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[[File:you_have_won_second_prize_in_a_beauty_contest_2516you have won second prize in a beauty contest 2516.png|link=Monopoly|frame|You've never even ''heard'' of the first place guy.]]

For the talent-based shows, the reason can be described thusly. When you win, you're ''hot,'' and the producers of the show want to capitalize on that. This leads to getting pushed too fast and too hard. With singers, for example, it might involve churning out a sub-par album to capitalize on their star power. [[Hype Backlash]] sets in, and people will tend to get a little sick of them. But for the contestants who finish lower in the ranks, they still have all the recognition--allrecognition—all of the same people watched the show, after all--butall—but are allowed to relax, work at their own pace, and develop a high-quality body of work that people are more likely to enjoy. Also note that, almost by definition, many more people ''don't'' win than do. So even if any given winner is more likely to hit it big than any given runner-up, you still might see more runners-up who become stars than winners.