Nominations

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Nominations is a process in which the Head of Household nominates housguests to target for eviction in Big Brother Instagram. The nomination ceremony takes place weekly. It first appears on Big Brother Instagram 1.

Nomination Block
The Nomination Block are the chairs in the living room where the houseguests that are nominated sit in at the Power of Veto Ceremony and Eviction night. Houseguests who don't receive keys at the nomination ceremony are the ones who have to sit in these chairs. There are couches surrounding the nomination chairs where the other houseguests sit, and a TV in front of all of them so that they can communicate with host.

Nomination Ceremony
The Head of Household selects two houseguests to nominate for eviction. The Head of Household places the keys of the houseguests they have decided to keep safe into the nomination box, a device with numbered key slots. At the Nomination Ceremony, the Head of Household pulls the first key and that houseguest is safe. The HOH spins the Lazy Susan to the owner of the key, who then puts it around his or her neck, and pulls the subsequent key. This proceeds until there are no more keys in the box and two players are without keys. They have been nominated. The Head of Household stands up and explains the reasoning behind his or her nominations. At this point, the Head of Household calls the ceremony adjourned and the houseguests return their keys to the Memory Wall. The Nomination Ceremony takes place in the living area. The Ceremony occurs each week until the Final Three, at which point both houseguests are automatically nominated following the HOH competition.

Backdoor
The Backdoor is a popular strategy to place two houseguests in an opposing alliance to the Head of Household on Nomination Block. However, because both nominees get to play in the Power of Veto, a popular strategy called backdooring places two pawns or decoy nominations on the block. The Head of Household doesn't want either of the nominees to go home, they are merely used as placeholders until after the Veto. This prevents a strong competitor from playing in the Power of Veto, thus saving themself. Instead, the Power of Veto is guaranteed to be used and the Head of Household selects their true target as the replacement, thus leaving them defenseless.