Are you watching Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up? I catch snippets of it when I am still awake around 10:30pm. It airs directly after Dahil May Isang Ikaw of Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa. It was hyped up during it’s promotional stage. Something’s cooking in Big Brother’s house. The came the big unveiling…

Surprise, surprise! There are two houses! That means two sets of housemates!

It was not that exciting, to tell the truth. We watched past seasons. This season, the drum up seemed to me like all noise and no substance. It turned out to be true. To raise the level of interest (if any) by the televiewers, they included a transsexual housemate.

Big Brother then included twins who tried their best to confuse their housemates. They failed. A couple then came in, who pretended to be not a married couple. The woman was tasked to flirt with someone in the house. It almost caused trouble with the couple. The husband was eaten by jealousy. He had to bow out or risk the anger of Big Brother when he revealed that he’s the husband of the woman. Hay…

The thing is, I could not get what the f**k Big Brother wants to accomplish with all the cheap tricks up his sleeves. With the married couple, he said that to see the strength of their relationship. Which to me is rubbish! It’s all a cheap trick to drum up interest. With the transsexual, acceptance. Which is bullshit! Another cheap ploy, if you ask me.

Ratings are down, by the way. I don’t think a lot of people are watching. I think there was more interest with Survivor Philippines: Palau than this season’s Pinoy Big Brother. Too bad. Another investment gone to waste for ABS-CBN.