Big Winner

The Big Winner is the title given to the housemate who has been awarded the victory of Pinoy Big Brother out of the Big Four finalists who reached the Big Night finale.

Criteria

The only requirement for eligibility to win is to be part of the Big Four and reach the Big Night finale.

For every final week of the series, Big Brother usually test the remaining housemates in personal, situational and strategic aspects and is deemed the week where the public would be given second thoughts on who they want to vote for the finale.

But the public may vote for who they want to win based on various reasons; who is the most genuine or stayed true to themselves while inside the house hence the series' tagline, who stayed stronger out of the challenges given by Big Brother, who had the most character development throughout their stay in the house, who related to them the most etc.

Prizes

The prizes of the Big Winner usually receives a cash prize of ₱1,000,000 (or ₱2,000,000 during Season 4), a house and lot ( or a condo unit in some seasons), and an Asian tour package for two.

Aside from those, other additional prizes have been received by winners of the previous seasons, either a business showcase, a kitchen showcase, Sony Bravia LCD TV, a scholarship program (applicable only for Teen Editions), and a brand new car.

However, being part of the Big Four wouldn't make a contestant leave penniless.

• 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.

Just reaching the Big Four will guarantee any housemate of a cash prize and various prizes that vary from every season.

The evicted contestants receive a stipend or a consolation prize for being part of the season.

Grand Exit Welcome/Winning Moment

For every Big Night of the series, it has been a tradition that every Big Winner gets to have a grand exit/winning moment back to the outside world, with ways varying from season to season often in relation to the Big Night's annual theme.

Nene Tamayo's Grand Exit, using a living room set up.

Keanna Reeves' Grand Exit as she was carried from above onto the stage.

Beatriz Saw's Grand Exit, through a giant disco ball.

Ejay Falcon's Grand Exit. Surprised, he descended from the space-ship set-up at the center of the stage.

Emotional Melisa Cantiveros as she appeared on stage.

James Reid's Grand Exit, as he ascended below the stage in front of the replica of the Big Brother House.

Slater Young as he appeared on the replica balcony of the Big Brother House.

Myrtle Sarrosa's Grand Exit moment as she was carried by a moving platform on to the stage while sitting on the smaller replica of the season's Confession Room Chair.

Daniel Matsunaga's Grand Exit as he ascended below the bright star, matched with a choir singing the Pinoy Ako theme song of the series.

Jimboy Martin's Grand Exit as he was carried by a moving platform in to the stage.

Miho Nishida as she was carried by a moving platform in to the stage.

Maymay Entrata's Grand Exit Moment as she was lifted above through a small yellow house, made up of recycled bottles.

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Hall of Big Winners

Season	Winner		Runners-Up			Grand Winning Moment
Season 1		Nene Tamayo 554,906 votes 48.9%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Jason Gainza 312,258 votes 27.5%	Cassandra Ponti 214,188 votes 18.9%	Uma Khouny 52,833 votes 4.7%
Celebrity Edition 1		Keanna Reeves 571,607 votes 44.2%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	No video found
			John Prats 372,198 votes 28.8%	Bianca Gonzalez 245,594 votes 19%	Uma Khouny 103,422 votes 8%
Teen Edition 1		Kim Chiu 626,562 votes 41.4%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Mikee Lee 313,032 votes 20.7%	Gerald Anderson 293,234 votes 19.4%	Clare Cabiguin 279,390 votes 18.5%
Season 2		Beatriz Saw 1,571,556 votes 30.29%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Mickey Perz 1,286,166 votes 24.79%	Wendy Valdez 1,209,978 votes 23.32%	Gee-Ann Abrahan 1,119,714 votes 21.58%
Celebrity Edition 2		Ruben Gonzaga 506,402 votes 32.17%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	No Video Found
			Riza Santos 430,135 votes 27.33%	Gaby dela Merced 406,892 votes 25.85%	Will Devaughn 230,509 votes 14.65%
Teen Edition Plus		Ejay Falcon 620,924 votes 36.31%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Robi Domingo 588,116 votes 34.39%	Nicole Uysiuseng 314,582 votes 18.39%	Beauty Gonzalez 186,523 votes 10.91%
Double Up		Melisa Cantiveros 1,226,675 votes 32.08%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Paul Jake Castillo 1,044,275 votes 27.31%	Jason Francisco 954,961 votes 24.97%	Johan Santos 303,751 votes 7.94%
			5th Big Placer
			Steve Jumalon 294,262 votes 7.69%
Teen Clash 2010		James Reid 179,294 votes 19.75%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Ryan Bang 169,797 votes 18.7%	Fretzie Bercede 145,176 votes 15.99%	Devon Seron 142,876 votes 15.74%
			5th Big Placer	6th Big Placer
			Ivan Dorschner 137,402 votes 15.14%	Bret Jackson 133,239 votes 14.68%
Unlimited		Slater Young 40.02%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	No Video Found
			Pamu Pamorada 21.49%	Joseph Biggel 21.39%	Paco Evangelista 17.10%
Teen Edition 4		Myrtle Sarrosa 33.92%
			2nd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	No Video Found
			Karen Reyes 11.91%	Roy Requejo 9.38%	Joj & Jai Agpangan 9.26%
All In		Daniel Matsunaga 11.69%
			2nd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	3rd Big Placer
			Maris Racal 3.10%	Jane Oineza -0.73%	Vickie Rushton -0.78%
737		Teen Edition Jimboy Martin 36.97%
			2nd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	3rd Big Placer
			Ylona Garcia 34.74%	Franco Rodriguez 20.71%	Bailey May 7.58%
		Civilian Edition Miho Nishida 36.97%
			2nd Big Placer	4th Big Placer	3rd Big Placer
			Tommy Esguerra 34.74%	Roger Lucero 20.71%	Dawn Chang 7.58%
Season 7		Maymay Entrata 42.71%
			2nd Big Placer	3rd Big Placer	4th Big Placer
			Kisses Delavin 31.27%	Yong Muhajil 21.52%	Edward Barber 4.49%
			5th Big Placer	6th Big Placer	7th Big Placer
			Tanner Mata 5.93%	The Hashtags 5.22%	Cora Waddell 5.10%

• Note: In All In, the Save-Evict Voting was used for the Big Night, resulting to some negative amounts of save votes and low amounts of save votes received.
• Note: In Season 7, a two-evening Big Night finale was held. The first night introduced the 7th, 6th and 5th Big Placers respectively announcing and leaving the season's Big Four to advance onto the second evening of the Big Night. The voting was then restarted back to zero to determine who the season's Big Winner will be.

Trivias

Overall

• Beatriz Saw who won Pinoy Big Brother 2 got 1,571,556 actual votes on the finale night, the highest recorded number of actual SMS votes in the history of Big Brother series.
• Nene Tamayo, the first ever Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother, got 48.9% of total votes, the highest recorded percentage of total votes a Big Winner have ever received in the history of Pinoy Big Brother.
• Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4 is the first ever season in Pinoy Big Brother to use a Save-Evict Voting for the Big Night.
• Pinoy Big Brother: 737 had two Big Winners, one for the Teen Chapter of the series, and one for the Civilian Chapter. It was the first time to happen in the history of Pinoy Big Brother.
• Daniel Matsunaga got the lowest amount of votes a Big Winner have received, due to the result of the Save-Evict Voting process during the season's finale. It was actually Jane Oineza who gathered the highest amount of save votes, but at the same time got the highest amount of evict votes, drastically changing her place in the Big Night.
• Ruben Gonzaga is the first ever male Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother.
  • It took four seasons, before a male housemate could ever win the title.
• Since Unlimited, there were no actual votes shown during the announcement. Only the percentages of the total votes were shown.

Civilian

• Slater Young became the first ever Male Civilian Adult to become a Big Winner.

Celebrity

• Keanna Reeves is the first ever Celebrity to become a Big Winner.

Teen

• Kim Chiu is the first ever Teen housemate and the third female overall to become a Big Winner.
• Ejay Falcon is the first male teen housemate and the second male overall to win Pinoy Big Brother.

Combined

• Daniel Matsunaga became the first ever housemate to win in a combined season and eventually the third celebrity to become a Big Winner. He's also the first celebrity to win in a non all-celebrity season.
• Maymay Entrata is the second housemate to win in a combined season and the first teen housemate to win in a non all-teen edition.
  • Technically, Jimboy Martin is the first teen to win in a combined season, but he won for the Teen Edition/Chapter of the series only, not with the entire two-chapter season of 737.