contestants
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Applicants had to take the same online quiz that potential contestants do, plus compose more than a full show’s worth of categories and clues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Selected from 17 finalists on a 2025 competition reality show called “Santos Bravos — La Serie,” the contestants had vied to become part of Santos Bravos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
When the cameras start rolling on Celebrity MasterChef, the contestants may be the ones sweating over the stoves, but there is plenty going on behind the scenes.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
For the judges, hours spent watching contestants cook also reveal something beyond culinary ability.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Marian would be competing with some three hundred other contestants, and Boghetti took special pains to get ready for her audition.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
