So what makes a good elimination line?
“The tour ends here.”
“You are NOT the biggest loser.”
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(The Biggest Loser)
NBC
This one is both hilariously obvious and brilliantly simple.
“Your time is up.”
(Flavor of Love)
Get it?
Host Caroline Rhea (center) and contestants on ‘The Biggest Loser’.NBC
BecausePublic Enemyhype man/star of multiple VH1 reality seriesFlavor Flavalways wears a giant clock around his neck?
This is perfect punnery silly and to the point.
“You’re out.”
Flavor Flav sends a shorty home on ‘Flavor of Love’.VH1
“You get the ax.”
Brutal and blunt, just like Jigsaw.
“Don’t call us we’ll call you.”
Heidi Klum keeps her Germanic cool while eliminating a contestant on ‘Project Runway’.Bravo
“Now, sashay away.”
“just pack your knives and go.”
Good manners in a reality TV show?
‘Saw’ star Shawnee Smith delivers the death blow on ‘Scream Queens’.VH1
“Your cab is here.”
(Double Shot at Love)
OnJersey Shore, thearrival of a taxicabwas a joyous occasion.
On thisMTVdating show thinkThe Bachelor, only there are two of them it was a harbinger of heartbreak.
Faye Dunaway kicks a Hollywood hopeful to the curb on ‘The Starlet’.The WB
“The tribe has spoken.”
(“Three against one!
The tribe has spoken.")
Mama Ru sends a queen packing on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’.MTV
Padma Lakshmi can’t hide her pity for the eliminated ‘Top Chef’ contestant.Bravo
Vinny and Pauly D. put their serious faces on for ‘Double Shot at Love’.MTV
Jeff Probst snuffs a contestant’s torch on ‘Survivor’.CBS
