Canada's Worst Driver (season 1)

Canada's Worst Driver
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Developed by	Proper Television
Presented by	Andrew Younghusband
Narrated by	Andrew Younghusband
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel Canada
Original release	October 2 – November 14, 2005
Chronology
Followed by	Canada's Worst Driver 2
Related shows	Canada's Worst Handyman Britain's Worst Driver
External links
Website

Canada's Worst Driver (CWD), is a reality television series first aired on Discovery Channel Canada, based on the UK Channel 4 Television Corporation's Britain's Worst Driver. Canada's Worst Driver is produced by Proper Television, and is hosted by Andrew Younghusband.

It was the job of the experts to evaluate the drivers, help give instruction and counseling, and ultimately judge how well the drivers did or did not improve. The experts consisted of the following individuals:

Each of the eight drivers had his or her own reason for being there; not all were generically incompetent drivers. Here are the contestants from the first season:

The result of the first season of Canada's Worst Driver is as follows:

After performing admirably well in a parallel parking challenge, despite doing lousy in the water tank challenge, and in a challenge during night-time, Bob shows that he can be patient, and graduates. He also received the highest score in street sign identification with a perfect 5/5, while Heather scores the worst with only one sign correct.

Tatiana's confidence from driving at increased speeds in the "Eye of the Needle" challenge makes her the second graduate. All the other contestants, including speed addict Faith-Ann did not do as well in the challenge (Madalena's performance was not shown). Andrew also points out that the passenger side is where the car usually gets hit during the challenge, claiming that the drivers are selfish and only care about their own safety rather than their passengers' safety.

Faith Ann's confidence in an uphill driving challenge had convinced the judges that she should be the third graduate.

In a surprising twist, the judges decide that no one graduates due to overall poor performance by all candidates.

David's leadership ability in an ice-themed challenge makes him the fourth graduate of the Driver Rehabilitation Centre.

Aided by a flawless effort in a challenge that was specifically tightened so as to try to make him lose his temper, Manuel becomes the next driver to graduate. The other contestants, though (especially Chris Ferguson) are ticked off that Manuel graduated and not them. They thought that Manuel's driving was not any better than theirs.

The finale, taking place within Montreal's downtown, first start the final exam. All the three contestants have done nearly equally as bad. In the drive to Montreal, though, it shows that Heather was the one who did the best. Chris and Madalena did worse, though. Chris is named Canada's Worst Driver as Madalena's performance in the final challenge was seen to be due to her partying the night before. Madalena also complains about the car being used in the road test. A follow up episode revealed that Madalena's father purchased her a new BMW for not being named Canada's Worst Driver.