It's a social game, not a who can win a competition game.

There are many types of games.

Pretty much every TV reality game has a social aspect if the other participants have anything to say about it.

Heck, I think even something like AI there is a still a social game aspect. Sanjaya comes to mind. He played the social game of AI like a master and rode that ability more than his singing for a really long time.

If you don't want a game with social aspects avoid most reality TV and stick to sporting events where they only thing that matters is who scored the most points. (although in some sports the social game can be seen in home field advantage and other things).

Humans are social animals, you can't expect people to forgo all social methods of getting ahead because the cameras are rolling.

Some reality shows are more heavily social than others.

Like I said Kail sure is riding that form a group of four early to win thing really well {/sarcasm} It does take more than finding three people to say yep I'll be with you as we have seen that fail (like when there are two competing strong alliances like the Nerd Herd vs the Soverign Six).