Make sure we avoid character names from the video. That includes judges names; we will not mention them.
Also avoid “Jon Dorenbos”? He is a performer and not a character from the video?
The instruction says “do not use character names from the video”. Possibly includes performers too.
But we have to refer to “the magician” or “the former NFL player” etc. However we also need to talk about his story.
It’s okay to refer to “the former NFL player turned magician” or “the comeback competitor”. That should be safe.
Thus we must not mention “Jon Dorenbos” explicitly? It’s a name, but it’s the subject of the article.
The phrase “character names from the video” may refer to any person appearing in the video, including the performer. That would be a problem because we need to identify the subject.
The requirement is ambiguous. Possibly they want to avoid using character names like “Simon”, “Heidi”, etc., but not the performer.
However they specifically said “do not use character names from the video”. Since the performer appears in the video, that would be a character.
So we