Elimination Houdini in Disventure Camp.
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Adventure Camp
- Nick counts in general. He made it all the way to the final 4 because other contestants kept forgetting he was still in the competition and were busy with their own conflicts.
Season 1
- Fiore and Gabby, who were voted out in Episode 1 of the remastered version...only for it to turn out to be a mere team switch instead, Downplayed as it was before the first challenge even began meaning it was technically before the game even began.
- Ellie and Grett, who repeat Fiore and Gabby's example in Episode 6-7, at first looking like they've been eliminated when in fact they were just switching teams.
- Once more, Ellie in Episode 7. Gabby uses her immunity idol to save her, which leads all of Ellie's votes being invalidated and Dan to be eliminated instead.
Season 2
- Hunter in general could be considered this post-merge, as with one sole exception, he manages to win individual immunity every single time until his luck finally runs out by episode 11. And even then, it's only thanks to Riya playing the Immunity Totem and making her sole vote against him valid that he ends up voted out.
- Ally and Hunter are saved in Episode 8 after Nina tells Karol to share her immunity with them.
- James, also in Episode 8. Despite seeking Revenge against him and having a chance to be the deciding vote for him, Karol wastes it and instead votes for Lake so that her cover of pretending to have forgiven him and Aiden comes off as genuine. She's also gotten rid of in the following episode via a Non-Gameplay Elimination before she could effectively push forward her campaign to vote him or Aiden out.
- Of all characters, Riya becomes this in episode 11. The guys vote against her unanimously, but because she plays Rosa Maria's Immunity Totem before the voting begins, all their votes are invalidated and her sole vote against Hunter leads to his elimination instead.
All-Stars
- Fiore during episode 2 has all the markings to be the first boot of the season: her team doesn't like her, with Hunter having a particular animosity with her, and she also happens to be the weakest member of the team, having done rather terribly during the challenge. She only ends up being saved by a sudden fight breaking out between James and Jake, forcing Ashley to vote for the former to help the latter, which allows Fiore to live another day. She manage to survive once more when Hunter became a threat and refused to work with her. It ended in episode 7 when she nearly manage to get Jake to vote Ally only for Ashley to turn it back on her, her Villian Alliance exposed sealing her fate.
- Ellie has pretty much the perfect setup to get voted out during episode 3: nobody on her team besides Gabby likes her, with her betrayal of Lake causing her and Aiden to hate her, and Tess to grow weary of her. Tom has the biggest grudge against her out of everyone, and even if Lake was targeting him, he has a better idea on how Ellie operates and how she'll definitely screw him over later down the line if she's allowed to stay. That's already three votes against her and all she'd need is Tess to vote against her to be removed. Instead, with Tom focusing on the more obvious short-term threat of Lake, and Tess pulling a swing vote on Tom rather than risk a tiebreaker that Ellie might win, Lake ends up being eliminated 3-2. She's not so lucky in the next elimination, her pushing away even Gabby turned Tess against her, voting her off 3-2 over Aiden in Episode 8.
- Riya causes her team's loss in Episode 6, being the one responsible for the faulty scenery. However, thanks to her alliances, she manages to avoid even being in the bottom two. This is even Lampshaded by Trevor in the following episode.
