Fizzle
Fizzle noun - Something that has failed.
Usage example: the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night
Winner
Winner noun - A person or thing that is successful.
Usage example: the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office
Both words in one sentence
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Every Year They Fizzle Out: After becoming the biggest cash winner of season 17, 2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist Babu Srinivasan was invited to all three of Jeopardy!
Source: Series / Jeopardy! -
Normal service was resumed the following year when Matt Cardle's winners' song became the Christmas number one, but the 2011 and 2012 finals took place earlier than all the previous ones, meaning that the winner's single could fizzle out before Christmas.
Source: Series / The X Factor
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