Pinoy Big Brother: Connect

Pinoy Big Brother: Connect
Pinoy Big Brother: Connect logo
Presented by	Main: Toni Gonzaga Bianca Gonzalez Robi Domingo Online shows: Enchong Dee Melai Cantiveros Online updates: Richard Juan
No. of housemates	18
No. of episodes	60 (as of February 4, 2021)
Release
Original network	A2Z Kapamilya Channel
Original release	December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06) – present
Season chronology

Pinoy Big Brother: Connect is the ninth main (and fifteenth overall) season of Pinoy Big Brother which premiered on December 6, 2020, on both A2Z and Kapamilya Channel. The show is also simulcast and digitally streamed via ABS-CBN's entertainment website, iWantTFC (on-demand streaming service) and Kapamilya Channel's Kapamilya Online Live in Facebook and YouTube; live feeds of the House are also being shown on Kumu, an online streaming platform. This is the fifth consecutive time that both civilian adults and teenagers participated in one season, and the first time since the All In season to house them together as just one batch.

Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzales, and Robi Domingo reprised their roles as hosts. Meanwhile, new digital hosts joined the show: Richard Juan is the host for the show's online updates; while Enchong Dee and Melai Cantiveros are the hosts for the show's online companion programs across various online platforms. Kim Chiu, Edward Barber, and Maymay Entrata were earlier reported to host online contents for the program (with Chiu and Entrata having joined the official launch), but were never seen doing their hosting stints in the succeeding events of the show; Dee and Cantiveros, on the other hand, were occasionally seen to host the afternoon online companion show.

This is the first season where the show is not being aired on ABS-CBN after the said network was ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to cease and desist its free-to-air television and radio broadcast operations on May 5, 2020, following the lapse of its congressional franchise. The network also failed to secure a renewal of its congressional franchise after its renewal bid was rejected by the House of Representatives on July 10, 2020.

Development

With the cessation of the television broadcast operations of ABS-CBN by the NTC on May 5, 2020, a lot of fans online were alarmed of the possible cancellation of the local Big Brother franchise. No news or information were provided by the network nor by the production team behind the show of the fate of the said franchise. However, on October 16, 2020, Pinoy Big Brother hinted an announcement for a possible return of the show. On October 18, 2020, on ASAP Natin 'To!, it was officially announced that a new season will air and the said season will be called Pinoy Big Brother: Connect. No physical auditions will be held; instead all auditions will be done online.

ABS-CBN's Television Production Head Unit and the Head Director of the Pinoy Big Brother franchise, Laurenti Dyogi, revealed in an interview of an episode of TV Patrol that Pinoy Big Brother: Connect will push through in November 2020, although the exact date was not mentioned. However, it was later confirmed that Pinoy Big Brother: Connect will begin on December 6, 2020. Dyogi also revealed that the ninth season to take place at the current situation of the network and of the country was unplanned, and that it had only prospered after the show had partnered with Kumu.

The number of housemates that will take part in this season was initially lowered to 12, making this season with the least number of housemates in Pinoy Big Brother history, surpassing the first regular season of Pinoy Big Brother, the season that had only 13 housemates. However, it was later confirmed via online PBB: KUMUlitan show with Robi Domingo and Lie Reposposa that 18 aspiring housemates will be taking part this season.

Auditions

Pinoy Big Brother: Connect was first revealed during the October 18, 2020 episode of ASAP Natin 'To!, along with new audition mechanics for this season. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the auditions and its program were held using Kumu, a Filipino online streaming platform. Auditions were opened for ages 16 to 35 years-old. The auditions were opened on October 19, 2020; it ended on November 11, 2020.

For an aspiring housemate to join Pinoy Big Brother: Connect, they must create a Kumu account and record a 1-minute video wherein they will be introducing themselves and why they want to join Pinoy Big Brother. Afterwards, they are required to upload it on Kumu and use the hashtag #PBBkumuaudition; a maximum of one entry per account. If an auditionee is accepted as one of the shortlisted hopefuls, they will then receive a message from a PBB executive via Kumu. At the end of the online auditions via Kumu, a total of 177,524 audition entries were submitted for this season.

COVID-19 precautions

Pinoy Big Brother: Connect had some notable changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Prior to the premiere of Pinoy Big Brother: Connect on December 6, 2020, the Pinoy Big Brother house was thoroughly disinfected, the hosts, crew, and the housemates of the show also went onto a PCR testing, and social distancing is also being observed inside the house as the preventive measure from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There was also no audience present on the premiere night of the show on December 6, 2020.

Timeslot

The show airs daily on Mondays to Fridays at 10:00 p.m. after Walang Hanggang Paalam, on Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. after Maalaala Mo Kaya, and on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. after I Can See Your Voice. The show's companion show, Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunect Tayo, airs daily via Kumu, Facebook, and YouTube at 4:00 p.m. for its afternoon show; while it follows the main show's schedule for its evening streaming.

Also, in this season, evictions regularly occur on Sundays while the nominees are revealed during Mondays or Tuesdays.

The show did not air on December 20, 2020, as it was preempted by ABS-CBN's Christmas Special.

Prizes

The exact cash prize is yet to be determined; however, the winner of this season will win a unit from PHirst Park Homes.

Overview

Logo

The logo for Pinoy Big Brother: Connect will still use its graphical eye, (first introduced in the previous season) in which the eye features motifs inspired by and colors taken from the Philippine flag. The outline of the house which was used before in the logo of Pinoy Big Brother: Otso was later removed. The colors of the text were also changed from the previous navy blue color now with a slightly lighter blue. The color of the season text in the logo was emphasized with a bright yellow and an orange gradient.

House

The Pinoy Big Brother house was refurnished with new furnitures in the living room, the bedroom, and the dining area. There were no major changes in the house interior, which still follows the original design used in Pinoy Big Brother: Otso. The house façade is decorated with Christmas decorations due to Christmas already drawing near at the start of the season.

Twists

• Partnership with KUMU
  • KUMUnity Housemate Selection – The last three official housemates will be chosen by the public out of the 117 hopefuls via the Kumu app. From December 6 to 27, these hopefuls were tasked to make livestream videos and engage with the public via Kumu. Those three hopefuls who will be gifted with the most number of diamonds by the public during the said duration will become official housemates.
  • In every weekly task, the housemates are given the privilege to do livestreams in order to earn diamonds; these diamonds are used to buy materials for the tasks or to buy practice time for their routines, to name a few.
  • Kumu users are given more percentage in the vote-to-evict or vote-to-save system: they are given a weight of 70% in the total votes compared with the 30% weight of votes coming from SMS.
  • Kumu users, through public poll within the app, may be given the privilege to suggest punishments for the housemates as a consequence for the violations they have incurred. They may also be given the opportunity to decide on several things, such as: whether to increase the items needed in a task or challenge, to increase the difficulty of a task or challenge, or in how will Big Brother announce new twists to the housemates.
  • Padaluck – Last used in the Lucky 7 season, the Kumu users have a chance to give an advantage to a housemate. The advantage will be given to the housemate who has received the most "padalucks" through Kumu's livestream gifting system. This twist was also used in the fourth and succeeding Heads on Household challenges.
  • Houseguests – Kumu users compete and win via Kumu for two slots as houseguests; as houseguests, they will stay in the House and join the housemates in their weekly task for a duration of one week.
• Heads of Household – Last used in the Unlimited season, those who earn the title will be granted immunity from being nominated in an upcoming nomination week.
• Instant Nominations during the Launch Night – If the housemates fail to finish their first task during the launch night, three of them will be nominated instantly.
• Isolation Area – During the launch night and after finishing their first task, the Heads of Households must name three housemates who will be asked to stay and live in an isolation area. They are not allowed to cross the demarcated line unless when allowed by Big Brother. The only way for them to join the other housemates is to successfully finish Big Brother's secret tasks.
• Vote-to-Save or Vote-to-Evict System – Last used in the 737 season, the public may vote for the housemate they want to save or evict.
• Supercharged Challenges – For the fifth Heads of Household challenges, other housemates may challenge the current holders of the HoH titles. At the end of the challenges, the two winning housemates will be immune for two weeks.
  • Supercharged Power – The two Heads of Household housemates who earned the their titles during the Supercharged Challenges were given the power to exclusively nominate the other housemates for eviction.
  • Power of Veto – The Heads of Household have a power to remove a housemate in the list of nominees for eviction.
    • This power was also used after the two weeks of Supercharged Challenges. The power was given to a group of housemates who won a competition; this power was a collective power and that the housemate that got the most votes from the members of this group receives the power of veto medallion and was saved automatically from the nominations.
• Delika-Dos – The performance of the housemates in a challenge will determine if one or two housemates will be evicted during the sixth eviction night.

Housemates

For the complete list of housemates, see List of Pinoy Big Brother housemates.

A week prior to the entry of the first 12 housemates, the identities of two housemates were revealed daily via It's Showtime! and TV Patrol. Officially, the first 12 housemates entered during the premiere night of the show on December 6, 2020. Among them, 6 were adult housemates, while the remaining 6 were teen housemates.

It was later announced that 6 more housemates will soon be introduced in the upcoming episodes after accomplishing their mandatory 14-day quarantine. Three of the additional housemates were already pre-selected and were completing their own isolation periods before their entry, including one from France whose travel to the Philippines in order to compete was facilitated by the production staff. The other three were selected via Kumu; they vied among 117 hopefuls in various series of livestream challenges in three different stages. The selection process began on December 6 and ended on December 26. As of January 24, 2021, the three new housemates have already entered the House, after completing the required health clearances, including mandatory quarantine, psychological test, and COVID-19 test.

List of Pinoy Big Brother: Connect Housemates

Name	Age on Entry	Hometown	Entered	Exited	Status	Refs.
Alyssa Exala	27	Australia	Day 5		Safe
Amanda Zamora	19	San Juan City	Day 36		Safe
Andrea Abaya	18	Parañaque	Day 1		Safe
Chico Alicaya	26	Cebu	Day 1		Safe
Ella Cayabyab	20	Quezon	Day 1		Safe
Gail Banawis	24	New York City, USA	Day 492		Nominated
Jie-Ann Armero	16	Sarangani	Day 1		Safe
Kobie Brown	17	Parañaque	Day 1		Safe
Kyron Aguilera	16	Butuan	Day 1		Nominated
Liofer Pinatacan	21	Zamboanga del Sur	Day 5		Saved ()
Quincy Villanueva1	26	Laguna	Day 43		Safe
Ralph Malibunas	22	Paris, France	Day 15		Nominated
Aizyl Tandugon	21	Misamis Oriental	Day 1	Day 57	Evicted
Haira Palaguitto	16	Pangasinan	Day 1	Day 50	Evicted
Crismar Menchavez	19	Palawan	Day 1	Day 43	Evicted
Mika Pajares	21	Balanga, Bataan	Day 1	Day 36	Evicted
Russu Laurente	19	General Santos	Day 1	Day 29	Evicted
Justin Dizon	22	Pampanga	Day 1	Day 22	Evicted

Legend

  Immune after winning a challenge or task

Recipient of Power of Veto

Notes

1. ^ Glenda Victorio of Rizal was initially confirmed as one of three housemates from Kumu's public selection, but she withdrew due to personal reasons. Quincy Villanueva of Laguna (the runner-up in Victorio's group) replaced her.
2. ^ Gail entered the House on Day 49. However, since Day 44, she was already allowed to interact all day with Housemates and also joined their weekly task virtually.

Tasks

Weekly tasks

As part of every season, weekly tasks are given in order for the housemates to earn their weekly groceries. However, as part of this season's twist, the housemates are allowed to do Kumu livestreams so that viewers can help with their weekly tasks. The diamonds (in-app gifting currency) they will earn from livestreaming can be used to purchase supplies for their tasks or to pay for minutes to practice their routines, to name a few.

Task No.	Date given	Task title and description	Result
1	December 8 (Day 3)	Floating Bridge The housemates must create a floating bridge in the pool area using only thirteen items of their choice. However, as later known in the middle of the week, for them to get the requested items, they must first get thirteen points by shooting blocks to a basketball ring (each point was equivalent to one item; they earned only three points). For them to succeed in their first weekly task, one after another, selected eight housemates must be able to cross the bridge from one end of the pool to the other. Once all of the eight housemates were able to cross, they must cross the bridge at the same time and go back to the starting point. If any one falls while crossing the floating bridge at any given point, they will have to go back at the start and have all the eight housemates cross the bridge again. They were given only five tries to cross the bridge.	Passed
2	December 17 (Day 12)	Connect Football The housemates must be able to score three goals (or one hat-trick) within seven minutes and fifty seconds. In order for this to be done, the housemates must pass a football from a housemate's designated area to another one's designated area; this must be done in a predetermined sequence.	Failed
3	December 22 (Day 17)	Human Christmas Tree The housemates must form into 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 one minute. The duration of each of the formations will vary and depend on the location. Furthermore, if the housemates stepped outside the designated Christmas tree 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 (Aizyl, Justin, and Mika) must always be part of the formation and they are only given five times (initially three, but was increased after winning livestream tasks) to make mistakes.	Passed
4	December 29 (Day 23)	Jump Rope The housemates will be divided into two groups, each headed by the current week's heads of household (Ella and Haira). Each group must be able to make jump rope performances. They will only be considered successful if each group will be able to perform the following jump rope moves: basic bounce, skier, side swing, the winter, and 2-man jump. They will be given only three allowable mistakes per performance (Ella's team was given an additional three allowable mistakes after winning an advantage through a ddakji game). If a group exceeds the allowable number of mistakes, that group will fail the task. In addition, at least three persons are required to do the jump rope tricks at any given point during the performance. Each group is allotted 50% of the week's budget. In addition to the weekly budget, the group with the most successful performance will be immune from the nominations for the following week, while only the members of the other group will be allowed to be nominated. In Day 27, additional rewards will be given to either of the teams that will win: that Ella's siblings or Haira's siblings will be given gadgets for their online schooling.	Passed1 (only 50% of the budget)
5	January 3 (Day 29)	Pinoy Big Biker Within five days, the housemates are tasked to cycle 1000 km using two stationary bikes (500 km for each bike) provided by Big Brother. They are only given five hours per day to do the task. However, they will have to stop every time they will encounter a roadblock; these roadblocks are given randomly. For them to return to cycling, they are required to successfully accomplish the roadblock tasks. They will have to manage their time per day since the timer will not stop for the roadblock tasks. If they fail to accomplish a roadblock task, they will be given a penalty.	Failed
6	January 11 (Day 37)	Pinoy Big Digital Film The housemates are tasked to create a film about the life story of one housemate whose story will be chosen by the task leaders. After a story audition, task leaders Ralph and Andrea chose Jie-Ann's story. They are given only 16 straight hours to produce the film, including an 8-hour limit for minors. At the end of this designated period, they must earn an average of 80% from four judges to win the task. Judge Points Director Ted Boborol 90% Edward Barber 87% Maymay Entrata 97% Kumunity 10%2 Average 71%	Failed3
7	January 18 (Day 44)	Human Batteries Everytime they will hear the last few seconds of the season's theme song, the housemates must form a line and physically connect themselves by wrapping one's arm into another's back; they are given only ten seconds to form a line. The individuals at both ends of the line are the only people allowed to use their free hands. They are only allowed to disband once they hear the "power off" sound. With only three allowable mistakes, they will fail the task if, in any instance, they will disconnect at the wrong time and without the proper signal. Note that all the housemates are required to wear a vest with a battery-like strap placed onto it. If Big Brother instructs any of them to remove the "battery" due to any reason (e.g., failure in a task or challenge), that housemate will have to act slowly as a consequence of being "low in battery." They will also have to include a mannequin that represents Gail (Gail's live video feed can be seen in a tablet strapped in the mannequin's head) in the said task.	Passed
8	January 24 (Day 50)	PBB 3 Bosses The three housemates (Gail, Jie-Ann, and Quincy) ranked lowest by all of them were made as bosses for a company that each of them will head for. Except for food, all companies can sell anything via Kumu livestream. The bosses will have the exclusive authority to decide on their company names and what they will sell; they are also the only persons in charge of management of the affairs of their respective companies. The bosses will also have to make their business presentations and invite the other housemates to work for them. Each boss initially selected up to four housemates only. After a presentation of the three companies to mentors Nene Tamayo and Slater Young, Jie-ann's company was dissolved because her company was not selected by either mentor. As a result, she was given an automatic 2 points for the next nomination, and she and her employees were selected by the remaining bosses through arm wrestling (bunong braso) matches between members of the remaining companies. Each company will be given 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 the weekly budget, the group with the highest income will be immune from the nominations for the following week, while only the members of the other group will be allowed to be nominated.	Passed
9	January 31 (Day 57)	PBB Big Mailbox The housemates will receive mails that will give them several tasks that they need to perform. But prior to performing the tasks, the plasma screen in the living room area will show the requirements in who will be fit to do them. They are required not to exceed three mistakes; if they exceed that number, they will fail this weekly task.	Pending

Notes

1. ^ The housemates received only 50% of their budget after Ella's team committed 6 mistakes, which is their maximum number of allowable mistakes. The other 50% was forfeited after Haira's team committed 10 mistakes, which is more than their 3 allowable mistakes.
2. ^ The housemates can earn 1% for every 500 thousand diamonds. However, they earned only 10%, equivalent to 5 million diamonds. To reach the average of 80%, they would have needed at least 46%, equivalent to 23 million diamonds.
3. ^ Despite failing to win their weekly task, Big Brother still gave 71% of their weekly budget as a reward for their efforts for the weekly task.

Other tasks

Task No.	Date Given	Type	Task title and description	Participants	Result
1	December 6 (Day 1)	Safety or reward task	Liwanag at Ligaya ng Pasko (Light and Joy of Christmas) Using thirteen wooden platforms from the garden, the housemates must bring a big electric plug and light up a christmas tree located in the activity area. While performing the task, any of the parts of their bodies were not allowed to touch the floor; they were also required to finish the task within 10 minutes. If they failed to finish the task, three housemates will be nominated for eviction.	All Housemates	Passed
2	December 7 (Day 2)	Series of secret tasks	5 Secret Tasks In order for the isolated housemates to finally join the other housemates in the House, they must succeed in finishing three out of five tasks. It was also revealed that their isolation were made to mirror three more other housemates' current situation who are yet to be revealed and who are currently isolated and quarantined due to the show's health protocols against COVID-19. No. Task title and description Result 1 Task of finding a tablet without letting others finding out of their secret task. After failing to get the real tablet, Chico was tasked to help the three isolated housemates. Failed 2 After having made two separate 10-minute video calls without having the other housemates noticing them, the isolated housemates must be able to memorize the personal backgrounds of Allysa and Liofer as these information will be used in a quiz that will be given to them. For them to succeed in this task, they must at least get 7 correct answers to each of the two housemates' personal backgrounds. Passed 3 4 Crismar be must be able to sneak Allysa and Liofer into the isolation area without letting the other housemates in the House know. Passed 5 Crismar, with the help of Andrea and Ella, must be able to sneak food and eating utensils of Allysa and Liofer into the Isolation Area without letting the other housemates in the House know. Passed	Crismar, Andrea, and Ella (Isolated Housemates)	Passed
3	December 18 (Day 13)	Secret reward task	Football Juggling Chico and Kobie must do football juggles around a designated area. Each of them must complete one round of football juggle, and then kick the ball for a goal. Later in the middle of the task, the level of difficulty was increased: one must do a round of football juggle; once completed, he must then pass it to the other for him to do a goal. Each of them are required to do 50 goals or a total of 100 goals. Prior to the start of the challenge, Chico and Kobie were instructed separately that this task was a secret sacrifice task for the other. The rewards were: to let Chico's father see him perform their weekly task, and to let Kobie talk with his father.	Chico, Kobie	Passed
4	December 23 (Day 18)	Reward task	Connect Gifts (Sleigh task) The housemates must be able to make 2020 laps while pulling a big sleigh (that contains their gifts for their respective families; the sleigh also weighs 632 kilos) through a provided track around the activity area. They must be able to do the task within two days. Only two housemates are allowed to pull the sleigh at each time. Later on, the number of rounds were decreased to 1545 laps after they have managed to win a task during their Kumu livestream. Also, the other housemates decided to secretly sacrifice their gifts in order to make the sleigh lighter and prioritize the gifts of Aizyl, Haira, Jie-Ann and Liofer.	All Housemates	Passed
5	January 26 (Day 52)	Safety task	Delika-dos The housemates have to stack-up cups up to 13 levels on top of a table. Once they are successful in stacking up the cups, they will then have to transfer the table top to another spot without having any of the cups to fall down. If successful, just like in other evictions, only one housemate will be evicted during the eviction night; if not, two housemates will be evicted.	All Housemates	Passed

Nominations

In a standard nomination round (which is usually done weekly), each housemate has to nominate two people with the first receiving two points and the second with one point. For that round, the three housemates with the most points will become the week's nominees; the number may increase as a result of ties. By Sunday, the one who have received the lowest percentage of votes from the public will be evicted from the House.

As a punishment or as a consequence, Big Brother may automatically nominate additional housemates if they have incurred violations or have failed a specific task. Big Brother may also give immunity to those who have succeeded in winning a challenge or a task. Sometimes, Big Brother may suspend the nomination process or moved the nominations to a later date in lieu of the result of a pending challenge or task.

History

	Launch night	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	#12	#13	Nominations received
Eviction Day and Date	—	Day 22 Dec. 27	Day 29 Jan. 3	Day 36 Jan. 10	Day 43 Jan. 17	Day 50 Jan. 24	Day 57 Jan. 31	Day 64 Feb. 7	Day 71 Feb. 14	Day 78 Feb. 21	Day 85 Feb. 28	Day 92 Mar. 7	Day 99 Mar. 14	Day 106 Mar. 21
Nomination Day and Date	—	Day 16 Dec. 21	Day 23 Dec. 28	Day 31 Jan. 5	Day 38 Jan. 12	Day 49 Jan. 23	Day 53 Jan. 27	Day 58 Feb. 1	Day 65 Feb. 8	Day 72 Feb. 15	Day 79 Feb. 22	Day 86 Mar. 1	Day 93 Mar. 8	Day 100 Mar.15
Alyssa	Not in House	Aizyl Crismar	Crismar Aizyl	Crismar Haira	Aizyl Ella	Haira Kyron	Ella Aizyl	No nomi- nations							7
Amanda	Not in the House				Exempt	Ineligible to vote	Ella Ralph	No nomi- nations							3
Andrea	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Alyssa	Crismar Liofer	Crismar Haira	Aizyl Ella	Ineligible to vote	Ella Gail	No nomi- nations							5
Chico	No nomi- nations	Mika Crismar	Crismar Mika	Mika Crismar	Alyssa Ella	Aizyl Ella	Andrea Aizyl	No nomi- nations							1
Ella	No nomi- nations	Liofer Aizyl	Crismar Russu	Crismar Kobie	Aizyl Crismar	Ineligible to vote	Andrea Jie-Ann	No nomi- nations							28 (+1)
Gail	Not in House					Exempt	Kobie Jie-Ann	No nomi- nations							2 (+1)
Jie-Ann	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Ella	Russu Crismar	Crismar Haira	Ella Aizyl	Ineligible to vote	Ella Aizyl	No nomi- nations							7
Kobie	No nomi- nations	Justin Alyssa	Mika Crismar	Crismar Mika	Ella Jie-Ann	Ineligible to vote	Ella Gail	No nomi- nations							9
Kyron	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Jie-Ann	Russu Crismar	Kobie Mika	Aizyl Chico	Ineligible to vote	Ella Aizyl	No nomi- nations							2 (+2)
Liofer	Not in House	Mika Jie-Ann	Crismar Alyssa	Mika Crismar	Aizyl Alyssa	Ineligible to vote	Ella Amanda	No nomi- nations							4
Quincy	Not in House					Exempt	Ella Ralph	No nomi- nations							0
Ralph	Not in House	Exempt	Aizyl Russu	Mika Kobie	Aizyl Haira	Ineligible to vote	Aizyl Ella	No nomi- nations							3 (+1)
Aizyl	No nomi- nations	Mika Andrea	Crismar Mika	Crismar Mika	Crismar Kyron	Ineligible to vote	Amanda Ralph	Evicted (Day 57)							44 (+1)
Haira	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Alyssa	Crismar Russu	Crismar Kobie	Aizyl Ella	Ineligible to vote	Evicted (Day 50)								10 (+1)
Crismar	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Haira	Russu Kyron	Haira Kobie	Ella Aizyl	Evicted (Day 43)									40
Mika	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Liofer	Russu Aizyl	Haira Kobie	Evicted (Day 36)										20
Russu	No nomi- nations	Justin Mika	Crismar Aizyl	Evicted (Day 29)											11
Justin	No nomi- nations	Aizyl Haira	Evicted (Day 22)												4
Notes	1	2, 3	None	4, 5	6	7, 8, 9	10, 11, 12	13, 14
Heads of Household	Kyron Mika	Kyron Russu	Ella Haira	None	Andrea Liofer	Alyssa Chico		None
Ligtask	Not implemented			Aizyl	None			Alyssa
Up for eviction	No Eviction	Aizyl Justin Mika	Aizyl Crismar Russu	Crismar Haira Kobie Mika	Aizyl Alyssa Crismar Ella	Aizyl Ella Haira Kyron	Aizyl Andrea Ella Jie-Ann	Gail Kyron Liofer Ralph
Vetoed		Not implemented					Andrea Jie-Ann	Liofer
Saved from eviction		Aizyl 12.64% Mika 3.30%	Aizyl 14.90% Crismar 6.87%	Haira 14.78% Kobie 14.56% Crismar 2.98%	Ella 12.94% Aizyl 7.47% Alyssa 3.29%	Ella 16.87% Kyron 9.38% Aizyl 8.13%	Ella 12.68%
Evicted		Justin –2.00%	Russu 4.39%	Mika 1.66%	Crismar 2.60%	Haira 2.61%	Aizyl 12.61%
References

Legend

  Housemate received immunity after becoming a Head of Household.

  Housemate received immunity after winning or finishing a task or challenge; exempt from the nominations due to being a new entrant.

  Housemate received automatic nomination from Big Brother after failing a task, a challenge or as a result of a twist.

Red name Housemate received an automatic nomination from another housemate.

Orange name Housemate received extra nomination points from Big Brother after failing a task, a challenge or as a result of a twist.

Notes

^ Kyron and Mika were given the Head of Household (HoH) titles after gaining the most Kumu diamonds in their respective Kumu livestreams (the livestreams were made prior to their entry to the House). The HoH titles were given to them prior to the entry of the 10 other housemates. In addition, the housemates were given a task wherein their failure would lead to an instant nomination of three housemates decided by the Heads of Household. However, the housemates can void the said instant nominations by succeeding in their task. The housemates succeeded in their task, which led to having no nominations. ^ The nominations took place on Day 15 (December 20), but was announced the night after as the December 20 episode was preempted by ABS-CBN's Christmas Special. ^ Ralph was exempted from the nominations for being a new entrant. He entered the House on Day 15, the day when the first nominations took place. ^ As a consequence, the nominees were limited only to Haira's team (Aizyl, Crismar, Haira, Kobie, Mika, Ralph and Russu) after they failed to win the jump rope task challenge; Ella's team (Alyssa, Andrea, Chico, Ella, Jie-Ann, Kyron and Liofer) was immune from the nominations. Aizyl, however, was saved from the nominations after winning the Ligtask challenge. ^ The nominations took place on Day 30 (January 4) and was done pre-recorded; it was aired on the next day (January 5). ^ Amanda was exempted from the nominations for being a new entrant. She entered the House on Day 36 right after Mika got evicted. ^ Quincy was exempted from the nominations for being a new entrant. She entered the House on Day 43. Gail, on the other hand, was introduced later in the week to the housemates; they can interact with her via a tablet. However, at that time, she has not yet entered the House as she was still finishing her quarantine after contracting COVID-19. ^ Alyssa and Chico, who won the Heads of Household's Supercharged Challenges, were immune for two weeks. ^ Alyssa and Chico were given the Supercharged Power for winning as the new Heads of Household. It gave them the power to exclusively nominate two housemates each for eviction for this particular week. The other housemates are ineligible to vote, but may be voted by Alyssa or Chico. If in any case, Chico had already chosen a specific housemate, Alyssa cannot nominate that particular housemate and instead must chose another. Housemates that were given automatic nomination by either of the two were given red flags in a face-to-face nomination. ^ Gail was not exempted from the nominations despite being a new entrant. This is due to the fact that she already had a week of interaction with the housemates through a tablet despite not being physically present in the House. ^ As punishment, Jie-Ann received an additional two nominations points from Big Brother after she failed to get a mentor for her company during their weekly task; this was given to her before the nomination process had started. ^ Andrea and Jie-Ann were saved from the nominations, after Alyssa saved Andrea and Chico saved Jie-Ann by exercising their new given power, the Power of Veto. ^ Team Dreamer Connect (composed of Quincy as boss; with members: Amanda, Andrea, Chico, Ella, Jie-Ann, and Kobie) won in the last week's weekly task against Team Survibin (composed of Gail as boss; with members: Aizyl, Alyssa, Kyron, Liofer, and Ralph). As a result, the members of Team Dreamer Connect will be immune for the next nominations; while the nominees will be taken from the members of Team Survibin only. ^ Alyssa won the Ligtask challenge, saving herself from being nominated; Liofer received the Power of veto medallion from Team Dreamer Connect, saving himself from the nominations. With only three housemates (Gail, Kyron and Ralph) left for nominations, there was no need for a nomination process; the last three not saved from the ligtask challenge and not given the power of veto medallion were immediately included in the final list of nominees.

Power of veto

The Power of veto is a twist that was used for the Supercharge Challenges for the Heads of Household to save a number of housemates from the nominations. But during the seventh nominations week, the power was extended to the group who won the livestream selling task.

Voter	#6	#7
Alyssa	Andrea	Ineligible to vote
Amanda	Ineligible to vote	Liofer
Andrea	Ineligible to vote	Ralph
Chico	Jie-Ann	Liofer
Ella	Ineligible to vote	Gail
Gail	Ineligible to vote	Ineligible to vote
Jie-Ann	Ineligible to vote	Liofer
Kobie	Ineligible to vote	Liofer
Kyron	Ineligible to vote	Ineligible to vote
Liofer	Ineligible to vote	Ineligible to vote
Quincy	Ineligible to vote	Liofer
Ralph	Ineligible to vote	Ineligible to vote
Aizyl	Ineligible to vote	Evicted (Day 57)
Notes	1	2
Up for veto	Aizyl Andrea Ella Jie-Ann	Gail Kyron Liofer Ralph
Vetoed	Andrea Jie-Ann	Liofer 5 out 7 votes
Nominated	Aizyl Ella not selected	Gail 1 out 7 votes Ralph 1 out 7 votes Kyron 0 out 7 votes

Legend

  Housemate received the power of veto medallion and was saved from the nominations.

  Housemate was included in the list of nominees after not receiving the power of veto medallion.

Notes

1. ^ Being the Heads of Household, Alyssa and Chico each have the power to veto. Thus, needing no collective vote for a veto.
2. ^ Amanda, Andrea, Chico, Ella, Jie-Ann, Kobie and Quincy (Team Dreamer Connect) won the last week's competition. Each may vote to veto among Gail, Kyron, Liofer and Ralph who they will save; the housemates with the most number of votes wins the power of veto medallion.

Heads of Household

Every week, each of the Housemates will undergo challenges to become one of the two Heads of Household. Becoming a Head of Household will earn them immunity from being nominated in that particular week.

For the fourth Heads of Household challenge, the Padaluck twist was implemented. It gave an advantage to a housemate who had received the most Kumu gifts.

Challenge No.	Date given	Challenge title and description	Heads of Household
1	December 6 (Day 1)	KUMU livestream Prior to the entry of the first 12 housemates, they were given a challenge to do livestreams. Unknown to them, the two housemates who have earned the most livestream gifts will become the Heads of Household. The winners were only revealed during their entry to the house in the launch night.	Kyron, Mika
2	December 16 (Day 11)	Bucket of Water In the first part of the challenge, in pairs, the housemates must hold and carry with them a bucket of water. Their hands are not allowed to move away from the bucket unless instructed by Big Brother. If in any case a hand moved away from the bucket, a glass of water will be deducted from the volume of a pair's bucket. At the end of this part, the water in the bucket will be used as an initial load to the drum they are to use in the second part of the challenge. In the second part of the challenge, the pairs must transfer a bucket of water to an empty drum. Except for their hands, they must use their bodies to transfer the water to their respective buckets. The pair with the most water transferred within three minutes wins the Heads of Household titles.	Kyron, Russu
3	December 28 (Day 22)	Larong Loro (Parrot Game) Each of the housemates must memorize the exact order of the sounds of the animals flashed on the screen. After memorizing the animals, they must traverse a series of platforms and must reach the end point. If in any point they fell from a platform, they will be penalized (additional time will be given). At the end point, they will parrot or make the sounds of the animals they have memorized in the right order. If they cannot be able to parrot the sounds in the correct order, they may return to the starting point to see again the chronological order of the animals. The two housemates with the fastest time to parrot the sounds correctly in the right order will become the Heads of Household for this week.	Ella, Haira
4	January 12 (Day 37)	Four Sisters and a Wedding Individually, the housemates were required to watch a scene from the movie Four Sisters and a Wedding. After watching it, they were then informed that they have to gather five items by answering five questions correctly. However, to gather the items, they will have to use a boom microphone to pick the items and place these items in a box corresponding to the question being asked. The two housemates with the fastest time to finish the challenge will become the Heads of Household for the week. Padaluck recipient: Andrea (will have to answer three questions only)	Andrea, Liofer
5	January 19-21 (Days 45-47)	Supercharged Challenges The housemates will have to battle with each other in a series of challenges. The first challenge will determine who will sit on the Heads of Household thrones. In the succeeding challenges, only two housemates who will get one of the two flags may challenge one of the occupants of the two thrones; the one being challenged will then choose between the two challengers in whom he will compete (the one not chosen will automatically be included in the group of housemates who may be nominated). Each housemate has three chances to get a flag and challenge the current throne holder. If a challenger succeeds, he will replace the current holder. The losing housemate also loses his battery and can become nominated in the next nomination. At the end of all the challenges, the last two standing housemates will become Heads of Household for two weeks. Note that the names stricken out in the table were the ones who were able to get one of the flags, but were not chosen by the throne occupants to battle with. No. Description Challenger Challenged Winner 1 The housemates had to transfer all 300 balls scattered in a designated area to a container using only their elbows. The two fastest housemates to finish the challenge will become the two Heads of Household throne occupants. As a twist, they were all later informed that the current holders of the HoH thrones may still be removed and be replaced by winning other challenges. Padaluck recipient: Amanda (will have to transfer 200 balls instead of 300) All Housemates (except Quincy) None Ella, Alyssa 2 In this versus challenge between the challenger and the throne occupant, each will have to staple a given set of the housemates' photos to form a banner and connect them between two separate poles. The photos must be arranged according to the housemates' age (youngest to oldest) and must be stapled one by one. The first to finish will occupy the challenged throne. Haira Jie-Ann Ella Ella 3 Jie-Ann Kobie Alyssa Alyssa 4 Each housemate must hit the other housemate with colored balloons (a blue balloon will give them one point, while a red one will give them two points). But in order for them to get a balloon, they must first do a bottle flipping challenge in a turn-based format. If a housemate successfully flips a bottle, he or she gets a chance to use a blue balloon to hit the other housemate; but if he or she can do two consecutive flips, he gets a red balloon. The housemate with the most hits within an hour wins the challenge. Andrea Chico Ella Chico 5 Amanda Andrea Alyssa Alyssa	Chico, Alyssa

Ligtask

The Ligtask challenge, carried over from previous seasons, are usually held in lieu of the Heads of Household challenge.

Before the Ligtask challenge, the public has a chance (via Kumu) to give an advantage to a housemate. The advantage will be given to the housemate who has received the most "padalucks" (done through Kumu's livestream gifting system). At the end of the challenge, the winner will be saved from becoming one of the nominees.

Task No.	Date Given	Challenge description	Participants	Saved
1	January 4 (Day 28)	Each housemate must transfer a plastic bottle from point A to point B (the distance between each point is 14 feet) using only a tied pencil hanged from his or her back. They are not allowed to use their hands nor are allowed to touch the floor. The housemate with the shortest time to finish the challenge will be saved from being nominated. Padaluck recipient: Kobie (the distance he needed to make was reduced to 10 feet)	Aizyl, Crismar, Haira, Kobie, Mika, Ralph	Aizyl (30 seconds)
2	February 1 (Day 58)	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. The housemate with the shortest time to finish the task wins immunity. Padaluck recipient: Gail (needs to flip three letters only and may use her legs to flip the coins)	Alyssa, Gail, Kyron, Liofer, Ralph	Alyssa (10 minutes 41 seconds)

S–E voting system result

The following are the summary of the results of the evictions nights that had used the S-E voting system. The results are taken from the combined SMS and Kumu votes.

In the second and the succeeding eviction nights, the detailed summary was replaced by a combined net results of both votes from Kumu and SMS without further detailing the results of each medium. The percentage of Kumu's votes being 70% and that of SMS votes comprising 30% of the total votes remained the same.

Eviction No.	Nominee	Votes from Kumu (70% of votes)			Votes from SMS (30% of votes)			Total Net	Result	Refs.
		To-Save	To-Evict	Net	To-Save	To-Evict	Net
1	Aizyl	15.42%	-1.52%	13.90%	14.32%	-4.63%	9.69%	12.64%	Saved
	Justin	23.71%	-17.79%	5.92%	17.16%	-37.65%	-20.49%	-2.00%	Evicted
	Mika	23.73%	-17.83%	5.90%	11.75%	-14.50%	-2.75%	3.30%	Saved

Eviction No.	Nominee	Votes			Result	Refs.
		To-Save	To-Evict	Net
2	Aizyl	16.31%	-1.41%	14.90%	Saved
	Crismar	23.01%	-16.14%	6.87%	Saved
	Russu	23.76%	-19.37%	4.39%	Evicted
3	Crismar	18.01%	-15.03%	2.98%	Saved
	Haira	15.34%	-0.55%	14.78%	Saved
	Kobie	15.16%	-0.60%	14.56%	Saved
	Mika	18.49%	-16.83%	1.66%	Evicted
4	Aizyl	8.76%	-1.29%	7.47%	Saved
	Alyssa	21.54%	-18.25%	3.29%	Saved
	Crismar	18.29%	-15.69%	2.60%	Evicted
	Ella	14.56%	-1.62%	12.94%	Saved
5	Aizyl	13.33%	-5.20%	8.13%	Saved
	Ella	26.70%	-9.83%	16.87%	Saved
	Haira	18.23%	-15.62%	2.61%	Evicted
	Kyron	10.24%	-0.86%	9.38%	Saved
6	Aizyl	30.89%	-18.28%	12.61%	Evicted
	Ella	31.76%	-19.08%	12.68%	Saved

Controversies and criticisms

For the detailed information about the issues involving this season, see Controversies surrounding Pinoy Big Brother.

Just like in all other seasons, this season was not spared of controversies and criticisms. One issue involves the rude and bullying behaviors of one housemate towards another; another was the criticism towards the inclusion of two housemates who were for the shutdown of ABS-CBN; and the seemingly unfair use of a twist by the show.

External links

• Pinoy Big Brother Official website
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