All-Round Champion is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered in 2020.Adam Cook, "'All-Round Champion': Alberta athletes star in sports-based reality show" . CTV News Edmonton, January 18, 2021. Hosted by Perdita Felicien, 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.Greg David, "marblemedia adapts international award-winning show All-Round Champion" . TV, eh?, August 21, 2019. It was produced for TVOntario in Canada and BYUtv in the United States, and also later aired on Knowledge Network and PCCW Media.Andrew Lacey, . Realscreen December 5, 2023.

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 two days, athletes train in their chosen sport to develop and refine their skills for 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. +The Medals MedalsPoint ValueGold25 pointsSilver20 pointsBronze15 points 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 +AthletesNameSportBrodie DrummondKayakingCayde MckinstraySkateboardingDaniel JohnsonWakeboardingFaith FoleyKart RacingFenella MurphyEquestrianHaven WardGolfJasmine JaswalSwimmingMarshall GehrkeBMXMichael AndriyukDivingSydney StevensGymnastics

Episode Leaderboard +AthleteDivingGymnasticsEquestrianGolfSkateboardingSwimmingBMXWakeboardingKart RacingKayakingBrodie Drummond51035406590105130140150Sydney Stevens252540458090100105113128Marshall Gehrke1540455070757580105125Daniel Johnson2050558095100125125145170Cayde Mckinstray520253040456585100105Jasmine Jaswal10101545505055657181Michael Andriyuk051520204045707580Haven Ward5103535406570759297Fenella Murphy10101040606570758489Faith Foley051520354050556570

Final Leaderboard (After ARC-athlon) +Final LeaderboardAthletesPointsBrodie Drummond190Sydney Stevens188Marshall Gehrke185Daniel Johnson180Cayde Mckinstray162Jasmine Jaswal141Michael Andriyuk135Haven Ward125Fenella Murphy116Faith Foley101

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

Accolades The series has won two Canadian Screen Awards for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series out of three nominations.Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

In 2023, the series received two Children's and Family Emmy Awards 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 All-Round Champion at BYUtv