Pinoy Big Brother, more popularly known by its abbreviated title PBB, is the Philippine version of the Big Brother reality game show franchise. The word Pinoy in the title is a colloquial term for the Filipino people. The show first aired on August 21, 2005 on ABS-CBN, Studio 23, and its international channel, TFC in various countries worldwide. The uncut 24/7 version of the series can also be seen on the internet through paid-online streaming video subscription via TFCNow, and through cable network SkyCable. The original hosts of the show were Willie Revillame, Toni Gonzaga, and Mariel Rodriguez. Gonzaga is the only host to be in the show since the beginning. Currently, she hosts the show with Bianca Gonzalez and Robi Domingo.
Sheryn Mae Poncardas Regis is a Filipino pop singer-songwriter, host, entrepreneur and occasional actress. She rose to fame during the first season of the singing competition Search for the Star in a Million where she placed runner-up to Erik Santos in 2003.
Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 1 is the first teen season of the Philippine ABS-CBN reality television series Pinoy Big Brother and the third season overall. It was originally broadcast without a season number, but was later officially given the title of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 1 to distinguish it from other seasons.
Michael Vincent Lee is a Filipino actor, model, host from Manila, Philippines. He was a runner up in the reality television series, Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition.
Pinoy Dream Academy is the Philippine version of Endemol's Operación Triunfo. The format is similar to Big Brother, where a set number of finalists would live inside the Academy for four months and will be trained by guest teachers to be multimedia performers. Activities in the Academy are being monitored 24/7 by the headmaster. It uses the tagline Ang drama sa likod ng pangarap. The program is aired through ABS-CBN.
Victor Emmanuel Basa is a Filipino model, actor, radio V.J., and a television host.
Gerald Randolph Opsima Anderson Jr. is a Filipino-American actor. He is best known for his lead roles in TV series such as Sana Maulit Muli (2007), My Girl (2008), action dramas, Tayong Dalawa (2009) in which he plays a soldier, and an NBI Agent in Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo (2010), a mentally challenged young man in Budoy (2011–2012), in the TV adaptation of the iconic comics character "Fredo" in Mars Ravelo's Dyesebel (2014), the Fantasy drama, Nathaniel (2015) and in the Cannes Film Festival Director's Fortnight entry On The Job (2013).
Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu is a Filipina actress and television host of Chinese descent. Kim garnered acclaim at a young age for her acting performances on television and film. She is known as Philippine showbiz's "Chinita Princess" and once hailed "Princess of Philippine Movies and TV" for three consecutive years in the Philippines. She is currently managed and under contract to Star Magic, ABS-CBN's homebased talent agency and is referred to as the "Queen of the Dance Floor".
Eduardo Siaboc Jr. also known as his stage name Jay-R Siaboc, is a Filipino actor, singer, host and model. He started as a student of Pinoy Dream Academy and became a first runner-up next to the grand star dreamer Yeng Constantino.
My Girl is a 2008 Philippine television drama romantic comedy series broadcast by ABS-CBN. It is an adaptation of the SBS' 2005 South Korean drama series of the same name. The show aired from May 26 to September 5, 2008 replacing Maligno. Directed by Erick C. Salud and Jerome Chavez Pobocan, it stars Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson, Enchong Dee, and Niña Jose.
Gianmatteo Fernan Guidicelli, better known as Matteo Guidicelli, is a Filipino-Italian actor, model, singer and former kart racer.
Jan Slater Lee Young is a Filipino actor, engineer, model and television personality from Cebu. Young is best known for winning Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited in 2012.
Richard Edison Uy Yap is a Filipino actor, singer, model and businessman of Chinese descent. He is best known for portraying Richard "Sir Chief" Lim in Be Careful with My Heart and "Papa Chen" in My Binondo Girl.
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2012. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2008. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2006. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
BoybandPH is a Filipino boyband group composed of Niel Murillo, Russell Reyes, Joao Constancia, Ford Valencia and Tristan Ramirez. The group was formed on December 11, 2016 after winning ABS-CBN's reality show Pinoy Boyband Superstar, a franchise of Simon Cowell's singing competition La Banda.
Marydale "Maymay" Entrata is a Filipina actress, singer, television host, and model. She came to prominence in 2016, after winning Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7. Born in Camiguin, and raised in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Entrata aspired to be an actress from a young age and had auditioned in different talent shows to fulfill her dream.
Edward John Abellera Barber is a British actor and host of Filipno descent. came to prominence in 2016, after joining the reality television series, Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7, where he placed fourth.
The University of Santo Tomas, in Manila, Philippines, one of the oldest universities in the Philippines, is constantly featured in popular culture.
