Sentence examples for a contestant up from inspiring English sources

Brodkin cheerfully adjudicates on who wins or loses each bout, but not once does he pull a contestant up for an unnecessary word; or for a weak set-up that undermines the punning punchline; or for over-relying on the same punnable word – as defending champ Leo Kearse does on the word "throne" in the royalty round.

When a contestant ends up eliminating her real father, "she feels terrible", said Mr Darnell.

It is expressed in the phrase "It all comes down to this" when a contestant is up for elimination or the final decision on who will win is about to happen.

7.16pm: Next contestant up: the one from 5ive who you can remember the least.

X Factor just introduced a contestant, before flashing up a '10 minutes later' sign and cutting to the same contestant flat on his back with tears in his eyes.

The television news is absolutely a lost cause but game shows, I found, were almost as fun to watch as those in my own language, since one need not understand just exactly why a contestant is jumping up and down screaming, but merely that they are.

Though some of the challenges can be about technical proficiency, design other challenges to set contestants up in a way that allows them to showcase their personalities.

In one attempt to crack up a contestant, Dunlop, then weighing 280 pounds, dressed up like a baked potato: He was covered head-to-toe in tinfoil and topped off with a scoop of sour cream on his head.

"I hope I'll win," said the openly gay singer and actor who shot to stardom as a contestant and first runner up on "American Idol" almost ten years ago.

- A model who was a contestant in a pin-up competition known as American Dream Calendar Girls said that one night in 1993, she found Trump in her bed.

In "The Hunger Games," Jennifer Lawrence plays a young woman named Katniss Everdeen who winds up as a contestant on a reality show where the difference between winning and losing is life and death.