PBB SEason 2
Just another forwarded email. It’s up to you to
believe or not. Well, it’s something that is quite obvious though.
Television shows exist because of ratings, so I would not be surprised
if such antics really happen. In the name of marketing and promotions,
I commend ABS-CBN for keeping the PBB rating high (thanks to
Wendy..whaaatt!!). To her/his own.
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Disclaimer:
I just received this from e-mail and have nothing to do with the
article. Also, I am not watching PBB-2 since I don’t have time for
this. Read on…
I
have worked for abs-cbn for almost 4 years now, since i finished my MA
on mass com - broadcast communication in 2003. as part of production on
news and current affairs, my work has been mostly rewarding, with good
benefits despite the low base pay (i’m including this part so you would
understand why i accepted the offer to be transferred to
conceptualization of some reality shows particularly the current one,
PBB.) because of the sensitivity of my status (i am still working
there) i cannot divulge my name, gender and current position in ABS
CBN. still, i would like to inform those who are interested (who, most
probably, are now wondering why Wendy Valdez is still inside the house
and not evicted yet, as most must have assumed.)
When i was asked
if i wanted to be part of the conceptualization of the current and
upcoming reality shows that ABS CBN would be showing (with higher
compensation, obviously), i accepted the offer. how bad can it get, i
said, since most of these shows run on public voting and my job would
mostly include thinking of the “challenges” that Kuya instructs the
housemates to do.
Apparently,
conceptualization incorporates more than that. as i have known after
the pre-screening of the auditioners, as early as the application
process, we have to note who we think will “attract the public most”
and who we think will “make the ratings go off the roof.” after the
initial screening, we had to choose the top 100 of the batch, and even
though some did not “theoretically pass” the audition (some weren’t
able to complete the documents needed), since they have mass appeal,
they made it to the first cut, and some were even included in the
finalists that entered the BB house.
As you all know, the eviction process is supposed to be based on the
votes that the “nominated housemates” - the housemate with the lowest
vote will be evicted. i dont know about the previous editions of the
PBB (since i only worked under this series this season), but what
surprised us the most was when we were informed that the voting only
affects the decision minimally - that the voting actually shows who the
public wants to see again the following day - but that was it. the
truth is, there are so-called “talent auditors.” these people are the
ones who really put the big decision as to who will be evicted, and who
will stay. of course, this never became obvious since i cannot deny the
fact that we receive millions of votes during eviction night. that is,
until wendy was evicted, and then later returned to join the housemates
who are legitimately still in the contest. and the reason is this: the
wendy-bruce loveteam is working. have you ever noticed why most of the
episodes are focused on the wendy-bruce loveteam? it is because ratings
are really high, meaning that people want to see how their relationship
develops.
I have never received this much question about my work before. my
friends want to know how someone who was already evicted be suddenly
returned to the house. actually, that is one of the “twists” that are
really planned to be included in the show. but there are actually 3
evicted housemates that were vying to be returned to the house, and
wendy was one of them. we were asked who we think should be the one to
return to the house, and zeke won. but after discussing that the
wendy-bruce love team was too interesting to abruptly end, it was wendy
who got the spot. aside from that, we were later informed by one of the
production managers who was disappointed with the decision, wendy was
“direk dyogi’s pet.”
I told this story
to some of my friends, and they were surprised to know the truth,
particularly because some of them were voting for their favorite
contestant. i told them only one thing - that
they are just wasting their money in voting. as i have personally seen,
the path of the contest is already drawn, and the voting only affects
the decision minimally, as i have said. this only
tells us who the public wants to see again inside the house. the
eviction of nel tonight is the classic example. nel got the 2nd lowest
number of votes, wendy got the lowest. but the administrators think
that perhaps the wendy-bruce loveteam is still up, so we had to give it
one last shot. if the ratings go down, or if on tuesday (the next
eviction night), wendy still gets the lowest vote, she’s out of the
contest.
I did not want to
reveal all of these, partly because of my loyalty to the company that
has given me so much over the years, but i personally think that it is unfair to make one suffer for another’s gain.
since i have done background checks on the housemates, i know for a
fact that nel isn’t very well-off, and should have been given his
chance fairly. i feel bad to know that i am included in a ploy to
confuse and even fool people into believing that they control the
outcome of the show. that is why i went ahead and did this post. i
wanted people to know how PBB works.
If you really
want to let the network know how disappointed you are with the outcome,
make the ratings go down at least until tuesday. and do not waste your
money in voting, or if you really want to and have the means to do so,
vote for who you really think should be included in the big 4 - this
way, hopefully, wendy will be out on tuesday for good.###
tsk tsk tsk, where is the morality in that, abscbn?”
happy birthday po. Go-Uy family trip to Catbalogan. Hey guys thanks for being so cool. Thank you for sharing a home when i needed a room. CHeerS!
warming up…! 
