as in competitors
one who strives for the same thing as another
three contestants will compete on live TV for the cash prize
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Recent Examples of contestants
Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
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Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 June 2026
Mariano said of a scene in the first episode, in which newcomers made out with contestants immediately upon entering the villa without exchanging pleasantries.
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Kimi Robinson,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The controversy comes amid scrutiny around other contestants' past social media activity.
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Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Millions have watched social media videos of contestants slipping and taking a hard fall into the waters of Pavilion Beach below.
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Neal Riley,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
In this annual competition, contestants must solve six notoriously difficult problems from various areas of mathematics.
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Benjamin Skuse,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
First performed as an Edinburgh Fringe one-off, where contestants included a bunch of Horne’s comedian friends, Taskmaster has grown into a genuine phenomenon.
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Alex Horne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
While the clues and contestants change night to night, the game itself stays the same.
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Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 June 2026
Mariano said of a scene in the first episode, in which newcomers made out with contestants immediately upon entering the villa without exchanging pleasantries.
—
Kimi Robinson,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The controversy comes amid scrutiny around other contestants' past social media activity.
—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Millions have watched social media videos of contestants slipping and taking a hard fall into the waters of Pavilion Beach below.
—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
In this annual competition, contestants must solve six notoriously difficult problems from various areas of mathematics.
—
Benjamin Skuse,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
First performed as an Edinburgh Fringe one-off, where contestants included a bunch of Horne’s comedian friends, Taskmaster has grown into a genuine phenomenon.
—
Alex Horne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
While the clues and contestants change night to night, the game itself stays the same.
—
Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contestants
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With ruthless competitors who will stop at nothing to dethrone and destroy them, the Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty at the edge of extinction – and the old king is fighting to hold onto the crown.
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Amazon is currently leading the market in consumer trust, with 30 percent of shoppers favoring its AI shopping assistants over competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Walmart.
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Other potential 2028 contenders are also beginning to stake out their positions on AI.
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Several Olympic medal contenders surprisingly exited early, adding pressure for future events.
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