Pinoy Big Brother
Title card since 2025
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	John de Mol Jr.
Based on	Big Brother byJohn de Mol Jr.
Directed by	Jon Raymond Moll Oliver B. Torres Jay Klio Bermudez
Presented by	SeeHosts
Starring	Pinoy Big Brother housemates
Opening theme	Main :"Pinoy Ako" byOrange & Lemons (2005-12, 2014-21, 2024) /Rico Blanco (2021-22) Celebrity: "Sikat ang Pinoy" by Tony Gonzaga andSam Milby (2006) /Yeng Constantino and Emman Abatayo (2007-08)/Agsunta ft. Kritiko (2021-22) /Darren Espanto andJulie Anne San Jose (2025) Teen: "Kabataang Pinoy" byItchyworms (2006-08) / Nameless Kids (2021-22) /SB19 and BINI (2022) /BGYO and CLOUD7 (2025-26)
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of seasons	19 overall (11 main, 4 celebrity, and 4 teen)
Production
Executive producers	Eugenio G. Lopez III (2005–13) Charo Santos-Concio (2013–16) Carlo L. Katigbak (since 2016) Cory V. Vidanes Laurenti M. Dyogi Luis L. Andrada (2021–22) Annette Gozon-Valdes (since 2025) Mitzi G. Garcia (since 2025)
Producers	Gabriel Niño Amaro Patch Manela Bungubung Ronald Faina Oliver Torres
Production locations	Eugenio Lopez Drive,Quezon City, Philippines
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30–90 minutes
Production companies	ABS-CBN Studios Endemol Asia (2005–15) Endemol Shine Group (2016–19) Banijay Asia (since 2020) GMA Entertainment Group (since 2025)
Original release
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	August 21, 2005 (2005-08-21) – August 4, 2019 (2019-08-04)
Network	Kapamilya Channel A2Z
Release	December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06) – October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26)
Network	TV5
Release	March 8, 2021 (2021-03-08) – October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26)
Network	GMA Network[1]
Release	March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09) – present
Related
Big Brother

PinoyBig Brother (PBB) is aPhilippine televisionreality competition show produced byABS-CBN Studios and based on the Dutch reality television franchiseBig Brother. The series is owned and produced byABS-CBN, which holds the exclusive Philippine franchise rights to the format.

The program originally aired on ABS-CBN from August 21, 2005, to August 4, 2019, withWillie Revillame,Toni Gonzaga, andMariel Rodriguez as its first hosts. Following ABS-CBN’s broadcast shutdown in 2020, the show returned viaKapamilya Channel andKapamilya Online Live on December 6, 2020, as part of itsPrimetime Bida andYes Weekend lineup. It later expanded its reach through blocktime and content distribution arrangements, airing onTV5 and, beginning March 9, 2025, onGMA Network under ABS-CBN’s programming partnership.

The series is currently broadcast on GMA Network for free television viewers in the Philippines and is simultaneously streamed onKapamilya Online Live and Kapuso Stream for online audiences. Internationally, it airs viaThe Filipino Channel andGMA Pinoy TV.

Despite being shown across multiple networks,Pinoy Big Brother remains an ABS-CBN intellectual property and continues to be produced by ABS-CBN Studios. Its upcoming season is co-produced with GMA Network, marking the first joint reality show collaboration between the two networks. The show stands as the longest-running reality television series in the Philippines, having aired 11 main seasons, 4 celebrity editions, and 4 teen editions over the past two decades.The current season is hosted byBianca Gonzalez,Luis Manzano,Robi Domingo,Kim Chiu,Melai Cantiveros,Enchong Dee,Alexa Ilacad,Gabbi Garcia, andMavy Legaspi.

The original logo used from 2005 to 2006

The 2011 iteration of the original series logo from 2005 to 2015

Generic eye in use from 2018 to 2021

Generic eye in use from 2021 to 2025

Generic eye used inCelebrity Collab Edition (2025)

It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world wherein a number of Filipinos volunteered to live inside a house for a certain number of days.

The elimination process in the show is the reverse of the original Dutch format. At the start of the elimination process, the "housemates" (as the contestants are referred to) vote for which two (sometimes more if there are ties or if Big Brother hands out an automatic nomination) fellow housemates they should eliminate. Once these nominations are chosen, the viewer votes come into play. For a week, viewers are asked to vote, viaSMS or voice messaging throughPLDT's hotline (later abolished in favor of vote cards), or online, for whoever they wanted to stay longer in the house (using the vote-to-save format). In some cases, the Vote-to-Evict format is used, with the housemate garnering the most percentage of evict votes from the public is evicted from the house, or a combination of the two (Save-Evict) may be implemented. The housemate with the fewest viewer votes (or highest for vote-to-evict) is eliminated. At the final week, the one with the most viewer votes (using the vote-to-win voting format) will win the grand prize package. It usually includes house and lot, a car, abusiness franchise, home appliances, and a holiday, and is given the title ofBig Winner.^[2]

Aside from the regular seasons involving civilian adults, the show has also aired three other special versions:

• Celebrity editions: Commercial models, actors and actresses, radio and TV show hosts, musicians, sports and fashion personalities, and even politicians volunteer to reside in the house for a certain number of days, and the duration of this particular version of the show is lesser compared to the regular seasons. Celebrity housemates, like many counterparts abroad, play for charity, aside from themselves. Prizes given away from edition to edition can vary, but basically, the cash prize an edition's winner can receive is the same as the prize for that winner's chosen charity organization, i.e. the winner and his/her charity each win the same amount.
• Teen editions: Adolescents aged 13 to 19 years old from different cities in the Philippines and sometimes even from certain overseas countries with sizable Filipino communities reside in the house. Other factors are disregarded; in-school and out-of-school youths, natural-born Filipinos and adolescents with a mixture of Filipino and foreign blood, those with intact and broken families, and even teenage single parents may be eligible as long one passes the age requirement and has a background worth exploring during the edition's run. This edition is usually done in the Philippine "summer" months of late March to early June. During this time, temperatures in the country are at their highest and most students are out of school; a regular school year in the Philippines runs from June of one year to March of the next.
• Special/merged editions: More known as the "All In" twist, special editions feature a group of civilian adults, celebrities, and civilian teenagers enter the House to compete. These seasons are referred to as "special" editions because this edition was a Big Brother first worldwide. This edition was introduced in 2014 withPinoy Big Brother: All In. Currently, these special editions are divided into the following variants:
  • Celebrities, Adults, and Teens: All three versions of the series are merged into one house. Civilian adult, celebrity, and civilian teen housemates would compete altogether for the prize. This was introduced onAll In, and was then used onLucky 7 andKumunity Season 10.
  • Adults and Teens: Only a combination of civilian adults and teen housemates would be merged into one house to compete. This format was first used on737 and was later used onOtso,Connect andGen 11.
  • Multi-part editions: These are combined editions that appear throughout a single edition's run, with each season having a distinct format from the others. Some of these feature celebrities, while others do not. The only difference is that all winners and finalists from each batch return to compete for a set number of spots in the finale (with the exception of737 which had separate finalists and two winners). This edition was first introduced in 2015 with737 (two parts), and was also used byLucky 7 (four parts),Otso (five parts), andKumunity Season 10 (four parts).

Some editions feature formats inspired by other international versions of Big Brother, including the following:

• Duos: In thethird celebrity season, housemates are divided into two groups, with each housemate from one group paired with a housemate from the other. Similar to 2-in-1 housemates, these pairs (known asduos in the show) will compete, nominate, strategize, and face eviction together until the finale. However, pairings were shuffled periodically through tasks and challenges throughout the season.^[3] This format was previously used in the jointNigerian and South African season,All Star season of theSpanish version, and in the jointDutch and Belgian season.^[4]
• Groups: For thefourth celebrity season, the housemates were divided into groups of equal quantities, each led by an assigned leader. The leaders selected their members, and the groups competed in tasks, challenges, and nominations collectively—meaning the fate of one member depended on that of the entire group. Before each nomination ceremony, aLigtask Challenge was held, granting immunity to the winning group for that round. The remaining groups then nominated other groups, and the one with the highest number of nomination points faced public voting. From the nominated group, the housemate from each agency with the lowest percentage of votes was evicted. This twist is similar to the Clique twist fromBig Brother U.S.season 11.

The location of thePinoy Big Brother House used to occupy an old house; it was demolished in order to give way for the show. The house was built within 79 days in 2005 and was built by 50 men round-the-clock.^[5] The house^[6] is actually a large, fully air-conditioned studio with a facade made to look like an ideal middle-class house. It is located just in front of theELJ Communications Center in Eugenio Lopez Jr. Drive, Diliman,Quezon City. The leftmost part of the facade was designed for another reality show franchise calledPinoy Dream Academy until 2011 when it was entirely removed in favor ofBig Brother. The interior of the studio is designed to look like a real house with themes and interior design changing for every season of the show. The studio is also designed to capture every "housemate's" activities with state-of-the-art surveillance cameras and microphones. The house is surrounded by walls withtwo-way mirrors to allow cameramen to directly shoot from behind of the mirrors. The studio hasbacklots that are utilized for several purposes depending on the season's theme. Currently, the backlots are utilized as an activity area, swimming pool area, and multi-purpose hall. Previously, it was also used for a garden, a resort, a concert hall forPinoy Dream Academy, an eviction hall, and even a slum. The multi-purpose hall, in particular, is used by the ABS-CBN Foundation as a relief goods storage facility during calamities. The house's set-up is that of a bungalow, even though the facade is obviously designed as a two-storey house. The second floor houses a state-of-the-art master control room and several amenities designed for the program's crew. Although any form of communication from the outside world is banned inside the house, there is a large flat-screentelevision set in the living room, used for only 2 purposes:

• To show any video Big Brother wanted to show to any or all housemates, especially that of the TVMass every Sunday (contrary to reports early in the first season that a priest would visit them; later on, a priest unseen by viewers would visit them), and
• To announce the names of nominees for eviction directly to the housemates and the person evicted from the house. The housemates saw hosts talk to them during the nomination and eviction nights.

To complete the setup, 26 surveillance cameras are positioned all over the house to watch the housemates' every move,^[7] including the bathroom. For modesty's sake, images from the bathroom will be shown if the bathroom is used for any purpose other than bathing and using the toilet.

The set up of the house, especially when shown on television, makes the illusion that it is a one-storey house. But anyone who passes by the house can easily notice that its facade is that of a two-storey house. That is because the second storey houses parts of the control room. The actual front doors to the house area are actually further inside.

The house interior was rebuilt for thesecond season, the changes are the following:

• The number of cameras has been increased to 42.
• There was a secret room built behind the confession room and a large activity area leading from the garden.
• The house has a prayer room rather than just an altar.
• The flat screen monitor found in the living area is now used to call any housemate.
• The front door now leads to the Eviction Hall next door.
• Instead of watching a TV mass, the housemates have a spiritual session withConey Reyes, the show's spiritual adviser. This has been done since the first Celebrity Edition.

ForDouble Up, the house was divided into two different, yet equally furnished "houses." The changes are the following:

• The house was completely rebuilt from the ground up, new set up, and larger space.
• The guardians' area from the second teen edition was renovated to accommodate the season's twist.
• The housemates that are evicted every week exit the house through the confession room.
• Eviction takes place right outside of the Big Brother House.

ForUnlimited, the facade of the house was fully renovated,^[8] and the gates were removed. The outside of the Big Brother house still served as the venue for evictions. The Big Brother house was still divided into two different themed houses yet both equally furnished. Both houses have separate confession rooms. The garden was removed, and the pool was retained and was considered a separate area and was called theResort. The area was used for some time for Big Brother's rewards and tasks to the housemates, and was a venue for someHouse Battles. The activity area was retained and was renovated several times in order to accommodate the season's twists. Initially, it was used as a temporary shelter for the initial group of housemates and was themed after a typical urbanslum house.

For737, the former Pinoy Dream Academy facade became part of the Big Brother House as an extended facade. Also, the eviction now took place inside the ABS-CBN studios rather than outside the facade. The evicted housemate will be transferred by a car leading to the Eviction Studio.

ForOtso, for the first time in the franchise's history, the entire one-way mirror system used for filming were removed and replaced by real walls. The number of cameras were increased to 50 and were upgraded to robotic cameras.^[9]

The other facade of the House (also known as "House B") was demolished in May 2023 because the lease agreement for the said space had expired that year and it was impractical for the management to renew it. The said House was formerly used also as the academy of the now-defunct reality singing-competition show,Pinoy Dream Academy. In bothConnect andKumunity Season 10 seasons, the "House B" also served as living quarters for the show's production staff, the show's office, brainstorm space, mini studio, and pantry as both seasons occurred during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.^[10]

To prepare the viewers for the program's run, two primers were aired. The first wasEto na si Kuya! (Here Comes Big Brother), which talked about the essentials of the franchise and its success around the world. In the second primer, entitledAng Bahay ni Kuya (Big Brother's House),Mariel andToni indirectly gave the viewers a tour of the Big Brother house and its rooms, along with the control center and the confession booth. It also featured highlights a dry run where 12 of the network's talents stayed in the house for 24 hours and experienced the challenges and tests the housemates would experience at the start of the actual run.^[11][12]

Pinoy Ako

The show had its theme song called "Pinoy Ako" (English:I'm a Filipino) composed by Jonathan Manalo and Clem Castro, and performed byOrange and Lemons, which became the basis for much of the background music used in the show. Numerous versions of the theme song were used, including those of rock band Cebalo forSeason 2, Toni Gonzaga forUnlimited, rock bandReo Brothers forAll In, a rendition from OPM veteranRico Blanco now entitled "Pinoy Tayo" (English:We are Filipino) forKumunity Season 10's adult andBiga-10 batches, and a remixed version of the Orange and Lemons original forGen 11.^[13]

Sikat ang Pinoy

"Sikat ang Pinoy" (English:Filipinos are Famous), composed by Jonathan Manalo, and performed by Toni Gonzaga andSeason 1 ex-housemateSam Milby, was mainly used for its celebrity editions. Another rendition of the song was sung byPinoy Dream Academy winnerYeng Constantino and finalist Emman Abatayo, which was used during the run of theCelebrity Edition 2. A third rendition of the song by OPM band Agsunta with rap lyrics provided by Pinoy rapper Kritiko was introduced forKumunity Season 10.^[14]The latest rendition was performed byDarren Espanto andJulie Anne San Jose for theCelebrity Collab Edition.^[15]

Kabataang Pinoy

"Kabataang Pinoy" (English:Filipino Teens), composed by Jonathan Manalo and Jazz Nicolas, and performed by theItchyworms, was mainly used for teen editions since 2006. Another rendition was performed by Pinoy collective Nameless Kids, introduced in November 2021 forKumunity Season 10, followed by a third version by a collaboration of P-pop groupsBini andSB19 in March 2022 and eventually became the season's teen edition theme song.^[16] The latest rendition was performed by P-pop groupsBGYO and Cloud 7 that became the theme song ofCelebrity Collab Edition 2.0, which featured teen celebrity housemates—the first and only standalone celebrity edition to do so.^[17]

Other theme songs

A new theme song was introduced inOtso entitled "Otso Na" (English:Otso Now), performed by Toni Gonzaga and Alex Gonzaga; worth noting is that the song includes a medley and the chorus of "Pinoy Ako".^[18] Composed in the same manner as "Otso Na", a new theme song written and performed byOtso ex-housemates Jem Macatuno, Shawntel Cruz, Lie Resposposa and Kiara Takahashi called "Connected Na Tayo" (English:We are Connected) was used forConnect.^[19]

Originally, television personality and comedianWillie Revillame was the main eviction host of the show, along with young up-and-coming personalitiesMariel Rodriguez andToni Gonzaga.^[20] Gonzaga hosted the primetime telecast which chronicles the events of the day before (unless an episode is telecast live).^[21] Rodriguez, on the other hand, hosted thelate night edition calledPinoy Big Brother: Uplate, which updates anything viewers missed in the primetime telecast, as well as what to look forward in the next one.^[21] Revillame hosted the live telecast of the eviction and the public revelation of the nomination for evictees, but only for the first season.^[21][22][23] He left the program after the inaugural season due to theULTRA stampede.

Luis Manzano took over Revillame's place for theCelebrity Edition 1 and later returned inTeen Edition Plus in 2008.^[24]

InTeen Edition 1, TV host andCelebrity Edition 1 ex-housemateBianca Gonzalez took over Rodriguez forTeen Edition: Update, andPBB: Uplate as the latter became primetime host, whilst Gonzaga only hosted the Big Night prior to other commitments.

Rodriguez left the show in 2010 prior to her transfer toTV5 and was replaced by former teen housemate andTeen Edition Plus runner-upRobi Domingo as co-presenter fromUnlimited onwards.^[25]

Originally, Martin Concio, son ofABS-CBN president, CEO and COOCharo Santos-Concio, was slated to join the hosting lineup but later backed out. Later, former celebrity housemate andCelebrity Edition 1 runner-upJohn Prats joined Gonzaga, Gonzalez, and Domingo as hosts forTeen Edition 4.^[26]

InAll In,Slater Young was introduced as one of the hosts, but was later moved to host that season's new online show, withTeen Edition 4's Joj and Jai Agpangan.^[27][28] He was then replaced by Toni's sisterAlex Gonzaga, who only hosted the first night of the season (due to her surprise inclusion as a housemate and later houseguest). Once her time as houseguest came to an end, she continued to host PBB for its Uber show only.

In737,Enchong Dee was introduced as a new host; however, as part of the tradition of the program, he had to stay in the House first and experience how the housemates are experiencing their stay inside the House. He later was allowed to exit the house; afterwards, he returned to his hosting stint as the show's hourly updater. On the other hand, Mariel Rodriguez returned to the show after five years to play as the last celebrity houseguest and later host the Big Nights marking her significant return as host, similar to that of what happened to Gonzaga inTeen Edition 1 Big Night.

InLucky 7, Gonzaga and Rodriguez both went on maternity leave;^[29][30][31] the former returned to hosting duties prior to the entry of the Dream Team.

InOtso, former Big WinnersMelai Cantiveros (fromDouble Up) andKim Chiu (fromTeen Edition 1) joined Gonzaga and Domingo as new hosts, while Alex Gonzaga returned as a permanent co-host for the season. Rodriguez didn't return to host this season to focus on hostingIt's Showtime and give more parenting time for her daughter. Gonzalez did not host during the tenure of the first teen batch as she was pregnant and later gave birth to her second child at that time, but later returned to host upon the entry of the first adult batch of housemates.

InConnect,737 adult ex-housemateRichard Juan joined to host online updates; while Enchong Dee returned to host online contents for the show, together with Cantiveros (however, their appearances were only occasional). Gonzaga, Gonzalez and Domingo reprised their roles as hosts, with the latter two also hosting online companion shows for the program. Chiu,Edward Barber, andMaymay Entrata were earlier reported to host online contents for the program (with Chiu and Entrata having joined the official launch and the Big Night respectively, while Barber only appeared on the Big Night, acting the comedy sketch as one of the housemates),^[32] but were never seen doing their hosting stints in the succeeding events of the show. Alex Gonzaga, on the other hand, did not return to the show due to her transfer toBrightlight Productions' noontime showLunch Out Loud.

InKumunity Season 10, Gonzaga, Gonzalez, and Domingo reprised their roles as hosts; Gonzalez, Domingo, Dee, and Cantiveros host online companion shows for the program on weekdays, whileOtso Batch 4 ex-housemate Sky Quizon host the online weekend shows. Juan reprised his role in hosting online updates, with Dee, Cantiveros, and Barber substituting him occasionally in some updates at the start of the Adult Edition. Chiu and Barber joined the season's official launch, but was not seen doing their hosting stints in the succeeding events of the show, esp. Chiu as she also serve as co-host ofIt's Showtime. On February 9, 2022, during the Adult Edition, Gonzaga stepped down from her role as the show's main host, and endorsed Gonzalez to assume the latter's duties. On February 12, 2022, during the adult edition's second eviction night, Gonzalez, Domingo, Chiu, Cantiveros, and Dee were introduced as thePamilya ni Kuya as Gonzalez leads as the main host.^[33]

InGen 11, Gonzalez, Domingo, Dee, Cantiveros, and Chiu reprised their roles as hosts for the season; they were joined by formerKumunity Season 10 celebrity housemateAlexa Ilacad.

InCelebrity Collab Edition, Gonzalez, Domingo, Dee, Cantiveros, Chiu, and Ilacad reprised their hosting roles for the season. They were then joined byGMA Network artistsGabbi Garcia andMavy Legaspi after their hosting roles were announced by their network on February 9 and 12, 2025, respectively.^[34][35] Garcia also hosted the companion show, "Updates", while Legaspi joined Ilacad in hosting "The OnlineVerse". All of them reprised their hosting roles forCelebrity Collab Edition 2.0 on October 25, 2025, with Luis Manzano returning to the show after 17 years.^[36]

Hosts timeline

Asia Agcaoili spearheaded the show for the viewers of Studio 23. Her show, calledPinoy Big Brother on Studio 23: Si Kuya, KaBarkada Mo (English:Pinoy Big Brother on Studio 23: Your Big Brother, Your Buddy), not only featured snippets from the primetime telecast the night before, but also featured opinion polls both from the man on the street and those sending SMS,spoof segments, unaired videos, and feed from inside the house (either live feed or footage taped earlier). Studio 23 has stopped the practice since the second Celebrity Edition and instead resorted to airing the delayed late morning/early afternoon feeds.

Talk show hostBoy Abunda hosted the post-season documentaries, was often invited to conduct interviews, and appeared on the Big Night to which he last appeared inOtso. It featured issues and controversies about the housemates.

The show has spawned eleven regular (or main) seasons, four celebrity seasons (including current), and four teen seasons since it began airing on 21 August 2005. In the entire 2,262 aggregate days of filming (including those days where the show did not air for any reason, such as the observance of theHoly Week andElection Day), 450 housemates entered the house, 20 of whom were crowned Big Winners. The most recent winners are the duo consisting ofBrent Manalo andMika Salamanca fromPinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition.

Legend

Notes

The reality television show has, in total, three companion shows to date. The first one wasPinoy Big Brother UpLate, a late-night program of the reality show, and has been one of the most successful companion shows in the entire history of the franchise and it was replaced byGames Uplate Live.^[37] It was primarily hosted byMariel Rodriguez,^[37] whileBianca Gonzalez took over the program once thefirst Teen Edition started, as the former became primetime host. This was aired as the final program ofABS-CBN from late at night to early morning, Monday to Friday, after the News & Public Affairs programs and before sign-off; and shows some updates, live feeds, and interviews. During the second regular season, the show was replaced by a late afternoon show calledPinoy Big Brother Über. The show would make its return inPinoy Big Brother: Double Up under the namePinoy Big Brother: Double UpLate with Bianca Gonzalez as host. AfterPinoy Big Brother: Double Up, the show was not revived and was eventually replaced byÜber.

ThePinoy Big Brother Über was also hosted by Mariel Rodriguez; and often Bianca Gonzalez, this is also the show's interactive portion wherein viewers can participate. The show was originally created as a replacement for UpLate as the show's main offshoot; the two programs would later become the show's co-main offshoots inthird regular season. Über didn't return for thePinoy Big Brother: Unlimited season because of Mariel's departure from the show, and the new "UnliDay" edition of the show airing counterpart with its normal "UnliNight" edition. Über returned for thefourth teen season asPinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4 Über 2012 onward with Bianca Gonzalez, Robi Domingo and John Prats.^[38] Also in the same Teen season, the show aired on Saturdays, known asSabadUber.

In every season of the local franchise, a short segment update show is aired every day from Mondays to Fridays. The show is calledPinoy Big Brother Update. The show provided daily happenings in the Big Brother house and introduces what will be shown in the primetime telecast. Mariel Rodriguez used to be the main Update host for thefirst season up to thefirst teen season. With the exception ofsecond celebrity season to which Beatriz Saw was seen as the Update host, Bianca Gonzalez has been the Update host, replacing Mariel Rodriguez. Robi Domingo served as a guest host for one week duringPinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 as Bianca Gonzalez was then unavailable.

At this time,Pinoy Big Brother: 737 had an improved version as737 Gold. OnLucky 7,737 Gold was replaced by"PBB Vietnam: Mga Kwento ng Celebrity Housemates" during the celebrity housemates' stay in Vietnam, "PBB: Mga Kwento ng Teen Housemates" during the duration of the teens' entry, and lastly, it was replaced by "PBB: Mga Kwento ng mga Housemates ni Kuya" during the regular's entry in the house.

InConnect, there were no companion shows on television; instead, an online show calledKumunek Tayo, hosted by Melai Cantiveros and Enchong Dee for the afternoon edition, and Bianca Gonzalez and Robi Domingo for the primetime edition, aired via Kumu from their homes.

InKumunity Season 10, three online companion shows were introduced: the first,Kumulitan, aired simultaneously with the main program on weekdays and was hosted by Melai Cantiveros and Enchong Dee, occasionally joined by Bianca Gonzalez and Robi Domingo; the second,Kumunity: G sa Gabi, aired weeknights at 11:00 p.m.; and the third,Kumulitan Weekend, hosted by Sky Quizon and Richard Juan, aired simultaneously with the program on weekends.

InGen 11, a digital companion talk show entitledPBB Gen 11 Up that is hosted by Alexa Ilacad, Enchong Dee, Melai Cantiveros, Kim Chiu, and Robi Domingo airs every Saturday onKapamilya Online Live on YouTube and Facebook.

InCelebrity Collab Edition, the Updates companion show are now returned to television viaPinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition - Updates, hosted by Gabbi Garcia aired on weekdays beforeTiktoClock andFamily Feud onGMA. A digital companion talk show entitledPinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition - The OnlineVerse, aired during the Weekends onKapamilya Online Live and Kapuso Stream on YouTube and Facebook.

Due to the show's popularity, a game show segment was launched by the network and was calledPinoy Big Brother: Yes or No.^[39] It was one which uses theboard game format and uses questions related to the show as well as ABS-CBN's other primetime soap operas. The show was hosted byMariel Rodriguez and it promised to give a daily studio contestant up to twenty-five thousandpesos. After a week as a segment of the show, it became a separate early afternoon game show on October 24, 2005. This show was terminated after the first season ended.

Another popular game show segment was launched during the first season ofPinoy Big Brother and was calledWhat's the Word? That's the Word!. It was a raffle show hosted by Mariel Rodriguez and aired during commercial breaks at primetime telecast. At first, it started as a trivia game show for Pinoy Big Brother, and then later, it was extended as a trivia game show for the whole Primetime block. The show continued even after Pinoy Big Brother's first-year run ended. It later returned as the promotionWhat's the Word? Guess the Word! This time, however, the promotion is bySmart Communications and it is separate from Pinoy Big Brother.

The popularity of the show and its former housemates spawned another show calledPinoy Big Brother Buzz,^[39] hosted by actressAnne Curtis, gossip reporterAJ Dee, and comedianPokwang. Like its parent showThe Buzz, the show tackles events and goings-on inside the house, the controversy surrounding the show, and the latest gossip about the housemates who were already evicted.^[40] The show was cancelled during the run of the Celebrity Edition to make way for the romantic anthologyYour Song.

In the first special season, a late-night online show calledPinoy Big Brother Uplate Online was introduced.^[28] It was hosted by Slater Young, and Joj and Jai Agpangan. In the second special season,Pinoy Big Brother: 737 Online was introduced. It was hosted by Robi Domingo and Bianca Gonzalez and unlike the previous season, it occurred every 7:37 pm.

After the first regular season, a spin-off drama adventure series featuring the former housemates was aired for two weeks after Christmas and was calledThe Final Task.^[39] Another spin-off was the romantic reality show, calledMelason in Love, was aired after the end ofPinoy Big Brother: Double Up. It was the first reality spin-off show of the franchise.^[41] The show focused toMelai Cantiveros andJason Francisco's love story which initially developed during the middle of the season. It features behind the scenes footage after the PBB Big Night, few of guesting programs in all ABS-CBN shows, and the struggles of the couple after the end of the season.

A spin-off program calledPBB: Gen 11 Big 4Ever premiered on December 9, 2024, and ended on January 24, 2025, as theGen 11 housemates come back to Big Brother's house and revisit some of their iconic moments during their stay.

On June 4, 2006, a night after the finale of the Teen Edition, a live musical special calledPinoy Big Brother: the Big Reunion was held at the Aliw Theater in theCCP Grounds, Manila, with all the housemates for the first season, the Celebrity Edition, and the Teen Edition gathered in one spot. The show showcased and celebrated the success of the show, especially its greatest moments and accomplishments. This was done to cap off the show's first year on the air.

Two succeeding Big Reunions were held. The first was on June 9, 2008, wherein the housemates of the second Teen Edition, special housemates, and their Guardians took part. The second was on February 14, 2010, this time involving the Double Up housemates. Unlike the first Big Reunion, the gatherings only involved the housemates of each of the two seasons mentioned.

On June 27, 2010, another reunion special calledHigh Five: The Big Five Years of Pinoy Big Brother gathered thePinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 Big Six together with several notable housemates from editions past, many from the final group of their season, celebrate the memorable moments from the less than five years of the franchise.^[42]

In April 2025, whileCelebrity Collab Edition season's airing is still ongoing, ABS-CBN announced its global auditions for its new season through itsStar Hunt Global Auditions. The auditions are opened for 13 years to 35 years old coming fromEurope,Middle East,Canada and theUnited States.^[43]

In September 2018, ABS-CBN launched "ABS-CBN Studio Experience," an indoor theme park located inTrinoma,Quezon City. The said indoor theme park includes attractions that immerses its visitors to become a contestant, an actor, an audience or a production unit member of the network's different shows. One of the shows featured as an attraction in the theme park isPinoy Big Brother where a visitor can experience to become a housemate and participate in various tasks to be given by Big Brother.^[44] The indoor theme park was closed in August 2020 due to ABS-CBN focusing more on their digital and cable businesses after itsfranchise was denied.^[45]

Like other franchises around the world, the concept and implementation ofPinoy Big Brother has been the subject of numerous controversies as well as criticism from the Filipino public and news outlets. Both theMovie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and franchise holderEndemol have investigated incidents that occurred since the show's launch in 2005. The MTRCB, then headed by Consoliza Laguardia, questioned^[46][47] the show's content–in particular the risqué outfits worn by some of the housemates in the show's first season–and met with ABS-CBN executives where they discussed how “to make [the show] more wholesome”^[48] and thus palatable toconservative Filipino sensibilities;^[49][48] Series director Laurenti Dyogi was aware of thecontroversies generated by theBritish version of the franchise, and sought to tone downPinoy Big Brother for Filipino audiences. The show also faced criticism over allegations of rigging andpremediated scripting owing to how many of the series' winners went on to have notable careers in show business, to which Diogi vehemently denied.^[49]

The series theme song "Pinoy Ako" was also the subject of aplagiarism controversy, where it is alleged that the song's melody and musical arrangement wasillicitly derived from the song "Chandeliers" by the 1980sEnglishnew wave bandCare.^[50][51][52] In a 2021 interview, Clem Castro admitted that he did "subconsciously" apply the chord patterns to "Pinoy Ako" as they also covered songs from The Cure at the time, though he also maintained that the progression used for the song is widely used across genres such as blues and reggae.^[53]

Several famous people auditioned forPinoy Big Brother before they became well-known but did not make it to the final line-up includingVice Ganda,Nadine Lustre,Alden Richards,Maine Mendoza,Gabbi Garcia,Jerome Ponce,Ivana Alawi,Kris Bernal,RK Bagatsing and Jackie Gonzaga.^[62][63][64]

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