Episode 304

The fourth episode of Season 3 of *Canada's Smartest Person* aired on CBC at 8:00 PM on Sunday, December 4, 2016.

## Synopsis

The episode opened with a narration stating that six Canadians are ready to battle to become *Canada's Smartest Person*. In order to present the six contestants that would be competing in this episode, a clip of Siera Bearchell, Brittain Bancroft, Michelle Zakrison, Bruce Tsuji, Devon Jones, and Darryl Gidyk introducing themselves in that order was shown as they entered the stage. Jessi Cruickshank greeted the contestants and warned them that eliminations would be taking place all throughout an episode this season. Jessi announced that contestants would be competing in a universal challenge, the Speed Round, as their first challenge and that the bottom two finishers would be eliminated. The Speed Round tested, in order, the contestants' logical intelligence, musical intelligence, social intelligence, linguistic intelligence, visual intelligence, and physical intelligence. After the challenge was over, but before she revealed the results, Jessi introduced CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page before stating that the show was going into a commercial break.

Jessi revealed that, in the Speed Round, Devon finished in 1st place with an overall percentage score of 69%, Bruce finished in 2nd place with an overall percentage score of 63%, Brittain finished in 3rd place with an overall percentage score of 54%, and Michelle finished in 4th place with an overall percentage score of 50%, leaving Siera and Darryl as the bottom two finishers with overall percentage scores of 33% and 49%, respectively. Therefore, Devon was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Bruce was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Brittain was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, Michelle was awarded 1 for finishing in 4th place, and Darryl and Siera were eliminated from the competition for being the bottom two finishers. Jessi prompted applause for Darryl and Siera in spite of their shared elimination. Following this, a more elaborate clip presenting Devon, Bruce, Brittain, and Michelle in that order was shown. Jessi then introduced the Randomizer, which would randomly select the intelligence categories for the next three challenges, to the contestants. The Randomizer selected linguistic intelligence for the second challenge with CSP News being the corresponding challenge. Jessi then introduced Susan Kent who would be delivering the newscast for the challenge. Jessi asked Susan if she would be transferring her fake news skills from *This Hour Has 22 Minutes* to *Canada's Smartest Person*, to which she responded that she'll be faker than Meg Ryan in *When Harry Met Sally...*. By the end of the challenge, Brittain identified 14 correct words, Devon identified 12, Bruce identified 11, and Michelle identified 13. Therefore, Brittain was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Michelle was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Devon was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and and Bruce was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first two challenges, Brittain and Devon had each received a total of 7 overall points and Bruce and Michelle had each received a total of 4. Jessi then thanked Susan for her presence before the two stated that the show would be right back after another commercial break.

The Randomizer selected musical intelligence for the third challenge with Mix Master being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, 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. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first three challenges, Brittain had received a total of 10 overall points, Devon and Michelle had each received a total of 9, and Bruce had received a total of 5. Since the contestant who was currently in 4th place would not be advancing to the fourth challenge, Bruce was eliminated from the competition. Jessi prompted applause for Bruce in spite of his elimination and congratulated the remaining three contestants for their progress before stating that the show was going into another commercial break.

The Randomizer selected logical intelligence and visual intelligence for the fourth challenge with Gear Head being the corresponding challenge. Given that this would be a hybrid challenge, Jessi announced that it would be worth double the points. Brittain triggered his whistle 1 minute and 25 seconds into the challenge and Devon triggered her whistle 2 minutes and 15 seconds into the challenge, forcing Michelle to stop her progress. Therefore, Brittain was awarded 10 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Devon was awarded 6 for finishing in 2nd place, and Michelle was awarded 2 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, as a final total score for the first four challenges, Brittain had received a total of 20 overall points and finished in 1st place, Devon had received a total of 15 and finished in 2nd place, and Michelle had received a total of 11 and finished in 3rd place. Since only the top two finishers could advance to the Gauntlet, Jessi congratulated Brittain and Devon on making it to the Gauntlet and prompted applause for Michelle in spite of her elimination. 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' physical intelligence, logical intelligence, visual intelligence, musical intelligence, and linguistic intelligence. Jessi told the contestants to take to their starting positions and wished them both luck before the challenge began. Devon was the first to complete the physical section and thus maintained a slight lead over Brittain over the next few sections. However, Brittain managed to overtake Devon at the second gate at the musical section. Though Devon managed to get past said second gate herself soon after, it was too late as Brittain went on to complete the linguistic section. Ultimately, Devon stopped at the musical section as Brittain hit the buzzer, which signalled his victory and his spot in the season finale. Jessi reminded the viewers that they should keep trying out challenges using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page. The show closed with Brittain, Devon, 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.

## Current Placements

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The placements of the contestants eliminated directly after their respective preliminary episodes' Speed Rounds are determined by how far below their overall percentage scores were from the corresponding average overall percentage score:
In Episode 301, the average overall percentage score was 59.17% and the overall percentage scores of Vincent and Rup were both 49%, resulting in differences of 10.17% for both contestants. Despite this shared difference, it is presumed that Vincent answered faster on average than Rup did based on their eventual call out order. Therefore, Vincent placed higher than Rup.
In Episode 302, the average overall percentage score was 66.17% and the respective overall percentage scores of Christine and CJ were 45% and 59%, resulting in respective differences of 21.17% and 7.17%.
In Episode 303, the overall percentage scores of Rebecca and Gwyneth were unintentionally cut from the episode, but it can be deduced that each was between 45% and 50%. Therefore, the overall percentage scores of Rebecca and Gwyneth are both treated as 47.5% for these calculations and, in turn, the assumed average overall percentage score in Episode 303 was 54.83%, resulting in assumed differences of 7.33% for both contestants. Additionally, in reality, it is presumed either that Gwyneth received a higher overall percentage score than Rebecca did or that they received equal overall percentage scores but Gwyneth answered faster on average than Rebecca did based on their eventual call out order. Therefore, Gwyneth placed higher than Rebecca.
In Episode 304, the average overall percentage score was 53% and the respective overall percentage scores of Siera and Darryl were 33% and 49%, resulting in respective differences of 20% and 4%.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Despite sharing a total score of 5 and an equal number of 1st place finishes in challenges, Ryan and Bruce placed 2nd in one challenge and Steve and Chris did not place 2nd in any. Therefore, Ryan and Bruce placed higher than Steve and Chris. Between Ryan and Bruce, despite also sharing an equal number of 2nd and 3rd place finishes in challenges, Ryan had an average placement of 3 throughout his preliminary episode while Bruce had an average placement of 3.2 throughout his. Therefore, Ryan placed higher than Bruce. Additionally, between Steve and Chris, despite also sharing an equal number of 2nd and 3rd place finishes in challenges, Steve had an average placement of 3.7 throughout his preliminary episode while Chris had an average placement of 4 throughout his. Therefore, Steve placed higher than Chris.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Despite sharing a total score of 11 and an equal number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in challenges, Susan had an average placement of 2 throughout her preliminary episode while Michelle had an average placement of 3.3 throughout hers. Therefore, Susan placed higher than Michelle.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/canadas-smartest-person-reveals-30-new-competitors-for-season-3