contestants

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The show is taking place in Vienna, which seems to have prompted half of the contestants to throw an operatic riff into their song, whether it needs it or not.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

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

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

“All right, let’s welcome our first contestants: Riverview Middle School and their upstate rivals Farragut Middle School.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein