Victoria Leenders-Cheng

**Victoria Leenders-Cheng** was a contestant on Season 1.

## Episode 104

Before Victoria was summoned to the stage, a clip of her and the other three contestants introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing herself, Victoria stated that, when she is an athlete, she is incredibly competitive and doesn't want to let anybody get ahead of her. She wears many hats and wants to show that one can have it all and achieve this while having fun too. Victoria was the second contestant to be personally introduced by Jessi Cruickshank as she entered the stage, after George Millar and before Mary Rose and Yahaya Baruwa. In the first challenge, Human Calculator, Victoria got 4 correct answers in the first round and 3 in the final round. With a total of 7 correct answers, Victoria finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points.

In the second challenge, Haiku You, Victoria was the first contestant to present her haiku based upon the theme of **happy hour** and she had composed, "Tipsy confusion, Do with bawdy happiness, Love, laughter, sunshine." Guest judge Seán Cullen commented that he liked it and that he pictured a clown with a beautiful face dancing around in a bawdy but tipsy manner. Seán ranked Victoria in 3rd place for her haiku and Victoria was awarded 2 overall points as a result.

In the third challenge, Spaced Out, Victoria finished her lefthand shape 35 seconds into the challenge and finished her righthand shape 52 seconds into the challenge. As a result, Victoria finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Faces, Victoria got 3 correct answers. As a result, Victoria finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Step Squad, Victoria was the first contestant to perform her improvised solo at the challenge's midpoint. Guest judge Sean Cheesman ranked Victoria in 2nd place for her overall performance in the challenge and Victoria was awarded 6 overall points as a result. After the first five challenges, Victoria had received a total of 18 overall points. As a result, she finished in 2nd place and was congratulated by Jessi, along with Mary, for qualifying for the Gauntlet.

In the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, Mary gained the early lead on Victoria as the former got through the first two sections quickly and the latter struggled to fill her last slot at the visual section. However, Victoria made a comeback and surpassed Mary who was struggling at the logical section. Ultimately, Mary stopped at the logical section as Victoria hit the buzzer, which signalled her victory and her spot in the season finale. After the challenge ended and Victoria was declared the fourth finalist of the season, Victoria and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

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  WON  This contestant won the final challenge and advanced to the finale.
  LOST  This contestant lost the final challenge and was eliminated from the competition.
  ELIMINATED  This contestant was already eliminated from the competition.
     This contestant qualified for the final challenge due to a sufficient total score.
     This contestant was eliminated from the competition due to an insufficient total score.
     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.
## Trivia

* In an online poll asking pollees which of the eight finalists they predict would win the first season of *Canada's Smartest Person*, 6.62% of respondents voted for Victoria.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-3-recap-canadas-smartest-person-shows-off-its-moves
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-top-32-participants
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2563740096
4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20141210214037/http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/