Jakob Sanderson

**Jakob Sanderson** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Jakob, a beer salesman with Winnipeg’s Goldeyes baseball team, is known for making the most of his first-rate entertaining skills — he charms the crowd with rhymes, songs, and jingles at the minor-league games. Currently in his second year of Political Science at the University of Manitoba, he’s hoping to go on to also study Environmental Law. Jakob strikes us as the quintessential well-rounded CSP competitor — not only is he a singer-songwriter who performs in musical theatre productions, he also exercises his athletic side by playing golf and enjoys the brain-testing challenge of solving logic puzzles for fun.

## Episode 205

Before Jakob was summoned to the stage, a clip of him and the other three contestants, Jennifer Lam, Alex Manea, and Barry Shulman, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing himself, Jakob stated that he does Mensa puzzles just for kicks. In the first challenge, Music Match, Jakob got 5 correct answers. As a result, Jakob finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points.

In the second challenge, Canvas Calamity, Jakob was the first contestant to present his artwork based upon the theme of **magic** and it consisted of two juxtaposing wing-like splashes that represented light magic and dark magic. Guest judge Sean O'Neill commented that Jakob managed to keep his artwork simple while making it understandable at the same time. Sean ranked Jakob in 2nd place for his artwork and Jakob was awarded 3 overall points as a result.

In the third challenge, Cranium Crash, Jakob got 4 correct answers. As a result, Jakob finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Teeter Tower, Jakob successfully constructed his tower and broke his beam 1 minute and 35 seconds into the challenge. As a result, Jakob finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Jakob was the last contestant to give a speech and had to pop the question as his speech. He said, "Steven, I may be a little drunk on **whisky**, but I'm also drunk on **emotion**. And so when I was sitting down in that gorgeous **forest** by the **lake** with me at your side, 'The **wilted** roses,' I thought, 'One day, we should take this **opportunity** to **elope** here, under this beautiful **blue** sky. Forget about my **mistress**, the **secretary**.' And I thought, 'Here we are.' Steven, will you marry me in all your **glory** and buy a **puppy** together? **Shake** your head if you say no. Let's do this rambunctiously. I don't want to make this too **vanilla**, but I believe, like James Bond's **martini**, I should be shaken and not stirred. Have I stirred you, Steven?" Jakob received a score of 15 words. Guest judge Steve Patterson commented that he thinks he would accept Jakob's proposal and that it was very believable. Steve ranked Jakob in 2nd place for his overall performance and Jakob was awarded 6 overall points as a result. After the first five challenges, Jakob had received a total of 20 overall points. As a result, he finished in 2nd place and was congratulated by Jessi, along with Alex, for qualifying for the Gauntlet.

In the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, Alex gained the early lead on Jakob as the former completed the linguistic section. After unscrambling his final word though, Jakob was able to remain not too far behind Alex for the next couple of sections. Conversely, at the musical section, Jakob finished matching the pairs first, giving him a slight lead over Alex. However, at the physical section, Jakob failed twice at transporting three bricks across his teeter-totter, which allowed Alex to catch up and surpass him. Alex's flawless performance at the physical section along with a couple more failures by Jakob when transporting four bricks back across her teeter-totter allowed Alex to maintain a healthy lead over Jakob when proceeding to the logical section, which he breezed through. Ultimately, Jakob stopped at the physical section as Alex hit the buzzer, which signalled his victory and his spot in the season finale. After the challenge ended and Alex was declared the fifth finalist of the season, Jakob and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

 5

  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 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-5-recap-steve-patterson-guest-star
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-episode-5-competitors