A trip to Toronto to compete in a television game show has special meaning for Atish Ram.

The Surrey man and his family won an audition to appear on the new Family Feud Canada.

The Ram team includes Atish, his wife Mandy, teen daughter Jasmine and adult sons Tyler and Ryan.

The Newton-area family is among up to 72 Canadian clans chosen to compete on the TV game show hosted by Gerry Dee, former star of the Mr. D sitcom.

For Atish, the whole experience reminds him of his departed father.

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On the show, families compete head-to-head by guessing the most popular answers to survey questions based on responses from a sample of Canadians.

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Atish expects his family香蕉视频直播檚 show air date will be at the end of January.

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Family Feud Canada, to debut at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16 on CBC, will air four nights a week, from Monday to Thursday.

First introduced in the U.S. in 1976, Family Feud is one of television香蕉视频直播檚 longest-running and top-rated game shows. The title has been picked up in 71 international markets to date, including the U.K., Australia, France, India and Indonesia.

For the new Canadian edition, last summer close 2,000 families applied to appear on the show. From those applicants, 575 families were invited to audition in person at 15 sites across the country, including the Vancouver site for the Rams.

In November, Atish was named Volunteer of the Year during the Now-Leader香蕉视频直播檚 17th annual Community Leader Awards. He received top honour in the category for his work with Shaw TV to create, produce and host the 香蕉视频直播淎 Night of Miracles香蕉视频直播� telethon that would later be called 香蕉视频直播淲orld of Smiles Telethon香蕉视频直播� and run for 15 years, raising more than $2.5 million.

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