Big Four, also known as Big 4, is a title used in Pinoy Big Brother that refers to the final four housemates who survived the weekly evictions and gained the eligibility to reach the Big Night finale, where one of them becomes the Big Winner.
In the show, being part of the Big Four is already an achievement as each Big Four finalist receives a various prize packages depending on their final placements at the Big Night finale.
In recent seasons, the series has been giving more emphasis on certain game qualities that housemates must possess to deserve a Big Four slot and eventually the Big Winner title. To determine this, the remaining housemates would face either The Grilling, various unanticipated situational challenges set by Big Brother, or the Big Jump Challenge. In Pinoy Big Brother: Connect, for example, the Big Four was determined solely by challenges for the first time, instead of the usual public vote.
The Big Jump Challenge or simply called "Big Jump", is one of the important challenges in the series. It typically appears in the final weeks, and it gives the remaining housemates a chance to secure a slot in the Big Four. The winner of the challenge automatically becomes part of the Big Four and will be safe from further evictions until the Big Four finalists are complete.
Final Eviction[]
Typically, the final eviction night voting is done through an open-voting process, wherein instead of the usual nominations, all remaining housemates with the exception of the Big Jump challenge winner, face the public vote for the remaining Big Four slots. The housemates who received the highest votes gain a Big Four slot, while the housemate with the least amount of votes becomes the final evictee of the season.
Big Night's Prizes[]
Just by being part of the Big Four, it will guarantee any Big Four finalist a cash prize and various additional prizes that may vary from every season.
The prizes of the Big Winner usually receives a cash prize of ₱1,000,000 (or ₱2,000,000 during Unlimited, Otso, and Kumunity Season 10), a house and lot ( condo unit in some seasons), and an Asian tour package for two.
The Runner-Up or 2nd Big Placer as the show calls it receives a check of ₱500,000 and additional prizes.
The 3rd Big Placer receives a check of ₱300,000 and additional prizes.
The 4th Big Placer receives a check of ₱250,000 and additional prizes.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010, the usual Big Four was raised to Big Six after the Pinoy Housemates won a challenge, giving them two additional slots for the Big Night.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7 the Big Four was raised to Lucky 7 after the remaining 8 housemates succeeded in the Dream Team Challenge. However, since the season had a two-evening Big Night, the Big Four was still announced eventually after the announcement of the 7th, 6th, and 5th Big Placers and continued on to the second evening where the Big Winner was announced.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Otso, each batch had its own Big Four and a Batch Winner. However, in the final batch called "Ultim8 Batch", the "Big Four" from previous batches returned to compete for the 8 "Big Otso" slots at the Big Night. The winners of each batch automatically secured a slot at the finale. Similar to the previous season, this season also had a two-evening finale. The "Ultim8 Big Four" from the final batch advanced to the second evening.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Connect, a new process for the Big Four selection was introduced. Instead of the usual viewer voting and Big Jump process, the season ditched the viewer voting and implemented the Big 4 Karapatdapat Challenges to solely determine the season's Big Four finalists.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10's final part, the initial Big Four was raised to Big Five after the Biga10 Housemates got an additional Big Slot for winning their final Weekly Task.
Big Four History[]
Note: The order of the finalists is based on the Big 4 announcement order in their season. To see their final placements, check out the Big Winner page.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Otso, the usual Big Four became Big Otso Housemates after the announcement of Batch Winner for each batch. So far, it’s the most number of finalists to ever reach The Big Night finale with 8.
With Pinoy Big Brother: Otso being divided into "batches" with separate gameplay to each other, each of the batches had their "Batch Big Four" and also a "Batch Winner"
In Pinoy Big Brother: Otso, the entire Big Four of Batch 2 were also part of the final Big Otso.
Pinoy Big Brother: Connect is the first season wherein the Big Four was determined solely by a series of challenges.
It is also the first season where a Big Four slot can be seized by a housemate who chose to challenge one of the Big Four holders.
Pinoy Big Brother: Connect's Big Four is the first Big Four in PBB history where the majority (3 out of 4 finalists) never faced the Filipino public for eviction throughout the season.
In Pinoy Big Brother: Connect, instead of receiving the traditional Big Four jackets, the Big Four finalists received Big Four PPEs due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Note: Italicized terms only appear on Big Brother versions that use North American format.
