Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0

Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0 is the fourth celebrity and the nineteenth overall season of the Philippine reality television series Pinoy Big Brother. The season premiered on October 25, 2025, on GMA Network. The cast features teen celebrities from the talent agencies Star Magic and Sparkle GMA Artist Center.

As part of a collaboration between ABS-CBN Studios, the franchise holder, and GMA Network, the season continues the format of the , which sees housemates from both networks compete in pairs throughout the show's run. The season is presented by a roster of hosts led by Bianca Gonzalez, with Luis Manzano returning as a presenter.

The season ended on February 28, 2026, featuring 20 housemates along with several houseguests over the course of 127 days—the longest for a non-regular season of the franchise, surpassing the preceding season by eight days. Caprice Cayetano and Lella Ford were named the winners at the finale held at the Crossroad Center.

This was the last season held at the Big Brother house on Eugenio Lopez Drive in Quezon City where it had been located since the inception of the Philippine franchise in 2005.

Format

The season is the second run of the Celebrity Collab Edition, which features celebrities signed to the talent agencies Sparkle GMA Artist Center (locally known as Kapuso) and Star Magic (locally known as Kapamilya), with one housemate from each agency being named a winner at the end of the season.

Collab 2.0. format

On Day 8 (November 2), Big Brother revealed the "2.0" format. Before the duo phase, the housemates competed as part of various groups with equal members of Kapuso and Kapamilya housemates. Before the nominations, the groups compete against one another for immunity in Ligtask challenges. Afterward, the nominations take place, where each group nominates another group for eviction.

All members of the group with the most nomination points face the public vote conducted through the Philippine e-wallet Maya, with the Kapuso housemate and the Kapamilya housemate with the least votes being evicted from the house. On Day 58 (December 21), the show briefly reverted to the regular Collab format from the previous season, where the housemates compete as duos. However, unlike the previous season, the public votes to save housemates individually, rather than by pair. Like the previous season, the process will repeat until one Kapuso and one Kapamilya housemate are voted to be the Big Winners at the end of the season.

Housemates

On Day 1 (October 25), all 20 celebrity teen housemates entered the house, tying the previous season for the largest cast for a celebrity edition of Pinoy Big Brother. Leading up to the series kickoff, eight of these housemates were revealed from October 21 to 24, 2025, with two housemates introduced daily through 24 Oras. Each revealed housemate was also featured in an exclusive individual interview.

Houseguests

Within the framework of Pinoy Big Brother, the term "houseguest" designates an individual invited to enter the Big Brother house. Some of these houseguests are introduced with the explicit purpose of residing for an extended duration and deliberately chosen to influence the dynamics among the official housemates—thereby affecting relationships or altering the competition's trajectory. Conversely, other houseguests serve primarily as visitors; their stay within the house is typically brief, often entailing specific tasks assigned by Big Brother, or their presence fulfills a particular purpose. This can include, for instance, introducing a new game twist, presenting a unique challenge to the housemates, providing gifts to the housemates, or engaging them in conversation.

For this season, the following individuals entered as houseguests:

Episodes

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Group and duo formation history

Throughout the season, the housemates were periodically paired into groups and duos through tasks and other challenges.

Legend and color key:

Notes

1. The task, which was called as Reverse Class Picture, challenged the housemates to avoid being photographed by Ma'am Castro, who was blindfolded. Being caught meant elimination. The goal was to be the last housemate remaining, who would then be declared the group leader. This process was repeated five times in total, establishing the following leaders: Anton, Krystal, Carmelle, Reich, and Miguel. These five leaders will then choose from the remaining housemates the members of their respective group. Anton went first, followed by Krystal, and so on, leaving Miguel with the "unchosen" housemates. Anton chose Joaquin, Sofia, and Lella; Krystal chose Iñigo, Marco, and Clifford; Carmelle chose Heath, Rave, and Caprice; Reich chose Waynona, Fred, and Princess; and Miguel got Lee, Ashley, and Eliza.
2. Housemates had to grab something from a pabitin corresponding to a straight forward instruction (grab the star-shaped item) or the answer to a Filipino question (sixty-nine minus forty-six and the Tagalog of "notebook"). There were three rounds. For the first two rounds, the six slowest housemates for each were eliminated. For the final round, the three fastest housemates received amulets and became the second set of group leaders. Unlike the first cycle, the leaders chose their members alternately.
3. Housemates had to place sticks on the back of their hand with the palm facing down. Then, they have to flip the sticks and catch them with the same hand's palm still facing downwards. Housemates had to do this once for each of the five stations within three minutes. The four housemates with the most sticks caught (time spent as tiebreaker if necessary) became the third set of group leaders. Like the second cycle, leaders chose their members alternately.
4. Heath and Miguel were automatically paired after winning the first Gift of Immunity challenge. Housemates had to answer the question "In the classic Christmas song Twelve Days of Christmas, how many gifts did the true love send on the twelfth day?" Housemates lined up to answer the question. Those who answered '78' were able to choose their duo while those who answered incorrectly went to the back of the line. The cycle repeated until only two housemates remained in line.
5. Housemates had to listen to the "Story of Miggy" and answer three questions about it. They would do so by flipping each photo card then grabbing and placing the photo card corresponding to the answer on a separate platform. They must shout the answer to get a check. They could only move on once Big Brother said so. Princess, Clifford, and Joaquin chose members alternately, with their first picks being from the other talent agency i.e. Sparkle leader chose a Star Magic housemate first and vice versa.
6. Housemates took turns throwing an object to the top of a house that is sitting on a pole. If a housemate missed, they had to wait for their turn. If not, they chose which group they would want to be part of. Each group had the same number of housemates per agency per gender. The two groups chose Ashley and Joaquin as their group leader.
7. For the final group formation, The Ultimate 8 housemates will form consisting of Big Four of two agencies by series of challenges.

Nomination history

Groups or duos who received three points and one point are separated by a semi-colon, as shown in the table. Underlined names denote the intended target for that specific point, if any. Otherwise, no target was identified.

Legend and color key

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Notes

1. Fred got the highest percentage of votes during an eviction night in the franchise's history with 88.31% of the public's votes, surpassing Megan Young's votes of 87.89% in '.
2. The winners of the Ligtask individually cast their vote (1 point) on which group to be up for eviction at the Confession Room. Afterwards, Big Brother instructed them to individually state the reason for nomination in front of the chosen group.
3. Following multiple violations committed by the housemates, Big Brother decided to forgo the Ligtask for the week, rendering all groups vulnerable to nomination.
4. Heath and Miguel were immune for this nomination round after they won the endurance challenge. Thus, they are automatically paired for this round.
5. Caprice and Joaquin were immune for this nomination round after they got the highest percentage of votes for the second Gift of Immunity challenge.
6. For this nomination round, each duo must cast their vote same from the previous edition. However, the voting process was still applied separately for Kapuso and Kapamilya housemates.
7. For this wildcard, the two housemates with the highest number of votes from each agency faced a head-to-head challenge to re-enter the house. In the end, Eliza won over Rave for Kapamilya, while Marco won over Anton for Kapuso, securing their comeback as official housemates.
8. Public voting for the "Big Wildcard" twist, conducted via Maya, concluded on Day 78. The results, announced on Day 79.
9. Clifford, Heath, Krystal, and Miguel were automatically nominated after they finished last on third Ligtask challenge. The second place were chosen by the Ligtask winners to save one housemate per agency. The Ligtask winner chose to save Lella and Princess from nomination. Hence, Ashley and Fred were automatically nominated.
10. For the sixth nomination round, two groups competed against each other in three Ligtask challenges. Striving Feathers, composed of Ashley, Krystal, Lella, Marco, Miguel, and Princess, earned the most points across the three challenges, making them automatically safe from nomination. On the other hand, Solid Six, composed of Caprice, Carmelle, Eliza, Heath, Joaquin, and Sofia, earned the fewest points and were therefore automatically nominated.
11. The first Big Jump Challenge was contested by the Big Ticket recipients: Joaquin and Lella for Kapamilya, and Caprice and Marco for Kapuso. Lella and Caprice won the challenge, securing their spots in the Ultimate 8.
12. The second Big Jump Challenge were determined between the top three housemates by endurance challenge. Joaquin, Krystal, and Miguel competed for Kapamilya, while Ashley, Marco, and Princess competed for Kapuso. In the end, Ashley and Krystal won the challenge, securing their spots in the Ultimate 8.
13. The remaining two Big Four spot each agency were determined by public vote.
14. For the Big Night, unlimited voting was implemented to determine the winners of this edition.

Gift of Immunity voting

Notes

1. The housemates cast their votes for the four nicest housemates, two each from both agencies. The four highest number of votes were allowed to win the immunity challenge.
2. Caprice and Krystal were initially eliminated after they ranked last on the first challenge.
3. Public voting opened immediately for the second and third-ranked housemates, as both talent agencies still had a chance to get an advantage for the endurance challenge until noon of December 20 (Day 57).
4. Public voting opened for the duo that will receive another gift of immunity. The remaining duos will face the fourth nomination round.

Big Ticket voting

On Day 100, the remaining ten housemates were casting one vote each from both agencies including themselves for who deserves a Big Ticket for give an opportunity to the Big Jump Challenge. Italic text indicates casting a vote for itself.

The Big Night

The two-hour season finale, titled The Big Night, aired on February 28 at The Crossroad Center in Mother Ignacia Avenue, Quezon City, with a special timeslot running from 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

The Ultimate 8 faced the public vote to determine the Ultimate Big Winners, with the public allowed to cast their unlimited votes to save through Maya.

The Kapuso and Kapamilya housemate that got the highest combined votes, from the public and with the votes that they got from the One Million Votes Challenge, were declared as the Ultimate Big Winners of the season.

The big winners per talent agency received ₱1,000,000 each, while the second, third, and fourth big placers per talent agency received ₱500,000, ₱300,000, and ₱200,000 each respectively.

The event was held at the Crossroads Center in Quezon City, and featured performances and appearances from ' winner Fyang Smith, ' Kapuso 3rd Big Placer Charlie Fleming, Gen 11 4th Big Placer Kai Montinola, ex-housemates JM Ibarra from Gen 11 and Kyle Echarri from ', P-pop groups BGYO and Cloud 7, and this season's ex-housemates.

Many firsts in the show's history happened during this season's big night: A task held live inside the Big Brother house, moments before the housemates get out ahead to the venue, as well as a rare moment in Big Brother franchise history: the Ultimate 8 faced the public before the announcement of the winners.

Production

Development

During the finale of ' on July 5, 2025, Bianca Gonzalez confirmed that the collaboration between ABS-CBN and GMA Network, together with the program's "duo format", would continue for a second season. In late September 2025, teasers for a forthcoming season began appearing on the reality show's official Facebook page, featuring the subtitle "2.0". On September 29, the new installment was formally confirmed on the news program 24 Oras, with the premiere date set for October 25.'

Theme

Like the preceding season, the season features artists from Star Magic and Sparkle GMA Artist Center. However, for this season, the cast would be composed of teen stars and "Gen Z" artists. The season used a new rendition of "Kabataang Pinoy" (), the show's theme song used for teen editions as its main theme, sang by P-pop boy groups BGYO and Cloud 7.

Meanwhile, the official eviction song for this edition is titled "Sa Isang Kisap" performed by PBB ex-housemate Klarisse de Guzman.

Hosts

On October 20, GMA Network confirmed that all hosts from the previous season—Bianca Gonzalez, Robi Domingo, Kim Chiu, Melai Cantiveros, Enchong Dee, Alexa Ilacad, Gabbi Garcia, and Mavy Legaspi—would return for the season, being joined by an undisclosed "original host" who would be making an "exclusive comeback" on the show. On the premiere night, Luis Manzano was revealed to be the returning addition, marking his return to the show since ' in 2008.

Release

Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0. premiered on GMA Network on October 25, 2025, with a new episode being aired daily thereafter. Two companion shows support the show: Updates and OnlineVerse, both carrying over from the previous season. The season also airs on the digital streaming services of ABS-CBN and GMA, including Kapamilya Online Live, iWant, and Kapuso Stream.

Ratings

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0 earned an 8.0% rating, 0.6% lower than its predecessor's rating in its pilot episode. The final episode scored a 10.8% rating, 0.3% higher than previous edition.

Notable events

In an episode aired on December 8, 2025, concerns were raised over remarks made by certain male housemates toward female housemates, which some viewers perceived as inappropriate or sexually suggestive. Following each episode, the show releases data on peak concurrent viewership and trending topics on its official social media accounts. However, in the post dated December 9, 2025, the list of trending topics was omitted despite ongoing online discussions related to the episode. This prompted some viewers to raise concerns and call the attention of the show’s female hosts and the women’s organization Gabriela.

As a result to the numerous complaints of the public regarding the issue and other concerns within the show, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board or MTRCB conducted a preliminary conference on December 18, 2025. And with the production team of the show and the officials of the board, they discussed and addressed the complaints and even suggest different measures to ensure the protection and welfare, not just for the housemates but also for the viewers, especially their younger audiences.

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