'Pinoy Big Brother' house to move into new home

MANILA, Philippines — The iconic Pinoy Big Brother house in Quezon City will close its doors and the reality show will move to a new home.

In a report by ABS-CBN News, ABS-CBN's head of TV Production and Star Magic Laurenti Dyogi confirmed the news during the farewell get-together by the staff, some of the show’s hosts and ABS-CBN executives.

“It’s time. This is the time that we officially say goodbye to the house,” Dyogi said.

“We’ve sustained this for 21 years. Years back, I’ve been seeing the possibility of moving out of this property. But the collab happened with Channel 7, so found good reason to keep the house,” he added.

The lot where the “PBB” house is located has already been sold, but ABS-CBN has requested a lease extension to accommodate the two editions of “PBB Celebrity Collab” with GMA 7.

Covering a total area of 1,400 square meters, the original “PBB” layout featured two bedrooms, one bathroom, a garden, a pool, and 26 cameras operating 24/7. The construction cost at the time reached P15 million.

The show’s business unit head Linggit Tan said that the house was originally built to last only five years, according to the contractor, but it remarkably stood strong for 21 years.

“Siyempre sad, we literally built the house 2005 so talagang nakakalungkot,” Tan said.

Dyogi said that fans of the show should wait for the announcement of where the new "PBB" house is.

“For the coming season, it’s good to have a new feel naman for the new housemates. We’ve decided to move it and build a new PBB house, abangan nila kung saan 'yung new PBB house,” said Dyogi.

“We still have the formal license for a couple of more years so talagang may aabangan pa ang mga tao, kung saan. Kung kailan, malapit na 'yan, so abangan ninyo ang open auditions for the new season.”

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