Blown Away is a Canadian reality glassblowing competition television series that premiered on the Canadian channel Makeful before a subsequent release on the streaming platform Netflix. The 10-episode first season was released on July 12, 2019. The series is filmed in Canada and is produced by Marblemedia.
Casting for a second season was announced in November 2019. Season 2 was released on Netflix in January 2021. A four-episode Christmas series was released in November 2021. Season 3 premiered on July 22, 2022. Season 4 premiered on March 8, 2024.
The contestants on the show are 10 glassblowers. Katherine Gray, an artist and associate professor at California State University, San Bernardino, is the chief judge. Nick Uhas, a former Big Brother USA contestant and science YouTuber, hosted the show for its first three seasons. Hunter March became the host for season 4. The winner receives a prize package worth the equivalent of $60,000, including an artist residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. The first season was filmed in a converted warehouse in Hamilton, Ontario, a facility that was "custom-built to accommodate 10 glass blowers working simultaneously". Industry experts from the Craft and Design Glass Studio at Sheridan College, Pilchuck Glass School, and the Corning Museum of Glass consulted the producers during the construction of the facility and provided advice and evaluation to the contestants each round.
Contestants Season 1 Contestant Outcome Deborah Czeresko Janusz Poźniak Alexander Rosenberg 3rd place Patrick Primeau 4th place 5th place Leah Kudel 6th place Annette Sheppard 7th place Edgar Valentine 8th place Benjamin Kikkert 9th place Kevin Kiff 10th place
Season 2 Contestant Outcome Elliot Walker Cat Burns Chris Taylor 3rd place Nao Yamamoto 4th place Andi Kovel 5th place Mike Shelbo 6th place Brad Turner 7th place Jason McDonald 8th place Ben Silver 9th place Tegan Hamilton 10th place
Blown Away: Christmas Contestant Outcome Blown Away History Season Placement Cat Burns Season 2 Runner-up Nao Yamamoto Season 2 4th place Alexander Rosenberg 3rd place Season 1 3rd place Edgar Valentine 4th place Season 1 8th place Andi Kovel 5th place Season 2 5th place
Season 3 Contestant Outcome John Moran Winner Minhi Su England Runner-up John Sharvin 3rd place Dan Friday 4th placeTrenton Quiocho5th place Grace Whiteside 6th place Brenna Baker 7th place Maddy Hughes 8th place Rob Stern 9th place Claire Kelly 10th place
Season 4 +ContestantOutcomeMorgan PetersonWinnerRyan ThompsonRunner-upJonathan Capps3rd placeKaren Willenbrink-Johnsen4th placeGemma Hollister5th placeRyan Blythe6th placeLeana Quade7th placeArthur Wilson8th placeRobert Burch9th placeHayden MacRae10th place
Episodes
Season 1 (2019)
Season 2 (2021)
Blown Away: Christmas (2021)
Season 3 (2022)
Season 4 (2024)
Results Season 1 Elimination chartArtist 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Deborah BEST BEST BEST WINNERJanusz BEST BESTBEST Runner UpAlexander BEST BEST OUT Patrick BEST OUT Momo OUT Leah BEST OUT Annette OUT Edgar OUT Benjamin OUT Kevin OUT
Season 2 Elimination chartArtist 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ElliotBEST BEST BEST BEST WINNERCat BEST BEST Runner UpChris BEST BEST OUT Nao BEST OUT Andi OUT Mike OUT Brad OUT Jason OUT Ben OUT Tegan OUT
Blown Away: Christmas Elimination chartArtist 1 2 3 4Cat BEST BEST WINNERNao BEST Runner UpAlexander OUT Edgar OUT Andi OUT
Season 3 Elimination chartArtist 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 John M BEST BEST BEST BESTBESTWINNERMinhi BEST BEST Runner UpJohn S BEST BEST OUT Dan BEST OUT Trenton OUT Grace BESTOUT Brenna OUT Maddy OUT Rob OUT Claire OUT
Season 4 Elimination chartArtist12345678910Morgan BEST BEST BESTWINNERRyan T BESTBESTRunner UpJonathan BEST BEST OUTKaren BEST BESTOUTGemma BEST OUT Ryan BOUTQuade OUTArthur OUT Robert OUT Hayden OUT : No contestants were eliminated in this episode. : Jonathan won the quick blow challenge and an extra 20 minutes to complete the main challenge.
Colour key:
Artist got through to the next round. Artist was eliminated. Artist was the Best in Blow. Artist was a series runner-up. Artist was the series winner.
Reception Blown Away received a positive review from Joel Keller of Decider who compared it to Top Chef and The Great British Bake Off. The Fader praised the series as rising above other competition shows and being educational.
Awards 2020Canadian Screen AwardsReality/Competition Program or SeriesProduction Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction - Tim LukeBest Direction - Reality or Competition - Mike Bickerton
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