Kiel Lemmen

**Kiel Lemmen** was a contestant on Season 1.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Kiel is a high school teacher by day, ninja by night. He specializes in working with at-risk youth struggling to cope at school and at home. Constantly exploring alternative approaches to education, he is known for his inspiring devotion to his students.

When not teaching, Kiel is a Tae Kwon Do enthusiast who has studied under many prolific world masters, and holds a second-degree black belt. Not only is Kiel possibly Canada’s Smartest Person, he may also be Canada’s most dangerous person. Watch out!

## Episode 101

Before Kiel was summoned to the stage, a clip of him and the other three contestants introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing himself, Kiel stated that he is in charge of a support program for at-risk youth at his school which focuses on keeping said students interested in their education. He also stated that his devotion to his martial arts as a ninja has helped him a synthesis of who he is as an intelligent person and that he is participating in *Canada's Smartest Person* in order to represent fellow teachers and fellow martial artists. Kiel was the second contestant to be personally introduced by Jessi Cruickshank as he entered the stage, after Tova Sherman and before Roselyn Kelada-Sedra and Albert Tam. In the first challenge, Moving Sum, Kiel got 3 correct answers in the first round, 4 in the second round, and 2 in the final round. With a total of 9 correct answers, Kiel finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the second challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Kiel was the last contestant to give a speech and had to give a toast as his speech. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I would be really happy if you could raise your glasses of champagne, wine, or **vodka**, or whatever you happen to have in your hand right now, because I'm about to give a beautiful toast to the **angelic** bride and the amazing groom. Um, before they go off on their wonderful honeymoon **vacation**, I'd like to talk about this **exceptional** couple and how much they've provided for all of us, friends, and family here. Um, the dinner's been **sumptuous** and I'm so happy that this hasn't been a **shotgun** wedding, but we're all here in celebration of this wonderful, wonderful couple. Now hopefully I'm not going to be too **verbose** and I would like to keep **politics** out of this, but we are so happy that these two can put their opposite sides apart and be able to come together for a wonderful union. Cheers!" Kiel received a score of 8 words. Guest judge Colin Mochrie commented that it was nice to hear a lovely wedding speech where the speaker wasn't drunk and insulting everyone and that he would have loved it at his wedding. Colin ranked Kiel in last place for his overall performance and Kiel was awarded 1 overall point as a result.

In the third challenge, Faces, Kiel got 3 correct answers. As a result, Kiel finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Model Mayhem, Kiel selected 11 out of the 15 correct items for his model. He selected the incorrect hat, jacket, shoes, and watch. As a result, Kiel finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Twisty Tune, Kiel received an initial time of 1 minute and 9 seconds, but due to making 4 errors, received 20 seconds of added time. With a total time of 1 minute and 29 seconds, Kiel finished in 2nd place and was awarded 6 overall points. After the first five challenges, Kiel had received a total of 14 overall points. As a result, he tied with Tova for 3rd place and both were eliminated. Jessi prompted applause for Tova and Kiel in spite of their shared elimination.

After the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, ended and Albert was declared the first finalist of the season, Kiel 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 14, Tova placed 1st in one challenge and Kiel did not place 1st in any. Therefore, Tova and Kiel placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, for this preliminary episode.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://web.archive.org/web/20140920183515/http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/kiel-lemmen
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2535618049