PBB Niña:

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Nina used to spend money like there's no tomorrow, until her grandfather died that is. Nina's mom was adopted but she was her granddad's favorite daughter, so she also became his favorite granddaughter. Her lolo's real family resented it and deprived Nina's mother of her share of the inheritance. "It's really unfair because my mom really worked hard for them."

She witnessed how poorly her dad treated her mom while she was growing up. "She's a battered wife. Para kaming nasa action movie, where in e-escape kami then hahabulin niya kami. Tatakbo nanaman kami then magtatago." Her parents are now separated. Her dad is living with another woman and she has a half sister on her mother's side. "My relationship with my family is kinda err…complicated." Nina admits to the dysfunctionality of her family life. "I would always fight with my mom. Sometimes I even scream at her. But she always forgives me. I hate my dad because he always counts what he gives us. He's manunumbat, he's really annoying and feeling niya ang taas taas niya." Nina relates sadly. "I really want to help my mom out, one of the reasons I joined Pinoy Big Brother."

Nina has also worked before as a model for clothes and became anorexic. But after noticing her looks becoming miserable instead of glamorous, she started eating again. She sees herself now as a bit fat though and says she needs to lose weight. She has had her heart broken thrice but believes her true love is just out there. There's a lot more of Nina that even she can't count everything on her two hands. She's a self confessed bratinella. But is best friends with God and Mama Mary. She can cook. She can clean. Though she rarely puts those skills to use. She doesn't eat insects. She doesn't know things like isaw and betamax. She only knows that fishballs tastes 'masarap'. And don't forget the one thing she knows best - how to party.

PBB Bam:

Bam would be the perfect description of an optimist. He likes to be jolly almost to the point that people sometimes find his being too cheerful, peculiar. On occasions when he's supposed to be sad, Bam opts to just laugh about the problem or find the lighter side of it. He's not too fond of being melodramatic. He instead chooses to make other people smile. "Pagnalulungkot po ako, gusto ko na nagpapatawa. Kasi po pag may nakita akong nakangiti ng dahil sa akin nababawasan po ang mabigat sa loob ko."

The younger brother of actress Dimples Romana, he too was very much affected by the passing of their father, for their eldest sister Pebbles already died of cancer a few years back. Bam, who was also the last to see his father alive, really felt the pain of the loss for he considered his dad his best friend and confidant. He believes that that was his turning point to maturity. He became stronger and took over most of his father's responsibility over the family. "Sobrang 360 degrees ang binago ng buhay ko."

After Dimples got married, Bam exerted more effort to find ways of earning extra money so he and his family would not be too dependent on his eldest sister. Joining Pinoy Big Brother was one of his solutions. Another answer to his family's financial difficulties was helping his mother buy fish at the Coastal Mall every Sunday and selling it to their neighbors. He also makes fish deliveries. A class valedictorian from elementary to high school, Bam now considers his mom his new best friend. Though he would have chosen to take Political Science (imagine the debates he could have had), Bam opted to follow his mother's advice and took up Nursing.

Probably the most cheerful among the 12 teen Housemates, Bam wants to be able to spread happiness to other people. He has an aim of making at least a person laugh once a day.

PBB: Olyn

The only rose among the thorns, Olyn has to bear 4 overprotective older brothers. “Mahirap maging only girl. Lahat ng kilos mo pinapansin nila,” She even had to go to the same school her youngest brother goes to for her parents wanted her to have a ‘tagabantay’. Yet despite all that ‘body guards’, Olyn has already gone to Boracay unsupervised. “Nag 2-piece bikini pa nga ako. Yung parang ginantsilyo. Then nag-miniskirt…tinupi ko pa!” she shamelessly admitted. Olyn is guilty of loving fashion, being a gimikera and being maarte. She has had five ex-boyfriends. Her dad even caught her with one of her exes and spanked her like a kid, right on the butt. This is also the reason why she broke up with that guy. She is 16 and admits to have been kissed but never been touched. She doesn’t want a serious relationship at the moment for she believes she is still young for that. Olyn’ sums up her personality as someone ‘maarte pero hindi malandi’.

Olyn’s family owns a funeral parlor which she humbly says is still small time. The business started out as a ‘karo for rent’ service. Then it started to prosper and her parents eventually added embalming and funeral services. She says she is a bit of a clairvoyant but is very scared of ghosts. She joined Pinoy Big Brother because of her dream to become a teen star. Olyn expressed her willingness to do anything EXCEPT pretend to be someone dead lying inside a casket. For a girl who sees dead people all the time she can’t get over her fear of the supernatural. “Ayoko kasi ng tinatakot.” She promises to do everything that is expected of her inside the Big Brother House, “Huwag lang po yun.”

PBB: Mikki

"No one calls me Michelle." Mikki hates her given name and announcing that she doesn't like it might just be a warning not to call her that. "Michelle for me is very old fashioned. Mikki, I like it, it's unique. And most of the time kung may kapangalan ako madalas guy so walang kaso sa akin." Like her name, Mikki believes that she is a unique individual; she is very proud of who she is. "I decided to audition for Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition because I think I am not like a lot of people. I think you should just do what you want, whatever you like yun ang gawin mo. Don't copy other people kasi para kang pirated niyan."

An aspiring drummer and writer, Mikki remembers being bullied a lot of times in school before. And she tried her hardest to fit in. "When I was in high school I had a barkada, they like to drink, they cut class. They taught me to drink beer for the first time during a lunch break from a lecture where priests were teaching about virtues. When we got back, right in the middle of the talk, I got sick and vomited right in front of the lecturer." Now she knows how to stand up for herself. And her friends also look up to her.

Mikki describes her Chinese family as something straight out of "Mano Po." Her grandfather is what you would call a 'traditional' Chinese for he left his entire business to his sons and left his daughters out of it. He even came to a point where he almost had his daughters' betrothed for the sake of business. But after Mikki caught her dad cheating on her mom with his secretary (something she referred to as a real classic story) her lolo came to the family's rescue and still helps them out to this day. Her mom is studying to be a nurse now and Mikki knows that when graduation day comes, her family's American dreams will soon be realized. "Everything will fall into place and be ok." She sees 'the secretary' now as the source of her inner strength. "Kasi it's just not me na inapakan niya, it's my mom so nagalit talaga ako. It was

PBB: Fred

Give respect, get respect. Those are the words that Fred lives up to. A son of an Air Force officer it is no wonder that he landed the ROTC Commandant spot in his school. Fred is one you would call a Golden Boy - he has good grades, very athletic, an obedient son and popular with the girls. He is such a perfectionist, and he likes doing things right. Fred hates not being in control of himself, the reason why he doesn't smoke, drink or do drugs.

Fred claims that despite his father's military background, he and his siblings were raised in quite a normal household though his parents are real sticklers about time. "We really have to come home on time." He admits too that he might have inherited his being not too demonstrative of his feelings from his dad but they do have heart to heart talks sometimes. Fred is very straight forward and avoids emotional encounters. And he doesn't like being pushed around. He believes that Pinoy Big Brother will give him a better understanding of other people and them of him. "Mataas ang self confidence ko. Yet I know we are all unique individuals inside the House. Sana maintindihan nila kung ano ako kasi irerespeto ko and iintindihin ko din kung ano sila."

PBB: Dred

Dred just graduated from high school at the top of his class. He can never forget the look on his parent’s faces when he stepped on stage to accept his medal. “Mahirap na masaya maging valedictorian. Pero nang makita ko ang tuwa ng parents ko during my graduation bawi lahat ng pagod ko sa pagaaral.” He wants to take up Nursing for the course will surely help him find greener pastures abroad. It would also help his mom, who is earning a living for the family solo. No, his parents aren’t separated. Nor is his father deceased. Aldred’s dad just hasn’t found work for almost three years now.

This disappoints Aldred a lot. “Nakikita kasi niya na may sandalan siya,” referring to his lola, who’s helping out with the family’s finances and his Ate’s college tuition fee. “Madalas yun ang pinagaawayan nila ng mama ko. Mahal ko naman po ang tatay ko. Pero di ko maiwasan na magkaroon ng hinanakit sa kanya.” His mother even told him that his dad was more industrious during his parents’ boyfriend-girlfriend days. “Sabi nga ng nanay ko dati nagda-drive pa ng jeep ang tatay ko para may pang date sila. Pero kung kelan siya nagkapamilya tsaka siya naging tamad.” What depresses him more is that his father is not even a ‘houseband’. He and his siblings are in-charge of all the household chores, the reason why Aldred has champion skills in the kitchen. “Minsan nga nasigawan ko siya ‘Magtrabaho ka naman!’ sa sobrang sama ng loob ko. Sinabihan lang niya ako na ‘wag makialam.”

That’s why Aldred thought of joining Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition. His mom had strived to put all of them in private schooling; His sister is currently studying in a private school, his youngest brother goes to the same private school he came from. Aldred’s chosen course for college might be out of his mom’s meager budget for tuition so if he wins on PBB he can provide for his own schooling plus help out with his sibling’s allowances. “Kung kaya ko po maging breadwinner bakit po hindi? Matagal ko na po gusto tulungan ang mama ko sa mga gastusin. Naisip ko rin na kailangan ko magsikap sa buhay para di maranasan ng future family ko ang naranasan ko.” Dred is raring to go at Big Brother’s challenges. Though he is very eager to encounter tasks ‘na pang-ubos lang ng pasensya’, he hopes there will be no tree climbing, back bending or tumbling involved. “Di ko kakayanin.”

PBB: Jam

Jamilla has fallen from grace more than once yet she has managed to pick herself up and start all over again. She is not embarrassed to admit that she didn’t grow up in a normal family set up. She is not ashamed to say that she was just a 17 year old Nursing student when she got impregnated by her boyfriend of 4 years. And she is also not hiding the fact that she worked as a model and GRO in a girly bar. Because for Jamilla every person has a chance for a new beginning and she believes her time for a new life is now.

Growing up not knowing her Puerto Rican father and having an OFW absentee mother, she and her sister were left in the care of different people. “Lumaki ako sa lola ko dahil sa trabaho ng mommy ko. Tapos sa tita ko. Actually noong unang alis ng mama ko sa kaibigan niya kami iniwan. Naaalala ko pa hanggang ngayon yung itsura ng sister ko, malnourished na. Napabayaan kami. Di siya nagpapadala. Then nakakita ako ng pictures niya sa abroad, nagpapakasaya siya may boyfriend pa siyang kasama.” That’s why Jamilla is closer to her grandma than her real mom. “Mahal na mahal ko ang lola ko. Siya ang takbuhan ko kapag may problema.”

When she got pregnant by her boyfriend though she was very grateful for her mom’s intervention. “Pinaghiwalay niya kami. Nakita niya na tamad at iresponsable yung boyfriend ko. Hindi na nagpakita ulit after kong manganak, ni singkong duling wala siyang itinulong. I realized in the end na tama pala ang mama ko.” Jamilla considers her baby a blessing even though the child had a cleft palate and lip when he was born. Her baby needs 5 operations so she accepted a job as a GRO in a girly bar. “Nagmomodel ako or tine-table. Bawal ka naman lumabas and choice mo din kung sasama ka sa customer.” Tips average from zero to P30,000 a night but the biggest amount she was offered was P100,000. And she accepted this amount once for her child’s first operation. “Isang beses ko tinangap para sa baby ko. Kilala ko na rin kasi yung taong nag-offer nun. Alam kong hindi siya hihingi ng kapalit. Sobrang bait siya. Kaso ayoko ko muna kasi mainvolve sa kahit kanino dahil ang priority ko ay ang anak ko.”

Pinoy Big Brother seem to be the answer to Jamilla’s prayers. “Gusto ko na talaga huminto sa ganitong klaseng trabaho. Sa pagsali ko mabibigyan ako ng chance di lang matulungan ang baby ko, pati na rin yung pangarap ko na maging artista.”

PBB: Matt

The new high school graduate often jokes that he and his siblings are the "United Nations". "Ako po half American, yung sumunod sa akin Filipino, si Mark. Tapos si Akira, Hapon naman." His mom was a former entertainer in Japan, who had her heart broken a few too many times. She finally found a husband and Matt a dad in his stepfather, Mark's father. Matt says he is lucky to have a very supportive stepfather. "Kahit minsan napapagalitan niya ako, nakikita ko sa kanya ang pagaaalala. Di po niya ako sinasaktan. Mabait po siya talaga. Understanding din." But if Matt had a choice he'd like to get to know his biological father too, who last saw him when Matt was just 8 months old. "Feeling ko din hinahanap niya ako eh. Nalulungkot ako kasi nawalan na siya ng connection sa akin. Kahit sumulat man lang. Marami akong gustong itanong sa kanya. Gusto ko siyang mashock dahil yung maliit niyang iniwan malaki na pala." And even though his stepfather treats him like his real son, Matt still longs to be with his American father. "Sabik ako na makita siya at makasama. At alam ko maiintindihan ako ng stepdad ko."

Matt likes to help augment his family's meager income. He's even willing to accept a job of a street sweeper so he can at least pay for their electricity bill. His Tito Joey even helps him find odd jobs here and there. His stepfather has a job and his mom accepts laundry from the boarders who rent a room inside their house. But he wants the family to live in comfort and have a steadier source of income. Though he wants to go to college his priority at the moment is finding work. "Kung kikita ako ng malaki, ako na ang magbibigay ng baon sa mga kapatid ko."

Matt and his friends have a ska/reggae band called "Cherokee". He's currently the vocalist and they play in bars and productions around town. Matt, together with his friends, has already composed 4 songs that they play during their gigs. The dude admits he has been in a dance group too, way back then. He confessed that he joined PBB to enhance his character and find what he wants in life. Despite his rebel looks, Matt is the most scared of encountering war freaks. He shuns conflicts. Matt's also afraid of heights.

PBB: Clare

The Bukidnon lass found out early in her beauty pageant life that you cannot please everybody. "Naniniwala po akong friendly ako. Pero yung iba nami-misinterpret nila ayaw nila sa akin kasi sinasabi nila maarte ako and mahilig mag-make-up." She finds her gay friends the most supporting though. "Sumasali po ako sa beauty contests sa Bukidnon, sa mga search sa iba't ibang munisipyo. Kinukuha nila ako like nung huli kong sinalihan sa Ms. Sugarland sa Maramag. Masaya po ako dahil nanalo naman po ako."

Besides winning beauty titles, Clare says her list of goals includes finishing her studies then helping her siblings finish their own education. "Gusto ko pong matulungan ang pamilya ko." Clare's family lived a luxurious life before her father's loaning business went bankrupt. Her father now works as a janitor at a local hospital and drives a multicab, a mode of transportation in Bukidnon, as his sideline. "Kaya nga po ako sumasali sa beauty contest sa bara-baranggay at munisipyo dito para magka-pera at matulungan ang mama at papa ko. Para kahit minsan ako naman ang bumili ng bigas." Clare reasons out to why she's striving so hard to succeed at her young age. She also states that her stint on Pinoy Big Brother will take her closer to that goal if she wins plus to another dream of hers - becoming a TV actress.

Clare doesn't consider her boyfriend, who works as a fireman in her town as a roadblock to her dreams. In fact he is very much supportive of her ambitions. "Siya pa nga ang nagsasabi na 'Sige. Sumali ka.'" She does not consider her lack of cooking skills a big minus point as a house maker nor PBB contender. "Kaya ko po maglaba at plantsa. Prito po kaya kong lutuin. Matututo din naman ako siguro balang araw."