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; Sports: Most of these programs create a sporting competition among athletes attempting to establish their name in that sport.

The Club, in 2002, was one of the first shows to immerse sport with reality TV, based on a fabricated club competing against real clubs in the sport of Australian rules football ; the audience helped select which players played each week by voting for their favorites.

Golf Channel's The Big Break is a reality show in which aspiring golfers compete against one another and are eliminated.

The Contender, a boxing show, unfortunately became the first American reality show in which a contestant committed suicide after being eliminated from the show ; the show's winner was promised a shot at a boxing world championship.

Sergio Mora, who won, indeed got his title shot and became a world champion boxer.

In The Ultimate Fighter participants have voluntarily withdrawn or expressed the desire to withdraw from the show due to competitive pressure.