| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Producer: | Cathie James |
| Company: | Proper Television |
| Creator: | Wide Eyed Entertainment and Formatfreak Ltd. |
| Starring: | Kevin O'Leary |
| Country: | Canada |
| Network: | CBC |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
Redemption Inc. (also known as Redemption Inc. with Kevin O'Leary) is a nine-part Canadian reality TV game show hosted by business commentator Kevin O'Leary, broadcast on CBC,[1] [2] produced by Proper Television.[3] The show stars 10 ex-cons, from cocaine dealers to fraud artists, in an elimination-style competition that results in the winner earning $100,000 of O'Leary's money to launch their own business.
On Redemption Inc., every week the contestants are plunged into another business, in order to prove themselves to the business manager and O'Leary himself. O'Leary assigns a team leader (or multiple team leaders) and they are given a business task that they are to meet. Often there will be a training day followed by the business day.
Eliminations proceed as thus: All contestants come into the studio to discuss the pros and cons of the business challenge, and then Kevin selects players to stay behind with him and those players make their case to stay. Finally, Kevin offers someone an exit package, to start up their own business. The exit package does not have to be taken; however, the package cannot be offered again.
The contestants were:
| Name | Age | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 33 | Nanaimo, BC | |
| Adam | 35 | Toronto, ON | |
| Alia | 26 | Prince George, BC | |
| Brian | 26 | Ottawa, ON | |
| Jeff | 39 | Petawawa, ON | |
| Joseph | 52 | Toronto, ON | |
| Leslie | 39 | Campbell River, BC | |
| Nicole | 29 | Toronto, ON | |
| Ryan | 41 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Samuel | 28 | Toronto, ON |
= Winner of the show
= Runners-up of the show and left with a consolation package
= Designated leader or co-leader in challenge
= Ranked low in performance
= Designated leader or co-leader in challenge and ranked low in challenge
= Accepted the exit package and left
= Declined the exit package and stayed
= Forced to accept exit package and leave
= Quit the show
| Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contestant | Results | |||||||
| Alia | LOW | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WINNER |
| Brian | LOW | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | Runner-Up |
| Samuel | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | Runner-Up |
| Jeff | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |
| Adam | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||
| Joseph | IN | IN | IN | IN | QUIT | |||
| Ryan | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||
| Leslie | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Aaron | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| Nicole | OUT | |||||||
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