'Big Brother 26' Delivers Major Twists That Shake Up Nominations From the Start (SPOILERS)

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Season 26 of Big Brother.

When it comes to Big Brother, one of the most nerve-wracking elements of the game is the nomination ceremony. Each week, the Head of Household has the sole responsibility to nominate two fellow houseguests for eviction. And sometimes, in the event of a special twist, more than two houseguests are nominated.

The Season 26 two-night premiere starts with a bang when the 16 houseguests learn the house was flipped upside down, in a sense, with the promise of lots of random twists thanks to the Big Brother BBAI twist. And one of those twists involves the automatic nomination of not two, but three houseguests for each week's eviction.

That twist ended the week before jury, but right from the start, we could see that things are different this time around. So, who went on the block on Big Brother 26? Keep reading to find out!

The 12th official week of Big Brother 26 starts off with Chelsie as the brand-new Head of Household. And with the AI Arena twist no longer in the mix, she has the responsibility of nominating just two houseguests. She puts Makensy and Cam on the block. But it doesn't quite matter that Chelsie nominated her alliance members, and it doesn't mean she turned against them.

Chelsie had faith in Makensy and Cam working hard to save themselves, and she made her choice under the assumption that one of them would use a Veto to remove themselves off the block, and put Rubina there in their place. The Veto winner in the final four has the sole vote to evict, which means that Chelsie's move as the Week 12 HOH was the right one to make.

Season 26 of our favorite reality competition show takes the iconic phrase "expect the unexpected" to a whole other level! But what does that mean for those who are on the block? For the first several weeks, they had the chance to remain in the game thanks to the AI Arena. Now, however, we're back to more of an old school straight game.

The only thing is, now the players in power have to make sure they have good jury management skills to keep themselves on evicted houseguests' good side before they're sent packing.

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