Prodigies (Nepalese TV series)

Prodigies is a Nepalese 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 Hanka Dikshit.
Unlike the original series in France, for which both episodes in each season are pre-recorded, the season finale in the Nepalese 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.
==Mentors==
Prodigies mentors
Mentor 	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons
Mentor 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6
Gurudev Kamat 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mithila Sharma 	 	 	 	 	 	
Roman Budhathoki	 	 	 	 	 	
Kishor Gurung 	 	 	 	 	 	
Usha Poudel 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bandana Nepal 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Series overview==
: Contestant mentored by Gurudev Kamat (singers)
: Contestant mentored by Roman Budhathoki (musicians)
: Contestant mentored by Mithila Sharma (dancers)
: Contestant mentored by Kishor Gurung (musicians)
: Contestant mentored by Usha Poudel (dancers)
: Contestant mentored by Bandana Nepal (dancers)
Nepalese Prodigies Pop overview
Season	Premiere 	Final 	Winner 	Runner-up 	Third place 	Winning mentor 	Presenter 	Mentors (chair's order)	Mentors (chair's order)	Mentors (chair's order)
Season	Premiere 	Final 	Winner 	Runner-up 	Third place 	Winning mentor 	Presenter 	Singers 	Musicians 	Dancers
1 	September 15, 2019	September 22, 2019	Aishwarya Regmi	Sushma Pandey 	Sudip Luitel 	Roman Budhathoki	Prakash Subedi	Gurudev 	Roman 	Mithila
2 	September 20, 2020	September 27, 2020	Devance Aryal 	Heena Oli 	Dhonu Lamsal 	Kishor Gurung 	Prakash Subedi	Gurudev 	Kishor 	Mithila
3 	September 12, 2021	September 19, 2021	Daxa Pant 	Girvesh Bogati 	Ita Saud 	Gurudev Kamat 	Prakash Subedi	Gurudev 	Kishor 	Usha
4 	September 18, 2022	September 25, 2022	Ved Dungel 	Alina Pathak 	Utsarg Prasain 	Gurudev Kamat 	Prakash Subedi	Gurudev 	Kishor 	Usha
5 	September 10, 2023	September 17, 2023	Gamya Ranabhat 	Unnabh Malla 	Ihina Basnet 	Bandana Nepal 	Prakash Subedi	Gurudev 	Kishor 	Bandana
6 	September 15, 2024	September 22, 2024	Upcoming season	Upcoming season	Upcoming season	Upcoming season 	Prakash Subedi	Gurudev 	Kishor 	Bandana
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==Season 1 (2019)==
:Main article: Prodigies (Nepalese 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
* Aishwarya, age 14, piano - "Rondeau en polonaise" by Mozart / "L'istesso tempo" by Bernstein
* Alok, age 12, guitar - "Bottom's Dream" by Henze / "Last Place on Earth" by Westlake
* Dhiraj, age 16, clarinet - "L'estate, presto" by Antonio Vivaldi
* Manish, age 15, cello - "Pria ch'io l'impegno" by Beethoven / "Etudes Boreales" by Cage
* Pooja, age 10, flute - "Seis bagatelas" by Solare
;Singers
* Aruna, age 10 - "O sole mio" by Di Capua and Capurro
* Binita, age 14 - "Where Do I Begin?" from Love Story / "Parla più piano" by Nino Rota
* Deepika, age 16 - "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen / "Ave Maria de Caccini" by Vavilov
* Sudip, age 16 - "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser / "Toreador Song" from Carmen
* Yogesh, age 15 - "Non piangere, Liù" from Turandot
;Dancers
* Anjali, age 15 - "Golden Gate" by Goldenthal
* Gita, age 14 - "Garden of Delights" by Van Eyck
* Laxman, age 13 - "Kill the Sparrow" from Pirates of the Caribbean / "Première rhapsodie" by Claude Debussy
* Padma, age 11 - "The Sleepwalker" by Rieti / "Oyfn Pripetshik" from Schindler's List
* Sushma, age 16 - "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins / "Conquest of Paradise" by Vangelis
===Results===
The overall winner was 14-year-old Aishwarya from the musicians category, after she won the public vote by 40%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Aishwarya</small>	1 	40%
Singers 	Sudip 	3 	22%
Dancers 	Sushma 	2 	38%
==Season 2 (2020)==
:Main article: Prodigies (Nepalese 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
* Bhim, age 14, clarinet - "Tema con variazioni" by Stravinsky
* Devance, age 9, violin - "Dances Beyond the Frontier" by Sicong / "Allegro ma non troppo" by Ries
* Gopal, age 16, trombone - "Yellow" by Appermont
* Madhav, age 13, organ - "Jesus, meine Zuversicht" by Reger / "Allegro con fuoco" by Reubke
* Sangeeta, age 16, piano - "Civet à toute vitesse" by Bernstein / "Grande ritournelle" by Satie
;Singers
* Dhonu, age 15 - "Marcello, finalmente!" from La bohème / "The Cold Song" from King Arthur
* Namrata, age 11 - "Amazing Grace" by John Newton / "Look to Your Path" from The Chorus
* Rameshwor, age 16 - "Nell tue mani" by Andrea Bocelli / "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady
* Usha, age 16 - "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo
* Yashoda, age 12 - "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville
;Dancers
* Arjun, age 15 - "What Shall We Die For?" from Pirates of the Caribbean / "The Rains of Castamere" from Game of Thrones
* Basant, age 16 - "The Swan of Tuonela" by Jean Sibelius / "Gaîté Parisienne" by Offenbach
* Heena, age 13 - "The Fairest of Roses" by Magle / "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran
* Neha, age 14 - "Le pavillon d'Armide" by Tcherepnin
* Priya, age 11 - "Pâquerette" by Benoist
===Results===
The overall winner was 9-year-old Devance from the musicians category, after he won the public vote by 40%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Devance</small>	1 	40%
Singers 	Dhonu 	3 	26%
Dancers 	Heena 	2 	34%
==Season 3 (2021)==
:Main article: Prodigies (Nepalese season 3)
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
* Girvesh, age 11, cello - "Preludio-Fantasia" by Cassadó / "My Man's Gone Now" from Porgy and Bess
* Meera, age 12, piano - "Study for Intonation" by Takemitsu
* Sita, age 14, flute - "Andante con Variazioni" by Beethoven / "Poco allegro" by Saint-Saëns
* Uttam, age 16, violin - "Caprice #5" by Paganini / "Tempo di Borea" by Bach
* Vishal, age 12, accordion - "Moderato con moto" by Serry
;Singers
* Baburam, age 11 - "Va, pensiero" from Nabucco
* Bimala, age 10 - "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata / "Der Hölle Rache" from The Magic Flute
* Daxa, age 13 - "Memory" from Cats / "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
* Suman, age 15 - "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto / "Nell tue mani" by Andrea Bocelli
* Sushil, age 16 - "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore
;Dancers
* Asha, age 13 - "The River Cam" by Whitacre
* Chavi, age 12 - "Adagio in G minor" by Giazotto
* Ganga, age 10 - "My Way" by Frank Sinatra / "The Daydreamer" by Laws
* Ita, age 15 - "Farandole" by Bizet / "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith
* Narayan, age 14 - "Elevator and Headache" from The Punisher / "The Forbidden Tower" by Sondheim
===Results===
The overall winner was 13-year-old Daxa from the singers category, after she won the public vote by 46%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Girvesh</small>	2 	29%
Singers 	Daxa 	1 	46%
Dancers 	Ita 	3 	25%
==Season 4 (2022)==
:Main article: Prodigies (Nepalese season 4)
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
* Abiral, age 11, trumpet - "Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury" by Britten
* Bibek, age 13, violin - "Devil's Laughter" by Paganini
* Sanjona, age 10, piano - "Grande polonaise brillante" by Chopin / "La leggierezza" by Liszt
* Soumy, age 16, clarinet - "Sunyata Dance" by Xuntian / "Der Berghirt" by Schubert
* Utsarg, age 12, organ - "Canon at the Fifth" by Bach / "Prière à Notre-Dame" by Boëllmann
;Singers
* Lubania, age 11 - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen / "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
* Palisha, age 12 - "Nella Fantasia" by Sarah Brightman
* Ram, age 16 - "The Cold Song" from King Arthur / "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci
* Ved, age 15 - "Nell tue mani" by Andrea Bocelli / "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
* Yadav, age 10 - "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata
;Dancers
* Alina, age 14 - "Lawrence of Arabia" by Jarre / "Un peu moins modére" by Messiaen
* Bilhana, age 16 - "Dance of the Devil" by Stravinsky / "Allegro con brio" by Beethoven
* Sejun, age 15 - "Slow Motion" by Hosokawa
* Toofan, age 16 - "Angry and Dead Again" from Pirates of the Caribbean / "Gladiator" by Hans Zimmer
* Ujesh, age 13 - "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
===Results===
The overall winner was 15-year-old Ved from the singers category, after he won the public vote by 47%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Utsarg</small>	3 	22%
Singers 	Ved 	1 	47%
Dancers 	Alina 	2 	31%
==Season 5 (2023)==
:Main article: Prodigies (Nepalese season 5)
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
* Hiranjan, age 13, trombone - "Elemental Things" by Wagner / "Medium" by Meij
* Idha, age 16, flute - "Dance of the Goat" by Honegger / "Fantasia in C major" by Telemann
* Indradu, age 14, organ - "Cyprès et lauriers" by Saint-Saëns
* Saudis, age 12, piano - "Für Alina" by Pärt
* Unnabh, age 11, cello - "Brandenburg Concerto #1" by Bach / "Nomos Alpha" by Xenakis
;Singers
* Amir, age 13 - "¡Yo borrico!" from El ciudadano Simón
* Chirasmi, age 12 - "Ombra mai fu" from Serse
* Ihina, age 14 - "Parla più piano" by Rota / "Your Love" from Once Upon a Time in the West
* Kwina, age 16 - "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo / "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" from The Tales of Hoffmann
* Taral, age 16 - "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser / "Allez chantez l'office" from Werther
;Dancers
* Binsa, age 16 - "Oyfn Pripetshik" from Schindler's List
* Gamya, age 12 - "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi / "This Land" by Zimmer
* Griva, age 15 - "Under the Palm Tree" by Albéniz / "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakov
* Harnoop, age 13 - "Presto agitato" by Beethoven / "Palladio" by Jenkins
* Tika, age 11 - "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky
===Results===
The overall winner was 12-year-old Gamya from the dancers category, after she won the public vote by 49%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Unnabh</small>	2 	36%
Singers 	Ihina 	3 	15%
Dancers 	Gamya 	1 	49%
===Trivia===
* For Kwina's performance in the season finale, one man from the choir was given a giant "key" to turn on Kwina's back several times to get her to stand up, as is common with other performances of "Les oiseaux dans la charmille".
* Gamya and Griva are sisters.
==Season 6 (2024)==
:Main article: Prodigies (Nepalese season 6)
The sixth season of Prodigies in Nepal is set to premiere on September 15, 2024. All three mentors from the previous season and host Prakash Subedi will be returning.
==See also==
* Prodigies (franchise)
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