Canada's Smartest Person

Canada's Smartest Person
Genre Competition
Created by Robert Cohen
Presented by Jessi Cruickshank
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Robert Cohen
Production company(s) Media Headquarters
Release
Original network CBC
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]

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.[5]

Format

Every week four Canadians compete in front of a studio audience.[6] 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.[7]

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[8]

Seasons

2012 Special

Premiere Date: March 18, 2012

Winner: Peter Dyakowski[9]

Season 1

Premiere Date: September 28, 2014

Finale Date: November 23, 2014

Winner: Braden Lauer[10]

Season 2

Premiere Date: October 4, 2015

Finale Date: November 22, 2015

Winner: Katy Warren

Participants

Episode 101 - September 28, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Kiel Lemmen Port Coquitlam, BC
Roselyn Kelada-Sedra Toronto, ON
Albert Tam Woodbridge, ON WINNER[11]
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

Episode 103 - October 12, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Mith Das Toronto, ON WINNER
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[12]

Episode 105 - October 26, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Max Cameron Calgary, AB WINNER
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[13]
Kate LaFrance Fredericton, NB
Nick Nickerson Merrickville, ON

Episode 107 - November 9, 2014

Participant Origin Results
Johnny MacRae Vancouver, BC WINNER[14]
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[15]
Alea Ciecko Winnipeg, MB
Dipna Horra Ottawa, ON
Brent Hayden Vancouver, BC

Episode 109 - November 23, 2014

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

Notes

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