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* On Food Network's ''the Great Food Truck Race'', one team "Senoreata" had to forfeit when one of their teammates [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere jumped out of a moving car]] after a twist she despised was enacted and managed to run away from the producers.

** Angelea was disqualified in the finals of the All-Star season for (at the time) unspecified reasons.

** Season 1 had a contestant disqualified for lying about his age (he made it to the semi-finals before he was discovered)

* In ''Island (2007)'', the police come for [[spoiler: Izzy]] ([[NoodleIncident it's a long story]]), who flees into the woods, effectively quitting the game, although the episode's preceding events suggest that she would probably have been voted off anyway.

** [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] is thrown out of the plane by Chris for being annoying and manages to sneak back into the competition in the same episode, only to get voted off normally.

* In ''Revenge of the Island'', [[spoiler: Anne Maria]] quits after finding a huge diamond (which was actually fake, it was made of cubic zirconium) and deciding that the game and prize money had become irrelevant.

** [[spoiler: Duncan]] is arrested after blowing up Chris' mansion.

** [[spoiler:Ella is eliminated after singing after Chris told her not to do so anymore]].
** [[spoiler: Scarlett]] is declared her "the most-eliminated camper ever" due to blackmail and attempted murder; [[spoiler:Max]] is eliminated in the same episode, essentially for GuiltByAssociation.

** [[spoiler:Cameron]] quits in order to get away from Sierra, but due to that week's twist, he remains and instead gets moved to the villain's team.

* In ''Island'', the police come for [[spoiler: Izzy]] ([[NoodleIncident it's a long story]]), who flees into the woods, effectively quitting the game, although the episode's preceding events suggest that she would probably have been voted off anyway.

** Ezekiel is thrown out of the plane by Chris for being annoying and manages to sneak back into the competition in the same episode, only to get voted off normally.
** Duncan quits the game after refusing to sing as required by that season's rules.
** Harold quits to [[HonorBeforeReason maintain his honor]] after losing the challenge for his team.
** Izzy is taken by the (presumably) Canadian military in order to harness her new-found superintelligence.

** [[spoiler: Duncan]] is arrested after blowing up Chris' cottage.

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%%* ''FanFic/LegacyTotalDrama'', a "[[WhatIf what if]]" story based on Season 1, has three non-gameplay eliminations: the first [[spoiler:dies violently]]; the second quits because he [[HeroicBSOD can't cope with the trauma]] of [[spoiler:having a friend slain]] before his eyes; and Chris declares the third unfit to continue after said contestant enters a period of severe mental instability.

* In ''Nicaragua'', [=NaOnka=] and [[OneSteveLimit "Purple" Kelly]] both quit at the Day 28 Tribal Council - the first time that two people quit consecutively. Jeff was visibly disgusted by their lack of endurance, and put their torches on display for the rest of the season. The rules have since changed to prevent players without serious issues from quitting; instead preferring for them to [[SuicideByCop just ask to be voted out if they weren't in any danger of dying.]]

* ''Harrisverse''’s Masked Singer has the Three Little Pigs, aka [[spoiler:[[Series/DontHugMeImScared Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck]]]], who were disqualified after [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]] didn’t show up for their performance.

* ''Harrisverse''’s Masked Singer has the Three Little Pigs, aka [[spoiler:[[WebAnimation/DontHugMeImScared Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck]]]], who were disqualified after [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]] didn’t show up for their performance.

** The fifth was the Mango aka [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder Lord Hater]]]], after [[spoiler:losing his temper at Wander]], who was asking questions. This may have created the double elimination the previous episode, resulting in the eliminations of both the Lion ([[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook Baloo]]]]) and the Cerberus ([[spoiler:VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon]]).

** During UK Series 3, Victoria Scone injures her knee during a lip sync in the first episode. After struggling through a dance challenge in the second episode, she is absent at the beginning of the third, and Ru reveals that she will not be returning to the competition due to the injury. Unlike Eureka and Veronica before her, Victoria is not explicitly given an invitation to compete on the next season, although Ru says "I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of her".

** ''WebAnimation/PaperPuppets''
*** First Season - Chainsaw and Bag used their immunity tokens for Fridge and Pan, who had the second most votes, to get the boot respectively.
*** ''Take Two'' - Malachite was eliminated in place of Treasure Chest since the latter plays Gamebot Berry's unused Immunity Token at the last second. The former, however, takes this in stride and wishes his team the best of luck.

** In the US vs UK season, Louise stormed out of the panel because of judge Kelly Cutrone telling her to get her attitude in check. It's worth noting that the two fought during the photoshoot as well. Louise chose not to come back. Near the finale, Alisha did what Ebony did in season 9 when she was chosen over [[NamesTheSame that season's Eboni]]. She quit because she doesn't want to be the EliminationHoudini.

** In Season 34, a team was medically removed after testing positive for COVID-19. As they were technically eliminated, the leg continued as scheduled, with the last team not being eliminated but instead starting the next leg in last place. The season was originally planned to have zero non-elimination legs.

** In Season 34, a team was medically removed after testing positive for COVID-19. As they were technically eliminated, the leg continued as scheduled.

* '''Quitting''': Sometimes, a contestant may be eliminated simply because they quit or dropped out of their own will. They all have their own reasons -- maybe they feel they'll be eliminated either way and it wouldn't make a difference, maybe they're having a nervous breakdown, or it may actually be a strategic attempt to throw a wrench into the game's works. One alternative is medical issues that don't quite justify an evacuation but can't simply be powered through or an attempt avoid risk further injury. Most commonly, contestants will quit a contest show for urgent personal matters, such as a death in the family or an injury that isn't an emergency, but might ''become'' one. This is not the same as simply asking other people to vote you off - that case it's a SuicideByCop.

** Mike (about 62 years old) had incredibly-low blood pressure and almost passed-out in front of the medics. And this happened in the ''second episode'' -- the earliest someone has ever been evacuated from the game.

* ''Series/TheMaskedDancerUK'': In the second series, Pillar and Post, the show's first pairing, had to drop out of the competition due to the former being injured, and were revealed to be [[spoiler:Frankie Seaman]] and [[spoiler:David Seaman]] respectively.