Canada's Worst Handyman is a Canadian television series broadcast on Discovery Channel. The show is produced by Proper Television, and shares its production with Canada's Worst Driver , including executive producer Guy O'Sullivan and host Andrew Younghusband. The series is based on a 2004 episode of the Worst England series , titled Worter DIYer Inggris . Like the series of sisters of Canada's Worst Racers , there is a similar adaptation in other English-speaking countries, in the US in 2011, with 10 Worst Beginnings in America UK Worst 2005 spin-off series, UK's Worst DIYer . Six seasons of the show has been completed.
On January 10, 2013, the series' Facebook page posted a statement that the event was "on a hiatus with an unknown date for relaunch." In June 2014, Discovery Channel Canada began searching for a partner at www.badhandyman.ca. The new version of the show airs in Spring 2015, under the title Blood, Sweat & amp; The tools , show the pair, not the individual artisan.
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Format
In each season, five of their contestants and nominees arrive at the Handyman Rehabilitation Center, where they take part in a three-week renovation project (16 days of filming for 18 days) there, consisting of challenges designed to improve the skills of contestants. Each contestant and nominee pair are assigned a color coded workplace, and if not working separately on their respective projects. Before entering the Handyman Rehabilitation Center, every contestant performs a challenge in their own home, to be aired in the first episode; these colloquially referred to as "home challenges".
Since the second season, every challenge is judged on a pass/fail system, based on whether the challenge is resolved within the prescribed time limit (usually two to three times the time it takes for a professional to challenge). Nominators are expected to help their candidates (though, in season 5, they can not immediately offer suggestions for appropriate action, so do not take over the challenge itself), and contestants can freely help each other after the resolution of their challenges. Contestants can also review previous challenges on their own time if they fail in challenges or are otherwise incomplete.
Each episode also contains a group challenge, in which five contestants, usually without their nominees, have to challenge together. Starting with a second group challenge, one contestant is considered a foreman and given the task of leading the other four. The institutional foreman concept instituted starting with the second group challenge in the first season in reaction to how bad the contestants have worked together for the first group challenge, and has been keeping up with the series ever since.
At the end of each episode, two judges and host Andrew Younghusband inspect the workshop of the contestants, and after each contestant is interviewed, deliberate which contestant is most up and which contestant is named the worst. The most upgraded contestant was given a "golden hard hat" (a belt tool given in the first two seasons), and was rewarded with the privilege of leading the next group challenge. The worst named contestants (who may be the best contestants) should "hang their heads in shame" and nail their portraits to the "wall of shame", and be treated to a personal "homework challenge" with Andrew. Experts are entitled not to mention the names of the best artisans or mention more than one contestant as the worst, although the former never happens and the last one only once. On rare occasions, nominees can also be awarded the best or worst award to help or hamper their candidates. On one occasion, the contestants and their nominees are collectively the best and the worst.
Throughout the entire process, experts teach contestants the various skills they may need to challenge in class sessions. Beginning in the third season, the experts also do each and every challenge before the contestant is challenged, partly as a demonstration to the contestant and partly to show that the task can be done correctly and within the time limit. During the challenge the experts observe each contestant from the show production facility, or in the later season, "expert room". Experts may also intervene in case of serious security breaches or other serious incidents, or if a participant is not prepared for the challenge (such as a pre-requisite challenge that is not close to completion).
The last episode of each season differs in many details, but centers on a list of tasks to be completed by all the contestants. For the first season, this is the "final exam of the artisan", where contestants must work together to completely renovate the apartment in an extended group challenge. For the second season, the list is used in group challenges where contestants and nominees as a whole must complete each warehouse, with the last challenge is moving their warehouse out of their workshop, while in the next season each contestant is given their own list for tasks to be completed in their workspace so as to make their space worthy of a series of clients; furthermore, the list must be completed in the order listed therein, usually in the order in which the initial challenge is presented. The contestant with the worst finished product, as determined by the client, expert, and Andrew, is named the Worst Handyman in Canada.
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Tools
In the first three seasons, the contestants were given the tools and materials needed for each challenge, with most of the tools that became the DeWalt brand. Canadian Tire became the series's main sponsor for the 4-5 season, and one of the first challenges of the year was shopping for all the necessary tools and materials from the local Canadian Ban store; as a result, the Mastercraft product is clearly displayed. Canadian Tire attracts their sponsorship in season 6, and therefore the shopping challenges are eliminated and contestant tools are back on being from different brands.
This event has not given any indication of whether the contestant is given the tool as a memento or whether the tool is returned to the production staff of the event after each season.
Furnishings for rooms in the first three seasons include decoration from IKEA.
Nominated
The contestants are selected by nomination submitted to Proper Television. The Worst Canadian Racer and The Worst Hunter of Canada was filmed alternately, with a Driver season followed by a season Handyman . Currently, Drivers are filmed during the summer and Handyman in winter. Nominations for the next season were received briefly before another season aired on the Discovery Channel. Candidates may be nominated by several nominees, although only one nominees accompany the contestant to the Handyman Rehabilitation Center.
Home video/Internet availability
Just like its sister show, Canada's Worst Driver , all six seasons are available for download from iTunes Canada in the Standard Definition (480i/p) Anamorphic widescreen, with Seasons 5 and 6 also available for streaming on the Discovery Channel Website Canada. There are currently no known plans for DVD/Blu-ray releases from any of the seasons. Season two to six is ​​available for CraveTV customers. Season three and four is available in some countries such as UK and Sweden via Netflix streaming service.
Seasons
- Canada's Worst Handyman (2006) takes place in an apartment complex left behind in the Regent Park neighborhood of Toronto. Contestants should fully renovate a one-bedroom apartment, with group challenges being diverse chore duties. Keith Cole is named the Worst Handyman in Canada for lack of focus. This is the only season of Canada's Worst Handyman to be filmed in the summer.
- Handyman 2 Worst in Canada (2007) takes place in a warehouse east of downtown Toronto. Contestants must build an eco-shed, which is auctioned off invisibly by bidders on eBay with proceeds donated to Habitat for Humanity Canada; the sixth bidder also won a warehouse built by experts. Group challenges into a variety of outdoor comforts. Terry Cress was named the Worst Handyman in Canada because of his bad attitude and work ethic, shown when he tore his eco-shed with a chainsaw command to unleash the warehouse from the barn. The series is the first in which the contestant nominees are replaced by the beak through the series, when nominee Terry Harvey Houle has to be hospitalized for persistent back pain; Terry's wife, Angie, served as her nominee for the rest of the series.
- The Worst Handyman in Canada 3 (2008) takes place in an old house in Hamilton, Ontario. Participants should completely rebuild a room on the ground floor of a house to be suitable for bed and breakfast. The challenge group centered on renovating the common areas to the kitchen for bed and breakfast. Joe "The Bullet" Barbaro was named the Worst Handyman in Canada due to poor design and workmanship in his room.
- Canada's 4th Worst Handy (2009) takes place at Pow Wow Point Lodge in Huntsville, Ontario. Participants must rebuild rooms at the inn to be suitable for children's retreats. The group's challenge centered on building the parts needed for an ice fishing hut; the cottage itself is assembled in the last group challenge. Johnnie Bachusky was named the Worst Handyman in Canada for his slow progress. The series is also the first in which one of the contestants, Brian Pugh, has been removed for behavioral reasons; no verdict was given in the episode, and the series continued with four contestants.
- The Worst Handyman in Canada 5 (2010) takes place at the home of the Delta Upsilon fraternity located near the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Participants must renovate each room in it. The group's challenge centered on the renovation of the frat house kitchen. This was the first season in which nominee, Matt Hanley, was named the worst in an episode. Photo of actor Alan Thicke, who used to live in the house, often appear throughout the season. In the end, Deen Flett is named the Worst Handyman in Canada for his unsafe job; Dien was the first to be named Worst Handyman in Canada without being the worst in every episode.
- The Worst Handyman in Canada 6 (2011) takes place at Niagara Falls Carriage House in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where several hotel suites are converted into honeymoon retreat spots. The group's challenge is focused on turning one room into a spa. In the end, Charlene Hunt's slow work made him the first woman to be crowned as the Worst Handyman in Canada.
Spin-off
Junk Raiders is a spinoff, starring contractor Geoff Woodmansey, who uses junk and cast-off construction to produce quality construction.
Blood, Sweat & amp; Tools is a spin-off series, first aired in Spring 2015. In June 2014, Discovery Channel Canada began looking for a partner for the new season at www.badhandyman.ca, using clips from the previous CWH season. The resurrection version of the show features an overlord rather than an individual couple, continuing the DIY challenge, and judging by a panel of three experts.
See also
- Handyman Superstar Challenge
- Junk Raiders
References
External links
- the Worst Handyman's page in Canada
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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