| OLLYMURS | Singer who was runner-up on The X Factor in 2009 (4,4) |
| OLLY | Singer who was runner-up on The X Factor in 2009,___ Murs (4) |
| REBECCAFERGUSON | Liverpudlian singer who was runner-up on The X Factor in 2010 * (15) |
| RAINFORD | Molly, actress and TV presenter who was runner-up on Strictly Come Dancing in 2022 (8) |
| AALTO | Surname of Saara who was runner-up on The X Factor in 2016 (5) |
| DEMINAUR | Alex, Australian tennis player born in 1999 who was runner-up in the Queen's final in 2023 (2,6) |
| MOUNTJOY | Doug, Welsh ex-snooker player who was runner-up in the 1981 World Championship (8) |
| SAIRA | TV presenter who was runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, _ Khan (5) |
| HEIDFELD | Nick ........ , F1 driver who was runner-up in 2008's British, Canadian, Belgian and Australian GPs (8) |
| ABZ | Member of the boy band Five who was runner-up on the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother (3) |
| GARETHGATES | Singer who was runner-up in the first series of Pop Idol (6, 5) |
| JORDAN | ___ North, radio DJ who was runner-up on the 2020 series of I'm A Celebrity... (6) |
| SHEREEMURPHY | Actress and TV presenter who was runner-up on the fifth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! |
| DENNIS | Surname of Les who was runner up on Celebrity MasterChef in 2013 and first out on Strictly in 2023 (6) |
| NELSON | Surname of Wes, the former Love Island contestant who was runner-up on Dancing On Ice in 2019 (6) |
| SHAUN | ___ Ryder, Happy Mondays singer who was runner-up to 8A on 26A (5) |
| REID | Surname of Susanna, the Good Morning Britain host who was runner-up on Strictly in 2013 (4) |
| LAYTON | First name of Mr Williams, the Bad Education actor who was runner-up on Strictly in 2023 (6) |
| HRVY | Stage name of Leigh Cantwell, singer and TV presenter who was runner-up on Strictly in 2020 (4) |
| EDWARD | He came to fame with his twin brother John on The X Factor in 2009 (6) |
