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Housing crisis deepens as Big Brother Canada competitors revealed

- February 20th, 2013
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Canada’s housing crisis just got a little bit worse.

Fifteen people living the the same cramped building? Sounds unruly. And filling it with cameras? That just seems extreme.

Nonetheless, that’s what the contestants face on Big Brother Canada, the first season of which premieres Feb. 27 on Slice and Global.

Of the 10,000 Canadians who auditioned, the identities of the 15 lucky houseguests have been revealed. They are, in alphabetical order:

Danielle Alexander, Fort McMurray party girl (pictured above).

Suzette Amaya, mom from Vancouver.

Alec Beall, Vancouver doctoral student.

Emmett Blois, East Coast farmer.

Emerald (Topaz) Brady, Scarborough dental hygienist.

Peter Brown, New Brunswick professional YouTuber.

Anuj (A.J.) Burman, Toronto salesman.

Gary Levy, Toronto socialite.

Jillian MacLaughlin, Nova Scotia teacher.

Andrew Monaghan, East Coast romantic.

Thomas Plant, Calgary firefighter.

Aneal Ramkissoon, Richmond Hill native who plans to do his thesis on Big Brother.

Talla Rejaei, Edmonton beauty.

Liza Stinton, Toronto salon owner.

Kat Yee, Toronto bartender and tom-boy.

The houseguests will compete for a $100,000 grand prize. Big Brother Canada will be hosted by Arisa Cox.

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No second season for Canada’s Got Talent

- June 22nd, 2012

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CGT, MIA.

Canada’s Got Talent will not be back for a second season in 2012-13, Rogers Media and Citytv confirmed on Friday.

“After careful consideration of all factors, including the current economic climate, Citytv has refocused its programming strategy and will not be producing Canada’s Got Talent for the 2012-13 season,” said Rogers Media president of broadcast Scott Moore in a statement.

“Citytv remains extremely proud of Canada’s Got Talent and the national platform it provided to showcase our diverse and eclectic homegrown talent from across the country.”

Reality-competition shows always can come back, of course – it’s not as if they have ongoing plot lines or key actors who take other jobs. But the fact is, once a show such as this goes on hiatus for a year, it’s very rare that it ever returns.

Any show that requires a cross-Canada talent search, as well as multiple live episodes, certainly is an expensive proposition for any Canadian broadcaster. In that regard, something like the upcoming Citytv project The Bachelor Canada theoretically has the potential to be much more cost efficent.

Canada’s Got Talent, produced by Insight Productions, completed its rookie season last month, with the Manitoba dance team Sagkeeng’s Finest emerging as an upset champion. Judges were Martin Short, Measha Brueggergosman and Stephan Moccio, with host Dina Pugliese.

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