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Rebecca Hardy, a 22 year-old factory worker from Mannheim, Ontario earned the title of “Canada’s Next Top Model” in the exciting season finale on Citytv Wednesday night.

In the highly-anticipated finale, the final four - Rebecca, Sinead, Tara and Tia, face off in a CoverGirl commercial shoot with photographer Jim De Yonker. All the girls surprisingly impress the judges, but when it comes time to eliminate, Tara and Tia are sent home.

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Welcome to the first TV, Eh? podcast. It’s packed at 40 minutes with interviews, DVD reviews, and chatter about Canadian shows on right now. Segment start times are approximate:

1. I chat with TV fan and industry insider Caroline from A Place Called Say It, Say It, Say It about reality television - first up, Superstar Chef Challenge and The Scoop
2. (Start time: 5:55) Writer Denis McGrath from Dead Things on Sticks gives us a DVD review of Our Hero
3. (Start time: 12:00) Caroline talks about From the Ground Up
4. (Start time: 15:15) Webmaster Patrick Allec from TV Archive interviews Jackson Davies of The Beachcombers, and gives us the scoop on the 35th anniversary celebrations (check out Friends of the Beachcombers on Facebook)
5. (Start time: 24:06) Caroline and I mock Canadian Idol and its executive producer John Brunton a little
6. (Start time: 27:32) Writer Alex Epstein from Complications Ensue presents a lovely justification for supporting Canadian content
7. (Start time: 34:00) Jennifer Smith from Runesmith’s Canadian Content talks about why she values Canadian content as an audience member and taxpayer
8. (Start time: 38:15) Caroline narrowly avoids mocking me about my current obsession with Canada’s Next Top Model - we’re picking Rebecca to win

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Tara Merrin of Sun Media interviews Nole Marin, who refutes last year’s winner’s claims that judge Jeanne Beker ruined her career:

• Model shooter backs show’s judge
  “Controversy erupted last month when (Andrea) Muizelaar, in an attempt to set the record straight, told the Sun she had not quit modelling, as previously reported. Instead, she claims, after inadvertently insulting Beker in a magazine article, the judge set out to destroy her career.”

From the Canadian Press:

• ‘Top Model’ reject Cori fires back
  “I don’t really care anymore because I know those people don’t matter,” the doe-eyed blond from Val Caron, Ont., said Thursday in an interview. “They’re like fat slobs sitting at home on their computer all day long - like, that’s all they do.”

And a more diplomatic interview fro the Sudbury Star:

• MacKinnon ousted from Top Model competition
  “I had the time of my life, it was awesome,” she said. “I learned a lot and I definitely became more confident out of the whole thing. I definitely learned a lot about modelling that will hopefully help me.”

From a media release:

Cori from Val Caron, ON is the Sixth Girl Eliminated From “Canada’s Next Top Model”

• Season Finale Airs Wednesday, July 18th at 8:00pm on Citytv

Cori, a student from Val Caron, Ontario, became the sixth girl eliminated on “Canada’s Next Top Model”, reducing the pool from five girls to four.

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From Angele Dubois of northernlife.ca, focusing on Sudbury-area contestant Cori:

• MacKinnon fragile side but still in running
  “Canada’s Next Top Model’s five remaining contestants got a freebie this week. Val Caron resident Cori MacKinnon was chosen third to move on to round seven but so was every other contestant.”

A Shocking Elimination Round As No One Is Eliminated From Tonight’s Episode Of “Canada’s Next Top Model”

• Five Girls Still Remain
• Episode Seven Airs Wednesday, July 11th at 8:00pm on Citytv

Some girls have all the luck! In a shocking elimination, no one was sent home from tonight’s episode of “Canada’s Next Top Model”, leaving five girls - Sinead, Tara, Tia, Rebecca and Cori - still vying for the title.

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From Jim Bawden of the Toronto Star, includes a blurb on Canada’s Next Top Model and one on Little Mosque on the Prairie:

• Hot Box: Television to talk about
  “Michael Kennedy, director of the first season of Little Mosque on the Prairie is in Rome to attend screenings of CBC comedy series at the Roma Fiction Fest. LMOTP is the only Canadian production selected for international competition.”

From Citytv:

“America’s Next Top Model’s” Nigel Barker Guest Stars on “Canada’s Next Top Model”

• Episode Six Airs Wednesday, July 4th at 8:00pm on Citytv

Top Photographer and “America’s Next Top Model” Judge, Nigel Barker, Guest Stars on Episode Six of “Canada’s Next Top Model,” airing Wednesday, July 4th at 8:00pm on Citytv.

To the girls’ delight, Nigel Barker makes a guest appearance as the photographer for their toughest photo shoot yet. Not only do the remaining models have to deal with their nerves while working with a ‘celebrity’ photographer, they must also keep their cool when he invites them to dinner, proving extremely tough for one very, star-struck finalist!

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Victoria Ahearn of the Canadian Press recounts the latest elimination from Canada’s Next Top Model:

• ‘Canada’s Next Top Model’ boots Mo
  “Ninalowo said she still doesn’t understand why she was eliminated, but she has no regrets about being on the show and has taken from it a sound knowledge of the modelling business, as well as ‘life lessons.’”