talent show
noun
: a show consisting of a series of individual performances (such as singing) by amateurs who may be selected for special recognition as performing talent
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The alleged video portrayed her topless while performing at the previous evening's Hoosier Idol event, an annual state talent show and fundraiser, according to 24sightNews' reporting.
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
Their first performance, in a talent show, happened April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 Aug. 2025
For decades after the rebuild, nightly dinners at the lodge restaurant would be accompanied by talent shows, dances and music by college orchestras.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
Each Fair has talent shows and live music on free stages as well as Grandstand shows.
—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
Their first performance, in a talent show, happened April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 Aug. 2025
For decades after the rebuild, nightly dinners at the lodge restaurant would be accompanied by talent shows, dances and music by college orchestras.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
Each Fair has talent shows and live music on free stages as well as Grandstand shows.
—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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“Talent show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talent%20show. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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