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competition television series that premiered on the Canadian channel

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before a subsequent release on the streaming platform

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. 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 July 22, 2022. The contestants on the show are 10 glassblowers. Katherine Gray, an artist and associate professor at

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, is the chief judge, and

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, a former ''

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'' contestant and science

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, hosts the show. The winner receives a prize package worth the equivalent of $60,000, including an artist residency at the

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. The first season was filmed in a converted warehouse in

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, a facility that was "custom-built to accommodate 10 glass blowers working simultaneously". Industry experts from the Craft and Design Glass Studio at

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, and the

consulted the producers during the construction of the facility and provide advice and evaluation to the contestants each round.

Contestants

Season 1

Season 2

''Blown Away: Christmas''

Season 3

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2021)

''Blown Away: Christmas'' (2021)

Season 3 (2022)

Results

Season 1

Season 2

''Blown Away: Christmas''

Season 3

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

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who compared it to ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''

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'' praised the series as rising above other competition shows and being educational.

Awards

References

External links

* * {{Authority control English-language Netflix original programming 2010s Canadian reality television series 2019 Canadian television series debuts 2020s Canadian reality television series Television shows set in Canada Glass art Television series about art Reality competition television series Television series by Blue Ant Studios