Prodigies Pop (Japanese TV series)

:For the original format, see Prodigies (Japanese TV series)
Prodigies Pop is a Japanese music talent show for singers, dancers, and musicians aged 8 to 16 and is based on the pop music version of 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 Kanae Dōmoto.
Unlike the series in France, for which both episodes in each season are pre-recorded, the season finale in Japan'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 Pop mentors
Mentor 	Seasons
Mentor 	1
Thelma Aoyama	
Tiger Okoshi 	
Rino Nakasone	
==Series overview==
: Contestant mentored by Thelma Aoyama (singers)
: Contestant mentored by Tiger Okoshi (musicians)
: Contestant mentored by Rino Nakasone (dancers)
Japanese 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 	November 18, 2023	November 25, 2023	Aya Hachisu 	Yohei Fujinuma 	Uta Gamō 	Thelma Aoyama 	Yumiko Udo 	Thelma 	Tiger 	Rino
2 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season 	Upcoming season	Upcoming season	Upcoming season	Upcoming season	Upcoming season	Thelma 	Tiger 	Rino
==Season 1 (2023)==
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
* Akio, age 15, saxophone - "The Things We Do for Love" by 10cc
* Hiroji, age 12, drums - "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley / "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar
* Ikko, age 11, electric guitar - "Rising Sun" by EXILE / "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" by Panic! at the Disco
* Uta, age 14, violin - "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus / "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence
* Yemon, age 9, trumpet - "Problem" by Ariana Grande
;Singers
* Aya, age 16 - "Million Clouds" by Maaya Sakamoto / "Your Song" by Elton John
* Bunji, age 13 - "Dreamers" by Jungkook
* Hisa, age 14 - "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie
* Meisa, age 8 - "Kiss Datte Hidarikiki" by SKE48 / "99 Red Balloons" by Nena
* Keizo, age 15 - "I Believe in You and Me" by The Four Tops / "Purple Rain" by Prince
;Dancers
* Aina, age 15 - "Sussudio" by Phil Collins / "Say So" by Doja Cat
* Futaba, age 14 - "The Final Countdown" by Europe / "Lips Are Moving" by Meghan Trainor
* Goro, age 11 - "Obscure" by Dir En Grey
* Sachie, age 10 - "Love Story" by Taylor Swift
* Yohei, age 16 - "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi / "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
===Results===
The overall winner was 16-year-old Aya from the singers category, after she won the public vote by a landslide.
Category 	Contestant 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Uta (violin)	3 	17%
Singers 	Aya 	1 	55%
Dancers 	Yohei 	2 	28%
===Trivia===
* For Hiroji's performances in the semi-final and season finale, one woman from the choir was given a microphone to sing "Crazy" and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", respectively. This also applied to the tour.
* Only a day after the series premiere commenced, Sachie revealed that she wanted to be voted off, saying she felt like it was "too stressful".
==Tours==
Every spring, all 15 contestants co-headline a tour across Japan reprising their performances in order from the semi-final to the season finale.
* Prodigies Pop Live Tour 2023
* Prodigies Pop Live Tour 2024 (planned)
==See also==
* Prodigies (franchise)
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