contestant
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Finally, Cypriot entrant Antigoni - who you might recognise as a former Love Island contestant - beckons us onto the dancefloor for three minutes of Mediterranean escapism.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Did you do anything to prepare your mental state as a contestant?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
During his audition, all four judges turned their chairs for the contestant, with Gwen Stefani hitting her red button during the song’s first verse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Real-life Roma singer Bianca Mihai, a contestant on the Romanian version of reality TV show "The Voice" last year, called Lolita's overnight success "unfair".
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
So, roughly speaking, the typical contestant will vote to eliminate the worse players in the early rounds and the better players in the later rounds.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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