Episode 203

The third episode of Season 2 of *Canada's Smartest Person*, **Saturday Night Regrets**, aired on CBC at 8:00 PM on Sunday, October 18, 2015.

## Contestants

 **Dan Tweyman** | 36
 **Heather Whittaker** | 21
 **Denise Yuen** | 31

## Synopsis

The episode opened with a narration stating that four Canadians who beat out thousands in casting would battle it out for a spot in the season finale of *Canada's Smartest Person*. In order to present the four contestants that would be competing in this episode, a clip of Heather Whittaker, Chris Harris, Dan Tweyman, and Denise Yuen introducing themselves in that order was shown. Jessi Cruickshank greeted the contestants and reminded them that they would be tested on the six intelligences, Musical, Physical, Social, Visual, Linguistic, and Logical, throughout the night. She then introduced the Canada's Smartest Person app and announced that logical intelligence was going to be the first intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Cranium Crash being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, Chris got 4 correct answers, Dan got 8, Heather got 7, and Denise got 5. Therefore, Dan was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Heather was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Denise was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Chris was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi stated that the show was going into a commercial break.

Jessi announced that linguistic intelligence was going to be the second intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Twitterverse being the corresponding challenge. Jessi then introduced Perez Hilton, stating that he would serve as a guest judge in the challenge. Jessi asked Perez what he expects of the contestants in this challenge, to which he responded that he wants to see inventiveness in the contestants' tweets and that he wants them to shock him. By the end of the challenge, Perez ranked Chris in 1st place, Dan in 2nd place, Heather in 3rd place, and Denise in last place. Therefore, Chris was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Dan was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Heather was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Denise was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first two challenges, Dan had received a total of 8 overall points, Chris had received a total of 6, Heather had received a total of 5, and Denise had received a total of 3. Jessi commented that Heather was trailing, but "right there," but also that Denise needed to step it up before stating that the show was going into another commercial break.

Jessi announced that visual intelligence was going to be the third intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Model Mayhem being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, Chris selected 12 out of the 15 correct items for his model, Dan selected 13 for theirs, Heather selected 14 for hers, and Denise selected 11 for hers. Therefore, Heather was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Dan was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Chris was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Denise was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first three challenges, Dan had received a total of 11 overall points, Heather had received a total of 10, Chris had received a total of 8, and Denise had received a total of 4. Directly after, Jessi announced that social intelligence was going to be the fourth intelligence that the contestants would be tested on with Faces being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, Chris got 3 correct answers, Dan got 5, Heather got 2, and Denise got 4. Therefore, Dan was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Denise was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Chris was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Heather was awarded 1 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, after the first four challenges, Dan had received a total of 16 overall points, Heather had received a total of 11, Chris had received a total of 10, and Denise had received a total of 7. Jessi commented that she has not given up on Denise because the next challenge, which would be worth double the points, could change everything before stating that the show was going into another commercial break.

Jessi announced that the next challenge would be worth double the points because it would test the last two remaining intelligences, musical intelligence and physical intelligence, simultaneously with Twisty Tune being the corresponding challenge. By the end of the challenge, Chris received a total time of 2 minutes and 28 seconds, Dan received a total time of 3 minutes and 56 seconds, Heather received a total time of 2 minutes and 12 seconds, and Denise received a total time of 4 minutes and 18 seconds. As a result, Heather was awarded 10 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Chris was awarded 6 for finishing in 2nd place, Dan was awarded 4 for finishing in 3rd place, and Denise was awarded 2 for finishing in last place. After the challenge, Jessi revealed that, as a final total score for the first five challenges, Heather had received a total of 21 overall points, Dan had received a total of 20, Chris had received a total of 16, and Denise had received a total of 9. Since only the top two finishers could advance to the Gauntlet, Jessi congratulated Heather and Dan on making it to the Gauntlet and prompted applause for Chris and Denise in spite of their shared elimination. It was then revealed that, on a score out of 600, the best performers of the night were, in order, Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with a score of 565, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with a score of 541, Tracy Reath of Moncton, New Brunswick, with a score of 536, Blake Gill of Guelph, Ontario, with a score of 514, and Jonathan Waite of La Broquerie, Manitoba, with a score of 511. 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' linguistic intelligence, visual intelligence, musical intelligence, physical intelligence, and logical intelligence. Jessi told the contestants to take to their starting positions and wished them both luck before the challenge began. Dan gained the early lead on Heather as the former breezed through the linguistic section. Heather, though, was able to gain momentum after unscrambling her first word at the linguistic section and remained not too far behind Dan for the next few sections. At 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 ended up having a couple of mishaps with the four blocks herself, which allowed Dan to complete the last two tasks at the physical section before her and proceed to the logical section, which they completed fairly quickly. Ultimately, Heather stopped at the physical section as Dan hit the buzzer, which signalled their victory and their spot in the season finale. Jessi reminded the viewers that they should keep trying out challenges on the Canada's Smartest Person app and that they could share their results on Facebook and Twitter. The show closed with the four contestants 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.

## State of the Nation

In relation to a pie chart, the public performed best in challenges of social intelligence (consisting 23% of the pie chart). Logical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, physical intelligence, musical intelligence, and visual intelligence, based on the related challenges, consist 12%, 9%, 18%, 17%, and 21% of the pie chart, respectively.

The top overall performing Canadian cities, by percentage score, were Tignish, Prince Edward Island, with 65%, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 64%, and Holland Landing, Ontario, with 56%.

In terms of gender, men and women performed equally overall with average percentage scores of 51% each.

As for the public, the top performers, on a score out of 600, were Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with a score of 565, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with a score of 541, Tracy Reath of Moncton, New Brunswick, with a score of 536, Blake Gill of Guelph, Ontario, with a score of 514, and Jonathan Waite of La Broquerie, Manitoba, with a score of 511.

## Current Placements

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 11, Richard placed 1st in one challenge and Marielle did not place 1st in any. Therefore, Richard placed higher than Marielle.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Despite sharing a total score of 16 and an equal number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in challenges, Chris had an average placement of 3 throughout his preliminary episode while Jessica had an average placement of 3.4 throughout hers. Therefore, Chris placed higher than Jessica.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/episode-3-recap-GIF-roundup-perez-hilton-guest-star
2. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2677249186
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/state-of-the-nation-S2-episode-3