contestant

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Soap actor and Strictly contestant Lewis Cope will play Jack, while Paddington and Bridget Jones actress Jessica Hynes will star as Harriet.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

She was the fourth contestant to be eliminated, despite achieving consistently high scores from the judges, and later said during an Instagram Live that she had been “bullied off the show.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

In the baby department, it’s been all estrogen for the “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” contestant.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle corrected a 12-year-old spelling bee contestant on camera, incorrectly instructing him to add the letter “e” onto the end of the word “potato.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

So if the first word is “fork,” a contestant might say, “You use this to put food in your mouth—not a spoon but a...”

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead