Ira Timothy

**Ira Timothy** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Ira is an award-winning radio host and producer who takes pride in his First Nations heritage. A lifelong learner, Ira’s always seeking out new challenges – in addition to calling play-by-play for roller derby games and performing in theatrical productions, he’s even recently taken up axe-throwing!

## Episode 202

Before Ira was summoned to the stage, a clip of him and the other three contestants, Tim Blais, Marielle Leigh, and Maryanne Lewell, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing himself, footage of Ira hosting his radio show was shown. In the first challenge, Double Take, Marielle and Ira both got 3 correct answers, but the former answered faster on average than the latter did. As a result, Ira finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the second challenge, Blow Back, Ira was the first contestant eliminated from the challenge. As a result, Ira finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the third challenge, Mix Master, Ira earned 0 points. As a result, Ira finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point. In the fourth challenge, Pipe Fitter, Ira successfully connected his plumbing system and filled his glass 1 minute and 36 seconds into the challenge. As a result, Ira finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Ira was the third contestant to give a speech and had to give a captain's announcement as his speech. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen of the flight, I am **flabbergasted** to tell you that my **cocktail** spilled, but I am **wilted**. But I will give you the **opportunity** to call your loved ones and get a little **rowdy**. Why? Because we're going down. Tons of **rum**. We're going to get a little bit of **wood** on us, but that's alright. I'm your **hero**. I'm going to take this **shotgun** and throw it out the window. So, let me be a little **frank** with you. I've got a little bit of a **headache**because my **mistress** is right here with me and my wife knows, but that's alright. I am **burning** to tell you just how much we're going to go into the **ocean**, but we're going to make a party of it. I'm a little **swollen** right now in the throat because of all my screaming, but I am going to make sure we're **gliding** in and I just radioed my **secretary** to let her know that the **red** is showing in my eyes due to all the **emotion** that I'm never going to see my **puppy** again." Ira received a score of 20 words. Guest judge Mary Walsh commented that Ira not only used the most number words, but that he also used them with the most humour. Mary ranked Ira in 1st place for his overall performance and Ira was awarded 10 overall points as a result. After the first five challenges, Ira had received a total of 17 overall points, which he shared with Maryanne. The tie between Maryanne and Ira was settled by the number of times either contestant placed 2nd in challenges since both contestants shared an equal number of 1st place finishes in challenges. Since Maryanne placed 2nd in two challenges and Ira placed 2nd in one, the former finished in 2nd place and the latter finished in 3rd place. As a result, he was eliminated along with Marielle. Jessi prompted applause for Ira and Marielle in spite of their shared elimination.

After the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, ended and Tim was declared the second finalist of the season, Ira and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

 2

  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 17 and an equal number of 1st place finishes in challenges, Maryanne placed 2nd in two challenges and Ira placed 2nd in one. Therefore, Maryanne and Ira placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively, for the pre-Gauntlet phase of this preliminary episode and Maryanne advanced to the Gauntlet along with Tim.
2. ↑ Despite sharing a total score of 3, Marielle answered faster on average than Ira did in the challenge. Therefore, Marielle and Ira placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-2-recap-a-youtube-star-turns-tv-champ
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-competitors-from-episode-2