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HTML

<span>Hello</span>
<select>
    <option value="hello">Hello</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$('select').each(function(i, el) {
    if ($(el).children().length == 1) {
        $(el).css("display", "none"); // Hide it
        var optionVal = $(el).children().eq(0).text();
        $(el).after($("<span>" + optionVal + "</span>"));
    }
});