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This article is about the TV show. For MRRP Bryan Island (38°49′11″N 90°26′24″W / 38.819783°N 90.440118°W / 38.819783; -90.440118), see St. Louis County, Missouri.

Island of Bryan
Created byBryan Baeumler
Country of origin Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1 [1]
No. of episodes13 [1][2]
Production
ProducerBryland Entertainment
Production location Bahamas
Running time60-minute timeslot [1][2]
Production companySi Entertainment
Original release
NetworkHGTV Canada
Release7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)
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24°11′20″N 77°35′26″W / 24.188812°N 77.590685°W / 24.188812; -77.590685 Island of Bryan is an HGTV Canada reality television of renovation, home life, and business activities, premiering in Spring 2019. The show is similar to House of Bryan and Bryan Inc., two previous shows starring builder Bryan Baeumler, his wife Sarah, and their children; along with Bryan's apprentice Adam. The Baeumler family is renovating and restoring a tropical island beachfront resort, to operate as their own, that the Baeumler couple have bought by leveraging everything they have, and their final safety net.

The show became one of the top 5 most watched shows in several Canadian media markets in its first season; and #3 of all specialty television in Canada; and the highest rated show on HGTV Canada in over a decade.

Premise

The Baeumlers have bought Emerald Palms, a beachfront resort on South Andros island, the largest and least developed of the Bahamas islands. They have moved their entire family to the resort to live while they rebuild it, and hope to open within 6 months or lose it, without its cashflow. Emerald Palms has not operated for a decade. [3][4][5]

History

In 2017, the Baeumlers vacationed on South Andros in the Bahamas. They found the abandoned resort, Emerald Palms, the original half-century old 18-room hotel and clubhouse; plus 22 villas, spa and beach bar added later; that had been renovated a few times since. The resort had closed down in 2011. When weather socked them in, they found the resort for sale on the internet. They bought the resort, and starting living on a boat initially, and then moved into one of the villas while renovating it. They originally planned to open the resort in May 2019. They started renovation work on the resort started in March 2018.[6][7][8][9]

HGTV greenlit the TV series in 2017, succeeding the second season of Bryan Inc., with the same production company, Si Entertainment. Filming started in 2018 for the 2019 premiere.[2] Island of Bryan premiered on 7 April 2019, in a 60-minute timeslot on HGTV Canada, to start a season of 13 episodes.[1] The TV show marks the first time a HGTV Canada show renovated a site that was open for the public to visit.[9] The Royal Bank of Canada has integrated into the series, with custom commercials advertising its products with the series stars in the commercial breaks.[10] The series became a top 3 show in two Canadian media markets in May 2019. It was renewed for a second season.[11] The show was a top 5 show in two Canadian media markets in June 2019.[12] In May 2019, it was announced that the TV show would return in the winter, and cover the 6 months needed to complete renovations to the remaining portion of the resort, ending the series.[13] Season 2 would be 8 episodes filling a 60-minute timeslot starting Winter 2020. It was revealed that season 1 became the #3 show in Canada for specialty television programming.[14] With its #3 in Canada ratings, it became the highest rated show on HGTV Canada in over a decade.[15]

Location

Emerald Palms
Caerula Mar
Map
Former namesEmerald Palms
Alternative namesIsland of Bryan
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResort
CountryBahamas
Coordinates24°11′20″N 77°35′26″W / 24.188812°N 77.590685°W / 24.188812; -77.590685
Elevation0
Renovated2019
OwnerBryan & Sarah Baeumler
Renovating team
Other designersSarah Baeumler
Main contractorBryan Baeumler
Other information
Number of rooms18
Number of suites22
Facilities
  • Main building
  • 18 room hotel block
  • Pool
  • Pool bar
  • Spa
  • Clubhouse
  • Shed
  • Beach
  • 22 villas
  • Palm forest

Emerald Palms, South Andros Island, Andros, Bahamas; is a tropical beachfront resort. It was built in the 1960s, and last operated 8 years before production on the show began. It contains a central hotel of 18 rooms and 22 villas. The oldest building, the hotel block, was completed in 1969, for the resort's original opening. The resort is located near Driggs Hill, where the Driggs Hill Dock, the local harbour is located, from which construction materials are shipped in to.[4][3][16][17][18][19]

The Baeumlers turn the abandoned resort into Caerula Mar Club, which was initially planned to be completed in mid-May 2019, and opened in June 2019.[16][7][5]

Cast

[3][16][20][21][22][23][7][19][24]

Main cast
  • Bryan Baeumler — builder, Canadian owner
  • Sarah Baeumler — designer, Canadian owner
  • Quentyn "Q" Baeumler — eldest son
  • Charlotte "Shar" Baeumler — eldest daughter
  • Lincoln "Link" Baeumler — youngest son
  • Josephine "JoJo" Baeumler — youngest daughter
  • Adam Weir — construction supervisor, Canadian apprentice builder to Bryan; legacy Canadian from House of Bryan, Bryan Inc.
Additional cast
  • Trish — interior designer; legacy Canadian from House of Bryan
  • Nyguen — construction foreman; Bahamian local
  • Hatchie — plumber; Bahamian local
  • Poitier — electrician; Bahamian local
  • Derek — electrician; Bahamian local
  • Quincy — contractor; Bahamian local
  • Antonio — tiling; Bahamian local
  • Wendell — HVAC technician; Bahamian local
  • Wellington — wallpapering; from Nassau
  • Lawrence — painter; Bahamian local
  • Simon — mason; Bahamian local
  • Mark — resort general manager
  • Cate — resort general manager
Guest cast
  • Archie — groundskeeper; Bahamian local working on site for over a decade
  • Marco — landskeeper; Bahamian local working on site for over a decade
  • Ellen — operations manager, Canadian protege to Sarah
  • Kevin — only licensed exterminator on South Andros
  • Sebastian — resort's executive chef
  • Scott — Canadian construction crew from Bryan's company
  • Todd — Canadian construction crew from Bryan's company
  • Dave — Canadian construction crew from Bryan's company
  • Josh — Canadian construction crew from Bryan's company
  • Dave — Canadian TV decking personality
  • Kate — Canadian TV decking personality
  • Werner Baeumler — Bryan's father
  • Colleen Baeumler — Bryan's mother
  • Jessica — Sarah's Canadian assistant, hotel staff
  • Shayla — Sarah's Canadian assistant, hotel staff

Seasons

  Season Title Episodes Premiere Finale Summary Notes
  Season 1 — 13 7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)
  Season 2 TBA 8 2020

Episodes

Season 1

Season 1
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Welcome to Bryland"7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)   [3]
The Baeumlers explain the premise of the show, and show up at the resort, introducing the resort, picking a villa to live in, and bringing in their belongings and tools. Introduction to the Baeumlers, and the local keepers that upkept the resort. Sarah turns 40. It is revealed the last time the resort has been in operation is a decade ago.
22"This Build is a Beach"14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)   [16]
Start of reconstruction of main block, introduction to local building crew. Run through of the facilities, with design, with refurbishment. Reveal plan to refurb main block, hotel block, beachfront villas. Cleaning out storage reveals stuffs expired for two decades. Bryan and Adam start renovating the ocean-side hotel-block suites. The local crew start renovating the main block. Termites are discovered everywhere, in tile and concrete, in drywall and drywall paper, in wood. Bryan is shown to be freaked by scorpions. The new resort website is built.
33"The Deep End"21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)   [17]
Extermination starts, extensive termite damage revealed. Hot tub demolished, pool is rebuilt.
44"Sea Change"28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)   [25]
Renovation on the club house proceeds, focusing on the dining room. Renovation focuses on the honeymoon suite villa. Problems of importing goods to the island explained.
55"Remote Control"5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)   [26]
Renovations continue on the Honeymoon Suite and the clubhouse kitchen.
66"Hit the Roof"12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)   [27]
Renovations proceed with the exteriors. Plans to have basic exteriors done for all villas, main buildings, hotel block, clubhouse. Phase one restricted to main buildings, hotel block. clubhouse, 4 beachside vills, and two more, with possibility of cutting exterior work from other villas. Discussion of naming villas, Emerald Palms, Caerula Mar, and opening date.
77"Bring in the Troops"19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)   [20]
The Baeumlers have been working on the island for 4 months. Bryan brings in men from his Canadian construction company to speed up work through additional workers, and enjoy tropical island time while Toronto, Ontario, Canada is in winter. The opening date of the resort is pushed as work will not finish as anticipated. The eldest Baeumler child, Q, turns 14. Bryan picks up side jobs in Canada to bring in money to cover the shortfall caused by the delay in opening. Some early reservations are cancelled. The Canadian crew work on the villas where Bryan and Adam were working and all vanity rough-ins, while the Bahamians continue on the main buildings. Canadian vanity counter subcontractor company comes in with incorrectly sized quartz countertops, needing rough-in resizings. The Baeumlers are rapidly approaching their monetary limits, with the cost overruns, additional needed re/work, and delays. The family return to Canada is delayed.
88"Power Struggle"26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)   [21]
Roofing, villa decks and wallpapering continue. Clubhouse windows are installed. They discover that the power bill is not delivered, but they must pick it up at the power station, and their 25,000 bill has been unpaid, and needs to be paid immediately or be shut off.
99"Setting the Bar"2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)   [28]
Work on the main block, commercial kitchen, pool bar, pool deck.
1010"Out of Gas"9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)   [22]
Clubhouse work continues. Opening date pushed, year one opening facilities downscaled, extension of length of gradual refurbishment and opening of units. A large shipment arrives at the Driggs Hill port for the resort renovation, including all doors and PVC planters. The propane-powered forklift gases out in the middle of the road, and the island gas plant has been out of supplies for a week.
1111"Managers on Duty"16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)   [23]
The first unit is completed. Hospitality training and excursion offerings explored, furnishing commences. Bryan turns 45. Hotel manager's office renovated, hospitality planning examined.
1212"Bottoms Up"23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)   [29]
Renovations continue, Easter is celebrated, marking the start of island summer, and the lack of a springtime.
1313"Almost Paradise"30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)   [18]
The Baeumlers have spent a year on the island, renovating the resort. Bryan's choice of not building wood planter boxes, and buying online PVC planters and privacy screens, for the hotel block, gets delivered. Poolside bar cabana is finished. The hotel block is 50 years old as of 2019, and is the original resort building; and its refurbishment was a gut-job. Clubhouse kitchen is finished. The soft opening is scheduled for summer 2019, while the grand opening of phase 1 is for fall 2019. Phase I wrap-up is overviewed.

Season 2

Season 2
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
141TBA2020  
Season 2 premiere

Baeumler resort

Caerula Mar Club
Caerula Mar Club
Company typeVacation resort
IndustryDestination tourism
PredecessorEmerald Palms
Founded2019 in South Andros, Bahamas
Headquarters
 Bahamas
Area served
Andros, Bahamas
Key people
ProductsTropical island beachfront vacation
OwnersSarah and Bryan Baeumler

The business established by the Baeumlers by the end of the season is Caerula Mar Club resort. Its first season of business was to start in Summer 2019, originally anticipated as a mid-May opening. With the unanticipated delays and travails, opening was pushed, for a summer soft opening and a Phase I grand opening in fall 2019. [16][18][7][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Greg David (21 February 2019). "Island of Bryan Premieres April 7 on HGTV Canada". TV-eh?.
  2. ^ a b c Bree Rody-Mantha (6 December 2017). "HGTV Canada greenlights new Bryan Baeumler series". PlayBack.
  3. ^ a b c d "Welcome to Bryland". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 1. 7 April 2019. HGTV Canada.
  4. ^ a b "Emerald Palms". 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "Caerula Mar Club". 2019.
  6. ^ "Ooh, I wanna take you ... to Island of Bryan". The Western Star. Postmedia News Service. 10 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d Claudia Kwan (9 February 2019). "Island time with Bryan Baeumler". Vancouver Sun.
  8. ^ Laura Severs (17 January 2019). "Leave it to Bryan: Baeumler slated to headline 2019 Edmonton Renovation Show". Edmonton Journal.
  9. ^ a b Laura Severs (22 January 2018). "Island life of Bryan: Baeumlers taking television show to the Bahamas". Edmonton Journal.
  10. ^ Bree Rody-Mantha (16 January 2018). "RBC enters into three-year Corus partnership". Media in Canada.
  11. ^ Kristyn Anthony (6 June 2019). "Raptors fever draws viewers nationwide: Numeris". Media in Canada.
  12. ^ Kristyn Anthony (12 June 2019). "Audiences tune in with Raptor furor: Numeris". Media in Canada.
  13. ^ Katie Scott (30 May 2019). "Corus specialty TV 2019-20: 'Vikings' final season, 'Top Chef Canada' and more". Global TV news.
  14. ^ Greg David (30 May 2019). "Corus Entertainment 40 outstanding Canadian series for 2019-2020". TV-eh?.
  15. ^ Julie MacFarlane (16 May 2019). "ISLAND OF BRYAN BECOMES HGTV CANADA'S HIGHEST RATED SERIES IN OVER 10 YEARS". Corus Entertainment.
  16. ^ a b c d e "This Build is a Beach". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 2. 14 April 2019. HGTV Canada.
  17. ^ a b "The Deep End". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 3. 21 April 2019. HGTV Canada.
  18. ^ a b c "Almost Paradise". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 13. 30 June 2019. HGTV Canada.
  19. ^ a b Island of Bryan at IMDb
  20. ^ a b "Bring in the Troops". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 7. 19 May 2019. HGTV Canada.
  21. ^ a b "Power Struggle". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 8. 26 May 2019. HGTV Canada.
  22. ^ a b "Out of Gas". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 10. 9 June 2019. HGTV Canada.
  23. ^ a b "Managers on Duty". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 11. 16 June 2019. HGTV Canada.
  24. ^ "About Bryan and Sarah". Island of Bryan. HGTV Canada. 2019.
  25. ^ "Sea Change". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 4. 28 April 2019. HGTV Canada.
  26. ^ "Remote Control". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 5. 5 May 2019. HGTV Canada.
  27. ^ "Hit the Roof". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 6. 12 May 2019. HGTV Canada.
  28. ^ "Setting the Bar". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 9. 2 June 2019. HGTV Canada.
  29. ^ "Bottoms Up". Island of Bryan. Season 1. Episode 12. 23 June 2019. HGTV Canada.

See also

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[[CATEGORY: Andros, Bahamas]]
[[CATEGORY: HGTV original programs]]
[[CATEGORY: 2019 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[CATEGORY: 2010s Canadian reality television series]]
[[CATEGORY: Bahamian television shows]]
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