Steve Norn

**Steve Norn** was a contestant on Season 3.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

A former RCMP officer and now a licensed Insurance Broker, Steve lives in Yellowknife and is from Fort Resolution, traditionally named Deninu Kue, in the Northwest Territories, and is proud to call the north his home. Steve gives back to his community in a variety of ways, whether through coaching local kids in soccer or performing music at local cultural events. On the Canada’s Smartest Person stage he will be sporting his favourite moccasins, made by his mother, a nod to his heritage and the lucky charm he travels the world with.

Leading by example he wants his three daughters, 13, 11 and 5, and the other kids from his small community to see that you shouldn’t be afraid to put yourself out there. If you do, you might just end up being Canada’s Smartest Person!

## Episode 301

As Steve entered the stage with his competitors, a clip of him and the other five contestants, Susan Forgues, Jonathan Gagnon, Stephanie Harvey, Vincent Law, and Rup Magon, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, Steve stated that he wants to show people in small communities that it is okay to put oneself out there and not be afraid of failure. In the first challenge, the Speed Round, Steve received an overall percentage score of 61%. As a result, Steve finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

With the first challenge and the resulting double elimination out of the way, a more elaborate clip presenting Susan, Jonathan, Steve, and Stephanie in that order was shown. In this clip, Steve stated that though he is proud of his services as a part-time firefighter and with the RCMP, he is most proud of his daughters and would be competing for them. In the second challenge, Mix Master, Steve earned 2 points. As a result, Steve finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the third challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Steve was the last contestant up and had to give a pay raise request as his speech. He said, "Carla, thanks for welcoming me into your office. It is **sweltering** hot in here, but we'll make it work here. I mean, a little bit of a **quandary** here, I've been working for quite some time now. At first, I thought this was going to be a bit of an **experiment**, but working in this **condo**, I've had a great time. I couldn't have ***imagined*** it being this fun. And, some days I'm so happy in this office I feel like I want to **scream**. But, I mean, I'm not **gifted** or anything and, you know, some days I just want to show up at work **drunk**, but I really want to appreciate how **flexible** you've been with me and very patient with me and-" Steve received a score of 9 words. Guest judge Scott Thompson commented that he was surprised that Steve, a man from Northwest Territories, never used the word 'moose' in his speech. Scott ranked Steve in last place for his overall performance and Steve was awarded 1 overall point as a result. Having received a total of 5 overall points after the first three challenges, Steve was currently in 4th place and was therefore eliminated from the competition. Jessi prompted applause for Steve in spite of his elimination.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/steve-norn