contestants

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Sam Zirah, with more than two million subscribers on YouTube, first made a name for himself by interviewing reality TV contestants, but now invites political figures onto his show.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“There’s two chairs and three contestants, and the music will stop and one will be without a chair.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

This year the contest went to a spell-off, where the final two contestants spell as many words as they can in 90 seconds.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Producers would deliberately try to make contestants angry or upset for the sake of generating watchable drama, they say.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

All the top contestants were given a sheet of paper with the following paragraph printed on it:

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein