Canada's Worst Handyman 6

Canada's Worst Handyman 6
Country of origin Canada
No. of episodes 7
Release
Original network Discovery Channel Canada
Original release May 2, 2011 – June 13, 2011

Canada's Worst Handyman 6 is the sixth season of Canada's Worst Handyman, a Canadian reality television series on Discovery Channel which seeks to improve the do-it-yourselfer skills of five contestants.

In this season, the contestants must transform several rooms in the Niagara Falls Carriage House (on Lundy's Lane) in Niagara Falls, Ontario and transform the space into a retreat for newlyweds. Group challenges this year will be focused on transforming a common area into a spa. As with its sister season Canada's Worst Driver 6, a new series logo has been commissioned for this season.

Experts

Returning from previous seasons are the following experts:

Contestants

Synopsis

Contestant
(with hard hat colour)
Nominator 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ajay Prabhjot IN IMP WORST IN WORST IN IN
Charlene Charmaine IN IN IMP WORST IN IN CWH
Dan Natasha IN WORST IN IN IN M/W IN
Matt Kory IMP IN IN IN IMP IN IN
Rob Joe-Anne WORST IN IN IMP IN IN IN
     CWH – The contestant is Canada's Worst Handyman.
     WORST – The contestant is the worst of the episode.
     IN – The contestant was considered for the worst for this episode.
     M/W – The contestant was named both the most improved and the worst for this episode.
     IMP – The contestant is the most improved of the episode.

Episode 1: Check-In

Original airdate: May 2, 2011

After interviewing a record 900 nominations and after a screening process culled the field to 40, the five contestants arrive at a Niagara Falls hotel, where their nominators are waiting. As with previous years, each contestant is assigned a color-coded room. Ajay is given the blue room, Charlene is in purple, Dan in yellow, Matt in brown, and Rob in orange. Each room has been locked from the inside by two locks, which they must remove from the outside before they can enter their room. Matt is the first to enter his room after Kory explains how a reciprocating saw works before helping him cut the locks. Rob smashes off his doorknob (something which baffles Joe-Anne, as the door itself wasn't actually locked) and causes substantial damage to the door itself before entering. Ajay is next to enter after chiselling the locks off his door. Charlene eventually enters after cutting the locks, leaving Dan last to enter their room. In each room there is a heart-shaped bathtub that is to be installed, as well as their first challenge.

In the experts' evaluation, Gail and Geoff took Charlene's lack of participation to heart. No major criticisms were levelled at Dan, Ajay, or Matt, but for Rob, Geoff warns that his door is a writeoff. Geoff names Charlene is the worst for the episode for being slow and not participating in the group challenge, while Gail names Rob as the worst due to constantly injuring himself. Despite Geoff believing that Rob had the best workmanship, he is named the worst, while Matt is named the most improved by virtue of fixing his workbench in his own time, and doing relatively well despite having the least handiwork experience going into the show. For homework, Rob must build a "days without injury" sign. As he does this, he regales Andrew on his numerous injuries in the past.

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Episode 2: Framed

Original airdate: May 9, 2011

In expert evaluations, the experts advise Ajay on slowing down so as to avoid mistakes and hurting Prabhjot. Rob almost finished his tub in his spare time, and no criticisms were levelled at him. Matt concedes defeat due to his incomplete work, while Charlene also admits that her jobs are incomplete. Geoff names Dan as the worst due to his self-admitted temper, but Gail names Charlene as the worst even after personally assisting in the mirror. After more debate, Ajay is named the most improved due to his perseverance, and Dan is named the worst; Dan admits that it is because with Natasha, he completed the episode's most difficult challenge easily, but without Natasha, the easier projects this episode had fallen apart for him. For homework, Dan has to admit to needing help from Natasha in projects around the house.

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Episode 3: Trapped

Original airdate: May 16, 2011

While the contestants did the group challenge, the nominators paint their nominees' rooms. Dan's "Tacky Room" (now in red) is criticized for the ultimately poor job in anchoring in the towel rack and hanging chair. Matt's "Honeyroom Suite for a Guy" (now in brown) is commended for his progress in thinking and planning due to the work in his room proper, but he admits defeat in his bathroom. Geoff is also concerned for Ajay's safety and his tub installation when his room was inspected; Ajay's room has also been repainted red. Rob (whose room is still orange) admits that injuring himself during the hanging chair challenge would make him the worst, though it was ultimately overlooked by the experts. Gail nominates Ajay as the worst due to him rushing his work and displaying what she felt was an arrogant attitude. Geoff nominates Matt as the worst, feeling that he had showed no understanding of his mistakes in the drain challenge, and that the overall quality of his work had taken a sharp downturn in the last two episodes. Andrew ultimately sides with Gail in naming Ajay as the worst of the episode, due to having used the jackhammer, a two-handed tool, unsafely with one hand. For homework, Ajay must fix his plumbing while Andrew lectures him on safety. The most improved is Charlene (whose room is in a darker shade of purple) due to finally finishing a project with the hanging chairs, and the fact that her work is correct, if only a bit slow.

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Episode 4: Room Service

Original airdate: May 23, 2011

The Group Challenge had left Charlene in tears, having lost her focus. Her failures were attributed to hearing too much cross-talk and being too distracted and "over-thinking". Matt admits to various major failures from minor mistakes (though he eventually finishes his tables by installing another set of brackets that fit), while Dan is chastised over his temper. Rob is commended for the best table, while Ajay is chastised over the poor plastering job. In a rare unanimous decision, the experts and Andrew name Rob as the most improved and Charlene the worst. For homework, Charlene must cut out the letters "focus" out of a piece of plywood.

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Episode 5: Down The Drain

Original airdate: May 30, 2011

In inspections, Matt's tub is commended, but the toilet bolt incident and his use of glue (rather than sewing) earns him the experts' scorn. Charlene and Dan had no substantial criticisms or compliments leveled at them. Rob's work is commended, but he personally takes the responsibility for misallocating the work in the group challenge. Ajay's toilet, his only success, is found to leak, dampening his mood, as none of his other challenges succeeded. In deliberation, Gail names Ajay as the worst over his poor workmanship, while Charlene was named the worst by Andrew for her tub still lacking a membrane, and her pipes bursting. In the end, Geoff sides with Gail and Ajay is named the worst, while Matt is named the most improved due primarily to the tub work. For homework, Ajay must tally the time and money that he has wasted from cutting corners.

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Episode 6: Easier Said Than Done

Original airdate: June 6, 2011

In inspections, Gail and Geoff admonish Ajay for partially complete projects and an ultimately patchy tile job, though he is commended for the sign. No major criticisms were levelled against Matt (though Geoff is concerned with his tile cuts around the tub), while Charlene is admonished for her poor workmanship in her sign (which is nearly unreadable) and her short four-poster bed, causing Geoff to name her as the worst. Rob also admits that he has a lot of work to do, causing Gail to nominate him for the worst. Dan is also admonished for his tiling mishap and for breaking the thermostat in the group challenge, and because of this Andrew nominates him as the worst. The most improved is, for the first time in the series, left completely up to the contestants themselves, and they agree on giving Dan the golden hard hat (with only Ajay giving the sole dissenting view; he had nominated Matt). As for the worst, Dan is named the worst for not following the show's central lesson: reading the instructions. For homework, Dan must read the instructions that he missed.

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Episode 7

Original airdate: June 13, 2011

For final inspections, a group of three newlywed couples will be evaluating each room. Matt's room is first to be evaluated, and is quickly shot down on the theme, though his tub is commended. Items are popping off in Dan's room, from tiles to wainscotting, leaving Dan pessimistic about his chances of not being named Canada's Worst Handyman. Ajay's room is considered to have worse craftsmanship compared to Dan, but better design. Rob's room is deemed the best by the honeymooners (though there were still glaring issues such as a splinter from the breakfast table), while Charlene's room is unanimously named the worst, mostly because she was never able to get her plumbing working and had to resort to using a hosepipe to fill her tub.

In expert evaluations, Geoff expresses his disappointment in Ajay, while Matt expresses his enjoyment in doing handiwork. Rob admits he still has to work on not injuring himself, while Dan also admits in helping to work with his wife. Charlene admits to learning a lot, even if she needed help from other contestants or the experts in speeding up on a number of occasions. Rob is quickly agreed to be nowhere near the worst of the group, as despite the occasional accident he managed a relatively decent quality of work throughout and finished the most tasks. Matt is also agreed to definitely not be the worst, having made impressive progress from the start of the season and also doing some solid work. Harsher words are given to Dan, whose work the experts consider to be generally mediocre, and they also note that he continued to make the same mistakes (particularly not reading instructions) throughout the season; even with that, however, they agree that his work is not the worst of the five, and Natasha adds that she feels a lot more comfortable working with him now. Ajay and Charlene are therefore left as the bottom two, and Geoff and Gail both name Ajay as Canada's Worst Handyman, as his claims of success do not match the reality of his results, and they felt that he ultimately learned nothing from his time on the show. However, Andrew does not accept the results, questioning why Charlene shouldn't be named Canada's Worst Handyman, as her room was the least complete, even with outside assistance (which Ajay proved he did not usually need). However, both experts argue that Charlene has at least learned her lessons, and that even though his work was better, Ajay should be named the worst as a means of deflating his overconfidence. Still, both experts eventually capitulate and name Charlene as Canada's Worst Handyman.

References

  1. "Handyman feels the pain". May 13, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. "Donair shop couple up for Canada's Worst Handyman". April 9, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  3. "Hopeless Handyman?". April 20, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

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