Permadi Witjaksono

**Permadi Witjaksono** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

A project manager with a national life-insurance company, Permadi is a proud polyglot, fluently speaking five languages (English, French, Indonesian, Malaysian and Javanese). This Winnipegger with a way with words also has an exceptional enough IQ to make him a member of Mensa — perhaps not surprisingly, given his vast educational background: he holds a bachelor of engineering, an MBA in banking and finance, and a post-MBA graduate certificate as well! Permadi relocated from his native Indonesia to Canada to give his children more opportunity in life, and enjoys travelling and learning more about popular science and engineering in his spare time. With his keen combo of intelligence plus life experience, Permadi is clearly confident about his CSP chances: "Those challenges won't be a problem," he notes. "I'm going to be their problem!" Spoken like a true Smart Person.

Permadi is a Project Manager for a national life insurance company. He fluently speaks five languages – English, French, Indonesia, Malaysian and Javanese. an ethnic language in Indonesia. He is a member of Mensa, has a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from University of Indonesia, a MBA in Banking and Finance from Bandung University of Technology, and a Post-MBA Graduate Certificate from McGill University.

Permadi is a proud father who moved his family from Indonesia to Canada to provide them with a better life. His interests include travelling, popular science, and engineering.

When asked about his strategy for the show, he says, “I am Permadi. I am the problem solver. Those challenges won’t be a problem. I’m going to be THEIR problem!”

## Episode 206

Before Permadi was summoned to the stage, a clip of him and the other three contestants, Margaret Fay, Marco Iannuzzi, and Amanda Khan, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing himself, Permadi stated that he is unstoppable. In the first challenge, Double Take, Permadi got 3 correct answers. As a result, Permadi finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the second challenge, Twitterverse, Permadi was the last contestant to present his tweet based upon the theme of **blind date** and he had composed, "WE KISS, WINE. SHE DANCE, SCREAM. #MYSTERYWOMAN." Guest judge Dan Levy commented that he could imagine exactly how that date went. Dan ranked Permadi in 3rd place for his tweet and Permadi was awarded 2 overall points as a result.

In the third challenge, Faces, Permadi got 4 correct answers. As a result, Permadi finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point. In the fourth challenge, Mix Master, Margaret earned 4 points. As a result, Margaret finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Mix Master, Marco and Permadi both earned 1 point, but the latter answered faster on average than the former did. As a result, Permadi finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Balls of Fury, Permadi finished catching his red balls 1 minute and 18 seconds into the challenge, but he was forced to stop before he could correctly complete his equation grid 1 minute and 30 seconds into the challenge because Amanda correctly completed hers with the third-fastest time at that time. As a result, Permadi finished in last place and was awarded 2 overall points. After the first five challenges, Permadi had received a total of 8 overall points. As a result, he finished in last place and was eliminated along with Margaret. Jessi prompted applause for Margaret and Permadi in spite of their shared elimination.

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

### Summary of Results

 1

  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, Permadi answered faster on average than Marco did in the challenge. Therefore, Permadi and Marco placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://web.archive.org/web/20151219222418/http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/permadi
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-episode-6-competitors