) is a 29-year-old model from Cavite. Growing up in a single-parent household at the barracks of the Villamor Airbase, money had always been tight. His family's sole breadwinner, Rocky took up odd jobs such as a balut vendor and construction worker in addition to his various modelling stints. He is currently in a relationship with actress Eula Valdez. He made a voluntary exit in the early hours of Day 67.

Chronology of notable events

Below is a chronology of events, not including nomination and eviction nights. This section also lists voluntary and temporary exits, entrances of houseguests, visitors, new housemates, and other events that affected the housemates' lives inside the House. This case, October 4, 2009 is considered Day 1. During week 5, events for the swap are indicated in the Big Brother Swap section, including updates on Cathy in Big Brother Finland. As an added note, Group A housemates refer to housemates originally from House A while Group B housemates refer to housemates from House B. On Day 50, the females of each group switched Houses. Group A's males and Group B's females were thus be called "Neo-Group A," while Group A's females and Group B's males were to be known as "Neo-Group B."

Week 1

• Day 1: Fourteen housemates entered the houses. Princess, Tom, Delio, Paul Jake and Jason entered House A while Melisa, Yuri, Carol, Mariel and Yhel entered House B. The double-up housemates were informed of tasks they were supposed to achieve. Their housemates must not discover that they have twins. JM and Toffi were tasked to go to House B while JP and Kenny went to House A. The first switch between the twins occurred minutes before midnight, but suspicions of the existence of twins in House B were already abound, briefly imperiling the twins' tenure in the show.
• Day 2: Big Brother gave the double-up housemates another chance for their task, and this time, they had to make sure that House A won't discover their secret. The weekly task of introduction of the housemates in the two Houses began. Several housemates also donated some of their clothes for the victims of calamities caused by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Big Brother informed JP that his company denied his application for leave (so he would compete in the show) and JP was told that he would lose his job if he would not report by 8:00 am the next day. JP opted for a voluntary exit so he would freely show up at work.
• Day 3: With everyone else in both Houses unaware, JP left House A at 2:38am on Day 3, October 6, 2009. JM was informed of his twin brother's voluntary exit around 30 minutes later. Because of Big Brother's concern for the Lagumbay twins, he decided that JM would remain inside the house and still continue their task. He must still continue the task and assume as JP whenever he is in House A.
• Day 4: Big Brother hardens the twins' tasks by making them stay in one house without the other housemates (except JM) knowing. However, Melisa (one of the more inquisitive housemates) and Mariel caught one of the Santos twins in the shower room, which made them fail their task. Big Brother made the twins and JM reveal themselves to House B and were given one last chance with their task in House A, but declared its Secret Bedroom, the anteroom to the confession room, and the shower room off-limits as hiding places.
• Day 5: Princess caught one of the Santos twins in the toilet. This led to the eviction of the twins and JM.
• Day 6: Minutes after midnight, Tom and Melisa were each told of the existence of a second House. They were told to pack up and move to the other House (i.e. Tom would transfer to House B, Melisa to House A). After the switch and the announcement of the first weekly task's results, Big Brother finally confirmed to all housemates the existence of another House.
• Day 7: Some housemates committed various violations. The original housemates of House A got food supplies outside the prescribed time and were punished by wearing boots on their hands. Princess, Jason, and Delio were asked to wear headsets for not wearing the lapel microphones while Delio was further punished by wearing a ring of guavas for his violation on taking baths. At House B, Carol and Mariel were asked to wear headsets for violating rules on lapel microphones. The second batch of housemates entered the Houses. While Johan, Cathy, Tibo, Hermes, and Patria entered seemingly without incident, Kath, Jimson, Rob, Patrick, and Rica were given new tasks that would give them budgets for both Houses. Kath, Jimson, and Patrick would enter one House with Kath and Patrick posing as husband and wife, with Jimson watching to see their task being accomplished without a hitch. Rob and Rica were told to enter the other House posing as lovers.

Week 2

• Day 8: For the upcoming week, Big Brother announced that Group A will be the morning shift (awake during the day) while Group B will be the night shift (rest all day and be active at night), as a fake weekly task designed to test the double-up couples. Maja Salvador entered the confession room for five minutes as a surprise houseguest for Jason's birthday.
• Day 9: Rob and Rica wanted to establish their fake relationship by confiding to their housemates their doubt for each other and not talk to each other. The two are ordered to wear a shower cap together because they violated a rule which states that only one housemate can shower at any time. Jason's concern for the two later prompts Big Brother to order him to tell the "couple" that the shower cap can be removed. Big Brother instructed Rob to propose to Rica the next day without her prior knowledge. In House B, it was Kath and Patrick's "anniversary" and the housemates planned on activities for their special day: breakfast in bed and dinner for two. Jimson could take the task no longer, and Jimson and Kath revealed the truth to their housemates, hence, the failure of their task.
• Day 10: Patrick offered to do a sacrifice in exchange for half the weekly budget of House B. He was instructed to stand on a push cart for twelve hours, without telling anyone what the sacrifice is for. meanwhile in House A, Rob, with his housemates' help, "proposed" to Rica.
• Day 11: In House A, the housemates held a talent show. Big Brother showed a series of messages from Rob and Rica's family and friends about their "engagement", to which Rob felt uncomfortable with. In House B, for losing in their game, the red team, composed of Carol, Hermes, Mariel, Patria and Patrick had to wear noseplugs until an appointed time because the other team was rewarded with durian. The housemates had a sharing on life-changing mistakes they wished they didn't make.
• Day 12: Big Brother ended Rob and Rica's secret task, which he declared a success.
• Day 13: The housemates had their first nominations, the results of which were announced the next night. Patrick was assigned to take charge of the 50% budget Group B got as a result of his sacrifice. With the other girls meddling on Patrick's grocery choices, Tom berated them for Patrick was the reason of their house having a weekly budget despite of the weekly task loss. Yhel and Mariel were reprimanded for talking under the bedsheets. Group B planned for Yuri's birthday surprise.
• Day 14: In House A, for whispering to each other, Melisa and Princess were made to dance to the song Careless Whisper whenever it was played. Delio, Paul Jake and Cathy were made to speak in a child's, woman's and old man's voice, respectively, due to their lapel microphone violations. For continually sleeping amidst the playing of the wake-up call, Jason must wear a folding bed unto his back. For Yuri's birthday celebration, Big Brother allowed House B housemates to use the pool in House A, staying only in the pool area, while House A's denizens were confined at the men's bedroom.

Week 3

• Day 15: In House B, Hermes was made to speak in a girl's voice due to his lapel microphone violation, while Tom was made to eat using stirrers for using the teaspoon to stir his coffee. For their violation two days ago, Yhel and Mariel were fully covered with malong and had to wear placards stating their violation. Big Brother ended their punishment after doing a charade for their housemates. Big Brother aired over House A the House B residents' reaction to their recent victories. Through Melisa and Tom, their weekly task was announced to the housemates. For this week, the housemates will be celebrating the United Nations Week. As a kick-off, Princess and Carol were made ambassadresses of their houses and had to go to the other house for 24 hours.
• Day 16: As part of their United Nations Week celebration, Houses A & B made "dubbed" versions of a Mexican telenovela and a Koreanovela respectively. Carol and Princess returned to their initial houses, with Carol bringing food given by house A.
• Day 17: In the early morning of Day 17, Jason and Jimson were told to be ambassadors of their houses, with the former bringing kimchi and the latter bringing a Mexican pica-pica as gifts from Big Brother. Group A had to play as forest rangers and safari animals while Group B sported an Indian theme. House B's residents have to dance every time Bollywood music is played. For the Bollywood task to finish and for Jason to return to House A, Mariel had to make him dance.
• Day 18: Big Brother had each housemate hear the thoughts of their loved ones about their decisions regarding the weekly task.
• Day 20: Both houses performed their weekly task. It was at this point that the housemates from both Houses finally met each other face to face for the first time.

Week 4

• Day 22: At House A, Tibo, Cathy, and Johan were shown a video of Princess telling Melisa that she regretted not nominating Delio in the first nomination round. The three were told that Princess was automatically nominated. The three relayed the news to their fellow housemates as well as a task to save her from the automatic nomination. However, Princess decided to voluntarily leave the house, not wanting to stress herself as well as her loved ones. The housemates only knew of her plan just minutes before the nomination show broadcast. At House B, Yhel and Mariel were told they were automatically nominated for discussing nominations and a task to excuse either one of them took place. While the task (which was to build a pyramid made of playing cards) resulted in lifting Mariel's automatic nomination, she was still retained as a nominee due to the regular nomination results.
• Day 23: The Housemates were given five minutes to get their underwear and toiletries as they were told to switch houses. Later, after the switch, the housemates were given subtle hints about the upcoming Big Brother Swap.
• Day 24: In the wee hours, the Group B girls were given the chance to rank the Group A boys after watching videos of them stating their strengths and weaknesses. They ranked Paul Jake as the highest and Rob as the lowest. If the Group B girls are able to plant a kiss mark on Paul Jake's cheeks without getting caught, then they would be able to get him as their new housemate or they would get Rob. As they failed their task, Group B got Rob as their new housemate. The Group A girls were given the choice to get a female housemate from the two choices of the Group B boys for swapping with the other house, Yhel and Carol. The Group A housemates chose Carol to be their new housemate. The housemates had a fake interview with fake Big Brother executives, purportedly from Big Brother Africa, Secret Story, and an actually non-existent Turkish version.
• Day 25: Big Brother allowed Rob to tell Tom and the other housemates in House A about Princess' voluntary exit. Tom was given 100 seconds to speak with Princess from the outside world during the Über broadcast. In preparation for the Big Brother Swap, each housemate was tasked to promote themselves in a TV commercial. Big Brother stopped voting for the Second Eviction Night as Yhel was forcibly evicted due to her repetitive violation of show rules against talking about nominations.
• Day 26: For their lapel microphone violations, Kath, Tom and Yhel from Group B and Cathy, Paul Jake, Rica and Tibo from Group A, were tasked to bite onto a plastic bone, which they can only remove for a maximum of three minutes. Melisa was made into a mummy for her violation of speaking under the sheets while Jason was not to lie down and sleep or else his housemates will be forced to lie down as well.
• Day 27: The top ten finalists (Rica, Paul Jake, Cathy, Tibo and Melisa for Group A and Yuri, Hermes, Tom, Mariel and Patria for Group B) competed in a pageant of four stages, hosted by Mariel Rodriguez. Cathy won the right to undergo the Big Swap, with Kätlin Laas of Big Brother Finland taking her place in the Pinoy Big Brother House. Cathy packed her things from House A and the winter clothes given by Big Brother.
• Day 28: Cathy left the house in the afternoon and flew to Finland later that evening.

Week 5

• Day 29: Kätlin arrived in the Philippines and entered the Pinoy Big Brother house. She chose Group B's artwork and thus entered House A, to which she was welcomed with a pool party. Katlin brought a bottle of liquor, which Mariel and Rob drank in copious amounts. However, their drunken behavior turned off the housemates and led Big Brother to have Hermes watch over Mariel.
• Day 30: In House A, Mariel and Rob apologized to Kätlin for their drunken behavior the previous night and compensate by being her servants for the day. In House B, Delio's lack of participation in the weekly task This Is Stitch becomes a subject of heated discussion between him and Melai, with Delio even proposing a voluntary exit.
• Day 31: Kätlin transferred to House B bringing her favorite Estonian dish, plov, for breakfast. Delio once again lost his temper, this time during their practice of the folk dance Pandanggo sa Ilaw and with Jason's lack of participation. House B had a celebratory party for their success in the spider fighting task, which led to Delio's intoxication and another threat of voluntarily exiting the house. In House A, Rob was shown his actions during the welcome party for Kätlin, and apologized to Yuri for his actions.
• Day 32: In House B, Big Brother Finland spoke with Kätlin, Melisa and Johan in Suomi. Cathy was able to have a Skype video call with Big Brother and the housemates, including Kätlin. Later that day, Kätlin transferred back to House A. Big Brother told Kätlin that the weekly task will depend on the housemates' hospitality to her as the visitor, which she will judge.
• Day 33: In House A, Big Brother Finland spoke to Kätlin and Hermes in Finnish. The housemates from both houses performed their cultural variety shows. Big Brother later revealed to both houses the truth behind their weekly task. Kätlin chose House A, for she felt more warmth with them.
• Day 34: Kätlin left the Pinoy Big Brother house.

Week 6

• Day 36: For the weekly task, Carol and Johan were appointed as Group A coaches while Patria and Patrick were appointed as Group B coaches. The first battle for the weekly task was held, involving pugil sticks and rafts made of plastic bottles. Group A prevailed in almost all of its matches except for Carol and Yuri's, which ended in a no contest due to the former's crying. After the nominations live show, Rica was given a birthday surprise, with Cathy re-entering the house bringing a chocolate birthday cake.
• Day 37: Actress Ai-Ai de las Alas entered House A while Dionisia Pacquiao entered House B to teach an exercise routine to the housemates. In addition, House B learned some ballroom dancing from their visitor. Big Brother announced Jason and Tom's violation of taking a shower after their shower time. As a punishment, every shower call, only Tom and Jason should take a shower, while the remaining housemates were given a small piece of cloth to wipe themselves off as they were not allowed to take a shower. They were also forbidden to use the swimming pool and the jacuzzi, with the exception of the two violators. The housemates were also informed of their season-long task: vermicomposting for a month, to be done as part of an environmental awareness campaign. The second game for the weekly task was held, wherein several housemates were wrapped up in plastic like caterpillars. Rob violated the rules by tackling an opponent, causing his team to automatically lose.
• Day 38: For lapel microphone violations, Rob and Tom from House A and Jason and Rica from House B were each attached to each other with velcro bands in their arms and feet, and had to talk using a shared microphone with a stand. Since both pairs got seven out of nine problems correct on a math quiz, lifting their punishment in time for the third game of the weekly task, which involving a housemate catching ball from fellow housemates while being pulled side to side by member of the opposing House. After the first round of the third challenge, Tom, who was already not feeling well for several hours prior to the game and was therefore not allowed to be the catcher, suddenly went to one side of the activity area and punched the wall many times. In the end, Group A pulled away and won not only the game, but also the entire weekly task.
• Day 39: Tom was sent to the hospital at 4 PM. Meanwhile, the housemates were tasked to pack the clothes of the housemates who used to live in their current houses. A fourth game, a volleyball game using a giant ball, was held wherein up for grabs is the house they want to live in, which for both houses was House A, and their clothes. Group A won this fourth event, causing Group B to transfer to House B with only the clothes given by the sponsors.
• Day 40: Tom was able to return to the house at 2 PM.
• Day 41: Tom was given a forced eviction because of his act of violence in the third game of the weekly task. Therefore, the remaining nominees were saved from eviction.
• Day 42: Ex-housemate Princess re-entered the house to accompany Tom to the outside world.

Week 7

• Day 43: For the weekly task, Cathy and Paul Jake were appointed as Group A coaches while Rob and Yuri were appointed as Group B coaches. The first skill-based challenge, which required housemates to make a choir number of Miss Ganda's Tagalog version of Craig David's Insomnia. The judge for the challenge, Showtime's Vice Ganda, picked Group B as the victor. Sam and Rocky entered the house and were given their first task: wear as many clothes (from the housemates in House B) over their own as they could in three minutes. What they wore would be the ones they would take with them, and only the housemate who has something that the new housemates wore could get it. They entered House B afterwards.
• Day 44: The male housemates from each house played a game of pabitin for the ingredients of their second skill-based challenge. This was also the first time anyone from Group A saw Rocky. Jason committed a violation of removing his blindfold prematurely. Group B was given the chance to pick an ingredient from Group A's pushcart, which Patrick chose to be the chicken. Later, the female housemates (minus Sam of Group B) competed in the second skill-based challenge, a cook-off using durian, to be overseen by Chef Bruce Lim. As the durian surfaced more in Group B's dishes, Group B won the challenge. The male housemates also practiced separately for a 3-on-3 basketball challenge.
• Day 45: In preparation for the third challenge, the housemates ranked themselves by academic intellect. The housemates played a number-memory game wherein the winner will be getting an additional two-point bonus for their third skill-based challenge. With a score of 6-2, Group A won the challenge and the special victory bonus. It was announced that aside from the weekly budget, the winning house would get to automatically nominate a housemate from the losing house. The houses then competed in a general knowledge quiz-cum-race to a ramp with host Bianca Gonzalez as quizmaster. Group A won, 16-11.
• Day 46: For the fourth skill-based challenge, the housemates created toys from recyclable and art materials. Both teams also commented on the other group's top five toys, which would be donated to impoverished students at a school in Zambales. Four kids from Goin Bulilit served as judges. Group B won the challenge - and the weekly task - on a 180-120 score and also got the rest of their clothes back. Both houses were also assigned to pack bags of relief goods and cook a batch of fried chicken, which were included in the school donations.
• Day 47: For the fifth skill-based challenge, the male housemates played 3-on-3 basketball, with ex-housemate Kenny as the referee. The female housemates also performed a half-time show. Despite minor injuries to Johan and being intimidated by Rocky's physique, Group A won on a 21-18 score. As an added twist, the girls also got to play, with Group A winning with a score of 5-1.
• Day 48: Jason and Melisa were assigned to practice for a song number to be performed on ASAP on Day 50, where former housemates Tom and Princess were special guests.
• Day 49: Big Brother introduced a doll, named after Melisa and Jason's make-believe child, Dengue. Dengue was initially depicted as a mosquito added by editors during post-production, possibly as an acute reference to dengue fever.

Week 8

• Day 50: Group B gave Rica an automatic nomination as part of their reward for winning the weekly task. Big Brother announced that the female housemates were to swap houses-first to Group A's men and to Group B's women at the confession room, then to all housemates during the nomination show broadcast. The female housemates were given one hour to pack up (as indicated by a special hourglass made from two large water bottles). Dengue went to House B with Melisa.
• Day 51: The housemates began to settle into their new set-up. The weekly task was announced, with the housemates engaging in planning sessions. Paul Jake and Yuri were appointed leaders of Neo-Group A while Rob and Rica were the appointed leaders foe Neo-Group B. Both houses also held parties to get to know each other. Neo-Group A played a game aimed at building camaraderie and teamwork.
• Day 52: Because both sets of housemates were still uneasy with each other after the twist on Day 50, Big Brother organized a special reward challenge, a game of human tic-tac-toe. For both games, Neo-Groups A and B went home with some rewards. Sam had the entire pool to herself during the game. Dengue's custody was transferred to Jason.
• Day 53: Neo-House A played a pair game of making Christmas trees out of recyclable materials. Big Brother spoke to Neo-Group B boys about a supposed discrimination issue against Rica.
• Day 54: Both houses took part in an obstacle course where injured players Rob and Yuri served as a vampire and wolf, respectively, with Neo-Group B winning the reward of watching New Moon. Jason's securing of child custody and apparent failure to take care of the child forced Melisa to appeal the transfer with Rica and Patrick as her lawyers. Yuri and Paul Jake represented Jason.
• Day 55: Neo-Group B watched the movie New Moon in their house as their reward in the challenge the day before.
• Day 56: The results for the weekly tasks were announced, where Neo-Group B's simple midget skit beat out Neo-Group A's anti-drug and vices video by a three-fold margin (c. 120,000:47,000).

Week 9

• Day 57: The out-of-court settlement in the Dengue custody trial was held in the confession room, which had a black cloth divider. Both parties agreed to have Melisa take care of Dengue from Monday to Thursday and Jason from Friday to Sunday. Melisa and Jason would also meet in a neutral location for one hour every week, but no physical violence would be allowed. The weekly task was announced, with Kath and Sam as leaders for Neo-Group A and Cathy and Hermes for Neo-Group B. Big Brother announced that Neo-Group A housemates will nominate Neo-Group B housemates and vice-versa, giving one point to two housemates of their choice. Big Brother later declared all housemates up for eviction, with the viewers voting for the housemate they want to evict. Neo-Group A hosted a pool party for Mariel, who got a surprise video of her son from Big Brother in the confession room.
• Day 58: The first game for the weekly was held using kadang-kadang, specialized stilts with footrests, which ended with a score of 11-1 in favor of Neo-Group B. The second game for the weekly task was also held wherein the housemates had to tap each other's hands in the first round and push each other atop pedestals in the pool using their palms, which ended with a running total of 18-17 in favor of Neo-Group B.
• Day 59: Cathy and Sam were caught for lapel mic violations. Big Brother ordered the two to become news reporters for ten minutes, during which they will report on all ongoing activities in their house. The third O-versus challenge was held, wherein the housemates will drink blended shakes of the worst food items they hate to see. The game ended with Neo-Group B leading with a 24-23 running score. Jason expressed his desire to woo Melisa, who was told by Big Brother to refuse any of his advances.
• Day 60: A sweat-inducing contest put Neo-Group A in the lead, with the running score of 30-24. Rica and Tibo were told to watch over Jason and Melisa. Jason entered House B in the wee hours to set up his picnic date with Melisa, only to be caught by Rica and Cathy. He went back to House A after two hours of waiting with no Melisa in sight.
• Day 61: The fifth and final game was held involving moving a specific block out of a puzzle maze, with Neo-Group A winning on a final score of 39-26. Carol was distraught over her failure in the challenge and her jealousy regarding Cathy and Hermes. She patched up with Cathy, but her conversation with Hermes did not end well. As a fake task, Big Brother instructed Neo-Group A's male housemates to pack their belongings and transfer to House B. The girls eventually saw through the deception.
• Day 62: Melisa left behind Dengue at the House A anteroom to be picked up by Jason. The Housemates finally watched the footage of Big Brother Finland's finale and were surprised to learn that Kätlin made it so far. Host Vappu Pimia's questions to Kätlin about probably seeing Hermes again became a hot topic in both Houses.
• Day 63: Big Brother confirmed to all Housemates that they would live together in House A after the latest housemate to be evicted leaves. After ten housemates were announced as safe, Carol, Hermes, Melisa, Rica, and Yuri were asked to stay in House B to await their fate the next day, when the latest evictee would be announced. Soon afterwards, the former Neo-Group A's male housemates donned overalls and balaclavas and climbed over the wall to House B, where they took Melisa out of the bedroom for Jason's second chance at a picnic date.

Week 10

• Day 64: The last four housemates entered House A after the latest evictee was announced. To celebrate their reunion as the result of the merge, Melisa and Jason played at the pool.
• Day 65: Melisa discovered a frog in the girls' bedroom, which Jason later released into the pool. Big Brother had the pool cleaned out while the housemates were asleep to recover the frog. Rocky expressed his intention of leaving the House, citing concerns about his family and his girlfriend Eula Valdez. Big Brother, through Sam, announced that the housemates will get a Christmas Ball if they are able to successfully do a synchronized swimming routine. Sam was also tasked to teach Carol how to swim, in preparation for their swimming task.
• Day 66: Rocky finally signalled his intention to depart by waving a white flag attached to a bamboo pole. Eula's presence in the House to fetch him and help him pack up visibly made the other housemates starstruck. He left in the wee hours of the next day.
• Day 68: The housemates had their first Head of Household competition, to which Paul Jake was declared the winner, and Carol the ultimate loser.
• Day 69: In the wee hours, the housemates were given 15 minutes to nominate, with the housemates not able to nominate within the allotted time period given an automatic nomination. By groups of two or three, the housemates performed their weekly task, to which they lost.
• Day 70: Big Brother announced additional privileges of the HoH. Paul Jake got some of his favorite food from the outside world, a pizza and a burger, which he shared with Jason.

Week 11

• Day 71: Big Brother designated Hermes, Johan and Patrick as the three kings. When the housemates were already asleep, the three kings were given 30 minutes to search the Big Brother House for ten stars, one of which will be given to each housemate. The first two stars were assigned to Paul Jake and Tibo.
• Day 72: The third star was given to Melisa.
• Day 73: The fourth star was given to Rica. Ted Failon momentarily entered the house as a special houseguest to facilitate a debate between the male and female housemates.
• Day 74: At 5AM, the first Simbang Gabi Mass was held, with the housemates in the house attending the Mass via plasma screen. They served sandwiches and hot chocolate afterwards. In the afternoon, with Melisa in House B, comedian Tado entered House B disguising himself as Melisa's date. Later on, Jericho Rosales entered the house as Melisa's real date.
• Day 75: In Über, as voted upon by the housemates, Mariel was swapped with fake Indian housemate Harish Kumar Singh, who served as Big Brother's agent to make the lives of the housemates miserable. Tension flared as the housemates were turned off by Harish's arrogant behavior, which included throwing Rosales' gifts to Melisa in the trash and insisting on doing things his way.
• Day 76: Mariel, who was revealed to be in House B all along with the other fake Indian housemates, returns to House A. Harish, who is actually a pilot trainee, admits his role, which the housemates have long suspected since he entered the house.
• Day 77: Johan was given a 100-second encounter with his mom.

Big Brother Swap

Swap Housemates Cathy from the Philippines (upper left) and Kätlin from Finland (right) finally meet through Skype.

It was announced by the program on Day 21 (October 24, 2009) that another Big Brother Swap would take place. This time, one from either House would trade places with another housemate from another foreign edition of Big Brother. This would also be the second time that Pinoy Big Brother linked up with other foreign versions of the show, Season 2 being the first, when housemate Bruce Quebral traded places with Tina Semolič from the first season of Big Brother Slovenia.

On Day 26, it was announced by the host that the show would be swapping housemates with Big Brother Finland's fifth season. On Oct. 29, 2009, ABS-CBN's Youtube channel, iABS-CBN , uploaded a video confirming that the housemate from Big Brother Finland who will swap places in the Philippines is Kätlin Laas (video), a 22-year-old food processing plant worker originally from Rakvere, Estonia but migrated to Finland at the age of 16, and is currently living in Seinäjoki, Finland. On Day 27, it was announced that Cathy from Group A, then currently living in House B, would be swapping with Kätlin and would be going to Finland to live in their Big Brother House for a week. Cathy's selection was made through a series of tasks on which the housemates underwent on the watchful eyes of the Finnish producers.

Kätlin left the Big Brother Finland House on Day 26 (Day 66 of the Finnish version) and enter either Philippine House on Day 29 (Day 69 of the Finnish version). She was supposed to arrive in the Philippines and enter either House the day before, but her flight was delayed due to weather disturbances caused by Typhoon Santi. Hours before her entrance, she had a brief appearance on the show The Buzz. On the other hand, Cathy was supposed to leave in the morning of Day 28 (Day 68 of the Finnish version) but their flight was postponed to a later hour of the day.

Much like the first Big Swap, events from both Houses are chronicled. Also, all conversations in English are subtitled in Filipino and all Finnish conversations and confessions are dubbed over by Filipino voice actors. For the Finnish version, clips from the Philippine house are shown in the Big Brother Extra show, while conversations in English are subtitled in Suomi.

The Big Swap started on the evening of Day 29 (Day 69 of the Finnish version). Kätlin initially stayed in House A upon her arrival on Day 29. She transferred to House B on Day 31. On Day 32, Cathy and Kätlin were finally able to meet through a video call through Skype. Later that day, Kätlin returned to House A. She left the Philippine House on the morning of Day 34 (early morning of Day 74 of the Finnish version). She was briefly interviewed for the morning show Umagang Kay Ganda just after stepping outside the front door. Meanwhile, Cathy entered on the evening of Day 69 of the Finnish version (early morning of Day 30 of the Philippines version). She left six days later on the evening of Day 74 of the Finnish version (early morning of Day 35 of the Philippine version), signaling the end of the Big Swap.

Kätlin left the Philippines the same day she left the Pinoy Big Brother house and re-entered their house in the early morning of Day 75 of the Finnish version (Day 35 of the Philippine version). Cathy left Finland the morning after she left the Finnish Big Brother house and re-entered the Pinoy Big Brother house on the evening of Day 36 (Day 76 of the Finnish version).

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:

Kätlin

In House A: Had a tropical-themed welcoming party. Learned and sang the song Maalaala Mo Kaya (Will You Remember in English), together with Tom. Participated in a water soccer game in which her team won (with Rob, Tom and Yuri) and ate Filipino exotic foods (frog legs, crickets, balut, fried worms and snails) as a reward. Patria acted as referee. In House B: Brought plov, an Estonian dish, which is like a casserole with rice, beef or lamb, onions, carrots and ketchup. Learned the dance Pandanggo sa Ilaw with the housemates. Participated in a parlor game involving inline skates and her country's flag, where her team, an all-female team, lost. Tibo acted as referee. Acted as referee in several spider fighting matches. Had a jacuzzi party with Filipino street food (chicken head, chicken feet and chicken blood to name a few) foods, vodka and palm wine (locally known as tuba). As instructed by Big Brother's Finnish counterpart, Kätlin taught a Finnish song Ihmisten Edessä (In Front of People in English), and had to choreograph a corresponding dance with the housemates.

Cathy

Played a game called pököpallo, invented by the Finnish housemates, a game similar to the French game pétanque. Had a sauna and jacuzzi welcoming party. Learned and sang the song ‘’Sininen Ja Valkoinen’’ (Blue and White in English), together with all the Finnish housemates. Learned different winter sports and activites, including cross-country skiing, ice fishing, ice hockey, floorball and pesäpallo or Finnish baseball, Finland’s national sport, demonstrated by Antti, Aso and Sampo. Had an Asian dinner with the housemates. Experienced her first snow fall. Her housemates made a snowman for her, which she named Chuva Choo Choo. Taught the housemates the Wowowee game Hep Hep, Hooray. Cooked Adobo for the Finnish housemates. Served as the judge in the Head of Household competition, which involved the housemates singing Sininen Ja Valkoinen. Had a Christmas dinner with the housemates.

Also, both Philippine and Finnish houses had weekly tasks involving housemates doing a 30-minute cultural variety show portraying their countries' cultures to their visitors. The Filipino housemates should include Kätlin in their presentation while the Finnish housemates should work four at a time in the upstairs room while Cathy is not around. However, it was later revealed that the real weekly task of the Filipino housemates is to make Kätlin feel the Filipino hospitality, to which she felt that both houses were friendly, yet she felt more warmth with House A.

More than three weeks after the Swap ended, on Day 97 of the fifth Finnish season, Kätlin was proclaimed as second placer, behind Aso.

The Three Kings

On Day 71 (December 13, 2009), Big Brother designated Hermes, Johan and Patrick as the three kings, which were tasked to designate the ten stars containing gifts to the ten other housemates in the house.

• 1st Gift: Aral ng Pagpapakumbaba (Lesson In Humility) (Day 71) - the housemate had to live, sleep and eat in a kariton, a wooden pushcart for three days (given to Paul Jake)
• 2nd Gift: Aral sa Pagtitipid ng Damit (Lesson on Frugality in Clothing) (Day 71) - the housemate had to wear a bahag, the native clothing of the Ifugao, for three days (given to Tibo)
• 3rd Gift: Date with a Celebrity (Day 72) - the housemate had to act like a refined Filipino, in exchange for a date with a favorite celebrity (given to Melisa)
• 4th Gift: Aral ng Pagtitipid sa Pagkain (Lesson on Frugality in Food) (Day 73) - the housemate will have to eat nothing but sweet potatoes for three days (given to Rica)
• 5th Gift: Washing Machine (Day 73) - the housemate had to wash the other housemates' clothes while they are still wearing them, in exchange for a washing machine and dryer (given to Carol)
• 6th Gift:
• 7th Gift:
• 8th Gift: Aral ng Pagpapakatotoo (Lesson of Truthfulness) (Day 76) - the housemate will receive 3 points for nominations, 1 point each from the three kings. (given to Kath)

Weekly tasks

Both houses do the same weekly task. By the end of the week, Big Brother assesses each house. Assessment would depend whether the task is a competition between two houses or each house would be assessed on its own. If the task is a competition, the winning house gets their allowance for the upcoming week while the losing house gets no money.

Group A housemates are housemates initially from House A while Group B housemates are housemates initially from House B, with the exception of Tom, originally part of House A, and Melisa, originally part of House B, who were swapped by Big Brother before the end of the first weekly task. For the fourth weekly task, the housemates swapped houses, and Rob and Carol swapped groups.

For the sixth weekly task, aside from the weekly budget, the winning house only had the housemate/s with the highest point as its nominee/s for the following week while the losing house had the housemates with the top three different points as its nominees. As a reward in the fourth and last challenge, the Group A got their clothes and the house of their choice.

For the seventh weekly task, aside from the weekly budget, the winning house will only have the housemate/s with the highest point as its nominee/s and also be able to give one housemate from the losing house an automatic nomination. As winners, Group B got their clothes.

Before the eighth weekly task started, the females of each group swap houses. Males from Group A and females from Group B were to be known as "Neo-Group A" while females from Group A and males from Group B were to be known as "Neo-Group B".

Task No.	Date given	Description	Group A Result	Group B Result
1	October 5, 2009 (Day 02)	The Hot Seat Once the Getting to Know You tune plays, one housemate has to go to the Hot Seat where his/her housemates will ask questions. Only when they hear the tune again can they stop the task. By the end of the week, the housemates should get a particular collective grade to win the task.	Passed	Failed
2	October 10, 2009 (Day 07)	Secret Relationships Patrick must assume Jimson's place as Kath's husband as the three of them enter House B. Rob and Rica will join the housemates in House A and must act as they are in a relationship. The result will determine whether the housemates will get their weekly budget or not.	Passed	FailedT1
3	October 18, 2009 (Day 15)	TakFan Mo Dance The housemates are assigned to replicate the fan dance number of a music video from the DJ Ozma song Drinking Boys. Each house would have a starting score. Each housemate who opts to go naked will have 50 points for the house while 20 for those who would wear a T-back bikini. However, housemates who have issues with the two daring options can go for a flesh-colored bodysuit without any extra points being given. The lower part will be covered by a smiley sticker, which would result in a 15-point deduction from the team's total every time it (or part of) is revealed. The word TakFan is a play on the Tagalog word takpan (to cover up).T2	Passed	Failed
4	October 26, 2009 (Day 23)	This is Stitch In connection with the Big Brother Swap, the housemates are given a pattern to which they have to do a Cross-stitch weaving, with the colors of their choice. Assessment would be done by the Swapped Finnish housemate Kätlin and her choice would also determine the House where she would take up residence.T3 The title is a play of This is It.	Failed	Passed
5	November 2, 2009 (Day 30)	Cultural Variety Show The housemates had to prepare a 30-minute variety show which portrays the Filipino culture.T4 It's actual purpose was for Kätlin to determine which group exhibited Filipino hospitality the most towards her.	Failed	Passed
6	November 8, 2009 (Day 36)	Pinoy Big Battle The houses will face-off in five different challenges. As warm-up, a rap session will start each game. The group who would win the majority of the games will be declared the champion.T5	Passed	Failed
7	November 14, 2009 (Day 42)	The Skill-ing Bee The houses will face-off in five different skill-based challenges. A guest will be invited to serve as a judge in each task. The team who triumphs in most of the games will be declared the overall winner and be given a chance to automatically nominate a housemate from the losing team. The title of the weekly task is a play of ABS-CBN show The Singing Bee.	Failed	Passed
			Neo-Group A Result	Neo-Group B Result
8	November 23, 2009 (Day 51)	PBB Double UpLoad The housemates in each House will have to make a three-minute viral video which would be uploaded in the Pinoy Big Brother Multiply website. The video with the most number of views wins the task.T6	Failed	Passed
9	November 29, 2009 (Day 57)	O-versus The housemates will undergo one-on-one challenges with the housemates of the other house. A running total is kept after each round, with the house with the most points after five games winning.	Passed	Failed
			Housemates' Result
10	December 7, 2009 (Day 65)	Ang Baristas The housemates were divided into pairs. Each pair were to perform two routines, one of the first three routines and the last routine taught by the guest bartenders.T7 (50% of weekly allowance)	Failed
11	December 13, 2009 (Day 72)	Food Carving The housemates were assigned to make sculptures out of various food items and would compete against the housemates of a fake Indian Big Brother franchise. T8	Failed

• Template:Fnb With Patrick's sacrifice of standing straight on a cart for 12 hours, House B got 50% of their weekly budget.
• Template:Fnb Originally, all male housemates with the exception of Jason who will be wearing a flesh-colored bodysuit, will be dancing naked while all female housemates will wear a T-back bikini. However, due to some housemates' families' reaction about the task, House A housemates Tibo (in exchange for groceries for his family with the same amount as their weekly budget) and Johan decided to wear a flesh-colored bodysuit and T-back bikini, respectively, while all House B housemates decuded to wear flesh-colored bodysuits. House A scored 185 points, down from their 350 base points after committing 18 mistakes. House B scored -1130 points, down from their 100 base points after committing 82 mistakes.
• Template:Fnb Upon her arrival at the Confession Room, Kätlin Laas chose Group B's artwork which signaled their win. Both artworks were actually half-finished.
• Template:Fnb Group B housemates, performing first, had a variety show which included Patria explaining the Philippine Flag, a series of dances including Paro-Parong Bukid danced by Rob and Yuri, Tinikling danced by Mariel and Tom, and the boys dancing Maglalatik, a role-playing on Filipino family and courtship and Tom and Kätlin singing Maalaala Mo Kaya. Group A housemates had a Wowowee type of show including dancing the Pandanggo sa Ilaw with Kätlin, dancing the Maglalatik, playing Filipino games, acting out certain Filipino television advertisements and soap operas, role-playing on Filipino courtship, dancing Singkil and Balagtasan (old Filipino form of a poetic debate) with Delio.
• Template:Fnb Only four challenges were held because Group A swept the first three challenges. The fourth challenge, deemed a special reward challenge, was also won by Group A. Thus, a fifth game was not necessary.
• Template:Fnb Neo-Group A's video, which had an anti-vice advocacy theme, earned 47,862 views against the 121,182 views of Neo-Group B's video, a midget skit entitled Pinoy Big Babies Toddlers Up.
• Template:Fnb Ram Ong, winner of TGIF’s bartending competition this year and the official representative of the Philippines to the Asia-Pacific region to the World Bartender Championship in 2010, and Ruel Santos, 2nd runner-up of TGIF’s 14th Annual Shake Rattle and Pour, were the guest coaches who taught the housemates how to do flair bartending.
• Template:Fnb Each day, a food carving theme was announced. In order, the themes were animals, representations of the Philippines and floral arrangements. The fake Bigg Boss group won on a score of 50,123 against the Philippines' 39,587.

Head of Household and Hand Grenade

As the two houses became one, on Day 68, Big Brother revealed to the housemates two new twists this season, the Head of Household and Hand Grenade twists. The Head of Household twist is similar to the twist of the second season of Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition. Each week, the housemates will undergo HoH competitions. The HoH for the week will get the following privileges for winning:

• Immunity from nominations
• Use of shower room at any time
• Being able to receive items from the outside world that they desire
• Sending a text message to anyone at the outside world

The housemate who will be the ultimate loser in the HOH competitions will be chosen each week to become a hand grenade user, where they will have to do a specific task.

Task No.	Date given	Description	Winner	Hand Grenade Users	Hand Grenade Task
1	December 10, 2009 (Day 68)	Wire Maze A wire maze must be traversed using a metallic ring. Each housemate will only be given one try. Whenever the ring touches any part of the wire maze, the remaining housemates in the house will get electrocuted.	Paul Jake	Carol	Give full three points for nomination to a housemate of choice face-to-face by putting an imprint on the chosen housemate's forehead without saying any reason.HG1
2	December 14, 2009 (Day 72)	Cup Stacking The housemates will compete over a cup stacking game. The person who gets the fastest time to finish the routine will win the competition.	Pending	Pending	Pending

• Template:Fnb Carol gave the three points for nominations to Hermes.

Nomination history

The housemate first mentioned in each nomination gets two points, while the second gets one point. The percentage of votes shown is the percentage of votes to save unless other wise stated.

At least two housemates from each house will be up for eviction. This means that there are at least four housemates nominated every nomination night. However, the housemate with lowest number of votes, no matter which house s/he is in, would be eliminated. Group A housemates are housemates initially from House A while Group B housemates are housemates initially from House B, with the exception of Tom, originally part of House A, and Melisa, originally part of House B, who were swapped by Big Brother before the first nomination. The color code beside the housemates' names correspond to their current house or the house they were in at the time of eviction. However, the color for the names of the nominees indicate the group to which they each belong at the time of nomination and subsequent salvation from eviction.

On Day 23, the housemates switched houses, with Group A living in House B and vice versa. On Day 24, Rob and Carol swapped Groups and Houses, and are now therefore part of Groups B and A respectively. The color for groups did not change however.

On Day 39, as a result of the 4th game in the 6th weekly task, Group A and Group B housemates swapped houses once again. The color for groups did not change however.

On Day 50, the females of each group switched Houses. Group A's males and Group B's females were to be called "Neo-Group A," while Group A's females and Group B's males were to be known as "Neo-Group B." Both of the new-groups were therefore given new colors below; the colors for the Houses stay the same.

On Day 57, for the Seventh nomination night, Neo-Group A housemates nominated Neo-Group B housemates and vice-versa. One point was given to each nominees instead of the usual 1 and 2 points. Big Brother then revealed the top two nominees, regardless of ties, to the housemates of each house. They were given the chance to discuss whether they would change their nominees or not. However, Big Brother announced that all housemates are up for eviction, with the viewers voting to evict.

On Day 63, Big Brother announced that the remaining housemates would be living in House A. Carol, Hermes, Melisa, Rica and Yuri were told to stay in House B to await the announcement of the evictee the following day. On Day 64, the fourteen remaining housemates all stayed in House A. Starting from the eighth nomination/eviction night, viewers will have the chance to either vote to save or evict a housemate.

On Day 68, Big Brother announced that there will be Head of Household (HOH) competitions each week. The HOH gets immunity from nominations.

From the eight nomination night onwards, a new voting scheme was used, wherein the viewers are given the choice of voting to save or voting to evict a housemate. The percentage of voting to evict will be subtracted to the percentage of voting to save. The housemate who will get the highest vote to evict (negative) percentage will get evicted. In case that all housemates incur positive percentage of votes after the sum-total, the housemate with the lowest percentage of votes will be evicted. Also, with the housemates already living in one house, the housemates with the three highest points will be nominated for eviction.

		#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7		#8
Head of Household		No HOH								Paul Jake
Hand Grenade Users		No Hand Grenade								Carol
Eviction Day and Date		Day 21 October 24	Day 28 October 31	Day 35 November 7	Day 42 November 14	Day 49 November 21	Day 56 November 28	Day 64 December 6		Day 77 December 19
Nomination Day and Date		Day 14 October 17	Day 22 October 25	Day 28 October 31	Day 36 November 8	Day 42 November 14	Day 50 November 22	Day 57 November 29		Day 70 December 12
	Cathy	Rica Princess	Delio Tibo	Tibo Jason	Not eligible	Carol Jason	Carol Jason	Tibo Yuri		Carol Sam
	Hermes	Tom Yhel	Mariel Yuri	Mariel Rob	Tom Patrick	Rob Patria	Rob Mariel	Johan Jason		Jason Carol	Kath
	Jason	Johan Princess	Rica Delio	Delio Tibo	Tibo Johan	Carol Johan	Tibo Carol	Patrick Carol		Patrick Hermes
	Johan	Rica Jason	Paul Jake Tibo	Jason Delio	Carol Paul Jake	Carol Paul Jake	Jason Carol	Rica Rocky		Hermes Tibo	Kath
	Kath	Carol Tom	Yuri Patrick	Hermes Patria	Yuri Mariel	Rob Hermes	Patrick Mariel	Rica Cathy		Sam Johan
	Mariel	Jimson Yuri	Carol Patrick	Patrick Tom	Kath Yuri	Yuri Patria	Yuri Kath	Rica Rocky		Sam Cathy
	Melisa	Paul Jake Princess	Paul Jake Rob	Paul Jake Johan	Paul Jake Tibo	Cathy Paul Jake	Cathy Johan	Sam Kath		Patrick Johan
	Patrick	Jimson Yhel	Mariel Yuri	Yuri Mariel	Rob Yuri	Rob Mariel	Hermes Rob	Jason Mariel		Rica Tibo	Kath
	Paul Jake	Delio Princess	Delio Rob	Delio Jason	Jason Rica	Carol Rica	Carol Jason	Carol Rica		Johan Cathy
	Rica	Jason Johan	Tibo Johan	Delio Tibo	Tibo Carol	Paul Jake Cathy	Cathy Jason	Kath Johan		Patrick Hermes
	Sam	Not in the house (Entered, Day 43)					Exempt	Rica Melisa		Carol Tibo
	Tibo	Jason Rica	Rob Rica	Delio Melisa	Melisa Rica	Jason Carol	Carol Jason	Rocky Rica		Rica Melisa
	Carol	Jimson Kath	Mariel Kath	Jason Delio	Paul Jake Jason	Jason Cathy	Paul Jake Johan	Yuri Tibo		Hermes	Evicted (Day 77)
	Rocky	Not in the house (Entered, Day 43)					Exempt	Yuri Johan		Voluntary Exit (Day 67)
	Yuri	Jimson Mariel	Tom Mariel	Tom Mariel	Tom Mariel	Rob Patria	Kath Rob	Rica Cathy		Evicted (Day 64)
	Rob	Jason Johan	Jason Tibo	Tom Kath	Tom Patrick	Patria Yuri	Patrick Hermes	Evicted (Day 56)
	Patria	Hermes Tom	Patrick Mariel	Patrick Rob	Hermes Yuri	Patrick Rob	Evicted (Day 49)
	Tom	Patria Carol	Carol Kath	Kath Mariel	Rob Mariel	Forced Eviction (Day 42)
	Delio	Princess Melisa	Rica Johan	Johan Jason	Evicted (Day 35)
	Yhel	Jimson Patria	Tom Carol	Forced Eviction (Day 26)
	Princess	Cathy Tibo	Delio Tibo	Voluntary Exit (Day 22)
	Jimson	Carol Patrick	Evicted (Day 21)
	JM	Forced Eviction (Day 5)
	Kenny & Toffi	Forced Eviction (Day 5)
	JP	Voluntary Exit (Day 3)
Notes		See note 1	See note 2	See note 3	See note 4	See note 5	See note 6	See note 7		See note 8	See note 9
Up for eviction		Jason Princess Carol Jimson	Delio Princess Tibo Carol Mariel Yhel	Delio Jason Mariel Patrick Tom	Carol Jason Paul Jake Tibo Tom Yuri	Carol Patria Rob Yuri	Carol Jason Rica Patrick Rob	Open Voting		Carol Hermes Patrick Sam
Saved from eviction		Jason 46.85% Carol 24.16% Princess 18.79%	Carol Delio Mariel Tibo	Jason 51.42% Tom 22.78% Patrick 14.23% Mariel 6.14%	Carol Jason Paul Jake Tibo Yuri	Carol 69.51% Rob 11.74% Yuri 11.35%	Rica 38.55% Jason 35.81% Carol 15.11% Patrick 6.21%	Mariel 22.94% Carol 17.25% Hermes 9.80% Rocky 7.01% Sam 4.67% Patrick 3.90% Rica 1.60%	Cathy 1.58% Kath 1.53% Melisa 1.08% Tibo 0.74% Jason 0.60% Paul Jake 0.46% Johan 0.32%	10.23% 3.78% -9.96%
Evicted		Jimson 10.20% to save	No Eviction	Delio 5.43% to save	No Eviction	Patria 7.40% to save	Rob 4.32% to save	Yuri 26.52% to evict		Carol -18.42%
Forced Eviction		JM Kenny & Toffi	Yhel	none	Tom	none
Voluntary Exit		JP	Princess	none						Rocky

     Housemates residing in House A

     Housemates residing in House B

     Double Up Housemates, Switching House to House

Blue names indicate nominees from Group A

Red names indicate nominees from Group B

Green names indicate nominees from Neo-Group A

Dark orange names indicate nominees from Neo-Group B

     Automatic Nomination (due to violation(s) committed or as a reward for the winning house)

Template:FnbJP voluntarily left the House on Day 3. He last stayed in House B before he exited. JM, Kenny and Toffi failed their task and had to leave on Day 5. Jimson was part of Group B before he was evicted.
Template:FnbPrincess, Mariel and Yhel were given an automatic nomination by Big Brother for talking about nominations with their fellow housemates. House B was given the opportunity to do a sacrifice to save one of the automatically nominated housemates, which they chose to be Mariel. Princess voluntarily left the House on Day 22. She was part of Group A before she left. On Day 24, Rob and Carol were swapped to opposing groups. On Day 25, the voting for the Second Eviction Night was canceled due to Yhel's forced eviction, dubbed as the first forced eviction for the season. She was part of Group B before she was forcibly evicted.
Template:FnbThere were three nominees from Group B as there was a tie for the highest points scored. Both Tom and Mariel scored 5 points while Patrick scored 4 points, making him the third nominee, with the second highest nomination points. Delio was part of Group A before he was evicted.
Template:FnbAs Cathy was still en route from Finland to the Philippines, she was not able to nominate, although she could be nominated. Meanwhile, Tibo and Paul were each tied for the most nomination points with 5, while Jason and Carol were tied for the second most points with 3. On Day 39, voting was suspended due to Tom's exit from the house to be confined to the hospital. On Day 40, Tom was able to return, although voting remained suspended. On Day 41, it was announced that Tom has been forcibly evicted from the house. He left the next day accompanied by ex-housemate Princess. He was part of Group B before he left the house.
Template:FnbAs per stipulation for the weekly task, only the top nomination point earner from Group A and the top three point earners from Group B were nominated. Tom, who was physically at House B during the nominations did not participate as he was already regarded as evicted. Patria was part of Group B when she was evicted.
Template:FnbAs per stipulation for the weekly task, only the top nomination point earner from Group B and the top two point earners from Group A were nominated. In addition to that, Group B automatically nominated Rica as part of their reward. As Rob and Patrick had the same highest number of nomination points, they were both nominated. As new housemates, Rocky and Sam were exempted from nominations. They were given the chance to nominate but their votes were not counted. Rocky nominated Hermes and Yuri, while Sam nominated Mariel and Hermes, for one and two points respectively. Rob was part of Neo-Group B when he was evicted.
Template:FnbAs the nomination process was changed, the top two nominees for Neo-Group A were Johan and Yuri. However, after the discussion of Neo-Group B, Kath was placed as a nominee instead of Yuri. The top two nominees for Neo-Group B were Rica and Rocky; no change in nominees happened after Neo-Group A's discussion. However, Big Brother later on announced that all housemates are up for eviction. On Day 63, voting was officially closed and all saved housemates were asked to stay in House A with the exception of Carol, Hermes, Melisa, Rica and Yuri who were asked to stay in House B until the next day. Yuri was part of Neo-Group A when she was evicted.
Template:FnbOn Day 67, Rocky voluntarily exited the house. Due to her loss in the HOH competition, Carol was tasked to give the full three points to one housemate face-to-face.
Template:FnbAs the designated three kings, Hermes, Johan and Patrick had to give 3 points for nomination to one housemate, 1 point from each of them.

Nomination Totals

As the Lagumbay and Santos twins were out of the House before the first nomination night, their names have not been included in the table below. For the seventh nomination, Neo-Group A housemates nominated Neo-Group B housemates, giving 1 point each to the two housemates of their choice.

Carol	Cathy	Delio	Hermes	Jason	Jimson	Johan	Kath	Mariel	Melisa	Patria
10 + 20 + 2 + 5	10 + 2 + 2	19	10 + 7	30 + 2 + 2	10	13 + 3 + 4	11 + 2 + 3	20 + 1	4 + 1 + 1	9
Patrick	Paul Jake	Princess	Rica	Rob	Rocky	Sam	Tibo	Tom	Yhel	Yuri
17 + 1 + 6	19	6 (+1)	13 + 7 + 4 (+1)	4 + 19	3	1 + 5	18 + 2 + 3	19	2 (+1)	17 + 3

     with Automatic Nomination/s by Big Brother due to violation/s or by the housemates for winning the weekly task

Blue numbers indicate votes from Group A housemates

Red numbers indicate votes from Group B housemates

Green numbers indicate votes from Neo-Group A housemates

Dark orange numbers indicate votes from Neo-Group B housemates

Black numbers indicates votes from all the housemates

     Big Winner

     Runner-up

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