Doubling Up in PBB

Again I’ll say that I’m a sucker for reality-based shows. I had entries before airing my thoughts on the winning of a certain candidate and of course, the losing of another. Perhaps because I myself want to join this kind of show, but that of course is another story.

The current season of Pinoy Big Brother will surely not pass without my critique-ing. After my sometimes boring and sometimes busy work day, the best way to cap the night is for me to watch this show ~ laughing in the sometimes corny antics of the housemates, relishing some of their life dramas and yes, dissecting all its twists to the bones (it’s either I keep my thoughts to myself or bombard my dear friend Yeth with my comments thru texts).

Rica Paras was my choice for the Big Winner title, but we all know it is no longer his/her game (here I go again with this pronoun confusion!). I admire his/her wit and strength in handling all the tasks. But now that he/she has been booted out, I will be putting my bets to Paul Jake Castillo, the rich kid from Cebu. His maturity, leadership and fair judgment in everything are simply impressive.

In my mind though, I’m afraid there will be a repeat of the Ejay Falcon versus Robi Domingo mêlée, knowing that there is a loveteam inside the house that gained a huge legion of followers already. It is known to us that the past two weeks when the MELASON alternately got nominated for eviction, both of them got the big chunk of the combined save and evict text votes. Fit Paul Jake with them, the former might lose; unless otherwise, the Castillos from Cebu would be willing to lose millions of their riches buying cell cards to vote for the kid ~ a step I don’t think they’ll do. First, Paul Jake does not need to win this because of the pot money; obviously that’s just a penny compared to his family’s riches. And second, it’s foolish to gamble in a game whose winner will be mostly decided by the people and producers behind the show.

Speaking of this loveteam, I honestly think the MELASON should be nominated this week for eviction. Their willingness to sacrifice the task to avoid hurting physically the ex-housemates is simply unreasonable. Bottom line is, you were a given a task. The other party was also given the task to make sure you won’t be able to fulfill yours. So that calls for a dog-eats-dog attitude, right? No compromise! Your friendship should be set aside. Come on! These are just tasks. Unless of course your definition of friendship is too shallow, forego the quarter of your pot money and then accept the mockery because of your impracticality (and foolishness, must I say!)

Here’s my game plan (and let’s insert the Survivor “alliance approach” hehehe), when one housemate leaves the house tonight, the following will be left: Mariel, Paul Jake, MELASON, plus the three safe ones from the current set of nominees. When the remaining seven housemates cast their votes tomorrow for the new set of nominees for eviction, the five housemates should concentrate on nominating the loveteam. That would give the loveteam at least five nominations and at most, ten nominations. On the other hand, the most number of nominations that the MELASON could toss to the other group is four if both of them would go for two people only (you do the Math!). If they would instead spread their votes to the five housemates, that would be better; surely, only the two of them will become nominees for next week’s eviction.

Why I am suggesting this? Let’s accept the fact that one or two slots in the Big Four are sure for the MELASON already, and a window to boot one of them out increases the chances of winning for the five other housemates since there will be three slots available for them to fight for ~ easy access to the Php 500,000 winnings of the Second Big Placer, right? (Assuming that one of the MELASON will be proclaimed Big Winner).

By the way, I’d like to make it clear that I am not totally against the MELASON. It’s just that this week I saw their lame sides. Should they win, I’ll be silent and sure to respect the opinion of the majority.

And of course, I wouldn’t finish this entry without naming my winners. If one of the MELASON would be out next week (which I think should really happen), this would be my winners' list: PAUL JAKE, one from the MELASON, KATH and then MARIEL. If the MELASON, by the votes of their fans would be kept intact, then this would be my order: PAUL JAKE, MELASON and KATH. I'll repeat, Paul Jake is my Big Winner but if ABS-CBN execs don't want him to win, then so be it! Wala naman akong magagawa, hindi naman ako ang kikita eh!

Hmmm, before GMA gets jealous, I will be writing another blog on the Starstruck search. But please, don’t boot Rocco Nacino and Diva Montelaba out yet or else, I’ll shred the blog’s draft.

Have a good day!