It’s always the people I find attractive that go home first. Sure, I don’t HAVE to have attractive people to get interested in a show. I don’t have many specific examples, but I know there was at least a season of Project Runway, and Bravo’s first design show was also like this. Dance Your Ass Off had Warren, (although the previews of the reunion show has Miles looking, well, not as goofy). Chris in the last season of Make Me a Supermodel (although in a vacuum, he’s not really my type, I picked from what I had.)
I have one counterexample: Antonio from this season’s Design Star.
I now have a reason to root for Ash from Top Chef. Don’t think I don’t notice that little tuft of chest hair sticking out of the top of your outfit! Either they’re reversing the trend, or he’s going home tonight, now that I’ve made this thread.