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''All-Round Champion'' is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered in 2020. Hosted by
Perdita Felicien Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980) is a Canadian retired hurdler. Felicien is the 2003 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles and 2004 World indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Champio ...
, the series features several high-achieving teen athletes from both Canada and the United States, placing them in a competition scenario where they must train and compete in sports other than their own primary discipline, with the best-performing athlete crowned as the winner at the end of the season. The series was produced by Marblemedia and based on the Norwegian series ''Best i mest''. It was produced for
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in Canada and
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in the United States, and also later aired on
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and PCCW Media. The show's renewal for a second season was announced before the first season began airing.Greg David
"Marblemedia announces re-commission of All-Round Champion"
. ''TV, eh?'', February 7, 2020.
To date the show has aired 6 seasons consisting of 79 episodes.


Format

All-Round Champion runs over the course of ten weeks ;with the exception of season 6, which will run for eleven). Each week, one of the athletes gets to showcase and coach their sport to their fellow competitors, alongside a sport star whose job is to not only coach the athletes, but also to award the medals and the shoutouts at the end of the week. Each week starts with the athletes on their bus learning about the week's sport via a recorded message from the host, Perdita Felicien, which would air on a TV inside the bus. After the announcement, the athletes set off to a location where they partake in ''The Basics''. ''The Basics'' is a day where the athletes do a fun activity which relates to the week's sport. In season 3, ''The Basics'' was also an opportunity for one of the athletes to earn ''The Advantage'', which gave them a leg-up over the rest on ''Competition Day''. Following ''The Basics'', came the two ''Training Days''. On the first day of Training, the athlete whose sport is one of the week, gets to showcase their sport in a demonstration. The announcement of the sport star follows the demo, where they introduce themselves and show off their medals. Over the course of the two days, the athletes train in the chosen sport, to learn and perfect their abilities for the all important ''Competition Day''. On ''Competition Day'', the athletes all compete either individually or as a team (depending on the sport) in the sport. This is where ''The Advantage'' comes into play, as the athlete in possession of it, gets an advantage in the competition, which could increase their chances of landing on ''The Podium''. At the end of the competition, would come ''The Podium,'' where the ''Shoutouts'' and ''The Medals'' are awarded. ''Shoutouts'' are individual awards worth ten points where the sport star acknowledges two athletes for their work ethic and improvement during the week. ''The Medals'' are awards handed out to three (or more, depending on the sport) athletes who did the best in ''The Competition''. Three medals are handed out: one bronze, one silver and one gold. ''The Medals'' also translate to points on ''The'' ''Leaderboard''. All the athletes who participated in the competition and did not receive a medal, nor a shoutout receive five points. The Leaderboard keeps track of each athlete's progress in points throughout the competition. A visual of The Leaderboard airs at the end of The Podium. This format continues until after the final sport, where the athletes compete in the ARC-athlon. In the ARC-athlon, all of the ten athletes compete in five different events to gain more points to their final point tally. These events (except the team events) still follow the point system of the medals, but also depending on how they placed in the event, they would also be awarded a certain number of points. At the end of the ARC-athlon, would come The Final Podium, where Predita recognizes each athletes journey throughout the competition. Then she announces the All-Round Champion, which is the athlete with the most points on the leaderboard. The winner is awarded the All-Round Champion belt.


Season 1


Athletes


Episode Leaderboard


Final Leaderboard (After ARC-athlon)


Reception

Kirsten Hurd, commissioning editor at Canadian public broadcaster TVOKids, called the series a "runaway hit."


Accolades

The series has won two
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...
s for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series out of three nominations. In 2023, the series received two
Children's and Family Emmy Awards The Children's and Family Emmy Awards, or Children's and Family Emmys, are a part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts a ...
nominations for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program and Outstanding Casting."THE 2nd ANNUAL CHILDREN'S AND FAMILY EMMY®AWARDS NOMINEES"
. '' EMMY®AWARDS'', November 2, 2023.


References


External links


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