Prodígios (Brazilian TV series)

Prodígios (Portuguese for Prodigies) is a Brazilian classical music talent show for singers, dancers, and musicians aged 8 to 16 and is based on the French reality competition Prodiges. All performances are accompanied by a choir of roughly 40 voices and a full orchestra of approximately 60 members under the direction of Adalgisa Calmon.

Unlike the original series in France, for which both episodes in each season are pre-recorded, the season finale in Brazilian version is a live show for which the overall winner is decided solely by televoting despite the super finalists from each category being decided by the corresponding judge. The semi-final, however, is pre-recorded.

Series overview

 * Contestant mentored by Kismara Pezzati (singers)
 * Contestant mentored by Lord Vinheteiro (musicians)
 * Contestant mentored by Márcia Jaqueline (dancers)
 * Contestant mentored by Ricardo Herz (musicians)
 * Contestant mentored by Julia Telles (dancers)

Season 1 (2019)
Here are the contestants and performance details from the inaugural season. Contestants whose names are in bold qualified for the season finale, while contestants whose names are underlined were the super finalists of their respective categories.


 * Musicians
 * Agostinho, age 16, piano - "Lesnoy tanets" by Nikolai Medtner / "Novelette" by Schumann
 *  Cynthia , age 10, cello - "Allegro con bravura" by Penderecki / "Andante tranquillo" by Williams
 * Esmeralda, age 13, accordion - "Slow Motion" by Hosokawa
 * Lúcia, age 12, flute - "Exploding Fixed" by Boulez / "Monsieur de la Péjaudie" by Roussel
 * Paulo Sérgio, age 11, violin - "Poco allegretto" by Bernstein


 * Singers
 *  César , age 14 - "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore / "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
 * Cristiana, age 16 - "Casta Diva" from Norma / "Juliette's Waltz" from Roméo et Juliette
 * Eugénio, age 15 - "Panis Angelicus" by Franck / "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto
 * Olivia, age 14 - "Un bel dì, vedremo" from Madame Butterfly
 * Viridiana, age 16 - "The Last Rose of Summer" by Moore and Bunting


 * Dancers
 *  Anna , age 13 - "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins / "The Blue Danube" by Strauss
 * Bento, age 15 - "Csárdás" by Monti / "William Tell Overture" from William Tell
 * Maurício, age 14 - "Ramsay's the Second No More" from Jurassic World Dominion
 * Tatiana, age 11 - "The Rains of Castamere" from Game of Thrones
 * Violeta, age 12 - "Garden of Delights" by Van Eyck / "Danse Klezmer" by Fröst

Results
The overall winner was 13-year-old Anna from the dancers category, after she won the public vote 46%.

Season 2 (2020)
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 2. Contestants whose names are in bold qualified for the season finale, while contestants whose names are underlined were the super finalists of their respective categories.


 * Musicians
 * Aderbal, age 13, violin - "Hora staccato" by Dinicu / "Méditation" by Tchaikovsky
 * Marcelo, age 16, organ - "Werde munter, mein Gemüte" by Bach
 * Marissa, age 14, piano - "Polonaise Op. 53" by Chopin / "Vier Lieder" by Schoenberg
 * Salma, age 14, clarinet - "Danse Klezmer" by Fröst
 *  Simon , age 15, piano - "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" by Franz Liszt / "Piano Sonata #14" by Beethoven


 * Singers
 * Antonieta, age 15 - "Sancta Maria" from Cavalleria rusticana
 * Glória, age 9 - "Parla più piano" by Rota
 * Humberto, age 16 - "Toreador Song" from Carmen / "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser
 *  Lota , age 16 - "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera / "O sole mio" by Di Capua and Capurro
 * Nuno, age 12 - "Ave Maria" by Schubert / "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata


 * Dancers
 * Eva, age 16 - "A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman / "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran
 *  Mayara , age 13 - "Conquest of Paradise" from 1492: Christopher Columbus / "Seven Butterflies" by Saariaho
 * Olga, age 15 - "Hungarian Dance #5" by Brahms
 * Otávio, age 16 - "William Tell Overture" from William Tell / "Morning Mood" by Grieg
 * Paulão, age 15 - "Farandole" by Bizet

Results
The overall winner was 16-year-old Lota from the singers category, after she won the public vote 47%.

Season 3 (2021)
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 3. Contestants whose names are in bold qualified for the season finale, while contestants whose names are underlined were the super finalists of their respective categories.


 * Musicians
 * Amalia, age 11, clarinet - "Der Hölle Rache" from The Magic Flute / "My Girl's P*ssy" by Roy
 * Irene, age 8, cello - "In Freundschaft" by Stockhausen
 * Isidora, age 9, flute - "Andantino" by Fauré / "Seis bagatelas" by Solare
 *  Lázaro , age 14, violin - "Chôros bis" by Villa-Lobos / "Violin Concerto" by Tchaikovsky
 * Tomaž, age 13, trombone - "Sequenza V" by Berio


 * Singers
 * Daiane, age 12 - "Your Love" from Once Upon a Time in the West / "Over the Rainbow" by The Wizard of Oz
 * Luís Fernando, age 13 - "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto / "The Cold Song" from King Arthur
 *  Rebecca , age 16 - "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi / "Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
 * Rui, age 14 - "Nell tue mani" by Andrea Bocelli
 * Sebastião, age 11 - "Ombra mai fu" from Serse


 * Dancers
 *  Marianna , age 12 - "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / "Zombie" by The Cranberries
 * Otacílio, age 13 - "Dies iræ" from Requiem / "Morning Mood" by Grieg
 * Ramona, age 15 - "Première rhapsodie" by Debussy / "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" by Nyman
 * Samuel, age 16 - "Le merle noir" by Messiaen
 * Zé Carlos, age 14 - "I've Got My Eye on You" from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Results
The overall winner was 14-year-old Lázaro from the musicians category, after he won the public vote 56%.

Season 4 (2022)
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 4. Contestants whose names are in bold qualified for the season finale, while contestants whose names are underlined were the super finalists of their respective categories.


 * Musicians
 *  Andréia , age 13, flute - "Der Fluyten Lust-hof" by Van Eyck / "Andante con Variazioni" by Beethoven
 * Aurora, age 8, cello - "Der Handschuh" by Waterhouse / "Petals" by Saariaho
 * María José, age 16, clarinet - "Quiet City" by Copland
 * Tiago, age 15, piano - "Córdoba" by Albéniz / "La campanella" by Liszt
 * Ulisses, age 14, violin - "Childhood Impressions" by Enescu


 * Singers
 * Beatriz, age 10 - "Memory" from Cats
 * Corsino, age 16 - "Celeste Aida" from Aida / "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci
 * Eliana, age 14 - "Juliette's Waltz" from Roméo et Juliette
 * Florbela, age 15 - "Look to Your Path" from The Chorus / "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen
 *  Macario , age 16 - "Nessun dorma" from Turandot / "Possente spirto" from L'orfeo


 * Dancers
 *  Géssica , age 16 - "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay / "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
 * Liliana, age 11 - "Allegro con brio" by Beethoven
 * Nadia, age 12 - "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky / "Slow Motion" by Hosokawa
 * Sidónio, age 13 - "Overture" from The Barber of Seville / "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Vítor, age 14 - "Chant de Linos" by Jolivet

Results
The overall winner was 16-year-old Macario from the singers category, after he won the public vote 56%.

Season 5 (2023)
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 5. Contestants whose names are in bold qualified for the season finale, while contestants whose names are underlined were the super finalists of their respective categories.


 * Musicians
 * Anderson Luís, age 12, piano - "Vier Lieder" by Schoenberg / "Lesnoy tanets" by Nikolai Medtner
 * Eurico, age 13, organ - "Verset pour la fête de la dédicace" by Messiaen
 * Lolita, age 8, cello - "Tempo di Valse" by Penderecki
 * Marta, age 10, flute - "Monsieur de la Péjaudie" by Roussel / "Dance of the Goat" by Honegger
 *  Nílton , age 16, clarinet - "Scent Dance 1" by Xuntian / "Die Schmetterlinge spielen" by Stockhausen


 * Singers
 *  Abílio , age 15 - "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci / "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore
 * Adriana, age 14 - "L'ho perduta, me meschina" from The Marriage of Figaro
 * Eliomar, age 16 - "The Cold Song" from King Arthur
 * Erika, age 13 - "Learn to Be Lonely" from Phantom of the Opera / "Ave Maria de Caccini" by Vavilov
 * Margarida, age 11 - "Nella Fantasia" by Sarah Brightman / "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen


 * Dancers
 * Getúlio, age 16 - "Gladiator" by Hans Zimmer / "Green Bird Descent" by Elliot Goldenthal
 * Hélder, age 15 - "Cutthroat Island" by John Debney
 *  Justina , age 12 - "Lux Aeterna" by Ligeti / "Gayane" by Khachaturian
 * Rosa, age 11 - "Golden Gate" by Goldenthal
 * Vivienne, age 13 - "Fantasia for Strings" by Henze / "The Danish Girl" by Desplat

Results
The overall winner was 12-year-old Justina from the dancers category, after she won the public vote 51%.

Season 6 (2024)
Season 6 will premiere in February 2024.

Tours
All 15 contestants co-headline a tour across Brazil reprising their performances in order from the semi-final to the season finale. Tours promoting seasons two and three weren't held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.


 * Prodígios 2019 em turnê
 * Prodígios 2022 em turnê
 * Prodígios 2023 em turnê
 * Prodígios 2024 em turnê (planned)