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Another sub-genre of reality TV is " reality competition " or so-called " reality game shows ," which follow the format of non-tournament elimination contests.

Typically, participants are filmed competing to win a prize, often while living together in a confined environment.

In many cases, participants are removed until only one person or team remains, who / which is then declared the winner.

Usually this is done by eliminating participants one at a time, in balloon debate style, through either disapproval voting or by voting for the most popular choice to win.

Voting is done by the viewing audience, the show's own participants, a panel of judges, or some combination of the three.