Jennivev "Nene" Tamayo y Santillan is the Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother 1.
Nene was best known for being a reserved yet strong female in the house due to her ROTC experiences in the past, earning the nickname "Commander Nene" among her fellow housemates. She was also iconic for being the first ever housemate to refuse Big Brother's commands. During their season's final week twist, she strongly stood up by her own belief as well as standing up on behalf of her fellow housemates when Big Brother commanded them to put all of their clothes in a garbage bin and burn them. Unbeknownst to them, it was just part of Big Brother's test during the Final Twist of the season.
After spending 111 days inside the house, Nene was named as the Big Winner of the season after garnering 554,906 votes or 48.9% of total votes in the Big Night held at Clark Expo Amphitheater, Angeles City, Pampanga on December 10, 2005. She took home an overall grand prize worth ₱6,000,000 (approx. $115,000); including a house and lot worth ₱2 million, cash prize of ₱1 million, livelihood showcase worth ₱2 million and a brand-new Nissan Frontier Titanium.
Biography[]
Nene Tamayo hails from the province of Romblon and became a housemate at age 23.
Inside the Big Brother house, she was best known as the dancing diva and the 'astig' (tough) housemate because of her past military background as an ROTC officer in University of the East, thus Kumander Nene (Commander Nene) was her popular tagname. Nene is also known as Nenegizer (alluding to Energizer batteries) because of her strong and long-lasting stamina; this was given during the dance marathon challenge of the housemates
According to a mini-documentary aired during the 10th Anniversary of the series, she stated that her only mindset during her stay in the house was to show her best self and to prove she can do every tasks Big Brother give.
Player's History - Pinoy Big Brother 1[]
Nominations History[]
| Week | Nominated | Nominated By | Final Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cassandra Ponti Say Alonzo |
Rico Barrera Jason Gainza |
– |
| 4 | Cassandra Ponti JB Magsaysay |
Jason Gainza | – |
| 5 | Say Alonzo Cassandra Ponti |
– | – |
| 6 | No Nominations | ||
| 7 | Uma Khouny Cassandra Ponti |
Cassandra Ponti Uma Khouny |
– |
| 8 | Say Alonzo Sam Milby |
Cassandra Ponti Uma Khouny |
– |
| 9 | Cassandra Ponti Uma Khouny |
Uma Khouny | – |
| 10 | No Nominations | ||
| 11 | Uma Khouny Say Alonzo |
Cassandra Ponti Uma Khouny |
Nominated |
| Finale | Winner | ||
Post Big Brother[]
Nene and some of her fellow Big Winners and with Laurenti Dyogi during the series' 10th Anniversary Celebration in Pinoy Big Brother: 737.
- Nene constantly makes appearances in the succeeding seasons of Pinoy Big Brother due to her status as the first ever Big Winner.
- Her latest appearance was during the tenth anniversary of the franchise during Pinoy Big Brother: 737 where she entered the house together with past winners as a guest of the PBB Big Ball that took place in the activity area.
- Nene had second thoughts on building a career in show business, but she said if ever she would be given an opportunity, she wanted to become a newscaster and be part of ABS-CBN's flagship news program, TV Patrol. She would later become the host of its segment, Citizen Patrol.
- Nene got married in 2007 and gave birth to a boy.
- Nene left the entertainment industry and together with her husband, she started a food business called Nene Prime Foods, which was featured in the now-defunct morning talk show, KrisTV, in 2014.
- On August 21, 2020, Nene, along with several of her Pinoy Big Brother 1 housemates, hosted a livestream to celebrate their season's 15th anniversary. [1]
- On August 25, 2024, Nene, along with several of her Pinoy Big Brother 1 housemates, met together to celebrate their season's 19th anniversary.[2]
- Chx Alcala, Say Alonzo, Cassandra Ponti, Racquel Reyes, Jayson Gainza, and Sam Milby were in attendance.
Trivia[]
- Nene is the first ever Big Winner and the first female to do so in the history of Pinoy Big Brother.
- Nene is the first housemate to have her birthday occur in the PBB house.
- Nene is the first and only housemate from the Province of Romblon.
- There were only 4 people who gave Nene at least a nomination point, namely: Jason Gainza, Cassandra Ponti, Uma Khouny, and Rico Barrera.
| Preceded by Title Established |
Big Winner Season 1  Nene Tamayo |
Succeeded by Celebrity Edition 1  Keanna Reeves |
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