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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The family91裸聊视频檚 trip to Toronto will be a special one, Atish said.

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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.

91裸聊视频淵ou can come back on the show up to three times, depending on the outcome, so we91裸聊视频檒l see how we do,91裸聊视频� Atish said. 91裸聊视频淵ou can win up to $10,000 per show.91裸聊视频�

Atish expects his family91裸聊视频檚 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 television91裸聊视频檚 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-Leader91裸聊视频檚 17th annual Community Leader Awards. He received top honour in the category for his work with Shaw TV to create, produce and host the 91裸聊视频淎 Night of Miracles91裸聊视频� telethon that would later be called 91裸聊视频淲orld of Smiles Telethon91裸聊视频� and run for 15 years, raising more than $2.5 million.

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