The Contestant (2025)

Release Date: 2025-09-09
Runtime: 0h 14min
Production Country: United States of America
Director: Patrick Bresnan

In 1996, a 19-year-old Patrick Bresnan enters a local television contest for the chance to visit the set of Baywatch, then the world's most popular TV show. Nearly three decades later, he revisits the home-video footage of his unlikely adventure, offering a personal glimpse into 1990s television and fan culture.