Next week’s PARTICIPANTS REVEALED alongside special guest appearanceby Canadian actor Jason Priestley
Canadians can test their intelligence with CBC’s Canada’s Smartest Person app, available foriOSandAndroiddevices or online atcbc.ca/smartestperson.
@CanadasSmartest#SmartestPerson
This week’s winner on CBC’s competition series CANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON is 27-year-old poet Johnny MacRae, of North Vancouver, BC.
MacRae is one of the top spoken word poets in the country. He tours Canada as part of the storytelling duo, 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac, performing their hit psychedelic talk opera, The Anthropocalypse. A natural performer and competitor, MacRae has taken home top honours at both the Canadian Improv Games and the Canadian Underground Poetry Slam (or ‘Undies’) and holds an English Honours degree from the University of British Columbia. MacRae believes in doing what you’re passionate about and embracing the unconventional, he brings his skills to the school system as a coach and workshop facilitator in the arts, working with students to explore writing and poetry in unique ways.
MacRae will join, orthopedic surgery resident Daryl Dillman of Cole Harbour, NS, fighter-pilot Max Cameron of Calgary, AB, magazine editor Victoria Leenders-Cheng of Montreal, QC, copywriter Mith Das of Toronto, ON, firefighter Chris Tessaro of Mississauga, ON and Albert Tam of Woodbridge, ON in the series finale later this fall as they battle it out to take home the title of CANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON.
Tune in on Sunday, November 16, as the final finalist is crowned when a law student, psychiatric nursing student, audio-visual artists and a bronze medal Olympian compete in six revealing intelligence challenges that go beyond your average IQ test or trivia quiz to earn the title of “Canada’s Smartest Person”.
Meet the participants:
• Braden Lauer, a 22-year-old law student from Vancouver, BC
• Alea Ciecko, a 23-year-old psychiatric nursing student from Winnipeg, MB
• Dipna Horra, a 39-year-old audio-visual artist from Ottawa, ON
• Brent Hayden, a 30-year-old Olympian, private swim coach and photographer from Vancouver, BC
Each week, hostsJessi Cruickshank(@jessi) andJeff Douglas(@IAmJeffDouglas) guide viewers through the hour-long competition series, as four new hopefuls battle it out in front of a live studio audience. Each participant must demonstrate their competency in the categories of linguistic, physical, musical, visual, social and logical intelligence in order the claim the title ofCANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON.
At the time of issuing, Canadians engaging with theCANADA’S SMARTEST PERSONapp, brought to you in part by SUBWAY® Restaurants, live with the show revealed:
This week, the cities with the top average scores are
Waterloo, ON with 54 points, Miramichi, NB with 49 points and Keswick, ON with
47 points.
In the gender split men scored an average of 36.4 points
across all challenges and scored highest in visual and physical intelligence.
Females averaged 29.2 points across all challenges and scored highest in
linguistic and social intelligence this week.
Youths take the lead with under 18 years-old scoring
an average of 34.8 points over the evening challenges, 18 years-old and over
followed close behind with an average of 32.2 points and those fifty years -old
and over averaged 26 points across the evening challenges.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC, keep interacting live with the show as you can determine the final leader board standings while also potentially seeing your name on the broadcast as you show us how you are smart.
In between broadcast dates, Canadians can challenge their friends, family and co-workers to new challenges daily through the Canada’s Smartest Person App. Keep challenging yourself and watch as your intelligence profile develops.
Based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences,CANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON, produced by Media Headquarters, features unique intelligence tests that redefine what it means to be smart. Whether it’s using social smarts to detect if a person is telling the truth; musical smarts to play a one-of-a-kind instrument; or logical smarts to work your way through a maze of laser beams, the challenges are fun, mind-bending and ever-changing over all nine episodes.
About CANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON digital companion app:
Download theCANADA’S SMARTEST PERSONinteractive app, available now foriOSandAndroiddevices or online at cbc.ca/smartestperson. Tune in to the broadcast and play along in real time with each of the challenges. Compare personal results to the series’ competitors and other at-home players across the country. During the week, users can sharpen their skills with special bonus challenges.Share results on Facebook and Twitter@CanadasSmartest#SmartestPerson.
Find CANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON:
Website:cbc.ca/smartestperson/
Twitter:@CanadasSmartest#SmartestPerson
Facebook:facebook.com/canadassmartestperson
Instagram:@CanadasSmartest
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