Canada's Smartest Person

Canada's Smartest Person
Genre Competition
Created by Robert Cohen
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 18
Production
Executive producer(s) Robert Cohen
Production company(s) Media Headquarters
Release
External links
Website

Canada's Smartest Person is a Canadian reality television competition series. Canadians compete in unique intelligence challenges to earn the title of "Canada's Smartest Person." The challenges are based on The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.[1]

The series is hosted by TV personality Jessi Cruickshank.[2]

The show is produced by Media Headquarters, and broadcasts on CBC Television. The show originally aired in 2012 as a 2-hour special.[3] It returned to CBC as a 9-part series in 2014. The 2014 series was the number one rated new Canadian program of the fall season.[4] Canada’s Smartest Person returned for a second season on October 4, 2015.[5] On March 31st, 2016 CBC announced the series would return for a third season as part of their fall/winter schedule.[6]

During the broadcast, viewers participate in all of the challenges from home in real-time using the Canada's Smartest Person app. The app is one of the most popular interactive experiences ever produced in Canada, with over 1,000,000 intelligence tests completed over the first season.[7]

Format

Every week four Canadians compete in front of a studio audience.[8] They are given a set of five challenges designed to test their abilities in one or more of the following intelligence categories: musical, physical, social, logical, visual and linguistic.[9]

In the series finale, eight finalists compete to earn the title of Canada's Smartest Person.

The 2014 series opened with a one-hour documentary that explored the Theory of Multiple Intelligence.

The format is being exploited internationally by multi-media studio Electus. Electus has licensed Canada's Smartest Person to Turkey's TRT and Sera Film for production, and has secured deals in France, Norway, Sweden and Portugal[10]

Seasons

2012 Special

Premiere Date: March 18, 2012

Winner: Peter Dyakowski[11]

Season 1

Premiere Date: September 28, 2014

Finale Date: November 23, 2014

Winner: Braden Lauer[12]

Season 2

Premiere Date: October 4, 2015

Finale Date: November 22, 2015

Winner: Katy Warren[13]

Season 1

Episode 101 - September 28, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Kiel Lemmen Port Coquitlam, BC
Roselyn Kelada-Sedra Toronto, ON
Albert Tam Woodbridge, ON WINNER[14]
Tova Sherman Bedford, NS

Episode 102 - October 5, 2014

Participant Origin Results
JP Doiron North Rustico, PEI
Alisia Bonnick Stouville, ON
Rhiannon Jones Chilliwack, BC
Chris Tessaro Mississauga, ON WINNER[15]

Episode 103 - October 12, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Mith Das Toronto, ON WINNER[16]
Norm Odjick Kitigan Zibi, QC
Melanie Martin Winnipeg, MB
Lisa Preston Mississauga, ON

Episode 104 - October 19, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Yahaya Baruwa Scarborough, ON
George Millar Edmonton, AB
Mary Rose Victoria, BC
Victoria Leenders-Cheng Montreal, QC WINNER[17]

Episode 105 - October 26, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Max Cameron Calgary, AB WINNER[18]
Cat Jahnke Winnipeg, MB
Kaveh Kavoosi Aurora, ON
Jennifer Hurd Ottawa, ON

Episode 106 - November 2, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Brian Charbonneau Sainte-Genevieve, QC
Daryl Dillman Cole Harbour, NS WINNER[19]
Kate LaFrance Fredericton, NB
Nick Nickerson Merrickville, ON

Episode 107 - November 9, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Johnny MacRae Vancouver, BC WINNER[20]
Ellen Snider Quispamsis, NB
Chris Sensenig Welland, ON
Nader Nadernejad Peterborough, ON

Episode 108 - November 16, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Braden Lauer Vancouver BC WINNER[21]
Alea Ciecko Winnipeg, MB
Dipna Horra Ottawa, ON
Brent Hayden Vancouver, BC

Episode 109 - November 23, 2014

In the season finale, the winners from each episode competed in a series of competitions for the title of "Canada’s Smartest Person".

Placement Contestant Qualifier Tests Super Gauntlet
Round 1 Round 2 Crosswalk
(Visual)		 Karaoke Nightmare
(Musical)		 Word Master
(Linguistic)		 Pathfinder
(Logical)		 Take a Side
(Social)		 Sport Stacking
(Physical)		 Total
1 Braden Lauer 66% N/A 1 4 3 2 3 4 17[lower-alpha 1] Canada's Smartest Person
2 Johnny MacRae IN 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 18 Runner-Up
3 Chris Tessaro IN 3 4 2 2 4 2 3 17[lower-alpha 1]
4 Max Cameron 76% N/A 2 1 1 1 1 2 8
5 Mith Das IN 2
6 Daryl Dillman IN 1
7 Albert Tam 58%
8 Victoria Leenders-Chong 48%
  1. 1 2 Braden and Chris tied for second place with 17 points after the six tests. As they had two first place finishes each, the tie was broken by their number of second place finishes; as Johnny had more, she advanced to the Gauntlet.

Season 2

Episode 201 - October 4th, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Beat It
(Musical)		 Crosswalk
(Visual)		 Human Lie Detector
(Social)		 Letter Chaos
(Linguistic)		 Balls of Fury
(Physical/Logical)		 Total
1 Anthony Craparotta 3 3 1 3 10 20 WIN
2 Maya Burhanpurkar 5 5 3 2 4 19 LOSE
3 Jessica Joy 1 2 2 5 6 16
4 Richard Pinnock 2 1 5 1 2 11

Episode 202 - October 11th, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Double Take
(Visual)		 Blow Back
(Physical)		 Mix Master
(Musical)		 Pipe Fitter
(Logical)		 Spin-a-Speech
(Social/Linguistic)		 Total
1 Tim Blais 5 5 5 2 4 21 WIN
2 Maryanne Lewell 1 3 2 5 6 17[lower-alpha 1] LOSE
3 Ira Timothy 2 1 1 3 10 17[lower-alpha 1]
4 Marielle Leigh 3 2 3 1 2 11
  1. 1 2 Ira and Maryanne tied for second place with 17 points after the five tests. As they had one first place finish each, the tie was broken by their number of second place finishes; as Maryanne had more, she advanced to the Gauntlet.

Episode 203 - October 18th, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Cranium Crash
(Logical)		 Twitterverse
(Linguistic)		 Model Mayhem
(Visual)		 Faces
(Social)		 Twisty Tune
(Musical/Physical)		 Total
1 Dan Tweyman 5 3 3 5 4 20 WIN
2 Heather Whittaker 3 2 5 1 10 21 LOSE
3 Chris Harris 1 5 2 2 6 16
4 Denise Yuen 2 1 1 3 2 9

Episode 204 - October 25th, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Definition Dilemma
(Linguistic)		 Human Lie Detector
(Social)		 Pipe Fitter
(Logical)		 Stack of Shapes
(Visual)		 Step Squad
(Musical/Physical)		 Total
1 Katy Warren 3 3 3 5 6 20 WIN
2 Petros Kusmu 2 5 2 1 10 20 LOSE
3 Andrew Hall 5 2 5 3 4 19
4 Neila Scott 1 1 1 2 2 7

Episode 205 - November 1st, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Music Match
(Musical)		 Canvas Calamity
(Visual)		 Cranium Crash
(Logical)		 Teeter Tower
(Physical)		 Spin-a-Speech
(Social/Linguistic)		 Total
1 Alex Manea 2 1 5 5 10 23 WIN
2 Jakob Sanderson 5 3 3 3 6 20 LOSE
3 Barry Shulman 3 2 1 2 4 12
4 Jennifer Lam 1 5 2 1 2 11

Episode 206 - November 8th, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Double Take
(Visual)		 Twitterverse
(Linguistic)		 Faces
(Social)		 Mix Master
(Musical)		 Balls of Fury
(Physical/Logical)		 Total
1 Marco Iannuzzi 3 1 5 1 10 20 WIN
2 Amanda Khan 5 5 2 3 4 19[lower-alpha 1] LOSE
3 Margaret Fay 2 3 3 5 6 19[lower-alpha 1]
4 Permadi Witjaksono 1 2 1 2 2 8
  1. 1 2 Amanda and Margaret tied for second place with 19 points after the five tests; as Amanda had more first place finishes, she advanced to the Gauntlet.

Episode 207 - November 15th, 2015

Placement Contestant Tests Gauntlet
Letter Chaos
(Linguistic)		 Blow Back
(Physical)		 Stack of Shapes
(Visual)		 Portfolio Pro
(Logical)		 Karaoke Nightmare
(Musical/Social)		 Total
1 Jason Vander-Hoek 1 5 5 3 10 24 WIN
2 Alex Pascuzzi 3 3 3 2 6 17 LOSE
3 Anish Ahuja 5 2 2 5 2 16
4 Julie Francis 2 1 1 1 4 9

Episode 208 - November 22nd, 2015

In the season finale, the winners from each episode competed in a series of competitions for the title of "Canada’s Smartest Person". The seven Gauntlet winners from the previous episodes were joined by a wildcard, determined by the Gauntlet loser who had accumulated the most points in their episode.

Placement Contestant Qualifier Tests Super Gauntlet
Round 1 Round 2 Syllable Switch
(Linguistic)		 Orders Up
(Visual)		 Sliding Scale
(Musical)		 Moving Sum
(Logical)		 Screen Test
(Social)		 Ball Handler
(Physical)		 Total
1 Katy Warren 83% N/A 4 4 2 2 3 1 16[lower-alpha 1] Canada's Smartest Person
2 Jason Vander-Hoek IN 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 19 Runner-Up
3 Tim Blais 80% N/A 1 2 4 3 2 4 16[lower-alpha 1]
4 Anthony Craparotta IN 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 9
5 Dan Tweyman IN 0
Heather Whittaker[lower-alpha 2] IN 0
7 Alex Manea 64%
8 Marco Iannuzzi 54%
  1. 1 2 Katy and Tim tied for second place with 16 points after the six tests. As they had identical placements, the tie was broken by their scores from the first round in the qualifier; as Katy's was higher, she advanced to the Super Gauntlet.
  2. ↑ Though Heather did not initially qualify for the finals, she earned the wildcard spot due to having the most points of all the players who lost the Gauntlet.

Season 3

Episode 301 - November 13, 2016

Placement Contestant Speed Round Mix Master
(Musical)		 Spin-a-Speech
(Linguistic)		 Total Gear Head
(Visual/Logical)		 Total Gauntlet
1 Stephanie Harvey 1 5 2 8 10 18 WIN
2 Jonathan Gagnon 3 3 5 11 6 17 LOSE
3 Susan Forgues 5 1 3 9 2 11
4 Steve Norn 2 2 1 5
5 Rup Magon OUT
Vincent Law OUT

Episode 302 - November 20, 2016

Placement Contestant Speed Round Human Lie Detector
(Social)		 Beat It
(Musical)		 Total Wobble Words
(Linguistic/Physical)		 Total Gauntlet
1 Josh Williams 3 5 5 13 10 23 WIN
2 Donna Hartt 2 3 3 8 6 14 LOSE
3 Jennifer Martin 5 1 1 7 2 9
4 Chris Williams 1 2 2 5
5 CJ Studer OUT
6 Christine Cho OUT

Episode 303 - November 27, 2016

Placement Contestant Speed Round Broken Register
(Logical)		 Colour Blender
(Visual)		 Total Screen Test
(Linguistic/Social)		 Total Gauntlet
1 Maria Samson 5 3 5 13 2 15 WIN
2 Frankie Cena 2 5 2 9 10 19 LOSE
3 Vanessa Vakharia 1 2 3 6 6 12
4 Ryan Coelho 3 1 1 5
5 Rebecca Bromwich OUT
Gwyneth Foster OUT

Notes

  1. ↑ "'Canada's Smartest Person', CBC's New Brainchild, Wants To Take On The World".
  2. ↑ "Jessi Cruickshank and Jeff Douglas host Canada's Smartest Person".
  3. ↑ "Canada's Smartest Person': Are You Him/Her?".
  4. ↑ "Get Read to Put Your Smarts to the Test".
  5. ↑ "CBC Announces Season 2 of Canada's Smartest Person".
  6. ↑ "CBC Announces Season 3 of Canada's Smartest Person".
  7. ↑ "Canada's Smartest Person".
  8. ↑ "Taped in front of a live studio audience".
  9. ↑ "Canada's Smartest Person is 'out of control' says show's co-host".
  10. ↑ "Electus Picks Up US rights".
  11. ↑ "Canada's Smartest Person hopes to win Grey Cup...".
  12. ↑ "St. Albert's Braden Lauer crowned Canada's Smartest Person".
  13. ↑ "Season 2 Finale Recap: Katy Warren is Canada's Smartest Person".
  14. ↑ "Is Vaughan's Albert Tam Canada's Smartest Person?".
  15. ↑ "CBC's Canada's Smartest Person Announces Firefighter Chris Tessaro of Mississauga, ON As This Week's Winner".
  16. ↑ "CBC's Canada's Smartest Person Announces Copywriter Mith Das of Toronto, ON As This Week's Winner".
  17. ↑ "Queen Victoria reigns supreme, off to finals of Canada's Smartest Person".
  18. ↑ "CBC's Canada's Smartest Person Announces Max Cameron of Calgary, AB As This Week's Winner".
  19. ↑ "Cole Harbour's Daryl Dillman a finalist on Canada's Smartest Person".
  20. ↑ "Macrae proved to be a stronger, maybe smarter, competitor.".
  21. ↑ "UBC Law student Braden Lauer competing to be Canada's Smartest Person".
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