Canada's Worst Handyman 5 was the fifth season of the Canadian reality TV show Canada's Worst Handyman, which aired on the Discovery Channel. As with previous years, five people, nominated by their family or friends, enter the Handyman Rehabilitation Centre to improve their handyman skills. This year, the Handyman Rehabilitation Centre is located at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house located on Central Avenue in London, Ontario. As with the previous season, contestants must purchase the 245 supplies they need, this time to renovate individual rooms in the frat house. Group challenges this season center on the renovation of a central kitchen. There are several changes that were made for this season: contestants were allowed full access to a computer during challenges for informational purposes and nominators were not permitted to make suggestions to their nominees. It is also the first time since the first season that the nominators are not present at the end of the episode when the most improved and the worst are named.
Experts
Geoff Woodmansey has been in the trades for most of his life. One of his recent projects was shown on the TV show Junk Raiders, where he and others attempted to renovate a loft using only recycled and reclaimed materials. Gail Prosser-Craig is the show's carpentry expert. She was trained in finish carpentry and currently operates a renovation company entirely staffed by women.
Contestants
Angela Finseth, 30, a stay-at-home mother of three from Spruce Grove, Alberta (near Edmonton), has been bitten by the decoration bug, but the quality of her redecoration leaves much to be desired. In fact, her husband and nominator, Matt Hanley, an audio technician, is said to be disgusted by her workmanship. However, it is often his attitude that makes her give up the projects. As the season progresses, it becomes clear that Matt wants Angela (the only female nominee) to fail so she will stop doing handiwork. Deen Flett, 38, a youth worker and former professional hockey player from High Prairie, Alberta (at the time of taping; he has since moved to Stony Plain, Alberta at the time of airing, both of which are near Edmonton), is completely clueless when it comes to tools, not knowing what they are and what they are used for. His twin brother, Doug, is putting him in rehab because he does not want to bail him out of handiwork trouble again. Deen is also distantly related to former contestant Merle Auger from the first season, as Merle is the cousin to Deen's brother-in-law. Cory Goertzen, 27, an auto mechanic from Burns Lake, British Columbia, is a person who rushes through projects to finish them. His short temper has led his fiancée, Kim Pettigrew, to nominate him based on his attitude and he accepted simply to prove her wrong. Simon Larade, 63, a retired school teacher from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, is passionate about home renovation. According to his wife of 37 years and original nominator, Linda, the passion may be there, but the skill needed to get things done is not-- so much so that she has barred Simon (the oldest nominee overall) from doing projects on the ground floor of their home. Linda was only able to attend the first half of the rehab course due to other commitments and for the second half was replaced by the couple's son, Joey. Matt Webb, 24, a former soldier from Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, is a self-described hillbilly. Handiwork is in his blood; he had built his house from the ground up. However, his friend and nominator, Keith MacNeil (referred to as Silent Keith on the show because he went through almost the entire series without saying a word; the only exception being the Frat House Bender: Part Two Challenge in Episode 6), thinks that it is all for naught, as his house is crooked and nothing is properly done.
Synopsis
CWH – The contestant is Canada's Worst Handyman. WORST – The contestant is the worst of the episode. NOM – The nominator of the contestant is the worst of the episode. IN – The contestant was considered for the worst for this episode. IMP – The contestant is the most improved of the episode.
