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| Team Profile | |
| Pinoy Big Brother 8 - Part 5: Ultim8 Batch | |
| Members | Yamyam Gucong Lou Yanong Fumiya Sankai André Brouillette |
| Lowest Placing Member | Fumiya Sankai (5th/16th) |
| Highest Placing Member | Yamyam Gucong (1st/16th) |
"Team LAYF" is a team in Pinoy Big Brother 8. It represented the season's Batch 2 during the Ultim8 Batch of the five-part season.
LAYF consisted of Batch 2's Big Four namely Lou Yanong, André Brouillette, Yamyam Gucong, and Fumiya Sankai.
Their batch's official hashtag is #Batch2getherForever and their batch color is green.
Batch 2[]
 Yamyam
Batch Winner |
 Lou
3rd Place |
 Fumiya
Runner-Up |
 André
4th Place |
Lou, Andre, Yamyam, and Fumiya started as their batch's original housemates after selected as the first 8 to become official housemates.
LAYF was formed after the Batch 2 Big Four finalists were named. First to be part of the Batch 2's Big Four was Yamyam Gucong after he won the Big Jump Challenge. Lou Yanong, Fumiya Sankai, and André Brouillette were voted in during the final eviction of their batch.
LAYF had two of the strongest alliances in their batch, backed up with strong fanbases. Lou and Andre's showmance was romantic yet controversial and became one of the hot topics in Batch 2, while Fumiya and Yamyam's friendship brought fun and laughter in the house. Aside from their popularity, LAYF members were also among the most competitive housemates in their batch especially during the latter half of Batch 2.
On their Batch's only Big Jump Challenge, all except Fumiya managed to advance to the final round, with Yamyam eventually winning Big Jump, securing his spot in the Batch 2 Big Four. On Batch 2's final eviction night, Lou, Andre, and Fumiya managed to get the remaining three Big Four slots, evicting Thea Rizaldo and Shawntel Cruz out of the house.
LAYF exited the house during the Batch 2 Finale with Batch Winner vote results kept inside the Golden Vault to be opened during their return to the house for the Ultim8 Batch.
Ultim8 Batch (Back to Bahay)[]
 Yamyam
Ultim8 Big Winner |
 Fumiya
5th Place |
 Lou
3rd Place |
 André
4th Place |
After 4 months, LAYF returned to the Big Brother House for the Ultim8 Batch, to live and compete with other Big Four of Batches 1,3 and 4 for their slot in the Big Night. During the Batch Winner Reveal, Yamyam Gucong emerged to be the winner of Batch 2, thus receiving a P100,000 cash prize and a secured slot to the Big Night finale.
When the remaining four thrones of the Big 8 were revealed, LAYF had to compete in a series of Big Batch-Bakan challenges to earn more Big 8 slots for their team. Throughout the Batch-Bakan, Team LAYF's teamwork and physical competitiveness earned them three of the remaining four Big 8 slots, proving that they were the strongest batch this season. Fumiya managed to get the 5th Throne, while Lou got the 7th Throne. Andre took the final and 8th Throne, evicting the three members of Batch 4's WAKA.
During their final week, the Big 8 had to compete in a series of Ultim8 Challenges to gain as many gold bars as they could. Each of the gold bar corresponds to 1% of their challenge score. This challenge score will be combined with the viewer votes to determine the Ultim8 Big Four that will advance to the second evening of the Big Night. LAYF continued to dominate the challenges with Lou and Andre being among the housemates with the highest bars collected.
On the first evening of the Big Night, the viewer votes and challenge scores were combined, showing a shift of final placements among the Big 8. Due to his competitive skills during the Ultim8 Challenge, Viewer vote underdog André Brouillette who was 8th Place in Viewer Votes advanced to the Ultim8 Big Four, along with Lou Yanong who was 6th Place in Viewer Votes. This shift eliminated Batch 1 and Batch 3 Winners out of the Ultim8 Big Four, with Lou and Andre taking the two Ultim8 Big Four slots. Surprisingly, Batch 4's Kiara Takahashi high challenge scores and viewer votes led her to advance in the Ultim8 Big Four, making her the only Ultim8 Big Four finalist who wasn't a member of LAYF. On the other hand, Fumiya landing in 5th Place in the combined percentage excluded him in the Ultim8 Big Four.
On the second evening of the Big Night, the Viewer Votes were reset. Andre landed in 4th Place, with Lou in 3rd Place. Surprisingly, Kiara, the only member of Batch 4's WAKA managed to be in the final two with Yamyam Gucong. In the end, Yamyam of Batch 2, became the season's Ultim8 Big Winner, defeating three batches and 70 other contestants.
Trivia[]
- Just like other Ultim8 Teams, LAYF was an acronym of the Batch 2 Big Four's names.
- All of LAYF's members managed to reach the Big Night Finale.
- Batch 2 had the most slots taken in the Ultim8 Big Otso with four slots.
- Batch 2 Big Four, along with Batch 4 Big Four is dominated by male housemates, with only one female as finalist.
- Lou Yanong and André Brouillette benefited the most in the Ultim8 Challenge as they managed to advance to the Ultim8 Big Four with their high scores, despite having a low viewer vote percentage among the Ultim8 Batch finalists.
- Yamyam Gucong's win in Batch 2 and his win in the Ultim8 Batch made him the first Big Brother contestant to win Big Brother twice within one season.
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