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Pinoy Big Brother (PBB): Teen Edition is a special edition of Pinoy Big Brother which feature adolescents aged 16 to 19 years old.

The adolescents chosen for the Teen Edition are usually from different cities in the Philippines, sometimes even from certain overseas countries with sizable Filipino communities. Other factors are disregarded; in-school and out-of-school youths, natural-born Filipinos and adolescents with a mixture of Filipino and foreign blood, those with intact and broken families, and even teenage single parents may be eligible as long one passes the age requirement and has a background worth exploring during the edition's run.

This edition is usually done in the Philippine "summer" months of late March to early June.

Auditions for the second Teen Edition were held as early as October and November of 2007 during the run of the second Celebrity Edition. It was announced during the finale of the said Celebrity Edition on January 5, 2008 that this new Teen Edition will start sometime in March of the same year. Later, the tentative second edition has been renamed Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus and it will be having its premiere on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, according to a news item in the showbiz talk show Entertainment Live. No other details were announced as of this time. (Source: Wikipedia.com)