contestant
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Hammond rose to fame as contestant on Channel 4 reality show Big Brother before appearing on I'm A Celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Unlike many large adult male bears, Backpack hasn't shown much aggression toward his competitors," his contestant profile says.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
He lived in his small hometown about 20 miles west of Comanche and was gaining something like fame as the youngest contestant on Mudcats, a reality TV series about Oklahoma catfish noodlers.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
And the contestant she ended up with shares the same initials as Mortensen and both men are from Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Only that was different, since I was a contestant.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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At the Fonda, Adéla recounted moving here from her native Slovakia and working alongside the show’s other contestants to “try to become pop stars together,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Dancing With the Stars” contestants Guillermo Rodriguez and Jackson Olson have confirmed there is no bad blood between them after the latter apologized for a comment he made on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Elsewhere on the front page, two contestants from this season of the Celebrity Traitors, Maya Jama and Richard E Grant, are pictured scheming in their iconic green cloaks.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the show will see a group of famous 'faithfuls' attempt to work out which among them are the 'traitors' secretly "murdering" contestants each night.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Little Willy had read all about the other contestants in the newspaper.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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