George Millar

**George Millar** was a contestant on Season 1.

## Episode 104

Before George 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, George stated that the best part about being retired is that he feels that he has no day off and revealed that he spent time in Tanzania and taught children how to teach each other while there. He also stated that he wants to prove that age is just a number and that life is an attitude. George was the first contestant to be personally introduced by Jessi Cruickshank as he entered the stage, before Victoria Leenders-Cheng, Mary Rose, and Yahaya Baruwa. In the first challenge, Human Calculator, George got 1 correct answer in the first round and 0 in the final round. Yahaya and George both got a total of 1 correct answer, but the latter answered faster on average than the former did. As a result, George finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the second challenge, Haiku You, George was the second contestant to present his haiku based upon the theme of **happy hour** and he had composed, "Hope and awesome sun, Happiness is mystery, Only you with me." Guest judge Seán Cullen was wowed and commented that it was beautiful. Seán ranked George in 1st place for his haiku and George was awarded 5 overall points as a result.

In the third challenge, Spaced Out, George finished his lefthand shape 26 seconds into the challenge and finished his righthand shape 1 minute and 5 seconds into the challenge. As a result, George finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Faces, George got 2 correct answers. As a result, George finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the fifth challenge, Step Squad, George was the last contestant to perform his improvised solo at the challenge's midpoint. Guest judge Sean Cheesman ranked George in last place for his overall performance in the challenge and George was awarded 2 overall points as a result. After the first five challenges, George had received a total of 13 overall points. As a result, he finished in 3rd place and was eliminated along with Yahaya. Jessi prompted applause for George and Yahaya in spite of their shared elimination.

After the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, ended and Victoria was declared the fourth finalist of the season, George and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

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  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 1, George answered faster on average than Yahaya did in the challenge. Therefore, George and Yahaya placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## Trivia

* The text at the bottom of his introductory clip incorrectly states that he was aged 70 at the time of filming.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-3-recap-canadas-smartest-person-shows-off-its-moves
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-top-32-participants
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2563740096
4. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2563740096 (3:40)