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Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1

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Pinoy Big Brother
Season 1
Presented by
No. of days112
No. of housemates13
WinnerNene Tamayo
Runner-upJason Gainza
Release
Original networkABS-CBN
Original releaseAugust 21 (2005-08-21) –
December 10, 2005 (2005-12-10)
Season chronology
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The first season of the reality game show Pinoy Big Brother premiered on the ABS-CBN network on August 21, 2005 and ran for 112 days until December 10, 2005.[1]

Nene Tamayo was named the show's first ever Big Winner over Jayson Gainza and two other finalists, Cass Ponti and Uma Khouny.

Development

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At the time of the launch of the franchise, the local version was the 31st version being broadcast among all the Big Brother franchises in the world.[2] It was the second in Asia after Thailand.[3]

Auditions

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The show's producers stated that the housemates were chosen from 25,000 people who auditioned in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao.[3] However, there were allegations that some of them did not audition at all and were chosen by network management.

Prizes

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The winner of this season took home the grand prize worth PHP6 million (approx. $111,000) all-in-all, including the one-million peso cash prize (about $18,000), a house and lot, a Nissan Frontier, an entertainment component system, a Yamaha motorcycle, and a livelihood showcase.[3]

Overview

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The House

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The Pinoy Big Brother House in 2005.

The house is located in front of the ABS-CBN studios in Quezon City.

A car is used to transfer the evicted housemate from the Big Brother house to the ABS-CBN main building.

The Big Brother House is a multi-room studio designed with walls painted with pastel colors. For the housemates security and the essence of being locked away from the outside world, the garden area is covered with a camouflage-type of fabric. It also boasts of a multi-faith altar in one wall of the house (one which has a Bible, a Koran, and twelve rosaries), making the house the only Big Brother house that has a room set aside for religious purposes (although it is said that the Arab Big Brother house had prayer rooms). And although any form of communication from the outside world is banned inside the house, there is a large flat-screen television set in the living room, used for only two purposes:

  • Airing videos Big Brother want to show to any or all housemates, especially that of the TV Mass every Sunday, and
  • To announce the names of nominees for eviction directly to the housemates and the person evicted from the house.

To complete the set up, 26 surveillance cameras are positioned all over the house to watch the housemates' every move, including the bathroom. For modesty's sake, however, images from the bathroom will be shown if the bathroom is used for any purpose other than bathing (such as gossiping).

Housemates

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The show's 12 housemates all entered during a live premiere on August 21, 2005. They were introduced in a special segment during which hosts Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez visited their houses and asked the housemates (whose faces were pixelized) to pack up their gear, giving them a special key to signify their entry in the House.

The ages stated below are their ages at time of entry inside the Big Brother House. Origin indicates where the housemates were born or based before joining the program. Thus, August 21, 2005, is stated as Day 1.

List of Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1 Housemates
Name Age on entry Hometown Entered Exited Result
Nene Tamayo 23 Romblon Day 1 Day 112 Winner
Jayson Gainza 25 Batangas City Day 1 Day 112 Runner-up
Cass Ponti 27 Davao City Day 1 Day 112 3rd Place
Uma Khouny 23 Israel Day 1 Day 112 4th Place
Say Alonzo 22 San Juan, Metro Manila Day 1 Day 105 Evicted
Franzen Fajardo 23 Sampaloc Day 1 Day 91 Forcibly evicted
Jenny Suico 29 Olongapo Day 56 Day 84 Evicted
Day 1 Day 28 Voluntary Exit
Sam Milby 21 Troy, Ohio, U.S. Day 28 Day 77 Evicted
Chx Alcala 24 Caloocan Day 1 Day 63 Evicted
Bob dela Cruz 28 Marilao Day 1 Day 51 Forcibly evicted
Racquel Reyes 31 Tanauan City Day 1 Day 49 Evicted
JB Magsaysay 25 La Union Day 1 Day 35 Evicted
Rico Barrera 20 Olongapo Day 1 Day 21 Evicted

Nomination history

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#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Big Night Nominations received
Eviction day
and date
Day 21
Sep. 10
Day 35
Sep. 24
Day 49
Oct. 8
Day 56
Oct. 15
Day 63
Oct. 22
Day 77
Nov. 5
Day 84
Nov. 12
Day 91
Nov. 19
Day 105
Dec. 3
Day 112
Dec. 10
Nomination day
and date
Day 14
Sep. 4
Day 28
Sep. 17
Day 42
Oct. 1
Day 50
Oct. 9
Day 57
Oct. 16
Day 70
Oct. 29
Day 80
Nov. 8
Day 85
Nov. 13
Day 98
Nov. 26
Day 105
Dec. 3
Nene Cass
Say
Cass
JB
Say
Cass
No
nominations
Uma
Cass
Say
Sam
Cass
Uma
No
nominations
Uma
Say
Winner 15
Jason Nene
Bob
JB
Nene
Uma
Cass
No
nominations
Sam
Uma
Sam
Uma
Cass
Say
No
nominations
Say
Cass
Runner-up 18
Cass Franzen
Racquel
Racquel
Bob
Racquel
Jason
No
nominations
Jason
Nene
Nene
Jason
Jenny
Jason
No
nominations
Nene
Jason
3rd Place 35
Uma Racquel
Bob
Racquel
Bob
Racquel
Bob
No
nominations
Nene
Jason
Franzen
Nene
Jason
Nene
No
nominations
Nene
Jason
4th Place 21
Say Racquel
Bob
Racquel
Jason
Bob
Racquel
No
nominations
Jason
Cass
Jason
Jenny
Cass
Jenny
No
nominations
Cass
Jason
Evicted
(Day 105)
14
Franzen Racquel
Uma
JB
Uma
Cass
Uma
No
nominations
Sam
Cass
Sam
Cass
Cass
Uma
No
nominations
Forcibly Evicted
(Day 91)
14 (+ 2)
Jenny Franzen
Racquel
Franzen
Racquel
Voluntarily Exited
(Day 28)
Exempt Sam
Franzen
Say
Cass
Evicted
(Day 84)
4
Sam Not in
the House
Racquel
Bob
No
nominations
Chx
Say
Jason
Say
Evicted
(Day 77)
12
Chx Franzen
JB
Cass
Franzen
Cass
Franzen
No
nominations
Cass
Sam
Evicted
(Day 63)
2 (+ 1)
Bob Uma
Cass
Uma
JB
Uma
Cass
Forcibly Evicted
(Day 50)
12
Racquel Uma
Franzen
JB
Cass
Cass
Say
Evicted
(Day 49)
27
JB Bob
Racquel
Racquel
Bob
Evicted
(Day 35)
10
Rico Racquel
Nene
Evicted
(Day 21)
0 (+ 1)
Notes See Note 1 See Note 2 None See Note 3 See Note 4 None See Note 5 See Note 6 None See Note 7
Up for eviction Franzen
Racquel
Rico
JB
Racquel
Cass
Racquel
Jenny
JB
Racquel
Rico
Cass
Chx
Franzen
Jason
Sam
Jason
Sam
Cass
Franzen
Jason
Jenny
Say
Cass
Franzen
Cass
Jason
Nene
Say
Open Voting
Saved from eviction Franzen
79%
Racquel
11%
Racquel
66.3%
Cass
53%
Jenny
42%
Franzen
36%
Cass
21%
Jason
20%
Sam
17%
Jason
53.8%
Franzen
37.9%
Cass
26.7%
Jason
20.8%
Say
10.6%
Cass
Saved by default
Nene
44.2%
Cass
24.8%
Jason
24.1%
Nene
48.9%
Evicted Rico
10%
JB
33.7%
Racquel
47%
Rico
25%

JB
21%

Racquel
12%
Chx
6%
Sam
46.2%
Jenny
4%
Eviction Cancelled Say
6.9%
Jason
27.5%

Cass
18.9%

Uma
4.7%
Forced
eviction
none Bob none Franzen none
Voluntary
exit
Jenny none
Legend
  Housemate was given an automatic nomination as a result of a violation or a twist.
Notes
  1. ^ Big Brother decided to automatically nominate Rico for eviction after the latter showed unpleasant behavior inside his house.
  2. ^ Jenny opted to voluntarily leave the house due to her foster father's deteriorating health.[3] Voting was not affected, however. Sam was her replacement housemate.[3]
  3. ^ Bob was forcibly evicted from the house due to his health condition. The previous four housemates who have left the house were put-up for votation by the public to be Bob's replacement housemate.
  4. ^ As a newly returned housemate, Jenny was not allowed to be nominated or to nominate. Chx was automatically nominated for asking Jenny a question about the outside world - specifically the crowd who gathered to see the Big Switch twist on Day 56. Franzen was automatically nominated by Big Brother for his numerous violations of house rules and for his “disrespectful behavior” when dealing with Big Brother.
  5. ^ Franzen got his second automatic nomination from Big Brother for his rampant violation of house rules the week before including writing a secret letter to his best friend Jason who was then nominated for eviction.
  6. ^ The nominations were suspended by Big Brother on account of a grave violation having been committed by Franzen. Given the decision of Endemol, Big Brother called Cass into the confession room to let her know Franzen's. In a very emotional moment, Cassandra offered to voluntarily exit from the House to save him. Big Brother opened a new poll on whether Cass should leave. However, Franzen was forcibly evicted from the house for sharing with Jason that was supposed to be kept only to himself.[4]
  7. ^ Open voting was announced after Say's exit for the final four housemates, dubbed the Big 4.

Big Brother Final: The Big Night

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After spending 112 days* inside the house, Nene Tamayo was proclaimed the first Pinoy Big Brother winner in a grand finale on December 10, 2005. The show, dubbed "The Big Night", was held at Clark Expo Amphitheater in Mabalacat, and was broadcast live.

The four remaining housemates (Cass, Nene, Jason, and Uma), wearing blindfolds and headphones, were taken to Clark Expo Amphitheater from the Big Brother house in Quezon City by a private plane. They were then sequestered in a secret location before the actual live final. What was played on their headphones is the song Pinoy Ako by Orange and Lemons. It was played repeatedly until they went out in the secret location. Despite the rains that plagued the day of the final, 30,000 people watched "The Big Night," hosted by Willie Revillame, Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez. According to TV ratings agency AGB Philippines, the show averaged a 39% rating and peaked at a 46% rating.

After spending 112 days inside the house, Uma was declared as the Fourth Big Placer in the Big Night finale, garnering just 52,833 votes or 4.7% of the total votes. Soon after, Cass having garnered 214,188 votes, 18.9% of total votes, was awarded the Third Big Placer status in the Big Night finale. The Second Big Placer was then named to be Jason. He garnered 312,258 votes, equal to 27.5% of the total votes.

The finale show lasted almost three hours and ended with fireworks as the Pinoy Big Brother house replica disintegrated to reveal Nene Tamayo as the "Big Winner." She garnered 554,906 votes, or 48.9% of total votes, in the Big Night finale.

This table shows the summary of votes as obtained by each of the Big 4 in the Big Night.

Event Big 4 Votes Result
Actual Votes Percentage
Big Night Cass 214,188 18.90% 3rd Place
Jason 312,258 27.50% Runner-Up
Nene 554,906 48.90% Winner
Uma 52,833 4.70% 4th Place
TOTAL VOTES 1,134,185 100%

* The hosts always stressed on air that the show lasted only 111 days. That is because their day count started on the day of the first episode's airing and not on the day the housemates entered the Big Brother House and an episode aired every night shows what happened the day before, even if there is a live broadcast. In the first two volumes of its DVD set, the day number is correctly tagged with its corresponding calendar date, but the beginning of the third volume pegs Day 92 on November 21, 2005, skipping November 20 from the day count probably to put the Big Night on "Day 111." September 25, 2005, the only day the program was not aired in the entire duration of the season, is also counted.

Post-season specials

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After the first season's run ended, a series of specials were aired relating to the program.

  • Pinoy Big Brother Revealed

Pinoy Big Brother Revealed was a special documentary series hosted by Boy Abunda. Rather than just a behind-the-scenes look at the show, the series explores the concept, its popularity, the housemates themselves, the program's initially criticized morality, and its impact on Filipino pop culture, especially the rampant use of the show's logo, footage, and music by pirates. The first episode was shown live to accommodate the "Big Four," who were obviously inside the house during the taped interviews for the documentary.

  • Pinoy Big Brother: Pamasko ni Kuya

Pamasko ni Kuya (English: Big Brother's Christmas Gift) was a series where the housemates' Christmas wishes are granted by the producers of the show, especially ones that involve charity work.

  • Pinoy Big Brother Drama Specials

Pinoy Big Brother Drama Specials was a two-part mini-series showcasing the housemates' acting skills. It aired on December 26, 2005, and January 6, 2006.

  • The Final Task
The first seven evicted housemates go on a trip to a deserted resort in Subic, where many surprises await them. Bob finds out from CB radio that the person who invited them, a woman known only as "Mother" (Gloria Diaz), has been abducted by pirates. They have to both escape from the resort and rescue her before the pirates arrive.
  • Kay Tagal Kang Hinanap (English: Finding You for So Long)
Big Brother calls on Say and the Big Four to find Franzen in Baguio. Although there is a reward waiting for them upon their return to Manila, the six are not satisfied at this offer and demand Big Brother to reveal himself. It also features a cameo appearance by fortune teller Madam Auring.

Official soundtrack

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Pinoy Big Brother (Ang Soundtrack Ng Teleserye Ng Totoong Buhay)
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 7, 2005 (2005-11-07)
Recorded2005
GenreOPM, Soundtrack
Length21:23
LanguageFilipino, English
LabelStar Music
ProducerABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.

Due to the popularity of the housemates, Star Music together with ABS-CBN created an album for Pinoy Big Brother entitled Pinoy Big Brother (Ang Soundtrack Ng Teleserye Ng Totoong Buhay) and was released on November 7, 2005.[5] The album also includes music videos of the included soundtracks.

Pinoy Big Brother (Ang Soundtrack Ng Teleserye Ng Totoong Buhay)
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistsLength
1."Pinoy Ako Dance Version"Clem Castro, Jonathan ManaloPBB Housemates3:45
2."Magmahal Muli"Samuel Lloyd MilbySam Milby, Say Alonzo4:09
3."I've Fallen in Love"Samuel Lloyd MilbySam Milby2:42
4."Pinoy Rap"Clem Castro, Jonathan ManaloJason Gainza, Franzen Fajardo3:07
5."Pinoy Ako (X-mas Remix)"Clem Castro, Jonathan ManaloPBB Housemates3:48
6."Pinoy Ako"Clem Castro, Jonathan ManaloOrange and Lemons3:50
Total length:21:23

References

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  1. ^ "Kapamilya Spotlight: Pinoy Big Brother Big Winners (2005 to 2015)". ABS-CBN. March 4, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Torrevillas, Domini M. (October 29, 2005). "Pinoy Big Brother". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Franzen: There's life after Pinoy Big Brother". Philippine Star. November 30, 2005. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Pinoy Big Brother (Ang Soundtrack Ng Teleserye Ng Totoong Buhay) - EP by Various Artists". Apple Music. November 7, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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New television show Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1
(August 21 – December 10, 2005)
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