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Elimination games
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Elimination games push participants to their limits through ruthless stakes and unforgiving consequences. Contestants face escalating challenges where failure means immediate removal, transforming each decision into a life-or-death calculation. Whether physical endurance trials, strategic puzzles, or social manipulation tests, every round strips away the weakest links until only one victor remains. Tension thrives on unpredictability—hidden rules, surprise double eliminations, and shifting alliances keep players perpetually off-balance. The format weaponizes human psychology, exploiting desperation as competitors sacrifice ethics or form fragile pacts to survive. Viewers become complicit spectators, addicted to the raw spectacle of dreams crumbling or underdogs defying impossible odds. Variations like redemption brackets or jury-voted finales add layers of drama, forcing eliminated players to influence endgame outcomes. Some iterations introduce resource scarcity, timed gauntlets, or skill-based handicaps to prevent dominance by a single playstyle. The core remains unchanged: a relentless distillation of ambition, talent, and grit under extreme pressure.
