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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Contestants for the game show go through a tough selection process.
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a beauty pageant contestant
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Each contestant has to answer questions on a variety of subjects.
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Suzanne was a beauty-queen contestant in college.
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The next contestant is Alice Myers from Vancouver.
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The next contestant is Diane Massa of Bay Ridge.
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The questions that contestants must answer get more difficult as the game goes on.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Asking contestants to now get real and find an individual style is confusing the game.
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At 8am each morning, the 80-odd contestants were expected to run a full marathon while it was still cool enough.
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By the end of the show, the contestants are perched on piles of pillows of varying heights.
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Cunningly simple: two contestants, three rounds and a panel of three celebrity judges.
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Dealers would put down the phones, crowding in a circle round the contestants.
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In such cases, the official acting on behalf of the contestant may approach the arbitrator directly.
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The bout is over as soon as either contestant achieves that score.
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The first half of the match has finished with the contestants level at 6 points each.