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when it came to en · ADP
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of when it comes to (used for things in the past)
When it came to the more successful contestants, meanwhile, edits of the shows also began to fall heavily on sad backstories – the "sob story", if you will – instilling the idea that singers had to mine trauma from their lives to up the emotional ante, making them seem to be more "worthy" winners.
2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC: