As the days get fewer, the big brother house seems to get smaller for the four surviving housemates in the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition.

Budoy’s exit has sort of made the preference of the viewers more obvious: romance vs. family.  Romance is personified by love birds Bianca Gonzales and Zanjo Marudo whose romance sprouted and blossomed in the house.  Family is what we see in the other pair of Keana Reeves who plays mother to teen heartthrob John Pratts.  I can say with pride that these tandems speak of the kind of people Filipinos are–romantic and family-oriented.  Whatever the outcome is, the Philippine media’s kind of reality TV as exemplified by the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition magnifies the greater values that are rarely present in other reality TV shows especially the foreign ones.

The deeper meaning of the representations of the last four will surface the more in the coming days when the tandems have to be inevitably broken via the force evictions.  For sure, the whole nation will watch intently as the show draws to its unpredictable close. 

Now, let’s talk about Budoy.  His exit is yet another exhibit of the Filipino versatility.  Previous evictions were pictures of heavy emotions and deep sentimentalities.  But the eviction of Budoy painted light-heartedness and manly coolness. Those are characteristics of the real, unequivocal Filipino as are the characteristics shown by earlier evictees. Surely, big brother’s house could have not been more complete with the presence of a person like Budoy.

The question now is, “Who’s going to be the most loved celebrity in Big Brother’s House?”  Let’s see!

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