Canada's Worst Driver 11

Canada's Worst Driver 11
Country of origin Canada
No. of episodes 8
Release
Original network Discovery Channel Canada
Original release October 26, 2015 – December 14, 2015

Canada's Worst Driver 11 is the eleventh season of the Canadian reality TV show Canada's Worst Driver, which airs on the Discovery Channel.

Contestants

This season features nine contestants, tying with Canada's Worst Driver Ever as the season with the most participants thus far.[1]

Experts

Synopsis

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Jillian Matthews IN IN IN IN IN IN IN CWD
Polly Sergeant IN IN IN IN IN IN IN RUNNER-UP
Sholom Hoffman IN IN IN IN IN IN IN FAIL
Renee Boily IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Jordan Paddon IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Shmuel Hoffman IN IN IN OUT
Cameron Donavin IN IN OUT
Tina Cook IN OUT
Alex Morrison 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 not the worst or second-worst driver, but failed to graduate from rehab.
     The contestant graduated.

Episode 1: Ready, Set, Go!

Original airdate: 26 October 2015

During their first meetings with the experts, all nine contestants deny the possibility that they might be Canada's Worst Driver. As per usual, no-one graduates in the first episode.

Episode 2: Left Right Green Light

Original airdate: 2 November 2015

While Jillian seems the obvious front-runner to graduate, as she passed every single challenge this episode, she tells the panel that she'd prefer to stay in rehab in order to get more confidence, as she still feels unable to face driving in public. Tina and Alex both express the desire to graduate, and the panel note that both are clearly capable of driving well (Tina doing so around motorcyclists due to being an occasional biker herself, and Alex being more considerate when driving his grandmother), but have doubts over their attitudes. The remaining drivers all admit that they should stay in rehab.

Tim votes that Tina should graduate based on her overall better performance in the episode, while Philippe prefers graduating Alex, pointing to Tina's angry, defensive reaction when the panel initially confronted her on her attitude toward driving. Shyamala sides with Tim, and Cam with Philippe, leaving Andrew with the deciding vote. In the end, Andrew makes a shock decision and decides that both are equally worthy of graduating, making this the first episode to have a double-graduation since all the way back in Canada's Worst Driver 2. Before they leave, however, Andrew gives Alex a cardboard cut-out of his grandmother, to ensure that he always drives as if she's with him, and also confiscates the "If you don't like my driving, f*** off" sign from Tina's car.

Episode 3: Turtle! Turtle!

Original airdate: 9 November 2015

When she meets with the experts, Polly admits to having zoned out during the Swerve and Avoid, and Cam informs her of a recent incident where a 66-year-old woman was jailed after hitting and killing two children when she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes in a parking lot. Jordan says that his glasses are proving a major help, while Sholom admits that he lucked out in actually getting a driving licence. Shmuel initially wants to graduate, but quickly retracts his request after being shown footage of his performance on the Swerve and Avoid. Jillian and Renee both say they don't want to graduate, but Cameron does feel he's learned enough to graduate.

The experts quickly agree that Cameron is the overwhelmingly obvious choice to graduate, seeing how he was the best performer in every challenge this episode. Andrew questions the other experts as to whether or not they'd be better not graduating anyone and making Cameron stick around a little longer to fully prove himself, but they ultimately decide that this is not necessary, thus making Cameron the season's third graduate.

Episode 4: Nailing The Needle

Original airdate: 16 November 2015

In her meeting with the experts, Jillian admits that it took her a lot of effort not to yell at Mitchell, and that doing so is cathartic to her, but Andrew reminds her that she simply can't continue to do this. Jordan thinks he's learned enough to graduate, as does Shmuel, while the remaining drivers admit that they have a lot more to learn.

Despite Jordan's request, and also some minor reservations as to whether Jillian should remain in rehab when her problems aren't directly related to her driving skills, Andrew and all four experts agree without hesitation that Shmuel is the obvious choice to graduate, as he passed every challenge this episode. In a first for the show, Shmuel graduates, but does not leave the Driver Rehabilitation Centre; instead stepping back and staying as Sholom's nominator.

Episode 5: Slip And Crash

Original airdate: 23 November 2015

Despite the generally very poor performances of everyone in this episode, with only three challenge passes in total (Renee on the first challenge, Jordan on the second, and Polly on the third), Jordan and Polly put themselves forward to graduate. Jillian, meanwhile, admits that she should be forced to take more challenges by herself in order to build up her confidence.

While the experts consider Jillian the best overall of the remaining drivers, her failure to pass a challenge this episode and admitting to still having confidence issues rules her out as a feasible candidate for graduation. Jordan and Polly are shortlisted simply because they were the only people who wanted to graduate, and Jordan receives the half-hearted backing of Shyamala and Cam, while Philippe and Tim just as unenthusiastically support Polly. On further discussion, it's pointed out that Jordan quit the trailer challenge and performed disastrously in the Icy Corner, while Polly had a similarly disastrous run in the reversing challenge and overall seems a much less attentive driver than Jordan. In the end, the experts agree that no-one did well enough to be seriously considered for graduation, meaning that the episode ends with nobody leaving rehab.

Episode 6: Soaked And Wet

Original airdate: 30 November 2015

In her meeting with the experts, Jillian admits that she's still not ready to face the roads, although she is also confident that she is not Canada's Worst Driver. Sholom also admits that he's nowhere near ready to graduate, as does Polly, who asks for the same public lessons that Jillian and Renee have been getting. Renee wants to graduate, though admits that she doesn't quite feel confident enough to take her son on the highway, and wants to get used to doing it herself first, which perturbs the experts. Jordan also wants to graduate, feeling beyond any doubt that he is ready to drive in public again; Cam also compliments him on the huge improvement he's shown in his previously selfish attitude.

Andrew and Shyamala favour graduating Jordan for being more confident in himself, while Cam and Tim feel that Renee deserves to graduate for her superior technical abilities; Philippe is therefore left with the deciding vote. At the graduation ceremony, Andrew tells Renee that while there was a strong case to be made for letting her go this episode, she ultimately talked herself out of graduating by admitting that she lacked the confidence to take her son on the highway. Jordan is therefore this episode's graduate, and he vows to never again be as blatantly selfish as he was before coming to rehab.

Episode 7: Easy as Pie

Original airdate: 7 December 2015

Renee admits to the experts that they did the right thing by denying her graduation in the last episode, and that she now has the confidence to take her son on the highway. Sholom immediately admits that he deserves to be in the final, as does Polly, albeit slightly more reluctantly. Jillian, meanwhile, reiterates her request to stay in rehab for the final episode, believing that if she can complete the road test without anyone else in the car, it'll prove once and for all that she's capable of driving every day.

With the agreement between Jillian and Andrew that she will take part in the final road test, and Polly and Sholom ruled out as serious contenders for graduation due to their all-around dreadful performances this episode, the experts immediately come to the obvious decision, and make Renee this episode's graduate.

Episode 8: The Checkered Flag

Original airdate: 14 December 2015

In their final meeting with the experts, the three remaining drivers are asked whether they are Canada's Worst Driver; Sholom admits that he probably is, Jillian attempts to evade the question before saying that she isn't, while Polly angrily denies being the worst. The experts find themselves in a major quandary; Sholom, who everyone expected to be the worst, is actually the one person who all the experts agree isn't Canada's Worst Driver, as he had the best road test and is the most aware of his limitations as a driver. As for the remaining two, however, while Polly is generally agreed to be an overall worse driver than Jillian, the fact remains that Jillian wasn't even able to attempt the final road drive. Shyamala and Philippe feel that Polly's obliviousness makes her the worst driver, while Andrew and Cam are worried that Jillian's panic attacks are a bigger liability; Tim's vote therefore turns out to be the deciding one.

The final three drivers assemble for the trophy presentation, and Andrew announces that Sholom has avoided being named the worst, simply because he wasn't as bad as Polly in the challenges and completed his road test. His generally very poor track record means that he leaves without graduating (making him the second third-place driver to not graduate after Sly Grosjean from Canada's Worst Driver Ever); though Andrew tells him that given more experience and education, he can probably someday become a competent driver. After Sholom leaves, Andrew regretfully makes the announcement that, in the end, Jillian was judged to be Canada's Worst Driver. Jillian reacts angrily to this, denying that she's worse than Polly (or even Sholom), but Andrew says that Polly completed the final road test, while Jillian didn't, and that every other driver who failed to finish the road test was named the worst of their season. Andrew returns Polly's licence to her and asks Jeff to drive her home, emphasizing that she barely avoided the title, and still recommending that she give up driving. Jillian is presented with the trophy, the only consolation being that she's felt to have more of a chance of eventually becoming a competent driver than Polly does, and that despite the outcome, her relationship with Mitchell has been improved by the experience.

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