See exactly who nominated who in BBNaija Season 11’s first nomination round — and why Biggie made the entire exercise fake without telling housemates.
BBNaija Week 1 Nominations: Full List of Who Nominated Who (And Why None of It Was Real)
Less than 48 hours into Show Ya Sef, housemates sat in the diary room and made what they believed were real, game-defining nomination decisions. Biggie let them sweat it out — then quietly revealed the entire exercise was fake. Here’s the full breakdown.
The Complete Nomination List
| Housemate | Nominated |
| Oyin | Tram, Yusuf |
| Gerard | Bells, Mercedes |
| Bells | Nomy, Goddessa |
| Flora | Cassi, Sultex |
| Aikou | Nomy, Goddessa |
| Sultex | Ricky, Gerard |
| Kamsy | Aikou, Nomy |
| Mercedes | Sheba, Aikou |
| Keivo | Bells, Martins |
| Tram | Flora, Mercedes |
| Abi | Goddessa, Temi Nkem |
| Martins | Sultex, Keivo |
| Temi Nkem | Sultex, Ricky |
| Chimsom | Abi, Gerard |
The 8 Most Nominated Housemates
Reading between the lines of who received the most mentions tells you more about early house dynamics than the nominations themselves:
- Ricky
- Bells
- Nomy
- Cassi
- Oyin
- Sultex
- Goddessa
- Aikou
Eight names out of 24 receiving multiple nominations within the first 24 hours suggests early cliques and rivalries are already forming — faster than most seasons typically show this early.
So Why Did Biggie Fake The Whole Thing?
Because there’s no eviction this week. Instead of the usual “housemates nominate, public votes to evict,” Biggie redirected the entire mechanism into **The Gambit** — the twist where viewers vote to choose one male and one female housemate who’ll be guaranteed safety until the finale, but barred from the grand prize (full explainer linked below).
The nomination session still mattered, though — just not for the reason housemates thought. It handed Biggie (and now, us) a clear early map of who’s already viewed as a target, a threat, or a rival inside the house, days before viewers even start forming their own opinions from broadcast footage.
What To Watch For Next
With housemates still unaware their nominations were fake, expect confessional-room reactions and confused conversations once the twist becomes common knowledge in the house. Some of the housemates who nominated each other may now have to navigate that awkwardness face-to-face, twist or no twist.
Nominations resume as normal in Week 2 — this time, for real.
- Read next: [The Gambit Twist Explained](02-the-gambit-twist-explained.md) — how the vote works and how to cast yours.*