contestant

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Trouble began after one of the guests, podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia - who is better known as BeerBiceps to his millions of followers - asked a contestant an explicit and widely criticised question.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The newspaper said the woman was not a contestant or professional dancer on the show, but had met the man due to his participation in the competition.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Nead: If you think about someone like Bekah Martinez, a former contestant, she does more homesteading content now, and she’s so real and raw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

While I was there, I met a fellow contestant, Mary Kate Bush, who later became a great source of strength to me, as well as a lifelong friend.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry