Prodigies (Japanese season 3)

The third season of the Japanese classical music talent show Prodigies aired on TBS in May 2023 and took place at the Cocoon Theatre.
==Semi-Final==
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from March 24-26, 2023, with the semi-final being filmed on April 1 and airing on May 13.
Order	Category 	Contestant 	Age	Composition/Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Mayuka (violin) 	8 	"Flower Duet" 	Finalist
2 	Singers 	Ageha 	14 	"Nella Fantasia" 	Finalist
3 	Dancers 	Gakuto 	13 	"Nemalo vremeni proshlo s tekh por"	Eliminated
4 	Musicians	Nami (trumpet) 	12 	"Pomp and Circumstance" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Daigo 	15 	"O du mein holder Abendstern" 	Eliminated
6 	Dancers 	Hiroji 	13 	"Gabriel's Oboe" 	Finalist
7 	Musicians	Osamu (guitar) 	13 	"Tico-Tico no Fubá" 	Finalist
8 	Singers 	Hisato 	11 	"O sole mio" 	Finalist
9 	Dancers 	Kie 	14 	"The Heart Asks Pleasure First" 	Finalist
10 	Musicians	Yuzuru (piano) 	14 	"Piano Sonata #14" 	Finalist
11 	Singers 	Masae 	12 	"Parla più piano" 	Finalist
12 	Dancers 	Miya 	11 	"Adagio in G minor" 	Finalist
13 	Musicians	Zenji (clarinet)	16 	"My Girl's P*ssy" 	Eliminated
14 	Singers 	Mei 	16 	"La mamma morta" 	Eliminated
15 	Dancers 	Shina 	16 	"Chant de Linos" 	Eliminated
==Live Final==
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from May 14-16, 2023, with the live final commencing on May 20.
The show began with all nine finalists performing "Diamonds".
;First Round
Order	Category 	Contestant 	Composition/Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Mayuka (violin)	"Chôros bis" 	Eliminated
2 	Musicians	Osamu (guitar) 	"Asturias" 	Eliminated
3 	Musicians	Yuzuru (piano) 	"Polonaise Op. 53" 	Super finalist
4 	Singers 	Ageha 	"Lascia ch'io pianga" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Hisato 	"Va, pensiero" 	Eliminated
6 	Singers 	Masae 	"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"	Super finalist
7 	Dancers 	Kie 	"The Blue Danube" 	Super finalist
8 	Dancers 	Hiroji 	"The River Cam" 	Eliminated
9 	Dancers 	Miya 	"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" 	Eliminated
;Second Round
Category 	Contestant	Super final performance 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Yuzuru 	"Piano Sonata #14" 	3 	28%
Singers 	Masae 	"Parla più piano" 	1 	37%
Dancers 	Kie 	"The Heart Asks Pleasure First"	2 	35%
==Contestants' info==
;Musicians
* Mayuka Okutani (born November 15, 2014; aged 8 at the time of the show) lives in Tsukuba.
* Nami Ogihara (born August 7, 2010; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Kyoto.
* Osamu Zaizen (born December 28, 2009; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Uozu.
* Yuzuru Jingu (born November 15, 2008; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Nagoya.
* Zenji Yodogawa (born January 29, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Minato.
;Singers
* Ageha Kashiwabara (born November 23, 2008; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Tokyo.
* Daigo Jissoji (born December 19, 2007; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Fukuoka.
* Hisato Kamezawa (born November 18, 2011; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Saitama.
* Masae Higuchi (born February 16, 2011; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Iwakuni and is open to all genres of music fitting the mezzo-soprano repertoire.
* Mei Ikegami (born January 7, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Yokohama.
;Dancers
* Gakuto Iwamoto (born September 30, 2009; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Yuzawa.
* Hiroji Deguchi (born January 5, 2010; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Nakano.
* Kie Hashi (born September 15, 2008; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Utsunomiya and doesn't remember when she started dancing.
* Miya Furutani (born February 26, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Sendai.
* Shina Tsuboi (born December 31, 2006; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Chiba.
==See also==
* Prodigies (Japanese season 1)
* Prodigies (Japanese season 2)
* Prodigies (Japanese season 4)
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