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Originally Posted by jet

Joel was the one who nominated Sam in the previous task of whoever gets to the button first has to nominate one person. Joel was one of the four to get there and Sam was his choice. . But I think you know that unless you missed that episode.

There's a major difference between nominating a fellow housemate (which is part of the process) and actually evicting somebody from the house (which should be the public's decision). Joel has his morals and he stuck by them.