contestant

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She says it was only "a few years ago" when she and fellow contestant Amy Gledhill were performing in a Leeds club "where the green room is essentially a cupboard with beer barrels as seats".

From BBC

He said being self-taught often led him to question his ability as a chef, but he had felt proud to stand side-by-side with fellow contestants "with my head held high".

From BBC

It messed with our glamorous aviation industry; once, it skewed the odds at a beauty pageant because the planes flying contestants in from around Southern California to the Glendale airport couldn’t land in the smog.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

In casting her, ABC broke with its typical pattern of picking someone who had previously appeared as a contestant on “The Bachelor.”

From The Wall Street Journal