The Battle of the Blades!
The concept is brilliant and really, just couldn't be more Canadian unless you included an igloo building competition followed by a dog-sled race.
When I was growing up you really only had two choices of recreation in the winter - if you were a girl you took figure skating lessons and if you were a boy, well - you played hockey. So how smart was it for the CBC to capitalize on two of Canada's most time-honoured sports by combining both in one competition?
Every Sunday night, live from Maple Leaf Gardens, the CBC has paired former NHL hockey players with some of our country's most award-winning figure skaters for a skating competition. They've taken big lumbering hockey jocks out of their pads and onto their picks to glide around the ice to music of Barry Manilow and Frank Sinatra trying desperately to keep their rhythm without dropping their partner.
Buzz and I are glued to the show every Sunday night at 8pm. We love it. Watching Ty Domi shake his groove thing or Ron Duguay shake his coiffure out of his eyes while he lifts Canadian sweetheart Barbara Underhill over his head is something to be seen. With guest judges Don Cherry and Lanny MacDonald, and host Kurt Browning they've secured a cross section of Canadian sports hall of fame, not to mention an Olympian or two.
I think there's probably only 3 or 4 weeks left and my money is on Stephan Richer and Marie-France Dubrueil, but I have a sneaky suspicion that our most recent Olympian Jamie Sale and her partner Craig Simpson will win the popular vote.
If you're not watching tune in tonight at 8:00pm for the results show. You'll get a brief snapshot of last night's performances before finding out who's eliminated. I promise you - if you have an ounce of Canadian pride, you'll love this show!
