Prodigies (South Korean TV series)

Prodigies is a South Korean classical music talent show for singers, dancers, and musicians aged 7 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 Im Bora.

Unlike the original series in France, for which both episodes in each season are pre-recorded, the season finale in South Korean 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 Sumi Jo (singers)
 * Contestant mentored by Seung Hee Yang (musicians)
 * Contestant mentored by Young-jae Jung (dancers)
 * Contestant mentored by James Lee (singers)
 * Contestant mentored by Yuhui Choe (dancers)
 * Contestant mentored by Kim Gihoon (singers)

Season 1 (2018)

 * Main article: Prodigies (South Korean 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
 * Bitna, age 16, harp - "Harp Concerto" by Ginastera / "Pastorales de Noël" by Jolivet
 * Chi-won, age 14, cello - "In Freundschaft" by Stockhausen / "Nomos Alpha" by Iannis Xenakis
 * Chul, age 16, organ - "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" by Reincken
 * Soonja, age 10, flute - "Le merle noir" by Messiaen
 *  Young-ho , age 12, piano - "For My Sister, Shirley" by Bernstein / "Light of the Seven" from Game of Thrones


 * Singers
 * Areum, age 10 - "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz / "Look to Your Path" from The Chorus
 * Bumsoo, age 16 - "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser
 * Changmin, age 10 - "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata / "Ombra mai fu" from Serse
 *  Nari , age 14 - "Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman / "Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera
 * Tae-il, age 16 - "Toreador Song" from Carmen


 * Dancers
 * Chun-ja, age 13 - "Zombie" by The Cranberries / "Chant de Linos" by Jolivet
 * Hana, age 12 - "Garden of Delights" by Van Eyck
 * Jina, age 11 - "Petals" by Saariaho / "Allegro con brio" by Beethoven
 *  Junsu , age 13 - "Seis bagatelas" by Solare / "The Brethren Court" from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
 * Yohan, age 13 - "William Tell Overture" from William Tell

Results
The overall winner was 14-year-old Nari from the singers category, after she won the public vote by X%.

Season 2 (2019)

 * Main article: Prodigies (South Korean 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
 * Hoon, age 16, trombone - "Drei Equale" by Beethoven / "Two Aequali" by Bruckner
 *  Ji-seok , age 15, piano - "Córdoba" by Albéniz / "Vier Lieder" by Schoenberg
 * Sarang, age 11, violin - "Méditation" by Tchaikovsky / "Hora staccato" by Dinicu
 * Soon Yi, age 7, cello - "Der Handschuh" by Waterhouse
 * Tae-ho, age 14, clarinet - "My Girl's P*ssy" by Roy


 * Singers
 *  Ae-jung , age 11 - "L'ho perduta, me meschina" from The Marriage of Figaro / "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
 * Bora, age 12 - "Nella Fantasia" by Sarah Brightman
 * Ju-ho, age 16 - "Possente spirto" from L'orfeo / "Celeste Aida" from Aida
 * Ki-moon, age 13 - "The Cold Song" from King Arthur / "Panis Angelicus" by Franck
 * Kwang-jo, age 10 - "O sole mio" by Di Capua and Capurro


 * Dancers
 * Chunja, age 13 - "Dies iræ" from Requiem
 * Deok-su, age 15 - "Cutthroat Island" by John Debney / "Gladiator" by Hans Zimmer
 * Minji, age 14 - "Scent Dance 1" by Xuntian / "Première rhapsodie" by Debussy
 *  Narae , age 12 - "Gayane" by Khachaturian / "My Way" by Frank Sinatra
 * Oseong, age 15 - "Morning Mood" by Grieg

Results
The overall winner was 15-year-old Ji-seok from the musicians category, after he won the public vote by 37%.