Prodiges Pop: France 2's New Show Crowned by Thiméo's Victory

2023-09-23 21:50:33

Screenshot France 2 live/Prodiges pop

After a launch last week, France 2 broadcast this Saturday September 23, 2023 the second evening of its new show Pop Prodigies, a variation of the Prodiges tele-hook show. In this artistic competition orchestrated by Faustine Bollaert15 children (up to 16 years old) try to do well in three categories: dancing, playing a musical instrument and finally singing.

They all appear in turn before the three jurors, each representing a field: the choreographer Blanca Li, the trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and the singer Chimène Badi. At the end of the first episode last Saturday, a total of 9 talents were selected. And it is these 9 budding artists who participated this September 23 in the grand finale (yes, already!) of the show.

The singing category did not convince

This Saturday, September 23, one category was judged more harshly than the others on the social network X, formerly Twitter. For many, the show’s little singers were less impressive than the contestants in the dance and instrumental categories. Among them: little Eva, Nicolas and Luna, who respectively chose this evening to perform Le monde est stone by Starmania, The last day of disco by Juliette Armanet and Mourir sur scène by Dalida. A choice of titles which was criticized on X. For certain tweeters, their texts were not at all adapted to the age of the candidates, when they were not downright depressing. Others judged that the technical weaknesses were too numerous for a final…

#prodigies Being a prodigy in music or dance has meaning and interest because it is both innate, rarer and therefore less widespread than the little singers with changing voices that we can see on TV shows everywhere. ???? Too bad the competition doesn’t just focus on the 2!

— muriel thomas des chenses (@MurielTDC) September 23, 2023

At the end of the first round of performances, Chimène Badi still had the difficult task of deciding between them. And the singer has set her sights on Nicolas. Despite his handicap – he suffers from hearing and articulation problems – the teenager was the one who touched her the most. “You are absolutely amazing […] and tonight you knocked us down, the stage belonged to you and you gave everything.” To claim victory, Nicolas still had to convince the viewers to choose him over the winners of the two other categories, Liam and Thiméo…. And it was not won.

“It’s DiCaprio who wins Pop Prodigies”

Throughout the evening, the musical instrument and dance categories elicited very enthusiastic reactions. And around 11:30 p.m., it was finally the candidate in the dance category, Thiméo, who won the 2023 Pop Prodigies trophy, as well as a scholarship worth 10,000 euros. The young man was widely praised, on set and on the internet, for his performances on This is me from the film The Greatest showman and Formidable by Stromae. His resemblance to the actor Leonardo Di Caprio was also widely commented on on X.