Canada's Smartest Person

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Canada's Smartest Person
Also known asCanada's Smartest Person Junior (season 4)
GenreCompetition
Created byRobert Cohen
Presented by
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4 (+1 special)
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerRobert Cohen
Production companyMedia Headquarters
Original release
Network CBC Television
ReleaseSeptember 28, 2014 (2014-09-28) –
present

Canada's Smartest Person is a Canadian reality television competition series. Contestants compete in a series of different challenges based on American psychologist Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences to earn the title of "Canada's Smartest Person." [1] The first three seasons of the series were hosted by television personality Jessi Cruickshank, [2] and the fourth by actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee. [3] Actor Jeff Douglas co-hosted the first season in 2014 with Cruickshank. [2]

Contents

The show is produced by Media Headquarters and broadcast nationally on CBC Television. The first version of the show aired in 2012 as a 2-hour special. [4] The series was picked up and the first full season aired on CBC as a 9-part series in 2014. It was the number one new Canadian series of the fall season, with almost one in four Canadians tuning in. [5] In 2016, it was the only original Canadian format to be nominated for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's Golden Screen Award for highest rated reality series. The second season began airing on October 4, 2015. [6] On March 31, 2016, CBC announced the series would return for a third season as part of their fall/winter schedule. [7] The fourth season, a spin off known as Canada's Smartest Person Junior, began airing on November 14, 2018. Canada's Smartest Person has one of the highest percentages of family and co-viewing ever on CBC. [8]

During the broadcast, viewers participate in all of the challenges from home in real-time using a smartphone app. The play-along app has been an industry-leading success. The first season of the series saw over 175,000 downloads of the app and nearly one million individual intelligence tests taken across the country. [5] As of 2017 there have been over 300,000 downloads of the app, making it one of the most successful peer to peer gaming applications in Canada. [9]

Format

Every week four Canadians compete in front of a studio audience. [10] 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. [11] There was always one challenge that combined two categories together.

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 [12]

Season overview

SeasonEpisodesPremiere DateFinale DateHost(s)Winner
Special1March 18, 2012 Gerry Dee Peter Dyakowski [13]
19September 28, 2014November 23, 2014 Jessi Cruickshank
Jeff Douglas 		Braden Lauer [14]
28October 4, 2015November 22, 2015 Jessi Cruickshank Katy Warren [15]
36November 13, 2016December 18, 2016 Stephanie Harvey
46November 14, 2018December 19, 2018 Paul Sun-Hyung Lee Mateus Soto [16]

Participants

Season 1

Episode 101 - September 28, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Kiel Lemmen Port Coquitlam, BC
Roselyn Kelada-Sedra Toronto, ON
Albert Tam Woodbridge, ON WINNER [17]
Tova Sherman Bedford, NS

Episode 102 - October 5, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
JP Doiron North Rustico, PEI
Alisia Bonnick Stouffville, ON
Rhiannon Jones Chilliwack, BC
Chris Tessaro Mississauga, ON WINNER [18]

Episode 103 - October 12, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Mith Das Toronto, ON WINNER [19]
Norm Odjick Kitigan Zibi, QC
Melanie Martin Winnipeg, MB
Lisa Preston Mississauga, ON

Episode 104 - October 19, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Yahaya Baruwa Toronto, ON
George Millar Edmonton, AB
Mary Rose Victoria, BC
Victoria Leenders-Cheng Montreal, QC WINNER [20]

Episode 105 - October 26, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Max Cameron Calgary, AB WINNER [21]
Cat Jahnke Winnipeg, MB
Kaveh Kavoosi Aurora, ON
Jennifer Hurd Ottawa, ON

Episode 106 - November 2, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Brian Charbonneau Sainte-Genevieve, QC
Daryl Dillman Cole Harbour, NS WINNER [22]
Kate LaFrance Fredericton, NB
Nick Nickerson Merrickville, ON

Episode 107 - November 9, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Johnny MacRae Vancouver, BC WINNER [23]
Ellen Snider Quispamsis, NB
Chris Sensenig Welland, ON
Nader Nadernejad Peterborough, ON

Episode 108 - November 16, 2014

ParticipantOriginResults
Braden Lauer Vancouver BC WINNER [24]
Alea Ciecko Winnipeg, MB
Dipna Horra Ottawa, ON
Brent Hayden Vancouver, BC

Episode 109 - November 23, 2014

In the season finale, the winners from each episode competed in a series of competitions for the title of "Canada's Smartest Person".

PlacementContestantQualifierTestsSuper Gauntlet
Round 1Round 2Crosswalk
(Visual)		Karaoke Nightmare
(Musical)		Word Master
(Linguistic)		Pathfinder
(Logical)		Take a Side
(Social)		Sport Stacking
(Physical)		Total
1David Hanna66%—14323417 [lower-alpha 1] Canada's Smartest Person
2Samuel HannaIN333434118Runner-Up
3Chris TessaroIN342242317 [lower-alpha 1]
4Max Cameron76%—2111128
5Mith DasIN2
6Daryl DillmanIN1
7Albert Tam58%
8Victoria Leenders-Chong48%
  1. 1 2 Braden and Chris tied for second place with 17 points after the six tests. As they had two first place finishes each, the tie was broken by their number of second place finishes; as Johnny had more, she advanced to the Gauntlet.


Season 2

Episode 201 - October 4th, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Beat It
(Musical)		Crosswalk
(Visual)		Human Lie Detector
(Social)		Letter Chaos
(Linguistic)		Balls of Fury
(Physical/Logical)		Total
1Anthony Craparotta 32, Toronto, Ontario 33131020WIN
2 Maya Burhanpurkar 16, Barrie, Ontario 5532419LOSE
3Jessica Joy1225616
4Richard Pinnock2151211

Episode 202 - October 11th, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Double Take
(Visual)		Blow Back
(Physical)		Mix Master
(Musical)		Pipe Fitter
(Logical)		Spin-a-Speech
(Social/Linguistic)		Total
1 Tim Blais 25, Montreal, Quebec 5552421WIN
2Maryanne Lewell 40, Saint John, New Brunswick 1325617 [lower-alpha 1] LOSE
3Ira Timothy21131017 [lower-alpha 1]
4Marielle Leigh 23, Toronto, Ontario 3231211
  1. 1 2 Ira and Maryanne tied for second place with 17 points after the five tests. As they had one first place finish each, the tie was broken by their number of second place finishes; as Maryanne had more, she advanced to the Gauntlet.

Episode 203 - October 18th, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Cranium Crash
(Logical)		Twitterverse
(Linguistic)		Model Mayhem
(Visual)		Faces
(Social)		Twisty Tune
(Musical/Physical)		Total
1Dan Tweyman 36, Belleville, Ontario 5335420WIN
2Heather Whittaker Winnipeg, Manitoba 32511021LOSE
3Chris Harris Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1522616
4Denise Yuen Vancouver, British Columbia 211329

Episode 204 - October 25th, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Definition Dilemma
(Linguistic)		Human Lie Detector
(Social)		Pipe Fitter
(Logical)		Stack of Shapes
(Visual)		Step Squad
(Musical/Physical)		Total
1Katy Warren 21, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 3335620WIN
2Petros Kusmu25211020LOSE
3Andrew Hall Vancouver, British Columbia 5253419
4Neila Scott111227

Episode 205 - November 1st, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Music Match
(Musical)		Canvas Calamity
(Visual)		Cranium Crash
(Logical)		Teeter Tower
(Physical)		Spin-a-Speech
(Social/Linguistic)		Total
1Alex Manea 31, Waterloo, Ontario 21551023WIN
2Jakob Sanderson5333620LOSE
3Barry Shulman3212412
4Jennifer Lam1521211

Episode 206 - November 8th, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Double Take
(Visual)		Twitterverse
(Linguistic)		Faces
(Social)		Mix Master
(Musical)		Balls of Fury
(Physical/Logical)		Total
1Marco Iannuzzi 28, White Rock, British Columbia 31511020WIN
2Amanda Khan 28, Toronto, Ontario 5523419 [lower-alpha 1] LOSE
3Margaret Fay 31, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2335619 [lower-alpha 1]
4Permadi Witjaksono 44, Winnipeg, Manitoba 121228
  1. 1 2 Amanda and Margaret tied for second place with 19 points after the five tests; as Amanda had more first place finishes, she advanced to the Gauntlet.

Episode 207 - November 15th, 2015

PlacementContestantTestsGauntlet
Letter Chaos
(Linguistic)		Blow Back
(Physical)		Stack of Shapes
(Visual)		Portfolio Pro
(Logical)		Karaoke Nightmare
(Musical/Social)		Total
1Jason Vander-Hoek15531024WIN
2Alex Pascuzzi Vancouver, British Columbia 3332617LOSE
3Anish Ahuja Montreal, Quebec 5225216
4Julie Francis211149

Episode 208 - November 22nd, 2015

In the season finale, the winners from each episode competed in a series of competitions for the title of "Canada's Smartest Person". The seven Gauntlet winners from the previous episodes were joined by a wildcard, determined by the Gauntlet loser who had accumulated the most points in their episode.

PlacementContestantQualifierTestsSuper Gauntlet
Round 1Round 2Syllable Switch
(Linguistic)		Orders Up
(Visual)		Sliding Scale
(Musical)		Moving Sum
(Logical)		Screen Test
(Social)		Ball Handler
(Physical)		Total
1Katy Warren 21, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 83%—44223116 [lower-alpha 1] Canada's Smartest Person
2Jason Vander-HoekIN333344219Runner-Up
3Tim Blais 25, Montreal, Quebec 80%—12432416 [lower-alpha 1]
4Anthony Craparotta 32, Toronto, Ontario IN32111139
5Dan Tweyman 36, Belleville, Ontario IN0
Heather Whittaker [lower-alpha 2] IN0
7Alex Manea 31, Waterloo, Ontario 64%
8Marco Iannuzzi 28, White Rock, British Columbia 54%
  1. 1 2 Katy and Tim tied for second place with 16 points after the six tests. As they had identical placements, the tie was broken by their scores from the first round in the qualifier; as Katy's was higher, she advanced to the Super Gauntlet.
  2. ↑ Though Heather did not initially qualify for the finals, she earned the wildcard spot due to having the most points of all the players who lost the Gauntlet.

Season 3

Episode 301 - November 13, 2016

PlacementContestantSpeed RoundMix Master
(Musical)		Spin-a-Speech
(Linguistic)		TotalGear Head
(Visual/Logical)		TotalGauntlet
1 Stephanie Harvey 30, Quebec City, Quebec 15281018WIN
2Jonathan Gagnon 31, Vancouver, British Columbia 33511617LOSE
3Susan Forgues 54, Orleans, Ontario 5139211
4 Steve Norn 40, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 2215
5 Rup Magon 41, Montreal, Quebec OUT
Vincent Law 33, Calgary, Alberta OUT

Episode 302 - November 20, 2016

PlacementContestantSpeed RoundHuman Lie Detector
(Social)		Beat It
(Musical)		TotalWobble Words
(Linguistic/Physical)		TotalGauntlet
1Josh Williams 25, Edmonton, Alberta 355131023WIN
2Donna Hartt 46, Cranbrook, British Columbia 2338614LOSE
3Jennifer Martin 33, Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Newfoundland and Labrador 511729
4Chris Williams 54, Round Hill, Nova Scotia 1225
5CJ Studer 39, Miscouche, Prince Edward Island OUT
6Christine Cho 36, Toronto, Ontario OUT

Episode 303 - November 27, 2016

PlacementContestantSpeed RoundBroken Register
(Logical)		Colour Blender
(Visual)		TotalScreen Test
(Linguistic/Social)		TotalGauntlet
1 Maria Samson 33, Calgary, Alberta 53513215WIN
2Frankie Cena Vancouver, British Columbia 25291019LOSE
3Vanessa Vakharia 35, Toronto, Ontario 1236612
4Ryan Coelho 31, Toronto, Ontario 3115
5Rebecca Bromwich 39, Calgary, Alberta OUT
Gwyneth Foster 17, Uxbridge, Ontario OUT

Episode 304 - December 4, 2016

PlacementContestantSpeed RoundCSP News
(Linguistic)		Mix Master
(Musical)		TotalGear Head
(Visual/Logical)		TotalGauntlet
1Brittain Bancroft 30, Minto, New Brunswick 253101020WIN
2Devon Jones 37, Winnipeg, Manitoba 5229615LOSE
3Michelle Zakrison 34, Iqaluit, Nunavut 1359211
4Bruce Tsuji 62, Ottawa, Ontario 3115
5Darryl Gidyk 43, Lethbridge, Alberta OUT
6 Siera Bearchell 23, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan OUT

Episode 305 - December 11, 2016

PlacementContestantSpeed RoundCanvas Calamity
(Visual)		Extreme Layover
(Logical)		TotalWobble Words
(Physical/Linguistic)		TotalGauntlet
1Eric Yue 40, Victoria, British Columbia 51511617WIN
2Dustin Herbison 29, Kelowna, British Columbia 32381018OUT
3Melissa Deciantis 25, Mississauga, Ontario 2327 [lower-alpha 1] 29
4 Michelle Salt Calmar, Alberta 1517 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Wali Shah 21, Mississauga, Ontario OUT
6Tristan Campus Mississauga, Ontario OUT
  1. 1 2 Melissa and Michelle tied for third place after three challenges. As Melissa scored higher in the speed round, she continued in the competition.

Episode 306 - December 18, 2016

PlacementContestantCrosswalk
(Visual)		Syllable Switch
(Linguistic)		Cranium Crash
(Logical)		TotalHuman Lie Detector
(Social)		TotalTwisty Tune
(Musical/Physical)		TotalSuper Gauntlet
1 Stephanie Harvey 30, Quebec City, Quebec 54211112618Canada's Smartest Person
2Eric Yue 40, Victoria, British Columbia 354125171027Runner-up
3 Maria Samson 33, Calgary, Alberta 42511314216
4Brittain Bancroft 30, Minto, New Brunswick 133729
5Josh Williams 25, Edmonton, Alberta 2115

Season 4

The fourth season of Canada's Smartest Person (officially entitled Canada's Smartest Person Junior) premiered on November 14, 2018. As the official title implies, the contestants are all preadolescent. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee hosted this season.

Unlike the previous three seasons which followed a knockout format, this season followed a traditional competitive reality television series format.

Each of the first three episodes began with a Speed Round, which consists of six small challenges in a rapid-fire succession. After the challenge, the lowest-scoring contestant was eliminated from the competition automatically and the highest-scoring contestant was deemed safe from elimination. Then, the remaining contestants were paired based on their rankings in the Speed Round (2nd place with 3rd place, 4th place with 5th place, etc.) and competed in a team challenge. After the challenge, all but the bottom two pairings were deemed safe from elimination. Afterwards, the remaining four contestants competed in a head-to-head challenge and the top two performers were deemed safe after the challenge. Finally, the remaining two contestants competed in the Ultimate Elimination round, which consists of various sudden-death challenges that two contestants compete head-to-head in. Once a contestant won three rounds, that contestant was deemed safe and the other was eliminated from the competition.

The fourth episode also began with a Speed Round, but unlike the first three episodes, the highest-scoring contestant was not deemed safe from elimination after the challenge. Then, the remaining contestants competed in a head-to-head challenge instead of a team challenge. After the challenge, only the highest-scoring contestant was deemed safe from elimination. The latter two challenges of the episode proceeded the same way that the latter two challenges of the first three did.

The fifth episode was a Redemption episode in which the first eight eliminated contestants were given a chance to return to the competition and qualify for the finale as a result. Like usual, the episode began with a Speed Round, but, after the challenge, the two lowest-scoring contestants were eliminated from the Redemption episode automatically and the highest-scoring contestant still had to compete in further challenges with the rest. Then, the remaining six contestants competed in a head-to-head challenge that, afterwards, would eliminate the two lowest-scoring contestants from the Redemption episode. Then, the remaining four contestants competed in a head-to-head challenge that, afterwards, would eliminate the lowest-scoring contestant from the Redemption episode and would return the highest-scoring contestant back into the competition. Finally, the remaining two contestants competed in the Ultimate Elimination round. The winner of the face-off returned to the competition and the other was eliminated from the Redemption episode.

The sixth and final episode consisted of five head-to-head challenges in which, after each one, the lowest-scoring contestant would be eliminated from the competition. The last of these challenges was the Super Gauntlet, a Canada's Smartest Person classic, which resulted in Mateus Soto being declared the winner of Canada's Smartest Person Junior.

ContestantAge [n 1] HometownStatus
Mateus Soto11 Toronto, Ontario Won on December 19th
Alexia Sabau12 Calgary, Alberta Became Runner-up on December 19th
Returned on December 12th
Eliminated on November 28th
Matthew Yu10 West Vancouver, British Columbia Eliminated on December 19th
Liam Veale12 Saint John, New Brunswick
Liam Henderson11 Sarnia, Ontario Eliminated on December 19th
Returned on December 12th
Eliminated on November 14th
Danica Scully11 Halifax, Nova Scotia Eliminated on December 19th
Sandra Nitchi11 Montreal, Quebec Eliminated on December 5th
Zoe Devalia11 Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
Ashley Taylor11 Guelph, Ontario Eliminated on November 28th
Arjun Ram12 Hamilton, Ontario Eliminated on November 21st
Misuzu Tamaki11 Markham, Ontario
Matthew Shimon12 Sydney, Nova Scotia Eliminated on November 14th
  1. ↑ Age at the time of filming
PlaceContestantEpisode
401402403404405 - Redemption406
Speed
Round

[n 1]

Cake
Mix		Tower of
Intelligence		Ultimate
Elimination

[n 2]

Speed
Round

[n 3]

Factory
Fiasco		Letter
Chaos

[n 4]

Ultimate
Elimination

[n 5]

Speed
Round

[n 6]

Laser
Labyrinth

[n 7] [n 8]

Double
Take

[n 9]

Ultimate
Elimination

[n 10]

Speed
Round

[n 11]

Spin a
Speech

[n 12]

Pipe
Fitters		Ultimate
Elimination

[n 13]

Speed
Round

[n 14]

Human Lie
Detector

[n 15]

TwistyUltimate
Elimination

[n 16]

Rhythm
Redux

[n 17] [n 18]

This
Just In

[n 19]

Revolving
Door		ConcessionSuper Gauntlet
Tune

[n 20]

Conundrum
1stMateus 1 WIN (84%)IMM2 IN (84%)2 SAFEIMM4 IN (78%) 1 WIN (2:16+0:30=2:46)IMM5 IN (78%)4 IN (11)2 SAFEIMMFINALIST2 IN

(5 of 6)

4 IN (10)

[n 21]

1 IN (3)1 IN (1:53)WINNER
2ndAlexia11 IN (58%) 1 WIN (12)IMM 1 WIN (86%)IMM8 OUT (60%)ELIMINATED1 IN (84%)2 IN (2)2 IN (1:21+0:50=2:11)RET (3-0)3 IN

(5 of 8)

1 IN (14)1 IN (3)2 IN (2:04)RUNNER-UP
3rdMatthew Y.9 IN (61%)4 IN (7)

[n 22]

2 SAFEIMM4 IN (76%)3 IN

[n 23]

3 IN (7) WIN (3-1)5 IN (76%) 1 WIN (2:16+0:30=2:46)IMM3 IN (80%)5 IN (5) 1 WINIMMFINALIST3 IN

(5 of 8)

3 IN (11)1 IN (3)3 OUT (2:08)ELIMINATED
4thLiam V.4 IN (79%)3 SAFE (7) [n 22] IMM7 IN (70%) 1 WINIMM 1 WIN (88%)IMM1 IN (88%) 1 WIN (18)IMMFINALIST3 IN

(5 of 8)

2 IN (12)4 OUT (2)ELIMINATED
5thLiam H.7 IN (68%)5 IN (4)3 IN

[n 24]

OUT

(2-3)

ELIMINATED2 IN (82%)2 IN (2)1 RET (0:45+1:05=1:50)IMM1 IN

(5 of 5)

5 OUT (10)

[n 21]

ELIMINATED
6thDanica3 IN (80%)2 SAFE (7)

[n 22]

IMM4 IN (76%)3 IN

[n 23]

1 WIN (12)IMM3 IN (80%)3 IN (2:08+1:50=4:08)

[n 25]

3 IN (4) WIN (3-2)3 IN (80%)2 IN (14)3 IN

[n 26]

WIN (3-2)FINALIST6 OUT

(4 of 8)

ELIMINATED
7thSandra5 IN (76%)3 SAFE (7)

[n 22]

IMM6 IN (73%) 1 WINIMM7 IN (64%)2 IN (2:00+1:40=3:40) 1 WIN (5)IMM2 IN (84%)3 IN (12)3 IN

[n 26]

OUT

(2-3)

8 OUT (64%)ELIMINATED
8thZoe8 IN (65%)4 IN (7)

[n 22]

3 IN

[n 24]

WIN (3-2)9 IN (60%)3 IN

[n 23]

2 SAFE (10)IMM6 IN (72%)2 IN (2:00+1:40=3:40)2 SAFE (5)IMM6 OUT (76%)ELIMINATED7 OUT (66%)ELIMINATED
9thAshley6 IN (70%)5 IN (4) 1 WINIMM3 IN (80%)2 SAFEIMM2 IN (82%)3 IN (2:08+1:50=4:08)

[n 25]

4 IN (3)OUT (2-3)ELIMINATED4 IN (75%)6 OUT (0)ELIMINATED
10thArjun2 IN (82%)2 SAFE (7)

[n 22]

IMM8 IN (65%)3 IN

[n 23]

3 IN (7)OUT (1-3)ELIMINATED5 IN (71%)5 OUT (1)ELIMINATED
11thMisuzu10 IN (60%) 1 WIN (12)IMM10 OUT (56%)ELIMINATED6 IN (70%)2 IN (2)4 OUT (1:25+1:00=2:25)ELIMINATED
12thMatthew S.12 OUT (54%)ELIMINATED3 IN (76%)1 IN (3)3 IN (0:55+1:25=2:20)OUT (0-3)ELIMINATED
 WINNER  This contestant won the competition.
 RUNNER-UP  This contestant finished in second place.
 WIN  This contestant finished first in the challenge and became safe from elimination for the episode.
 SAFE  This contestant performed well enough in the challenge to be safe from elimination for the episode.
 IN  This contestant was neither safe from elimination nor eliminated after their performance in the challenge.
 IMM  This contestant did not compete in the challenge because they were already safe from elimination.
 OUT  This contestant was eliminated from the competition at the end of the challenge.
 ELIMINATED  This contestant has already been eliminated from the competition.
 FINALIST  This contestant did not participate in the Redemption episode because they had already qualified for the finale.
 IN  This contestant was neither safe from elimination nor eliminated from the Redemption episode after their performance in the challenge.
 RET  This contestant returned to the competition after the Redemption episode and qualified for the finale as a result.
 IMM  This contestant did not compete in the challenge because they had already qualified to return to the competition at a prior point in the Redemption episode.
 OUT  This contestant was eliminated from the Redemption episode and failed to return to the competition as a result.
  Denotes a challenge that is based on linguistic intelligence.
  Denotes a challenge that is based on physical intelligence.
  Denotes a challenge that is based on musical intelligence.
  Denotes a challenge that is based on visual intelligence.
  Denotes a challenge that is based on social intelligence.
  Denotes a challenge that is based on logical intelligence.
  1. ↑ In order, the Speed Round challenges were Highest Value (logical), Spell Check (linguistic), Balanced Meal (physical), Music Match (musical), Spin Cycle (visual), and Mixed Emotions (social).
  2. ↑ In order, the Ultimate Elimination challenges were Stack of Shapes (visual; won by Liam H.), Pocket Change (logical; won by Liam H.), Beat It (musical; won by Zoe), Scrambled (linguistic; won by Zoe), and Bounce Back (physical; won by Zoe).
  3. ↑ In order, the Speed Round challenges were Lone Shape (visual), Power Shopper (logical), See Saw Stack (physical), Listen Up (musical), Faces (social), and The Write Whey (linguistic).
  4. ↑ The challenge finished once two contestants received at least 10 points.
  5. ↑ In order, the Ultimate Elimination challenges were Snap Shelf (visual; won by Matthew Y.), See and Say (linguistic; won by Arjun), Tip the Scales (logical; won by Matthew Y.), and Music Match (musical; won by Matthew Y.).
  6. ↑ In order, the Speed Round challenges were Highest Value (logical), Mirror Image (visual), Wingnuts (physical), Mixed Emotions (social), Note the Number (musical), and Word Worm (linguistic).
  7. ↑ 'Labyrinth' was misspelled as 'Labryinth' on the screen.
  8. ↑ Contestants were given a ten-second penalty for each time they broke a beam when navigating the laser labyrinth.
  9. ↑ The challenge finished once two contestants received 5 points.
  10. ↑ In order, the Ultimate Elimination challenges were Twisted Tower (physical; won by Ashley), Card Craze (visual; won by Danica), Moving Sum (logical; won by Danica), Beat It (musical; won by Ashley), and See and Say (linguistic; won by Danica).
  11. ↑ In order, the Speed Round challenges were Spell Check (linguistic), Listen Up (musical), See Saw Stack (physical), Lone Shape (visual), Faces (social), and Power Shopper (logical).
  12. ↑ Regardless of the word count indicated in the parentheses, the final rankings were decided by guest judge Cynthia Dale.
  13. ↑ In order, the Ultimate Elimination challenges were Charged Up (physical; won by Danica), Stack of Shapes (visual; won by Danica), Music Match (musical; won by Sandra), Tip the Scales (logical; won by Sandra), and Scrambled (linguistic; won by Danica).
  14. ↑ In order, the Speed Round challenges were Human Calculator (logical), Mixed Emotions (social), Balanced Meal (physical), Music Match (musical), The Write Whey (linguistic), and Spin Cycle (visual).
  15. ↑ The special guest who received the polygraph test was Kaetlyn Osmond.
  16. ↑ In order, the Ultimate Elimination challenges were Twisted Tower (physical; won by Alexia), Card Craze (visual; won by Alexia), and See and Say (linguistic; won by Alexia).
  17. ↑ The special guest who beatboxed the rhythms was KRNFX.
  18. ↑ The challenge finished once five contestants received 5 points. Scores shown indicate how many rounds contestants required to submit 5 correct answers.
  19. ↑ The special guest who read the fictional news reports was Peter Mansbridge.
  20. ↑ Contestants were given a five-second penalty for each time they either contacted the bar or hit an incorrect note.
  21. 1 2 Liam H. and Mateus both received a score of 10. The tie was settled by how quickly they selected their correct words. Since Mateus selected his faster than Liam H. did, the former advanced to the next round and the latter was eliminated from the competition.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arjun and Danica, Liam V. and Sandra, and Matthew Y. and Zoe all received a score of 7. The tie was settled by the rankings of the Speed Round. As a result, the former four became safe from elimination and the latter two had to compete in the next challenge.
  23. 1 2 3 4 Arjun and Zoe and Danica and Matthew Y. were all told to stop after Ashley correctly assembled all of her gears and spun them since only two pairs contestants would become safe from elimination after the challenge.
  24. 1 2 Liam H. and Zoe were both told to stop after Matthew Y. finished building his tower since only two contestants would become safe from elimination after the challenge.
  25. 1 2 Although Danica made 11 errors when navigating through the laser labyrinth, she was erroneously penalized for 12 errors instead, which resulted in Ashley and Danica's official total time being 4:08 instead of 3:58. However, a correct penalization would not have affected their placement.
  26. 1 2 Danica and Sandra were both told to stop after Mateus finished filling his vessel up to the marked line since only two contestants would become safe from elimination after the challenge.

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