Educational contests in China, like the SFLEP contest, showcase teaching performances by EFL teachers. The contest organizers aim to present exemplary teaching practices to the audience through recorded mock teachings and adjudicators' comments. This study explores how classroom teaching methods are adapted and incorporated into these contest discourses. By analyzing recordings and comments from the 2nd SFLEP contest, the researchers found that authentic teaching practices are indeed borrowed and modified in the contest settings before being showcased to viewers.