Project Runway Canada: Whither Heidi's Teutonic Yelling?

I confess I watched Project Runway Canada on Monday. I love the American version...and as with other shows we knock off of our southern neighbours (America's Next Top Model and American Idol come to mind), we just don't do as good a job. First of all, Iman is the host. Now, I am second to no one in my worship of Iman's beauty, and her choice of husband. But she was awfully wooden on Monday. Her "I'm sorry but you just don't measure up" catch-phrase was already getting on my nerves by the end of the show, and she had only uttered it twice. I miss Heidi Klum and her Teutonic yelling. Regular readers of this blog know I'm not a great Canadian patriot, but it seems odd that PRC wouldn't have selected some aging Canadian supermodel to host -- Linda Evangelista, for example? The panel of "experts" -- the matronly Rita from Elle Magazine Canada (another mediocre knockoff of ours), Shawn Hewson, an allegedly well-known designer I've never heard of and Brian Bailey, a designer I have actually heard of, but one who looks sort of like a used-car salesman/porn star -- was also disappointing, but perhaps they will grow on me.
The contestants, however, show promise. Right now, they're still rather a blur, but they seemed to be a good mix of bitchy gay men (including a couple of Asian gay guys -- quite the impressive cultural subset), artsy-craftsy women with interesting glasses and hair, a French-Canadian woman who immediately whinged that the others didn't speak French (suck it up, cherie! You're in Toronto now!), a Jeffrey-esque guy with creepy designs shaved into his hair, a couple of the requisite dowdy women (remember Bonnie, was it, from PR3? Also Katherine?) these shows seem required to engage, and a fellow named Lucian Matis. He was actually featured on Canada's Next Top Model 2 this summer. (Is that fair to the other contestants?) He is also rather remindful of Malan from PR3. He's got a Euro-accent and a "Transylvanian" heritage which he made at least 5,000 references to in the first show.
Right now, I'd say the strongest contenders are Lincoln (one of the gay Asians), the afore-mentioned Lucian and Marie-Genevieve (the cranky Quebecois). She won the first challenge, and I think she deserved it.