Prodigies Pop (New Zealand season 1)

The inaugural season of the New Zealand music talent show Prodigies Pop aired on TVNZ 2 in March 2024 and took place at the Hollywood Cinema.
==Semi-Final==
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from February 2-4, 2024, with the semi-final being filmed on February 10 and airing on March 16.
Order	Category 	Contestant	Age	Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Anna 	10 	"Love Story" 	Finalist
2 	Singers 	Collin 	16 	"Lucid Dreams" 	Finalist
3 	Dancers 	Blythe 	16 	"Miss Independent" 	Eliminated
4 	Musicians	Curtis 	10 	"Sun Goes Down" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	James 	15 	"Your Song" 	Eliminated
6 	Dancers 	Fred 	12 	"The Power of Love" 	Eliminated
7 	Musicians	Isabelle 	12 	"100% Pure Love" 	Eliminated
8 	Singers 	Phoebe 	7 	"Control" 	Finalist
9 	Dancers 	Jasmine 	13 	"Low Rider" 	Finalist
10 	Musicians	Monroe 	11 	"Move Along" 	Finalist
11 	Singers 	Rena 	14 	"What About Us?" 	Finalist
12 	Dancers 	Katerina 	16 	"We Found Love" 	Finalist
13 	Musicians	Sel 	13 	"I Don't Want to Be"	Finalist
14 	Singers 	Tanner 	10 	"No Matter What" 	Eliminated
15 	Dancers 	Simon 	14 	"Steal the Show" 	Finalist
==Live Final==
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from March 17-19, 2024, with the live final commencing on March 23.
The show began with all nine finalists performing "You Get What You Give".
;First Round
Order	Category 	Contestant	Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Anna 	"Faithfully" 	Super finalist
2 	Musicians	Monroe 	"Nothing But a Good Time"	Eliminated
3 	Musicians	Sel 	"Good Girl" 	Eliminated
4 	Singers 	Collin 	"Easy" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Phoebe 	"I'm with You" 	Eliminated
6 	Singers 	Rena 	"And I'm Telling You" 	Super finalist
7 	Dancers 	Jasmine 	"Anyway" 	Eliminated
8 	Dancers 	Katerina 	"Starships" 	Super finalist
9 	Dancers 	Simon 	"Don't Lose My Number" 	Eliminated
;Second Round
Category 	Contestant 	Super final performance	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Anna</small>	"Love Story" 	2 	38%
Singers 	Rena 	"What About Us?" 	1 	45%
Dancers 	Katerina 	"We Found Love" 	3 	17%
==Trivia==
* Katerina was originally from Ukraine, but fled to New Zealand with her family in April 2022 following the Russian invasion.
* For Monroe's performances in the semi-final and season finale, one man from the choir was given a microphone to sing "Move Along" and "Nothing But a Good Time", respectively. This also applies to the tour.
==Contestants' info==
;Musicians
* Anna Descamps (born September 7, 2013; aged 10 at the time of the show) lives in Nelson.
* Curtis Hodson (born November 30, 2013; aged 10 at the time of the show) lives in Palmerston North.
* Isabelle Morley (born October 9, 2011; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Lower Hutt.
* Monroe List (born December 1, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Dunedin.
* Sel Galloway (born November 20, 2010; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Wellington.
;Singers
* Collin Moon (born December 16, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Whangārei.
* James Roper (born May 5, 2008; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Hamilton.
* Phoebe Borg (born November 19, 2016; aged 7 at the time of the show) lives in Invercargill.
* Rena Suiden (born November 28, 2009; aged 14 at the time of the show) has dual citizenship in New Zealand and Japan. From October of one year to April of the following year, her New Zealand home as Auckland, and from May to September, her Japanese home is Tokyo.
* Tanner Broad (born September 12, 2013; aged 10 at the time of the show) lives in New Plymouth.
;Dancers
* Blythe Denton (born December 9, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Napier.
* Fred Dorner (born December 3, 2011; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Tauranga.
* Jasmine Vasillian (born October 10, 2010; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Rotorua.
* Katerina Hlushko (born January 13, 2008; aged 16 at the time of the show) was born in Kiev but lives in Christchurch following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
* Simon Polstrom (born January 5, 2010; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Gisborne.
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