Canada's Smartest Person

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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, 2016.[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[edit]

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[edit]

2012 Special[edit]

Premiere Date: March 18, 2012

Winner: Peter Dyakowski[11]

Season 1[edit]

Premiere Date: September 28, 2014

Finale Date: November 23, 2014

Winner: Braden Lauer[12]

Season 2[edit]

Premiere Date: October 4, 2015

Finale Date: November 22, 2015

Winner: Katy Warren[13]

Participants[edit]

Season 1[edit]

Episode 101 - September 28, 2014[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

In the series finale, the winners from each episode battle it out for the title of "Canada’s Smartest Person".

Participant Origin Results
Braden Lauer Vancouver BC WINNER
Johnny MacRae Vancouver, BC
Daryl Dillman Cole Harbour, NS
Max Cameron Calgary, AB
Victoria Leenders-Cheng Montreal, QC
Mith Das Toronto, ON
Chris Tessaro Mississauga, ON
Albert Tam Woodbridge, ON

Season 2[edit]

Episode 201 - October 4th, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Maya Burhanpurkar Barrie, ON
Anthony Craparotta Toronto, ON WINNER[22]
Jessica Joy Golden, BC
Richard Pinnock Montreal, QC

Episode 202 - October 11th, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Tim Blais Montreal, QC WINNER[23]
Maryanne Lewell St. John's, NL
Marielle Leigh Toronto, ON
Ira Timothy Bothwell, ON

Episode 203 - October 18th, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Chris Harris Saskatoon, SK
Dan Tweyman Belleville, ON WINNER[24]
Heather Whittaker Winnipeg, MB
Denise Yuen Vancouver, BC

Episode 204 - October 25th, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Andrew Hall Vancouver, BC
Petros Kusmu Edmonton, AB
Neila Scott Maple Ridge, BC
Katy Warren St. John's, NL WINNER[25]

Episode 205 - November 1st, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Jennifer Lam Markham, ON
Alex Manea Waterloo, ON WINNER[26]
Jakob Sanderson Winnipeg, MB
Barry Shulman Thornhill, ON

Episode 206 - November 9th, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Margaret Fay Halifax, NS
Marco Iannuzzi White Rock, BC WINNER[27]
Amanda Khan Toronto, ON
Permadi Witjaksono Winnipeg, MB

Episode 207 - November 15th, 2015[edit]

Participant Origin Result
Anish Ahuja Montreal, QC
Julie Francis Halifax, NS
Alex Pascuzzi Vancouver, BC
Jason Vander-Hoek Langley, BC WINNER[28]

Episode 208 - November 22nd, 2015[edit]

In the series finale, the winners from each episode battle it out for the title of "Canada’s Smartest Person".

Participant Origin Result
Tim Blais Montreal, QC
Anthony Craparotta Toronto, ON
Dan Tweyman Belleville, ON
Katy Warren St. John's, NL WINNER[29]
Alex Manea Waterloo, ON
Jason Vander-Hoek Langley, BC
Heather Whittaker Winnipeg, MB
Marco Iannuzzi White Rock, BC

Notes[edit]

  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". 
  22. ^ "Anthony "IllVibe" Craparotta is #Canada's Smartest Rapper". 
  23. ^ "Youtube Star Tim Blais is This Week's Smartest Person". 
  24. ^ "Winemaker Dan Tweyman takes Episode 3 of Canada's Smartest Person". 
  25. ^ "St. John's Student Katy Warren Engineers Her Way To a Win in Episode 4". 
  26. ^ "Alex Manea Wins Episode 5". 
  27. ^ "Marco Iannuzzi Tackles the Competition in Week Six". 
  28. ^ "Jason Vander-Hoek Wins Episode 7". 
  29. ^ "'I Feel Awesome' MUN Student Katy Warren Says of Winning Canada's Smartest Person". 
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