Using a similar, modified format of both Lucky 7 and Otso, the season revolved around three groups (known as "batches") of housemates, representing three Kumunities: celebrities, adults and teens.
This stunt quickly went viral, generating widespread speculation among fans, celebrities, and former housemates about whether ABS-CBN planned to demolish the Big Brother house or if it was preparing for its tenth season.
Due to the restrictions implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at that time, the auditions (like the previous season) were conducted entirely online via Kumu.
Andrei King, Kathleen Agir-Zarandin, and Roque Coting topped their respective Kumunities, becoming the three final housemates for the Adult Edition.
Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzalez, and Robi Domingo reprised their roles as the main hosts at the start of the season.
Teen Edition 1 and Double Up Big Winners Kim Chiu and Melai Cantiveros, and former 737 houseguest Enchong Dee joined Gonzalez and Domingo three days later as the season's main hosts.
[14] The season's former housemates, including Eian Rances, Benedix Ramos, Karen Bordador, Jordan Andrews, the Juane siblings Nathan and Raf, Zach Guerrero, Seham Daghlas, third-place Samantha Bernardo and runner-up Isabel Laohoo hosted the online companion shows, were substitute hosts of PBB Kumulitan, and replaced Domingo on G sa Gabi.
After the teen batch, the top twos in each Kumunity and four evicted wildcard housemates would return to the house to compete for the Ultimate Big 5 and the season championship.
[34][35][36] More housemates were announced on the companion show during each edition's premiere, with the winners of the Online Bahay ni Kuya campaign revealed later.
Entering on the same day as Miranda, she became friends with Raf Juane, Seham Daghlas, and the Adult Final Five shortly after their exit.
The proceeds from the income they have earned from this task, including the online livestream jam, will be given to the Philippine Mental Health Association.
As an added twist on the third and fourth rounds, the lifters were required to wear blindfolds and were distracted by different sounds while lifting the platform.
Selected housemates: Eslam, Gabb, Maxine, Paolo, and Rob The task will begin with two people and one person will be added to the human thread for each hole passed.
At the activity area, the housemates were grouped into three based on the choronological order of their introductions, and were tasked to shop the furniture and all the other items they need to use inside the House using the coins they have earned.
The team that reaches first to the end of their station and turns on the air conditioner's switch will get a reward that will surely beat the heat this summer: a halo-halo provided by Big Brother.
They must do this task three times in order for the wildcard housemates Brenda, Madam Inutz, Maxine, Michael Ver, Stephanie, and Zach to re-enter the house.
The Kumunity that has the highest virtual gifts garnered at the end of the voting period will become the face of Bantay Bata: Children's Village.
Just like the previous season, during each of the weekly challenges, the public may send padalucks or virtual Kumu gifts to their chosen housemate.
Padaluck recipient: Eian (7 balance balls to step on instead of 8) Padaluck recipient: Eian (5 items required to memorize instead of 6) Within 100 seconds and by only using a big pair of tongs, each of the housemates must stack tiny colored cylinders to a tiny pedestal placed in miniature model of the House's outdoor area.
As the Macaraan Brothers have won the first three rounds, the remaining housemates (Isabel, Kathleen, Rica, Seham, Thamara, and Zach) were automatically assigned to Team Juane.
Although Andrei won his battle against Aleck, he was evicted prior to the second nomination night, which rendered his immunity void.
[205] It included performances by P-pop groups BGYO and BINI, Connect finalists Kobie Brown and Andi Abaya, and 1MX London 2022 artists Bamboo, Ez Mil, Jeremy Glinoga, KZ Tandingan and SAB (also known as Sabine Cerrado).
Hosted by Bianca Gonzalez and Robi Domingo, it consisted of interviews with the Final Five of each Kumunity about the three editions' highlights and their experiences in the house during the season.
Executive producer and director Lauren Dyogi tweeted that they "initially planned it for the first nomination week but it didn't push through because of technical issues.
[216] Michael Ver Comaling was criticized for reportedly talking negatively about Juane siblings Nathan and Raf behind their backs.
[154] Gabb Skribikin and Kai Espenido were criticized on social media for incorrectly answering a question about the collective nickname of three Filipino priests executed during the Spanish colonial period (Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, known as Gomburza) during their History Quiz Bee.
[228] Host Robi Domingo, who asked the history questions, tweeted his disappointment several days after the quiz bee trended on social media: "Sa una, nakakatawa pero habang tumatagal, di na nakakatuwa.
Sana maging daan ito para makita kung ano ang kakulangan sa sistema ng ating edukasyon.
[232] The spoof was by Teen Edition Plus runner-up and host Robi Domingo and Lucky 7 winner Maymay Entrata playing Estrada and Salvacion, respectively.
[233] Former Otso housemate Wakim Regalado, who also has depression, tweeted that he "rebukes Pinoy Big Brother's insensitive and irresponsible move to trivialize and make fun of Estrada's experience.