How to Use talent show in a Sentence

talent show

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  • Jan is a singer and didn't sing live at the talent show.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 3 July 2021
  • The talent show can be streamed free via https://www.lung.org/get-involved/events/championsunite.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • And the band that was playing for the talent show hired me to be their singer.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The world's a stage, and this month, all of the signs are fighting for their spot in the talent show.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
  • The new season of the talent show airs on NBC on May 28.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The show is focused on talent show contenders who are all over the age of 65.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Jan. 2022
  • What could be better to break up the monotony of spring training than a talent show?
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Jasmine will be singing in a couple of weeks in a talent show.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • But celebrities don’t have a lock on this free form, open-mic talent show.
    — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • This week, the queens must show off their performance skills in a talent show.
    — oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The kids popped out and surprised them with their birthday talent show.
    — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Richie recalls once walking off the stage of a Tuskegee talent show — with the curtains.
    — Danyel Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Both were let go from the NBC talent show in late November.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2020
  • But with a strike, there are now a lot of unanswered questions: Would talent show up?
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 May 2023
  • Sixth grader Charleigh Doxley said the talent show was a good idea.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Swift wrote the song about her boyfriend at the time, Drew Dunlop, for her high school's talent show freshman year.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022
  • There is so much to talk about in this episode, starting with the fact that this talent show challenge was worth 3 stars.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 27 July 2022
  • The latter includes music, a parish talent show and a lip sync show.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The book is about a girl who enters the school talent show but gets nervous as the event approaches.
    — Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Kyron was supposed to take part in both the expo/science fair and the talent show.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2020
  • Yara Sofia is the saving grace of this talent show, and thus far the best reason to shell out for a Paramount+ subscription.
    — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • A day of wholesome fun, with a talent show and yearbook photos.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • In this new hour, Notaro talks about the Kool-Aid Man, a visit to the hospital, a high school talent show gone wrong and more.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • This year will mark the 16th season of the popular talent show airing on NBC.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The Masked Singer appearance is not the first to spark controversy on the singing talent show.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2022
  • That performance launched them into the history books as the first African act to reach the finals of the talent show.
    — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Some jumped in and out of the pool, others practiced for an afternoon talent show.
    — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The ad ends with Cady, Karen and Gretchen sitting together at the school’s winter talent show.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Growing up, Carole took Carrie to talent shows, even making her sparkly costumes, and was the one who encouraged her daughter to take the leap to try out for American Idol.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Growing up, Carter continued to foster her love for music by singing in church, talent shows and local competitions.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 May 2024

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