

"Blown Away is like Great British Bake-Off, but with glassblowing".

^ a b Fitzmaurice, Larry (July 17, 2019).Technically, the series first aired on Makeful "Blown away by Blown Away? Fact checking the new Netflix reality series with Canadian glass artists".

Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction - Tim Lukeīest Direction - Reality or Competition - Mike Bickerton The Fader praised the series as rising above other competition shows and being educational. Reception īlown Away received a positive review from Joel Keller of Decider who compared it to Top Chef and The Great British Bake Off. Results Season 1 Elimination chartīlown Away: Christmas Elimination chartĬolour key: Artist got through to the next round. Guest evaluator: Susie Silbert, Curator of Postwar and Contemporary Class at Corning Museum of Glass Guest evaluator: Elliot Walker, glass artist, season 2 winner Guest evaluator: Julia Rogers, Robin Rogers, glass artists Guest evaluator: Miranda Tempest, aerial acrobat, circus company owner Guest evaluator: Briony Douglas, Sculpture artist

Guest evaluator: Donna Davies, Deputy Director Pilchuck Glass School, Art Historian Guest evaluator: Chris Clarke, Director of Operations at the Pittsburgh Glass Center Guest evaluator: Veronica Saye, award winning cocktail bartender Guest evaluator: Rob Cassetti, former senior director of Corning Museum of Glassīlown Away: Christmas (2021) No. Guest evaluator: Deborah Czeresko, glass artist, season 1 winner Guest evaluator: Sunny Fong, Project Runway Canada season 2 winner Guest evaluator: Stephen Weatherly, defensive end for the Carolina Panthers Guest evaluator: Michel Germain, fragrance entrepreneur Guest evaluator: Bobby Berk, design expert on Queer Eye Guest evaluator: Heather McElwee, executive director at Pittsburgh Glass Center Guest evaluator: Kathryn Durst, artist and illustrator Guest evaluator: Benjamin Wright, artist director of Pilchuck Glass School Guest evaluator: Alexander Rosenberg, glass artist and educator, season 1 contestant Guest evaluator: Eric Meek, from the Corning Museum of Glass Guest evaluator: Greta Hodgkinson, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada Guest evaluator: Janet Morrison, president of Sheridan College Guest evaluator: Catherine Osborne, former editor-in-chief of the architecture and design magazine Azure Guest evaluator: Perry Tung from Bonhams Auction House Guest evaluator: Sommelier Emily Pearce-Bibona Guest evaluator: Jay Macdonell from the contemporary and design manufacturing company Bocci Guest evaluator: Marc Lepine from the restaurant Atelier Guest evaluator: Chris Taylor from the Pilchuck Glass School Industry experts from the Craft and Design Glass Studio at Sheridan College, Pilchuck Glass School, and the Corning Museum of Glass consulted the producers during the construction of the facility and provide advice and evaluation to the contestants each round.Ĭontestants Season 1 Contestant īlown Away: Christmas Contestant The first season was filmed in a converted warehouse in Hamilton, Ontario, a facility that was "custom-built to accommodate 10 glass blowers working simultaneously". The winner receives a prize package worth the equivalent of $60,000, including an artist residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. Katherine Gray, an artist and associate professor at California State University, San Bernardino, is the chief judge, and Nick Uhas, a former Big Brother USA contestant and science YouTuber, hosts the show. The contestants on the show are 10 glassblowers. A four-episode Christmas series was released in November 2021. Season 2 was released on Netflix in January 2021. Ĭasting for a second season was announced in November 2019. The series is filmed in Canada and is produced by Marblemedia. The 10-episode first season was released on July 12, 2019. Blown Away is a Canadian reality glassblowing competition television series that premiered on the Canadian channel Makeful before a subsequent release on the streaming platform Netflix.
