by Krishna Belle Meniado | pinoybigbrother.com

Two Korean teen housemates, Resort Owner Jack (Sungbin Yoon) and Obedient Darling Sophia, stepped out of the Big Brother house after receiving the lowest save votes. If people were expecting a big tearjerky event, there were no waterworks from the two of them as they seemed even happy to be welcomed back into the outside world. But not to hate, because their experiences inside the house and with their fellow teen housemates were most likely enough for them already. In Sophia’s words, “[It was] A great experience. I will never forget it forever.” She and Jack finished with 12.24 % and 4.31%, after Jenny 14.59 % and James 68.86%.
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by Krishna Belle Meniado

Teenternational bedspacer Bret has always been vocal about his admiration for one of the Pinoy girl teen housemates, Fretzie, even then when he still was in Apartment. And now that the Summerge Part 2 has happened and they all now live in the Villa part of the Big Brother house together, his “feelings” for her looks like it has gone deeper than what should be allowed.

For instance, just in last night’s episode, he was overheard to be talking to Fretzie about his promise of waiting for her in the outside world if ever he was going to leave the house earlier than her. Fretzie, probably too stunned to come up with an appropriate reply, could only nod and smile, as if to hide her true feelings (that is, if there’s any).

But since everybody in the house already knows about Bret’s fondness over Fretzie, each of them goes the extra mile to try to keep them together. One of the most avid fans is Sophia, previously “accidentally” slipped to Fretzie that Bret “really likes her,” who just takes every chance of putting the two in under five inches apart from each other.

Last night was another of Sophia’s baby steps in completing her self-assigned mission. She pulled Fretzie to the boys’ room and coached her to greet Bret a good night. Fretzie, shy that she is, resisted and said they were probably already asleep. However, Sophia’s pull was stronger and had Fretzie greet every boy housemate a sleep-well.

As if Fretzie’s charm wasn’t enough, she had to wrap it up with her thoughtfulness ( butcourtesy of Sophia!). This is why Bret couldn’t stop himself from walking her back to the girls’ bed room, in which afterward he received a warm hug as a thank-you note. But before he could turn around and savor that memory, there popped out Jenny, cutting the special moment, by propping up her cheeks to Bret in the manner of asking for a good night kiss! Bret abode, seeing as there was no harm in doing so, and pecked both Jenny’s cheeks! Just be careful, teen housemates, a change in channeling special feelings is not far from possible!

by Stephanie Manhit

Having just a single slot has really been bothering the Pinoy housemates and, indirectly as it seems, the Teenternationals as well. The latter have decided to retain their slots after all the friction between the two teams, a decision that was accepted by the Pinoy housemates. The teens had made up already, yet they could not easily erase what happened from their minds. Hurt was still harbored within the Pinoy teens, while a sense of betrayal still lurked in the Teenternationals. The gravity of what was at stake was further stressed when the plasma screen revealed exactly what prizes were waiting for the Teen Big 4.

The PInoy housemates were called in individually by Kuya and were asked just how badly they wanted the slot. All their responses echoed the same sentiment: that they were willing to do everything and anything to win it for their team. Angelo, still wondering how he could possibly help in a big way, was willing to sacrifice by offering himself for automatic nomination or forced eviction.

Whether it was the plan all along or if their sheer determination moved Kuya, another task was announced. The team who won the task would move on to having a chance to compete for the Big Jump to the Big Night. Last season, Paul Jake, Tibo and Melai were given this rare chance where their endurance was tested for standing several hours in the middle of the pool, in positions that grew more difficult with time. The pre-challenge was similar to this: two chairs, one per team, made out of dominoes were set up in the Villa’s living room. Each housemate had to sit in it for an hour, without the dominoes tumbling. If it does, then the timer stops to allow the team to fix it, and time resumed after the chair was fixed again.

Fretzie and James were first up, and the former made her chair topple once, while James couldn’t help but point out that his bottom was aching. “ I have to take my mind off my ass, it hurts so much,” he shared. “The first five minutes are easy, then it gets harder and harder.” Bret and Tricia took the next shift, where Bret got irritated with Tricia’s continuous mumbling of the rosary, followed by the reading of the Bible. Despite this, Bret pushed forward. His inspiration? “My team.” Yet he also admitted that he wanted the Pinoy housemates to have the chance. “I kinda hope the Pinoy housemates win. I don’t think there’s gping to be a Big 5, but I’m hoping there is.” To Fretzie, whom he overlapped with, Bret said, “When you get out, look for me ha? If you leave, I’ll look for you.”

Ryan and Devon took over, followed by Jenny and Angelo. Ryan’s funny faces had Devon laughing, but even more so when Jenny chomped on half a banana and sang terribly. Jenny later revealed that she did that not to distract the others, but to keep her focus, knowing that her weakness was sitting still for a long period of time. Given the sensitive nature of their chair, one small fidget could cause it to come crashing down. True enough, her chair falls and the Pinoy teens help in rebuilding it.

Joe and Sophia took the next shift, then Ivan and Ann. Last in line were Patrick and Jack, but the latter was ahead by several minutes already. Unfortunately for Jack, his chair fell several times with not just a small damage, and rebuilding it took several minutes. Finally, Kuya counted down Patrick’s last 15 seconds. The Pinoy housemates won the challenge!

The next question is: who among the Pinoy teen housemates will finally bag the prize and jump straight to the Teen Big Night? Your guess is as good as theirs.

by Stephanie Manhit

Kuya noticed how Bret has always had a very active role in his team. Emotional as he was, he still was able to present points in favor with the Pinoy housemates. At the end of the day, though, it was obvious where his loyalties lay. Bret has been quite consistent in keeping his team together and attending to their concerns above all. He always stood up or them, even when it wasn’t particularly comfortable to do so.

Looking back at the childhood that formed him, he recalled how his friends were his family. ‘I would stand up for them,” he shared. “They stand up for me.” He used to be with his biological mom, who subjected him to emotional and physical abuse. Often drunk, she would hit him and blame him for things that he did not do. One time, things had gotten so bad that the authorities intervened and Bret had to stay in an orphanage for several months. His dad finally got custody of him and brought him over to the Philippines, where he married a Filipina. ‘My mom,” Bret stated proudly. “My real mom.”

Kuya was moved by his sharing and commended Bret for being a Pinoy “by heart”. Teary-eyed once again, Bret gratefully accepted the compliment and appeared stronger to face challenges again. Ivan, who worriedly told Kuya, “I guess, hindi kop ala alam kung paano maging Pinoy,” would do well to take a page out of Bret’s book and start being ‘Pinoy by heart”.

by Krishna Belle Meniado

Opposites attract? What an ancient saying! People with more similarities actually gravitate towards each other more fittingly… like both comic teen housemates Ryan and Joe! Their bromance inside the Big Brother house just can’t be anymore helped. Ryan, who most likely sees a connection with his fellow resident amuse-r and thinks that only this housemate would truly understand his pranks, started a little mayonnaise fight with Joe one afternoon. Joe followed through by packing on revenge, in turn chasing Ryan up to the bed room where he stuck slabs of the cream into Ryan’s nose. “You will get hurt when you tanggal (remove) that,” Joe threatened. Hmmm, looks like Ryan’s joke backfired!

Another funny Ryan incident was during the beginning of their daily Wushu. One of the masters told Ryan off for not working as hard as the others who pushed themselves to the limits in the toe reach. “Bakit si Joe, mas malaki pa ang hita niya sa iyo, kaya (How come Joe, who has thicker thighs than you do, can do it?),” Master Peter demanded. Ryan proved his self by showing that he was focused to undergo the training and did excellently in his fighting stances!

Meanwhile, inside the house, Bret and James had their fair share of bromance too! They were trying to peel and cook one piece of potato together! Ann and Sophia even joined in the fun by being the taste testers of their product: potato fries sandwich!

Hoping for some more girl times instead? You’ll never see unless you watch PBB Teen Clash of 2010 Uber and Primetime every day!