Dragons' Den launches ninth season on CBC-TV

Dragon'sDen, Canada's top-rated entertainment show,is exploding back onto television tonight for its hotly-anticipated ninth season.

The season kicks off at8 p.m. (8:30NT)on CBC-TV with two feisty newdragons in the den ofmultimillionaireinvestors.

• Catch sneak peeks of the new Dragon's Den season

Celebrated chefand restaurantmagnate,Vikram Vij, and thefiery Porsche-driving rock starof Canadian finance, Michael Wekerle, will do battle with long-time dragons Arlene Dickinson, Jim Treliving and David Chiltonfor the best business ideas in the country, whileCanada's aspiring entrepreneurs vie for the their investment capital withtheir products and ideas.

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Dickinson, the renowned entrepreneur, author, andthe den's only female venture capitalist, joined Dragons' Denin season two.

At an exclusive launch event today in Toronto, Dickinson described thevery different energies thatWekerle andVijbring to the show.

"Michael has a craziness that is actually pretty impressive," saidDickinson, smiling.

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"He's off in some land that we don`t know, and then he just nails it, he comes back to reality and he's got great ideas, he's investing a lot of money [and he's an] incredibly talented broker."

When it comes to Vij, who built afood empire from his Indian restaurant in Vancouver, Dickinson said she learned a lot from his different way of appraching business."[Vij]comes from a very different background, from a cultural perspective as well as a business perspective," saidDickinson.

"He bringsa new flavour to the denall puns intended."

• VIDEO|Arlene Dickinson on picking a winning pitch

When it comes to picking a winning pitch, Dickinson says she's noticed a common thread amongsuccessful entrepreneurs.

"There's this kind of magic recipe: knowing your market, being true to who you are, working really hard and having great ambition."

See ambition in action tonight in theDragons' Den season premiere.If you miss anepisode, you can watchfull episodes online.