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** 2022: several unexpected and/or unpopular eliminations occurred in semi final 1, when Albania’s Ronela Hajati, Austrian DJ Lum!X (who had 2 major Spotify hits in the previous year) and Latvian Citi Zeni (with their sexually explicit ode to veganosm) were eliminated, with Ronela a particular shock. Fans had been long desperate for Albania to utilise its reggaeton scene, rather than select power ballads that are marginal qualifiers every year, and were delighted when they got their desired entry, from Ronela, the most followed act in the heat. However, not helped by controversy over her provocative style, and difficulties in the rehearsals, she failed to qualify despite widespread fan support.
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** 2022: several unexpected and/or unpopular eliminations occurred in semi final 1, when Albania’s Ronela Hajati, Austrian DJ Lum!X (who had 2 major Spotify hits in the previous year) and Latvian Citi Zeni (with their sexually explicit ode to veganosm) veganism and environmentalism) were eliminated, with Ronela a particular shock. Fans had been long desperate for Albania to utilise its reggaeton scene, rather than select power ballads that are marginal qualifiers every year, and were delighted when they got their desired entry, from Ronela, the most followed act in the heat. However, not helped by controversy over her provocative style, and difficulties in the rehearsals, she failed to qualify despite widespread fan support. Second semi final exits weren’t as surprising but, whilst they weren’t seen as having a chance until rehearsals, the Irish, Israeli and SanMarinese eliminations were unpopular. The Cypriot song was initially popular, but later rehearsals and live performances were poor and it was also eliminated. Israel and Cyprus had both been in every final from 2015-2021 inclusive when the event was held, with their title battle in 2018 having been one of the show’s most iconic
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** 2022: several unexpected and/or unpopular eliminations occurred in semi final 1, when Albania’s Ronela Hajati, Austrian DJ Lum!X (who had 2 major Spotify hits in the previous year) and Latvian Citi Zeni (with their sexually explicit ode to veganosm) were eliminated, with Ronela a particular shock. Fans had been long desperate for Albania to utilise its reggaeton scene, rather than select power ballads that are marginal qualifiers every year, and were delighted when they got their desired entry, from Ronela, the most followed act in the heat. However, not helped by controversy over her provocative style, and difficulties in the rehearsals, she failed to qualify despite widespread fan support.
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** Keta Minaj from ''Drag Race Holland'' had won three challenges and was the statistical front-runner, but found herself knocked out at the final four, much to the shock of viewers. The even more shocking part was her lip-sync opponent, Vivaldi, had broken the rules the week prior and not been disqualified, which caused even more of an uproar over Keta's elimination.
** Victoria Scone on the third series of ''Drag Race UK'' was the first ever cisgender female drag queen to compete on the franchise, and a strong showing in the first week marked her as a queen to beat. However, her historic run was cut unbelievably short after she sustained an injury during a lip-sync, knocking her out by the third week with a sort of vague invitation to the fourth series.
** Choriza May and River Medway were two of the biggest fan favourites during the third series of the UK edition, so their double elimination lip-sync did NOT go down well with the fan-base.
** In the fourteenth season of the American ''Drag Race'', Kornbread emerged as an early front-runner for the crown, winning the first week and becoming a fan fave almost immediately. All of this was cut short when she injured her ankle during an acting challenge, and the following week she was forced to drop out of the competition on doctor's orders.
** The first series of the international All Stars spin-off, ''UK vs. The World'', had two back-to-back. The first was Jimbo, who won the first two challenges back to back, only to be chopped by Pangina Heals on week three after a poor showing in the Rusical challenge. The second shocking elimination was Pangina herself, eliminated by Blu Hydrangea after Snatch Game, and even the judges were taken aback by this one, as the whole cast and some of the judges sobbed as Pangina shuffled off stage in tears, Blu herself even seemed like she instantly regretted her choice.
** Victoria Scone on the third series of ''Drag Race UK'' was the first ever cisgender female drag queen to compete on the franchise, and a strong showing in the first week marked her as a queen to beat. However, her historic run was cut unbelievably short after she sustained an injury during a lip-sync, knocking her out by the third week with a sort of vague invitation to the fourth series.
** Choriza May and River Medway were two of the biggest fan favourites during the third series of the UK edition, so their double elimination lip-sync did NOT go down well with the fan-base.
** In the fourteenth season of the American ''Drag Race'', Kornbread emerged as an early front-runner for the crown, winning the first week and becoming a fan fave almost immediately. All of this was cut short when she injured her ankle during an acting challenge, and the following week she was forced to drop out of the competition on doctor's orders.
** The first series of the international All Stars spin-off, ''UK vs. The World'', had two back-to-back. The first was Jimbo, who won the first two challenges back to back, only to be chopped by Pangina Heals on week three after a poor showing in the Rusical challenge. The second shocking elimination was Pangina herself, eliminated by Blu Hydrangea after Snatch Game, and even the judges were taken aback by this one, as the whole cast and some of the judges sobbed as Pangina shuffled off stage in tears, Blu herself even seemed like she instantly regretted her choice.
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* In the UK charity version of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' starring various Doctor Who actors, the first person eliminated, to most viewers' surprise, was RobotBuddy K-9.
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* In the UK charity version of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' starring various Doctor Who actors, the first person eliminated, to most viewers' surprise, was RobotBuddy K-9. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because the producers told them to vote K9 off in case he broke down.
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** The Lion was seen as someone to beat along with Peacock and Bee for almost all of season 1, yet missed out on the finale by one episode.
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** Pepper had been a strong performer ever since she debuted as a wild card, being a clear front runner of Group A along with Bull. Many had assumed that she was an easy lock for the Group A finale, only for her to be taken out in the semifinals.
** The week after that, it's Skunk, one of the strongest and most consistent performers all season, who falls short just one step away from the finals.
** The week after ''that'', it's Banana Split who falls after a season of strong and unique performances and who many had pegged as finale bound for almost the whole season.
** The week after that, it's Skunk, one of the strongest and most consistent performers all season, who falls short just one step away from the finals.
** The week after ''that'', it's Banana Split who falls after a season of strong and unique performances and who many had pegged as finale bound for almost the whole season.
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*** The second semi was considered the stronger of the two, which meant, like the first semi in 2018, there were bound to be at least a few shocking misses. Ultimately, Romania and Armenia found themselves with two non-qualifications in a row for the first time, which was embarrassing for both but especially so for Romania, given that they had a spotless track record prior to 2018, though Armenia fared worse despite being seen as a potential top 10 entry until the bereft staging was revealed - it placed 3rd bottom in the heat, 3 places below Romania. Lithuania's Jurij Veklenko, whose song was considered a borderline qualifier, played this very straight, as only one point kept him from qualifying over Denmark. Additionally, while the non-qualification didn't come as a shock to many fans given its low-key nature, Austria's entry was sent home for the first time since 2013.
*** In December 2020, Eurovision Again hosted a live streamed Eurovision involving the best songs not to qualify (though nations who failed to qualify just once, such as Azerbaijan, Russia and Sweden, were ineligible), with 26 songs, one from each country. Ranging from Slovenia in 2005, and Belgium and Monaco in 2006, to Switzerland and Greece in 2018, and Romania and Poland in 2019 (failures to qualify from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Serbia didn’t feature, even though they have had some popular ones, such as Armenia’s in 2019). Whilst it placed below unfavoured Montenegrin and Sanmarinese entries in its heat in real life, Iceland’s 2016 entry Hear Them Calling won this contest of sorts - this in the year many hoped the country’s prospective act over this period Dadi-Gagnamagnid would win the contest that was cancelled (though they placed 4th when they partook in Eurovision for once and all).
** In 2021, Semi final 1, Australia were eliminated for the first time, not helped by travel restrictions forcing Montaigne’s pre-recorded live on tape performance to be passed off as her actual one rather than perform on-stage, whilst Croatia uniquely failed to qualify with their popular song placing inside the top 10 in both televote and jury lists, but more narrowly in both than the 3 entries who were in the top 10 in only one of the lists, and hence fell 5 points short. Romania were also a shock Semi final one elimination, as their act Roxen has elicited a lot of fan hype in their proactive, rapidly-developing career. Heat 2 had fewer shock eliminations (as the moderately well liked Czech and Latvian songs delivered terrible on-stage performances, and hence their eliminations were seen as deserved), though Denmark failed to qualify from last slot, only the 4th in all in the 2-heat format (after Netherlands in 2009, Serbia in 2013 and Latvia in 2017), specifically due to an abysmal jury score (and not due to being their first own language entry in the contest proper since 1997, as only one country didn’t give the song televotes), and were the only Nordic nation not to be in the final, the first time since 1996 this happened.
*** In December 2020, Eurovision Again hosted a live streamed Eurovision involving the best songs not to qualify (though nations who failed to qualify just once, such as Azerbaijan, Russia and Sweden, were ineligible), with 26 songs, one from each country. Ranging from Slovenia in 2005, and Belgium and Monaco in 2006, to Switzerland and Greece in 2018, and Romania and Poland in 2019 (failures to qualify from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Serbia didn’t feature, even though they have had some popular ones, such as Armenia’s in 2019). Whilst it placed below unfavoured Montenegrin and Sanmarinese entries in its heat in real life, Iceland’s 2016 entry Hear Them Calling won this contest of sorts - this in the year many hoped the country’s prospective act over this period Dadi-Gagnamagnid would win the contest that was cancelled (though they placed 4th when they partook in Eurovision for once and all).
** In 2021, Semi final 1, Australia were eliminated for the first time, not helped by travel restrictions forcing Montaigne’s pre-recorded live on tape performance to be passed off as her actual one rather than perform on-stage, whilst Croatia uniquely failed to qualify with their popular song placing inside the top 10 in both televote and jury lists, but more narrowly in both than the 3 entries who were in the top 10 in only one of the lists, and hence fell 5 points short. Romania were also a shock Semi final one elimination, as their act Roxen has elicited a lot of fan hype in their proactive, rapidly-developing career. Heat 2 had fewer shock eliminations (as the moderately well liked Czech and Latvian songs delivered terrible on-stage performances, and hence their eliminations were seen as deserved), though Denmark failed to qualify from last slot, only the 4th in all in the 2-heat format (after Netherlands in 2009, Serbia in 2013 and Latvia in 2017), specifically due to an abysmal jury score (and not due to being their first own language entry in the contest proper since 1997, as only one country didn’t give the song televotes), and were the only Nordic nation not to be in the final, the first time since 1996 this happened.
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*** The second semi was considered the stronger of the two, which meant, like the first semi in 2018, there were bound to be at least a few shocking misses. Ultimately, Romania and Armenia found themselves with two non-qualifications in a row for the first time, which was embarrassing for both but especially so for Romania, given that they had a spotless track record prior to 2018, though Armenia fared worse despite being seen as a potential top 10 entry from a nation that is very well-liked by fans, until the bereft staging was revealed - it placed 3rd bottom in the heat, 3 places below Romania. Lithuania's Jurij Veklenko, whose song was considered a borderline qualifier, played this very straight, as only one point kept him from qualifying over Denmark. Additionally, while the non-qualification didn't come as a shock to many fans given its low-key nature, Austria's entry was sent home for the first time since 2013.
*** ** In December 2020, after a year with no Eurovision due to Covid, Eurovision Again hosted a live streamed Eurovision involving the best songs not to qualify (though nations who failed to qualify just once, such as Azerbaijan, Russia and Sweden, were ineligible), with 26 songs, one from each country. Ranging This list ranged from Slovenia in 2005, and Belgium and Monaco in 2006, to Switzerland and Greece in 2018, and Romania and Poland in 2019 (failures to qualify from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Serbia didn’t feature, even though they have had some popular ones, such as Armenia’s in 2019). Whilst it placed below unfavoured Montenegrin and Sanmarinese entries in its heat that year in real life, Iceland’s 2016 entry Hear Them Calling won this online contest of sorts - this in the year many many, particularly in the PeripheryDemographic who watch the show on final night only, hoped the country’s prospective act in the actual contest over this period period, Dadi-Gagnamagnid would win the contest that was cancelled (though they placed 4th when they partook in Eurovision for once and all).
** In 2021, Semi final 1, Australia were eliminated for the first time, not helped by travel restrictions forcing Montaigne’s pre-recorded live on tape performance to be passed off as her actual one rather than perform on-stage, whilst Croatia uniquely failed to qualify with their popular song placing inside the top 10 in both televote and jury lists, but more narrowly in both than the 3 entries who were in the top 10 in only one of the lists, and hence fell 5 points short. Romania were also a shock Semi final one elimination, as their act Roxenhas had elicited a lot of fan hype in their proactive, rapidly-developing career.career, and had been expected to fare well in 2020. Heat 2 had fewer shock eliminations (as the moderately well liked Czech and Latvian songs delivered terrible on-stage performances, and hence their eliminations were seen as deserved), though Denmark failed to qualify from last slot, only the 4th in all in the 2-heat format (after Netherlands in 2009, Serbia in 2013 and Latvia in 2017), specifically due to an abysmal jury score (and not due to being their first own language entry in the contest proper since 1997, as only one country didn’t give the song televotes), and were the only Nordic nation not to be in the final, the first time since 1996 this happened.
** In 2021, Semi final 1, Australia were eliminated for the first time, not helped by travel restrictions forcing Montaigne’s pre-recorded live on tape performance to be passed off as her actual one rather than perform on-stage, whilst Croatia uniquely failed to qualify with their popular song placing inside the top 10 in both televote and jury lists, but more narrowly in both than the 3 entries who were in the top 10 in only one of the lists, and hence fell 5 points short. Romania were also a shock Semi final one elimination, as their act Roxen
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** 2019: For the second year in a row, there were many examples of countries with poor qualification records rebounding (San Marino, North Macedonia, Belarus, and Switzerland, in particular, as well as the Czech Republic scoring their first-ever back-to-back qualifications), but a few more of heavy favorites exiting prematurely. The most notable ones in the first semi were Poland's Tulia and Portugal's Conan Osiris, both big fan-favorites for their rather unusual offerings. While the former came desperately close to claiming a spot in the final (missing by two points to Belarus), Portugal wound up polarizing voters, with the juries placing him last in spite of neighborly top marks from France and Spain's televotes. Additionally, Hungary's nine-year qualification streak came to an end when returning contestant Joci Papai (who had brought them their most recent top-ten finish two years prior) couldn't live up to the past hype (meaning that of the five returning contestants, he was the only one to miss the final - and ironically enough, he and Russia's Sergey Lazarev were the only ones that had qualified on their previous attempts!).
*** The second semi was considered the stronger of the two, which meant, like the first semi in 2018, there were bound to be at least a few shocking misses. Ultimately, Romania and Armenia found themselves with two non-qualifications in a row for the first time, which was embarrassing for both but especially so for Romania, given that they had a spotless track record prior to 2018. Lithuania's Jurij Veklenko, whose song was considered a borderline qualifier, played this very straight, as only one point kept him from qualifying over Denmark. Additionally, while the non-qualification didn't come as a shock to many fans given its low-key nature, Austria's entry was sent home for the first time since 2013.
*** The second semi was considered the stronger of the two, which meant, like the first semi in 2018, there were bound to be at least a few shocking misses. Ultimately, Romania and Armenia found themselves with two non-qualifications in a row for the first time, which was embarrassing for both but especially so for Romania, given that they had a spotless track record prior to 2018. Lithuania's Jurij Veklenko, whose song was considered a borderline qualifier, played this very straight, as only one point kept him from qualifying over Denmark. Additionally, while the non-qualification didn't come as a shock to many fans given its low-key nature, Austria's entry was sent home for the first time since 2013.
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** 2019: For the second year in a row, there were many examples of countries with poor qualification records rebounding (San Marino, (The four nations with the longest runs of non-qualification at the time - Iceland, North Macedonia, Belarus, Switzerland and Switzerland, San Marino (NM were last in particular, the final in 2012, the other 3 last in the main show in 2014)- all ended these losing runs in Tel Aviv) as well as the Czech Republic scoring their first-ever back-to-back qualifications), but a few more of heavy favorites exiting prematurely. The most notable ones in the first semi were Poland's Tulia and Portugal's Conan Osiris, both big fan-favorites for their rather unusual offerings. While the former came desperately close to claiming a spot in the final (missing by two points to Belarus), Portugal wound up polarizing voters, with the juries placing him last in spite of neighborly top marks from France and Spain's televotes. Additionally, Hungary's nine-year qualification streak came to an end when returning contestant Joci Papai (who had brought them their most recent top-ten finish two years prior) couldn't live up to the past hype (meaning that of the five returning contestants, he was the only one to miss the final - and ironically enough, he and Russia's Sergey Lazarev were the only ones that had qualified on their previous attempts!).
*** The second semi was considered the stronger of the two, which meant, like the first semi in 2018, there were bound to be at least a few shocking misses. Ultimately, Romania and Armenia found themselves with two non-qualifications in a row for the first time, which was embarrassing for both but especially so for Romania, given that they had a spotless track record prior to2018.2018, though Armenia fared worse despite being seen as a potential top 10 entry until the bereft staging was revealed - it placed 3rd bottom in the heat, 3 places below Romania. Lithuania's Jurij Veklenko, whose song was considered a borderline qualifier, played this very straight, as only one point kept him from qualifying over Denmark. Additionally, while the non-qualification didn't come as a shock to many fans given its low-key nature, Austria's entry was sent home for the first time since 2013.2013.
*** In December 2020, Eurovision Again hosted a live streamed Eurovision involving the best songs not to qualify (though nations who failed to qualify just once, such as Azerbaijan, Russia and Sweden, were ineligible), with 26 songs, one from each country. Ranging from Slovenia in 2005, and Belgium and Monaco in 2006, to Switzerland and Greece in 2018, and Romania and Poland in 2019 (failures to qualify from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Serbia didn’t feature, even though they have had some popular ones, such as Armenia’s in 2019). Whilst it placed below unfavoured Montenegrin and Sanmarinese entries in its heat in real life, Iceland’s 2016 entry Hear Them Calling won this contest of sorts - this in the year many hoped the country’s prospective act over this period Dadi-Gagnamagnid would win the contest that was cancelled (though they placed 4th when they partook in Eurovision for once and all).
** In 2021, Semi final 1, Australia were eliminated for the first time, not helped by travel restrictions forcing Montaigne’s pre-recorded live on tape performance to be passed off as her actual one rather than perform on-stage, whilst Croatia uniquely failed to qualify with their popular song placing inside the top 10 in both televote and jury lists, but more narrowly in both than the 3 entries who were in the top 10 in only one of the lists, and hence fell 5 points short. Romania were also a shock Semi final one elimination, as their act Roxen has elicited a lot of fan hype in their proactive, rapidly-developing career. Heat 2 had fewer shock eliminations (as the moderately well liked Czech and Latvian songs delivered terrible on-stage performances, and hence their eliminations were seen as deserved), though Denmark failed to qualify from last slot, only the 4th in all in the 2-heat format (after Netherlands in 2009, Serbia in 2013 and Latvia in 2017), specifically due to an abysmal jury score (and not due to being their first own language entry in the contest proper since 1997, as only one country didn’t give the song televotes), and were the only Nordic nation not to be in the final, the first time since 1996 this happened.
*** The second semi was considered the stronger of the two, which meant, like the first semi in 2018, there were bound to be at least a few shocking misses. Ultimately, Romania and Armenia found themselves with two non-qualifications in a row for the first time, which was embarrassing for both but especially so for Romania, given that they had a spotless track record prior to
*** In December 2020, Eurovision Again hosted a live streamed Eurovision involving the best songs not to qualify (though nations who failed to qualify just once, such as Azerbaijan, Russia and Sweden, were ineligible), with 26 songs, one from each country. Ranging from Slovenia in 2005, and Belgium and Monaco in 2006, to Switzerland and Greece in 2018, and Romania and Poland in 2019 (failures to qualify from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Serbia didn’t feature, even though they have had some popular ones, such as Armenia’s in 2019). Whilst it placed below unfavoured Montenegrin and Sanmarinese entries in its heat in real life, Iceland’s 2016 entry Hear Them Calling won this contest of sorts - this in the year many hoped the country’s prospective act over this period Dadi-Gagnamagnid would win the contest that was cancelled (though they placed 4th when they partook in Eurovision for once and all).
** In 2021, Semi final 1, Australia were eliminated for the first time, not helped by travel restrictions forcing Montaigne’s pre-recorded live on tape performance to be passed off as her actual one rather than perform on-stage, whilst Croatia uniquely failed to qualify with their popular song placing inside the top 10 in both televote and jury lists, but more narrowly in both than the 3 entries who were in the top 10 in only one of the lists, and hence fell 5 points short. Romania were also a shock Semi final one elimination, as their act Roxen has elicited a lot of fan hype in their proactive, rapidly-developing career. Heat 2 had fewer shock eliminations (as the moderately well liked Czech and Latvian songs delivered terrible on-stage performances, and hence their eliminations were seen as deserved), though Denmark failed to qualify from last slot, only the 4th in all in the 2-heat format (after Netherlands in 2009, Serbia in 2013 and Latvia in 2017), specifically due to an abysmal jury score (and not due to being their first own language entry in the contest proper since 1997, as only one country didn’t give the song televotes), and were the only Nordic nation not to be in the final, the first time since 1996 this happened.
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** The elimination of Pufferfish in the second episode of Season 6 became this once she was revealed to be [[spoiler:Toni Braxton]]. The other singers also seemed to feel this way, going off how shocked they were when Pufferfish was announced to be going home.
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* ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'':
** The Black Widow being outed as [[spoiler:Creator/RavenSymone]] in Week 7 of Season 2 prompted conspiracies among fans that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot she'd asked the panel to vote against her so she could recuperate from her injury]], as she was generally seen as one of the strongest singers who'd received rave reviews from the judges beforehand.
** Also from season 2, when Butterfly and Thingamajig faced of in a Smackdown, many fans thought that the former won by a landslide with her take on "[[Music/ImagineDragons Believer]]", which is still considered to be one of the best songs ever sung in a Smackdown, yet the judges cut her in favor of Thingmajig.
** Despite a few bumps earlier in the season, the Leopard's performance of "Big Spender" in the Season 2 semi-finals was so spectacular, many people were shocked that he was sent home -- including the panelists!
** Season 3 delivered a one-two GutPunch - in episode 3 we lose Miss Monster, [[spoiler:LivingLegend-class singer Music/ChakaKhan,]] and just two weeks later, it's the Mouse, [[spoiler:an even bigger legend, Music/DionneWarwick!]]
*** Perhaps a more downplayed version in the Season 3 quarter-finals, as everyone brought their A-game at that point, but it’s Kitty, one of the vocally strongest singers that season, who gets eliminated that night. And it’s [[spoiler:Music/JackieEvancho]], which explains her vocal power.
** Perhaps most shocking yet, in the Season 4 Group B qualifiers, the Gremlin decides to eliminate ''himself'' (he claims his costume was too uncomfortable, but it’s very likely he would have been eliminated anyway).
** Seahorse was seen as a top contender, and was expected to make the finals, if not win the whole shebang. She would fall just one episode short of the finale.
** Season 5 continues the trend with the Russian Dolls, who, despite being very good at their songs, get taken out in the quarterfinals.
** The Black Widow being outed as [[spoiler:Creator/RavenSymone]] in Week 7 of Season 2 prompted conspiracies among fans that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot she'd asked the panel to vote against her so she could recuperate from her injury]], as she was generally seen as one of the strongest singers who'd received rave reviews from the judges beforehand.
** Also from season 2, when Butterfly and Thingamajig faced of in a Smackdown, many fans thought that the former won by a landslide with her take on "[[Music/ImagineDragons Believer]]", which is still considered to be one of the best songs ever sung in a Smackdown, yet the judges cut her in favor of Thingmajig.
** Despite a few bumps earlier in the season, the Leopard's performance of "Big Spender" in the Season 2 semi-finals was so spectacular, many people were shocked that he was sent home -- including the panelists!
** Season 3 delivered a one-two GutPunch - in episode 3 we lose Miss Monster, [[spoiler:LivingLegend-class singer Music/ChakaKhan,]] and just two weeks later, it's the Mouse, [[spoiler:an even bigger legend, Music/DionneWarwick!]]
*** Perhaps a more downplayed version in the Season 3 quarter-finals, as everyone brought their A-game at that point, but it’s Kitty, one of the vocally strongest singers that season, who gets eliminated that night. And it’s [[spoiler:Music/JackieEvancho]], which explains her vocal power.
** Perhaps most shocking yet, in the Season 4 Group B qualifiers, the Gremlin decides to eliminate ''himself'' (he claims his costume was too uncomfortable, but it’s very likely he would have been eliminated anyway).
** Seahorse was seen as a top contender, and was expected to make the finals, if not win the whole shebang. She would fall just one episode short of the finale.
** Season 5 continues the trend with the Russian Dolls, who, despite being very good at their songs, get taken out in the quarterfinals.
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** 2009: Macedonia was once again spited by the juries after the public placed them tenth, with the saving throw being awarded to Waldo's People from Finland. Likewise, Croatia's Igor Cukrov and Andrea earned the judge's save in the second semi over the previous year's host country, Serbia. Other than that, there weren't many surprises in the semis, save for the Czech Republic's Gipsy.cz becoming only the second country to [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating not receive any points in a semi-final.]]
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** 2009: Macedonia was once again spited by the juries after the public placed them tenth, with the saving throw being awarded to Waldo's People from Finland. Likewise, Croatia's Igor Cukrov and Andrea earned the judge's save in the second semi over the previous year's host country, Serbia. Other than that, there weren't many surprises in the semis, save for the Czech Republic's Gipsy.cz becoming only the second country to [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating not receive any points in a semi-final.]]
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* In ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'', we have Teardrop, who managed to fall under this category ''twice''. In season 1, she was picked by the contestants to be eliminated over Snowball, despite having 5 votes in the elimination against the latter's 18. In season 2, she got the prize on her first elimination, but also had the most dislikes due to AnimationEpic (under an alt named Derpy Hooves) asking his subscribers to vote her, and ended up in measly 20th place. Fortunately, she is currently having a third run.
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* In ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'', we have Teardrop, who managed to fall under this category ''twice''. In season 1, she was picked by the contestants to be eliminated over Snowball, despite having 5 votes in the elimination against the latter's 18. In season 2, she got the prize on her first elimination, but also had the most dislikes due to AnimationEpic [=AnimationEpic=] (under an alt named Derpy Hooves) asking his subscribers to vote her, and ended up in measly 20th place. Fortunately, she is currently having a third run.
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** This will only apply if you like Pin, but also in Season 1, she decided to use her win token at the last minute, resulting in the Announcer calling her out and saying she used it too late, resulting in her elimination anyways. [[spoiler:Had she used it properly, she would’ve stayed, and Pen would’ve been eliminated instead.]]
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** In 2002, France didn't make it past the first round, despite winning the previous World Cup, in 1998.
** In 2014, Spain was eliminated in the first round, despite having one of the stronger teams and being the winner of the previous World Cup. Likewise in the 2002 World Cup France were eliminated without so much as scoring a goal, despite being defending champions at the time.
** Italy, one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, didn't even manage to make it to the first round of the 2018 World Cup.
** Germany in 2018, even given for a clear decline in form and the retirement of all their true leaders prior to the World Cup, as they hadn't exited in its first round since just before World War II began.
** The United States failure to qualify for 2018 was a big shocker since it ended a streak of at least showing up since 1990.
** In 2014, Spain was eliminated in the first round, despite having one of the stronger teams and being the winner of the previous World Cup. Likewise in the 2002 World Cup France were eliminated without so much as scoring a goal, despite being defending champions at the time.
** Italy, one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, didn't even manage to make it to the first round of the 2018 World Cup.
** Germany in 2018, even given for a clear decline in form and the retirement of all their true leaders prior to the World Cup, as they hadn't exited in its first round since just before World War II began.
** The United States failure to qualify for 2018 was a big shocker since it ended a streak of at least showing up since 1990.
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** In 2002, France didn't make it past the first round, despite winning the previous World Cup, in 1998. \n And it was in true EpicFail fashion, being eliminated without so much as scoring a goal!
** In 2010, defending champions Italy also crashed in the group stage, managing to score fewer points than ''New Zealand''.
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** In 2010, defending champions Italy also crashed in the group stage, managing to score fewer points than ''New Zealand''.
** In 2014, Spain was eliminated in the first round, despite having one of the stronger teams and being the winner of the previous World Cup.
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** Germany in 2018, even given for a clear decline in form and the retirement of all their true leaders prior to the World Cup, as they hadn't exited in its first round since just before World War II
** The United States failure to qualify for 2018 was a big shocker since it ended a streak of at least showing up since 1990.
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* UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup Playoffs 2019: ''All four number one seeds'' get upset by a wild card in the first round, the first time that's ever happened in ''any'' of the Big 4 sports. Even more shocking is that one of those number one seeds, the Tampa Bay Lightning, had the winningest season that year, won the President's Trophy for getting the most points, and were the favorites to win the Cup. (This was so unprecedented that the NHL, who runs a bracket contest every year, had to run a Second Chance Bracket contest for the first time because practically ''every'' entry in the first contest was broken.)
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* UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup Playoffs 2019: ''All four number one seeds'' get upset by a wild card in the first round, the first time that's ever happened in ''any'' of the Big 4 sports. Even more shocking is that one of those number one seeds, the Tampa Bay Lightning, had the winningest season that year, ever (62 wins, matching the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings), and managed to be swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets, who had never won the President's Trophy for getting the most points, and were the favorites to win the Cup. a round in two decades! (This was so unprecedented that the NHL, who runs a bracket contest every year, had to run a Second Chance Bracket contest for the first time because practically ''every'' entry in the first contest was broken.)
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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.
** 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.
** Season 7 also had James Vaughn, who had spent most of his run among the top contenders, before losing out in the final four against Cleen Rock One (the season's runner up)
** Season 7 also had James Vaughn, who had spent most of his run among the top contenders, before losing out in the final four against Cleen Rock One (the season's runner up)
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** Season 9 had the elimination of Golden Skull Tattoo (Cleen Rock One and Aaron Is), while they were in the final five (due to something called "Thumb-gate"[[note]]They placed the thumbs of a Buddha backwards by oversight[[/note]] by the fans). Considering that Cleen Rock One never got eliminated before (finishing twice in two different season), this was quite a shock for everyone, which was even acknowledged by the other contestants (who considered Golden Skull a finalist from the moment they entered the competition) and the judges (who stated that any team, no matter how good, was merely one mistake away from elimination).
** Season 13 even gave the judges the possibility to prevent this trope, by giving them "Pardons", which could be used to save a single candidate from elimination. These "Pardons" were well-used, as two of the pardoned artists made the top 4 eventually (while they would have fallen under this trope otherwise).
** Season 13 even gave the judges the possibility to prevent this trope, by giving them "Pardons", which could be used to save a single candidate from elimination. These "Pardons" were well-used, as two of the pardoned artists made the top 4 eventually (while they would have fallen under this trope otherwise).
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** The ninth season had Black Anchor Tattoo, who were considered one of the front runners at the start of the season, facing elimination after a poor performance in episode three, which shocked most contestants (and themselves even the most, probably). The fact that they were eliminated in favor of Tri-Cities Tattoo (who faced elimination for the thrid time in a row) made the elimination sting even more.
** Season 9 also had the elimination of Golden Skull Tattoo (Cleen Rock One and Aaron Is), while they were in the final five (due to something called "Thumb-gate"[[note]]They placed the thumbs of a Buddha backwards by oversight[[/note]] by the fans). Considering that Cleen Rock One never got eliminated before (finishing twice in two different season), this was quite a shock for everyone, which was even acknowledged by the other contestants (who considered Golden Skull a finalist from the moment they entered the competition) and the judges (who stated that any team, no matter how good, was merely one mistake away from elimination).
** Season 11's Chris Shockley had quite a shocking elimination as well, as (up to that point) he was the only member from team Christian to win an elimination challenge, as well as the only member of his team to avoid the bottom until then. The most shocking part, however, was the way he was eliminated: he lost a head-to-head against Teej Poole (one of his team mates), who, during the subsequent elimination face-off, started to advocate for the other two members of the bottom three to stay (both members of team Christian as well), essentially stabbing Chris in the back. Chris was '''not''' amused with the way his team did him in and even called them out on it during the season finale.
** While he did make it to the finals stage, no one expected that Tiffer Wright would come in third in season 11. This was, in particular, because he had been the front runner throughout the season (with three individual wins and several top 2 spots), as well as being mentioned as "The guy to beat" by the judges (and even by Christian, the opposing coach). When he was eliminated in third place, he even got support from Tony Medellin (that season's Ink Master), who stated that Tiffer "absolutely had what it takes to be an Ink Master".
** Season 13 even gave the judges the possibility to prevent this trope, by giving them "Pardons", which could be used to save a single candidate from elimination. These "Pardons" were well-used, astwo one of the pardoned artists made the top 4 3 eventually (while they she would have fallen under this trope otherwise).otherwise).
** Nevertheless, Jerrel Larkins became the victim of this trope, despite his "Pardon". While he managed to rack up the most wins of the season (five in total), as well as avoiding the bottom most of the time, he eventually ended up in fourth place, merely a hair behind Jimmy Snaz (who advanced to the finale). The fact that he was eliminated together with his team mate Kelly Severtson (who also had a good run up til then) made his elimination even more shocking, as an entire team was eliminated right before the finale.
** Season 9 also had the elimination of Golden Skull Tattoo (Cleen Rock One and Aaron Is), while they were in the final five (due to something called "Thumb-gate"[[note]]They placed the thumbs of a Buddha backwards by oversight[[/note]] by the fans). Considering that Cleen Rock One never got eliminated before (finishing twice in two different season), this was quite a shock for everyone, which was even acknowledged by the other contestants (who considered Golden Skull a finalist from the moment they entered the competition) and the judges (who stated that any team, no matter how good, was merely one mistake away from elimination).
** Season 11's Chris Shockley had quite a shocking elimination as well, as (up to that point) he was the only member from team Christian to win an elimination challenge, as well as the only member of his team to avoid the bottom until then. The most shocking part, however, was the way he was eliminated: he lost a head-to-head against Teej Poole (one of his team mates), who, during the subsequent elimination face-off, started to advocate for the other two members of the bottom three to stay (both members of team Christian as well), essentially stabbing Chris in the back. Chris was '''not''' amused with the way his team did him in and even called them out on it during the season finale.
** While he did make it to the finals stage, no one expected that Tiffer Wright would come in third in season 11. This was, in particular, because he had been the front runner throughout the season (with three individual wins and several top 2 spots), as well as being mentioned as "The guy to beat" by the judges (and even by Christian, the opposing coach). When he was eliminated in third place, he even got support from Tony Medellin (that season's Ink Master), who stated that Tiffer "absolutely had what it takes to be an Ink Master".
** Season 13 even gave the judges the possibility to prevent this trope, by giving them "Pardons", which could be used to save a single candidate from elimination. These "Pardons" were well-used, as
** Nevertheless, Jerrel Larkins became the victim of this trope, despite his "Pardon". While he managed to rack up the most wins of the season (five in total), as well as avoiding the bottom most of the time, he eventually ended up in fourth place, merely a hair behind Jimmy Snaz (who advanced to the finale). The fact that he was eliminated together with his team mate Kelly Severtson (who also had a good run up til then) made his elimination even more shocking, as an entire team was eliminated right before the finale.
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** Season 9 had the elimination of Golden Skull Tattoo (Cleen Rock One and Aaron Is), while they were in the final five (due to something called "Thumb-gate"[[note]]They placed the thumbs of a Buddha backwards by oversight[[/note]] by the fans). Considering that Cleen Rock One never got eliminated before (finishing twice in two different season), this was quite a shock for everyone, which was even acknowledged by the other contestants (who considered Golden Skull a finalist from the moment they entered the competition) and the judges (who stated that any team, no matter how good, was merely one mistake away from elimination).
** Season 13 even gave the judges the possibility to prevent this trope, by giving them "Pardons", which could be used to save a single candidate from elimination. These "Pardons" were well-used, as two of the pardoned artists made the top 4 eventually (while they would have fallen under this trope otherwise).
** Season 13 even gave the judges the possibility to prevent this trope, by giving them "Pardons", which could be used to save a single candidate from elimination. These "Pardons" were well-used, as two of the pardoned artists made the top 4 eventually (while they would have fallen under this trope otherwise).
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* The first season of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} (completely scripted) pulled a ShockingSwerve and eliminated Daniel Bryan on the first elimination (along with two others) when he had been the favorite to win the season. He ended up being kept on the show for his own storyline.
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* The first season of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} (completely scripted) pulled a ShockingSwerve an AssPull and eliminated Daniel Bryan on the first elimination (along with two others) when he had been the favorite to win the season. He ended up being kept on the show for his own storyline.
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** The first season of ''Drag Race Down Under'' had Art Simone. Art is a legend in the Australian drag scene, so much so that the queens clearly thought Art was a clear frontrunner for the crown. Art's run was cut short in episode two after a lackluster Snatch Game performance as Bindi Irwin and losing the lip-sync to Coco Jumbo. The queens reactions in the background when Art was eliminated said it all, nobody expected her to go home so soon, especially not Art, who broke down backstage trying to process her elimination.
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** The first season of ''Drag Race Down Under'' had Art Simone. Art is a legend in the Australian drag scene, so much so that the queens clearly thought Art was a clear frontrunner for the crown. Art's run was cut short in episode two after a lackluster Snatch Game performance as Bindi Irwin and losing the lip-sync to Coco Jumbo. The queens reactions in the background when Art was eliminated said it all, nobody expected her to go home so soon, especially not Art, who broke down backstage trying to process her elimination. While Art *does* return later on in the competition, her initial elimination is still a gag moment for the cast.
** Also from ''Down Under'', Anita Wig'lit's elimination. Having performed well in the previous three challenges and won the prestigious Snatch Game challenge, Anita seemed like a lock-in for the finale. Anita ended up going home on the fourth episode, much to the shock of the fans and fellow queens, most of whom ended up emotional and upset watching Anita sashay away.
** Also from ''Down Under'', Anita Wig'lit's elimination. Having performed well in the previous three challenges and won the prestigious Snatch Game challenge, Anita seemed like a lock-in for the finale. Anita ended up going home on the fourth episode, much to the shock of the fans and fellow queens, most of whom ended up emotional and upset watching Anita sashay away.
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** Valentina in Season 9. Up until her elimination episode, she had never lip synced, had a distinctive personality, and was respected by fans for her looks. She was a favorite to win. Then, after a "film a pilot" challenge where she and co-challenger Nina Bo'bina Brown pretty much sleepwalked through prep and turned in a (very clearly) improv'd pilot, both were up for elimination, with Valentina lip syncing for the first time ever against Nina, who'd lip synced before. And then Valentina refused to take off her mask from her runway look during the sync, which clearly netted scorn from [=RuPaul=] - and when she did, it became clear she hadn't learned the words to the song. And that's how she left the show.
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** Eureka in Season 9. After injuring herself in the cheerleading challenge, Eureka barely mentioned the injury and carried on as normal, until it became too much to bear and she had to do the entirety of episode five on crutches. After Cynthia Lee Fontaine and Farrah Moan lip-synced, it looked like [=RuPaul=] was gearing up to send one of them home, when she announced that Eureka would be leaving the competition to allow her injured knee to heal. Eureka did receive an open invitation to return to Season 10, however.
** Valentina in Season 9. Up until her elimination episode, she had never lip synced, had a distinctive personality, and was respected by fans for her looks. She was a favorite to win. Then, after a "film a pilot" challenge where she and co-challenger NinaBo'bina Bo'nina Brown pretty much sleepwalked through prep and turned in a (very clearly) improv'd pilot, both were up for elimination, with Valentina lip syncing for the first time ever against Nina, who'd lip synced before. And then Valentina refused to take off her mask from her runway look during the sync, which clearly netted scorn from [=RuPaul=] - and when she did, it became clear she hadn't learned the words to the song. And that's how she left the show.
** Shea Couleé in Season 9. With four wins, Shea looked like the clear choice for the crown, that is until the lip-sync for the crown finale twist was introduced. Shea was put against her best friend Sasha Velour, and Sasha ended up completely demolishing her with a cascade of rose petals falling from her wig.
** The uproar from Aja's All Stars 3 elimination was very bad. Aja had been performing very well up until her elimination, winning the first challenge and redeeming herself from her mediocre Season 9 run. While fans believed that Aja's runway look was deserving of the win, the judges didn't agree and put Aja in the bottom, where she was eliminated by challenge winner Bebe Zahara Benet, who Aja helped make her winning look. Aja even had to step in after the episode aired and tell fans not to send hate to Bebe.
** Valentina in Season 9. Up until her elimination episode, she had never lip synced, had a distinctive personality, and was respected by fans for her looks. She was a favorite to win. Then, after a "film a pilot" challenge where she and co-challenger Nina
** Shea Couleé in Season 9. With four wins, Shea looked like the clear choice for the crown, that is until the lip-sync for the crown finale twist was introduced. Shea was put against her best friend Sasha Velour, and Sasha ended up completely demolishing her with a cascade of rose petals falling from her wig.
** The uproar from Aja's All Stars 3 elimination was very bad. Aja had been performing very well up until her elimination, winning the first challenge and redeeming herself from her mediocre Season 9 run. While fans believed that Aja's runway look was deserving of the win, the judges didn't agree and put Aja in the bottom, where she was eliminated by challenge winner Bebe Zahara Benet, who Aja helped make her winning look. Aja even had to step in after the episode aired and tell fans not to send hate to Bebe.
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** Shangela in All Stars 3. Again, like with Shea, she had the most wins and a lot of fan support leading up to the finale episode. Then the jury twist was introduced, where all the eliminated queens would vote for the top two. Shangela didn't make the cut, with the fans ending up completely outraged as a result.
** Season 10 had Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, eliminated on the premiere episode up against Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams. The edit of the episode, as well as the critiques, lead to fans believing that Kalorie was the clear choice for the first elimination, that is until the lip-sync happened. Kalorie ended up completely turning it out, and Vanessa was sent home much to the shock of the fans. Luckily for Vanessa, her memeable exit and the fan-reaction led to her returning the next season and just missing out on the finals.
** Mayhem Miller in Season 10. Mayhem started off strong, winning the first challenge after auditioning so many times to finally get on Drag Race. By episode five, Mayhem was put in the bottom two against Monét X Change and ended up going home. A majority of the fans were shocked by Mayhem's early elimination, believing that she didn't deserve to be in the bottom two in the first place and some believed she even beat Monét in their lip-sync.
** Season 10 also had Miz Cracker, a comedic queen and a fan favorite who had just won her first challenge the previous week, she ended up being eliminated on her first week in the bottom two up against Kameron Michaels, who was on her third consecutive lip-sync.
** Yet another Season 10 elimination, Asia O'Hara in the first round of the Season 10 lip-sync finale. Asia was largely seen as one to beat going into the finale, and in an attempt to replicate the magic of Sasha Velour's rose petals gag, Asia decided to release live butterflies. The one issue? The butterflies refused to fly and sort of ended up scattered around the stage, her gag completely failed on her and she was taken out of the running.
** Manila Luzon in All Stars 4. After winning three challenges and cementing herself as a front-runner, challenge Naomi Small decided to eliminate Manila on her first slip-up in the makeover episode instead of Latrice Royale, who had previously already been eliminated and returned to the competition in a twist. Safe to say, the fans, judges, and even the fellow queens were gagged to see Manila go home.
** Scarlet Envy and Shuga Cain from Season 11 were both seen as "robbed" queens from their season, having shocking and controversial eliminations. Scarlet's elimination was controversial as fans believed that she did better than Ra'Jah O'Hara in their lip-sync, and even pointed out that Scarlet had been performing better than Ra'Jah in the competition as a whole. Shuga, on the other hand, had been flatlining through the competition, but during the magic challenge she had a rather good showing and fans believed the was one of the best of the week. Shuga ended up being eliminated that episode, much to the annoyance of the fans.
** Nina West in Season 11. While her makeover showing wasn't good, fans assumed that when put in the bottom two against Silky Nutmeg Ganache, a queen who had been flatlining recently, Nina would be saved. Nina and Silky's stats were the same, with two wins each and zero lip-syncs until this episode. After a lackluster lip-sync, Silky was saved and Nina was sent packing, much to the outrage of fans.
** The first season of ''Drag Race UK'' had Blu Hydrangea, a fan favourite who had been performing rather well throughout the competition. Fans believed that Cheryl Hole, the queen she was up against, should have been eliminated instead, while some believed that Baga Chipz, a queen who had also landed in the bottom during the challenge but was saved from lip-syncing, should have lip-synced instead of Blu. Fans also pointed out the suspicious nature of Blu having to lip-sync against Cheryl Hole, a Cheryl Cole impersonator, to a Cheryl Cole song ''in front'' of Cheryl Cole herself.
** Season 12 had Rock M Sakura, a fan favorite from the minute the cast was revealed. While fans thought her effervescent personality and strong runway looks would carry her to the finale, Rock ended up being eliminated on the fourth week, placing twelfth overall. The fan outcry following Rock's elimination was astronomical. To a lesser extent, eighth-placer Jan was also a shocker, with fans believing she didn't deserve to be in the bottom two over frontrunners Gigi Goode or Sherry Pie, although they admitted that Jan was beaten in the lip-sync fairly by Widow Von'Du.
** All Stars 5 saw the returns of Ongina and Alexis Mateo, both of whom were formidable opponents in their original seasons, with Ongina even being one of the first shock eliminations of the franchise. Ongina was eliminated early, giving a lackluster performance in both episodes she was on, while Alexis Mateo skated through to the top five and was eliminated without a challenge win. While fans thought their eliminations were justified, they couldn't help but feel shocked to see two powerhouses go home without even winning a challenge.
** Season 13 had Denali, a fan favorite and powerhouse performer who had won one of the first challenges and delivered a well-received lip-sync performance early on. Fans expected Denali to demolish her lip-sync against Olivia Lux, however, clearly she was restrained by her gown and as a result her performance fell flat, leading to her surprising elimination in eighth place.
** The second season of ''Drag Race UK'' had a ''lot'' of shock eliminations. The first episode had Joe Black, a popular queen who fans believed didn't deserve to be in the bottom two in the first place, leading to an online outcry. While Joe returned later in the season, she ended up eliminated that very same episode. The third episode had Asttina Mandella, who had won the first challenge and had bragged about her dance skills a lot, leading to fans and the queens believing that as soon as she landed in the bottom, she'd lip-sync her way out of it with ease. Nonetheless, Asttina ended up losing the lip-sync to Tia Kofi, and the reactions in the background from the other girls was an absolute picture. Episode four had Ginny Lemon, who walked off ''during'' her lip-sync against Sister Sister and quit the competition. The next episode, after a seven-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Veronica Green was eliminated on medical grounds as she had been infected with the virus (although she was given an invitation to Season 3). Episode eight had A'Whora, who had the best track record of the season leading up to her elimination and seemed like a sure finalist, after a lackluster performance in the comedy challenge, she was eliminated against Tayce, leading to fan outcry as they believed that Ellie Diamond, a queen who had also bombed the comedy challenge and had been seen as "coasting through" by fans and queens alike, should have lip-synced over A'Whora.
** The first season of ''Drag Race Down Under'' had Art Simone. Art is a legend in the Australian drag scene, so much so that the queens clearly thought Art was a clear frontrunner for the crown. Art's run was cut short in episode two after a lackluster Snatch Game performance as Bindi Irwin and losing the lip-sync to Coco Jumbo. The queens reactions in the background when Art was eliminated said it all, nobody expected her to go home so soon, especially not Art, who broke down backstage trying to process her elimination.
** Season 10 had Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, eliminated on the premiere episode up against Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams. The edit of the episode, as well as the critiques, lead to fans believing that Kalorie was the clear choice for the first elimination, that is until the lip-sync happened. Kalorie ended up completely turning it out, and Vanessa was sent home much to the shock of the fans. Luckily for Vanessa, her memeable exit and the fan-reaction led to her returning the next season and just missing out on the finals.
** Mayhem Miller in Season 10. Mayhem started off strong, winning the first challenge after auditioning so many times to finally get on Drag Race. By episode five, Mayhem was put in the bottom two against Monét X Change and ended up going home. A majority of the fans were shocked by Mayhem's early elimination, believing that she didn't deserve to be in the bottom two in the first place and some believed she even beat Monét in their lip-sync.
** Season 10 also had Miz Cracker, a comedic queen and a fan favorite who had just won her first challenge the previous week, she ended up being eliminated on her first week in the bottom two up against Kameron Michaels, who was on her third consecutive lip-sync.
** Yet another Season 10 elimination, Asia O'Hara in the first round of the Season 10 lip-sync finale. Asia was largely seen as one to beat going into the finale, and in an attempt to replicate the magic of Sasha Velour's rose petals gag, Asia decided to release live butterflies. The one issue? The butterflies refused to fly and sort of ended up scattered around the stage, her gag completely failed on her and she was taken out of the running.
** Manila Luzon in All Stars 4. After winning three challenges and cementing herself as a front-runner, challenge Naomi Small decided to eliminate Manila on her first slip-up in the makeover episode instead of Latrice Royale, who had previously already been eliminated and returned to the competition in a twist. Safe to say, the fans, judges, and even the fellow queens were gagged to see Manila go home.
** Scarlet Envy and Shuga Cain from Season 11 were both seen as "robbed" queens from their season, having shocking and controversial eliminations. Scarlet's elimination was controversial as fans believed that she did better than Ra'Jah O'Hara in their lip-sync, and even pointed out that Scarlet had been performing better than Ra'Jah in the competition as a whole. Shuga, on the other hand, had been flatlining through the competition, but during the magic challenge she had a rather good showing and fans believed the was one of the best of the week. Shuga ended up being eliminated that episode, much to the annoyance of the fans.
** Nina West in Season 11. While her makeover showing wasn't good, fans assumed that when put in the bottom two against Silky Nutmeg Ganache, a queen who had been flatlining recently, Nina would be saved. Nina and Silky's stats were the same, with two wins each and zero lip-syncs until this episode. After a lackluster lip-sync, Silky was saved and Nina was sent packing, much to the outrage of fans.
** The first season of ''Drag Race UK'' had Blu Hydrangea, a fan favourite who had been performing rather well throughout the competition. Fans believed that Cheryl Hole, the queen she was up against, should have been eliminated instead, while some believed that Baga Chipz, a queen who had also landed in the bottom during the challenge but was saved from lip-syncing, should have lip-synced instead of Blu. Fans also pointed out the suspicious nature of Blu having to lip-sync against Cheryl Hole, a Cheryl Cole impersonator, to a Cheryl Cole song ''in front'' of Cheryl Cole herself.
** Season 12 had Rock M Sakura, a fan favorite from the minute the cast was revealed. While fans thought her effervescent personality and strong runway looks would carry her to the finale, Rock ended up being eliminated on the fourth week, placing twelfth overall. The fan outcry following Rock's elimination was astronomical. To a lesser extent, eighth-placer Jan was also a shocker, with fans believing she didn't deserve to be in the bottom two over frontrunners Gigi Goode or Sherry Pie, although they admitted that Jan was beaten in the lip-sync fairly by Widow Von'Du.
** All Stars 5 saw the returns of Ongina and Alexis Mateo, both of whom were formidable opponents in their original seasons, with Ongina even being one of the first shock eliminations of the franchise. Ongina was eliminated early, giving a lackluster performance in both episodes she was on, while Alexis Mateo skated through to the top five and was eliminated without a challenge win. While fans thought their eliminations were justified, they couldn't help but feel shocked to see two powerhouses go home without even winning a challenge.
** Season 13 had Denali, a fan favorite and powerhouse performer who had won one of the first challenges and delivered a well-received lip-sync performance early on. Fans expected Denali to demolish her lip-sync against Olivia Lux, however, clearly she was restrained by her gown and as a result her performance fell flat, leading to her surprising elimination in eighth place.
** The second season of ''Drag Race UK'' had a ''lot'' of shock eliminations. The first episode had Joe Black, a popular queen who fans believed didn't deserve to be in the bottom two in the first place, leading to an online outcry. While Joe returned later in the season, she ended up eliminated that very same episode. The third episode had Asttina Mandella, who had won the first challenge and had bragged about her dance skills a lot, leading to fans and the queens believing that as soon as she landed in the bottom, she'd lip-sync her way out of it with ease. Nonetheless, Asttina ended up losing the lip-sync to Tia Kofi, and the reactions in the background from the other girls was an absolute picture. Episode four had Ginny Lemon, who walked off ''during'' her lip-sync against Sister Sister and quit the competition. The next episode, after a seven-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Veronica Green was eliminated on medical grounds as she had been infected with the virus (although she was given an invitation to Season 3). Episode eight had A'Whora, who had the best track record of the season leading up to her elimination and seemed like a sure finalist, after a lackluster performance in the comedy challenge, she was eliminated against Tayce, leading to fan outcry as they believed that Ellie Diamond, a queen who had also bombed the comedy challenge and had been seen as "coasting through" by fans and queens alike, should have lip-synced over A'Whora.
** The first season of ''Drag Race Down Under'' had Art Simone. Art is a legend in the Australian drag scene, so much so that the queens clearly thought Art was a clear frontrunner for the crown. Art's run was cut short in episode two after a lackluster Snatch Game performance as Bindi Irwin and losing the lip-sync to Coco Jumbo. The queens reactions in the background when Art was eliminated said it all, nobody expected her to go home so soon, especially not Art, who broke down backstage trying to process her elimination.
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* In ''WebVideo/StripSearch'', hosts/judges [[WebComic/PennyArcade Mike and Jerry]] were incredibly impressed by the comic strips that both Tavis and Lexxy had created, but after much angsting eventually decided to eliminate Lexxy. In the next elimination between Nick and Mac, they had a hard time deciding again but this time because they didn't like either submission. They eventually declared that the winner that round was [[spoiler:Lexxy -- they declared "ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem" and sent both Nick and Mac home while reinstating Lexxy, since they felt she had proven herself more qualified than either of them.]]
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* In ''WebVideo/StripSearch'', hosts/judges judges [[WebComic/PennyArcade Mike and Jerry]] were incredibly impressed by the comic strips that both Tavis and Lexxy had created, but after much angsting eventually decided to eliminate Lexxy. In the next elimination between Nick and Mac, they had a hard time deciding again but this time because they didn't like either submission. They eventually declared that the winner that round was [[spoiler:Lexxy -- they declared "ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem" and sent both Nick and Mac home while reinstating Lexxy, since they felt she had proven herself more qualified than either of them.]]
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* In ''WebVideo/StripSearch'', hosts/judges [[WebComic/PennyArcade Mike and Jerry]] were incredibly impressed by the comic strips that both Tavis and Lexxy had created, but after much angsting eventually decided to eliminate Lexxy. In the next elimination between Nick and Mac, they had a hard time deciding again but this time because they didn't like either submission. They eventually declared that the winner that round was [[spoiler:Lexxy -- they declared "ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem" and sent both Nick and Mac home while reinstating Lexxy, since they felt she had proven herself more qualified than either of them.]]
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* The Finale of [[Series/WWEToughEnough Tough Enough 2]] had the two male performers, Jake and Kenny Layne, surprisingly lose to the female competitors Jackie and Linda, despite advertising that there would be one male and one female winner each.
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* The Finale of [[Series/WWEToughEnough [[Wrestling/WWEToughEnough Tough Enough 2]] had the two male performers, Jake and Kenny Layne, surprisingly lose to the female competitors Jackie and Linda, despite advertising that there would be one male and one female winner each.
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** A more shocking elimination was [[Series/ChickBusters AJ]] from season 3 where the fans voted for who they wanted on the show. At the time AJ was arguably the most popular rookie that season. Even wrestling critics were calling her elimination a miscarriage of justice. AJ would eventually return to the main roster as the tag partner of season 3's winner, Kaitlyn. The other shocking elimination of the season, runner up Naomi, would eventually resurface, but as one of Brodus Clay's [[Wrestling/{{Funkadactyls}} backup dancers]].
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** A more shocking elimination was [[Series/ChickBusters [[Wrestling/ChickBusters AJ]] from season 3 where the fans voted for who they wanted on the show. At the time AJ was arguably the most popular rookie that season. Even wrestling critics were calling her elimination a miscarriage of justice. AJ would eventually return to the main roster as the tag partner of season 3's winner, Kaitlyn. The other shocking elimination of the season, runner up Naomi, would eventually resurface, but as one of Brodus Clay's [[Wrestling/{{Funkadactyls}} backup dancers]].
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* In the revival of Series/WWEToughEnough, early on, Mickael was in the bottom three alongside his hated rival, Ryan (whose biggest challenge for the show was overcoming the EmbarrassingNickname "Skidmark" given to him by, ironically, Wrestling/BillDemott). In order to decide who was leaving, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin made them cut promos on one another. Mickael choked, and Ryan buried him. Everyone was stunned, but whether it was Mickael's failing or Ryan stepping up to the plate depends on who you ask.
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* In the revival of Series/WWEToughEnough, Wrestling/WWEToughEnough, early on, Mickael was in the bottom three alongside his hated rival, Ryan (whose biggest challenge for the show was overcoming the EmbarrassingNickname "Skidmark" given to him by, ironically, Wrestling/BillDemott). In order to decide who was leaving, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin made them cut promos on one another. Mickael choked, and Ryan buried him. Everyone was stunned, but whether it was Mickael's failing or Ryan stepping up to the plate depends on who you ask.
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*** Laila McQueen and Dax [=ExclamationPoint=]'s double elimination in season 8 as well.
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*** Laila McQueen [=McQueen=] and Dax [=ExclamationPoint=]'s double elimination in season 8 as well.
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* In ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'', we have Teardrop, who managed to fall under this category ''twice''. In season 1, she was picked by the contestants to be eliminated over Snowball, despite having 5 votes in the elimination against the latter's 18. In season 2, she got the prize on her first elimination, but also had the most dislikes due to a youtuber asking his subscribers to vote her, and ended up in measly 20th place. Fortunately, she is currently having a third run.
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* In ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'', we have Teardrop, who managed to fall under this category ''twice''. In season 1, she was picked by the contestants to be eliminated over Snowball, despite having 5 votes in the elimination against the latter's 18. In season 2, she got the prize on her first elimination, but also had the most dislikes due to a youtuber AnimationEpic (under an alt named Derpy Hooves) asking his subscribers to vote her, and ended up in measly 20th place. Fortunately, she is currently having a third run.
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** The United States failure to qualify for 2018 was a big shocker since it ended a streak of at least showing up since 1990.
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*** Sammy and Henry were the first to enter the Top 10 '''for a while''', but following two team challenges (where in the first one, everyone else is also saved, and in the second one, only the team that neither Sammy nor Henry was in won) and a very tough elimination challenge in the very next episode, they ''both'' ended up eliminated (with Ariana).
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*** Sammy and Henry were the first to enter the Top 10 '''for ''for a while''', while'', but following two team challenges (where in the first one, everyone else is also saved, and in the second one, only the team that neither Sammy nor Henry was in won) and a very tough elimination challenge in the very next episode, they ''both'' '''''both''''' ended up eliminated (with Ariana).
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***Sammy and Henry were the first to enter the Top 10 '''for a while''', but following two team challenges (where in the first one, everyone else is also saved, and in the second one, only the team that neither Sammy nor Henry was in won) and a very tough elimination challenge in the very next episode, they ''both'' ended up eliminated (with Ariana).
***Sammy and Henry were the first to enter the Top 10 '''for a while''', but following two team challenges (where in the first one, everyone else is also saved, and in the second one, only the team that neither Sammy nor Henry was in won) and a very tough elimination challenge in the very next episode, they ''both'' ended up eliminated (with Ariana).
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* The UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup Playoffs 2019: ''All four number one seeds'' get upset by a wild card in the first round, the first time that's ever happened in ''any'' of the Big 4 sports. Even more shocking is that one of those number one seeds, the Tampa Bay Lightning, had the winningest season that year, won the President's Trophy for getting the most points, and were the favorites to win the Cup. (This was so unprecedented that the NHL, who runs a bracket contest every year, had to run a Second Chance Bracket contest for the first time because practically ''every'' entry in the first contest was broken.)
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* The UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup Playoffs 2019: ''All four number one seeds'' get upset by a wild card in the first round, the first time that's ever happened in ''any'' of the Big 4 sports. Even more shocking is that one of those number one seeds, the Tampa Bay Lightning, had the winningest season that year, won the President's Trophy for getting the most points, and were the favorites to win the Cup. (This was so unprecedented that the NHL, who runs a bracket contest every year, had to run a Second Chance Bracket contest for the first time because practically ''every'' entry in the first contest was broken.)
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* The UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup Playoffs 2019: ''All four number one seeds'' get upset by a wild card in the first round, the first time that's ever happened in ''any'' of the Big 4 sports. Even more shocking is that one of those number one seeds, the Tampa Bay Lightning, had the winningest season that year, won the President's Trophy for getting the most points, and were the favorites to win the Cup. (This was so unprecedented that the NHL, who runs a bracket contest every year, had to run a Second Chance Bracket contest for the first time because practically ''every'' entry in the first contest was broken.)
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FYROM did not become North Macedonia until 2018.
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** The first really shocking semi-final elimination came in 2006, when Belgium's Kate Ryan, who had been a favorite to win with her song "Je t'adore," only finished twelfth in the semi. Likewise, Poland's Ich Troje, who had previously finished top ten in 2003 and were expected to do well once again, finished one spot ahead of Belgium, only six points behind tenth-placed North Macedonia.
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** The first really shocking semi-final elimination came in 2006, when Belgium's Kate Ryan, who had been a favorite to win with her song "Je t'adore," only finished twelfth in the semi. Likewise, Poland's Ich Troje, who had previously finished top ten in 2003 and were expected to do well once again, finished one spot ahead of Belgium, only six points behind tenth-placed North Macedonia.
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** 2008: Sweden ''narrowly'' averted this, as in spite of returning champ and possible contender Charlotte Perelli (formerly Nilsson) only finishing twelfth in her semi, a jury's saving throw allowed her to reach the final. Less lucky were North Macedonia's Tamara, Vrčak, and Adam, who finished tenth in the public vote but were snubbed by the juries in Perelli's favor (the juries, however, would be Tamara's saving grace when she returned to compete solo eleven years later). Switzerland, a major fan-favorite, also bowed out prematurely, as did San Marino, whose debut became VindicatedByHistory as one of their better entries but finished dead-last in their semi.
** 2009: North Macedonia was once again spited by the juries after the public placed them tenth, with the saving throw being awarded to Waldo's People from Finland. Likewise, Croatia's Igor Cukrov and Andrea earned the judge's save in the second semi over the previous year's host country, Serbia. Other than that, there weren't many surprises in the semis, save for the Czech Republic's Gipsy.cz becoming only the second country to [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating not receive any points in a semi-final.]]
** 2009: North Macedonia was once again spited by the juries after the public placed them tenth, with the saving throw being awarded to Waldo's People from Finland. Likewise, Croatia's Igor Cukrov and Andrea earned the judge's save in the second semi over the previous year's host country, Serbia. Other than that, there weren't many surprises in the semis, save for the Czech Republic's Gipsy.cz becoming only the second country to [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating not receive any points in a semi-final.]]
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** 2008: Sweden ''narrowly'' averted this, as in spite of returning champ and possible contender Charlotte Perelli (formerly Nilsson) only finishing twelfth in her semi, a jury's saving throw allowed her to reach the final. Less lucky were North Macedonia's Tamara, Vrčak, and Adam, who finished tenth in the public vote but were snubbed by the juries in Perelli's favor (the juries, however, would be Tamara's saving grace when she returned to compete solo eleven years later). Switzerland, a major fan-favorite, also bowed out prematurely, as did San Marino, whose debut became VindicatedByHistory as one of their better entries but finished dead-last in their semi.
** 2009:North Macedonia was once again spited by the juries after the public placed them tenth, with the saving throw being awarded to Waldo's People from Finland. Likewise, Croatia's Igor Cukrov and Andrea earned the judge's save in the second semi over the previous year's host country, Serbia. Other than that, there weren't many surprises in the semis, save for the Czech Republic's Gipsy.cz becoming only the second country to [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating not receive any points in a semi-final.]]
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** 2013: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], for the first time in ''years'', by the Netherlands, who had found themselves seemingly doomed to semi-final purgatory for eight years in a row until Anouk broke the streak and then some with her song "Birds," which brought them to the top ten in the final and kicked off a near-uninterrupted (save for 2015) run of qualifications, culminating with a Dutch victory in 2019. Played straight with Montenegro's Who See in the first semi-final and the double whammy of San Marino's Valentina Monetta (back for her second of three consecutive appearances) and Israel's Moran Mazor in the second, all of whom were favorites to bring their respective countries back to the final. Additionally, it was the first time ever that every competing former Yugoslav republic failed to qualify for the final, with Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia joining Montenegro on the bench.
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** 2013: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], for the first time in ''years'', by the Netherlands, who had found themselves seemingly doomed to semi-final purgatory for eight years in a row until Anouk broke the streak and then some with her song "Birds," which brought them to the top ten in the final and kicked off a near-uninterrupted (save for 2015) run of qualifications, culminating with a Dutch victory in 2019. Played straight with Montenegro's Who See in the first semi-final and the double whammy of San Marino's Valentina Monetta (back for her second of three consecutive appearances) and Israel's Moran Mazor in the second, all of whom were favorites to bring their respective countries back to the final. Additionally, it was the first time ever that every competing former Yugoslav republic failed to qualify for the final, with Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia joining Montenegro on the bench.
