Local makes it on Lego Masters
This season of TV series “Lego Masters” has an Okanagan connection.
In the first episode, which was due to air Wednesday night, Kelowna woman Stacey Roy and other competitors were tasked with building a spaceship.
They got some tips from NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, calling into the show from aboard the International Space Station.
In the new season, the Lego builders also construct a dinosaur-themed scene while Jurassic World Dominion star Chris Pratt and series host Will Arnett look on.
“I was a little star struck to meet Chris Pratt,” said Roy in an interview Tuesday. “And Will Arnett is exactly what you would expect – he is so funny and so much fun to be around.”
Roy, a popular face in the live-streaming world, created and hosts shows like ‘The Nerdy Bartender,” and “Cooking With Stacey.” She says she’s been a Lego fan since she was a girl, building elaborate towers with her dad which they would then happily destroy.
She built the massive 7,500piece Millennium Falcon Lego kit on one of her shows recently and the experience inspired her and her contest partner Nicholas Della Mora, to try out for Lego Masters.
The audition was over Zoom, where producers evaluated the aspiring contestants’ expertise with Lego, their personality, and how they got on with each other. They were also given mini Lego challenges. ”It gave us a little sneak peak of what it would be like to be on the show,” Roy said.
After being chosen as a contestant, Roy was flown to Atlanta for the production. More than five million Lego pieces are available to the contestants, with the entire supply weighing 10,000 kilograms
One team is eliminated by the judges, Lego Brickmasters Jamie Berard and Amy Corbett, each week. The winning team gets a US $100,000 prize.
“At the beginning, you take a lot of notice of the cameras. But once you get into it, boy, those challenges are intense and they like to throw twists your way. So you really start to focus on what you’re building,” Roy said.
“Lego is such a good, creative outlet,” she added. “
I just love being able to build anything from my imagination. There’s a ton of storytelling when it comes to Lego, so that’s something I really like to infuse in my build.
“And it’s also really relaxing. So I recommend for adults, instead of those adult colouring books, just start building Lego sets,” she said.
Season 3 of Lego Masters airs Wednesdays on CTV at 9 p.m.