'Finalist' definitions:

Definition of 'finalist'

(from WordNet)
noun
A contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition

Definition of 'Finalist'

From: GCIDE
  • Finalist \Fi"nal*ist\, n. (Sports) Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]