The Gauntlet

**The Gauntlet** is a universal challenge on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

The Gauntlet is a high-pressure multiple intelligence obstacle course. It begins with a visual test, **Shapely**, where competitors must fit a series of shapes together and into their proper slots. Then, it's on to **Music Box** where they must play back a melody that becomes increasingly difficult. Next is **Sliders**, a test of logical smarts where competitors must slide the pieces to clear a path for the red brick to exit the maze. After that, it's **Ball Balance**, which requires physical intelligence to balance three balls on a hoop and deliver them over the seesaw and into the cylinder. Finally, **Broken Middles** calls on their linguistic intelligence to choose the correct tiles to complete the words so they can make a mad dash for the finish and launch themselves into the season finale.

This intense multiple intelligence obstacle course begins with a linguistic test, **Unscrambled**, where you must decipher three five-letter words. Then, it's onto **Vicious Circle**, a visual test, where you have to spin concentric rings to accurately align the complete image. Next is **Memory Box**, where you must identify 12 pairs of musical notes. After that, it's **Brick Balance**, which requires physical smarts to stabilize a stack of three, four, and then five bricks while crossing obstacles. Finally, **Sliders** calls on your logical intelligence to clear a path for the red brick to exit the maze. Then, head for the finish and launch yourself into the season finale.

This intense multiple intelligence obstacle course begins with a physical test, **Beam Ball**, where competitors must balance a ball on a sceptre while walking across three rotating beams. Then, it's onto **Math Cubed**, a logical test, where they must fit the numbers into the proper slots to solve an equation before it explodes. Next is **Fractured Photo**, which requires visual intelligence to correctly reassemble a splintered picture. After that, it's **Musical Gateway**, where competitors must replicate a four-note melody on their keypads to open three separate gates. Finally, **Slide and Spell** calls on a competitor's linguistic intelligence to slide letters up or down to spell three words before they dash to the finish and launch themselves into the season finale.

## Episode 101

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Roselyn Kelada-Sedra and Albert Tam, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jeff Douglas explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could participate in the challenge, by predicting who between Roselyn and Albert would win, on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 71% of the participants predicted that Albert would win and 26% of the participants predicted that Roselyn would win.

At the visual section, Shapely, Albert filled all ten of his slots first and thus obtained a head start at the musical section. By this time, Roselyn had filled four of her slots and was attempting to fill a fifth.

The final sequence at the musical section, Music Box, was do-ré-mi-do\*-si-la-fa-sol. Albert made one mistake playing back the six-note sequence, but the rest of his performance at the musical section was flawless. By the time Albert had arrived at the logical section, Roselyn had finished filling her sixth slot at the visual section.

As Albert was moving the bricks at the logical section, Sliders, Roselyn filled her last slot at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section. As Roselyn finished listening to the four-note sequence at the musical section and played back an incorrect sequence on her first attempt, Albert finished the puzzle at the logical section and proceeded to the physical section.

On his first attempt at the physical section, Ball Balance, Albert failed to get the first ball on his hoop. As he went to pick up the ball, Roselyn correctly played back the final sequence at the musical section, having not made any more mistakes, and proceeded to the logical section. As Roselyn was moving the bricks at the logical section, Albert cautiously crossed his seesaw with all three balls on his hoop and placed them in his cylinder, thus succeeding on his second attempt at the physical section. He then proceeded to the linguistic section.

The eight nine-letter words at the linguistic section, Broken Middles, from bottom to top, were 'phy**sic**ian', 'hon**eyb**ees', 'alc**hem**ist', 'zuc**chi**nis', 'lat**era**lly', 'car**tri**dge', 'syn**dic**ate', and 'min**usc**ule'. Upon completion, Albert hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the first spot in the season finale. Roselyn stopped at the logical section.

 **2nd** | **Roselyn Kelada-Sedra** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.
2. ↑ The bold font in the middle of the words represent the correct tiles that the contestants had to use in order to complete the words.

## Episode 102

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Alisia Bonnick and Chris Tessaro, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jeff Douglas explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could participate in the challenge, by predicting who between Alisia and Chris would win, on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 78% of the participants predicted that Chris would win and 22% of the participants predicted that Alisia would win.

At the visual section, Shapely, Chris filled all ten of his slots first and thus obtained a head start at the musical section. By this time, Alisia had filled seven of her slots and was attempting to fill an eighth.

The final sequence at the musical section, Music Box, was ré-mi-fa-do-la-si-do\*-sol. Chris made quick work of the musical section. Just after Chris got started at the logical section, Sliders, Alisia filled her last slot at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

Though Alisia made one mistake at the musical section, she managed to go through the section quickly enough and had caught up to Chris at the logical section. Alisia completed the puzzle at the logical section first and proceeded to the physical section.

As Alisia was going through her first attempt at the physical section, Ball Balance, Chris finished the puzzle at the logical section and proceeded to the physical section himself. Alisia dropped a ball on two separate attempts, giving Chris the opportunity to get ahead of her, which he did after completing the physical section in one attempt at a cautious speed. He then proceeded to the linguistic section.

The eight nine-letter words at the linguistic section, Broken Middles, from bottom to top, were 'del**igh**ted', 'mil**lip**ede', 'opp**ort**une', 'sea**son**ing', 'hop**efu**lly', 'the**sau**rus', 'vap**ori**zed', and 'por**tra**yal'. Chris easily completed this section as Alisia was struggling to balance her balls on her hoop while crossing her seesaw at the physical section. Upon completion, Chris hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the second spot in the season finale. Alisia stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Alisia Bonnick** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.
2. ↑ The bold font in the middle of the words represent the correct tiles that the contestants had to use in order to complete the words.

## Episode 103

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Mith Das and Lisa Preston, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jeff Douglas explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could participate in the challenge, by predicting who between Mith and Lisa would win, on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 89% of the participants predicted that Mith would win and 11% of the participants predicted that Lisa would win.

At the visual section, Shapely, Mith filled all ten of his slots first and thus obtained a head start at the musical section. By this time, Lisa had filled five of her slots and was attempting to fill a sixth.

The final sequence at the musical section, Music Box, was do-ré-la-sol-mi-do\*-si-mi. Mith made quick work of the musical section. As Mith was about halfway through solving the puzzle at the logical section, Sliders, Lisa filled her last slot at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

As Lisa finished listening to the six-note sequence at the musical section, Mith finished the puzzle at the logical section and proceeded to the physical section. Lisa had played back two incorrect sequences by this point.

Mith breezed through the physical section, Ball Balance, in one attempt and proceeded to the linguistic section. By this point, Lisa was working on trying to play back the final eight-note sequence and had made a total of five mistakes at the musical section.

The eight nine-letter words at the linguistic section, Broken Middles, from bottom to top, were 'sub**der**mal', 'acu**ten**ess', 'the**spi**ans', 'woo**dch**uck', 'rep**ort**ing', 'cap**ill**ary', 'mam**all**ian', and 'pap**erb**ack'. Mith's strategy for this section involved laying out the tiles on the floor and stacking them, in order, on top of one another before sliding them down the slot. He quickly completed this section as Lisa continued to make mistakes at the musical section. Upon completion, Mith hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the third spot in the season finale. Lisa stopped at the musical section.

 **2nd** | **Lisa Preston** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.
2. ↑ The bold font in the middle of the words represent the correct tiles that the contestants had to use in order to complete the words.

## Episode 104

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Victoria Leenders-Cheng and Mary Rose, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jeff Douglas explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could participate in the challenge, by predicting who between Victoria and Mary would win, on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 61% of the participants predicted that Mary would win and 39% of the participants predicted that Victoria would win.

At the visual section, Shapely, Mary filled all ten of her slots first and thus obtained a head start at the musical section. By this time, Victoria had filled nine of her slots and was attempting to fill her last.

The final sequence at the musical section, Music Box, was do-mi-ré-fa-la-sol-si-do\*. Mary made quick work of the musical section. As Mary was moving the bricks at the logical section, Sliders, Victoria filled her last slot at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

Victoria also had a flawless performance at the musical section and she managed to catch up to Mary at the logical section. She also finished her puzzle first and surpassed Mary, who was struggling with hers, and proceeded to the physical section.

Victoria got through the physical section, Ball Balance, on her first attempt and proceeded to the linguistic section. By this point, Mary was still trying to solve her puzzle at the logical section.

The eight nine-letter words at the linguistic section, Broken Middles, from bottom to top, were 'bar**ebo**nes', 'ult**ima**tum', 'qua**rte**rly', 'sca**ven**ger', 'cat**hed**ral', 'for**ecl**ose', 'lam**ina**ted', and 'rus**tpr**oof'. Upon completion, Victoria hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the fourth spot in the season finale. Mary stopped at the logical section.

 **2nd** | **Mary Rose** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.
2. ↑ The bold font in the middle of the words represent the correct tiles that the contestants had to use in order to complete the words.

## Episode 201

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Maya Burhanpurkar and Anthony Craparotta, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Maya and Anthony would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 65% of the participants predicted that Maya would win and 35% of the participants predicted that Anthony would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'unzip', 'glove', and 'brawl'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'pinuz', 'volge', and 'wlarb'. Anthony was the first to unscramble all three of these words and thus obtained a head start at the visual section. By this time, Maya was still attempting to unscramble her first word.

Anthony solved the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, at a decent speed and proceeded to the musical section. In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. Anthony matched the pairs at the musical section fairly quickly and proceeded to the physical section, Brick Balance. As Anthony arrived there, Maya unscrambled her final word at the linguistic section and proceeded to the visual section.

As Anthony succeeded on his first attempt at transporting three bricks across his teeter-totter, Maya finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section. Anthony succeeded on his first attempt at transporting four bricks back across his teeter-totter, but failed on his first attempt at transporting five bricks under his bar. As Anthony was resetting his bricks, Maya finished matching the pairs at the musical section and proceeded to the physical section. As Anthony failed on his second attempt with five bricks, Maya succeeded on her first attempt with three bricks and her first attempt with four bricks. Though Maya had caught up to Anthony, this didn't last for long as Anthony succeeded on his third attempt with five bricks, completing the physical section and proceeding to the logical section.

Anthony breezed through the logical section, Sliders, and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the first spot in the season finale. Maya stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Maya Burhanpurkar** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 202

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Tim Blais and Maryanne Lewell, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Tim and Maryanne would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 82% of the participants predicted that Tim would win and 18% of the participants predicted that Maryanne would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'surly', 'robot', and 'enjoy'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'rlsyu', 'boort', and 'jyneo'. Tim was the first to unscramble all three of these words and thus obtained a head start at the visual section. By this time, Maryanne was still attempting to unscramble her final word.

Tim solved the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, fairly quickly and proceeded to the musical section. In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. After Tim matched a few of the pairs, Maryanne unscrambled her final word at the linguistic section and proceeded to the visual section.

Tim finished matching the pairs at the musical section and proceeded to the physical section, Brick Balance. Right after Tim succeeded on his second attempt at transporting three bricks across his teeter-totter, Maryanne finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section. Tim succeeded on his first attempt at transporting four bricks back across his teeter-totter and succeeded on his first attempt at transporting five bricks under his bar, completing the physical section and proceeding to the logical section. Meanwhile, Maryanne had finished matching most of the pairs at the musical section.

Tim breezed through the logical section, Sliders, and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the second spot in the season finale. Maryanne stopped at the musical section.

 **2nd** | **Maryanne Lewell** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 203

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Dan Tweyman and Heather Whittaker, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Dan and Heather would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 53% of the participants predicted that Heather would win and 47% of the participants predicted that Dan would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'adopt', 'faith', and 'orbit'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'pdoat', 'hitfa', and 'bitor'. Dan was the first to unscramble all three of these words and thus obtained a head start at the visual section. By this time, Heather was still attempting to unscramble her first word.

As Dan was almost finished solving the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, Heather unscrambled her final word at the linguistic section and proceeded to the visual section. Soon after this, Dan finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. After Dan matched a few of the pairs, Heather finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

Dan finished matching the pairs at the musical section first and proceeded to the physical section, Brick Balance. After Dan succeeded on their first attempt at transporting three bricks across their teeter-totter, Heather finished matching the pairs at the musical section and proceeded to the physical section. Dan failed on their first attempt at transporting four bricks back across their teeter-totter, which allowed Heather to catch up to them. However, Heather failed twice with four bricks as Dan succeeded on their second attempt with four bricks and succeeded on their first attempt at transporting five bricks under their bar, completing the physical section and proceeding to the logical section.

Dan completed the logical section, Sliders, fairly quickly and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the third spot in the season finale. Heather stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Heather Whittaker** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 204

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Petros Kusmu and Katy Warren, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Petros and Katy would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 64% of the participants predicted that Katy would win and 36% of the participants predicted that Petros would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'patio', 'focus', and 'rugby'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'opait', 'scufo', and 'yubrg'. Katy was the first to unscramble all three of these words and thus obtained a head start at the visual section. By this time, Petros was still attempting to unscramble his final word.

As Katy started solving the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, Petros unscrambled his final word at the linguistic section and proceeded to the visual section. Maintaining her slight lead over Petros, Katy finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. After Katy matched one of the pairs, Petros finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

Katy finished matching the pairs at the musical section first and proceeded to the physical section, Brick Balance. After Katy succeeded on her first attempt at transporting three bricks across her teeter-totter, Petros finished matching the pairs at the musical section and proceeded to the physical section. Katy failed on her first attempt at transporting four bricks back across her teeter-totter, which allowed Petros to catch up to her. Katy failed on her second attempt with four bricks, which allowed Petros to take the lead after succeeding on his first attempt with four bricks. However, Petros failed twice at transporting five bricks under his bar as Katy succeeded on her third attempt with four bricks and succeeded on her first attempt with five bricks, completing the physical section and proceeding to the logical section.

Katy quickly completed the logical section, Sliders, and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the fourth spot in the season finale. Petros stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Petros Kusmu** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 205

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Alex Manea and Jakob Sanderson, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Alex and Jakob would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 57% of the participants predicted that Alex would win and 43% of the participants predicted that Jakob would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'cache', 'ozone', and 'world'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'heacc', 'zneoo', and 'dlwro'. Alex was the first to unscramble all three of these words and thus obtained a head start at the visual section. By this time, Jakob was still attempting to unscramble his second word.

As Alex was solving the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, Jakob unscrambled his final word at the linguistic section and proceeded to the visual section. Alex finished solving the puzzle at the visual section first, however, Jakob followed suit right after and both proceeded to the musical section.

In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. Jakob finished matching the pairs at the musical section first and proceeded to the physical section, Brick Balance. As Jakob was going through his first attempt at transporting three bricks across his teeter-totter, Alex finished matching the pairs at the musical section and proceeded to the physical section.

Jakob failed on his first two attempts with three bricks, which allowed Alex to take the lead after succeeding on his first attempt with three bricks. Jakob succeeded on his third attempt with three bricks, but failed twice at transporting four bricks back across his teeter-totter. Meanwhile, Alex succeeded on his first attempt with four bricks and succeeded on his first attempt at transporting five bricks under his bar, completing the physical section and proceeding to the logical section.

Alex breezed through the logical section, Sliders, and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the fifth spot in the season finale. Jakob stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Jakob Sanderson** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 206

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Marco Iannuzzi and Amanda Khan, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Marco and Amanda would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 55% of the participants predicted that Marco would win and 45% of the participants predicted that Amanda would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'sauna', 'candy', and 'round'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'auans', 'dcyan', and 'druno'. Amanda was the first to unscramble all three of these words, however, Marco followed suit right after and both proceeded to the visual section.

Marco finished solving the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, first and proceeded to the musical section. In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. After Marco matched a few of the pairs, Amanda finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section.

Marco finished matching the pairs at the musical section first and proceeded to the physical section, Brick Balance. After Marco succeeded on his first attempt at transporting three bricks across his teeter-totter and as he was succeeding on his first attempt at transporting four bricks back across his teeter-totter, Amanda finished matching the pairs at the musical section and proceeded to the physical section. Amanda failed on her first three attempts with three bricks. Meanwhile, Marco succeeded on his first attempt at transporting five bricks under his bar, completing the physical section and proceeding to the logical section.

Marco completed the logical section, Sliders, with some difficulty and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the sixth spot in the season finale. Amanda stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Amanda Khan** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 207

The Gauntlet was the sole universal challenge and the sixth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Alex Pascuzzi and Jason Vander-Hoek, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Alex and Jason would win on the Canada's Smartest Person app. 62% of the participants predicted that Jason would win and 38% of the participants predicted that Alex would win.

The three five-letter words to unscramble at the linguistic section, Unscrambled, in order, were 'agony', 'knock', and 'suede'. Respectively, these words were scrambled as 'gyano', 'kkocn', and 'ueeds'. Jason was the first to unscramble all three of these words and thus obtained a head start at the visual section. By this time, Alex was still attempting to unscramble her first word.

As Jason was solving the puzzle at the visual section, Vicious Circle, Alex unscrambled her final word at the linguistic section and proceeded to the visual section. Alex finished solving the puzzle at the visual section first and proceeded to the musical section.

In ascending order, the 12 matching pairs at the musical section, Memory Box, were do#', ré', mi', sol#', do#, fa#, sol, si, do\*, ré#\*, sol#\*, and la#\*. After Alex matched one of the pairs, Jason finished solving the puzzle at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section. Alex finished matching the pairs at the musical section first, however, Jason followed suit right after and both proceeded to the physical section.

At the physical section, Brick Balance, Alex and Jason both succeeded on their first attempt at transporting three bricks across their teeter-totters and failed on their first attempt at transporting four bricks back across their teeter-totters. However, Jason's superior speed throughout this section resulted in him gaining the lead over Alex as he succeeded on his second attempt with four bricks and succeeded on his first attempt at transporting five bricks under his bar just before Alex failed on her second attempt with four bricks. Having completed the physical section, Jason proceeded to the logical section.

Jason breezed through the logical section, Sliders, and hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the final spot in the season finale. Alex stopped at the physical section.

 **2nd** | **Alex Pascuzzi** | LOST

### Notes

1. ↑ An apostrophe signifies that the given musical note was an octave lower than the same musical note without an asterisk. Conversely, an asterisk signifies that the given musical note was an octave higher than the same musical note without an asterisk.

## Episode 301

The Gauntlet was the second of the two universal challenges and the fifth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Jonathan Gagnon and Stephanie Harvey, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Jonathan and Stephanie would win using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page.

At the physical section, Beam Ball, Stephanie dropped the ball on her first attempt. Meanwhile, Jonathan, who maintained a cautious speed, completed the physical section in one attempt and thus obtained a head start at the logical section.

The equation to construct at the logical section, Math Cubed, was 3-3÷3=2. As Jonathan placed his first cube in, Stephanie completed the physical section on her second attempt and proceeded to the logical section herself. Jonathan successfully constructed his equation first and proceeded to the visual section, Fractured Photo.

After Jonathan placed his fifth fragment into his picture frame, Stephanie successfully constructed her equation at the logical section and proceeded to the visual section. Jonathan correctly reassembled his splintered picture first and proceeded to the musical section. By this time, Stephanie had placed her ninth fragment into her picture frame.

In order, the three four-note sequences at the musical section, Musical Gateway, were do-ré-mi-sol, fa#-mi-do#-la, and sol#-mi-la-ré. Jonathan quickly got past the first gate, but struggled at the second gate. Meanwhile, Stephanie correctly reassembled her splintered picture at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section. Once there, Stephanie soon got past the first gate and caught up to Jonathan at the second gate. Stephanie managed to get past the second gate and eventually the final gate, completing the musical section and proceeding to the linguistic section.

From left to right, the nine two-letter word segments at the linguistic section, Slide and Spell, were 'tr', 'va', 'ca', 'ac', 'ag', 'ce', 'ic', 'pt', and 'te', forming the words 'tragic', 'vacate', and 'accept'. Directly after Stephanie found her first word, Jonathan finally got past the second gate at the musical section. Eventually, Stephanie found her two remaining words and proceeded to hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the first spot in the season finale. Jonathan stopped at the musical section.

 **2nd** | **Jonathan Gagnon** | LOST

## Episode 302

The Gauntlet was the second of the two universal challenges and the fifth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Donna Hartt and Joshua Williams, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Donna and Joshua would win using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page.

At the physical section, Beam Ball, Donna dropped the ball on her first attempt. Meanwhile, Joshua completed the physical section in one attempt and thus obtained a head start at the logical section.

The equation to construct at the logical section, Math Cubed, was 2X4+2=10 (or 4X2+2=10). As Donna failed on two more attempts at the physical section, Joshua was able to successfully construct his equation and proceed to the visual section, Fractured Photo.

After Joshua placed his fourth fragment into his picture frame, Donna completed the physical section on her fourth attempt and proceeded to the logical section. There, as Joshua placed his sixth fragment into his picture frame, Donna successfully constructed her equation very quickly and proceeded to the visual section. Joshua correctly reassembled his splintered picture first and proceeded to the musical section. By this time, Donna had placed her tenth fragment into her picture frame.

In order, the three four-note sequences at the musical section, Musical Gateway, were do-ré-mi-sol, do-re#-sol-la#, and sol#-mi-la-ré. Joshua quickly got past the first gate, but Donna then correctly reassembled her splintered picture at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section herself. The two contestants remained neck and neck at that point until they reached the final gate. As Donna struggled here, Joshua completed the musical section and proceeded to the linguistic section.

From left to right, the nine two-letter word segments at the linguistic section, Slide and Spell, were 'do', 'ba', 'al', 'bi', 'mb', 'od', 'oo', 'le', and 'no', forming the words 'doodle', 'bamboo', and 'albino'. Eventually, Joshua found his three words and proceeded to hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the second spot in the season finale. Donna stopped at the musical section.

 **2nd** | **Donna Hartt** | LOST

## Episode 303

The Gauntlet was the second of the two universal challenges and the fifth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Frankie Cena and Maria Samson, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Frankie and Maria would win using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page.

At the physical section, Beam Ball, Maria dropped the ball on her first two attempts. Meanwhile, Frankie dropped the ball only on his first attempt but he was closer to the end of the section when it happened, costing him time. Maria completed the physical section on her third attempt and proceeded to the logical section.

The equation to construct at the logical section, Math Cubed, was 6÷6+7=8 (or 7÷7+7=8). As Maria placed her five cubes in and tested an arrangement, Frankie completed the physical section on his second attempt and proceeded to the logical section himself. Maria successfully constructed her equation first and proceeded to the visual section, Fractured Photo.

After Maria placed her fifth fragment into her picture frame, Frankie successfully constructed his equation at the logical section and proceeded to the visual section. Maria correctly reassembled her splintered picture first and proceeded to the musical section. Immediately after, Frankie did the same on his end and caught up to Maria.

In order, the three four-note sequences at the musical section, Musical Gateway, were do-ré-mi-sol, do-re#-sol-la#, and sol#-mi-la-ré. Frankie held a slight lead over Maria over the first two gates, but he struggled at the final gate. This allowed for Maria to overtake Frankie, completing the musical section and proceeding to the linguistic section.

From left to right, the nine two-letter word segments at the linguistic section, Slide and Spell, were 'li', 'ai', 'st', 'ae', 'rb', 'en', 'ri', 'al', and 'ag', forming the words 'listen', 'airbag', and 'aerial'. Eventually, Maria found her three words and proceeded to hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the third spot in the season finale. Frankie stopped at the musical section.

 **2nd** | **Frankie Cena** | LOST

## Episode 304

The Gauntlet was the second of the two universal challenges and the fifth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Brittain Bancroft and Devon Jones, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Brittain and Devon would win using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page.

At the physical section, Beam Ball, Brittain dropped the ball on his first two attempts. Meanwhile, Devon dropped the ball on her first attempt but completed the physical section on her second attempt, thus proceeding to the logical section. Soon after though, Brittain completed the physical section on his third attempt and proceeded to the logical section himself.

The equation to construct at the logical section, Math Cubed, was 8÷4+4=6. Devon successfully constructed her equation first and proceeded to the visual section, Fractured Photo.

As Devon placed her ninth fragment into her picture frame, Brittain successfully constructed his equation at the logical section and proceeded to the visual section. Devon correctly reassembled her splintered picture first and proceeded to the musical section. By this time, Brittain had placed his ninth fragment into his picture frame.

In order, the three four-note sequences at the musical section, Musical Gateway, were do-ré-mi-sol, do-re#-sol-la#, and sol#-mi-la-ré. Devon got past the first gate, but Brittain then correctly reassembled his splintered picture at the visual section and proceeded to the musical section himself. Once there, Brittain soon got past the first gate and overtook Devon at the second gate. Devon soon managed to get past the second gate herself, but Brittain got past the final gate first, completing the musical section and proceeding to the linguistic section.

From left to right, the nine two-letter word segments at the linguistic section, Slide and Spell, were 'sc', 'al', 'ho', 'ps', 'lu', 'ol', 'yc', 're', and 'ho', forming the words 'school', 'allure', and 'psycho'. Eventually, Brittain found his three words and proceeded to hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the fourth spot in the season finale. Devon stopped at the musical section.

 **2nd** | **Devon Jones** | LOST

## Episode 305

The Gauntlet was the second of the two universal challenges and the fifth and final challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank reminded the two contestants, Dustin Herbison and Eric Yue, that the winner of the challenge would advance to the finale. Jessi informed the viewers that they could participate in the challenge by predicting who between Dustin and Eric would win using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page.

At the physical section, Beam Ball, neither Dustin nor Eric made any mistakes. They both completed the physical section in one attempt, though Eric completed it slightly faster than Dustin did, and proceeded to the logical section.

The equation to construct at the logical section, Math Cubed, was 7÷7+2=3. Similar to the events at the physical section, Eric successfully constructed his equation first but Dustin did the same himself soon after. Both proceeded to the visual section, Fractured Photo.

Eric correctly reassembled his splintered picture first and proceeded to the musical section. By this time, Dustin had placed his ninth fragment into his picture frame, but was struggling with the order of his fragments.

In order, the three four-note sequences at the musical section, Musical Gateway, were do-ré-mi-sol, si-la-mi-ré, and do-ré#-la-fa#. Eric managed to get past all three gates as Dustin made little progress at the visual section, completing the musical section and proceeding to the linguistic section.

From left to right, the nine two-letter word segments at the linguistic section, Slide and Spell, were 'su', 'as', 'mm', 'ti', 'it', 'ss', 'su', 'ue', and 'me', forming the words 'summit', 'assume', and 'tissue'. Dustin realized his mistakes at the visual section and proceeded to correct them, but it was too late as Eric found his three words at the linguistic section and proceeded to hit the buzzer, finishing the challenge and securing the final spot in the season finale. Dustin stopped at the visual section.

 **2nd** | **Dustin Herbison** | LOST

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2535618049 (1:23:28)
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2535618049 (1:23:15)
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2544177167 (39:15)
4. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2553849234 (38:26)
5. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2563740096 (38:40)