contestant

Example Sentences

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Her casting was a break from “The Bachelorette” tradition in that she had not been a contestant on a previous season of “The Bachelor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Nead: If you think about someone like Bekah Martinez, a former contestant, she does more homesteading content now, and she’s so real and raw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Paul, the first contestant not to be plucked from the Bachelor Nation, broke that mould in many ways.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

She was the fourth contestant to be eliminated, despite achieving consistently high scores from the judges, and later said during an Instagram Live that she had been “bullied off the show.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The next contestant is a tiny boy, hardly seven or eight years old, with a neat bow tie and hair that hangs over his eyes.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan