Prodigies (South African season 1)

The inaugural season of the South African classical music talent show Prodigies aired on M-Net from February to March 2020 and took place at the Nelson Mandela Theatre. The auditorium was empty during the season finale, but viewers at home were still allowed to vote for the overall winner.

Semi-Final
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from January 17-19, 2020, with the semi-final being filmed on January 25 and airing on February 29.

Live Final
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from March 1-3, 2020, with the live final commencing on March 7. Fans who purchased tickets to the live final were not admitted into the auditorium following the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa, but viewers at home were still able to vote.

The show began with all nine finalists performing "Imagine".


 * First Round


 * Second Round

Contestants' info

 * Musicians
 * Anna Lane (born December 12, 2004; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Pofadder.
 * Luna Buchowski (born March 31, 2009; aged 10 at the time of the show) lives in Cullinan.
 * Nicolas Callum (born December 2, 2006; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Germiston.
 * Oscar Peutan (born April 4, 2008; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Alberton.
 * Philip Bauder (born November 20, 2004; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Kimberley.


 * Singers
 * Daniel Springborn (born November 5, 2004; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Johannesburg.
 * Katie Backer (born September 17, 2006; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Brakpan.
 * Latisha Mxenge (born December 10, 2007; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Dubran and primarily sings pop and jazz songs, with the classical repertoire being "occasional".
 * Lucas Santoro (born December 29, 2004; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Cape Town.
 * Stella Margossian (born April 30, 2005; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Centurion and possesses a multi-genre repertoire. Her original songs are written with the Logic Pro software and she taught herself classical singing when she was about 8 or 9 after learning she was too young to enter a music conservatory dedicated to many genres.


 * Dancers
 * Amy Sudermann (born May 15, 2005; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in East London.
 * Céline Bischoff (born October 14, 2007; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Rustenburg.
 * Gaia Buys (born September 7, 2008; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Northam.
 * Matt Vallo (born November 1, 2004; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Pretoria.
 * Melissa Mézec (born September 16, 2007; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Mbombela.