Melanie Martin

**Melanie Martin** was a contestant on Season 1.

## Episode 103

Before Melanie 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, Melanie stated that she is Canada's smartest person because she holds four degrees, three of which were obtained at an Ivy League school. She also stated that her ability to teach quantum physics to 18-year-olds is a testament to her social intelligence and that she is competing on *Canada's Smartest Person* for her mom who had died a year prior. Melanie was the first contestant to be personally introduced by Jessi Cruickshank as she entered the stage, before Mith Das, Lisa Preston, and Norm Odjick. In the first challenge, Lost Instrument, Mith and Melanie both earned 1 point, but the former correctly identified more of the missing instruments than the latter did. As a result, Melanie finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the second challenge, Motivate, Melanie, like the other contestants, had to deliver a 30-second half-time speech, via the role of a coach, to a soccer team in order to boost their sunken morale for the rest of their game. Melanie was the third contestant up and she said, "Hello, Mustangs. It's half-time! We've got a game to finish. Remember at the beginning of the season when you guys were winning all those games? You've got to do it again. We can do it. I've seen every single one of you play so well this year. You can do it. You just have to kick that ball, get it in the net. Each and every one of you, I've seen do so well. I've seen you all do it before. Remember back to the beginning of the year when you–" Guest judge John Herdman felt that all he had to say was that it was one of the more positive speeches. John ranked Melanie in last place for her speech and Melanie was awarded 1 overall point as a result.

In the third challenge, Pipe Fitter, Melanie was forced to stop her progress 2 minutes and 2 seconds into the challenge due to Norm successfully connecting his plumbing system and filling his glass third at that time. As a result, Melanie finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point. In the fourth challenge, Scrambled, Melanie got 11 acceptable words in the first round and 8 in the final round. With a total of 19 acceptable words, Melanie finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Bouncer, Melanie got past the first obstacle, but was never able to get past the second obstacle nor complete the course, resulting in a score of 1 point. As a result, Melanie finished in last place and was awarded 2 overall points. After the first five challenges, Melanie had received a total of 9 overall points. As a result, she finished in last place and was eliminated along with Norm. Jessi prompted applause for Norm and Melanie in spite of their shared elimination.

After the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, ended and Mith was declared the third finalist of the season, Melanie and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

 2

  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.
#### Notes

1. ↑ Despite sharing a total score of 1, Mith correctly identified more of the missing instruments than Melanie did in the challenge. Therefore, Mith and Melanie placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively, for this challenge.

## Trivia

* The text at the bottom of her introductory clip incorrectly states that she was aged 42 at the time of filming.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-3-recap-the-man-the-mith-the-legend
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-top-32-participants
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2553849234
4. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2553849234 (1:53)