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* ''Fanfic/TheMaskedToonSinger'': Two eliminations from Season 3's semifinals caught just about everyone off guard.
** After spending the season as one of the most popular singers and consistently getting high votes, Clock Tower is the first singer cut in the final six of season three, losing to a Wild Card no less.
** In a similar vein, Lady Dog getting the cut caught even the author off guard, seeing as she had been one of the most popular singers the entire season.
* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/fireflamerx9z/gallery/81759797/the-masked-crossover-singer The Masked Crossover Singer]]''
** In season 1, Starry Night was the only singer to enter the merge without a single elimination vote. Thus, it was made all the shocking when she fell in that round, getting cut in a double elimination alongside [[EliminationHoudini Golem]]
** In the following season, Hydra seemed posed to waltz into a win without any struggles fairly early. They had been consistently one of the most praised singers all season, complete with ''two'' immunity wins. Cue an out of nowhere elimination in fifth place. The creator of the series even directly mentioned how shocked they were to see Hydra go and would lampshade it in the next episode by having Plague Doctor mention how blown away everyone was to see Hydra get unmasked.
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** Music/JenniferHudson and Latoya London (season 3). Hudson, who placed ''eighth'', wound up having the last laugh by having the biggest career of anyone that season, becoming one of the few people to win an [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs EGOT]].
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** Music/JenniferHudson and Latoya London (season 3). Hudson, who placed ''eighth'', wound up having the last laugh by having the biggest career of anyone that season, becoming one of the few people to win an [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs [[MediaNotes/TheEGOTs EGOT]].
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** Season 2's Jessie Smith had a pretty good run throughout the season, winning two elimination challenges and several flash challenges, while avoiding the bottom. That was, until he was faced with his Achilles' heel, portraits. While the result of his portrait spelled his elimination long before the jury came to an agreement, it was, in fact, quite unexpected that he would get eliminated in fifth place.
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** Season 2's Jessie Smith had a pretty good run throughout the season, winning two elimination challenges and several flash challenges, while avoiding the bottom. That was, until he was faced with his Achilles' heel, portraits. While the result of his portrait spelled his elimination long before the jury came to an agreement, it was, in fact, quite unexpected that he would get eliminated in fifth place. History appeared to repeat itself in Season 7, when he got eliminated in sixth place, despite his decent run up until then. The fact that he got eliminated in a direct duel with Anthony Michaels, that season's Ink Master, took some of the edge off the elimination, but it was still unexpected.
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** Season 7 had Jessie Smith, who got eliminated in sixth place, despite his decent run up until then. The fact that he got eliminated in a direct duel with Anthony Michaels, that season's Ink Master, took some of the edge off the elimination, but it was still unexpected. The fact that his Season 2 elimination was quite shocking as well, made this a case of history repeats.
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* In domestic soccer cups, where teams of different divisions mix it up, every once in a while a lower-tier "giantslayer" will emerge and take out one or more top-flight squads.
** In Spain, one of the best-remembered is AD Alcorcón, a third-tier side from the Madrid area which was drawn against La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid in the round of 32 in the 2009-10 Copa del Rey tournament, and stunned the world by not only winning the first leg 4-0 on their home ground, but going on to win the rubber 4-1 on aggregate after Real Madrid failed to mount a comeback in the second leg.
** Also in the Copa del Rey, the 2019-20 season would see Second Division side CD Mirandés knock out La Liga teams Celta de Vigo, Sevilla and Villarreal on its way to the semifinals, where they finally fell to Real Sociedad.
** In Spain, one of the best-remembered is AD Alcorcón, a third-tier side from the Madrid area which was drawn against La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid in the round of 32 in the 2009-10 Copa del Rey tournament, and stunned the world by not only winning the first leg 4-0 on their home ground, but going on to win the rubber 4-1 on aggregate after Real Madrid failed to mount a comeback in the second leg.
** Also in the Copa del Rey, the 2019-20 season would see Second Division side CD Mirandés knock out La Liga teams Celta de Vigo, Sevilla and Villarreal on its way to the semifinals, where they finally fell to Real Sociedad.
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* Due to technological advancement by adversaries and/or rules changing, it's not uncommon to see the F1 champions struggle in the following season, sometimes even failing to score a single victory after years of domination. Some notorious examples are Williams in 1998, Ferrari in 2005, Mercedes in 2022, which all failed to get on top (exception for Ferrari but only for a controversial race at Indianapolis where almost every other participant retired because of safety concerns for their tyres).
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* Due to technological advancement by adversaries and/or rules changing, it's not uncommon to see the F1 champions struggle in the following season, sometimes even failing to score a single victory after years of domination. Some notorious examples are Williams in 1998, Ferrari in 2005, Mercedes in 2022, which all failed to get on top (exception for Ferrari but only for a controversial race at Indianapolis where almost every other participant retired only six cars even started the race because of tyre safety concerns for their tyres).
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** 2022 presented again the same dose of unexpected elimination: Italy, right after winning the European Cup, failed again to qualify; Germany again failed to pass the group stage; Spain was eliminated by the surprise Morocco after the penalty kicks at round of 16, and so did Portugal at round of 8 after beating Switzerland by 6-1 scaring everybody. Argentina initially seemed doomed to the same after losing against the less famed Saudi Arabia during the starting match, but later managed to get to the semi-finals.
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** 2022 presented again the same dose of unexpected elimination: Italy, right after winning the European Cup, failed again to qualify; Germany again failed to pass the group stage; Spain was eliminated by the surprise Morocco after the penalty kicks at round of 16, and so did Portugal at round of 8 after beating Switzerland by 6-1 scaring everybody. Argentina initially seemed doomed to the same after losing against the less famed Saudi Arabia during the starting match, but later managed to get to the semi-finals. And eventually becoming champions.
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** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU. And FDU led for a good portion of the game; Purdue's largest lead was 6 points.
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** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU. And FDU led for a good portion of the game; Purdue's largest lead was 6 points. The game improved the all-time 16 vs. 1 record to 2-150.
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* The ultimate Shocking Elimination in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} NCAA Men's basketball tournament]] finally happened in the first round in 2018 when 16 seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County defeated Virginia, the overall #1 seed, by 20 points, 74-54. Up to that point, 16 seeds had been 0-135 against 1 seeds since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU.
** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU.
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* The ultimate Shocking Elimination in In the [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} NCAA Men's basketball tournament]] finally happened tournament]], a team with a 1 seed is considered one of the four best teams in the tournament field, and in the first round they play a 16 seed, considered one of the four ''worst'' teams in 2018 the field. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 16 seeds had been 0-135 against 1 seeds by 2018, but then the ultimate Shocking Elimination happened when 16 seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County defeated Virginia, the overall #1 seed, by 20 points, 74-54. Up to that point, 16 seeds had been 0-135 against 1 seeds since seed (and thus, considered the tournament expanded to 64 teams single best team in 1985.
the tournament). Even crazier, the game turned into a CurbStompBattle, with UMBC running away with a 74-54 shocker.
** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU. And FDU led for a good portion of the game; Purdue's largest lead was 6 points.
** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU. And FDU led for a good portion of the game; Purdue's largest lead was 6 points.
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** The second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, Purdue in 2023, was an even bigger shock because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that technically didn't even belong in the tournament; FDU had lost the Northeast Conference tournament championship to Merrimack, but since Merrimack was still in the middle of upgrading their athletic program from Division II to Division I, they weren't eligible for the tournament, so the NCAA awarded the conference's bid to FDU.
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** 2022 presented again the same dose of unexpected elimination: Italy, right after winning the European Cup, failed again to qualify; Germany again failed to pass the group stage; Spain was eliminated by the surprise Morocco after the penalty kicks at round of 16, and so did Portugal at round of 8 after beating Switzerland by 6-1 scaring everybody. Argentina initially seemed doomed to the same after losing against the less famed Saudi Arabia during the starting match, but later managed to get to the semi-finals.
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** In recent years however, it has been seen as less of a shock, and more of a curse afflicting European winners, as every European country to win the World Cup got eliminated in the group stage of the next one, while the Lone South American winner (Brazil in 2002) made it to the quarter-finals in 2006.
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** In recent years however, it has been seen as less of a shock, and more of a curse afflicting European winners, winners since the turn of the millennium, as every European country to win the World Cup got eliminated in the group stage of the next one, while the Lone South American winner (Brazil in 2002) made it to the quarter-finals in 2006.2006.
** Also of note is that before 2000, both times a team won consecutive World Cups, that team would also be eliminated in the group stage of the tournament after the second win. Although in Italy's case, that could be justified by the Superga disaster killing their best players.
** Also of note is that before 2000, both times a team won consecutive World Cups, that team would also be eliminated in the group stage of the tournament after the second win. Although in Italy's case, that could be justified by the Superga disaster killing their best players.
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** Jennifer Hudson and Latoya London (season 3)
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** Mandisa and Chris Music/{{Daughtry}} (season 5. Daughtry outdid the three who beat him in record sales, afterwards)
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** Siobhan Magnus (season 9, with the week after her elimination having the lowest amount of viewers in American Idol history.)
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** Where this trope ''really'' comes into play is when a division is particularly weak and most, or all of its members have mediocre win-loss records. Irrespective of win record, the top team in that division is guaranteed entry into the postseason, meaning a playoff team can enter and ''win'' a playoff game with a sub-0.500 record in the prior regular season. This has only happened with the 2010 (7-9) Seattle Seahawks, who famously beat the reigning champion New Orleans Saints in the [[FoeTossingCharge BeatQuake game]]. However, it could hypothetically happen in the 17-game era with a team holding a record as low as 3-14. Once in the playoffs, it's possible, if extremely unlikely, for a team to blunder its way into a deep playoff run.
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** Where this trope ''really'' comes into play is when a division is particularly weak and most, or all of its members have mediocre win-loss records. Irrespective of win record, the top team in that division is guaranteed entry into the postseason, meaning a playoff team can enter and ''win'' a playoff game with a sub-0.500 record in the prior regular season. This has only happened with the 2010 (7-9) Seattle Seahawks, who famously beat the reigning champion New Orleans Saints in the [[FoeTossingCharge BeatQuake BeastQuake game]]. However, it could hypothetically happen in the 17-game era with a team holding a record as low as 3-14. Once in the playoffs, it's possible, if extremely unlikely, for a team to blunder its way into a deep playoff run.
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* This trope is baked into the postseason structure of the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague. As is said, a team can win on "any given Sunday."[[note]]Or Monday, Thursday, and sometimes even a Saturday...[[/note]]
** As of 2021, fourteen teams are guaranteed entrance into the playoffs -- the four division winners and the top three runner up teams. Because the playoffs are single-elimination contests, and the line separating the sixth seed from the first seed in each conference may be very narrow, it isn't unheard of for one or both teams in that year's UsefulNotes/SuperBowl to be their conferences third seed or lower. For example, Super Bowl LVI was a contest between two No. 4 seeds.
** Where this trope ''really'' comes into play is when a division is particularly weak and most, or all of its members have mediocre win-loss records. Irrespective of win record, the top team in that division is guaranteed entry into the postseason, meaning a playoff team can enter and ''win'' a playoff game with a sub-0.500 record in the prior regular season. This has only happened with the 2010 (7-9) Seattle Seahawks, who famously beat the reigning champion New Orleans Saints in the [[FoeTossingCharge BeatQuake game]]. However, it could hypothetically happen in the 17-game era with a team holding a record as low as 3-14. Once in the playoffs, it's possible, if extremely unlikely, for a team to blunder its way into a deep playoff run.
** As of 2021, fourteen teams are guaranteed entrance into the playoffs -- the four division winners and the top three runner up teams. Because the playoffs are single-elimination contests, and the line separating the sixth seed from the first seed in each conference may be very narrow, it isn't unheard of for one or both teams in that year's UsefulNotes/SuperBowl to be their conferences third seed or lower. For example, Super Bowl LVI was a contest between two No. 4 seeds.
** Where this trope ''really'' comes into play is when a division is particularly weak and most, or all of its members have mediocre win-loss records. Irrespective of win record, the top team in that division is guaranteed entry into the postseason, meaning a playoff team can enter and ''win'' a playoff game with a sub-0.500 record in the prior regular season. This has only happened with the 2010 (7-9) Seattle Seahawks, who famously beat the reigning champion New Orleans Saints in the [[FoeTossingCharge BeatQuake game]]. However, it could hypothetically happen in the 17-game era with a team holding a record as low as 3-14. Once in the playoffs, it's possible, if extremely unlikely, for a team to blunder its way into a deep playoff run.
