Did you miss this year's show? Then tune in to CBC Television this Wednesday June 3rd at 8 pm for an encore presentation of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. But before you do, get to know our four finalists. Watch their video profiles here:
And remember to join us Wednesday night for the show!
Canada's Next Great Prime Minister's web team announces the triumph of the final web version of the 2009 episode of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. Yes, we've already released the web-exclusive version of the show, including extra material from the former PMs and excerpts from the online debate we held on show night, in which many of you contributed great comments and questions. But now we have a higher quality version of the video, more specifically with a text crawl (live chat excerpts) that's easier to read.
Click here to watch the final web exclusive version of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, 2009 edition.
Congratulations to Week 9 winner Carol W. from Hamilton, ON.
We had lots of fun reading your answers to our questions during this contest. Thanks for participating in Canada's Next Great Answer and congrats again to all of our weekly winners.
Amy Marlene Robichaud, Canada's Next Great Prime Minister in the 2008-2009 competition and 2009 television show, appeared on CBC News: Morning the day after the big win for a live interview with host Heather Hiscox.
Check out Amy's reflections on the show, how she pulled off the win and where she'll go next following this experience.
Did you miss the 2009 episode of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister? Now you can watch the complete show online along with the entire chat transcript from our online debate we held during the show.
The show has been posted to YouTube for now and a higher quality version will be available shortly.
Thanks to all our fans for watching.
The 2009 edition of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister aired last night across Canada and after a fierce debate hosted by Alex Trebek and judged by former Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell and Paul Martin, Calgary native Amy Marlene Robichaud won the competition and was awarded $50,000 and paid internships. Congratulations Amy! The three runners up were also awarded cash prizes $5000 and paid internships.
Amy was the second person to enter this season's competition which began online when we asked young Canadians aged 18-25 to post a video to YouTube telling us what they would do to improve Canada politically, socially and economically. Candidates challenged one another's platforms with additional videos and debates in our forums. They also responded to weekly video challenges asking for their opinions on current affairs. Finally, ten semifinalists were selected to come to Toronto to compete head to head at political bootcamp where our four finalists were selected to compete on the nationally televised show.
You can view Amy's activity through this whole process on her profile pages. To see all semifinalist activity, start here and to see videos from all candidates this year, click here.
If you missed last night's show, don't worry! We'll be releasing a special web-only version of the show complete with excerpts from last night's live online debate and deleted scenes. Stay tuned!
UPDATE 6 p.m. ET: We're still in the process of preparing the web version of the show. We'll have it online for you Friday. Thanks for your patience and for the great chat during show night. Please check back Friday for the video.
Part 4 of 4: Time Files When You're Having Fun ... But All Good Things Must Come to an End. The 10 semifinalists reflect on the whirlwind experience that is boot camp as they finish it off, battling for the final four spots in the competition, the finale of which takes place on the national TV.
A hearty congrats to all semifinalists who participated in boot camp 2009, and good luck to the final four, who go head to head (to head to head) this Wed. night at 8 p.m. on CBC-TV, vying for $50, 000 and the title of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister!
