Sheryl Thompson and her family have always joked about going on a show like Family Feud Canada.

The thing is, she鈥檚 not the kind of person to not follow through on an idea like that.

鈥淚鈥檓 the type of person that likes to walk my talk,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd so I say, you know what? Time鈥檚 up, let鈥檚 do this.鈥�

So she and her family (Julie Bronson, Robyn Ross, Iris Rayburn and Marian Atkinson) put together an audition tape and sent it off.

鈥淲e all wore our cedar bark hats,鈥� Thompson said. 鈥淚t showed Campbell River, it showed our Nation, the canoes. It was really good.鈥�

Somebody at CBC must have enjoyed it, because after a few interviews and Zoom meetings, they asked Thompson if she and the family could come to Toronto for filming in September.

鈥淭o myself, I鈥檓 going 鈥榟oly鈥︹�� But to my team, yeah, I said, 鈥榶eah, let鈥檚 do that,鈥欌�� she said. 鈥淔amily Feud paid for all our expenses except for our food, they flew us from Campbell River to Toronto, gave us a beautiful hotel right downtown and and then we went to Family Feud.鈥�

The episode, which aired Dec. 5, has the Roberts family, who are members of the We Wai Kum First Nation, facing off against the Wilson family from Whitby, Ontario. For those who don鈥檛 want a spoiler, the episode is available to watch . While the Roberts鈥� didn鈥檛 prevail against the Wilsons, they sure did have a good time.

鈥淲hen I鈥檓 nervous I get really animated,鈥� Thompson said. 鈥淚 just say something really crazy which makes people laugh and it鈥檚 kind of like letting them know you鈥檙e the same as me. You know, we鈥檙e not different 鈥� That鈥檚 just how we roll in our family. We like to laugh a lot and I think that鈥檚 the point of the show too.鈥�

The Roberts family also stood out because they wore their traditional Cedar hats and regalia on the show, which was Thompson鈥檚 idea.

鈥淚 wanted to do something different,鈥� she said.

Though they did not win, they did get $200 each from Family Feud Canada. They decided that since they were already in Toronto they would do some things that they always wanted to do like watch a Blue Jays game and visit Niagara Falls.

Thompson鈥檚 favourite part of the experience was coming home to people in the community who were excited about the local exposure on TV.

鈥淭hat, and joking around with Gerry Dee,鈥� Thompson said.

鈥淚 encourage anybody to give it a try,鈥� she said. 鈥淵eah think of something you need about your family and and go for because it鈥檚 quite easy.鈥�

The episode is available .

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