Thread:Greenhatdigital/@comment-2215258-20140721044330/@comment-1141831-20140723180219

I'd say eliminations are decided during the planning of the season. That way they can plan stories for certain characters, and who will be fodder. They likely take fanservice into account as well, but I'd say they plan everything ahead of time, but some might get switched around during production. The same thing happens with The Walking Dead; they decide character deaths at the begining of the season while planning things out, but somethings might change throughout. That's usually how shows work in these sorts of cases.