How to Use talent show in a Sentence

talent show

noun
  • There will be food, fun, games, a talent show, rides and more.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Kween Kong, who rocked the talent show with style and strength.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Ciara opens up the talent show.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And the band that was playing for the talent show hired me to be their singer.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But celebrities don’t have a lock on this free form, open-mic talent show.
    — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Jasmine will be singing in a couple of weeks in a talent show.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • Buster, who has a passion for showbiz, puts on a talent show.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The kids popped out and surprised them with their birthday talent show.
    — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This week, the queens must show off their performance skills in a talent show.
    — oregonlive, 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
  • Then, without much fuss, group two starts to prepare for their talent show.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • At my daughter's talent show last night, this young lady got scared and stopped singing.
    — Elaine Quijano, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Standing there waiting to get your moment to walk on to a talent show.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Okay, this gentleman needs to be on the talent show date with Gary.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The latter includes music, a parish talent show and a lip sync show.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • A day of wholesome fun, with a talent show and yearbook photos.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The show is focused on talent show contenders who are all over the age of 65.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Fadely said the girlfriend who was asked to prom was performing at the talent show.
    — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Sixth grader Charleigh Doxley said the talent show was a good idea.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Each Fair has talent shows and live music on free stages as well as Grandstand shows.
    — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
  • Richie recalls once walking off the stage of a Tuskegee talent show — with the curtains.
    — Danyel Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • And also, on Untucked … • The girls talk about the talent show.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Lea is asked by the production crew of a reality talent show.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
  • André 3000 wouldn’t be on without the talent shows.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Until then though, there's always The World's Best to get your talent show fix.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2019
  • That night, after the talent show and dinner and homework, Emily lay awake in bed, unable to sleep.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025

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