Bianca Gonzalez, Robi Domingo, Kim Chiu, Melai Cantiveros, Enchong Dee and Alexa Ilacad served as the hosts for the show's most recent season.
It usually includes house and lot, a car, a business franchise, home appliances, and a holiday, and is given the title of Big Winner.
It is located just in front of the ELJ Communications Center in Eugenio Lopez Street, Diliman, Quezon City.
The leftmost part of the facade was designed for another reality show franchise called Pinoy Dream Academy until 2011 when it was entirely removed in favor of Big Brother.
For Otso, 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.
Numerous versions of the theme song were used, including those of rock band Cebalo for Season 2, Toni Gonzaga for Unlimited, rock band Reo Brothers for All In, a rendition from OPM veteran Rico Blanco now entitled "Pinoy Tayo" (English: We are Filipino) for Kumunity Season 10's adult and Biga-10 batches, and a remixed version for Gen 11.
[11] "Sikat ang Pinoy" (English: Filipinos are Famous), composed by Jonathan Manalo, and performed by Toni Gonzaga and Season 1 ex-housemate Sam Milby, was mainly used for its celebrity editions.
Another rendition of the song was sung by Pinoy Dream Academy winner Yeng Constantino and finalist Emman Abatayo, which was used during the run of the Celebrity Edition 2.
A third rendition of the song by OPM band Agsunta with rap lyrics provided by Pinoy rapper Kritiko was introduced for Kumunity Season 10.
[17] Rodriguez, on the other hand, hosted the late night edition called Pinoy Big Brother: Uplate, which updates anything viewers missed in the primetime telecast, as well as what to look forward in the next one.
[21] Originally, Martin Concio, son of ABS-CBN president, CEO and COO Charo Santos-Concio, was slated to join the hosting lineup but later backed out.
[23][24] He was then replaced by Toni's sister Alex Gonzaga, who only hosted the first night of the season (due to her surprise inclusion as a housemate and later houseguest).
Kim Chiu, Edward Barber, and Maymay 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),[28] but were never seen doing their hosting stints in the succeeding events of the show.
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.
On February 9, 2022, during the Adult Edition, Gonzaga stepped down from her role as the show's main host, and endorsed Gonzales to assume the latter's duties.
In Celebrity Collab Edition, Gonzales, Domingo, Dee, Cantiveros, Chiu, and Ilacad reprised their hosting roles for the season.
The Pinoy 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.
In every season of the local franchise, a short segment update show is aired every day from Mondays to Fridays.
The show provided daily happenings in the Big Brother house and introduces what will be shown in the primetime telecast.
Robi Domingo served as a guest host for one week during Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 as Bianca Gonzalez was then unavailable.
The show was hosted by Mariel Rodriguez and it promised to give a daily studio contestant up to twenty-five thousand pesos.
Another popular game show segment was launched during the first season of Pinoy Big Brother and was called What's the Word?
After the first regular season, a spin-off drama adventure series featuring the former housemates was aired for two weeks after Christmas and was called The Final Task.
[34] Another spin-off was the romantic reality show, called Melason in Love, was aired after the end of Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up.
[36] The show focused to Melai Cantiveros and Jason 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.
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.
[38] The indoor theme park was closed in August 2020 due to ABS-CBN focusing more on their digital and cable businesses after its franchise was denied.
[39] Like other franchises around the world, the concept and implementation of Pinoy Big Brother has been the subject of numerous controversies as well as criticism from the Filipino public and news outlets.
Both the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and franchise holder Endemol have investigated incidents that occurred since the show's launch in 2005.