Originally hosted by Toni Gonzaga, Nikki Gil, Sam Milby, Bianca Gonzalez and Roxanne Barcelo.

The episodes shown on Saturday (sometimes known as the Gala Nights) showcase the talents of the contestants, and exemplifies the progress of each of them in regards to their education in the Academy.

The first season was announced as early as finale of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 1, initially hiring only 16 scholars.

Nikki Gil was the main host of the weekday and Sunday primetime shows in this season, narrating the events inside the Academy.

Later additions to the Academy's faculty included the rest of Ortiz's group The CompanY, movie director Jose Javier Reyes, comedienne Malou de Guzman, Sandwich front man Raimund Marasigan, and actress Boots Anson Roa.

The first season took 16 weeks, culminating in the finale, dubbed as the "Grand Dream Night" at the Araneta Coliseum on December 16, 2006, with six scholars remaining.

From these six, the top three, Yeng Constantino, Jay-R Siaboc and Ronnie Liang, moved further into the final showdown, each having solo performances.

For nine Saturdays during the run of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus, a primer segment was aired detailing the thirty-two potential scholars and their backgrounds.

From these 32, the final roster of scholars would be chosen, to be aired in a series of episodes called The Dream BIGins starting June 9, 2008.

After the first probation, the process of saving a co-scholar has been modified, the scholars will then now choose who they would want to see stay as a probationary student and be subjected to viewers' votes.

The second season took 13 weeks, culminating in the two-day finale, dubbed as the "Grand Dream Nights" at the Cuneta Astrodome on September 13 and 14, 2008 with six scholars remaining.

[7] ABC sent a formal letter of complaint to ABS-CBN, alleging that three Gold Passers of Philippine Idol became contestants of rival Pinoy Dream Academy.