Blown Away (TV series)


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.
The contestants on the show comprise 10 glassblowers. Nick Uhas, a former Big Brother U.S contestant and science YouTuber, hosts the show, while Katherine Gray, an artist and professor at California State University, San Bernardino is the chief judge. The winner receives a $60,000 prize and an artist residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. The first season was filmed in 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 provide advice and evaluation to the contestants each round.

Contestants

Ages are at time of filming.
ContestantAgeOutcome
Deborah Czeresko57
Janusz Poźniak53
Alexander Rosenberg363rd place
Patrick Primeau444th place
245th place
Leah Kudel346th place
Annette Sheppard377th place
Edgar Valentine228th place
Benjamin Kikkert459th place
Kevin Kiff2310th place

Episodes

Results Summary

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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.