Cody Calafiore won the first-ever Head of Household competition on Big Brother 22: All-Stars and put up Keesha Smith and Kevin Campbell on the block. But did he make the right nominations? It is always a hard spot to be among the first people who were nominated for eviction on Big Brother. However, there's also a level of difficulty in being the first HOH of the season. After all, the first HOH must pick two nominees from a pool of people that he or she probably doesn't know anything about.
There was the possibility that preexisting relationships would rule Big Brother-All-Stars. So far, however, the relationships that exist outside of the show have only helped to form alliances. As HOH, Cody intended on nominating Kaysar and Janelle for being a dangerous pair of smart veteran players. But as they guaranteed safety by playing in the Safety Suite competition, Cody switched his strategy and nominated the two people he felt most distant from: Keesha and Kevin. While it makes sense for an HOH to pick nominees that he or she isn't close to, there are certainly pros and cons to Cody's nominations for this first week.
The fans may have waited 15 years for Keesha to return to Big Brother, but she didn't shy away from saying she didn't have any interactions with Cody before his nominations. Kevin also only tried to sway Cody's nominations at the last minute. For Cody, both Keesha and Kevin are wildcards that he probably can't count on during this season. However, fans have also been wondering if nominating these two players was a waste of an HOH. Despite the fact that Keesha and Kevin didn't present themselves as allies to Cody, they were also not threatening to Cody in any particular way, unlike many other houseguests who might challenge him in competitions and put him up on the block whenever they get a chance. BB22 also has two winners and four runners-up playing, who all seem like bigger threats than Keesha and Kevin.
To make things even weirder, Enzo Palumbo won the Power of Veto. Enzo has been Cody's biggest ally so far on Big Brother: All-Stars, which means they had control of the entire game on week 1. It would've been extremely easy for Enzo to use his POV to save Keesha or Kevin, pretending to force Cody's hand to nominate a much stronger player as a replacement. As former winners, Ian and Nicole Franzel would've been obvious targets. Cody has also shown reluctance to trusting Daniele and Tyler completely, making them other options for nomination.
It is a shame that the first nomination block on Big Brother 22: All-Stars is between the shiest and least strategic players in the house. More than anything, this was a missed opportunity for Cody to take out a stronger player right off the bat. In addition, it was challenging for the houseguests to pick between the two, given that neither of them was particularly disliked by anyone.
Big Brother 22: All-Stars airs Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 8 pm EST on CBS.
