Deal or No Deal Canada
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| Deal or No Deal Canada | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Deal or No Deal Canada logo | |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Starring | Howie Mandel Rick Campanelli (Canada's Case Game) Models Peter Abbay (The Banker) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Scott St. John John Brunton Barbara Bowlby |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Global |
| Release | February 4 – March 1, 2007 |
Deal or No Deal Canada is the Canadian-English version of the show Deal or No Deal, which premiered on February 4, 2007. The show ran on the Global Television Network, and lasted five episodes.
The host of the U.S. version, Canadian-born Howie Mandel, hosts the Canadian version of the show. The producer and director of the US version, Scott St. John and R. Brian DiPirro, respectively, also came to Canada to produce this version.
The show was taped at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto on January 23, 24 and 25, 2007 after receiving 112,767 applicants from prospective players.
The first episode aired on Sunday, February 4. This episode attracted 2.7 million viewers, making it the single highest rated Canadian program ever on Global [1]. The remaining episodes aired over the following four consecutive Thursdays, with the finale on March 1, 2007.
Despite the show's success in its brief five episode run, Global never picked up the show for a full-season run.
Case models
Five of the 26 models were selected from casting calls in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal, joining 21 other professionally hired models. The full list is as follows:
| Case # | Model | Where From | Originally From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Rimmer | Toronto, Ontario | Coldwater, Ontario |
| 2 | Amber Borde | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 3 | Megan Lindley | Toronto, Ontario | Coldwater, Ontario |
| 4 | Brandi Alexander | Toronto, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 5 | Brittany Gray | Pickering, Ontario | |
| 6 | Daphne Kostova | Toronto, Ontario | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| 7 | Véronique Landry (also appears on the French version) |
Montreal, Quebec | Chicoutimi, Quebec |
| 8 | Hinde Rabbaj | Longueuil, Quebec | |
| 9 | Michelle Lindo | Brampton, Ontario | |
| 10 | Chantale Nadeau | Toronto, Ontario | Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec |
| 11 | Jessica Antonella Romano | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 12 | Jennifer Cooper | Waterloo, Ontario | Pickering, Ontario |
| 13 | Lilette Wiens | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 14 | Jill Clark | Toronto, Ontario | Mississauga, Ontario |
| 15 | Sarah Laurene Jackson | Barrie, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario |
| 16 | Tenika Davis | Toronto, Ontario | Newmarket, Ontario |
| 17 | Laura Elizabeth Pilotte | Whitby, Ontario | Pickering, Ontario |
| 18 | Nora Kwang | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 19 | Kylee Evans | Toronto, Ontario | Stellarton, Nova Scotia |
| 20 | Jennifer Jacqueline Palamos | Abbotsford, British Columbia | Surrey, British Columbia |
| 21 | Siovan Hope-Ross | London, Ontario | St. Maarten, Trinidad |
| 22 | Jessica Gabrielle Hebert | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 23 | Jennifer Fletcher | Calgary, Alberta | Red Deer, Alberta |
| 24 | Amanda Perreira | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 25 | Candace Edwards | Toronto, Ontario | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 26 | Shanu Rawat | Toronto, Ontario | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Substitute | Angélica Escudero | Toronto, Ontario | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Substitute | Katherine Aniela Fergusson-Kurylo | Toronto, Ontario | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Despite being a Canadian native, Leyla Milani (who holds Case #13 on the US version) is not one of the models on the Canadian version.
Case values
The amounts remain the same as the American edition, except for the re-labeling of the $1 value using the common nickname "loonie", the addition of a "toonie" case, and the removal of the $400,000 value. All amounts are in Canadian dollars, tax-free.
| Left Side | Right Side |
|---|---|
| $0.01 | $750 |
| LOONIE ($1) | $1,000 |
| TOONIE ($2) | $5,000 |
| $5 | $10,000 |
| $10 | $25,000 |
| $25 | $50,000 |
| $50 | $75,000 |
| $75 | $100,000 |
| $100 | $200,000 |
| $200 | $300,000 |
| $300 | $500,000 |
| $400 | $750,000 |
| $500 | $1,000,000 |
Canada's Case Game
Presented by ET Canada correspondent Rick Campanelli, Canada's Case Game is modelled after the American Lucky Case Game. During commercials, five cases are displayed by a selection of the models. Viewers are invited to choose a case by texting a number (at a cost of $1 per message) or entering at globaltv.com, with the winning case displayed at the end of the program and all those who selected that case being entered in the draw for the grand prize.
However, the prize in this Case Game is not cash; prizes that have been offered include a Pontiac G6 convertible (in connection with Pontiac's sponsorship of the show) and trips for 12 from Sunquest Vacations.
In the first episode, entry volume was so high that the contest had to be extended one hour.
Winners of Canada's Case Game are revealed the following evening on ET Canada.
Sponsors and cross-placement
In addition to Pontiac, Rogers is also a main sponsor of Deal or No Deal Canada. The red-coloured telephone on the show is product placement for Rogers.
In connection with this sponsorship arrangement, some of the case models appeared on Rogers Sportsnet on February 27, 2007 during their annual NHL Trade Deadline show[citation needed].