Jenni \u201cJWoww\u201d Farley<\/a>, \u201cPauly D\u201d DelVecchio or Mike \u201cThe Situation\u201d Sorrentino.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cI think what\u2019s kind of incredible about the \u2018Shore\u2019 franchise worldwide is that they\u2019re all different,\u201d said Brock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The format \u2014 a group of young adults lives, works and parties together for a number of weeks \u2014 has been replicated in 17 spinoffs set in 11 other countries plus a couple of other American states. Two of those, Poland\u2019s \u201cWarsaw Shore\u201d and England\u2019s \u201cGeordie Shore,\u201d lasted more than 20 seasons \u2014 the latter just debuted its 26th instalment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, we wanted our show to feel Canadian,\u201d Brock said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think something that makes Canadian reality television really unique is \u2026 the geographic diversity of the country. When you have people from all different places with all different life experiences\u00a0\u2026 learning how to live together is really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Erin Brock, the showrunner of \u201cCanada Shore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Paramount Plus<\/p>\n
Still, that doesn\u2019t mean \u201cJersey Shore\u201d isn\u2019t referenced throughout \u201cCanada Shore\u201d \u2014 despite the fact one cast member would have been four years old when it debuted.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s even a replica of the famous duck phone that had pride of place in the original series.<\/p>\n
The most direct connection is the addition of \u201cJersey Shore\u201d OG Snooki to the \u201cCanada Shore\u201d cast.<\/p>\n
The Chilean American TV personality, who\u2019s now 38 and a mother of three, acts as boss and den mother to the Canadians.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cast obviously completely lost their minds because they\u2019re huge Snooki fans,\u201d Brock said. \u201cSo it was super fun to have that experience. But I think they also really quickly became close to her and really looked to her for advice, and she helped them sort out some pretty serious stuff in the house.<\/p>\n
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\u201cJersey Shore\u201d original Snooki, centre, with \u201cCanada Shore\u201d cast members Lila and Christopher.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Paramount Plus<\/p>\n
\u201cShe could relate when a house guest is like, \u2018I just want to go home, I miss home.\u2019 If you watched the first season of \u2018Jersey Shore,\u2019 (Snooki) got on that duck phone and wanted to go home,\u201d Brock added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs fun as this seems, it\u2019s also hard, and we wanted to give them someone that understood that in a way that you can only understand it if you\u2019ve lived it.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s something compelling about watching this cast, whose ages range from 20 to 24, learning how to get along inside the house while also partying like there\u2019s no tomorrow in some of Kelowna\u2019s many bars \u2014 all of it captured by around 35 fixed-rig, robotically controlled cameras plus six camera operators.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brock said the series was not overly produced. \u201cYou work really hard to find an incredible cast\u00a0\u2026\u00a0you put everything in place and then you let them live.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think viewers relate to something that, as outrageous as it can be, feels real.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lila, centre, uses Ethan\u2019s beer bong on the first night at the \u201cCanada Shore\u201d house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Paramount Plus<\/p>\n
\u2018Canada Shore\u2019: \u2018Drink, fight, forgive\u2019<\/p>\n
We asked the five\u00a0members of the cast currently living in the GTA four questions:<\/p>\n
1. What made you want to appear on \u201cCanada Shore\u201d?<\/p>\n
2. How do you think \u201cCanada Shore\u201d compares to \u201cJersey Shore\u201d?<\/p>\n
3. What should \u201cCanada Shore\u201d\u2018s catchphrase be?<\/p>\n
4. What\u2019s your favourite memory from meeting Snooki?<\/p>\n
Here are their answers (two of them skipped a couple) plus a quote from each that I pulled from the first few episodes.<\/p>\n
Christopher, Toronto<\/p>\n
1. \u201cI wanted to show the world how crazy I party and that people who party hard don\u2019t deserve the bad rep they get.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. \u201cJust like \u2018Jersey Shore,\u2019 through all the chaos and fighting, we always somehow came back together like a family.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cDrink, fight, forgive.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cWhen she took us out partying, we drank lots of wine and things got messy!\u201d<\/p>\n
Quote: \u201cMy makeup is falling off of my face, the sun is in my eyes and I\u2019m non-vibing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gizelle, Mississauga via Jamaica<\/p>\n
1. \u201cI love to experience life to the fullest, whether that\u2019s drinking rum in the streets of Saint Lucia or dancing on a truck at Caribana. This was also an opportunity for Caribbean representation on Canadian TV. On top of that, I have the most supportive mother ever, who basically forced me to give it a try. Thank you, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. \u201cThere is no comparison to \u2018Jersey Shore\u2019! The 2000s MTV culture was a staple in a lot of our childhoods. We grew up on (the catchphrase) \u2018Cabs Are Here\u2019\u00a0and, on our show, we got picked up in black trucks. All we are here to do is show that Canada knows how to have fun!\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cDrink, tan, argue with Chris.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cSnooki is legit four-foot tall, OMG! She took her heels off and they were like six-inch platforms, and she smells like cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quote: \u201cDo your little (country) dances. I\u2019m gonna twerk tonight. I\u2019m shaking ass.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ethan, Newmarket<\/p>\n
2. \u201cThe drama is honestly damn near the same \u2014 the ladies on this show know how to throw a fit and the boys know how to kick back and watch, ha ha!\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cSALFP (stop arguing let\u2019s f\u2014king party).\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cDefinitely when she told me I was the Vinny of the house. I was in awe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quote: \u201cNo good memory comes from sitting at a bowl of celery sticks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lila, Toronto<\/p>\n
1. \u201cI wanted to be part of something iconic that celebrates Canadian party culture and real friendships. The world doesn\u2019t know how wild Canada gets, and if someone has to show them how it\u2019s done, it might as well be me. It felt like the perfect mix of chaos, fun and unforgettable memories.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. \u201cNo one can ever compare to the OGs \u2014 \u2018Jersey Shore\u2019 is iconic. We\u2019re just doing our own new thing and bringing \u2018Canada Shore\u2019 energy in our own way.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cMeeting Snooki was surreal \u2014 she\u2019s exactly as iconic and hilarious in real life as she is on TV. It honestly felt like meeting reality TV royalty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quote: \u201cIt\u2019s Canada Day. I want to watch fireworks and drink tequila and do sparklers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bauer, Toronto via Saskatchewan<\/p>\n
1. \u201cI\u2019ve always been told I should be on a reality show, so when this opportunity presented itself, I just couldn\u2019t say no.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. \u201cNothing will beat \u2018Jersey Shore,\u2019 but I can guarantee you that viewers will not be disappointed with what \u2018Canada Shore\u2019 offers!\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cScreaming, yelling, overreacting.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cMy favourite memory of Snooki was her escaping the girls and getting a breath of fresh air by hanging with the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quote: \u201cI\u2019m not an instigator like Mike. I\u2019m not The Situation, I swear.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada Shore\u201d debuts with two episodes Jan. 22 on Paramount Plus, with new episodes streaming on Thursdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve ever gotten drunk at a bar, had a tiff with your best friend or a crush…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-423481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}