contestant

Example Sentences

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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

And Paul’s casting as “The Bachelorette” makes her the first heroine who was not a contestant on a previous season of “The Bachelor.”

From Los Angeles Times • 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

They later rebranded as a mainstream pop girl band, with Scherzinger, a former Popstars contestant, recruited to handle lead vocals.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

There was no money to win in this rodeo, and nothing to lose, either, since a contestant paid no entry fee.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols