Disclaimer: No one is allowed to talk about the nominations outside the Confession Room. Implied and indirect discussions about the nominations (wanting to nominate an unidentified person with a distinct description, etc.) is also forbidden.
(Source : From Voting-Out-Procedure Section, Sub Section #10, Pinoy Big Brother official Rulebook)
Why did I put that as a disclaimer? Cause it will be used later.
Anyways, let's discuss this week's nomination. It was pretty obvious (as I predicted with my colleagues and friends) because of two reasons:
- There are less people as choices
- The more likely to be nominated are safe.
I would like to highlight that Fifth had never received a nomination point in the past three ceremonies (with Jayme and Joshua at zero as well for the first two ceremonies)
Jacob received 7 points because he is "insensitive". He gives a lot of "excuses" and does not give "his all" when in the task.
Maris received 8 points because she does not return things that she borrowed nicely and quickly.
Jane, shockingly, received 17 points because she apparently talk gossips behind other housemates' backs and it offended them.
Out of the three nominees, Jane was the one the online world was a little distraught. So let's analyze what happened.
Netizens believe that Jane does not deserve to receive 17 points. But according to the nomination, she did because most of the housemates find her fake. However, it was also highlighted in online discussions that a fellow housemate, Jacob, "indirectly influenced" today's nomination by saying that "Jane" is bi-polar.
Jacob did mention that (in livestream), co-housemate Jane have a two-face personality to the other housemate. A lot of netizens believe that Jacob's action is unreasonable and the nomination should be void. Should Big Brother abide by his rule book and forced evict Jacob (as he is currently nominated)
However, if we look at the disclaimer from above, it clearly said that "No One is allowed to speak about nomination outside the confession room". It may be true that Jacob influenced people's decision however he did that by following the rules. He did not mention about nominating Jane and/or suggested that she should be nominated for her actions. He, explicitly, just told his opinions to the other housemates as part of a clear NON-nomination context value.
So, where should Big Brother stand on this? Let the nomination play out. If you look/watch the other versions of Big brother in Australia, UK or South Africa perhaps, you would notice that most housemates ACTUALLY influence the nomination by indirectly commenting about their "target" housemate. That is part of the game and gameplay. But in the Philippines, a cut-throat game play is frowned upon. Hence, it seems that Jacob was cheating. Therefore, we can conclude, that despite that Jacob did influence the nomination, Big Brother is powerless about it.
Keep the housemate you want. Personally, I applaud Jacob, even though unintentionally, it was good that Jane was nominated so that the other housemates would know that even the celebrity can be up for eviction. It's an even-field now showing that anyone can be nominated by the procedures (not counting Alex because she was Automatically Nominated by violations)
