Prodigies (Japanese season 4)

The fourth season of the Japanese classical music talent show Prodigies aired on TBS in May 2024 and took place at the Cocoon Theatre.
==Semi-Final==
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from March 8-10, 2024, with the semi-final being filmed on March 16 and airing on May 11.
Order	Category 	Contestant	Age	Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Amaya 	12 	"Monsieur de la Péjaudie" 	Finalist
2 	Singers 	Daido 	16 	"Tenement Symphony" 	Finalist
3 	Dancers 	Julieanne 	16 	"Rise Like a Phoenix" 	Finalist
4 	Musicians	Bashira 	14 	"Molto moderato" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Gina 	10 	"Memory" 	Finalist
6 	Dancers 	Kairy 	14 	"Waltz #2" 	Finalist
7 	Musicians	Kaito 	8 	"Rondo" 	Eliminated
8 	Singers 	Ozai 	15 	"Toreador Song" 	Finalist
9 	Dancers 	Makaira 	15 	"The Cold Song" 	Eliminated
10 	Musicians	Niko 	11 	"Lento ma non troppo" 	Finalist
11 	Singers 	Renzo 	11 	"Ave Maria" 	Eliminated
12 	Dancers 	Mikasa 	11 	"Garden of Delights" 	Finalist
13 	Musicians	Notin 	16 	"Improvisation on a Groove"	Finalist
14 	Singers 	Seto 	11 	"Look to Your Path" 	Eliminated
15 	Dancers 	Taemon 	16 	"Pavane" 	Eliminated
==Live Final==
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were-recorded from May 12-14, 2024, with the live final commencing on May 18.
The show began with all nine finalists performing "".
;First Round
Order	Category 	Contestant	Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Amaya 	"Volkslied aus Kleinrussland"	Eliminated
2 	Musicians	Niko 	"Allegro con bravura" 	Eliminated
3 	Musicians	Notin 	"The Diva Dance" 	Super finalist
4 	Singers 	Daido 	"La donna è mobile" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Gina 	"Ave Maria de Caccini" 	Super finalist
6 	Singers 	Ozai 	"Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" 	Eliminated
7 	Dancers 	Julieanne 	"Water Droplets" 	Super finalist
8 	Dancers 	Kairy 	"Liberamente capriccioso" 	Eliminated
9 	Dancers 	Mikasa 	"This Land" 	Eliminated
;Second Round
Category 	Contestant 	Super final performance 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Notin</small>	"Improvisation on a Groove"	2 	30%
Singers 	Gina 	"Memory" 	3 	21%
Dancers 	Julieanne 	"Rise Like a Phoenix" 	1 	49%
==Contestants' info==
;Musicians
* Amaya Williams (born February 19, 2012; aged 12 at the time of the show) has dual citizenship in Japan and Canada. From October of one year to April of the following year, her Japanese home is Yokohama. From May to September, her Canadian home is Winnipeg.
* Bashira Enzan (born November 29, 2009; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Okinawa.
* Kaito Ueki (born January 9, 2016; aged 8 at the time of the show) lives in Osaka.
* Niko Dikao (born July 4, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Saitama.
* Notin Feng (born December 13, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Sapporo.
;Singers
* Daido Kokubo (born November 1, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Haruno.
* Gina Sanjo (born September 8, 2013; aged 10 at the time of the show) lives in Echizen. In addition to classical favorites and showtunes, she is also open to pop and rock music released from the 1980's to present day. The first song Gina learned was "Keep Holding On" by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, during karaoke at a county fair in the heart of Echizen in 2019, and the first opera-oriented song Gina learned was "Earth Song" by American pop star Michael Jackson, when Gina taught herself classical singing around 2022 after learning that she was too young to enter a multi-genre music conservatory.
* Oazi Kadowaki (born November 14, 2008; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Ginowan.
* Renzo Yoda (born September 3, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Oita.
* Seto Kàn (born January 15, 2013; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Nagoya and is open to both opera and current pop music.
;Dancers
* Julieanne Sunagawa (born December 16, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Tokyo and is open to many dance styles in addition to ballet.
* Kairy Sanshi (born November 14, 2009; aged 14at the time of the show) lives in Tokorozawa.
* Makaira Iwama (born July 6, 2008; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Yuzawa.
* Mikasa Moriguchi (born October 5, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Maebashi.
* Taemon Gan (born December 8, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Sendai.
==See also==
* Prodigies (Japanese season 1)
* Prodigies (Japanese season 2)
* Prodigies (Japanese season 3)
Category:2024 Japanese TV seasons
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