Blood, Sweat & Tools

Blood, Sweat & Tools
Developed by Proper Television
Presented by Helder Brum
Rob Koci
Hillary Manion
Country of origin  Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 9
Production
Executive producer(s) Guy O'Sullivan
Jennifer Scott
Producer(s) Blair Ricard
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network Discovery Channel Canada
Original release April 13, 2015 – June 8, 2015
Chronology
Related shows Canada's Worst Handyman
External links
Website

Blood, Sweat & Tools is a Canadian television series broadcast on Discovery Channel. The series is hosted by Helder Brum, Rob Koci and Hillary Manion, who also act as the challenge judges and expert advisers to the contestants.

Format

The series is the successor of Canada's Worst Handyman, and has a broadly similar format, but with an emphasis on rewarding competent handiwork rather than finding the nation's worst handyman. The couples are divided into teams, who are each tasked with undertaking a number of handiwork-related challenges, with the overall goal of improving their skills and confidence. At the end of each episode, the most improved couple is awarded a prize (unlike Canada's Worst Handyman, no couple is named the worst). At the end of the series, a $50,000 cash prize is given to the most improved couple, as voted on by the public.[1]

Contestants

Synopsis

Team Members 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Red Team Fabian & Luayn IN IMP IN IN NOM NOM IMP IN WINNER
Pink Team Danielle & Tyler IN IN IMP IN NOM IMP IN IN RUNNER-UP
Blue Team Jesse & Holly NOM IN IN NOM IMP NOM NOM NOM IN
Green Team Jake & Nicole NOM NOM NOM IMP IN NOM IN OUT
Purple Team Steve & Richelene IMP IN IN IN IN EXPL
     WINNER - The team was named the winner of the series, and awarded the $50,000 prize
     RUNNER-UP - The team finished as runners-up
     IMP - The team was named the most improved of the episode
     NOM - The team was nominated as the most improved of the episode
     OUT - The team was eliminated, and is out of the running for the grand prize
     EXPL – The team was expelled from the show, and is out of the running for the grand prize

Episodes

Episode 1: Let there be Tools!

Original airdate: April 13, 2015

Because they each won a challenge, the Blue, Green and Purple Teams are nominated as the best of the episode. In the end, the experts note that the Green Team totally imploded in the episode's final challenge, and decide that Jesse's violation of the rules in the same challenge cannot be ignored. This means that the Purple Team are the first to be named the best of the episode, as they got better and better in every challenge, and the experts were extremely impressed with Richelene in particular, for showing by far the most improvement of any of the contestants. She and Steve are rewarded with a Japanese "Smart Toilet" worth $3,000.

Episode 2: What's Up, Dock?

Original airdate: April 20, 2015

This week, only two teams are in consideration for the most improved, namely the Green and Red Teams. While Hillary argues that the Green Team should be named the best for working better together than they had done in the past, and also argues that the Red Team's rickety shower should preclude them from being named the best, Rob and Helder ultimately agree on naming the Red Team as the best, for winning two challenges and doing generally very solid work across the episode. Fabian and Luayn are awarded with a $1,000 diving board, though are befuddled as to what they'd actually use it for.

Episode 3: The Walls Come Tumbling Down

Original airdate: April 27, 2015

Before naming the most improved team, the experts drop a bombshell; prior to the final episode, two teams will be eliminated. They do not tell the teams how or when this will occur, but hint that as of now, they consider the Blue Team to be the worst of the five due to leaving jobs unfinished and having shown no improvement in their ability to work together. The Red Team are also privately concerned that any repeat of their careless safety violations could result in them being thrown off the show if they commit a bad enough mistake.

Again, there are two teams in consideration for best, namely the Green and Pink Teams. Hilary argues that the Green Team should be named the best, as they've been consistently strong until now, and are making major progress toward working together better, despite the occasional argument. Helder, on the other hand, feels that the Pink Team deserve to be named the best as a reward for turning their act around this episode, after their generally dreadful performances in the first two episodes. In the end, Rob sides with Helder, and the Green Team are passed over for the third time in a row, with the Pink Team being named the best. Their reward is an outdoor Sicilian pizza oven, and while Danielle admits that she has no idea how to make pizza, she says that she's going to learn it now.

Episode 4: Thrown for a Coop

Original airdate: May 4, 2015

The Blue and Green Teams are in contention for the episode's best, and the experts quickly come to a unanimous decision. While the Blue Team certainly improved their teamwork a lot in the first challenge, they slipped back into their old ways in the third challenge, and the experts agree that ultimately, how the teams finish an episode is more important than how they start it. Therefore, it's fourth time lucky for the Green Team, whose impeccable work on the chicken coop sees them finally named the most improved couple of the week after three near-misses. For their victory, Jake and Nicole are awarded a high-end set of carving knives and roasting pans, along with a supply of whole, frozen chickens.

Episode 5: Lights! Paneling! Action!

Original airdate: May 12, 2015

Though the Blue, Pink and Red Teams are shortlisted for the title of the episode's most improved, the Pink Team are immediately removed from consideration due to their failure to complete the third challenge, whereas the Blue and Red Teams completed all three. Though Rob favours the Red Team for doing well in all the challenges and completing the most complex challenge (the kitchen) flawlessly, Helder and Hillary agree that Fabian still needs to work on his leadership style, and that Jesse and Holly have done a good job of addressing their previously very poor teamwork. The Blue Team are named the most improved, something which the experts admitted that three episodes ago they didn’t see ever happening, and Jesse and Holly are awarded a high-end kitchen sink and garbage disposer, which Jesse immediately resolves to install when the two get home.

Episode 6: That Sinking Feeling

Original airdate: May 18, 2015

After the challenge ends, the experts summon all the teams and announce that while they were originally going to eliminate the weakest team at the end of this episode, Steve’s actions have changed all that. The experts berate Steve, telling him that his actions were wholly unacceptable, likening him to a "hooligan," before bluntly telling the Purple Team that they are expelled with immediate effect, and to leave the site at once. As the Purple Team are driven away, Richelene is visibly distraught, while Steve’s only comment is that his outburst was how he typically resolves his temper issues, and that he would not have physically struck Helder.

Due to the Purple Team's ejection and no winner being declared in the second challenge, the best couple ultimately comes down solely to the shelving challenge, with all four teams being nominated for the best. The experts ultimately decide that while workmanship is important, the ability to follow instructions correctly is even more vital, and thus the Pink Team become the first to be named the best for a second time, something that visibly disgruntles the other teams. The Pink Team's reward is a pair of Canadian flags; a small, tabletop flag for Tyler, and a gigantic flag (big enough to cover up the site's central stage) for Danielle.

Episode 7: Door-to-Door Service

Original airdate: May 26, 2015

With the Red Team having won the first and third challenges, and the Blue Team winning the second, the two teams are nominated for best of the episode. Despite Holly's actions in the previous challenge, Hillary feels that they were the best of the four teams for their consistently strong teamwork and showing more ambition than the other teams. However, Rob and Helder feel that the Red Team are the overwhelmingly obvious choice to be named the best, as they did very well in all the challenges, have overcome their previous teamwork problems, and were the only team to win two challenges this week. Their reward is a $2,400 gasoline-powered chainsaw with a 60-inch blade, something which both Fabian and Luayn are thrilled to receive.

Episode 8: Chip off the old Cabin

Original airdate: 1 June 2015

Despite the implication that the elimination decision would be based solely on the previous challenge, the experts ultimately decide to base it on the entire history of the three teams so far. While the Red Team is noted to be clearly the most talented of the three, and Luayn receives much praise for a huge improvement, all three experts are still worried about Fabian, feeling that he's shown little (if any) improvement since the start of the season. The Pink Team are complimented for the overall progress they've made after their awful early performances, though Rob still feels that they're a little on the inconsistent side. As for the Green Team, the experts feel that Jake and Nicole are talented individually, but have serious problems when it comes to working together.

When the teams gather for the announcement, the Pink Team are, much to their surprise, named as the second team to join the finale, for showing the most improvement overall. This leaves the Green and Red Teams, and in the end, the experts note that one of the teams was consistently solid throughout the season, while the other, despite arguably showing more improvement overall, tended to totally disintegrate whenever things got tough. The Green Team are therefore eliminated, though unlike the Purple Team are at least allowed to say goodbye to the experts and other teams, and leave the show in overall high spirits, feeling that the experience was still worthwhile. The Red Team are left to join the Blue and Pink Teams in the finale.

After finishing their dream projects (there is no review by the experts), each of the teams makes their case to the viewers at home as to why they deserve $50,000.

Episode 9: And the Winner Is...

Original airdate: 8 June 2015

In this live finale episode (the length of time that has passed since the prior eight episodes is indicated by the fact that Danielle is now heavily pregnant and Luayn's formerly blonde hair is now dark brown), the three finalist teams re-unite in front of a live studio audience. Voting remains open for most of the episode, and the winner will be announced at the end. The teams will still face a series of challenges in a last-gasp bid to earn the nation's votes.

Between challenges, highlight reels for all three teams are shown. The Red Team name their proudest moment as the range hood challenge in episode 7, where they won despite a time penalty and Luayn injuring her hand. The Blue Team are proud of how well they regrouped after their disastrous performance in episode 3's boat lift challenge. Similarly, the Pink Team name their failure in the window challenge in episode 2 (and the ensuing spraying they took with a fire hose) as their own turning point.

A "top 3 stumbles" reel is then shown, with #3 being Jake falling into the lake while placing the Green Team's boat life, #2 being Jesse accidentally breaking his plastic chair while watching the teeter-totter challenge, and #1 going to Jake again, for tripping up while removing the team's old toilet from the cabin, resulting in him breaking the toilet, and then tripping up on a cardboard box outside the cabin.

After the quiz finishes, a brief reel showing the "top 3 jobs done without tools" moments is shown - all of which go to Steve, for his habit of carrying out demolition jobs by just tearing or kicking away bits of the cabin that need to be removed.

Before the result is announced, a few more highlight reels are shown, including of the Green and Purple Teams. The experts then give their thoughts on the three remaining teams, complimenting Luayn on the huge improvement in her skillset, Jesse and Holly on their creativity and ability to work together, Danielle for being able to set her ego aside and learn with new skils, and Tyler for gaining in confidence.

Finally the results are announced. The Blue Team finish in third place, visibly disheartening Holly and especially Jesse, though they are nonetheless complimented for the overall strong job they did. The winner of the public vote is then announced as the Red Team, who take home the $50,000 grand prize.

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