Spoiler alert: Who won Canada Reads 2017?
CBC Books | CBC | Posted: March 27, 2017 4:03 PM | Last Updated: March 30, 2017
Finale: Fifteen Dogs defended by Humble The Poet won Canada Reads, as Company Town defended by Measha Brueggergosman was eliminated
Here's a breakdown of the vote:
- Candy Palmater voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Chantal Kreviazuk voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Humble The Poet voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Jody Mitic voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Measha Brueggergosman voted to eliminate: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Day Three: The Right to Be Cold defended by Chantal Kreviazuk was voted off Canada Reads
Here's a breakdown of the vote:
- Candy Palmater voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Chantal Kreviazuk voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Humble The Poet voted to eliminate: The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Jody Mitic voted to eliminate: The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Measha Brueggergosman voted to eliminate: The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Day Two: Nostalgia defended by Jody Mitic was voted off Canada Reads
Here's a breakdown of the vote:
- Candy Palmater voted to eliminate: Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji
- Chantal Kreviazuk voted to eliminate: Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji
- Humble The Poet voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Measha Brueggergosman voted to eliminate: The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Jody Mitic voted to eliminate: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Day One: The Break defended by Candy Palmater was voted off Canada Reads
Here's a breakdown of the vote:
- Candy Palmater voted to eliminate: The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Chantal Kreviazuk first voted to eliminate: Company Town by Madeline Ashby, but was forced to break the tie and vote for The Break by Katherena Vermette
- Humble The Poet voted to eliminate: The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Jody Mitic voted to eliminate: The Break by Katherena Vermette
- Measha Brueggergosman voted to eliminate: The Break by Katherena Vermette
How do ties get broken on Canada Reads?
Canada Reads is a live show that lasts for 54 minutes. Once we get to the vote, we have a finite amount of time to finish the show. For that reason, we have a very clear process to quickly break ties.
When two books tie with two votes each, we go to the person who didn't vote for either of the tied books. This can create a situation where someone is saving their own book (e.g. Cameron Bailey saved Ru on day one of Canada Reads 2015), but it does not always create that situation (e.g. Clara Hughes broke a tie between The Hero's Walk and Minister Without Portfolio on day one of Canada Reads 2016).
The other tie that's possible is a five-way tie on day one, where each book has one vote against. In that case, we go to the online poll to see which book the audience has voted to save. The person who voted for that book now gets to cast a new vote, which is the tiebreaker.
These are the rules of the game.