The fifth season of the reality game show Pinoy Big Brother, subtitled All In aired on ABS-CBN for 120 days from April 27 to August 24, 2014.
This season marked a Big Brother first worldwide: adult civilians, teenagers and celebrities lived in one house and competed altogether for the prize. Due to the mixed contestant types, this season is referred to as a "special edition". Later seasons of the show would follow suit, albeit with different formats and twists. The season's number continues with the numbering of the previous seasons. This numbering would be followed by the next seasons produced by the show.
Brazilian model, actor, and footballer Daniel Matsunaga emerged as the season's winner, becoming the third celebrity to win in the franchise after Ruben Gonzaga won Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2 in 2008. Teen housemate Maris Racal was the runner-up, while celebrity housemate Jane Oineza and civilian housemate Vickie Rushton were the third and fourth placers, respectively.
Development Lauren Dyogi, the Director and Business Unit Head of the show, confirmed the show was renewed for a fifth season and audition schedules were soon to be announced. The network officially announced the auditions on September 15, 2013, during an episode in The Voice of the Philippines. The official air date was not revealed in the announcement.
Auditions
Initially the auditions for the fifth season were to be held on October 6, 2013, at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City as part of the network's 60th anniversary celebration. However, the said auditions venue was postponed due to security and logistical issues. On November 30, 2013, it was announced that, for the first time in the franchise, there would be online auditions through one-minute video submissions. Online auditions ran from December 1, 2013, until January 15, 2014. On March 27, Dyogi announced that 33,064 people auditioned, of which 11,265 were online auditions. Due to casting problems, a special audition was held in Smart Araneta Coliseum on April 15, 2014, where 11,000 people auditioned. A special online audition was opened on the same day and ended by midnight. Overall, a total of more than 44 thousand people auditioned for this season.
The following were the audition schedules of Pinoy Big Brother: All In: Date Location Venue Source Adults (open to 18 to 35 years old) October 27, 2013 Davao City Abreeza November 22, 2013 Mandaue City, Cebu Pacific Mall January 18, 2014 Quezon City Pinoy Big Brother Hall Teens (open to 15 to 17 years old) October 26, 2013 Davao City Abreeza November 24, 2013 Mandaue City, Cebu Pacific Mall February 1, 2014 Marikina Marikina Sports Complex Adults and teens (open to 15 to 30 years old) April 15, 2014 Quezon City Smart Araneta Coliseum
Promotion In April 2014, promotional teasers were aired. The first teaser was an audition video of Kim Chiu, the franchise's first teen winner. Another teaser was aired about the love story of Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco who became lovers inside the show and were now married. A grand mini reunion, attended by some of the former housemates of the Regular, Celebrity and Teen Seasons and hosts of the show, was also held at ASAP 19 on April 20.
Scheduling In an interview aired February 10, 2014, on Banana Nite, Toni Gonzaga confirmed that the show will return in March 2014. It was later moved on April 27, 2014. The show will occupy the vacated timeslot of The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition: Doubles. The show's companion show, Pinoy Big Brother: All In Über, was aired weekdays as part of the Kapamilya Gold block.
As part of the franchise, this season introduced an online companion show. An online discussion called "Twitter Hangout" on Twitter every Thursdays, starting on March 27, 2014, was also introduced. Every Thursday night in the online Twitter discussion, Business Unit head of the franchise Lauren Dyogi, the hosts, and former housemates will answer the questions of the netizens.
The show aired at 10:15 p.m. (PST) every Mondays to Fridays; 9:30 p.m. (PST) every Saturdays; and 9:45 p.m. (PST) every Sundays.
Kick-off On April 27, 2014, the show introduced two housemates in ASAP 19 and three housemates in Buzz ng Bayan, which were both ahead of Pinoy Big Brother's timeslot. The rest of the housemates were introduced in the show itself later that night.
Overview House The house layout for this season remained unchanged since Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4, except for the decors which was inspired by the Amaia Land brand of Ayala Land. It is decorated with neo-modern style with light pastel colors. The season also retained the house's pool. On Day 14, Big Brother revealed the picnic area, the refurbished activity area used in the previous seasons. This is the second consecutive season not to use a second house.
Hosts On November 6, 2013, Toni Gonzaga was officially confirmed to return as the main host of the show. Also, according to Lauren Dyogi, both Bianca Gonzalez and Robi Domingo were expected to return to co-host the show.
In late March 2014, John Prats was confirmed to return and reprise his previous hosting duties. In the season's grand press conference held on April 23, it was announced that Gonzaga will reprise her hosting stints just like in the previous seasons. On the other hand, Domingo will be the segment host of Pinoy Big Brother Update, which will air every afternoons and evenings, and will be joining Prats, and Gonzalez on Pinoy Big Brother: All In Über. Gonzalez, Domingo, and Prats will also join Gonzaga during eviction nights. Alex Gonzaga was also confirmed to join the show as one of the new hosts. Aside from the main hosts, Slater Young, together with Joj and Jai will take the helm of Pinoy Big Brother: All In Übertime, an online late-night show.
Mariel Rodriguez was also rumored to return as host, after being absent for two consecutive seasons. This was later debunked by the hosts during the grand press conference.
Prizes The Big Winner received an Asian tour for two, a brand new 30 square-meter condominium unit at the Amaia Steps Novaliches in Brgy. Novaliches, Quezon City, two business franchises and . The second, third and fourth placers will receive , and , respectively. All finalists also received an entertainment package from Sony.
Twists All In: As part of the season's twist, the show will have a mix of teen, adult, and celebrity housemates; a first in the show and in the entire Big Brother franchise. Vote to Nominate (BBN): The public is given a chance to nominate a housemate for eviction. This was implemented in the first two nomination nights. Immunity Challenges: Several challenges were held in the house which granted immunity from being nominated to the winner. This was only held during the third nomination night. Insta Save: All nominated housemates will have the chance to remove themselves from being nominated if ever they have finished a task or won a challenge the fastest. This was only held during the 4th, 6th and 10th Nomination Nights. Various Nominations: Various nomination processes were implemented as per Big Brother. See Nomination history for details. Nomination Challenges: Nominations are solely based on various series of challenges. The list of nominees will consist of housemates who failed various series of challenges. Overnight Voting: In some eviction nights, people will only be given 24 hours to vote for their favorite housemate. SE Voting System: Carried over from previous seasons, the public is given the chance to vote to save or evict a housemate. The housemate with the lowest net votes, Save and Evict votes combined, is evicted. This system was implemented for the last the two weeks leading to the Big Night. Power of One: For the Big Night, the public may only vote once per day per mobile phone number. Housemates
A total of 229 individuals were shortlisted for this season, of which 22 were presented to the management of the show for the final casting. From the 229 shortlisted, 11 came from the Davao auditions, 22 from the Cebu auditions, 138 from the Manila auditions, 22 from online auditions, and 3 were referrals. Due to casting problems, a special audition was held in Smart Araneta Coliseum on April 15, 2014, where 11,000 people auditioned. A special online audition was also opened on the same day and ended by midnight. Overall, a total of more than 44 thousand people auditioned for this season.
On April 25, Dyogi shared that there will be 18 housemates for this season. Two housemates were first revealed on ASAP 19, while three housemates were revealed on Buzz ng Bayan. The remaining 12 housemates were revealed during the kick-off, plus the surprise inclusion of actress Alex Gonzaga.
Name Age on entry Type Hometown Entered Exited Result Refs. Daniel Matsunaga 25 Celebrity Makati Day 21 Day 120 Maris Racal 16 Teen Davao Day 1 Day 120 Jane Oineza 17 Celebrity Pasig Day 1 Day 120 Vickie Rushton 21 Regular Bacolod Day 1 Day 120 Loisa Andalio 15 Teen Parañaque Day 1 Day 119 Joshua Garcia 16 Teen Batangas Day 1 Day 113 Manolo Pedrosa 16 Teen Quezon City Day 1 Day 106 Fifth Pagotan 22 Regular Pasay Day 1 Day 99 Fourth Pagotan 22 Regular Pasay Day 1 Day 85 Cheridel Alejandrino 26 Celebrity Olongapo City Day 49 Day 78 Nichole Baranda 15 Teen Makati Day 1 Day 64 Michele Gumabao 21 Celebrity Quezon City Day 1 Day 57 Jayme Jalandoni 23 Regular Las Piñas Day 1 Day 57 Ranty Portento 26 Regular Quezon Day 1 Day 56 Alex Gonzaga 26 Celebrity Houseguest Rizal Day 1 Day 49 Exited Aina Solano 21 Regular Boracay Day 1 Day 42 Jacob Benedicto 21 Regular Parañaque Day 1 Day 35 Axel Torres 19 Regular Taguig Day 1 Day 28 Cess Visitacion 19 Regular Valenzuela Day 1 Day 21 Chevin Cecilio 22 Regular Camarines Sur Day 1 Day 21
Note
Houseguests Similar to the franchise's previous seasons, Big Brother invited guests to his house for special purposes. One notable was Alex Gonzaga who was first introduced as a housemate. Her true status was revealed on Day 7 when Big Brother confirmed that she was only a houseguest. She is by far the second longest tenured houseguest, behind Mariel Rodriguez whose tenure inside the house lasted for 73 days. She exited on Day 49. Nineteenth housemate, Cheridel Alejandrino, was introduced as a houseguest after the departure of Alex Gonzaga during day 49 until day 69.
Other houseguests were Bea Alonzo and Paulo Avelino, Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo, John Prats and Robi Domingo, Pokwang and Zanjoe Marudo, Sandara Park, Vice Ganda, Piolo Pascual, Jason Abalos, Jeron Teng, Enchong Dee, Erich Gonzales, Jason Gainza, Cathy Garcia-Molina, Judy Ann Santos, Tirso Cruz III, Gerald Anderson, Angelica Panganiban, Bianca Gonzalez, Herbert Bautista, Kris Aquino and Korina Sanchez. Previous winners of the franchise also visited the house: Kim Chiu, Keanna Reeves, Slater Young, Myrtle Sarrosa, and James Reid.
Chronology of events This is a summary of events that happened inside the House, including the housemates' tasks, nominations, evictions, and other important events. in this case, April 27, 2014, is designated as Day 1.
Week 1