Episode 204

The fourth episode of Season 2 of *Canada's Smartest Person*, **In the Thicke of Things**, aired on CBC at 8:00 PM on Sunday, October 25, 2015.

## Contestants

 **Petros Kusmu** | 25
 **Neila Scott** | 52
 **Katy Warren** | 21

## Synopsis

The episode opened with a narration stating that four Canadians would battle it out for a spot in the season finale of *Canada's Smartest Person*. In order to present the four contestants that would be competing in this episode, a clip of Petros Kusmu, Katy Warren, Neila Scott, and Andrew Hall introducing themselves in that order was shown. Jessi Cruickshank greeted the contestants and reminded them that they would be tested on the six intelligences, Musical, Physical, Social, Visual, Linguistic, and Logical, throughout the night. She then introduced the Canada's Smartest Person app and announced that linguistic intelligence was going to be the first intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Definition Dilemma being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, Andrew got 7 correct answers, Petros got 4, Neila got 3, and Katy got 5. Therefore, Andrew was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Katy was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Petros was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Neila was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi stated that the show was going into a commercial break.

Jessi announced that social intelligence was going to be the second intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Human Lie Detector being the corresponding challenge. Jessi then presented the guest that would be hooked up to the polygraph machine for the challenge, Alan Thicke. Jessi asked Alan if, as a father, he could tell when his children lie to him, to which he responded that he assumes that they do. By the end of the challenge, Andrew got 3 correct answers, Petros got 4, Neila got 3, and Katy got 3. The tie between Andrew, Neila, and Katy was settled by the quality of their questions according to Alan's judgment. Since Alan deemed that Katy's question was better than the other two's questions and that Andrew's question was better than Neila's question, Katy finished in 2nd place, Andrew finished in 3rd place, and Neila finished in last place. Therefore, Petros was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Katy was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Andrew was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Neila was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first two challenges, Andrew and Petros had each received a total of 7 overall points, Katy had received a total of 6, and Neila had received a total of 2. Jessi thanked Alan for appearing for the challenge before stating that the show was going into another commercial break.

Jessi announced that logical intelligence was going to be the third intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Pipe Fitter being the corresponding challenge. Andrew filled his glass first in 50 seconds, Katy filled her glass second in 1 minute and 50 seconds, and Petros filled his glass third in 2 minutes and 19 seconds, forcing Neila to stop her progress. Therefore, Andrew was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Katy was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Petros was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Neila was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first three challenges, Andrew had received a total of 12 overall points, Petros and Katy had each received a total of 9, and Neila had received a total of 3. Directly after, Jessi announced that visual intelligence was going to be the fourth intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Stack of Shapes being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, Andrew got 3 correct answers, Petros got 1, Neila got 2, and Katy got 5. Therefore, Katy was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Andrew was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Neila was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Petros was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first four challenges, Andrew had received a total of 15 overall points, Katy had received a total of 14, Petros had received a total of 10, and Neila had received a total of 5. Jessi commented that the next challenge is going to be a game changer before stating that the show was going into another commercial break.

Jessi announced that the next challenge would be worth double the points because it would test the last two remaining intelligences, musical intelligence and physical intelligence, simultaneously with Step Squad being the corresponding challenge. Before the challenge began, four dancers performed a brief yet impressive dance routine. Jessi then introduced Sean Cheesman, stating that he would serve as a guest judge in the challenge. Having already judged for the same challenge the season prior in Episode 104, Sean stated that he was glad to be back. By the end of the challenge, Sean Petros in 1st place, Katy in 2nd place, Andrew in 3rd place, and Neila in last place. Therefore, Petros was awarded 10 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Katy was awarded 6 for finishing in 2nd place, Andrew was awarded 4 for finishing in 3rd place, and Neila was awarded 2 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, as a final total score for the first five challenges, Petros and Katy had both received a total of 20 overall points and tied for 1st place, Andrew had received a total of 19 and finished in 3rd place, and Neila had received a total of 7 and finished in last place. Since only the top two finishers could advance to the Gauntlet, Jessi congratulated Petros and Katy on making it to the Gauntlet and prompted applause for Andrew and Neila in spite of their shared elimination. It was then revealed that, on a score out of 600, the best performers of the night were, in order, Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with a score of 581, Tracy Reath of Moncton, New Brunswick, with a score of 579, Miguel Adam Magcalas Demonteverde of Scarborough, Ontario, with a score of 578, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with a score of 576, and Mark Rogers of Ottawa, Ontario, with a score of 576. Then, Jessi stated that the show was going into one last commercial break.

The final challenge, the Gauntlet, consisted of five sections that would test, in order, the contestants' linguistic intelligence, visual intelligence, musical intelligence, physical intelligence, and logical intelligence. Jessi told the contestants to take to their starting positions and wished them both luck before the challenge began. Katy gained the early lead on Petros as the former completed the linguistic section. After unscrambling his final word though, Petros was able to remain not too far behind Katy for the next few sections. At the physical section, Katy failed twice at transporting four bricks back across her teeter-totter, which allowed Petros to surpass her. However, Petros failed twice at transporting five bricks under his bar, which allowed Katy to take back the lead. Katy completed the last two tasks at the physical section before Petros and proceeded to the logical section, which she completed quickly. Ultimately, Petros stopped at the physical section as Katy hit the buzzer, which signalled her victory and her spot in the season finale. Jessi reminded the viewers that they should keep trying out challenges on the Canada's Smartest Person app and that they could share their results on Facebook and Twitter. The show closed with the four contestants and Jessi celebrating onstage.

## Episode Progress

  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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Despite sharing a total score of 3, Alan deemed that Katy's question was better than Andrew and Neila's questions and that Andrew's question was better than Neila's question. Therefore, Katy, Andrew, and Neila placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## State of the Nation

In relation to a pie chart, the public performed best in challenges of physical intelligence (consisting 22% of the pie chart). Musical intelligence, visual intelligence, social intelligence, logical intelligence, and linguistic intelligence, based on the related challenges, consist 19%, 15%, 14%, 17%, and 13% of the pie chart, respectively.

The top overall performing Canadian cities, by percentage score, were Swan Lake, Manitoba, with 76%, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, with 76%, and Port Moody, British Columbia, with 75%.

As for the public, the top performers, on a score out of 600, were Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with a score of 581, Tracy Reath of Moncton, New Brunswick, with a score of 579, Miguel Adam Magcalas Demonteverde of Scarborough, Ontario, with a score of 578, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with a score of 576, and Mark Rogers of Ottawa, Ontario, with a score of 576.

## Current Placements

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 11, Richard placed 1st in one challenge and Marielle did not place 1st in any. Therefore, Richard placed higher than Marielle.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Despite sharing a total score of 16 and an equal number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in challenges, Chris had an average placement of 3 throughout his preliminary episode while Jessica had an average placement of 3.4 throughout hers. Therefore, Chris placed higher than Jessica.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-4-recap-GIF-roundup-alan-thicke-guest-star
2. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2677656517
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/state-of-the-nation-S2-episode-4