[PBB Double Up] Melisa Cantiveros Wins!

21-year-old Melisa Cantiveros from General Santos City was Pinoy Big Brother Double Up's Big Winner. She got a total of 1,226,695 text votes or 32.08% of the total number of votes.

After 5 months of staying inside the PBB House, viewers got to love Melai's funny ways. Her typical story of coming from a poor family also captured the hearts of the show's audience.

Her prizes include a million pesos and a house and lot among others.

Meanwhile, 25-year-old Cebuano businessman, Paul Jake Castillo won as the 2nd Big Placer. He got a total of 1,044,295 text votes or 27.31% of the total number of votes.

It can be noted that when the show revealed the Big 5's vote standing early this week, Paul Jake was the front-runner. Melisa was then running 2nd. The "reveal" most probably motivated Melisa's fans to vote more for her.

Garnering 954,961 text votes or 24.97% of the total number of votes, 22-year-old Boy Astig of Mindoro Jason Veron Francisco was the 3rd Big Placer.

Johan Morielle Santos, 22, was the Fourth Big Placer with just a little more votes than Tibo. He got 303,751 text votes or 7.94% of the total number of votes.

Fifth Big Placer was 34-year-old Steve "Tibo" Jumalon, who got a total of 294,161 text votes or 7.69% of the total number of votes.
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[PBB Double Up] Paul Jake is Leading the Text Poll

Big Brother revealed to the remaining 5 housemates that no more eviction will happen until the Big Night, hence, they are now called the Big 5.

Aside from that revelation, Big Brother also let us have a peek at the standing of the 5 housemates in the text poll. I was expecting Melai to be the front-runner, but when she was announced third, I just knew Paul Jake was leading.

Paul Jake had 31%, Jason had 23%, Melai only had 20%, Johan had 13%, and Tibo had the lowest with 10%.

To celebrate their being included in the Big 5, my favorite band Kenyo was in the house to perform for them. Their first song: Pinoy Ako. And it's quite fun to watch the housemates dance to Pinoy Ako with the original dance choreography from the very first PBB.

[PBB Double Up] Roy!

Jason was able to finish walking 17 hours around the pool, but that's not without a night's rest.

Only Melai didn't know that her ex-boyfriend Roy was inside the PBB House to talk to her.

In a short interview with Toni Gonzaga, Roy said he loved Melai but the feeling was fading. He also admitted that he and Melai had already broken up before due to different reasons.

Jason himself blindfolded Melai and brought her to House B. And there, driving a sidecar, Roy surprised Melai. He even made Melai ride the sidecar and gave her his pasalubong of burger and fries.

Melai seemed mystified. Could it be that she's still in love with Roy?

What could happen if Melai chose Roy over Jason? If that happens, Jason walked 17 hours to his failure. LoL!

[PBB Double Up] Jason’s Sacrifice

If Jason couldn't say directly that he loves Melai before, it's kinda different now. The tricycle driver from Mindoro is now quite serious in wooing the English teacher from General Santos City. But he wants things clear between Melai and her ex-boyfriend named Roy.

Jason wants Melai and Roy to be able to talk so they can sort things out between them. From what Jason knows, there hadn't been any formal break-up between the two.

Big Brother decided to offer Jason a sacrifice in exchange for bringing Roy in the PBB House. And the sacrifice? Jason should walk for 1,053 minutes, the numbers symbolizing the number of kilometers between the PBB House and General Santos City.

It's more than 17 hours of walk around the pool for Jason, but he doesn't seem to mind the challenge. As he said before he started, "I'm doing this for the sake of love, and everything goes."

But the question is, will he be able to finish the 1,053 minutes of walking? We'll find out tonight.

[PBB Double Up] Goodbye Kath!

Kathleen Lopena-Ortega, popularly known as Mommy Kath, was evicted in tonight's live episode of Pinoy Big Brother Double Up.

She was welcomed to the "outside world" by her husband and ex-PBB Double Up housemate Jimson Ortega.

A big twist was announced after Kath's eviction, and it regarded the number of housemates that will compete in the Big Night. The originally final 4 housemates (dubbed as the Big 4) will now be 5!

So with only 6 housemates left, only one more will be evicted next Saturday.

Melai, on the other hand, can now breathe a little easier because she had earned a spot in the Big 5 through the series of competitions prepared by Big Brother.

But who among Tibo, Paul Jake, Johan, Mariel, and Jason will be evicted next week and not have a chance to be the Big Winner? Make sure to vote for your bets!

[PBB Double Up] Sharon Cuneta Visits

Waving a white flag ahead of her, the megastar Sharon Cuneta entered the PBB House to "bond" with the housemates. She came bearing a basketfull of food because she "heard" what the housemates were going through. Most importantly, the megastar's main goal was to tell the housemates not to lose hope.

Ex-housemate and part of the resbak team, Delio was having second thoughts on sabotaging the remaining housemates. He was touched mostly when Jason gave him some of his clothes.

The resbak team tried to hit the towers made of domino pieces at the center of the pool, but they were heavily guarded mostly by Tibo.

Tibo, Johan, Kath, and Hermes are nominated this week. Be sure to support your bets by voting for them or by voting against the housemates that you don't like.

To Vote to Save:
Text: BBS and send to 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun and Bayan subscribers, and 231 for Smart and Talk 'N Text subscribers.

To Vote to Evict:
Text: BBE and send to 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun and Bayan subscribers, and 231 for Smart and Talk 'N Text subscribers.

[PBB Double Up] Tibo, Johan, Kath, and Hermes are Nominated

Hermes, Tibo, Johan, and Kath are nominated this week. But I think people would be busy voting against either Hermes or Johan. I don't like both of them. But if I were to choose between the two, I'd vote against Johan. Yabang!


Tibo and Johan got the highest number of points from among the housemates with 5 points each, while Kath got 4. Meanwhile, Hermes was the kulelat in their weekly task and he chose to be automatically nominated instead of giving 3 points against the housemate of his choice. If I were him, I would have given those 3 points to Johan. But don't you think he automatically nominated himself because he wanted to be with Cathy outside already?

To Vote to Save:
Text: BBS and send to 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun and Bayan subscribers, and 231 for Smart and Talk 'N Text subscribers.

To Vote to Evict:
Text: BBE and send to 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun and Bayan subscribers, and 231 for Smart and Talk 'N Text subscribers.

[PBB Double Up] Cathy Remperas is Evicted

Cathy Remperas was booted out of the PBB House tonight after getting the lowest percentage of the combined evict and save votes. She got –13.54% and that means her haters are 13.54% more than those who love her.

Melai got the highest percentage of votes with 31.86% followed by Tibo who got 2.32%. Melai and Tibo were the only ones who got positive total scores. The three other nominees all got negative results - Mariel got -3.55% and Hermes got -10.43%.

Cathy didn't go out of the house yet, though. She just transferred to House B and was later joined by ex-housemates Princess, Delio, Tom, Yuri, Rob, Patrick, and Rica for the Resbak Attack.

Eight ex-housemates against the eight remaining housemates. As Rica said, they're prolly there to bring out the beauty or the beast in the remaining housemates.

[PBB Double Up] Sam Pinto Goes Home

The very pretty Sam Pinto was evicted from the PBB House tonight for getting the lowest percentage of save votes compared to her fellow nominees Johan and Jason.


Sam only got 8.64% with her evict and save votes combined, while Johan barely had 2% margin with 10.19%. Jason got the highest votes with 34.46%.

We can say that his "friendship" with Melissa helped him a lot. Melissa somehow brought out the funny and tender side of Jason that people are beginning to love. Also, some voted for Jason just because they were Melissa's fans and they know that she would be lonely if Jason was evicted.

The campaigns against Jason of those who think that he was just using Melissa to stay in the house was pretty unsuccessful. Perhaps people still wanted to see the Melason loveteam still together inside the house.
But whatever the case may be - whether Jason is really in love with Melissa or he's just using her - one thing is for sure: Jason knows how to play this game.

[PBB Double Up] Jason Bonds with Big Utol

Big Utol wanted to bond with the housemates so he called them one at a time inside his confession room. His kind of bonding was, of course, different from what Big Brother might have thought of. And I think it's the first time it had been done in a confession room.

Jason was first called to "bond" with Big Utol and the bad boy from Mindoro was surprised to see a table full of pulutan and gin bulag (the term he used when he told about it to his fellow housemates later).

If there's one thing that came out as significant in Big Utol and Jason's bonding moment, it's the confession that Jason was really in love with Melissa. It wasn't directly said, though. It started when Big Utol told Jason how he didn't like it when he hit Melissa with the ball, and Jason explained that he wouldn't really hurt Melissa because "mahal ko 'yon" but immediately changed it to "mahalaga sa 'kin 'yon." Big Utol also noticed how Jason lacked diskarte when it comes to Melissa, and Jason replied with "mahina nga ako sa ganyan, ‘pag serious love."

Tomorrow's episode is about the other housemates's bonding moments with Big Utol. Don't forget to watch it right after Dahil May Isang Ikaw.

[PBB Double Up] Pee Where You Should

Oh lord what a baby!

For peeing on the wall of the PBB House, Paul Jake and Jason were punished by Big Utol, Big Brother's mean younger sibling who was taking over Big Brother's position while he's in the hospital.


As punishment, they were each given 3 pieces of diapers that they should use for 2 straight days. Not only that, a 3.5 liter of water was given to each of them. They should drink it all and bring the container wherever they go.

Melissa found the diaper-clad Jason so funny that she made fun of him despite his warning. As a result, he kicked a ball at her and it hit Melissa hard on the upper chest. The suspected ADHD housemate cried but after a while, acted as if nothing happened.

Jason, however, didn't follow the instructions given to them by Big Utol. He wore an underwear inside the diaper and it made Big Utol even madder.

Good thing Jason wasn't given an additional punishment for that.

[PBB Double Up] Paul Jake and Jason on Diapers!

Big Utol continued to give the remaining housemates animals/insects that they are afraid of. Mariel was given a lizard, Kath ran away from the caged rat but Big Utol used Johan to give it to her, he tortured Melissa by saying there's a Doberman outside, etc.

It's not getting funny anymore, though, at least IMO. I don't know, it's like verging on disrespect already. Or maybe it's just me.

Anyway, tonight's episode wasn't at all that interesting. Until they showed what's for tomorrow.

Paul Jake and Jason were punished for peeing somewhere they're not allowed to. LoL! And as punishment, they should only wear diapers for their bottoms!

Now that's what you call interesting. LoL!

[PBB Double Up] Big Tol

Since Big Brother is sick, he is temporarily replaced by his brother who is called Big Tol. "Tol" is a shortened "utol," which is a Tagalog slang for brother.

Unlike Big Brother who speaks politely and in a very professional manner, Big Tol speaks like a kanto boy. Very much like Jason, actually, that when he first greeted the housemates, they thought it was Jason.

Of course we know there is no sick Big Brother and that it's all a test. From what I can see, Big Tol's purpose is to make the housemates overcome their fear.

For one, there was a cockroach included in one of the crumpled papers, among which Paul Jake would have to find the Task Letter. Paul Jake fears cockroaches, but Big Tol even commanded the poor housemate to get the cockroach and show it to him. Such ass.

Not only that, Big Tol also commanded Sam to spill water on Cathy's face just because Cathy is taking a nap. And Cathy, fearing snakes, was given a plastic container with a snake inside. She had to hold it for a full 24 hours.

I don't wanna call them tasks, but the pranks on other housemates will be shown tomorrow.

[PBB Double Up] Sam, Jason, and Johan are Nominated

Jason was the kulelat during the Head of Household challenge so he was given the choice of either being automatically nominated or to give 3 points against one housemate of his choice. His kind heart ruled over his judgments so he chose to just automatically nominate himself.

On the other hand, Sam got the highest votes among the housemates with 7, while Johan got the next highest votes with 6. Last week, Sam and Johan were also among the nominated with Paul Jake and the recently evicted, Rica Paras. According to yesterday's eviction results, Sam got the highest viewers' votes and Johan got in second.

But now that they are joined by Jason of the already famous Melason tandem, will they have a chance to win?

Here's how the recent nomination turned out:

To Vote to Save:
Text: BBS and send to 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun and Bayan subscribers, and 231 for Smart and Talk 'N Text subscribers.

To Vote to Evict:
Text: BBE and send to 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun and Bayan subscribers, and 231 for Smart and Talk 'N Text subscribers.

[PBB Double Up] Rica is Evicted

That's sad. Rica Paras, the LGBT representative inside the Big Brother House had just been evicted. Oh well, when it really comes to popularity contests, it's hard for someone like her to win.

Rica told the housemates, though, that she's fulfilled in her stay - like she wouldn't have been able to patch things up with her father if she didn't join PBB.

Born Richard Paras, Rica is a graduate of BS Math in Ateneo de Manila. She's also a member of the gay movement, Doll House.

The final tally of votes was as follows:

With the Save and Evict votes combined, Sam got 15.10%, followed by Johan who got 13.47%, and Paul Jake with 12.55%. Rica got the lowest percentage with only 10.37%.

Goodluck Rica!

[PBB Double Up] Super G!

PBB Double Up has a new house guest - German Big Brother ex-housemate Anina or better known as Super G for having a cup G breasts.

You could imagine the boys' reaction.

They'd surely have a BIG celebration this Christmas.

Rica's Confused?

Richard Poon and Christian Bautista sang to the housemates during the Christmas Ball. Richard Poon is really gwapo. I've heard so much about the Taiwanese, but Richard's a Taiwanese that I love to love =)

But look at how Rica's hand is on Richard's waist, too, and the other on Richard's shoulder. LoL! Confused pa si Rica whether she's a boy or girl. Love you, Rica!

[PBB Double Up] The Christmas Ball and the Nominees

Johan is most gwapo at the Christmas Ball held recently inside the PBB House.

The Christmas Ball (and all the make-overs) was a reward for their successful synchronized swimming task headed by Sam.

Before the Christmas ball, though, they had to face the outcome of the nomination. Patrick, Kath, and Cathy turned out to be the official nominees. Must be so hard for them to party knowing they're nominated. So cruel, Big Brother.


The make-over didn't seem to have positive effects on Patrick. Bakit s'ya pumangit?

[PBB Double Up] Carol's Eviction Video

I wanted her out na rin because I feel that if she didn't go this week, she might go out of the house praning already.

But still, saying goodbye is always sad. Watch how she immediately stood up to go to Rica after she was announced evicted. Kaya lang ang daming humarang to hug her. Those b*****s. I really think that only Rica and Melai were the only ones true to Carol during her stay inside PBB.

So Lucky, Lucky

The PBB Double Up boys did a dance number as part of losing the makeover challenge. I didn't realize I would find Johan sexy.