Past contenders included Beethoven.
There's also a Mastermind club for past contenders, founded in 1978 by contestant Charles Key.
Non-gala premieres helped send past contenders "Hugo" and "Lincoln" on their way.
According to TheWrap, Johnson is a "serious contender" for the coveted role, joining past contenders like Emma Watson, Shailene Woodley, Alicia Vikander and Analeigh Tipton.
On the basis of the recent past, no contender clearly thrusts itself into the playoffs.
And if that wasn't enough, perhaps Morsi's greatest debt is to the electorate outside of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose support catapulted him past his contender.
But Hamilton again hurtles past its contenders with the brash and savvy confidence of its hip-hop/showtune pastiche.
What propelled 84th Street past other contenders was a blockwide street brawl that erupted on July 5 , 1961 involving about 400 combatants armed with knives and lye, which sent one man to the hospital after it was thrown in his face.
Nats fans who have watched the core here transition from Ian Desmond to Trea Turner, from Harper to Juan Soto, from Jordan Zimmermann to Scherzer, have more to learn about this Nats squad than any of those past seven contenders.
Maybe the Knicks, adopting the Ewingless style of play that got them to the Finals in 1999, can run past conference contenders like Indiana, Orlando and Milwaukee, all of whom lack great personnel inside.
Unlike many past presidential contenders who have published campaign books over the years, he is aggressively using his autobiography, "Four Trials," which has just reached bookstores, as a fund-raising tool.
