MANILA, Philippines – Daniel Matsunaga was named the Big Winner of the ABS-CBN reality show “Pinoy Big Brother All In.”
Daniel, who best 18 other contestants, was declared winner of the reality show which held its finale night on Sunday, August 24.
"This is an amazing experience... I am a true Filipino, and I'm very proud to say that dahil sa pag-ibig ninyo sa akin dito," the Brazilian-Japanese model said.
He added: "I'm thankful first to God who gave me this opportunity. One day, sinabi Niya sa akin na I have a purpose dito sa Pilipinas. And I guess this purpose is today. Mahal na mahal ko kayo. Thank you for all the love."
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For this season of Pinoy Big Brother, viewers voted for the housemate who they want to save and the housemate they want to evict. The difference of the two determined the housemate's ranking.
He won the title after garnering the highest net vote of 11.69 percent, receiving 18.52 percent votes to save and -6.83 percent votes to evict.
Daniel took home P1 million and other special prizes, including a house and lot.
Sixteen-year-old Maris Racal placed second with 3.1 percent net votes.
Placing third was Jane Oineza with -0.73 percent net votes (19.93 percent votes to save, -20.66 votes to evict) while Vickie Rushton placed fourth with a total of -0.78 percent net votes (4.57 percent votes to save, -5.53 percent votes to evict).
The 25-year-old Daniel was one of the celebrity housemates of “Pinoy Big Brother All In.” He is known for being a model and an occasional actor who has starred in shows on GMA-7 and TV5. He also appeared in Star Cinema movies such as “She's The One” and “Sisterakas.”