The Benefactor is an American reality television show broadcast for one season on ABC in 2004. The premise involved 16 contestants trying to win US$1 million from billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Contestants
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!Name
!Age
!Hometown
!Eliminated
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|bgcolor="gold"|Femia Durosinmi
|bgcolor="gold"|22
|bgcolor="gold"|Henderson, Nevada
|bgcolor="gold"|Winner
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|bgcolor="gold"|Dominic Scali - "The Rock Star"
|bgcolor="gold"|22
|bgcolor="gold"|Las Vegas, Nevada
|bgcolor="gold"|Runner-up
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|Linda Caruso
|30
|North Hampton, New Hampshire
|Week 6
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|Tiffaney Weisser
|23
|Dallas, Texas
|Week 5
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|Spencer Brown
|31
|Atlanta, Georgia
|Week 5
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|Kevin Hall
|33
|Dallas, Texas
|Week 4
|-
|Chris Harris
|26
|Duluth, Georgia
|Week 3
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|Shawn Wallace-Baiza
|29
|Hemet, California
|Week 3
|-
|Latane Meade
|25
|San Diego, California
|Week 3
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|Christine Agosta
|25
|Boise, Idaho
|Week 3
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|William Chappell
|28
|Gresham, Oregon
|Week 2
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|Mario Mendez
|39
|Glendale, California
|Week 2
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|Katherine "Kathy" Whipple
|23
|Webster, New York
|Week 2
|-
|Grayson O'Connor
|26
|Portland, Oregon
|Week 1
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|Laurel
|34
|Santa Monica, California
|Week 1
|-
|Richard Larsen
|42
|Alpharetta, Georgia
|Week 1
|}