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Or not, depending on the show.
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==Examples of the former==
* ''[[American Idol]]'' has the eliminated sing their last song before fading away.
* ''[[Survivor]]'' has the just-eliminated contestant make a final speech during the end credits while the votes of their teammates are shown.
* ''[[The Weakest Link]]'' usually allows an eliminated constestant to kvetch about alliances and unfair treatment, before explaining who they think should be next.
** When Anne Robinson hosted ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', they parodied this during the end credits.
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'''Ian Hislop:''' No, no, I don't mind losing at all, I mean, it's just fun, it's just telly, it's just a quiz. The fact that [[The Points Mean Nothing|there's a whole load of questions about carp on a topical news quiz]], I mean, so what? It's just fun. Who wins, who loses doesn't matter. It's just fun. ''(twitch)'' }}
** Again, at the height of ''[[The Weakest Link]]''`s popularity, Anne Robinson appeared in a [[
* ''[[The Biggest Loser]]'' gives contestants both the chance to complain about the game immediately after elimination and a montage about how they have continued to lose weight (or not) after being kicked off the show.
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* ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' has eliminated contestants do this [[Put
** Subverted hilariously in Season 4 when The Donald fired four contestants at once. The cab ride showed the group crammed together in the back seat, completely speechless.
* On ''[[Judge Judy]]'', the involved parties give their feelings on the results of the proceedings while the credits roll.
** Frequently this is the only time they are allowed to present their case as they originally intended, as they don't have the other litigant yelling over them, or Sheindlin constantly doing her smug [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] routine.
* ''[[Top Shot]]'' shows the eliminated contestant give their thoughts, often on what they may have done wrong in the eliminating challenge and what they learned over the course of the show, as well as saying good bye to the other contestants before walking away.
* The statements on ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' tend to me much more good-natured than on other reality shows, and focus almost entirely on the positive instead of what went wrong.
* Each group eliminated from ''[[The Sing
* The sportswriters on [[Around the Horn]] get to give a short statement before Reali mutes them for the day.
* ''Murder in Small Town X''/''The Murder Game''- since the eliminated investigator was "killed". In the latter, they did choose the next lead investigator via a pre-recorded message.
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