contestant

Example Sentences

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The 22-year-old pop star attended Western Canada High School in Calgary, and first came into the spotlight as a contestant on the American TV show So You Think You Can Dance before pivoting to music.

From BBC

Sitcom actors, Taskmaster contestants, Edinburgh Fringe Festival winners and familiar panel show faces are among the stars who will appear on the British version of Saturday Night Live.

From BBC

Set in the Scottish Highlands, the contestants complete a number of challenges to win money for the prize pot and must try to root out and banish the traitors at a roundtable discussion each night.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Rausch is making the most of people’s low expectations of a “Love Island” contestant, let alone one from Alabama who enjoys catching snakes and quietly strolls around in denim overalls, bare-chested.

From Salon

It places secret saboteurs among a group of faithful contestants in a grand castle in Scotland, all fighting it out to win a cash prize.

From BBC