The Big Date on the Big Night!

After 19 long, exciting and challenge-filled weeks, 26 housemates and two Big Brother houses, the Pinoy Big Brother Double Up finally came to an end tonight. But it wasn't just any ending, mind you. It was an ending worth remembering, an ending that will get any PBB fan through the rest of the year!
Exaggeration aside, the Big Date on the Big Night was exactly as exciting, momentous and unforgettable as it promised to be. The night started young but wild upon the arrival of the Big Five to the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, where they received an overpowering cheers of support from their fans who were already there even hours before the actual Big Night. However, as tradition, Jason, Johan, Paul Jake, Tibo and Melai weren't able to see the screaming fans at first for they were safely hooded and locked in the Volkswagen Beetle convertible car that wheeled them into the venue.



The venue, on the other hand, was flooded with thousands of people who were marveling at the impressive three-layered stage stacked in the middle decorated in a hybrid of the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day vibes. And if they weren't fantastic at that time yet, they were just such when host Toni Gonzaga and the 20 former housemates came into stage for their opening dance performance!

Meanwhile, this season just kept on laying on surprises for its fans and other audience! It was because that the Big Night was not only happening at the stadium, but also at the different provinces namely Cagayan De Oro, Quezon City, Mindoro, Cebu and General Santos City to represent each member of the Big Five! These venues were graced by former PBB winners and housemates such as Celebrity Edition Big Winner Ruben Gonzaga, PBB Edition 2 housemate Ned Rapiz, PBB Edition 1 Third Big Placer Cass Ponti and PBB Edition 1 Fourth Big Placer Uma Khouny.

The rest of the program continued with more performances from international pop sensation Charice Pempengco, Britain's Got Talent's Charlie Green, Pinoy Dream Academy scholars Bugoy Bogayan and Jay-ar Siaboc, Rocksteddy front man Teddy Corpuz, and singers Mark Bautista, Yeng Constantino and Sheryn Regis. The main cast of the upcoming Mexicanovela adaptation Rubi namely Angelica Panganiban, Shaina Magdayao, Jake Cuenca and Diether Ocampo was also there; while the Jabbawockeez, which was hailed as the America's best dance crew, and PBB Teen Edition Big Winner Kim Chiu equally gave an outstanding dance production consecutively.

Meanwhile, while the whole performance enchilada were going onstage, the Big Five were locked into the waiting room, whisking away their anxiousness by drawing strength from each other. Big Brother also helped in making them a little less nerve-racked than they were by giving them his last speech of encouragement. However, that didn't help much as in the next moments, the envelopes which held the results of the save votes were already rolled onto stage. The time for the announcement of the Big Winner has come! And the results? Well, here go: Melai won as the Big Winner with 32.08%, followed comparatively by Paul Jake with a 27.31%; Jason and Johan came in third and fourth with 24.97% and 7.94% respectively while Tibo landed as the very first Fifth Big Placer with a 7.69%!

And now all's that left to say is that all's great that ends great! Congratulations to the winners while see you all in the next PBB season this summer!

Source: Krishna Belle Meniado, http://doubleup.pinoybigbrother.com