Prodigies (Canadian TV series)

:For the pop music format, see Prodigies Pop (Canadian TV series)
Prodigies is a Canadian 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 Édith Wilbert.
Unlike the original series in France, for which both episodes in each season are pre-recorded, the season finale in Canada's 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	Seasons	Seasons		
Mentor 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 		
Rufus Cappadocia	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Joyce El-Khoury 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Elena Lobsanova 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Tina Pereira 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Maureen Batt 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Jeremy Findlay 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Joni Henson 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
Ariana Chris 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		
==Venues==
Prodigies venues
Venue, city 	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons
Venue, city 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8
MacLab Theatre, Edmonton 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Community Theatre, Kelowna	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Yates Theatre, Lethbridge 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
MacMillan Theatre, Toronto	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Series overview==
: Contestant mentored by Rufus Cappadocia (musicians)
: Contestant mentored by Joyce El-Khoury (singers)
: Contestant mentored by Elena Lobsanova (dancers)
: Contestant mentored by Tina Pereira (dancers)
: Contestant mentored by Maureen Batt (singers)
: Contestant mentored by Jeremy Findlay (musicians)
: Contestant mentored by Joni Henson (singers)
: Contestant mentored by Ariana Chris (singers)
Canadian Prodigies 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 	May 13, 2017 	May 20, 2017 	Carly Yonekura 	Elsa Brodski 	Bryce Frendo 	Joyce El-Khoury 	Anke Engelke 	Joyce 	Rufus 	Elena
2 	May 19, 2018 	May 26, 2018 	Stacy Brutian 	Sierra Jansons 	Paul Clintberg 	Tina Pereira 	Anke Engelke 	Joyce 	Rufus 	Tina
3 	May 4, 2019 	May 11, 2019 	Jerome Swart 	Madison Piscator	Zoe Gallus 	Rufus Cappadocia	Anke Engelke 	Maureen 	Rufus 	Elena
4 	October 17, 2020	October 24, 2020	Clarissa Gruber 	Carlos Zegers 	Annika Hoving 	Jeremy Findlay 	Anke Engelke 	Maureen 	Jeremy 	Elena
5 	May 15, 2021 	May 22, 2021 	Puja Soren 	Eliza Kemper 	Derek Alders 	Elena Lobsanova 	Anke Engelke 	Joni 	Jeremy 	Elena
6 	May 21, 2022 	May 28, 2022 	Anya Nilund 	Bruce Gasser 	Hannah Graph 	Jeremy Findlay 	Anke Engelke 	Joni 	Jeremy 	Elena
7 	May 6, 2023 	May 13, 2023 	Collin Holgersson	Tyrone Wilde 	Amy Trashel 	Jeremy Findlay 	Anke Engelke 	Ariana 	Jeremy 	Elena
8 	May 18, 2024 	May 25, 2024 	Fatima Serchez 	Hayley Marlier 	Adam Piron 	Ariana Chris 	Anke Engelke 	Ariana 	Jeremy 	Elena
9 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season
==Season 1 (2017)==
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
* Bryce, age 12, accordion - "Slow Motion" by Hosokawa / "Hungarian Dance #5" by Brahms
* Clara, age 11, violin - "Si replica l'allegro" by Telemann
* Connor, age 16, piano - "Idele, the Chassidele" by Bernstein / "Für Alina" by Pärt
* Matt, age 14, cello - "Papillon II" by Saariaho
* Natasha, age 16, flute - "Csárdás" by Monti / "Der Hölle Rache" from The Magic Flute
;Singers
* Carly, age 16 - "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla / "Nella Fantasia" by Sarah Brightman
* Gabriella, age 13 - "Panis Angelicus" by César Franck / "Casta Diva" from Norma
* Louisa, age 14 - "O sole mio" by Di Capua and Capurro
* Rex, age 16 - "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser / "Nell tue mani" by Andrea Bocelli
* Vincent, age 11 - "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata
;Dancers
* Elsa, age 11 - "Première rhapsodie" by Debussy / "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay
* Henry, age 16 - "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Rachmaninoff / "This Land" by Zimmer
* Jasmine, age 15 - "Conquest of Paradise" by Vangelis / "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" by Nyman
* Ophelia, age 12 - "Waltz #2" by Shostakovich
* Zora, age 16 - "Gayane" by Khachaturian
===Results===
The overall winner was 16-year-old Carly from the singers category, after she won the public vote by 51%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Bryce</small>	3 	16%
Singers 	Carly 	1 	51%
Dancers 	Elsa 	2 	33%
===Trivia===
* Bryce and Connor are brothers.
==Season 2 (2018)==
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
* Bella, age 12, violin - "Légende" by Wieniawski
* Daphné, age 15, clarinet - "The Perilous Shore" by Adams / "Quiet City" by Copland
* Robert, age 13, cello - "Amazing Grace" by Newton / "Adagio con gran espressione" by Kodály
* Sierra, age 7, piano - "Study for Intonation" by Takemitsu / "La Campanella" by Liszt
* Zack, age 14, trumpet - "Airs by the Stream" by Stravinsky
;Singers
* Fiona, age 15 - "L'ho perduta, me meschina" from The Marriage of Figaro
* Kate, age 16 - "Juliette's Waltz" from Roméo et Juliette / "March with Me" by Montserrat Caballé
* Lola, age 9 - "Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera
* Marvin, age 12 - "Ombra mai fu" from Serse / "Ave Maria de Caccini" by Vavilov
* Paul, age 16 - "Toreador Song" from Carmen / "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
;Dancers
* Anita, age 11 - "Farewell to Cheyenne" from Once Upon a Time in the West / "The Barber of Seville Overture" by Rossini
* Cyril, age 16 - "Garden of Delights" by Van Eyck / "Rondeau en polonaise" by Mozart
* Stacy, age 14 - "Scent Dance 2" by Xuntian / "Zombie" by The Cranberries
* Suzie, age 13 - "Petals" by Saariaho
* Ursula, age 16 - "Duchessa tu m'appelli" from Luisa Miller
===Results===
The overall winner was 14-year-old Stacy from the dancers category, after she won the public vote by a landslide.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Sierra</small>	2 	25%
Singers 	Paul 	3 	8%
Dancers 	Stacy 	1 	67%
===Trivia===
* Before the live final aired, Suzie revealed that she "prayed" to be eliminated from the semi-final.
==Season 3 (2019)==
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
* Bailey, age 10, clarinet - "Herbstmusik" by Stockhausen
* Gary, age 14, cello - "Presto con slancio" by Ligeti / "Brandenburg Concerto #1" by Bach
* Jerome, age 15, piano - "For My Sister, Shirley" by Bernstein / "Vier Lieder" by Schoenberg
* Layla, age 7, violin - "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / "Hora staccato" by Grigoraș Dinicu
* Olivia, age 13, flute - "Density 21.5" by Varèse
;Singers
* Callie, age 16 - "Sancta Maria" from Cavalleria rusticana / "Mein Herr Marquis" from Die Fledermaus
* Enzo, age 16 - "È la solita storia del pastore" from L'arlesiana
* Harry, age 15 - "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto / "Possente spirto" from L'orfeo
* Lisa, age 10 - "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
* Madison, age 12 - "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen / "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
;Dancers
* Alicia, age 14 - "Nothing Compares to You" by Sinéad O'Connor / "The Blue Danube" by Strauss
* Emily, age 13 - "Green Bird Descent" by Elliot Goldenthal / "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky
* Tevin, age 16 - "Golden Gate" by Goldenthal
* Victoria, age 10 - "La gazza ladra Overture" by Rossini
* Zoe, age 12 - "Lesnoy tanets" by Medtner / "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins
===Results===
The overall winner was 15-year-old Jerome from the musicians category, after he won the public vote by 44%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Jerome</small>	1 	44%
Singers 	Madison 	2 	30%
Dancers 	Zoe 	3 	26%
==Season 4 (2020)==
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
* Clarissa, age 16, violin - "Partita #6" by Westhoff / "Appassionato" by Rode
* Lily, age 8, piano - "Polonaise Op. 53" by Chopin / "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" by Franz Liszt
* Randall, age 16, cello - "Allegro con bravura" by Penderecki
* Spencer, age 10, guitar - "Asturias" by Albéniz / "Molto cantabile" by Mompou
* Trey, age 16, organ - "Prière à Notre Dame" by Boëllmann
;Singers
* Abigail, age 10 - "Nella Fantasia" by Sarah Brightman
* Annika, age 11 - "Memory" from Cats / "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen
* Jenna, age 12 - "Ave Maria" by Schubert
* Kiley, age 14 - "Casta Diva" from Norma / "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo
* Tyler, age 15 - "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore / "Toreador Song" from Carmen
;Dancers
* Carlos, age 15 - "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone / "The Medallion Calls" from Pirates of the Caribbean
* Daniella, age 13 - "Flower Duet" from Lakmé
* Ella, age 10 - "Water Droplets" by Sibelius / "Dies iræ" from Requiem
* Sadie, age 16 - "My Way" by Frank Sinatra / "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Rachmaninoff
* Tara, age 16 - "Tico-Tico no Fubá" by Abreu
===Results===
The overall winner was 16-year-old Clarissa from the musicians category, after she won the public vote by 42%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Clarissa</small>	1 	42%
Singers 	Annika 	3 	20%
Dancers 	Carlos 	2 	38%
==Season 5 (2021)==
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
* Arnold, age 13, organ - "Canon with Inversions" by Bach / "Figaro Overture" by Mozart
* Eliza, age 12, cello - "Mia and Sebastian's Theme" from La La Land / "Allegro ma non troppo" by Ries
* Milo, age 16, piano - "Study for Intonation" by Takemitsu
* Nathan, age 16, clarinet - "Sempre, tempo giusto" by Stravinsky
* Rachel, age 8, violin - "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran / "Der Hölle Rache" from The Magic Flute
;Singers
* Brianna, age 12 - "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera / "Amazing Grace" by Newton
* Derek, age 16 - "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady / "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from The Land of Smiles
* Kathleen, age 10 - "Parla più piano" by Rota
* Kyle, age 16 - "Allez chantez l'office" from Werther / "Vedle qué pensativo" from El juramento
* Melanie, age 15 - "Un bel dì, vedremo" from Madama Butterfly
;Dancers
* Angela, age 11 - "The Rains of Castamere" from Game of Thrones
* Éric, age 14 - "I've Got My Eye on You" from Pirates of the Caribbean / "Laughing Unlearned" by Salonen
* Laura, age 12 - "Symphony #3" by Brahms / "Lydia the Swiss Milkmaid" by Gyrowetz
* Puja, age 16 - "Recruiting Dance" by Bartók / "This Land" by Zimmer
* Stanley, age 15 - "Ramsay's the Second No More" from Jurassic World Dominion
===Results===
The overall winner was 16-year-old Puja from the dancers category, after she won the public vote by 57%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Eliza</small>	2 	28%
Singers 	Derek 	3 	15%
Dancers 	Puja 	1 	57%
==Season 6 (2022)==
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 6. 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
* Anya, age 14, clarinet - "Ma poco più mosso" by Widmann / "The Perilous Shore" by Adams
* Alfred, age 15, piano - "Novelette" by Schumann / "Córdoba" by Albéniz
* Auguste, age 12, cello - "Petals" by Saariaho / "Presto con slancio" by Ligeti
* Carolina, age 10, flute - "Monsieur de la Péjaudie" by Roussel
* Nia, age 7, violin - "Méditation" by Tchaikovsky
;Singers
* Adelaide, age 16 - "Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman / "The Last Rose of Summer" by Moore and Bunting
* Bruce, age 16 - "Nessun dorma" from Turandot / "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser
* Marianna, age 12 - "Ave Maria de Caccini" by Vavilov / "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
* Michelle, age 13 - "Panis Angelicus" by Franck
* Veronica, age 15 - "Casta Diva" from Norma
;Dancers
* Alexandra, age 16 - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" from The Tales of Hoffmann / "Première rhapsodie" by Debussy
* Charlene, age 12 - "Garden of Delights" by Van Eyck / "The Blue Danube" by Strauss
* Flint, age 14 - "Kill the Sparrow" from Pirates of the Caribbean
* Hannah, age 11 - "Open Arms" by Journey / "Csárdás" by Monti
* Samuel, age 16 - "Gladiator" by Zimmer
===Results===
The overall winner was 14-year-old Anya from the musicians category, after she won the public vote by 47%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Anya</small>	1 	47%
Singers 	Bruce 	2 	31%
Dancers 	Hannah 	3 	22%
==Season 7 (2023)==
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 7. 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
* Anne, age 9, piano - "Polonaise 1" by Schumann
* Chelsea, age 15, flute - "Dance of the Goat" by Honegger / "Andante molto" by Muczynski
* Collin, age 13, piano - "Cradle Song" by Stojowski / "The Peacock" by Bartók
* Elias, age 16, trombone - "Truth and Peace" by Appermont / "Chôros No. 4" by Villa-Lobos
* Vivian, age 8, violin - "Devil's Laughter" by Paganini
;Singers
* Adrianna, age 16 - "Memory" from Cats / "L'ho perduta, me meschina" from The Marriage of Figaro
* Amy, age 16 - "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley / "Parla più piano" by Rota
* Gillian, age 13 - "Signore, ascolta!" from Turandot
* Greg, age 16 - "È la solita storia del pastore" from L'arlesiana
* Zélie, age 10 - "O sole mio" by Di Capua and Capurro / "Ombra mai fu" from Serse
;Dancers
* Marcus, age 14 - "Piano Sonata #14" by Beethoven
* Marina, age 16 - "Look Through My Eyes" by Phil Collins / "Papillon 3" by Saariaho
* Paige, age 11 - "Francis of Paola" by Liszt / "The Rains of Castamere" from Game of Thrones
* Paula, age 15 - "Brasileira from Scaramouche" by Milhaud
* Tyrone, age 16 - "In Friendship" by Stockhausen / "Waltz #2" by Shostakovich
===Results===
The overall winner was 13-year-old Collin from the musicians category, after he won the public vote by 50%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Collin</small>	1 	50%
Singers 	Amy 	3 	19%
Dancers 	Tyrone 	2 	31%
==Season 8 (2024)==
Here are the contestants and performance details from season 8. 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
* Adam, age 11, piano - "Für Alina" by Pärt / "Fantaisie-Impromptu" by Chopin
* Ally, age 11, flute - "Histoire du Tango" by Piazzolla
* Melinda, age 13, organ - "The Hands of the Abyss" by Messiaen
* Silvia, age 12, clarinet - "Sempre, tempo giusto" by Stravinsky / "Danse Klezmer" by Fröst
* Sophia, age 16, violin - "Si replica l'allegro" by Telemann / "Légende" by Wieniawski
;Singers
* Fatima, age 14 - "Nella Fantasia" by Sarah Brightman / "Your Love" from Once Upon a Time in the West
* Martina, age 16 - "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera / "La mamma morta" from Andrea Chénier
* Raya, age 14 - "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" from The Tales of Hoffmann
* Rita, age 11 - "Look to Your Path" from The Chorus / "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen
* Tim, age 16 - "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from The Land of Smiles
;Dancers
* Hayley, age 10 - "Molto moderato" by Ginastera / "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne
* Liana, age 16 - "Reflections of Mufasa" from The Lion King
* Mila, age 16 - "My Way" by Frank Sinatra / "The River Cam" by Whitacre
* Trevor, age 14 - "Serenade for Strings" by Dvořák
* Zena, age 15 - "Chant de Linos" by Jolivet / "Hungarian Dance #5" by Brahms
===Results===
The overall winner was 14-year-old Fatima from the singers category, after she won the public vote by 51%.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Adam</small>	3 	23%
Singers 	Fatima 	1 	51%
Dancers 	Hayley 	2 	26%
==Tours==
Every autumn, all 15 contestants co-headline a tour across Canada reprising their performances in order from the semi-final to the season finale. Tours promoting seasons four and five weren't held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
* Prodigies 2017 Tour
* Prodigies 2018 Tour
* Prodigies 2019 Tour
* Prodigies 2022 Tour
* Prodigies 2023 Tour
* Prodigies 2024 Tour (upcoming)
==See also==
* Prodigies (franchise)
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