History Main / NonGameplayElimination

* In ''Game Changers'', though he was technically eliminated by a vote at Tribal Council, Jeff Varner was de facto disqualified for outing another contestant, Zeke Smith, as UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} in an attempt to make Zeke look untrustworthy. The other members of the Nuku tribe (particularly Tai, who is gay) immediately tore into Varner for his behavior, and Jeff Probst sobered Varner with the harrowing news that this would not just be broadcast between the tribe, but millions of viewers. That meant Varner had effectively told the country Zeke was transgender and made it impossible for him to go back to a life of privacy.

** Two contestants were ejected in Series 17. Andrew Tate was ejected after a video was leaked of him striking a woman with a belt, and Emma Jensen was ejected for repeatedly trying to escape the House.

* In Season 11, Chima was expelled about half-way through the game. Since Week 1 she had ''knowingly'' broken rules such as refusing to come to the diary room when called, not wearing a microphone, and covering cameras with blankets, but during Week 6 she just broke down due to Jeff using the ''coup d'etat'' when she was [=HOH=]. Chima walked out to practice for the upcoming Veto competition and didn't take her microphone with her. Natalie and Kevin then went to get her microphone for her so she wouldn't get penalized, but instead of accepting it she ''threw it in the hot tub'', then refused to pay for it. The following night, she was removed from the house for knowingly breaking rules and refusing to pay for the microphone she destroyed. And this, children, is why her nickname after that was Hirochima -- pronounced the same way. In fact, Chima's misconduct was taken so badly that she was ''[[DeaderThanDead banned from joining the Jury]]''. Instead, in a throwback to the traditional voting system, America got to cast one vote of its own (which may actually be a nice addition if used correctly).

** Nilka Hendricks was ejected in the middle of service for a series of blunders, with the last straw being serving a raw lobster tail.

* ''Series/Solitary'':
* In Season 1, after becoming increasingly uncooperative and hostile, [[YourNameIsANumber Number 6]] (Cliff) broke the rules of the season by leaving his pod without permission and was disqualified, however, at the host VAL's request, still followed formal elimination procedures anyway before leaving.

* In Season 1, after becoming increasingly uncooperative and hostile, [[YourNameIsANumberNumber 6]] (Cliff) broke the rules of the season by leaving his pod without permission and was disqualified, however, at the host VAL's request, still followed formal elimination procedures anyway before leaving.

** Robert left the show under a combination of evacuation and voluntarily quitting: he nearly had a heart attack on the show, and it was recommended that he leave by medical personnel. He had already been considering leaving due to the limitations of his weight; for example, he hadn't been allowed to go on a helicopter trip with his winning team. He returned in Season 6.
* Season 6 had three instances.

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* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'':
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': [[spoiler:Mukuro Ikusaba, impersonating Junko Enoshima,]] is executed for attacking Monokuma.
** In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', [[spoiler:Kaito Momota]] was technically already eliminated/found guilty, but [[spoiler:succumbed to his illness in the middle of his execution]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]], the Doctor finds himself stuck on a future, [[DeadlyGame lethal]] version of ''Big Brother''. After learning a former contestant named Linda was evicted for damaging property, he deliberately does the same, suspecting that whoever brought him there will intervene to ensure he isn't killed.
* One episode of ''Series/TheJohnLarroquetteShow'' had Dexter join the cast of ''Series/TheRealWorld'' for a (fictional) season taking place in St. Louis. He doesn't get along with his castmates and is eventually kicked off after trying to promote his lunch counter on air.

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

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Duffman injures himself in one episode and the Duff brewery sponsors a reality show to find a replacement. The eventual winner is someone we'd never seen before (or since) and asked to change into his Duffman costume. While he's doing this, one of the judges spots a tattoo on his back of a rival brewery's logo. He's disqualified and Homer is named the winner. (This is possibly the latest this trope can possibly occur.)
* Most “eliminations” in ''Series/SquidGame'' do not count as this, as even things like the riots and [[spoiler:Sae-byeok being killed by Sang-woo]] were all planned by the staff. However, there are a handful that are not planned or part of the game in any capacity:
** Player 271, after being informed that Jang Deok-su stole his lunch, gets into a fight with the man and is subsequently beaten to death.
** [[spoiler:Byeong-gi is shot by the staff after he is discovered to have been working with a few of the guards to receive an unfair advantage in the games.]]
** [[spoiler:Player 069, after having won the marbles game but lost his wife, Player 070, in the process, hangs himself just before the next game.]]

* Janu Tornell of ''Palau'' quit the game, and she actually was the first to attempt it as a gameplay maneuver -- everyone else on the Koror tribe was mocking her and constantly belittling her. She obviously wasn't going to be leaving anytime soon, since their main target was Stephenie [=LaGrossa=] (the true outsider and the only Ulong member left, after the absolute thrashing that saw Koror only have one elimination before the merge and curbstomp Ulong in turn). So in order to [[ThanatosGambit "throw a wrench in their works", she voluntarily quit the game.]] The fact that she had been sick since early in the game and was practically wasting away also factored in her decision, Koror likely would have voted her off far earlier if they hadn't won all but one of the challanges and it was surprising she hung in there for so long.

* In ''Nicaragua'', [=NaOnka=] and [[OneSteveLimit "Purple" Kelly]] both quit at the Day 28 Tribal Council due to having enough of the harsh conditions - 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, and ManipulativeEditing gave them unflattering portrayals in the show itself ([=NaOnka=] had her bad points highlighted and Kelly as [[OutOfFocus a non-entity]]). It appears that [=NaOnka=] was ''genuinely'' a selfish AlphaBitch and just didn't want to put up with an unpleasant situation any more, but Kelly's motivation became clearer [[AllThereInTheManual in contestant interviews]]: production designated her a MsFanservice, but the skimpy clothing they insisted she wear left her exposed and was starting to take its toll. 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.]]

* In ''44'', Matthew fell from a rock he was climbing near camp and suffered an arm injury. He continued to play, but eventually he couldn't bare with it anymore and quit shortly after a challenge.

* Dan Spilo from ''Island of the Idols'' became the first contestant to ever be [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor kicked off the show]] after he was reported to have harassed a member of the production crew. Spilo's behavior around female contestants had been an issue for most of the season, especially after Kellee Kim had accused him of touching her inappropriately. Spilo was given a formal warning by the producers, but was allowed to remain on the show, a decision that proved to be controversial for the rest of the season. The incident with the crew member was ultimately the final straw, and Dan was removed from the game on Day 36. The remaining five castaways were informed of the decision by Probst that morning. No goodbyes, no placement on the jury, no final words.

* The first elimination ''Claim to Fame'' occurred when Max (grandson of Chuck Norris) was seen using his smartphone to look up information on fellow contestants in an attempt to find who their celebrity relatives were.

Not to be confused with ShockingElimination, although the reality of some people's elimination can be just as shocking as elimination of the early favourite to win. If the player asks to leave, but is eliminated under normal circumstances anyways, it's SuicideByCop (namely, asking to be nominated and evicted). Compare PlayerElimination.

--> '''The producer''', ''Series/BigBrother after Justin Sebik was expelled''

** Joshua "Josh" Wahler, who was one of the weaker chefs that seasonm but made it to the Black Jackets, ended up becoming the first contestant to be ejected during service after cooking spaghetti without order and failing on risotto.

** Season 6 had three instances.

** Season 13:

** In Season 14, Bret suffered a slipped disc in the bathroom resulting in very bad back pain, forcing him out of Hell's Kitchen. He returned in Season 18 where he placed 3rd.
** Season 18 (Rookies vs. Veterans):

** In Season 19, Drew began suffering from severe cramps and dizziness and left the show.
** In late 2018, fans took notice of a 13th contestant named [=JR=] briefly seen in the Signature Dish Challenge in Season 3. While some people thought he might have departed like Melissa [=McNulty=] in ''Survivor'', fellow Season 3 contestant Joanna revealed the truth months later. As it turns out, she met [=JR=] during the auditions, and told him about how she was moving out of a bad relationship and that her mentor led her to coming onto the show. However, [=JR=] [[ManipulativeBastard decided to spread lies and rumors that Joanna was sleeping with said mentor,]] and on top of an already unprofessional attitude, made off-color remarks. This was apparently too much for the producers to handle. He got kicked out and [[UnPerson almost completely edited out of the show]] as a result (you can see his dish and him in a few frames, and that's it).

* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' (US):
** Jeff from Season 1. He stormed out after calling Gordon an asshole, and at the end of the episode, we were informed that Jeff decided not to return to Hell's Kitchen due to an injury. Not seen on TV was the confrontation after Jeff walked out, in which Jeff shoved Gordon, and Gordon shoved him back, knocking him down and twisting his ankle (not that there was any way Jeff would have returned after insulting Gordon, in any case).
** Larry from Season 2 had problems breathing, and the medical crew sent him to the hospital. The next day, he called the contestants and told them he was not coming back.
** Aaron from Season 3 had health problems since the start, and during a punishment, he collapsed on set, and was subsequently deemed unfit to continue on the show. [[TearJerker He would pass away from complications of his diabetes in November of 2010.]]
** Vanessa from Season 4 burned her hand on hot oil, putting it out of commission for the foreseeable future. She ended up leaving. (In a later interview, she revealed that she probably would've lost the use of that hand if not for being in an environment where she could get immediate medical attention.)

*** Ji voluntarily left the show after the second episode due to an injured ankle. She could have stayed but felt that she would not be able to perform. That episode, she had completed the entire dinner service while injured and without pain medication; Gordon was so impressed by her dedication that he allowed her to leave the show with her jacket as a trophy and reminder of her successes, the first such case he had ever done so.
*** Robert left the show under a combination of evacuation and voluntarily quitting: he nearly had a heart attack on the show, and it was recommended that he leave by medical personnel. He had already been considering leaving due to the limitations of his weight; for example, he hadn't been allowed to go on a helicopter trip with his winning team. He returned in Season 6.
** Season 6's Joseph, who displayed a horrible attitude (such as saying he didn't ''want'' the reward for winning a challenge since he came to cook and not to have fun), a hilariously short fuse, and an inability to obey the most basic of instructions. All this culminated during the second elimination ceremony, where he failed to give Gordon the first nominee for his team thrice (he first gave a vague answer of "they can speak for themselves", then announced both nominees instead of one, and finally announced the first one, but again gave a vague reason). After Gordon told him to just announce the nominee, Joseph started tearing off his jacket, getting right up to Gordon's face, and asking if he wanted to "take this outside". Gordon, [[TranquilFury never even raising his voice,]] told Joseph that he had no respect and ordered him out. Despite his protestations about the bright future before him, all Joseph aspired to was a joke both amongst the contestants and the viewers.
** Andrew from Season 7 walked out midway through the second service after Gordon kicked him out.[[note]] He had mixed runny mashed potatoes with a fresh batch, which Gordon didn't like. After Gordon called him out for it, Andrew disagreed with Gordon, leading to his exit. [[/note]]
** Antonia in Season 8 was removed from the show before even the first dinner service, due to being hospitalized after complaining about a migraine, then collapsing.
** Jason in Season 9 was also hospitalized before service, as he was having trouble breathing during prep due to dehydration. He returned in Season 12 and went on to finish second.
** Gina in Season 11 left in the third episode due to a "personal issue".[[note]] Gina's actual reason for leaving? She had gotten into an argument with fellow contestant Nedra the night before, and later thought that the rest of her team was plotting against her. [[/note]]
** Season 12 had two of these:
*** Simone, who during the usual elimination ceremony, just flat out told Gordon that he should send her home, in part because she was feeling unwell. That said, there's a very good chance she would have been eliminated anyway that episode, as it was her second nomination in a row, her team-mates hated her, and she had done poorly in the service.
*** Later that season, Joy walked out on the show in the third-to-last episode. She had made virtually zero mistakes throughout the entire season and was the overwhelming favorite to win by that point, but after she made a relatively small error (bringing up halibut before the garnish was ready), Gordon gave her a pretty mild rebuke, which somehow caused her to completely lose it and storm out of the kitchen -- and the competition as a whole -- there and then. Gordon even admitted that it was one of the most shocking moments he experienced in Hell's Kitchen.
** Season 13:
*** Steve was forced to withdraw from the show midway through the season after badly injuring his knee during a punishment.
*** On the same episode as Steve's withdrawal, Frank performed so poorly during dinner service that Gordon kicked him out of the competition once the service was over.
*** Aaron decided he wanted to quit the competition because he felt it wouldn't further his goals in the long run. Gordon was shocked by his decision, but allowed him to leave, not before calling Aaron's choice "disappointing".
** In Season 14, Bret suffered a slipped disc in the bathroom resulting in very bad back pain, forcing him out of Hell's Kitchen. He returned in Season 18 where he placed 3rd.
** Season 18 (Rookies vs. Veterans):
*** Chris revealed that he had suffered a serious injury nine months prior to coming onto the show, and in Episode 6, he felt he was entering a dark place again, forcing him to make a decision to walk out before service began.
*** At the final four, Motto realized that he was needed back in Baton Rouge, and decided to leave in order to use the lessons he learned throughout the competition to help out the chefs there.
** In Season 19, Drew began suffering from severe cramps and dizziness and left the show.
** In late 2018, fans took notice of a 13th contestant named [=JR=] briefly seen in the Signature Dish Challenge in Season 3. While some people thought he might have departed like Melissa [=McNulty=] in ''Survivor'', fellow Season 3 contestant Joanna revealed the truth months later. As it turns out, she met [=JR=] during the auditions, and told him about how she was moving out of a bad relationship and that her mentor led her to coming onto the show. However, [=JR=] [[ManipulativeBastard decided to spread lies and rumors that Joanna was sleeping with said mentor,]] and on top of an already unprofessional attitude, made off-color remarks. This was apparently too much for the producers to handle. He got kicked out and [[UnPerson almost completely edited out of the show]] as a result (you can see his dish and him in a few frames, and that's it).
* ''Ink Master''
** Season 2:
*** TJ was forced out of the competition early on due to aggravating an existing back injury during the flash challenge.
*** The same season also saw a partial medical disqualification in the form of Tray, who'd admitted to the contestants (but not the judges) that he had not been taking his medication for high blood pressure and as a result, had developed some complications (including going blind in one eye). This caught up with him in the fifth episode where he collapsed in the loft while awaiting the judges decision. While he was cleared to return, the judges still eliminated him for turning in a poor quality tattoo.
** Season 3:
*** Danger was eliminated in the third episode for not being able to turn in a tattoo at all. The reason? His client walked out on him just prior to the start of the tattooing session after the two of them got into a rather heated argument. The judges investigated and put it down to a personality clash, but also noted that an Ink master should be able to instill confidence in his client and he was unable to do so. He was eliminiated primarily for this, but also his poor quality tattoo during the flash challenge (while the other contestants were not judged on their flash challenge).
** Season 4:
*** Ashley quit in the second episode after an emotional breakdown.
*** Kyle was ejected in the eighth episode for physically assaulting one of the judges just before the flash challenge due to the amount of criticism that had received in judging over the previous two episodes.
** Season 5:

** Lucy Spraggan withdrew from Series 9 after contracting a severe chest infection. She was allowed to sit out one week and was offered the chance to do the same the following week, but chose to withdraw due to a combination of the infection not clearing up, and her fellow competitors accusing her of getting preferential treatment.

* ''WebAnimation/AIGeneratedObjectshow'': In the first episode, Alan the Acorn manages to weasel out of elimination by convincing Mr. Smith he might possibly have important information of where the location of the thing that would destroy his world is, leaving the host with no choice but to eliminate the second-to-last placer Craig the Carrot in his steed.

** Vince gets sick and tired of the show in episode 17, especially when they found out the popularity poll had ranked them second to dead last, and quits as a result, saving Irish from contestant voting at the last second. The out of universe reason is their user had expressed discomfort about their OC being on ''Burger Brawl'' so Gery respected their wishes and gave Vince a proper send-off.

* ''Fanfic/TheMaskedToonSinger'' currently has seven eliminations like this so far.

** Season 2 had two contestants disqualified for criminal pasts, despite one contestant disclosing it to Idol and him being acquitted of said charge laid against him.

* ''Series/BigBrother'' (Arab World)
** The ''entire cast'' was ejected 11 days in... because the show drew so much fire from conservative males, outraged that men and women were living together in one area (despite the fact that the house was primarily segregated by gender and only a few parts of the house allowed the genders to interact), that the show was cancelled. A producer went into the house in person to let everyone know. Needless to say, it didn't go over well.
* ''Big Brother'' (Australia)
** In 2002, Belinda left the series in Week 3 because she was feeling homesick.
** In the 2008 series, Rima was removed due to breaking her leg on-set during a Friday Night Live challenge after falling awkwardly off a ramp that steadily increased in height.
** Perhaps the most controversial example was when, in the 2006 series, two housemates were removed from the game for a "Turkey slapping" incident. To save you the trouble of searching for the ({{NSFW}}) term, a turkey slap is [[spoiler:the act of a male slapping another person's face with his genitalia]]. Let's leave it at that.
* ''Big Brother'' (Canada)
** Ramsey chose to quit Season 4 due to a family emergency.
** Season 8 takes the cake as far as non-gameplay eliminations in ''Big Brother'' go. For context, there were sixteen houseguests on this season, and only '''''one''''' of them was evicted in the normal manner.
*** Nico walked from the house the day before the season's first eviction, while on the block. He was stressed after being one of the houseguests who received the least of a fan safety vote, and ultimately chose to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled self-evict rather than be evicted]].
*** Then Kyle and Jamar were both kicked out due to threats of violence.
*** Not one week later, the ''entire'' rest of the house was evacuated due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
* ''Big Brother'' (Denmark)
** In Week 13 of the very first series in 2001, the remaining 7 housemates, citing general boredom and a perceived unfair punishment for failing a weekly challenge, left the house for two hours. After negotiating some perks, four of the housemates returned, but the remaining three housemates declined.
* ''Big Brother'' (Israel)
** In the second series, Maayan Hudeda was kicked out of the house by the producers for being rude, aggressive and violent. Her husband, who was also one of the housemates, chose to leave with her.
* ''Big Brother'' (UK)
** Europe seems to be full of rebellious ruffians. A massive 25 housemates have voluntarily left the house over the 24 series. (A few actually escaping over the roof, and one breaking the fire exit and fighting with security!)
** Several have been thrown out, for things ranging from cheating, to alleged threats, to badly-chosen words, to physical assault. One of which, Dawn, made ''twenty-three'' obnoxious cries of "OH, SHUT UP" when she was caught and scolded for it and was too snooty to listen. In order:
*** In Series 1, "Nasty" Nick Bateman was ejected for exchanging notes to other housemates about evictions.
*** Two contestants were ejected in Series 5. Kitten Pinder was ejected for receiving multiple warnings from Big Brother and disregarding all of them, and Emma Greenwood was ejected for starting "Fight Night", a 20 minute long argument fueled by alcohol that forced Big Brother to send security into the house to calm the situation down.
*** In Series 7, the aforementioned Dawn Blake was ejected for texting with her sister in code.
*** In Series 8, Emily Parr was ejected for using a racial slur.
*** Two contestants were ejected in Series 9. Alexandra De-Gale was ejected for using threatening language towards housemates she believed nominated her that week, and Dennis [=McHugh=] was ejected for spitting in another housemate's face.
*** In Series 14, Daley Ojuederie was ejected for aggressively flirtatious behavior towards another housemate.
*** In Series 16, Aaron Frew was ejected for exposing himself and continually flashing another housemate.
*** Two contestants were ejected in Series 17. Andrew Tate was ejected after a video was leaked of him striking a woman with a belt, and Emma Jensen was ejected for repeatedly trying to escape the House.
*** Two contestants were ejected in Series 18. Kayleigh Morris was ejected for making threats at another housemate, and Lotan Carter was ejected for threatening behavior and ignoring Big Brother's orders.
*** Two contestants were ejected in Series 19, the final series. Ellis Hillon was ejected for making several offensive tweets about 9/11, and Lewis Flanagan was ejected for making offensive remarks about the Holocaust.
* ''Big Brother'' (US)
** Justin Sebik, who was ejected 10 days into the show because he repeatedly threatened houseguests and held a knife to Krista Stegall's throat after a busy night of drinking. Said incident is now called "The Knife Incident". It resulted in tightened rules about violence so that nobody is allowed to come even close to what he did, and alcohol is no longer allowed in excess on the show- it can only be handed out in Head Of Household baskets in moderation, as gifts supplied by Pop TV, and for the Final 3 celebration dinner. Also, Justin received a psychological combing over in the Diary Room, where the show's psychiatrist and the producer at the time both talked to him extensively and realized he was a danger to the house. In his interview post-expulsion, even host Julie Chen was fearful at the way he seemed incapable of recognizing that his actions in the house were totally unacceptable and that Justin felt he should be allowed back in!
** Scott Weintraub in Season 4 was expelled/walked after repeated rulebreaking, having a few outbursts in the house, and possibly diagnosed with an [=STD=]. What had happened was he had a severe emotional meltdown after being forced to share a roof with Amanda, his ex-fiancee. Although everyone with the exception of an odd girl out was subjected to this treatment, Scott took it especially hard because she had been able to move on with her life after their engagement was broken; he however, was not. Scott flipped out and began flinging chairs all over the living room and "joking" that he was going to hit people with a life-sized chess piece in the backyard. Eventually, Scott was told to go to the Diary Room but continued to ignore the summons, until finally admitting he needed help and calling everybody into the house for an intervention, where they all agreed this atmosphere was bad for him and unlike the other houseguests would not be able to put up with it. Scott at last entered the Diary Room and was basically given the same assessment as Justin and, through both a combination of unwilling to continue the game and psychological red flags, was walked off the show. Amanda ended up being the next to go, and even told Scott she was already practically decided on as the first official eviction, but Scott's attitude had already been soured too much to have the will to stay on, and what he did in the four episodes he was on the show made it clear he was going to be miserable no matter what and possibly even driven insane.
** In Season 11, Chima was expelled about half-way through the game. Since Week 1 she had ''knowingly'' broken rules such as refusing to come to the diary room when called, not wearing a microphone, and covering cameras with blankets, but during Week 6 she just broke down due to Jeff using the ''coup d'etat'' when she was [=HOH=]. Chima walked out to practice for the upcoming Veto competition and didn't take her microphone with her. Natalie and Kevin then went to get her microphone for her so she wouldn't get penalized, but instead of accepting it she ''threw it in the hot tub'', then refused to pay for it. The following night, she was removed from the house for knowingly breaking rules and refusing to pay for the microphone she destroyed. And this, children, is why her nickname after that was Hirochima -- pronounced the same way. In fact, Chima's misconduct was taken so badly that she was ''[[DeaderThanDead banned from joining the Jury]]''. Instead, in a throwback to the traditional voting system, America got to cast one vote of its own (which may actually be a nice addition if used correctly).
** The one houseguest who left, Neil, was promptly replaced and his reasons for leaving were not made public, all that is known was that it was an "urgent family matter". Any reasons for him actually leaving are purely speculative.
** Season 12 had one would-be houseguest, Paola Aviles, bail out during the pre-show sequester period. Going to the bathroom while being filmed skeeved her out, and she hadn't been reading up on her contract. Her sudden departure from the game caused producers to have a cast short one contestant that year and a smaller Jury, so they began expanding the prospective contestant pool to accommodate sudden vacancies.
** Season 13 had Season 8 winner and CreatorsPet "Evel Dick" Donato walk from the house after only six days. At the time, Dick stated that he had left due to a family emergency, but revealed a few years later that he had been diagnosed as HIV positive and left the house for that reason.
** Season 14:
*** As it turned out, Season 14 saw another last-minute dropout, Mike, and Joe Arvin was given a lucky pass to take his spot.
*** Ironically, after the effort made to plug up a sudden dropout, the season gives us Willie Hantz (yes, brother of the infamous Russell Hantz from ''Survivor''), who was thrown out of the house about a week in for headbutting another houseguest. Guess who it was? Joe. That means that because Mike left the show, Willie got expelled. Then again, given Willie's temper and totally hated presence in the house, it was probably only a matter of time, anyway.
** Season 19 had Megan Lowder, a Navy veteran. In an instance of PoorCommunicationKills during week one, she misheard fellow houseguest Jessica talking about Asian houseguest Alex and thought she had used a racist term to refer to Alex. Rather than talk to Jessica about this, Megan went directly to Alex and told her what she thought she heard. Alex goes to talk to Jessica about it, a few more conversations happen, and the entire house promptly blows up at Megan for so quickly accusing someone else of racism. This ended up triggering Megan's trauma from the Navy, and she decided to leave the house the same day.
** Paloma Aguilar left the house in the first week of Season 24 due to personal matters. Since Paloma was one of the Backstage Pass Holders, that twist was ended early and the other two Pass Holders, as well as the two nominees, were declared safe from eviction for that week.
* ''Big Brother Brasil''
** In series 21, Lucas Penteado gave up after suffering a breakdown after being accused of faking his UsefulNotes/{{Bisexual}}ity
* ''Bigg Boss'' (the Indian ''Big Brother'')
** In an attempt to atone for the Shilpa Shetty racism controversy, Jade Goody was a houseguest on the second series of this version of the show. She left on day 2 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, and died 8 months later. Ominously, some people claim Goody was punished/cursed for her misdeeds and made to pay with them with her life through some dark-lore Hindu retribution because they were ''that'' bad.
** In that same series, Rahul quit just ''5 days'' away from the end.
* ''Celebrity Big Brother'' (UK)
** Australian feminist writer Germaine Greer walked off Series 3 because she believed two fellow celebrity houseguests (actress Creator/BrigitteNielsen and horse racing analyst [=John McCririck=]) were being bullied by the cast and crew.
** Series 5 saw three walk-outs. Donny Tourette, the vocalist for the punk rock band Towers of London, escaped the house by jumping over a fence because he refused to act as a servant to fellow contestant Jade Goody (who was also a contestant on this season, along with her boyfriend and mother). Film director Creator/KenRussell quit a few days later after he had an argument with the Goody family. Finally, pop singer Leo Sayer also quit by escaping the house, finding an exit through a crew-only area.
** Series 6 had Music/{{Sugababes}} singer Mutya Buena quit in a much less dramatic fashion than the trio of walkers the previous season. After narrowly escaping eviction, she decided to voluntarily leave later that night. Other similarly non-controversial walk-outs include R&B singer Ray J and club DJ Brandon Block in Series 19 and Youtuber Trisha Paytas in Series 20.
** ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' star Claire King had to leave Series 14 after she had to receive medical attention. Two days later, it was announced she would not be returning. Another ''Emmerdale'' cast member, Roxanne Pallett, quit Series 21 following an altercation with actor Ryan Thomas.
** In Series 15, two contestants were ejected. First, actor Jeremy Jackson was ejected for ripping open the dress of model Chloe Goodman. Then, comedian Ken Morley was ejected for repeated use of offensive language, with the final straw coming in a conversation with TV presenter Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin.
** R&B singer Alexander O'Neal quit Series 15 following an argument with gossip blogger Perez Hilton.
** Model and singer Music/TilaTequila was ejected from the show on the second day of Series 15, following [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor a controversy]] involving Nazi-sympathizing social media posts that also ended her career in general.
** Another trio of walks happened in Series 17, two due to tragic circumstances. First, blogger Jonathan Cheban left voluntarily on Day 7. Television producer David Gest left on medical grounds and died of a heart attack shortly after the series aired. Angela Bowie was informed of the death of her ex-husband Music/DavidBowie during the run of the show, and was asked whether she wanted to continue competing; although she stayed for a few more days, she ultimately decided to leave.
** Actor Christopher Biggins was ejected from Series 18 after he made antisemitic and homophobic comments that shocked the other houseguests, production team, and the British public.
** In the final series, Series 22, Brazilian TV personality Jessica Alves (who hadn't yet came out as UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} at the time and was then known as Rodrigo) was ejected for undisclosed reasons. She had been warned before for using racial slurs, so she most likely did it again.
* ''Celebrity Big Brother'' (US)
** In Season 3, Chris Kattan openly talked about the stress of being in the house and away from his family several times. [[SuicideByCop He asked everyone to evict him]] during the second eviction, but he was kept in anyways, and quit a few days later.
* ''Celebrity Big Brother''/''Big Brother VIP'' (Australia)
** Former Australian football player Warwick Capper was ejected from the only season of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' on Day 13 after exposing himself to another contestant.
** Controversial British political commentator Katie Hopkins was kicked off the first season of ''Big Brother VIP'' in July 2021 before filming even started because she boasted online about breaking the two-week hotel quarantine required for foreign visitors to the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her actions also got her deported from Australia.
* ''Gran Hermano'' (Spain)
** In season 1, contestants Silvia and Israel developed romantic feelings for each other early on. Both of them were nominated on week 4, and when Israel got the boot the following week, Silvia decided to quit the show and leave with him.

** [[spoiler:Duncan]] quits the game after refusing to sing as required by that season's rules. He comes back a few episodes later, having no problem singing this time.

* In ''Island (2023)'', [[spoiler:Wayne and Raj]] are both removed from the competition after being severely mauled by a cassowary and then thrown off a cliff, [[CareerEndingInjury causing them to be too injured to compete]].

** In the second season of the German version, a family member of the Cockroach became ill with COVID-19 and the Cockroach quit the competition to check on him. Performers are traditionally unmasked when they are eliminated, the Cockroach chose to be unmasked from outside the studio and was revealed to be [[spoiler:singer Angelo Kelly]]. The Cockroach also did not appear for that season’s finale, which had a group performance by all the contestants, regardless of if they’d been eliminated or not.

** Season 33 has a unique case. Production halted on February 28th, 2020 due to the worsening concern of Covid-19 and the nine teams left were sent back home. Production resumed a year and a half later in September 2021, by which time four teams couldn't return for various reasons. These teams and reasons include: friends Anthony & Spencer because Anthony had just started a new job and couldn't get the time off, married couple Sam & Connie because Connie was pregnant, dating couple Caro and Ray because they'd broken up and the former had moved back home to Sweden and didn't have a visa, and married couple Taylor and Isaiah who were set to return but had to back out at the last minute due to a death in Taylor's family. To make up for the loss of four teams, the first two eliminated teams, Michael & Moe and Arun & Natalia, were brought back.

*** Season 21's James & Abba also lost a passport in Moscow, but were saved by a non-elimination leg and allowed to run (and lose) the next leg thanks to it also taking place in Moscow.

** Season 33 has a unique case. Production halted on February 28th, 2020 due to the worsening concern of Covid-19 and the nine teams left were sent back home. It was promised that once things calmed down and things were deemed safe enough to continue production, they would resume the race. Nineteen months later (September 17, 2021), the race resumed but four of the nine teams did not return due to various reasons. These included: Anthony & Spencer (Anthony could not take time off work), Caro & Ray (they broke up during the hiatus and the former went back to Sweden after her visa expired), Connie & Sam (Connie was pregnant by the time refilming began), and Taylor & Isaiah (Taylor suffered a loss in his family right before it was time to go). To make up for the loss of four teams, the first two eliminated teams, Michael & Moe and Arun & Natalia, were brought back.