Marielle Leigh

**Marielle Leigh** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Marielle is a Toronto Argonauts cheerleader and brand ambassador with a background in drama. She’s ready to disprove any stereotypes and put the focus squarely back on intelligence through competing on Canada’s Smartest Person.

Marielle is a graduate from the University of Waterloo in Drama and Speech Communications, and takes so much pride in her position as a cheerleader for the Toronto Argonauts. As a cheerleader for the CFL, Marielle is always representing the team. She is a brand ambassador and is constantly doing appearances and events beyond the field to give back to the community.

## Episode 202

Before Marielle was summoned to the stage, a clip of her and the other three contestants, Tim Blais, Maryanne Lewell, and Ira Timothy, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing herself, Marielle stated that, when her competition least expects it, she is going to prove that she is more than just a pretty face. 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, Marielle finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points.

In the second challenge, Blow Back, Marielle was the second contestant eliminated from the challenge. As a result, Marielle finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the third challenge, Mix Master, Marielle earned 2 points. As a result, Marielle finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Pipe Fitter, Marielle was forced to stop her progress 2 minutes and 18 seconds into the challenge due to Tim successfully connecting his plumbing system and filling his glass third at that time. As a result, Marielle finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the fifth challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Marielle was the last contestant to give a speech and had to break up with someone in her speech. She said, "So, Mary, we had an incredibly lovely date. The **chemistry** between us was unbelievable. I was **flabbergasted** by the **burning** flame between us, but as we sat by the **ocean** side, emotions running high, **rum** running high, the cocktails river flowing, you are my **hero**, but unfortunately the passion has **wilted**. The **opportunity** to date you was absolutely amazing, but the **glory** is over. And I'm sorry if this gives you a **headache**, but the **secret** is that I'm breaking up with you. I'm so sorry and I hope you **elope** soon." Marielle received a score of 12 words. Guest judge Mary Walsh commented that though she thought Marielle did a wonderful job, she was not completely convinced that Marielle was breaking up with her. Mary ranked Marielle in last place for her overall performance and Marielle was awarded 2 overall points as a result. After the first five challenges, Marielle had received a total of 11 overall points. As a result, she finished in last place and was eliminated along with Ira. 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, Marielle and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

 3

  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 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 1.3 http://web.archive.org/web/20151109153347/http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/marielle
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-competitors-from-episode-2