The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down

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The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down
Based on The Great Pottery Throw Down by Love Productions
Directed byDarrell Faria
Presented by Jennifer Robertson
ComposerOrin Issacs
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
ProducerElvira Kurt
Production companies Point Grey Pictures
Frantic Films
Original release
Network CBC Television
ReleaseFebruary 8 (2024-02-08) 
April 4, 2024 (2024-04-04)

The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down is a Canadian reality competition television series, premiered on CBC Television on February 8, 2024. [1] Adapted from the British series The Great Pottery Throw Down , the series is a pottery competition to find Canada's best potter.

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The show is hosted by Jennifer Robertson, with Brendan Tang and Natalie Waddell as judges. Actor Seth Rogen, himself an amateur potter, appeared as a guest judge, as well as being an executive producer of the series. [2] The show was filmed in Granville Island, an area of Vancouver with an industrial past and currently occupied by many artists, at the former site of Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

On the finale, which aired 4 April 2024, Jen Sonnenberg was declared the winner. [3] The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down was not renewed for another season. [4]

Contestants

Potter [5] AgeHometown
Kiefer Floreal27 Winnipeg, MB
Alice Gibson21 Penticton, BC
Thomas Haskell35 Toronto, ON
Susan Johnston67 Surrey, BC
Renu Mathew49 Olds, AB
Andrew McCullough32 Fredericton, NB
Jen Sonnenberg39 Stonewall, MB
Jackie Talmey-Lennon39 Vancouver, BC
Elsa Valiñas43Fredericton, NB
Michael Wood35 Salisbury, NB

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateProd.
code
1"There's No Place Like Home"Darrell Faria & Jeremy Marc PoitrasFebruary 8, 2024 (2024-02-08)101
2"Game On"Darrell Faria & David RussellFebruary 15, 2024 (2024-02-15)102
3"Abstract Yourself"Darrell Faria & Jeremy Marc PoitrasFebruary 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)103
4"Let There Be Light"Darrell Faria & Jeremy Marc PoitrasFebruary 29, 2024 (2024-02-29)104
5"Into The Fire"Darrell FariaMarch 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)105
6"The Table Is Set"Darrell FariaMarch 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)106
7"Calm Waters"Darrell FariaMarch 28, 2024 (2024-03-28)107
8"Tea Time"Darrell FariaApril 4, 2024 (2024-04-04)108

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References

  1. "Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'". Victoria Times-Colonist , October 30, 2023.
  2. Jesse Whittock, "Seth Rogen Set As Guest Judge & Executive Producer Of ‘The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down’, Jennifer Robertson To Host" Archived 2023-11-04 at the Wayback Machine . Deadline Hollywood , October 30, 2023.
  3. "CBC Manitoba: We have a winner for the Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down…and they're Manitoban!". UM Today. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  4. Gheciu, Alex Nino (May 23, 2024). "Allan Hawco, Snotty Nose Rez Kids among familiar names behind upcoming CBC lineup". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  5. Meet the potters from The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down