Roselyn Kelada-Sedra

**Roselyn Kelada-Sedra** was a contestant on Season 1.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Roselyn is a third year law student at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario. She is a renaissance woman with a vast range of talents and no shortage of ambition. Before pursuing law, Roselyn enjoyed a career as a successful journalist and magazine editor. When she isn’t busy studying law, she is also an actor, playwright, and trained musician.

Roselyn’s many academic recognitions include: the Columbia Media Scholarship Award; the Bill Clinton Presidential Award of Excellence; the John Hopkins Award; and scoring in the top 3% on her SAT test.

Roselyn wants to show Canada that you don’t have to choose one career path and stick to it – you can do it all!

## Episode 101

Before Roselyn 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, Roselyn stated that she loves acting, especially when a hook of a character exposes exactly who they are, and that she went into law because she feels that the analytical part of her brain is unstoppable. She also stated that she wants to dispel the notion that having multiple interests makes one scattered and prove that this actually makes them more capable. Roselyn was the third contestant to be personally introduced by Jessi Cruickshank as she entered the stage, after Tova Sherman and Kiel Lemmen and before Albert Tam. In the first challenge, Moving Sum, Roselyn got 2 correct answers in the first round, 3 in the second round, and 0 in the final round. With a total of 5 correct answers, Roselyn finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the second challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Roselyn was the first contestant to give a speech and had to give a valedictory speech. She said, "My fellow students, here we are gathered today in this **sugarcoated** arena of excellence. We have exhibited our ***hobbies***. We've developed our ***corneal*** ability to read quickly. We have–we've scattered ***apartments*** together and now, after our meal of **bratwurst** and our **jubilant** ***elixirs*** with our principal and his **mistress**, we are about to embark on a school trip. We are going to go **surfing**. We're going to have a **shotgun** wedding, hopefully. And at the end of that, we will embark on the next phase of our lives. We are **driven** individuals, some of us more **solitary** than others, some of us leaving high school with more **sorrow** than others, but let's enjoy our summer **vacation**. We are **exceptional** individuals." Roselyn received a score of 15 words. Guest judge Colin Mochrie commented that Roselyn has a lovely and open quality and joked that he would love to go to that school and meet the principal and his mistress. Colin ranked Roselyn in 3rd place for her overall performance and Roselyn was awarded 2 overall points as a result.

In the third challenge, Faces, Roselyn got 1 correct answer. As a result, Roselyn finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point. In the fourth challenge, Model Mayhem, Roselyn selected 14 out of the 15 correct items for her model. She selected the incorrect jacket. As a result, Roselyn finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Twisty Tune, Roselyn received an initial time of 53 seconds, but due to making 7 errors, received 35 seconds of added time. With a total time of 1 minute and 28 seconds, Roselyn finished in 1st place and was awarded 10 overall points. After the first five challenges, Roselyn had received a total of 19 overall points. As a result, she tied for 1st place with Albert and both were congratulated by Jessi for qualifying for the Gauntlet.

In the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, Albert consistently held the lead throughout the challenge as he proceeded through each section more quickly than Roselyn did. Ultimately, Roselyn stopped at the logical section as Albert hit the buzzer, which signalled his victory and his spot in the season finale. After the challenge ended and Albert was declared the first finalist of the season, Roselyn 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.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://web.archive.org/web/20140920182920/http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/roselyn-kelada-sedra
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2535618049