Every summer for the past seven decades, 50 high school seniors—one from every state—descend on Mobile, Alabama to take part in one of the country’s most lucrative scholarship competitions for teen girls. 

The Competition takes you behind the scenes of the Distinguished Young Women (DYW) program, and follows seven girls as they experience the highs and lows of competing for two weeks, away from home and under the most high-stress circumstances. Some girls enter for the money, some for prestige. All of them are used to being the best and the brightest. But only one will walk away with the top prize.

Host Shima Oliaee (Dolly Parton’s America, Pink Card) was Nevada’s contestant in 2001. More than 20 years later, she returns to Alabama as a judge. What can two weeks with 50 of the country’s most ambitious teens tell us about girlhood in America?

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Sergeant Jill Evans is a small town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He’s a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries.

Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits.

But that would be boring, wouldn’t it? Instead, this is a love story like no other. It’s all going so well for Jill and Dean, until Halloween night, when Dean disappears. And Sgt. Jill is left to pick up the pieces.

From Wondery and Novel, comes a new series. Hosted by Kerry Godliman.

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Together at last, Celeste and Teddy make plans for the future, reconcile with their pasts, and fall deeper and deeper into an everlasting love.

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The day Teddy's dreamed about for years has arrived. He's about to meet a man who can give him the answers he needs about his father's fate. But what he hears will change him forever. And Celeste arrives in New Orleans to follow in the footsteps of Zora Neale Hurston and hopefully find a way to win back Teddy's love.

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Celeste and Teddy hit a bump in the road when Celeste’s secret is finally revealed. Reeling from the betrayal, the lovers part ways: Teddy heads to the Hepcat Jazz Festival in New Orleans, while Celeste returns to the high society life she left behind. But they’ll both soon find that a life without love, is no life at all.

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Celeste and Teddy are on the run and decide to hide out at Teddy’s childhood home. But Teddy’s mom isn’t too pleased about her only son carrying on with a married woman. And just when everyone starts to get along, someone from Celeste’s past shows up to disrupt the family portrait.

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Celeste and Teddy's car is a steaming wreck on the side of the road, putting their entire journey in jeopardy. Just as they were starting to see eye to eye, the accident threatens to tear them apart all over again.

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After Celeste leaves Teddy for a night out at a fancy restaurant, tensions are high. Teddy's fully in his feelings and Celeste doesn't know how to apologize. This road trip has turned into a nightmare. But, getting intimate in a hotel bed might be just what they need to rekindle the flame.

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Rich, high society Celeste and bohemian jazz musician Teddy have taken her father's car and are now on the road to New Orleans. Their steamy attraction will be tested when they realize they have less in common than they ever thought. The dinner from hell could end their relationship before it even starts.

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It's 1955. Aspiring writer Celeste Grainger has lived her whole life in the lap of luxury. Her rich father, Henry, has arranged everything for her: her clothes, her car, and unfortunately, even her marriage. Celeste is engaged to the boorish Philip, but on the evening of her lavish engagement party, she catches a glimpse of the man that will change everything. Teddy Valentine is a smooth, bohemian trumpet player with a secret. Will Celeste stay trapped in her gilded cage or run off with the mysterious stranger who promises her a taste of the artist's life she craves?

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Meagan Good gets real about what it's like to work in Hollywood as a Black woman with big aspirations. From her debut in the groundbreaking indie film Eve's Bayou to the record breaking DC Comics franchise hit, Shazam!, Meagan shares how she turned her superhero dreams into a reality. She also talks to us about her upcoming Amazon series Harlem, and the importance of creating authentic Black love stories on the big and small screen.

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