Question
Do you believe Melisa Cantiveros was the clear winner of Pinoy Big Brother Double Up?
A few days after Melisa quotMelaiquot Cantiveros was announced as the winner of PBB Double Up, some fans questioned the showing of the vote ranking of the housemates days before the big night.
Answer
The objective way of evaluating the situation is looking back at PBBs rules, policies and regulations. Suspicions stemmed from PBBs management decision to show the vote ranking of the Top contenders days before the big night.brbrThe question to be asked is quotWas there a precedence to this move?quot If this move was done in past seasons of PBB, then we cant accuse that the voting was rigged or that the results favored one contender when the ranking were shown days before the big night. But if this was done the first time, it would really be suspicious since showing the results prematurely could be advantageous to lower ranked contenders while the ones on top would have a false sense of security.brbrNevertheless, the playing field would be more equal, just and fair if the rankings were not shown days before, or at any given time until the Big Night. The mystery and suspense would be a great build up to the climactic big night and it would dispel any doubt to the outcome of the voting. As it is, Melai really gained advantage when the rankings were shown days before the big night. The voting system may not have been rigged or cheated, but her supporters gained that undue advantage of advance information that helped them decide to vote much more than they should have had if they dont have that information.brbrThe supporters of Paul Jake meanwhile thought that they had it in the bag when they saw the results days before that he was ahead in the rankings. They might have voted some more in the last days, but not enough to realize that Melai supporters were bent to catch up with him.brbrThe conclusion is that it may not have been rigged, but the showing if the ranking days before the big night put Melai in the advantage and Paul Jake in the disadvantage. In all, the process of voting was not entirely fair and just.
