In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
Q: out of 16,421 participants in the national casting , she was chosen among the 15 candidates to appear on the tv show.
A: 
out of 16,421 people who tried out nation-wide , she was one of 15 finalists to be on the tv show.