Jessica Joy

**Jessica Joy** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Jessica's a brand new mom but that's not stopping her from challenging herself on the Canada's Smartest Person stage. She tears up the slopes as an extreme skiier and is ready to shred the competiton.

## Episode 201

Before Jessica was summoned to the stage, a clip of her and the other three contestants, Maya Burhanpurkar, Anthony Craparotta, and Richard Pinnock, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing herself, Jessica stated that she hails from the wild interior of British Columbia and that she plans on shredding the competition with her physical and logical skills. In the first challenge, Beat It, Jessica got 2 correct answers. As a result, Jessica finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the second challenge, Crosswalk, Jessica got 2 correct answers in the first round and 0 in the second round. Anthony, Jessica, and Richard all got a total of 2 correct answers, but Anthony answered faster on average than the other two did and Jessica answered faster on average than Richard did. As a result, Jessica finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the third challenge, Human Lie Detector, Jessica was the third contestant to ask guest Amber Marshall her question about one of her stories. She asked if her standard photo is in colour or in black-and-white. Amber replied that it is a 5x7 postcard in colour. Jessica got 1 correct answer. As a result, Jessica finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Letter Chaos, Jessica got 4 points. As a result, Jessica finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Balls of Fury, Jessica finished catching her red balls 57 seconds into the challenge and correctly completed her equation grid and finished 1 minute and 20 seconds into the challenge. As a result, Jessica finished in 2nd place and was awarded 6 overall points. After the first five challenges, Jessica had received a total of 16 overall points. As a result, she finished in 3rd place and was eliminated along with Richard. Jessi prompted applause for Jessica and Richard in spite of their shared elimination.

After the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, ended and Anthony was declared the first finalist of the season, Jessica 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.
### Notes

1. ↑ Despite sharing a total score of 2, Anthony answered faster on average than both Jessica and Richard did and Jessica answered faster on average than Richard did in the challenge. Therefore, Anthony, Jessica, and Richard placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/canadas-smartest-person-is-back-and-better-than-ever
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-first-four-competitors-for-season-two