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** One stunt involved eating certain organs of a cod fish, determined by reaching into a whole fish and pulling out a numbered chip. A contestant named Nancy did this, but before she could actually start eating, she commented that her arm felt like it was burning. It was discovered that she was allergic to cod, and it was deemed too risky for her to continue; the remaining female contestants did not have to worry about elimination for that round as a result (the men had gotten their turn already, with the slowest one eliminated as planned). [[FridgeHorror One has to wonder how it could have played out if she didn't find out until halfway through the dish, however...]]

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** One stunt involved eating certain organs of a cod fish, determined by reaching into a whole fish and pulling out a numbered chip. A contestant named Nancy did this, but before she could actually start eating, she commented that her arm felt like it was burning. It was discovered that she was allergic to cod, and it was deemed too risky for her to continue; the remaining female contestants did not have to worry about elimination for that round as a result (the men had gotten their turn already, with the slowest one eliminated as planned). [[FridgeHorror One has to wonder how it could have played out if the meals were chosen through an entirely different method and she didn't find out until halfway through the dish, however...]]
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I can\'t remember if any other Fear Factor contestants had to leave due to injury, allergy, or anything else. I had to look this up just to remember the kind of fish and her name!

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* ''FearFactor''
** One stunt involved eating certain organs of a cod fish, determined by reaching into a whole fish and pulling out a numbered chip. A contestant named Nancy did this, but before she could actually start eating, she commented that her arm felt like it was burning. It was discovered that she was allergic to cod, and it was deemed too risky for her to continue; the remaining female contestants did not have to worry about elimination for that round as a result (the men had gotten their turn already, with the slowest one eliminated as planned). [[FridgeHorror One has to wonder how it could have played out if she didn't find out until halfway through the dish, however...]]
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* ''BiggestLoser''
** In season 11, week 17, one of the favorites to win, Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner, dropped out of the competition for "personal reasons", the first Biggest Loser contestant to actually quit, rather than throw the weigh in to get eliminated. However, there are rumors that he was encouraged to drop out, due to supposed rule breaking, though the rumors have not been proven.
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** In Season 18, Mel & Mike recounted after their final episode they were told by the medical team to end the task they were doing (searching around in mud during the Japanese winter) because they both had hypothermia. The only other team behind them finished the task and made it to the Pit Stop before producers told Mel & Mike to do the same to be eliminated.
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* ''SAS: Are You Tough Enough?''
** Somewhat TruthInTelevision as the whole point of the show is that SAS training is ''supposed'' to be so tough that most folk can't cope with it, but the second season is worthy of particular note as so many people quit or retired injured that it wasn't until the semi-final that the "normal" elimination procedure had to be brought into play at all. More amusingly, the very first episode of season one had contestants undertake an only moderately difficult walk in the Scottish mountains. Several contestants, including a former fitness champion, simply wandered off and went home.
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* Masterchef Australia''Masterchef Australia''
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*Masterchef Australia
** In Season 1, one of the chefs quit after making the top 50, due to the stress of the competition.
** In Season 2, Sarah quit after making the top 24, due to feeling that her heart was no longer in the competition.
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** The most famous was Osten in ''Pearl Islands''. He claimed that his body was shutting down, but nobody believed him and said that it was because he just couldn't take it anymore. (Well, he ''did'' barter away all his clothing except for his boxers...)

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** The most famous was Osten in ''Pearl Islands''. He claimed that his body was shutting down, but nobody believed him and said that it was because he just couldn't take it anymore. (Well, he ''did'' barter away all his clothing except for his boxers...)) lt was somewhat clear Osten wasn't fitting in on the show -- in a past episode, while his fellow tribe members had fun with a nearby pelican, his reaction was to ''glare at it'' and ''sharpen his machete''.
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The narrator for the episode says something along the lines of \"For only the second time in Hell\'s Kitchen, a contestant has walked out in the middle of service.\" In other words, they say Andrew is the second contestant to do so, the first apparently being Jeff.


*** Andrew from Season 7 walked out midway through the second service. Perhaps because of the ugliness surrounding Jeff's incident, the narrator informed us that Andrew was the first Hell's Kitchen contestant ever to quit during service.

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*** Andrew from Season 7 walked out midway through the second service. Perhaps because of the ugliness surrounding Jeff's incident, the narrator informed us that Andrew was the first Hell's Kitchen contestant ever to quit during service.
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** Meanwhile, there usually is at least one Mercy Kill per season. Seasons 1 and 2 had two apiece.

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** Meanwhile, there usually is at least one Mercy Kill per season. Seasons 1 and Season 2 had three Mercy Kills, including two apiece.legs in a row.
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** Lacey was ejected from the show for being so extremely untalented (and of a bad attitude) that Ramsey refused to wait for elimination. She was kicked out before the challenge was even completed. Ditto for J in the previous episode, Josh in Season 3, and Nilka from Season 7.

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** Lacey was ejected from the show for being so extremely untalented (and of a bad attitude) that Ramsey refused to wait for elimination. She was kicked out before the challenge was even completed. Ditto for J in the previous episode, Josh in Season 3, Louie in Season 6 [[EpicFail during the first dinner service]], and Nilka from Season 7.
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*** Likewise, Antonia in Season 10 was removed from the show before even the first dinner service, due to being hospitalized after complaining about a migraine, then collapsing.

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*** Likewise, Antonia in Season 10 8 was removed from the show before even the first dinner service, due to being hospitalized after complaining about a migraine, then collapsing.
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* ''AmericasGotTalent''
** Season 3: The Russian Bar Trio had to withdraw due to injury. This injury led to Donald Braswell re-entering the competition and later making it to the final 5.
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** John Sergeant quit.

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** John Sergeant quit.
quit (because [[EliminationHoudini he would've won otherwise]]).
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*** Likewise, Antonia in Season 10 was removed from the show before even the first dinner service, due to being hospitalized after complaining about a migraine, then collapsing.
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** Meanwhile, there usually is at least Mercy Kill per season, while Seasons 1 and 2 had two apiece.

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** Meanwhile, there usually is at least one Mercy Kill per season, while season. Seasons 1 and 2 had two apiece.



** Similar to the Mercy Kill is the Field Elimination, which happens when a team is unable to complete a task (or unwilling to quit), so Phil goes out to eliminate them on the course. It happened twice on Season 15.
*** One of the most famous was in Season 6, where Lena and Kristy were field eliminated by Phil in the field after spending ''ten hours'' unrolling haybales for a clue. (They weren't eliminated until two hours after the final team checked in.)

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** Similar to the Mercy Kill is the Field Elimination, which happens when a team is unable to complete a task (or unwilling to quit), so Phil goes out to eliminate them on the course. It happened twice on Season 15.16.
*** One of the most famous was in Season 6, where Lena and Kristy were field eliminated by Phil in the field after spending ''ten hours'' unrolling haybales hay bales for a clue. (They weren't eliminated until two hours after the final team checked in.)




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*** Season 13's Toni & Dallas also would have been ejected from the game for losing their passports, that is had they not lost all their money as well. Instead, they were subject to a Field Elimination.
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* ''Canada's Worst Driver''
** Season 2: Colin Sheppard deliberately performed so poorly in every test that he was expelled from Driver Rehab in the fourth episode. All participants relinquish their car keys upon arrival and are returned when they graduate; Colin's keys were destroyed and his vehicle towed back to his hometown. Host Andrew Younghusband remarked "Let's hope Colin loses his license before his life."
** Season 4: Donna Hicks was sent home in the fourth episode after exceptionally poor performance coupled with an angina attack. Donna was convinced that she could drive, despite all evidence to the contrary. The province of Ontario reviewed her driver's license after the show; whether or not it was revoked was not stated.
** Season 5: Crystal Hubley-Fararo left in the fifth episode after learning that her brother-in-law had been killed in a vehicular collision. A video retrospective of the rest of the rehab subjects revealed that they consistently failed to yield, the same behaviour that got Crystal's brother-in-law killed.
** Season 6: Scott Shurink was expelled in the second episode after revealing on-camera his numerous undocumented vehicular crimes: more than just excessive speeding (which ended his first test in the first episode), he drove while drunk, while suspended, and used his friend's license. Said friend immediately cancelled the vehicle insurance Scott needed to drive, while resident traffic law expert and retired OPP sergeant Cam Wooley contacted the Calgary police with this information.
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** It's rumoured that [=NaOnka=] may leave in ''Nicaragua'', boot lists have listed her as possibly quitting, or merely asking or SuicideByCop.

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** It's rumoured that [=NaOnka=] may leave in In ''Nicaragua'', boot lists have listed her as possibly quitting, or merely asking or SuicideByCop.[=NaOnka=] and [[OneSteveLimit Purple Kelly]] both quit - the first time that ''two'' people quit ''in a row'' and on the ''same episode''.

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** Similar to the Mercy Kill is the Field Elimination, which happens when a team is unable to complete a task (or unwilling to quit), so Phil goes out to eliminate them on the course. It happened twice on Season 15.

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** Similar to the Mercy Kill is the Field Elimination, which happens when a team is unable to complete a task (or unwilling to quit), so Phil goes out to eliminate them on the course. It happened twice on Season 15.
*** One of the most famous was in Season 6, where Lena and Kristy were field eliminated by Phil in the field after spending ''ten hours'' unrolling haybales for a clue. (They weren't eliminated until two hours after the final team checked in.)
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** It's rumoured that [=NaOnka=] may leave in ''Nicaragua'', boot lists have listed her as possibly quitting, or merely asking or SuicideByCop.

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** Tends to have type 3 and not the others, but the threat of being "evacuated" has been cited by contestants at least once: Steve and Dave in Season 4. Dave wrenched his knee badly while doing a glacier trek on the first episode, and rather than allow the show's medics the chance to declare him unfit to continue, he declined medical attention. It was, it turns out, badly enough damaged that he required surgery to repair it once he got home. Despite that, they made it several more legs before they were eliminated.

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** Tends to have type 3 and not the others, but the The threat of being "evacuated" has been cited by contestants at least once: several times, the first being Steve and Dave in Season 4. Dave wrenched his knee badly while doing a glacier trek on the first episode, and rather than allow the show's medics the chance to declare him unfit to continue, he declined medical attention. It was, it turns out, badly enough damaged that he required surgery to repair it once he got home. Despite that, they made it several more legs before they were eliminated.



** Meanwhile, for the Mercy Kill, two were administered in Season 1, when the team "The Guidos" received one in the finale (they were in Alaska, nearly 20 hours behind the other two finalist teams, who were already in New York heading for the Finish Line). Season 2 had ''two'' Mercy Kills among 11 teams.
** Season 15 had a type 2, a type 3, and a Mercy Kill. First, Zev & Justin lost one of their passports, which automatically eliminated them despite winning that particular leg; Maria & Tiffany chose to quit the race when one Detour (both tasks) proved too difficult; and Flight Time & Big Easy were Mercy Killed after taking a four-hour penalty for not completing a Roadblock.

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** Meanwhile, for the Mercy Kill, two were administered in In Season 1, when the team "The Guidos" received one in the finale (they were in Alaska, nearly 20 hours behind the other two finalist teams, who were already in New York heading for the Finish Line). Season 2 had ''two'' Mercy Kills among 11 teams.
** Season 15 had a type 2, a type 3, and a Mercy Kill. First, Zev & Justin lost one of their passports, which automatically eliminated them despite winning that particular leg;
15, Maria & Tiffany chose to quit when they were unable to complete either Detour choice.
** Meanwhile, there usually is at least Mercy Kill per season, while Seasons 1 and 2 had two apiece.
** Mercy Kills were administered in both Season 1 and 4's finales, with Bill & Joe and David & Jeff not even making it to the Final Destination city before
the race ended.
** Similar to the Mercy Kill is the Field Elimination, which happens
when one Detour (both tasks) proved too difficult; and Flight Time a team is unable to complete a task (or unwilling to quit), so Phil goes out to eliminate them on the course. It happened twice on Season 15.
** Season 15's Zev
& Big Easy Justin are the only team to be ejected, when they lost one of their passports, and were Mercy Killed after taking a four-hour penalty for not completing a Roadblock.
therefore unable to continue on the race.

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* ProjectRunway
** In season 4 of ProjectRunway, Jack had to drop out due to illness; the Project Runway solution to a NonGameplayElimination tends to be bringing another recently eliminated contestant ''back'' mid-challenge and still having elimination that day.



** Seth from ''Top Chef: Just Desserts'' was evacuated early on after suffering an anxiety attack.

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** Seth from ''Top Chef: Episode 4 of ''TopChef: Just Desserts'' had two non-gameplay eliminations: first Seth was evacuated early on after suffering an anxiety attack.
"evacuated" by the producers when (after several weeks of erratic behavior) he had a panic attack and collapsed during the prep for the Quick Fire challenge. Then Malika quit at Judges Table (while the guest judge was trying to tell her how much she enjoyed her dish!), saying that the stress from the competition was ruining her enjoyment of cooking.



* ProjectRunway
** In season 4 of ProjectRunway, Jack had to drop out due to illness; the Project Runway solution to a NonGameplayElimination tends to be bringing another recently eliminated contestant ''back'' mid-challenge and still having elimination that day.

* TopChef
** Episode 4 of TopChef: Just Desserts had two non-gameplay eliminations: first Seth was "evacuated" by the producers when (after several weeks of erratic behavior) he had a panic attack and collapsed during the prep for the Quick Fire challenge. Then Malika quit at Judges Table (while the guest judge was trying to tell her how much she enjoyed her dish!), saying that the stress from the competition was ruining her enjoyment of cooking.
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** Seth from ''Top Chef: Just Desserts'' was evacuated early on after suffering an anxiety attack.
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* TopChef
** Episode 4 of TopChef: Just Desserts had two non-gameplay eliminations: first Seth was "evacuated" by the producers when (after several weeks of erratic behavior) he had a panic attack and collapsed during the prep for the Quick Fire challenge. Then Malika quit at Judges Table (while the guest judge was trying to tell her how much she enjoyed her dish!), saying that the stress from the competition was ruining her enjoyment of cooking.
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\n*** [[spoiler: Sierra]] was kicked out by Chris after accidentally [[spoiler:''blowing up the airplane!'']].

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* ''{{Total Drama Action}}''
** DJ quit the game after his alliance with Chef was eating away at his conscience (although the other team was about to send someone else home), and [[TheMole Owen]] was ejected by Chris (who had brought him back just to sabotage the others) after being discovered by Harold, Beth, and Courtney.
** In Total Drama Island, the RCMP arrest Izzy (well, try to), and she is ejected. Sort of. She was probably getting voted off anyway, so it's not like it really mattered.

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* ''{{Total Drama Action}}''
''TotalDrama''
** DJ quit the game after his alliance with Chef was eating away at his conscience (although the other team was about to send someone else home), and [[TheMole Owen]] was ejected by Chris (who had brought him back just to sabotage the others) after being discovered by Harold, Beth, and Courtney.
** In Total Drama Island, the
First Season: The RCMP arrest Izzy (well, try to), and she is ejected. Sort of. She was probably getting voted off anyway, so it's not like it really mattered.
mattered. However, she returned later along with Eva and was voted off regularly.
** Second Season:
*** DJ quit the game after his alliance with Chef was eating away at his conscience (although the other team was about to send someone else home).
*** [[TheMole Owen]] was ejected by Chris (who had brought him back just to sabotage the others) after being discovered by Harold, Beth, and Courtney.
**Third Season:
*** Ezekiel is thrown out of the plane by Chris, and manages to sneak back into the competition in the same episode [[spoiler: only to later get voted off and then denied a chance at re-joining the game during episode 13.]]
*** [[spoiler: Duncan]] quit the game after refusing to sing. However, [[spoiler: he is later brought back unwillingly by Gwen, Courtney, and Chris.]]
*** [[spoiler: Harold]] quit to maintain his honor after losing the challenge for his team.
*** [[spoiler: Izzy]] was ejected by the U.S. military in order to harness her new-found superintelligence.

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* ProjectRunway
** In season 4 of ProjectRunway, Jack had to drop out due to illness; the Project Runway solution to a NonGameplayElimination tends to be bringing another recently eliminated contestant ''back'' mid-challenge and still having elimination that day.
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** In Total Drama Island, the RCMP arrest Izzy (well, try to), and she is ejected. Sort of. She was probably getting voted off anyway, so it's not like it really mattered.
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* MTV's ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Rules Road Rules]]''

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