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contestant

[kuhn-tes-tuhnt] / kənˈtɛs tənt /


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"Unlike many large adult male bears, Backpack hasn't shown much aggression toward his competitors," his contestant profile says.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Now 18, Charlotte is a contestant in the latest series of Big Brother, something she has dreamed about for most of her life.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

He lived in his small hometown about 20 miles west of Comanche and was gaining something like fame as the youngest contestant on Mudcats, a reality TV series about Oklahoma catfish noodlers.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

And the contestant she ended up with shares the same initials as Mortensen and both men are from Idaho.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Losing, as it turned out, never occurred to the contestant herself.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

At the Fonda, Adéla recounted moving here from her native Slovakia and working alongside the show’s other contestants to “try to become pop stars together,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Dancing With the Stars” contestants Guillermo Rodriguez and Jackson Olson have confirmed there is no bad blood between them after the latter apologized for a comment he made on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

And if that is not enough places to visit while in "Traitors Territory" there is always Inverness Airport where the celebrities arrived by plane - and appears in the big reveal of the new contestants.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

One of his best friends on the comedy circuit, Parenting Hell podcaster Rob Beckett, is another of this year's funniest contestants.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

A few contestants tried to make conversation with him, but I tuned them out, bouncing on the balls of my feet, battling the cold and my nerves.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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