contestants
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And not just because one of the leading contestants torched himself and his political livelihood in a bonfire of hubris and stupidity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
One of Strictly's celebrity contestants, Gemma Atkinson, also became his life partner, and they now have two children together.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Donald Trump hosted the show, in which contestants competed for a job working for the businessman, when it aired on NBC for 14 seasons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
After that I made a point of telling other contestants that at the beginning of each day out of a sense of fair play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
She saw some other names of contestants she didn’t know: Luis, George, Annabel, Ella.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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