User blog comment:GothGirlXenon/Belief That Underrated Characters Deserve Better/@comment-25027229-20150704104446/@comment-25027229-20150705185545

You make it sound like these characters are locked away in a dungeon and denied their basic needs. There's no "abuse" anywhere to be found outside of Zeke's scenario, which teaches a valuable lesson about the dangers of greed and reality television in a stupid way.

Also, how does Trent provide background music? Because he can sing and play guitar? Everyone else can sing and get sick and nearly die while having "positive" interactions. His only unique trait that hasn't been replicated is his guitar playing, which was done only a handful of times. The traits you've listed can be provided by nearly everyone in some form.

Trent and Eva, like I said, don't compete anymore because the writers don't have any USE for them as of now, and not because of new characters "replacing them." They had WT and missed out because there were other plots taking priority, couldn't compete in ROTI, AS, and PI for obvious reasons, and didn't get spots in RR because other characters were demanded more than them for the two available spaces. If we get to 10 seasons, we'll probably see them again. The only exception is probably Zeke, who is done according to producers. Just be patient and cross your fingers.