Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus

Template:Airing Template:Big Brother housemates Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus is the second edition of Pinoy Big Brother for adolescents 16 to 19 years. It premiered on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, and it is expected to run sometime in May of the same year, when second season of Pinoy Dream Academy is scheduled to begin.

Toni Gonzaga returns as primetime host; this is also the first Teen Edition she would be hosting. Mariel Rodriguez, the previous Teen Edition primetime host, also returns to host the late afternoon edition, Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus Über. Bianca Gonzalez once again hosts the show's Update skits after being the regular host of Über in the second Celebrity Edition; she once hosted the Update slot back in the second regular season. Luis Manzano makes his return to the show as Gonzaga's co-host in the primetime edition; he was previously a live show co-host in the first Celebrity Edition.

This time, the prizes offered for the winner are a laptop, and LCD TV set, kitchen appliences, a business showcase, a condominium, and a million pesos.

On March 4, 2008, local news on ABS-CBN reported that Big Brother had already sent 30 Dream Keys along with special instructions in a sealed envelope. The instructions told the receiver that they must go to the final casting call in Manila without public information. From these thirty who answered the casting call, fourteen were chosen to enter the house.

A special primer called The BIGginning was aired on March 16, 2008. It showed the selection process used to choose the fourteen official housemates. While their faces were blurred to withhold their identities, a few of them were eventually shown and their names revealed as Big Brother told them of their rejection through his Big Red Phone.

There are several reasons the word "Plus" is added to the edition name. One, as already stated, is Luis's return to the show. The second is the two housemates added to the announced twelve, both connected to the storied Ateneo-La Salle rivalry. Third is the secret rooms Luis revealed during the opening night of the edition. More new things are expected to be bared in the coming days.

Unlike Pinoy Ako and Sikat ang Pinoy, both of which were rehashed, the original Kabataang Pinoy by Itchyworms is used for this season without any alterations. A remixed version of the song (which combines its beat with those of Crank That and Smack That to name a few) was used throughout the opening night.

House theme

The primer also revealed the new look of the House interior, which Manzano describes as having a "funky, modern Moroccan" design with more elegant and colorful furnishings. Also, the "garden" is now dominated by a large swimming pool. This is why the new housemates will now enter the House area through the facade instead of the Eviction Hall as housemates in the second regular edition and the second Celebrity Edition did.

Also, what used to be the secret garden is now a secret part of the house with additional bedrooms, a garden, and a jacuzzi. It is still unknown who will occupy this part of the House.

Housemates

A total of fourteen housemates entered the house on Day 1, which was March 23, 2008. Twelve were announced to come in, but two were added because of the connection of their schools. The housemates are ordered here according to their entry into the House.

Ejay

Ejay Falcon is 18 from Mindoro. According to his profile, he is said to have fair skin and during his first visit to Manila has trouble with technological gadgets and even elevators. He was also in Manila to find his mother, only to find out she had another family.

Doc_aga

Mike "doc_aga" Rodrin is a 27-year-old Filipino-Monkey from Manila, Zoo. He is a product of a endangered species, he is also an able equestrian rider.He is now employed in Allegro Microsystem with his friends Julito Brabante aka Joaquin Borgago.

Nicole

Nicole Uysiuseng is a 17-year-old Filipino-Chinese girl. At home, she lived a sheltered life, being a pampered girl and a good sister to her three younger brothers. She is however not very fashionable and not so much sociable, as she does not have many friends. She aims to change that perception during her stay in the House.

Linda

Linda Backlund is 16 from Iriga City. A half-Swede, she intially had a luxurious life until her Swedish father left her and her family behind. To supplement her family income, she frequently joins beauty contests and bikini competitions.

Nan

Arnan "Nan" Clenuar is a 17-year-old jokester from Davao. He is profiled as frequent prankster who does not take life seriously because he would become insane if he does. But his comedian antics are equalled with his niceness towards his mother.

Alex

Alex Anselmuccio is an 18-year-old soccer player from Milan, Italy. His parents are an unemployed Italian father and a Filipina mother who had worked for 28 years as a domestic helper. To better enhance his soccer skills, he even had his feet operated because he was flatfooted. He aims to have a job in his mother's homeland to help his family.

Rona

Rona Marie Libby is 16 from Dumaguete. She is profiled as a "prisoner's daughter" as her father has been in prison for four years for an unspecified crime. Despite this, she and her siblings have excelled in many activities, both in academics and in extra-curricular ones. She aims to have her father released from his incarceration.

Jieriel

Jieriel Papa is 16 from Davao. She relates that she was once a chubby child, but she has managed to have a slim figure due to an "after-six diet."

Jolas

Jolas Paguia is an 18-year-old basketball player from Bulacan. Unsurprisingly, he stands 6' 4" (193 cm) tall. He and his father have dreams of the former being in the professional league, but these dreams were almost imperiled when they had spats with each other. Upon Jolas' entry, this conflict appears to be resolved.

Beauty

Beauty Gonzalez is 16 from Dumaguete. Having lived a pampared life, she is used to being served, leading to an aggressive and rebellious attitude, one which she has started to change upon her entry into the House.

Valerie

Valerie Weignmann is 18 from Germany. She is profiled as a "Daddy's Girl" currently trying to reestablish her ties with her Filipina mother since the death of her German father. Although she has lived most of her life in Germany, she has a great Filipina sensibility, visiting her mother's country very often. She also has a good command of the Tagalog language and has plans to enter Philippine showbiz.

Priscilla

Priscilla Navidad is a 17-year-old beauty queen from Davao. She is a hearing-impaired person who communicates through lip reading. According to her profile, she had to undergo surgery at age two, but eventually lost her hearing when she was eleven. Furthermore, her father died when she was six. Despite these obstacles, she was able to win several pageant titles, including the Miss Teen Mindanao title in 2007. To facilitate communication with her, Big Brother granted her request of showing his lips to her while talking under the condition that she cannot describe them to her fellow housemates. In a similar rein, viewers can only see a dim image of the lips to keep his identity vague.

Robi

Robert "Robi" Domingo is an 18-year-old Atenean from Quezon City. He is profiled as a good boy who is not very adept at wooing girls. He is one of the two Plus housemates connected to his school's storied rivalry with De La Salle University.

Josef

Marc Josef Elizalde is a 16-year-old La Sallite from Mandaluyong. He is profiled as a complete opposite of Robi: a rebellious boy who is also a virtual chick magnet. He is one of the two Plus housemates connected to the storied rivalry between his school's parent institution and Ateneo de Manila University.

Chronology of important events

This section lists important events, excluding the usual nomination and eviction nights. In this case, Day 1 is March 23, 2008.

Week 1

• Day 1: The housemates entered the House one after the other. They were then welcomed by Big Brother, who gave them four points which actually summed up the official House rules.

Nomination History

	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7
Eviction Day and Date
Nomination Day and Date
Alex
Beauty
Ejay
Jieriel
Jolas
Josef
Kevin
Linda
Nan
Nicole
Priscilla
Robi
Rona
Valerie
Up for eviction
Saved from eviction
Evicted
Forced Eviction or Voluntary Exit

External links

• Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus: ABS-CBN Official Website