A B.C. brother-sister team has built its way to the final rounds of the on American television, with all eyes on the $100,000 grand prize.
LEGO-loving siblings , a Surrey resident, and his sister Emily, who lives in Maple Ridge, have excelled with their tiny-brick builds in this fall91裸聊视频檚 third season of FOX-TV91裸聊视频檚 reality-competition series, also seen on CTV.
David Guedes is a 91裸聊视频淟EGO lifer91裸聊视频 who successfully auditioned for the Will Arnett-hosted show, then chose his sister as team partner. The show finished shooting in Atlanta last spring, but the siblings are watching it now for the first time. They won91裸聊视频檛 (and contractually can91裸聊视频檛) say how it all ends Dec. 14 in a double-episode season finale.
91裸聊视频淒oing reality TV was completely new for me,91裸聊视频 David said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e spent a lot of time building LEGO over the years, but never on camera.91裸聊视频
In this week91裸聊视频檚 episode, to air Wednesday (Dec. 7), the Guedes are among four teams left in the competition. The pairs split into teams to build a race car. In a 10-lap race, the winning team will be safe from elimination and guaranteed a spot in the semi-finals.
In the 91裸聊视频渇inal four,91裸聊视频 the Guedes team is up against Calgary firefighters Stephen Joo and Stephen Cassley, an 91裸聊视频渋nfluencers91裸聊视频 duo of Nick Della Mora (Toronto) and Stacey Roy (Kelowna), and the American Tull brothers.
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So far, the challenges have included creating a LEGO bull-riding character to mount an actual mechanical bull, a 91裸聊视频淕uardians of the Galaxy91裸聊视频 build, a LEGO tree house with real trees, and more.
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Both in their mid-30s, the Guedes siblings had a lot of fun filming 91裸聊视频淟EGO Masters91裸聊视频 and also watching the episodes on TV over the past couple of months.
91裸聊视频淔ilming the show was so much fun,91裸聊视频 David said, 91裸聊视频渂ut I91裸聊视频檓 really enjoying watching it now. Despite knowing what happened when we were there on set, you don91裸聊视频檛 know how it91裸聊视频檚 going to be portrayed on television and what happened with the other teams. When we were there we were so focused on what we were building, we didn91裸聊视频檛 see what everyone else was building.
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David, known as Lettuce in the LEGO world, has been building with the bricks all his life, 91裸聊视频渢hough he had a 91裸聊视频榙im age91裸聊视频 in his teens, and didn91裸聊视频檛 buy any new sets for six years,91裸聊视频 .
In recent years he91裸聊视频檚 displayed LEGO creations at conventions, and lives in the Clayton area with his wife, two sons, a dog and a couple million little plastic bricks. .
David recalls a childhood in Maple Ridge with lots of LEGO around, starting with a big bucket of hand-me-down bricks when Emily was a baby. Now she works as a hospital unit clerk, and he91裸聊视频檚 a .
91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 a great teammate,91裸聊视频 David said. 91裸聊视频淲e get along better than anyone else.91裸聊视频
This season of LEGO Masters started Sept. 21 with 24 contestants competing in pairs, with a 91裸聊视频淗oliday Bricktacular91裸聊视频 special to air Dec. 19-21, days after the Dec. 14 season finale.
First, the semi-finalists have 10 hours to build a fountain that uses water. Then the three remaining teams have 24 hours to build their best creation possible. In a final twist, they91裸聊视频檙e given gift bags with the first sets they built as kids, to celebrate 90 years of LEGO. .
Next up for the Guedes siblings is a .
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檒l display there as well as Emily and some others from the show,91裸聊视频 David reported. 91裸聊视频淲e get together any chance we get, at conventions all over the place.91裸聊视频
- with files from Neil Corbett, Black Press Media