Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7

Pinoy Big Brother 7, known as Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky Season 7 is the current season of Pinoy Big Brother.

This season is a 3-part edition and is considered the seventh regular and thirteenth overall; this is the second time the house will have a mix of different editions in one whole season; the celebrities, teens and regulars after 737.

As the ultimate twist of the season, the finalists on each three editions will once again return to the house and compete against each other alongside the chosen wildcard housemates for the grand prize and for the title of "Big Winner" in the finale.

Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzales, and Robi Domingo will reprise their roles as hosts. Mariel Rodriguez returns as host after her absence since Teen Clash 2010. The show premiered on July 11, 2016.

Subtitle Changes
Just like the past seasons, subtitles were put in relation to the season's twists such as Double Up, Unlimited, All In and 737.

On the first teaser of this season, the subtitle was initially Lucky 7 as it appear on the initial logo, which was related to the main twist of this season. However, the production team changed it to Lucky Season 7 for their second official promotion and they dropped the subtitle Lucky 7 on the second logo for the season which is now the official logo used.

Since the premiere night, the show used Lucky Season 7 for hosting while they used simply Season 7 on the official social media accounts of the series, which made the 7th season known to the viewers and the housemates simply as Season 7.

Logo Changes
For the first time since Unlimited, the show had a major logo change for this season. Having a minimalist look, the logo resembles that of the U.S. and Canada versions, while keeping the original Pinoy Big Brother typeface. They have also included a human eye instead of a graphical one that was seen in earlier seasons.

Production Changes

 * Eviction Format:  For the first time, Pinoy Big Brother will be having a new eviction format. In all three editions, the nominees must take part in the Ligtask Challenge in order for them to be saved from being evicted. And as part of the season's twist, the eviction format for each edition will be determined by the Ligtask up until the house is only down to seven housemates that the public voting would be implemented as an eviction format.
 * Big Four to Big Two: For the first time, Pinoy Big Brother will be having only two finalists for each edition compared to the usual Big Four finalists. The least number of finalists Pinoy Big Brother ever had for each edition. For the Teen Edition, a twist was added for the number of finalists. If they win their 7th lucky task, the Teens will have three spots for the finale instead of just two.
 * Various Outside World Destinations: For the first time, the housemates got to travel outside the house more than once for either a twist or their task.

Season Twists

 * Pinoy Big Brother in Vietnam: For the first time in series' history, Pinoy Big Brother housemates will live in another Big Brother house located in a foreign country. Before the official launch night, the celebrity housemates were flown to Vietnam's Big Brother House where they will be staying on a specific period of time. However, this twist was abolished after the Celebrity Housemates completed their Lucky 7 tasks in Vietnam and was brought back to the Philippines to live inside the newly renovated Pinoy Big Brother house.


 * Lucky 7 Tasks : Throughout each editions, the housemates must accomplish seven lucky tasks given by Big Brother. If they pass six out of seven, they will have a chance to pick a lucky auditionee to be part of the succeeding batch of housemates. For the celebrity housemates will do seven tasks in Vietnam, with the houseguest Thuy. If they pass six out of seven tasks, Thuy will be a regular housemate for the next batch; if they pass five out of seven, the celebrity housemates can pick a teen auditionee to become an official teen housemate for another batch. For the teen housemates, they will do seven tasks and if they pass six out of seven, they can pick an adult auditionee to become an official adult housemate for the regular edition.
 * Dream Team: Serves as the ultimate highlight of this season, the finalists from the three editions will return and compete for their spot in the finale to win the grand prize and the title of "Big Winner".
 * Wildcard Housemates: After the adult housemates won 5 out of their 7 tasks, their luck will be passed on to the evicted Celebrity Housemates, who were the first to pass their luck to a Teen housemate. The evicted Celebrity housemates are eligible to return to the house and whoever was chosen will be among the housemates to be part of the Dream Team.
 * Ligtask as an Eviction Process: Nominated housemates will compete in various Ligtask Challenges and whoever had the weakest performance will be evicted. It will be implemented until the house only has 7 remaining housemates, with only seven remaining, it's the only time where in the public can vote on who will have a spot in the finale.
 * Ligtask as a Veto Process: After the Teen Lucky 7 Housemates was formed, the Public Voting was brought back as the eviction process replacing the Ligtask as an eviction process. However, the Ligtask Challenge remained but is now used on its original format which is a veto process that can remove one nominee from the nominations list and secure her safety from the upcoming eviction.
 * Padaluck Twist: The public may give some luck to the housemates by tweeting the hashtag #Padaluck+housemate's name and whoever has the most mentions will have the reward.
 * Big Jump: Housemates must participate in a series of challenges to get a spot to the finale.


 * 2-in-1 Housemates: Two housemates who are related biologically or by other means, are joined as one competing housemate, assigned by Big Brother. This is the second time 2-in-1 housemates who aren't blood-related will enter the house, the last time being in Celebrity Edition 2.


 * Big Tambiolo: Celebrity Housemates' fate will completely rely on the Balls of Fate inside the Big Tambiolo. The fate varies whether they will be having luxury stuff or whether all of them must sleep outside. It was only applied on the Celebrity Housemates during their stay inside the Pinoy Big Brother house.


 * Lucky Stars: 2 Celebrity Housemates will automatically have the spot to be a finalist in which one spot can get by participating in the Big Jump Challenge.
 * Lucky Suns: After winning the 7th Lucky Task, the Teen Housemates got an additional spot for the finale, making it three slots for the Teens, with one reserved for the Big Jump Challenge Winner.


 * Immunity Competition: The Immunity Competition was brought back again in the series in the form of participating in the Miss Teen Big Brother 2016. It is only applicable to the remaining teen girl housemates during Week 12.


 * Face to Face Nominations: The housemates must nominate in front of everyone. On Week 13, the Teen Housemates had to nominate infront of their fellow housemates.


 * The Big Inquiry: Similar to the previous seasons' twists where in the evicted housemates would reenter the house and would be pointing out the issues and public opinions of each of the remaining housemates had throughout the season. The remaining housemates must answer the questions regarding the issues in front of the evicted housemates held inside a dark secret chamber. This happened on Week 15 of this season's Teen Edition as part of the Big Jump Competition.
 * Double Trouble Week: On Week 21, the House was divided into two teams where in each teams must compete against each other through a series of competitions held within the week. Whoever has the most wins at the end of the week will be immune from eviction and the losing team will be automatically nominated and will compete in the Ligtask Challenge. The two housemates who got the lowest scores will be evicted.
 * Double Eviction: As part of the Double Trouble twist, the two housemates who got the two lowest scores in Ligtask will be evicted.
 * Pass Their Luck: Following the double eviction, the remaining adult housemates were proclaimed the Lucky 7. As a result, they were able to Pass Their Luck to one of the evicted celebrity housemates (except for JK due to prior commitments). They chose Nonong, and he became a member of the Lucky Stars.

Big Brother Vietnam House
On July 5, 2016, it was revealed that the show will take place in the Big Brother House in Vietnam.

This is the first time that Pinoy Big Brother will use another Big Brother House from another country.

The Big Brother Vietnam House was refurbished specifically for this season and designed with both modern and Vietnamese elements.

Pinoy Big Brother House
On Day 20, Big Brother revealed that the housemates will now leave the Big Brother Vietnam house and take the housemates on another place and on that same day they finally left the Vietnamese Big Brother House. It was revealed that they were going back to the Pinoy Big Brother house.

The newly renovated house for this season was designed by Jen Soliman of J. Designs. The house's floor plan is still the same. While the last season featured pop-up wall art, this season featured Wall Murals. The house's murals featured the scenic places of different provinces in the country. The Living Room featured the Rice Fields in Central Luzon region and the Rolling Hills of Batanes. The Kitchen featured the Pineapple plantations of Bukidnon and the Sugarcane Plantations of Negros Occidental with the national animal, the Carabao serving as the kitchen Island. The Dining Table resembles a huge banana leaf, used when having boodle fights in Fiestas while the dining chairs looked like a gallon drums. The Girls' Bedroom featured the bougainvilleas throughout the country. The Boys' Bedroom featured the Vinta boats of Zamboanga and Boracay Beaches in Aklan. The Confession Room featured the Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao while the hallway leading to the confession room, storage room and secret rooms were designed to look like the hanging bridge of Bohol. The Pool Area featured the rock formations and the blue waters of Palawan.

Big Brother's Dream Team
Announced on Week 21, the Celebrity and Teen Finalists will be returning back to the house after the Adult Finalists were announced to form the "Dream Team", the ultimate twist of the season, where in the three groups of finalists will be competing once again for the grand prize and the title of "Big Winner". Big Brother also announced that the Dream Team finalists will be twelve, which includes a celebrity wildcard housemate and another four people yet to be revealed.

Part One - The Celebrity Housemates
From July 2 until July 4, five of the nine celebrity housemates have been introduced in different ABS-CBN programs; the first introduced being two-in-one housemates. This is the first time since 2008 that the program showcases a celebrity edition. They were officially introduced during a live online show on the evening of July 4 where it was replayed on the televised Official Launch Night on July 11. This season marks the second time a number of housemates were officially introduced a week before the official premiere, with the first being, 737. Four more housemates were revealed on July 6, 2016.

Part Two - The Teen Housemates
Like the Celebrity Housemates, the Teen Housemates were introduced in different ABS-CBN Programs such as It's Showtime, TV Patrol and Tonight With Boy Abunda prior to their entrance in Big Brother House. They entered the house in August 6, 2016. Right after the remaining celebrity finalists temporarily left the house.

Part Three - The Civilian Adult Housemates
After the Teen Edition determined their finalists, the last part of the 3-part edition series would be the Regular Civilian Edition. The Adult Housemates would also be revealed a week prior to their official entrance like the Celebrities and the Teens. They would be revealed on ABS-CBN programs such as It's Showtime, TV Patrol and Tonight with Boy Abunda.

Lucky 7 Tasks
On July 8, it was announced that the celebrity housemates will do seven tasks in Vietnam, with houseguest Up Thuy. If they pass six out of seven tasks, Thuy will be a regular housemate for the next batch; if they pass five out of seven, the celebrity housemates can pick a teen auditionee to become an official teen housemate for the teen batch.

The teen housemates were also given seven lucky tasks. If they pass five out of seven tasks, they will have a chance to pick a regular housemate for the next batch. If they pass six out of seven, there will be three finalists instead of two. Their first five tasks also served as their weekly tasks, after which they did regular weekly tasks until the Lucky 7 housemates were formed.

The regular housemates were also given seven lucky tasks. If they pass five out of seven, they'll be able to pass their luck to one of the lucky celebrity housemates.
 * Note that the show does not display the day number for each task, and so it will be assumed that the tasks happened a week before the actual air date.

Weekly Task
For the teen batch, Big Brother gave regular weekly tasks, which had no bearing to the Lucky 7 tasks.

On Week 10, the housemates had the first weekly task in this season. However, it would also determine whether there will be an eviction or all nominees will be spared. If they succeed, there won't be an eviction but if they failed, the eviction will continue.

Outside World Destinations History
Unlike the past seasons where in the housemates left the house for an outside world destination only once, Season 7 housemates had numerous outside world destinations. All of them were related either for a twist, a task or a reward.

Ligtask Challenge
As a new format for evictions, Ligtask challenges will be the basis for evicting housemates. Only when the House is down to seven housemates for each edition will the public be given the chance to start to vote.

For the Teen Edition, the Ligtask Challenges are connected to either the Lucky Task or the Weekly Task they did on that week.

Ligtask Challenge History
After the Lucky 7 Housemates were formed, the Ligtask Challenge being the eviction competition was removed as the public voting started to be implemented. However, Ligtask still appeared on the season serving as it's real purpose, as a nomination veto competition where in nominated housemates has to compete every week to remove their name on the nominees' list. This was first implemented on Week 13 during the Teen Edition.

#Padaluck History
A portmanteau of Padala (Eng. deliver) and luck. The nominated housemate with the most mentions on Twitter will have an advantage for the Ligtask Challenge.

Teen Edition

 * On Week 6, after Maymay succeeded on her secret task about Heaven, Heaven was given the 100 Seconds Encounter with her mother who has cancer.
 * Pinoy Big Brother Teen Ball 2016 occured in the house on Week 6.
 * On Week 7, after Rita succeeded on her special task, she finally gave her siblings a birthday celebration which they never experienced before due to financial problems, also after the male teen housemates succeeded on recreating Rita's house, she was given the chance to see and talk with her whole family as well as celebrating her siblings' birthday inside the life-size replica of their small house on the activity area built by her fellow housemates.
 * Yong was able to reunite with his mother and all of his 16 siblings inside the house on Week 8.
 * On Week 9, after succeeding on their Salon Business task, the housemates especially Vivoree received a makeover. With the guidance of her mother, Vivoree was given the chance to remove her facial hair that caused her to be bullied in the past and gave her insecurities.
 * On Week 10, the male teen housemates got the chance to have a private date with Liza Soberano, one of the most popular teen icons of this generation in the Philippines. After the date, Liza chose who impressed her and she chose Edward. Edward got a signed pillow and a cheek kiss from Liza.
 * Also on Week 10, Maymay finally meet and have a private date with her celebrity crush, Enrique Gil, one of the famous hearthrobs and dancer of this generation. Throughout the past weeks, Big Brother had been teasing Maymay about meeting Enrique; first was the clue which was actually describing Edward's father, second was the supposed encounter in Confession Room but with just standee cutout of Enrique and a picture frame, and the last was her special task to teach someone a dance lesson in which was actually her students wearing Enrique masks.

Teen Edition

 * On Week 6, due to the high amount of violations, the housemates had to be tied (arms and legs) with long wooden stick (boys to boys and girls to girls). and walk like synchronized puppets. The number of their violations correspond to the minutes (doubled) they had to be tied on the wooden stick. Marco received 18 counts therefore becoming the top violator.
 * Since Marco was the top violator and was the only housemate to walk with a wooden stick, Big Brother sent Sadako and a creepy clown to join him.

Events History
☀''Note that Day 1 started on July 5 upon the entry of the first five celebrity housemates in the Vietnamese Big Brother House. The official premiere of the show was on July 11 (Day 7). The celebrity housemates left Vietnam on July 20 (Day 16); thereafter, they temporarily return to the outside world. They returned to the Pinoy Big Brother House on July 30; note that the show's official website designated the day they have returned as Day 17.''

Celebrities
On Day 0, Jinri, JK, McCoy, Nikko, and Yassi were introduced as the first five celebrity housemates. As part of the season's twist, they were flown to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Day 1; however, only McCoy, Nikko and Yassi were only able to depart as Jinri, JK and Hideo (only introduced later in TV Patrol) had visa and immigration card issues. After arriving in Vietnam, McCoy, Nikko and Yassi then entered the Vietnamese Big Brother House along with Chacha, Elisse and Nonong (only introduced later in TV Patrol). Two Vietnamese actors and Thuy entered the House ; they pretended that they were the current occupants and were the last three housemates of Big Brother Vietnam who just got back to the house after finishing a task in the outside world.

On Day 2, Jinri, JK and Hideo were able to resolved the issues and were able to fly to Vietnam; the three entered the House that morning, while being chained and blindfolded. Due to this, the housemates had to unchain them within 30 minutes using the correct 3 keys among the 77 keys scattered around the House; they were successful. On Day 3, Thuy returned; in order to secure her spot as a regular housemate, she was tasked to pretend that she had won Big Brother Vietnam, that she has to temporarily stay as a house guest, and that she has to help them in their special task.

On Day 10, Hideo, Jinri, Yassi and JK were nominated. On Day 11, Chacha decided to voluntarily exit during their first eviction night; note that Hideo was supposedly the one to exit the House after having the poorest performance in the Ligtask challenge.

On Day 15, the housemates have won their 6th and last Lucky task; with this, Thuy revealed her true self. Jinri was temporarily allowed to leave the House due to reasons kept confidential; her exit was not considered as voluntary. In the morning of Day 16, Big Brother toured the housemates in the Mekong River. By the afternoon, after more than two weeks in Vietnam, Big Brother announced that they will be leaving the Vietnamese Big Brother House and will return to the Philippines.

On Day 17, with the exception of JK, the celebrity housemates entered the Pinoy Big Brother House. Later on, Big Brother revealed that only two of them will only make it to the Finale; he also told them that they will encounter many challenges determined by picking a ball among the other Bola ng Kapalaran placed inside a Big Tambiolo. Yassi was tasked to choose the first ball; their first task was that they were only allowed to bring one luggage from eight luggage they have; they picked Nonong's luggage. After the entry of the housemates, disguised as a hooded face ninja, Jerome Ponce entered the House as a house guest in order to assist Big Brother in the housemates' challenges and to fix the thing between him and Elisse. On Day 18, Elisse picked the second ball which showed an image of a basket; the image would mean that they will get a basket of eggs, sweet potatoes and bitter gourds as their food. They had to ration it until Big Brother gives them another set of food supply. Meanwhile, McCoy was informed by Big Brother that the hooded face ninja was Jerome and that he has to help bring him to their bedroom without the female housemates noticing them; he was allowed to tell the task and ask for help with the other male housemates.

On Day 19, McCoy and the other male housemates continued their task in hiding Jerome from the females. Later that day, the female housemates were blind-folded for 4 hours; this gave Jerome the opportunity to freely roam the House. JK returned to the House; he was introduced by Big Brother to Jerome in the Confession Room. He was also told about the male housemates' task. Later on, the still blind-folded female housemates entered the Confession Room one by one; they were tasked to identify JK and Jerome. Each of the female housemates perfectly identified JK; while Jerome was only identified by Elisse. Due to this, JK was able to enter the House; Jerome, who was not able to enter the House, was given the chance to write a letter to Elisse. After Elisse read the letter, she was given the decision whether she would be willing to talk with him. On the early hours of Day 20, she decided to talk and both were able to do so. Their conversation led to the closure to their failed relationship. On Day 22, Jinri won one of the two Lucky Stars granting her to continue in hopes of becoming the big winner of this season. On Day 23, McCoy & Nikko later were revealed to get the last Lucky Star and able to continue with Jinri. The non-finalist celebrity housemates later exited the House.

Teens
On Day 23, Maymay was introduced as the chosen Lucky Teen Housemate by the celebrity housemates after they won the Lucky 7 Tasks; she later entered the House ahead of the other teen housemates. On Day 24, Big Brother told the Lucky 2 celebrity housemates that they will temporarily be leaving the House on that day and will eventually return on a specified date. In that same day, five male teen housemates entered the House and together with Maymay, Big Brother gave their first task of balancing styro balls, each of which corresponded to a priced grocery item, while rolling it onto a series of the planks until it reaches a grocery cart placed on the other side of the activity area. This task will determine their weekly food supply. The female teen housemates then entered the house on Day 25.

On Day 29, the teen housemates started their first lucky task, which it turned out to be successful. On Day 31, celebrity housemate Elisse entered the Big Brother house as a house guest. On Day 33, another celebrity housemate, McCoy, visited the house as a house guest. This is to prepare the teen housemates for their SwerTeen Ball. The male teen housemates were asked to draw lots for their partner on the SwerTeen Ball, the aftermath left Kisses and Vivoree without one. So, they requested Big Brother to do significant roles for the ball; Kisses to host, and Vivoree for a song number. This was all concluded in the SwerTeen Ball on Day 34, the teen housemates showcased their talents and skills in singing, dancing, and playing instruments. Vivoree was greeted by a special guest, JK, to play her composition for the song number. Note that JK became a celebrity housemate as well.

On Day 35, a romantic date was set up for house guests McCoy and Elisse. The teen housemates' second lucky task occurred on Day 36. The passed task led to a family reunion for Rita. The 1st Teen Nomination Night was witnessed on Day 41, which left Aizan, Christian, and Kisses nominated. On Day 42, they were visited by an old woman, Lola Pina, from the Kanlungan ni Maria - Home for the Aged. This was in line with their third lucky task. The result of their task was a failure and it was revealed on Day 45.

Also on Day 45, the 1st Teen Eviction Night occurred. This left Aizan as the first evictee of the teen batch. The following day, Day 46, the 2nd Teen Nomination Night immediately took place. In this particular week, Christian, Heaven, Kristine, and Rita were nominated. Their 4th Lucky Task was revealed on Day 48. A family reunion took place for Yong on Day 51, due to the success of their 4th Lucky Task.

On Day 52, Rita was evicted on the 2nd Teen Eviction Night. The 3rd Teen Nomination Night immediately occurred the following day, Day 53, and Christian, Fenech, Heaven, Kisses, and Marco were nominated. On Day 54, celebrity housemates Nikko Natividad and Nonong Ballinan entered the house to facilitate the teen housemates on their fifth lucky task, which also occurred on this day. The teen housemates passed on the task and as a bonus, the proceeds of their task will go to the alms for Maymay's grandfather, who died of heart attack. On Day 59, Fenech got evicted on the 3rd Teen Eviction Night.

On Day 61, ABS-CBN stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla entered the house. They, together with the teen housemates, imitated scenes from the duo's upcoming movie, Barcelona: A Love Untold. The 4th Teen Nomination Night happened four (4) days after the 3rd Teen Eviction Night, and Christian, Heaven, and Kisses, are nominated for the week. Big Brother gave the nominees a condition wherein if they succeed their first-ever weekly task (Paliga ni Kuya), none of them will be put into threat for eviction, but if they fail, the eviction process will still continue.

The teen housemates failed their first weekly task and as a result, the eviction process for Christian, Heaven, and Kisses will still continue. On Day 69, Hashtags members (Jameson Blake, Jimboy Martin, McCoy de Leon, Nikko Natividad, Tom Doromal, and Zeus Collins), who were once PBB housemates, entered the house to accompany the teen housemates on their second weekly task. On the same day, ABS-CBN's Dolce Amore actress Liza Soberano entered the house as well.

Trivia

 * The first 3-part edition series in the history of Big Brother worldwide featuring all three editions in one whole season.
 * The first Philippine season with housemates (Celebrities).living in a foreign Big Brother house.
 * The second season to introduce a new logo since Unlimited
 * The first season to introduce a new eviction format.
 * The first season to travel outside the Big Brother house, more than once.
 * The first season to feature a Celebrity Edition since Celebrity Edition 2.
 * If all editions in this season were to be separated, the celebrity edition will be the 3rd celebrity season, the teen edition will be on its 6th teen season while the civilian/regular edition will be on its 7th season.
 * The first season where housemates left the house and returned without implementing the 24 hour limit. Jinri left the Vietnam house for personal reasons and returned to the Pinoy Big Brother house on Week 3. Maymay left the house twice; first was to visit the wake of her late grandfather and second was the burial. Heaven left the house to visit her mother in the hospital, however after returning, she decided to voluntarily exit.