Time to see what your fellow Canucks have been watching! It’s the weekly Canadian TV ratings for shows airing July 20-26/15! You can check out the Top 30 shows here. We’re gonna run down the Top 5 with recaps of those episodes! Topping the charts again for a third week in a row….

#1 – “The Amazing Race Canada” – Episode #3 (“I Said Straight, You Gorilla!”) – CTV – 2.403 million viewers (photos from CTV.ca)

It was off to Buenos Aires, Argentina for the next leg of the race! The first stop was to Plaza Canada to check out a totem pole carved out of a British Columbia red cedar, and it looked awesome:

Then it was off to Barrio La Boca and a Roadblock: spelling out the names of four famous Argentinians using only the candy of choice: Menthos! Sabrina and Nic made it through first, taking their lead to Futbol Madero, and a Blind Soccer challenge! Nic’s a former pro soccer player, so this should have been a cakewalk, but when the blindfold went on Nic lost his whereabouts and after 2 hours, and many teams passing them, they took a 2-hour penalty and moved on.

Next up was the Detour, where teams could choose Dance or Dine. In Dance, teams had to learn the Tango. In Dine, it was about taking food orders in Spanish and serving up asado, the national dish of Argentina. Plus, only 6 teams could be at either detour at one time! Nic and Sabrina did the Dine detour, easily completing it (she speaks Spanish!) and making it to the Pit Stop first! But they had to wait it out, that pesky 2-hour penalty and all…

After five tries at Dance, Neil and Kristen completed the detour and ended up second on the mat but officially team number one!!

Nic and Sabrina’s penalty was up just before the last two teams checked in, so they remain in the Race! Brian and Cynthia came in 9th, barely beating Dana and Amanda, who ended up being eliminated!

Next week’s recap: The Race returns to Canada!

#2 – “MasterChef” – Episode #11 (“Moo-vers and Bakers”) – CTV/FOX – 1.969 million viewers (photos from Fox.com)

A ranch in Lancaster, California is the setting for this episode’s team challenge. The teams, led by Katrina and Hetal, need to serve up steaks, sauce and two sides for 101 hungry cowboys and ranchers.

In the end, Katrina’s team won by 50 votes, and Hetal and her team head to the kitchen for the pressure test. Minus Olivia, that is, as Katrina’s team were allowed to make one pressured home cook safe.

The remaining four home cooks find out to save themselves they have to make an awesome….fruit tart!

Shelley and Hatel bake amazing tarts. Christopher and Stephen…not so much. Meaning it was easy to predict the Bottom 2:

In the end, it’s too close to call, both men are safe, and the hour you just invested in this show? Hope you PVR’d it rather than watch live! This episode’s Top 10 all move on to next week!

#3 – PanAm Games: Closing Ceremonies – CBC – 1.618 million viewers

I don’t mean to sound lazy, but this is the internet, and links are where it’s at. I think the Pan Am blog I did last week has everything you’d want to see, so go check it out! Also something to keep in mind…the Parapan Am Games begin August 7 in Toronto!

#4 – “America’s Got Talent” – Episode #9 (“Judge Cuts Week 2) – City/NBC – 1.598 million viewers (photos from NBC.com, videos from America’s Got Talent YouTube Channel)

Canada’s own Michael Buble joins the panel as the week’s celebrity judge and owner of the Golden Buzzer! Just like last week, 20 acts, and only 7 will go through to Radio City Music Hall! Magician Aiden Sinclair does a fantastic card trick to keep his NYC hopes alive:

Singers Jenna Renae and 87-year-old Shirley Clair take their turns. However, with her mom in the audience, Daniella Mass from Columbia belts out “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina” to a standing ovation:

Ira the puppet (with his ‘mom’ by his side) continued his wooing-Mel-B ways, singing “Let’s Get It On” – and believing that the song infers to going out for ice cream!

Legally-blind dancer Benjamin Yonattan was inspirational with the contemporary routine he performed:

Gymnast Nastasya Generalova twirled, and Facinet Sylla showed his agility. Magician Wes Barker attempted to get out of a straitjacket before a video revealed his ‘naughty bits’:

Circus performer Uzeyer Novruzoz never met a ladder he couldn’t conquer. This was an awesome performance:

Ryan Shaw put in a passionate singing performance that got the attention of Michael and Mel B.:

But it was The Craig Lewis Band that encouraged Michael Buble to dole out the Golden Buzzer:

Dr. Danger’s Daredevil All-Stars were great in the Auditions round, but scaled back the act this time around:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s own DM Nation knock it out of the park and get fellow Canucks Michael and Howie all excited:

Hypnotist Chris Jones didn’t hypnotize…the comedy troupe The Chippendoubles were entertaining by half…and comedian Scott Heierman forgot his lines. Best we move on to…the final act of the episode: from Detroit, Michigan, Selected of God Choir got the message out loud and clear: they want to go to Radio City Music Hall:

After the judges’ deliberations, here’s who’s going to the Big Apple: Daniella Mass, Ira, Benjamin Yonattan, Uzeyer Novruzov, The Craig Lewis Band, DM Nation and Selected of God Choir. Next week, “Judges Cuts Week 3”!

#5 – “CTV Evening News” – CTV – 1.46 million viewers

Once again in the #5 spot, Canadians go ga-ga for local news at 6 pm. Beating out “Zoo”, “Big Brother” and “Under the Dome”. And yet we don’t have HD-picture news in the Kitchener area! Oh well….one day…perhaps.

Come back next Wednesday for Canadian TV ratings from July 27-August 2!