Canada's Worst Driver 10

Canada's Worst Driver 10
Country of origin Canada
No. of episodes 8
Release
Original network Discovery Channel Canada
Original release October 27, 2014 – December 15, 2014

Canada's Worst Driver 10 is the tenth season of the reality TV show Canada's Worst Driver, which airs on the Discovery Channel. As with all previous seasons, Andrew Younghusband is the host, and the show again takes place at the Dunnville Airport, which has been the show's home since Canada's Worst Driver 6.

Contestants

This season again has eight participants, one fewer than in the previous season.[1]

Experts

This season retains the same line-up of experts from the previous two seasons:

Synopsis

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Chanie Richard IN IN IN IN IN IN IN CWD
Siham Martell IN IN IN IN IN IN IN RUNNER-UP
Jason Marcoux IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Tyler Fitzsimmons IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Mariah Carriere IN IN IN IN IN OUT
George Firth IN IN IN OUT
Santana Pike IN IN OUT
Ian Brannan IN OUT
     The contestant became Canada's Worst Driver.
     The contestant was runner-up for Canada's Worst Driver.
     The contestant was on the panel's shortlist.
     The contestant was expelled from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre.
     The contestant graduated.

Episode 1

Original Airdate: 27 October 2014

After the initial test, the drivers have their first meeting with the experts. The experts re-iterate to Jason the importance of taking an eye test as soon as possible, and Andrew expresses disbelief at the fact that driving-related eye examinations are not mandatory until the age of 80. Mariah is also called out on her attitude toward her drink-driving, and Cam informs her that should she kill or injure someone while doing so, she would face near-certain jail time. Most of the drivers are convinced that they are not Canada's Worst Driver, though Jason, Chanie and Siham admit that they may be.

As in nearly all of the show's first episodes, no-one graduates.

Episode 2

Original Airdate: 3 November 2014

After the Eye of the Needle, the experts confront Ian about the list he gave them, noting that the issues he listed indicate that he is someone who until now simply wasn't prepared to put in the effort required to be a good driver, rather than suffering from any technical issues; Ian in turn admits that he has decided to give up being a taxi driver, and was only even doing the job to fund the journalism degree that he's currently undertaking. George is the only driver who actively wants to graduate, while the others all admit that they still need a lot of work before they can even consider graduating.

The panel are split, with Andrew and Philippe wanting to graduate George for being technically the most proficient driver, but Cam and Shyamala favouring the notion of graduating Ian, who despite not passing any challenges is clearly not the worst of the group, and has shown awareness of the issues he needs to address; they also feel that George's arrogant attitude and the possibility of him teaching bad habits to his 16-year-old son is a deal-breaker. Tim sides with Cam and Shyamala, and so Ian becomes the first graduate of the season, surprising nearly all the other drivers. Before Ian drives himself home, Andrew makes him remove the "Taxi" sign from his car, and wishes him a successful career in journalism.

Episode 3

Original Airdate: 10 November 2014

Most of the drivers tell the experts without any hesitation that they will never drive while distracted again, and Jason also reveals that he's going to wear his glasses full-time from now on. However, while Mariah vows never to drink-drive again, she won't commit to also giving up the use of her phone while driving. The biggest concern is Siham's defeatist attitude, as she openly admits that she isn't overly concerned whether or not she continues to drive, and refuses to commit to making herself a better driver.

Every one of the experts has a different opinion on who should leave rehab; Tim is in favour of expelling Siham for showing no desire to learn, Shyamala doesn't feel anyone should graduate, Philippe feels that now that Jason has glasses it's safe to return him to the roads, Cam says that George is the most technically skilled and should be given the graduation he missed out on last time, while Andrew wants to graduate Santana for showing the best attitude and passing both of the challenges this episode. Andrew is eventually able to convince the other judges to back his fellow Newfie, and Santana becomes the second graduate of the season.

Episode 4

Original Airdate: 17 November 2014

After the Swerve and Avoid, George is finally told that Cody has been brought to rehab, and he takes George and Andrew on a quick drive through the surrounding area to demonstrate that, if anything, Cody is now an even better driver than his father. During this drive, George admits that he was a terrible teacher, and is proud of his son.

While Jason feels that he deserves to graduate, the experts quickly agree that the overwhelmingly obvious choice to graduate is George, who has already been passed over twice and performed the best in all three of the episode's challenges; the clear improvement in his attitude and the experts no longer needing to worry about him passing on bad habits to Cody helps seal the decision, and George becomes the third graduate.

Episode 5

Original Airdate: 24 November 2014

While Chanie is noted to be the obvious front-runner to graduate, as she passed every challenge, she admits not fully comprehending all the challenges, and that she should stay in rehab for the time being. Siham and Tyler, who both passed two challenges, also say they don't want to graduate. Mariah and Jason, who passed one challenge and no challenges respectively, aren't even considered for graduation.

Cam and Philippe nominate Chanie to graduate, as she was statistically the best driver this episode, though Cam isn't overly enthusiastic about letting her go. Shyamala and Tim, on the other hand, feel that Siham is the person who deserves to graduate, as they consider her the most technically adept of the five remaining drivers, despite her confidence issues. Andrew is left to break the tie, but elects not to back Chanie or Siham, as he feels they are both still lacking in focus and confidence respectively. In what Andrew notes has become something of an annual tradition for the show, the season's fifth episode ends with no-one graduating.

Episode 6

Original Airdate: 1 December 2014

Mariah and Siham are easily agreed on as the only two possible nominees, as they both passed every challenge this episode and both want to graduate. Jason half-heartedly puts himself forward to graduate, and is immediately shot down, while Tyler and a tearful Chanie admit that they both need a lot more work.

Tim backs Mariah to graduate, feeling that she has superior technical skills and more confidence compared to Siham, something which he feels is particularly obvious in the lessons he's been giving drivers in-between the episodes. Shyamala also backs Mariah to graduate, for having drastically reformed her attitude. Philippe and Cam, however, back Siham to graduate for performing better than Mariah in all the challenges. Andrew is left with the deciding vote, and chooses Mariah as the next graduate. Before she leaves the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, Mariah gets a tattoo on her left forearm, to specifically remind her never to drink-drive again.

Episode 7

Original Airdate: 8 December 2014

The experts face a major quandary, as there was only one clear challenge pass in the entire episode – namely Jason's performance in The Cross. Of greater concern however is the all-around horrific performances in the Longest Reversing Challenge Ever, and Jason effectively destroys his chances of graduation by saying he thought the point of the challenge was to complete it as fast as possible. Chanie also admits to this, though unlike Jason concedes that it was clearly the wrong thing to do. Siham shows no awareness of how fast she actually went during the challenge. Tyler also gets called out over his bad performance on that challenge, but gets one bit of good news as he's told that since his final Icy Corner run was the best in the challenge and would likely avoid most dangerous situations in real-life, they're retroactively upgrading it to a pass.

Due to the all-around awful performances, Andrew suggests a four-person final. However, the rest of the panel do not take up this suggestion. Their discussions are not shown, but in the end, Andrew gives Tyler his licence back, telling him that as bad as his performances in the reversing and Icy Corner challenges were, they were still the best of the group. This, along with him having more confidence compared to Siham and being more aware of his mistakes than Jason, results in him becoming the season's penultimate graduate. Incidentally, this also makes this the first Canada's Worst Driver season where every driver was shortlisted as a potential graduate at least once.

Episode 8

Original Airdate: 15 December 2014

After the road test, the drivers each have their final meeting with the experts. Despite her earlier lackadaisical attitude, Chanie shows more awareness of what exactly went wrong as she talks to the experts. However, she then makes a shocking revelation: she's supposed to be on medication for an unspecified condition that causes her lack of focus, but was unable to get a new supply in time for rehab, and so has been driving without medication. Andrew tells her that had he known about this beforehand, he would not have allowed her to take her final drive, and Cam says that were it proven her failure to take her medication contributed to death by dangerous driving, she could face the same range of punishments as a murder charge. Harsh words are also given to Siham, due to the extremely dangerous mistakes in her highway run and what would likely have been a fatal collision on the four-way intersection; she tries to blame the former mistake on the off-ramp being too short, but admits to learning a lot from rehab. Of the three, Jason is the most willing to admit to his mistakes, but the experts are unconvinced about exactly how much he has learned.

For the first time in the show's history, there are effectively three in contention for Canada's Worst Driver due to all three drivers performing badly on the final road test. Shyamala wants Siham to be the final graduate for having the best overall track record of the final three and having what was generally the least eventful road test, but Cam actually deems her to be Canada's Worst Driver, feeling that the mistakes she did make were the ones most likely to result in a fatality. Tim deems Chanie the worst for her lack of focus and failure to take responsibility for her actions. Philippe thinks Jason is the worst, pointing out that he ran several red lights and was lucky that this didn't result in any accidents.

When the three drivers assemble for the trophy presentation, Andrew announces that Jason is the season's final graduate, as he showed the most improvement of the final three, had the best performance on the two final rehab centre challenges, and at least wasn't overwhelmingly worse than Siham on the final drive. This, therefore, leaves Chanie and Siham as the final two (only the second time in the show's history that both of the final two are women, after Canada's Worst Driver 4), and Chanie is ultimately named the worst, due to the fact that she ultimately learned nothing from her time on the show (aside from not driving distracted anymore) and showed no real improvement in her driving skill, along with a reckless disregard for safety by not telling anyone she was supposed to be on medication. While Siham does not technically graduate, Andrew notes that she did improve a lot in rehab, and believes that she will ultimately become a good driver again someday. Andrew shocks Chanie by appearing to destroy her driving licence, but reveals that what he actually destroyed was a duplicate licence she gave him on the first day of rehab, which legally she's not permitted to have. He then gives Chanie the trophy and her actual licence, before Jeremy drives her away, as the tenth person to be named Canada's Worst Driver.

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, December 12, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.