Blood, Sweat & Tools

Blood, Sweat & Tools
Developed by Proper Television
Presented by Helder Brum
Rob Koci
Hillary Manion
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) Guy O'Sullivan
Jennifer Scott
Producer(s) Blair Ricard
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Discovery Channel Canada
Original run April 13, 2015 – present
Chronology
Related shows Canada's Worst Handyman
External links
Website

Blood, Sweat & Tools is a Canadian television series broadcast on Discovery Channel. The series is hosted by Helder Brum, Rob Koci and Hillary Manion, who also act as the challenge judges and expert advisers to the contestants.

Format

The series is the successor of Canada's Worst Handyman, and has a broadly similar format, but with an emphasis on rewarding competent handiwork rather than finding the nation's worst handyman. The couples are divided into teams, who are each tasked with undertaking a number of handiwork-related challenges, with the overall goal of improving their skills and confidence. At the end of each episode, the most improved couple is awarded a prize (unlike Canada's Worst Handyman, no couple is named the worst). At the end of the series, a $50,000 cash prize is given to the most improved couple, as voted on by the public.[1]

Contestants

Synopsis

Team Members 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Blue Team Jesse & Holly NOM IN IN
Green Team Jake & Nicole NOM NOM NOM
Pink Team Danielle & Tyler IN IN IMP
Purple Team Steve & Richelene IMP IN IN
Red Team Fabian & Luayn IN IMP IN
     WINNER - The team was named the winner of the series, and awarded the $50,000 prize
     IMP - The team was named the most improved of the episode
     NOM - The team was nominated as the most improved of the episode
     OUT - The team was eliminated, and is out of the running for the grand prize

Episode 1: Let there be Tools!

Original airdate: April 13 2015

Because they each won a challenge, the Blue, Green and Purple Teams are nominated as the best of the episode. In the end, the experts note that the Green Team totally imploded in the episode's final challenge, and decide that Jesse's violation of the rules in the same challenge cannot be ignored. This means that the Purple Team are the first to be named the best of the episode, as they got better and better in every challenge, and the experts were extremely impressed with Richelene in particular, for showing by far the most improvement of any of the contestants. She and Steve are rewarded with a Japanese "Smart Toilet" worth $3,000.

Episode 2: What's Up, Dock?

Original airdate: April 20 2015

This week, only two teams are in consideration for the most improved, namely the Green and Red Teams. While Hillary argues that the Green Team should be named the best for working better together than they had done in the past, and also argues that the Red Team's rickety shower should preclude them from being named the best, Rob and Helder ultimately agree on naming the Red Team as the best, for winning two challenges and doing generally very solid work across the episode. Fabian and Luayn are awarded with a $1,000 diving board, though are befuddled as to what they'd actually use it for.

Episode 3: The Walls Come Tumbling Down

Original airdate: April 27 2015

Before naming the most improved team, the experts drop a bombshell; prior to the final episode, two teams will be eliminated. They do not tell the teams how or when this will occur, but hint that as of now, they consider the Blue Team to be the worst of the five due to leaving jobs unfinished and having shown no improvement in their ability to work together. The Red Team are also privately concerned that any repeat of their careless safety violations could result in them being thrown off the show if they commit a bad enough mistake.

Again, there are two teams in consideration for best, namely the Green and Pink Teams. Hilary argues that the Green Team should be named the best, as they've been consistently strong until now, and are making major progress toward working together better, despite the occasional argument. Helder, on the other hand, feels that the Pink Team deserve to be named the best as a reward for turning their act around this episode, after their generally dreadful performances in the first two episodes. In the end, Rob sides with Helder, and the Green Team are passed over for the third time in a row, with the Pink Team being named the best. Their reward is an outdoor Sicilian pizza oven, and while Danielle admits that she has no idea how to make pizza, she's going to learn it now.

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