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Pinoy Big Brother (season 2)
The second season of the reality game show ''Pinoy Big Brother'' aired on ABS-CBN for 126 days from February 25 to June 30, 2007. This season is the second civilian season and fourth season overall to air on the network. This season broke the previous season's record of fourteen days, which was the longest stay of housemates inside the house until it was broken by the next civilian season by only seven days. The season was won by Beatriz Saw, who garnered over 1.5 million votes, or about 30.29% of total votes cast during the open voting, which started on June 17, 2007. This is also the record-breaking highest total of actual votes in the history of Pinoy Big Brother and other all text-based votes reality programs in the Philippines as of now. Overview House Concept The concept of the house is a pop-art scheme, with a predominantly lime green living area with pastel colors. It has been equipped with 42 cameras and 42 overhead microphones. The men's bedroom have the beds in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Gonzaga
Celestine Cruz Gonzaga-Soriano (born January 20, 1984), professionally known as Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipino media personality, host, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. Gonzaga was the former lead host of ABS-CBN's long-running reality show ''Pinoy Big Brother''. Her own YouTube channel Toni Gonzaga Studio (TGS) has over 7.5 million subscribers. ''Tatler'' magazine named her one of the most influential people in Asia in 2021 and 2022. Early life and background Toni Gonzaga was born Celestine Cruz Gonzaga on January 20, 1984, in Taytay, Rizal, Taytay, She is the eldest daughter of former ''punong barangay'', councilor and vice mayor Carlito "Bonoy" and Crisanta "Pinty" (née Cruz) Gonzaga, who also acts as her talent manager. Her younger sister, Catherine "Cathy" Gonzaga, professionally known as Alex Gonzaga, is also an actress, comedian, television host and vlogger. In Taytay, she was an elected Barangay Kagawad for one term and a Sunday school teacher in Taytay United M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio 23
Studio 23 (officially Studio 23, Inc. and stylized in all uppercase as STUDIO 23) was a Tagalog television network owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. The network was named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV and carried on UHF channel 23. The network was a sister network of the main channel, ABS-CBN, airing programming aimed towards young adults, such as North American imports and other English-language programming, and original Tagalog programming aimed at the demographic as well, such as supplemental programming for ABS-CBN programs. This station studios were located at 3/F ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave., Mother Ignacia St., Diliman, Quezon City. History At a planning session during the mid-1990s, ABS-CBN staff members were plotting out plans for a new UHF channel offering a more "upscale" alternative to the main ABS-CBN. In the lead-up to the launch, ABS-CBN acquired the rights to many syndicated American imports, such as '' Wheel of Fortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iloilo City
Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region of the Philippines, located on the southeastern coast of the island of Panay. According to the 2020 census, Iloilo City has a population of 457,626 people, making it the most populous city in Western Visayas. For the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras, metropolitan area, the total population is 1,007,945 people. The city is a Merger (politics), conglomeration of former towns, now organized into Districts of Iloilo City, seven geographical or administrative districts: City Proper, Iloilo City, the City Proper, Jaro, Iloilo City, Jaro, Molo, Iloilo City, Molo, Mandurriao, La Paz, Iloilo City, La Paz, Arevalo, Iloilo City, Arevalo, and Lapuz, Iloilo City, Lapuz. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cainta
Cainta, officially the Municipality of Cainta (, ), is a municipality in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Rizal (province), Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 376,933 people. It is one of the oldest municipalities in Luzon (founded on August 15, 1571) and has a land area of . As the country's List of cities and municipalities in the Philippines, 3rd most populous municipality after Taytay, Rizal and Rodriguez, Rizal, efforts are underway to convert it into a city. Its total assets amounting to (as per 2017 Commission on Audit of the Philippines, Commission on Audit summary) makes it the richest municipality in the country in terms of income. However, Cainta faces different challenges especially with its boundary disputes with Pasig (Greenpark Village, Karangalan Village, St. Joseph Subdivision, Villarica Subdivision, Riverside and Midtown Village), Taytay, (Greenland and eastern part of Cainta) and Antipolo (Valley Golf and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Piñas
Las Piñas (, officially the City of Las Piñas (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 606,293 people. Las Piñas was sixth in MoneySense (Philippines), MoneySense Philippines "Best Places To Live" report in 2008. Attractions include Evia Lifestyle Center, SM Southmall, Robinsons Place Las Piñas and Las Piñas–Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area, Las Piñas - Parañaque Wetland Park. Etymology The story about the true origin of the city's name, "Las Piñas", varies. One version mentioned, that traders from the province of Cavite and Batangas shipped their first ''piñas'' (Spanish for pineapples) for sale to this town before they were distributed to nearby markets. Another version claims the original name was ''Las Peñas'' (“the rocks”), as the area was a quarry for stone and adobe used to construct buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. Quezon City served as the capital of the Philippines from 1948 until 1976, when the designation was returned to Manila. The city was intended to be the Capital of the Philippines, national capital of the Philippines that would replace Manila, as the latter was suffering from overcrowding, lack of housing, poor sanitation, and traffic congestion. To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan, Marikina, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan and Pasig, in addition to the eight vast estates the Government of the Philippines, Philippine government purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gee-Ann Abrahan
Gianina Maria Sta. Maria Abrahan-Perz (born November 6, 1985), also known as Gee-Ann Abrahan, is a Filipino actress and former reality show contestant. She came to prominence from her stint in the second season of ''Pinoy Big Brother'', hailed as the fourth Big Placer, placing behind Wendy Valdez, Mickey Perz and season winner Beatriz Saw. Early life Abrahan was born in Quezon City, Philippines. An alumna of Assumption College in San Lorenzo, Makati, she was part of the school's cheerleading team. She is a collector of voodoo dolls and stuffed toys since the age of six. During her stay in the Pinoy Big Brother House, she brought along the doll she owned the longest, a baby doll called Pamela which had been in her possession for 15 years. On Day 63 of the reality show, she gave Pamela away to an orphaned girl as part of a sacrifice and letting go. Career After her Pinoy Big Brother stint, Gee-Ann was cast in a lead role for the romance-fantasy series Love Spell in a multi-epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navotas
Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Philippine census, 2020 census, it has a population of 247,543 people. It was formerly part of the Rizal (province), Province of Rizal in southern Luzon. It comprises what is known as the Administrative divisions of Metro Manila#Districts, CAMANAVA area along with the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, and Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela. It is known as the ''Commercial Fishing Hub of the Philippines'', for the city has the third largest fish port in Asia and the largest in Southeast Asia. Although it was established on February 16, 1859, Navotas celebrates its foundation day every January 16, the day in 1906 when it finally separated from Malabon. Navotas became a highly urbanized city on June 24, 2007. Etymology Navotas was once part of Malabon. According to one legend, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Valdez
Wendy Valdez-Garcia (; born June 2, 1982) is a Filipina beauty queen, former '' Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2'' contestant, and an actress. Biography Valdez grew up in Navotas. Valdez serves as her family's breadwinner. She claims she is going to do everything she has to do to help her family out. She has already done a couple of commercials and attempted to work in Japan. Both times she went to Japan, though, she suffered from homesickness. Still, in an effort to improve her family's life, she auditioned for the popular Filipino television series Pinoy Big Brother. In 2005, Valdez joined the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant and placed as Binibining Pilipinas Tourism, with Gionna Cabrera, Binibining Pilipinas Universe, Carlene Aguilar Binibining Pilipinas World, and Precious Lara Quigaman who placed as Binibining Pilipinas International. She was one of the original housemates to enter the Big Brother house of the second season and she was most regarded as the "Bad Girl" of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baao, Camarines Sur
Baao, officially the Municipality of Baao (Rinconada Bikol: ''Banwāan ka Baao''; Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Bayan ng Baao)'' is municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,493 people. Geography The municipality of Baao is within the Legislative districts of Camarines Sur, 5th Congressional District of the province of Camarines Sur. The town is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Pili, Camarines Sur, Pili and Ocampo, Camarines Sur, Ocampo, on the east by the Iriga, city of Iriga, on the west by Bula, Camarines Sur, Bula, and south by the municipality Nabua, Camarines Sur, Nabua. Baao is from Pili, Camarines Sur, Pili and from Manila. Barangays Baao is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. * Agdangan Pob. (San Cayetano) * Antipolo * Bagumbayan * Cristo Rey * Del Pilar * Del Rosario (Poblacion) * Iyagan * La Medalla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umagang Kay Ganda
''Umagang Kay Ganda'' (, abbreviated as ''UKG'') is a Philippine television news broadcasting and talk show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Originally hosted by Edu Manzano, Pinky Webb, Lucky Mercado, Anthony Taberna, Alex Santos, Winnie Cordero, Donita Rose, Zenaida Seva, Ogie Diaz, Kim Atienza, Bernadette Sembrano, and Rica Peralejo. it aired on the network's morning line up from June 25, 2007 to May 5, 2020, replacing ''Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas'' and was replaced by ''Kapamilya Daily Mass'' and '' Kabayan'' on Kapamilya Channel and ''Bro. Eddie Villanueva Classics'' and '' A2Z School at Home'' on A2Z's morning timeslot. Taberna, Cordero, Ariel Ureta, Amy Perez, Jorge Cariño, Tina Marasigan, Gretchen Ho, Jeff Canoy, Ariella Arida, and Kori Quintos. served as the final hosts. Format The main ingredient in this morning show was audience interaction and participation. In line with the format, they aired their show from ''Club O'' (formerly ''Dish'') in the ABS-CBN com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
