Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1

Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1 is the first main season of the Philippine ABS-CBN reality television series Pinoy Big Brother and the first season overall. It was originally broadcast without a season title, but was later officially given the title of Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1 to distinguish it from other seasons.[1]

Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1
Season 1
Presented by	Toni Gonzaga Willie Revillame Mariel Rodriguez
No. of days	112
No. of housemates	13
Winner	Nene Tamayo
Runner-up	Jason Gainza
Country of origin	Philippines
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN
Original release	21 August (2005-08-21) – 10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)
Season chronology

Nene Tamayo of Romblon emerged as the winner of the season, taking 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.

The House

The Big Brother House (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

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

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.

Name	Age on entry	Hometown	Entered	Exited	Result
Nene Tamayo	23	Romblon	Day 1	Day 112	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Winner
Jayson Gainza	25	Batangas City	Day 1	Day 112	runner-up
Cass Ponti	25	Davao City	Day 1	Day 112	style="background: #ffffdd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"|finalist
Uma Khouny	23	Israel	Day 1	Day 112	style="background: #ffffdd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"|finalist
Say Alonzo	22[2]	San Juan, Metro Manila	Day 1	Day 105	Evicted
Franzen Fajardo	23	Sampaloc	Day 1	Day 91	Forced eviction
Jenny Suico	29	Olongapo City	Day 1 Day 56	Day 28 Day 84	Evicted
Sam Milby	21	Troy, Ohio	Day 28	Day 77	Evicted
Chx Alcala	24	Caloocan City	Day 1	Day 63	Evicted
Bob dela Cruz	28	Marilao	Day 1	Day 51	Forced eviction
Racquel Reyes	31	Tanauan City	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted
JB Magsaysay	25	La Union	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
Rico Barrera	23	Olongapo City	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted

Nomination history

	#1	#2	#3	Big Switch	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	BIG NIGHT	Nominations received
Eviction day and date	Day 21 September 10	Day 35 September 24	Day 49 October 8	Day 56 October 15	Day 63 October 22	Day 77 November 5	Day 84 November 12	Day 91 November 19	Day 105 December 3	Day 112 December 10
Nomination day and date	Day 14 September 4	Day 28 September 17	Day 42 October 1	Day 50 October 9	Day 57 October 16	Day 70 October 29	Day 80 November 8	Day 85 November 13	Day 98 November 26	Day 105 December 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	Third Place	35
Uma	Racquel Bob	Racquel Bob	Racquel Bob	No nominations	Nene Jason	Franzen Nene	Jason Nene	No nominations	Nene Jason	Fourth 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	Forced Eviction (Day 91)		14 (+ 2)
Jenny	Franzen Racquel	Franzen Racquel	Voluntary Exit (Day 28)	Re-entered Day 56	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	Forced eviction (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	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%	No Eviction	Say 6.9%	Jason 27.5% Cass 18.9% Uma 4.7%
Forced eviction	none		Bob	none				Franzen	none
Voluntary exit		Jenny	none

     Automatic Nomination (due to violation/s)

^Note 1 : Big Brother decided to automatically nominate Rico for eviction after the latter showed unpleasant behavior inside his house.

^Note 2 : Jenny opted to voluntarily leave the house due to her foster father's deteriorating health. Voting was not affected, however. Sam was her replacement housemate.

^Note 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.

^Note 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.

^Note 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.

^Note 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.

^Note 7 : Open voting was announced after Say's exit for the final four housemates, dubbed the Big 4.

Big Brother Final: The Big Night

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, Angeles, Pampanga, 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 votes	100%	N/A

* 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

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 lots of surprises are waiting for 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 show up.

• 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 Madame Auring.

Pinoy Big Brother (Season 1) soundtrack

Due to the popularity of the housemates, Star Records together with ABS-CBN created a soundtrack of Pinoy Big Brother.

Music videos

• "Pinoy Ako" - performed by Orange and Lemons, feat. PBB Housemates
• "Magmahal Muli" - feat. Sam and Say
• "I've Fallen In Love" - feat. Sam
• "Pinoy Rap" - feat. Jayson & Franzen
• "Pinoy Ako Xmas Remix" - feat. PBB Housemates

Audio tracks

• "Pinoy Ako Dance Version"
• "Magmahal Muli"
• "I've Fallen In Love"
• "Pinoy Rap"
• "Pinoy Ako Xmas Remix"
• "Pinoy Ako"

References

1. "Kapamilya Spotlight: Pinoy Big Brother Big Winners (2005 to 2015)". entertainment.abs-cbn.com. March 4, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2036276/

External links

• Official Pinoy Big Brother website season 1

Official websites and IMDB profiles of contestants

• ChxAlcala website
• Bob dela Cruz website
• Sam Milby website
• Say Alonzo website
• Uma Khouny and Cass Ponti website
• Bob dela Cruz on IMDb
• Sam Milby on IMDb
• Say Alonzo on IMDb
• JB Magsaysay on IMDb
• Rico Barrera on IMDb
• Franzen Fajardo on IMDb
• Jayson Gainza on IMDb
• Uma Khouny on IMDb
• Cassandra Ponti on IMDb

New television show

Pinoy Big Brother Season 1 August 21 – December 10, 2005

Succeeded by Celebrity Edition 1 (2006)