Chronology

Chronology of important events

Week 1

Day 1: The season started with a military theme as a subtle reminder that the second season's premiere fell (ironically) on the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA Revolution. The initial six housemates went inside the house barefoot and in their sleeping wear while cuffed in very unusual ways before being taken in.
Day 6: Mickey, initially thought by the others to speak no English or Filipino, started doing the contrary as the his secret task of speaking only German ended.
Day 7: Robert entered the House, dressed up as a delivery boy, bringing with him burger meals and ice cream for the other six as a reward for an earlier daily task.

Week 2

Day 8: Beatriz entered the house with a task of kissing her fellow housemates twice on the cheek. The other female housemates (Saicy, Wendy, and Gee-Ann) were in turn tasked by Big Brother to apply make-up on her.
Day 9: Kian entered the house as a genie and hid inside a giant lamp.He became a "servant" to Mickey, but circumstance made him go back into the giant lamp.
Day 10: Jasmin was tasked to go to any room where she must sleep without being caught. But while doing so, Mickey saw her hiding in the bathroom. As a result, she cooked adobo for everyone the next night.
Day 11: Bruce entered the house to act as a referee for a special netball-like game the housemates were about to play.
Day 12: Dionne entered the house with a special task of teaching a Polynesian dance to the others.
Day 13: Robert shaved off his facial hair to vent off his frustration when his fear of needles kept him from donating any blood.
Day 14: The four secret housemates were placed in a secret area of the House which is right beside the garden. Ezekiel, being the first to enter, and Dionne, the last official one to make an entrance, were made aware of the four by Big Brother and were tasked by him to take care of the four and make sure the four have their basic necessities without everyone else knowing about the presence of the four. If the two were successful in this secret task, they would be immune on the first nomination night; otherwise, they would become automatic nominees.

Week 3

On Day 15, Big Brother reprimanded Gee-Ann, Nel, Kian, Jasmin, Robert, and Bruce for various violations of house rules such as talking without a lapel microphone, mouthing of words, asking and talking about current events in the outside world, and others, as well as Gee-Ann's breach for the weight rule. Their punishment was served on Day 20 (see below).

On Day 18, Ezekiel and Dionne finally revealed the four secret housemates to the other official housemates through a task in which the secret housemates wore the clothes of the official housemates. This task and Dionne and Ezekiel's secret mission were imperiled earlier by Mickey when he glimpsed Dionne and Mikah in the middle of the night and tried to ask Dionne and Ezekiel about what he saw later in the day. But since Ezekiel and Dionne managed to pull their task off, they were proclaimed immune on the first official nomination round.

On Day 19, Gee-Ann expressed her intention to leave the House in exchange for saving a third secret housemate from eviction. The next day, Gee-Ann made her mind up to have Maricris take her place. But Big Brother reminded her that the ground for a voluntary exit is surrender. But since she decided to fight on and a third secret housemate cannot be saved from eviction anyway, her impending voluntary exit had officially been scrapped.

On Day 20, Big Brother meted the punishment for Gee-Ann, Nel, Kian, Jasmin, Robert, and Bruce for their violations of house rules. They were made to pick cards to determine their fate. Nel, Jasmin, and Bruce picked smiley faces and were saved from what would happen next to Robert, Kian, and Gee-Ann, who all picked bullets. Robert, Kian, and Gee-Ann then picked cards from a second deck. Kian got unlucky when he picked the gun, which signified his automatic nomination. On the other hand, Robert and Gee-Ann picked a rain cloud and lightning and a balloon about to be popped respectively.

Week 4

On Day 25, Bruce was informed by Big Brother that his mother was taken to the hospital due to her chronic asthma and Bruce must make a sacrifice for her benefit. The sacrifice was to shoot baskets and accumulate 80,000 points, the amount of money (in Philippine pesos) to pay for his mother's hospital bills. His sacrifice started the next day. His fellow housemates also helped, but he should not inform them of the purpose. Although he and his fellow housemates only scored about 9,000 points five days later, the goal had been reached because concerned viewers, passers-by, and several of ABS-CBN's talents also participated in the task by shooting baskets in a makeshift court outside the House.

On Day 28, the housemates formed into teams composed of each gender and then participated in games which tested their intelligence, smarts, and guts.

The first game saw one of two members of each team dip themselves in drums of water while other members correctly answered questions until the second member inside a drum rose up from the water. The men won this game 11-3.
The second game had the housemates gather eels for their team from a pool of water. The men again won this game, 16 eels to 11. This advanced the men into the final game.
In the final game, the men, all smothered with baby oil, wrestled with each other on a platform until one remained. Kian won that challenge.
In the consolation game, the women hung themselves on pairs of suspended rings and held on as long as they could before dropping into the pool below. Gee-Ann and Wendy won in that game.

Gee-Ann and Wendy, being the consolation game winners, each had P1,000 to spend on their own needs. Kian, being the winner of the final game, became automatically immune in the second nomination round. His immunity would only take effect if he would survive eviction the next night, which he did.

Also on Day 28, Dionne and Ezekiel's relationship became a topic of concern for Big Brother, particularly on Dionne's act of biting on Ezekiel's arm. The other housemates were informed of this and were made to decide whether or not her act was an act of violence. Of course, Big Brother also talked to Ezekiel and Dionne about their side of the story. The house rules state that any form of violence is not allowed in the house and the housemate who makes such behavior is immediately removed from the House. The other housemates did not see Dionne's biting as a form of violence, although they did deem it as improper. Meanwhile, her application of sunblock on Ezekiel's genitalia caught the eye of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), the censorship body in the Philippines, to which the program promptly apologized.

Week 5

On Day 31, Ezekiel was tasked to dress and act like a woman. This was to let him experience what the female housemates saw was his ill treatment against them. Furthermore, the male housemates, through Robert, were tasked to treat "Imelda" (as Ezekiel's new persona was called) the same way Ezekiel treated the women.

On Day 33, Kian's wounds on his legs and feet, which he obtained during the special games five days before got worse because he did not follow the doctor's orders of not dancing and walking too much. After further redressing of his wounds, he was put on a wheelchair and tasked to help Bruce make 1,000 decorative palm branches in preparation for Palm Sunday (which was Day 36). Kian's worsening of injuries came in the midst of a fake epidemic wherein Robert was tasked to pretend he was ailing from a "disease" he contracted from the House pet Buddy and Gee-Ann, Mickey, and Wendy were told to pretend that they caught Robert's "disease".

Week 6

On Day 36, the four housemates who were involved in the fake epidemic instigated by Big Brother played a special snakes and ladders game. The giant board had monkey bars to represent the ladders and slides for the snakes. At the foot of the slides were pits containing things that most housemates would cringe at their sight, such as rats, muddy water, water containing worms, blood, and the like. The winner of the game would become immune from nomination. Mickey won the challenge with the help of his assigned partner, Kian, who rolled the die for him during the course of the game.

On Day 37, Gee-Ann was horrified to find out that more than five pounds from the first week was added to the weight she had upon entry into the House. Five pounds is the limit set by Big Brother on the amount weight each housemate can gain (there is no limit on how much weight they could lose). Because of her weight gain, she earned an automatic nomination.

On Days 39 to 42, the housemates celebrated the Holy Week by performing tasks related to various traditions connected to the Holy Week. In particular, on Black Saturday (Day 42), the housemates used a giant rosary in the secret garden to pray the Joyful Mysteries twice.

Week 8

On Day 51, Gee-Ann once again kept her weight above the five-pound limit. Faced with another possible automatic nomination, she was given the choice of facing or preventing it by giving up her doll Pamela. Two days later, she made the decision of sacrificing Pamela, which for her was hard to do considering that she owned the doll for 15 years.

Also on Day 51, Wendy temporarily left the house to attend her graduation rites and obtain her diploma. This was made possible because Far Eastern University allowed her to do so under the conditions set by Big Brother (i.e. she would be transported to the venue blindfolded and she was not to make any contact with anyone). Upon her return to the House, she and her fellow housemates reenacted the event.

On the night of Day 53, Bruce left the House to head for Slovenia. As early the night before, Bruce was informed to pack his things and prepare for his departure. His fellow housemates, who were as unaware of the Swap as he was, were saddened by the news of his departure. Wendy was visibly the most affected, crying to the point that she was almost out of breath and had to be treated just to calm her down. Bruce only knew of the Swap upon arrival at NAIA while waiting for his flight.

After over a month, Robert finally got over his fear of needles and had his blood donated on Day 55, with Saicy by his side. This was made possible by several techniques of coming over the fear, such as visualization, putting pointed objects on his skin, and accupuncture. Robert even became brave enough to have a needle inserted in his skin.

The next day (Day 56), in the midst of Robert's birthday celebration, Slovenian housemate Tina entered the house, still wearing the Slovenian national costume, which she wore when she left her country. She gave the Philippine housemates heart-shaped chocolates bearing the name "Slovenija" (the local name of her country) on them. Since there is a six-hour difference between the Philippines and Slovenia, Bruce's entry into the Slovenian House on Day 35 of the Slovenian version was seen by primetime viewers in the Philippines the next day.

Week 9

On Day 60, in the midst of the Tambuan Festival (see below), Maricris told Nel that Beatriz had a crush on him, something Beatriz denied, despite Maricris pushing her on. This started a great rift between Maricris and Beatriz which escalated into a shouting match three days later, with Nel becoming a mere spectator. The issue was eventually resolved, and the two later reconciled, even after Maricris knew of her fate (see "Week 10" below). Nel, Mickey, and Bodie did commend the usually calm and cheerful Beatriz for dishing out her dangerous side.

On the morning of Day 61, Tina finally left the Philippine House to return to her country. She wore a Philippine Terno on her way back to Slovenia and she was given a send-off bash by people both inside and outside the House. Bruce returned to the Philippine Big Brother House the next day (Day 62) without much fanfare (understandably) from the outside world.

On Day 63, Bruce was given an exemption from the next nomination round for successfully fulfilling his role in the Big Brother Swap.

Also on Day 63, Gee-Ann was also able to say goodbye her doll Pamela (see above). Although she also wanted to have herself automatically nominated at the same time, Big Brother refused to give it because her sacrificing Pamela also saved her from automatic nomination. Pamela will be in Big Brother's care until Gee-Ann chooses a sick child who deserves the care Pamela will provide.

Also, Wendy admitted to some of her fellow female housemates, to Big Brother, and to Bruce her mistake of accidentally turning off her lapel microphone just to talk to Maricris one night. Although she was lauded for her honesty, she was still given the automatic nomination on Day 63.

Week 10

On Day 64, the housemates had their weekly weight-in and some of the housemates were surprised over their weight gained, especially Gee-Ann, whose gain is still over five pounds. But Big Brother understood everybody's weight gain because of the different feasts they had during Tina's stay the previous week, so he passed it up. But Big Brother gave Gee-Ann one week to lose some weight with the help of Mickey. Otherwise, she would be evicted from the House. Gee-Ann would have been evicted anyway if not for Big Brother's understanding because she breached the five-pound rule for the third time.

Also on Day 64, Big Brother told Maricris of her forced eviction because of several forms of violence she had done on herself (such as knocking her head on the wall a few days before Bruce left for Slovenia) and several others (such as jokingly telling Beatriz during their shouting match that she would stab her). Maricris exited the next day. As early as the night before Maricris knew of her fate, Nel, Mickey, and Bodie already received the news from Big Brother, with everybody else knowing about it later.

On Day 70, Geraldine and Yen entered the house to take Maricris' place. To make their entrance a secret from the other housemates, they entered through the confession room.

Week 11

On Day 71, Gee-Ann was once again horrified to find out that while she lost a little weight, the weight she gained was still over five pounds, despite her and Mickey's efforts to lose the weight. Even Big Brother was puzzled. But when Gee-Ann mentioned that she had problems on her menstrual cycle, an obstetrician-gynecologist was consulted and found out that her hormonal problems made her weight gain uncontrollable. Big Brother therefore decided neither to evict her nor to give her an automatic nomination, but told her to continue her exercise regimen with Mickey.

On Day 73, Bruce felt pain at the right side of his abdomen, apparently hit by Mickey's knee during a game earlier that day. Although it was possibly just muscular pain, Bruce was sent to the hospital to have the right side examined by ultrasound and rule out the possibility of internal bleeding from his right kidney. It was determined that there was no internal bleeding, so he returned to the house a few hours later.

On Day 76, Gee-Ann admitted to Mickey (and later to Big Brother) that she talked while her lapel microphone was accidentally turned off. Nine days later, despite her honesty, she was given an automatic nomination. This was the same violation Wendy committed that led to her automatic nomination and eviction.

On Day 77, the nine younger housemates elected Yen to stay in the house, 9-0 against Gie. The voting simulated regular voting during recent Philippine elections, complete with a ballot box, in which they placed their votes. Their voting is also the closest they did to actually voting during the elections since they could not do so on the May 14 elections for obvious reasons. Election day fell on Day 79.

Week 12

On Day 78/"80" (May 13), the program fumbled on its day count; this was remedied a week later, when the day labelled as "Day 88" (May 21) was followed by "Day 87" (May 22).

In another new twist to the show, Ezekiel, Wendy, Kian, and Jasmin were brought back inside the house on Day 78 (80). However, they could only stay in the secret room and use the passage between that room and the confession room. They could also use the storage room, but they have to get through the main house area to get supplies without being seen by the other housemates. Only two of them would eventually re-enter the house area and reunite with the other housemates; this was determined by public voting.

On Day 81 (83), the returning housemates were tasked to do some painting using their bodies to express their feelings. Later, the main housemates did the same, however they did their task blindfolded because the returning housemates, gagged by surgical tape, would help them by splashing paint on their bodies. This was the first interaction between the returning housemates and the main housemates since each of the returning housemates' first evictions.

On Day 84, the public voted to put Kian and Wendy back in the House. Jasmin and Ezekiel, however, were not evicted immediately. Ezekiel in particular was allowed by Big Brother to stay with the main housemates, but he could only do so overnight. Big Brother gave the chance to Ezekiel so the latter could iron out any kinks that he left behind during his first stay. This circumstance was also the reason why the voting results were announced in the House studio that night rather than in the eviction hall. Ezekiel left the next day.

Week 13

On Day 85 (87), after Ezekiel left the House, Jasmin rejoined the main housemates for her overnight stay, being given the same opportunity as Ezekiel.

Also on Day 85, during their weekly weigh-in, Saicy found out that she gained 6.4 pounds from the weight she had when she entered the house, more than the five-pound weight gain limit. Because of this, she was automatically nominated for eviction. Gee-Ann, who also had weight problems in the past, kept her weight below five pounds, despite obtaining an automatic nominated for another violation she made (see above).

Again on Day 85, houseguest Hanna entered the house and was immediately given a task by Big Brother: pretend to be five months pregnant. Unknown to her, the housemates were told by Big Brother that their new guest was just pretending to be pregnant and should treat her as such. Her task eventually ended the next day.

Kian and Wendy finally rejoined their fellow housemates on Day 86 (88). However, their newest task would separate the men from the women for a week and preventing any form of communication, effictively cutting off ties between the two pairs Bruce and Wendy and Saicy and Robert, all have feelings for the other. The next day, the house was accordingly divided into areas only to be occupied by the men and the women and areas that both genders could use, but only one gender could do so at a time. They even participated in tasks wherein they competed for privileges in using the garden swing (the women won), the swimming pool (the men won) and even the bathroom (won by the women).

On Days 88 and 89, snippets from the TV show Ang TV were heard and seen in the House. In particular, footage of Bodie in that show were shown much to his embarrassment, relating how "ugly" he was during his youth. To take one step further, the housemates were tasked to use "Esmyuskee" and "Nge!"—both popularized by the said show—in their conversation, later leading to the trading of "Esmyuskee" jokes. Even Kian said such jokes to himself (and Big Brother) in the secret room, which is part of his punishment for being stuck in the restroom while the women were in the main House area (as per the gender separation task, the men and women were not supposed to be in the same area).

On Day 89, Bruce and Hanna won games to become messengers of each gender to the other. They could only relay two messages at a time, and could do so using charades on each other. Furthermore, they could not send their own messages. Since the determining games involved snails, Bruce and Hanna dressed up and acted as snails. The next day, Nel took Bruce's place after the former dared the latter.

Also on Day 89, Nel expressed the intention of making a voluntary exit citing his yearning for his father, his perceived model of discipline. However, despite missing his father and having his suitcase already prepared, he changed his mind the next day.

On Day 90, the gender-separated housemates temporarily had a chance to talk to each other while enjoying a common dinner, with the exception of Beatriz and Wendy who cooked the food. Meanwhile, Hanna took a while to prepare, cook, and eat her meal of snails because of her fear of the tiny creatures.

On Day 91, Robert, the only male up for eviction, was given the chance to talk women directly to say anything he couldn't tell to them because of the gender separation, especially to Saicy. Kian was also given the same privilege to straighten out things with the women, especially with Hanna, to whom he seemingly offended by saying remarks that do not refer to her.

Also on Day 91, houseguest Hanna bid farewell to the housemates and exited the House.

Week 14

On Day 92, the housemates temporarily left the House and headed to the La Mesa Watershed to test the boats they made during their weekly task (see below). Not only was the weekly task deemed a success, but Big Brother also lifted the gender separation, reuniting all housemates. Bodie, who was left behind in the House to solve a metal puzzle, was the last one to know of the end of the gender separation.

Also on Day 92, Nel filled up 126 five-gallon mineral water bottles using water from the pool. He did not know until he filled all of them up that he knew he was helped by his brothers. Later, he was given a massage by his father. Furthermore, father and son had a 126-second encounter in the confession room (similar to the 100-second encounter in the first season), the first face-to-face encounter in the second season.

During a downpour on Day 94, water leaked through the House's ceiling, particularly in the living area and near the pathway to the confession room. The housemates gathered buckets and vases just to catch the seeping water. This is the first ever time the House experienced such a problem since it was built, let alone its interior reconstructed after the original House area was used in Pinoy Dream Academy.

On Day 95, the housemates were visited by four old gay men (termed by Filipinos as the Golden Gays) with whom the boys danced the swing. Mickey, together with Saicy, taught the dance to the men just for this event. Robert did not participate because he was undergoing another task of being a shift manager for the weekly task. After a dinner with the housemates and some warm thanks, the four men (by then in drag) left the house that night.

Week 15

To celebrate the show's 100th day, Bruce, Gee-Ann, and Beatriz played a very unusual compatibility game wherein their partners were their ex-lovers. After several questions, the result of many lead to no matches, Bruce won the game, being the furthest along with two steps down the staircase. Because of this, he and his ex-girlfriend talked with each other for 100 seconds to iron out any misunderstandings between them. Gee-Ann and Beatriz were also given the same chance, but only through video feeds between the confession and secret rooms.

In the wee hours of Day 101, Nel left the House to visit his grandmother in Iloilo after he found that she was taken to the hospital's intensive care unit. After seeing that she was okay, Nel returned to the House the same day. Since an earlier daily task involved whipped cream, his entire head was covered with it upon his arrival.

On Day 102, Mickey was sent to his hospital after he got his right wrist twisted during a tug-of-war game when the rope wound around the said wrist was jerked off. Although he returned to the House with a sling on his right arm, no bones were broken in this mishap.

Week 16

On the morning of Day 107, Nel was brought to the hospital after experiencing chest pains probably caused by naming Bruce up for eviction, which he deeply regretted. Although tests determined that he did not have any heart ailment, he was detained in the hospital for several hours to make sure nothing was wrong with him. He finally returned to the house on the wee hours of Day 108.

On Day 109, first season housemate Uma Khouny entered the House dressed as a vampire with a doll named Maga for Gee-Ann and a pack of cigarettes as a conversation ruse for both Nel and Wendy. He was supposed to teach the housemates about scaring people as part of the weekly task. But in reality, he did so to stir up competition among the current housemates and eventually turn them against each other. In an interview with host Toni Gonzaga the night before, he answered that he was doing so because he found the remaining housemates to be boring and conscious about people's impressions on them.

On on the night of Day 110, Uma, after training the housemates in scarings, finally said his goodbyes to the remaining housemates and left the house. Although he did fulfill his supposed mission, he admitted to Big Brother that he had a hard time turning the housemates against each other. He did however create a small rift between Bruce and Wendy, which occurred after Uma interviewed them and Nel in the confession room and lasted before nightfall. Furthermore, Uma was also scared by some ghouls (a kapre and ghost midget flower girl), bringing up reminders of Day 70 of the first season where Uma was unintentionally haunted to death by "Frankie" (a tall man dressed as Frankenstein's monster).

Week 17

On Day 113, Gee-Ann heard the results of the informal survey conducted days before. Hearing Bruce and Wendy's scornful remarks against her, Gee-Ann revealed to Big Brother about her uneasiness and grievances against Wendy. To let her recover from her trauma she had experienced, Big Brother put her in the secret room with Mickey who did accompany her. But instead of calming down, Gee-Ann continued to tell Mickey about Wendy's remarks against her, even telling him that Wendy is "manipulating" the other housemates.

Later, when Big Brother asked the housemates on who they think isn't fit to join the Final Four, most of the housemates answered Bruce and Wendy. This set off a chain of events that would change the relationship between the housemates: Wendy's sudden unwillingness to talk, Gee-Ann's further breakdown, and the rift between the three remaining females.

On Day 115, the rift between Gee-Ann, Beatriz, and Wendy had already reached a crescendo to the point that everyone is not in speaking terms. Big Brother decided to intervene, telling the housemates that the "fake nomination" was just a test of friendship and they failed on that account. He also chided Gee-Ann about being as equally "unfair" as Wendy (Wendy was evicted, then returned; Gee-Ann received some "special treatment") and about belittling her achievements and Bruce for his full focus on Wendy. Although the men convinced the females to make up, Bea and Gee-Ann settled their differences with Wendy and the three ultimately reconciled. This was not however a full reconciliation as Wendy still had reservations.

On Day 117, Bodie was whisked away to the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos, Pangasinan, where he undertook a task to retrieve two rings in the sea bead in relation to the weekly task. He found the first one in a large shell and the second one amongst the corals in about five hours and amid bad weather. Bodie was chosen by Beatriz and Gee-Ann perform the task after all four men could not make up their minds on who should leave the House temporarily just for the task.

On Day 118, after the atrocities between Wendy, Beatriz, and Gee-Ann had long been died down, Big Brother reminded Wendy about controlling her emotions and the consequences of every action she would make.

Week 18 (Final week)

On Day 120, on a note that is as humorous as Nel's exit is sad, Big Brother decided to release the House pet Buddy. On Buddy's way out, the dog was dressed by the housemates. Big Brother decided to let go of Buddy due to "depression" due to the eviction of several of his friends (especially Robert). The event itself was humorous because of an announcement about a housemate's exit; it turned that out that particular housemate was not even human.

On Day 121, a golden apple was placed in the living room with the words "To the housemate who deserves to be the Big Winner." The housemates were dared by Big Brother that whoever thinks is the Big Winner should pick up the apple. In explaining who deserves to be the winner, the women each picked up the apple, only to put it back on its place.

More than three months after the end of the Swap, Tina Semolic returned to the Philippine House on Day 125 to visit the final four housemates (Mickey, Gee-Ann, Wendy, and Beatriz) and celebrate with them on their final night in the House before the finale at the Araneta Coliseum. At the time of her visit, the Slovenian version had already ended.

On Day 126, the housemates spent their day killing time until their exit. They then donned the outfits they wore during the finale and after they thanked Big Brother for everything they experienced during their stay, they were taken out of the house blindfolded, loaded into vintage cards, and driven toward the Araneta Coliseum, where the finale took place.