(MATA) posh them more into celebrityhood

Well after some leakage supposedly by one enterprising entertainment website, the Big Brother House reopens its doors, this time for the second batch of celebrities, vying to become the Big Winner after 70 days inside the house. The show starts with PDA scholars, eman and yeng singing the Celebrity Edition theme. It is nice to see them featured, although eman seems to be singing the second voice flat throughout.

Then hosts, Mariel and Bianca don maid uniforms to show a newly refurbished home, fit for true A list celebrities. Of course, the house showcases carpets from Kian (Season 2 housemate). I guess carpets will be flying off again from stores at the malls. (don’t you notice carpets have always been sold at 50 percent less?) But you have to give it to the guy, Alfred Galvez to create great and inspiring murals. The one done at the dining area was typical fresco wall art. Da Vinciesque. A culturati would appreciate it. This guy is an artist. Again, PSID shows off its students’ work through the interior works. Nice for Direk dyogi to tap these guys. The school has done consistently good.


Toni Gonzaga, the main and most competent host calls in each housemate. Each is interviewed, blindfolded, and whisked inside the house:

Will Devaugn (sp?) – I guess walang jollibee sponsorship this time
Megan Young – di ba Starstruck galing ito, reality show times 2!
Riza Torres (?) – gandang galing sa giyera
Ruben Gonzaga – funny man from davao
Victor Basa – wants some help sa electricity and realty tax
Yayo Aguila – will she now spill the beans about William’s drug issue
Baron Geisler – this guy has real issues, nice to see him here
The Banker of Deal or No Deal?! - ay hindi…si marylaine daw…well one of the more forgettable faces ng mga girls ni banker….pero bipolar daw....woo!

Then there is a brief interlude. The camera goes to the main sala area. Housemates are asked to remove their blindfolds. Some exchanges of kamustahan.

Then big brother asks Marylaine and another guy (Baron Geisler) to get the very large suitcase, near the confession room and be brought to where the other housemates are. It turns out another of the 26k girl has been inside that case for a long time (reminiscent of the smart car suffocation accident?). The girl is too glad to get out of that compartment.

Toni gonzaga explains that this girl and marylaine are twin parts of the new gimmick. Voters who pick one girl to be saved, pick the other girl as well. “Parang buy one, take one lang.”

The roster continues.

Donald Geisler – taekwondo artist, kuya ni baron, formidable geisler brothers - part of the "twinning gimmick", resbakan na!

Then the roster stops. Big Brother instructs the housemates to get the key frozen in a block of ice from the swimming pool. The key opens the lock of a big beer barrel. Obviously, an activity that can whet Baron’s need for some alcohol. The camera pans to baron’s face, feigning a “uhuh..that activity is not intended for me” countenance.

Big Brother nicely asks the housemates to change into their swimgear. We get to see our Christmas presents as early as now, with bodies carefully wrapped in terrycloth bathrobe. Heck, we will see all of those princely assets by tomorrow.

Then the trickling in of the housemate stops as four other housemates will enter the house at their own time. At least 10 people technically are inside the house thus boredom among housemates and the viewers is not an issue here unlike season 2.

Sadly, i do not see ethel booba among the four coming in yet. Early prognasticators including the website that leaked out the list had it wrong this time. Unless ethel was scrapped out of the original list.

The show rolls out the ending credits. That's all folks until when we get to see again the hip and happenin house which I believe will become grungier by the day.