Prodigies (Arabic TV series)

Prodigies is a pan-Arabian 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 Daria Attali.

Unlike the original series in France, for which both episodes in each season are pre-recorded, the season finale in pan-Arabian 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 Darya Dadvar (singers)
 * Contestant mentored by Simon Ghraichy (musicians)
 * Contestant mentored by Nelly Karim (dancers)

Season 1 (2022)

 * Main article: Prodigies (Arabic season 1)

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
 * Jordan flag.png Abdul Latif, age 14, piano - "Unpublished Pages" by Messiaen / "Light of the Seven" from Game of Thrones
 * Egypt flag.png  Abiha , age 13, cello - "Stark und markiert" by Schumann / "Andante tranquillo" by Williams
 * Morocco flag.png Anna, age 16, flute - "Exploding Fixed" by Boulez
 * Qatar flag.png Bahri, age 8, trombone - "Two Aequali" by Bruckner
 * Egypt flag.png Chaima, age 11, violin - "FuSe Pattern" by Xuntian / "Hora staccato" by Grigoraș Dinicu


 * Singers
 * Lebanon flag.png Azizur Rahman, age 16 - "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from The Land of Smiles / "Toreador Song" from Carmen
 * Lebanon flag.png Nava, age 12 - "Casta Diva" from Norma / "Juliette's Waltz" from Roméo et Juliette
 * Egypt flag.png Nejla, age 13 - "Signore, ascolta!" from Turandot
 * Egypt flag.png  Sajida , age 15 - "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz / "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
 * Qatar flag.png Yasser, age 16 - "Possente spirto" from L'Orfeo


 * Dancers
 * Morocco flag.png Aliyah, age 12 - "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky / "My Way" by Frank Sinatra
 * Qatar flag.png  Daud , age 14 - "Overture" from La gazza ladra / "Csárdás" by Monti
 * Lebanon flag.png Jamila, age 11 - "Gaîté Parisienne" by Offenbach
 * United Arab Emirates flag.png Nensi, age 16 - "The Sleepwalker" by Rieti / "Pâquerette" by Benoist
 * Egypt flag.png Sayeeda, age 13 - "Le pavillon d'Armide" by Tcherepnin

Results
The overall winner was 13-year-old Abiha from the musicians category, after she won the public vote by a landslide.

Season 2 (2023)

 * Main article: Prodigies (Arabic season 2)

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
 * Lebanon flag.png  Amjad , age 12, flute - "Garden of Delights" by Van Eyck / "Le merle noir" by Messiaen
 * Egypt flag.png Barkat Ali, age 16, organ - "Cyprès et lauriers" by Saint-Saëns / "Messe des pauvres" by Satie
 * Morocco flag.png Sania, age 13, clarinet - "Nur in der Wiener Luft" by Eleonore Schwarz / "Danse Klezmer" by Fröst
 * Qatar flag.png Wael, age 9, violin - "Légende" by Wieniawski
 * Jordan flag.png Yusuf Ali, age 11, trumpet - "The Unanswered Question" by Ives


 * Singers
 * Morocco flag.png Davood, age 15 - "The Cold Song" from King Arthur / "È la solita storia del pastore" from L'arlesiana
 * Qatar flag.png Luiza, age 12 - "Ave Maria de Caccini" by Vavilov
 * United Arab Emirates flag.png  Rimas , age 16 - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen / "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley
 * Lebanon flag.png Ruqayya, age 11 - "Parla più piano" by Nino Rota / "Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
 * United Arab Emirates flag.png Anwarul Haq, age 16 - "Allez chantez l'office" from Werther


 * Dancers
 * Lebanon flag.png Burhan, age 13 - "The Swan of Tuonela" by Jean Sibelius
 * United Arab Emirates flag.png Lina, age 11 - "Flower Duet" from Lakmé / "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion
 * Lebanon flag.png Mélissa, age 14 - "Conquest of Paradise" from 1492: Christopher Columbus / "The Blue Danube" by Strauss
 * Lebanon flag.png Taslima, age 15 - "The Rains of Castamere" from Game of Thrones
 * Morocco flag.png  Yakub , age 16 - "Overture" from William Tell / "What Shall We Die For?" from Pirates of the Caribbean

Results
The overall winner was 16-year-old Rimas from the singers category, after she won the public vote by 38%.

Tours
Every spring, all 15 contestants co-headline a tour across Arabic-speaking regions reprising their performances in order from the semi-final to the season finale.


 * Prodigies 2022 Live
 * Prodigies 2023 Live