Sentence examples for contestant selection from inspiring English sources

While labeling the move an experiment, Mr. Davies said, "We are seriously looking at throwing out our whole contestant selection process".

After his win caused a tabloid storm, two other contestants were removed from the show following further criminal checks on their backgrounds and contestant selection was tightened up.

The shift in contestant selection will set the American version apart from the original British version, which still adheres strictly to a random process based on the phone quiz.

I do not watch "Top Chef" to see those awkward late-in-the-game eliminations leading up to the final contestant selections.

Then there have been those (un)happy accidents where the contestants' selection of letters have offered up "shitface", "wankers", "orgasmed" … the list goes on.

He has had his staff (three of whose members in the contestant-selection department are black) ensure that "for every question about Tennessee Williams there's one about Langston Hughes; for every one about Peter Frampton there's one about Ice-T and Ice Cube".

This week, the contestants sang selections from "Hair," the famed rock musical.

Watch an episode of American Idol or The Voice and pay close attention to the contestant's song selection (which is most of the time given to them by show producers).

Contestants who fail the test are eliminated, while those who pass are then interviewed for an audition by the production staff, and those who impress the staff the most are then notified by postal mail that they have been placed into a pool for possible selection as contestants.

Network programming executives for CBS and Fox, expressing concern about the risks of putting contestants with uncertain backgrounds on prime-time television "reality" shows, said they were considering changes in the selection process for contestants.

That said, swimmers tend to be chosen for their stamina and fitness, and relay runners for the dexterity of their handoffs, whereas the criteria that govern the selection of Eurovision contestants seem altogether less exact.