Contestants
Finalists and contestants are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Finalists" instead a noun "Contestants".
Finalists
Contestants and finalists are semantically related. You can use "Contestants" instead a noun "Finalists".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Contestants are eliminated every week until two or three finalists remain, who go on to star in a pilot that is screened during the season finale.
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Season 8, All-Stars, brought back all the previously eliminated contestants, with the finalists' sous chefs being decided by blind taste-testing.
Source: Series / Top Chef - Climactic Battle Resurrection: Very likely, since some finalists tend to gather a group of defeated contestants (known as tagalongs) during the course of the tournament.
Source: Original Character Tournament
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