Mix Master

**Mix Master** is a challenge of musical intelligence on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Competitors hear a song made up of 8 different elements. Then a series of tracks are played made up of some of these elements. Competitors need to identify which elements are used in each track. Each track gets increasingly difficult, with an extra element added.

## Episode 202

Mix Master was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the third challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

The eight elements used in the music tracks were a kick drum, a hi-hat, a bass guitar, an organ, a synthesizer, an acoustic guitar, a robot, and an alarm.

The three elements used in the first track were the kick drum, the organ, and the robot. Tim Blais correctly identified all three elements while Marielle Leigh, Maryanne Lewell, and Ira Timothy failed to do so.

The four elements used in the second track were the hi-hat, the bass guitar, the synthesizer, and the alarm. Tim and Marielle correctly identified all four elements while Maryanne and Ira failed to do so.

The five elements used in the third track were the kick drum, the hi-hat, the acoustic guitar, the robot, and the alarm. Tim correctly identified all five elements while Marielle, Maryanne, and Ira failed to do so.

The six elements used in the final track were the kick drum, the hi-hat, the bass guitar, the organ, the synthesizer, and the robot. Marielle and Maryanne correctly identified all six elements while Tim and Ira failed to do so.

Contestants were only awarded a point for every time they correctly identified all of the elements in a track. In total, Tim earned 3 points, Marielle earned 2, Maryanne earned 1, and Ira earned 0. Therefore, Tim was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Marielle was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Maryanne was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Ira was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Mith Das of Toronto, Ontario, with 96%, Miguel Adam Magcalas Demonteverde of Scarborough, Ontario, with 95%, Jenn of Delhi, Ontario, with 94%, and bruinsandblues of Waterloo, Ontario, with 94%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Tim Blais** | 3
 **2nd** | **Marielle Leigh** | 2
 **3rd** | **Maryanne Lewell** | 1
 **4th** | **Ira Timothy** | 0
 Maximum Possible

## Episode 206

Mix Master was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the fourth challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

The eight elements used in the music tracks were a kick drum, a hi-hat, a bass guitar, an organ, a synthesizer, an acoustic guitar, a robot, and an alarm.

The three elements used in the first track were the hi-hat, the bass guitar, and the acoustic guitar. Margaret Fay, Marco Iannuzzi, and Permadi Witjaksono correctly identified all three elements while Amanda Khan failed to do so.

The four elements used in the second track were the kick drum, the organ, the robot, and the alarm. Margaret and Amanda correctly identified all four elements while Marco and Permadi failed to do so.

The five elements used in the third track were the kick drum, the hi-hat, the synthesizer, the robot, and the alarm. Again, Margaret and Amanda correctly identified all five elements while Marco and Permadi failed to do so.

The six elements used in the final track were the kick drum, the bass guitar, the organ, the synthesizer, the acoustic guitar, and the robot. Yet again, Margaret and Amanda correctly identified all six elements while Marco and Permadi failed to do so.

Contestants were only awarded a point for every time they correctly identified all of the elements in a track. In total, Margaret earned 4 points, Marco earned 1, Amanda earned 3, and Permadi earned 1. The tie between Marco and Permadi was settled by how quickly they answered. Since Permadi answered faster on average than Marco did in the challenge, the former finished in 3rd place and the latter finished in last place. Therefore, Margaret was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Amanda was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Permadi was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Marco was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Louisfelix Langevin of Quebec City, Quebec, with 96%, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with 94%, Miguel Adam Magcalas Demonteverde of Scarborough, Ontario, with 94%, amanda of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, with 94%, Samuel Magcalas of Scarborough, Ontario, with 93%, Maggie Hou of Mississauga, Ontario, with 93%, and Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with 93%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Margaret Fay** | 4
 **2nd** | **Amanda Khan** | 3
 **3rd**

 **4th**

 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 1, Permadi answered faster on average than Marco did in the challenge. Therefore, Permadi and Marco placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## Episode 301

Mix Master was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the second challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page. Dextrous One served as a guest DJ for the challenge.

The eight elements used in the music tracks were a bass guitar, a kick drum, a hi-hat, claps, a piano, a flute, a steel drum, and vocals.

The three elements used in the first track were the claps, the piano, and the flute. Susan Forgues, Stephanie Harvey, and Steve Norn correctly identified all three elements while Jonathan Gagnon failed to do so.

The four elements used in the second track were the bass guitar, the hi-hat, the piano, and the vocals. Jonathan and Stephanie correctly identified all four elements while Susan and Steve failed to do so.

The five elements used in the third track were the bass guitar, the kick drum, the hi-hat, the flute, and the steel drum. Jonathan, Stephanie, and Steve correctly identified all five elements while Susan failed to do so.

The six elements used in the final track were the bass guitar, the kick drum, the piano, the flute, the steel drum, and the vocals. Jonathan and Stephanie correctly identified all six elements while Susan and Steve failed to do so.

Contestants were only awarded a point for every time they correctly identified all of the elements in a track. In total, Susan earned 1 point, Jonathan earned 3, Stephanie earned 4, and Steve earned 2. Therefore, Stephanie was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Jonathan was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Steve was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Susan was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Stephanie Harvey** | 4
 **2nd** | **Jonathan Gagnon** | 3
 **3rd** | **Steve Norn** | 2
 **4th** | **Susan Forgues** | 1
 Maximum Possible

## Episode 304

Mix Master was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the third challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page.

The eight elements used in the music tracks were a bass guitar, a kick drum, a hi-hat, claps, horns, an organ, vocals, and an alarm.

The three elements used in the first track were the kick drum, the organ, and the vocals. Brittain Bancroft, Devon Jones, and Michelle Zakrison correctly identified all three elements while Bruce Tsuji failed to do so.

The four elements used in the second track were the bass guitar, the hi-hat, the horns, and the alarm. Again, Brittain, Devon, and Michelle correctly identified all four elements while Bruce failed to do so.

The five elements used in the third track were the kick drum, the claps, the organ, the vocals, and the alarm. Brittain and Michelle correctly identified all five elements while Devon and Bruce failed to do so.

The six elements used in the final track were the bass guitar, the hi-hat, the claps, the horns, the vocals, and the alarm. Bruce correctly identified all six elements while Brittain, Devon, and Michelle failed to do so.

Contestants were only awarded a point for every time they correctly identified all of the elements in a track. In total, Brittain earned 3 points, Devon earned 2, Bruce earned 1, and Michelle earned 3. The tie between Brittain and Michelle was settled by how quickly they answered. Since Michelle answered faster on average than Brittain did in the challenge, the former finished in 1st place and the latter finished in 2nd place. Therefore, Michelle was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Brittain was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Devon was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Bruce was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

### Summary of Results

 **1st**

 **2nd**

 **3rd** | **Devon Jones** | 2
 **4th** | **Bruce Tsuji** | 1
 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 3, Michelle answered faster on average than Brittain did in the challenge. Therefore, Michelle and Brittain placed 1st and 2nd, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/testing-intelligences-season2-episode-2