Child Genius

5.0

2015

Lifetime’s all-new competition series "Child Genius" centers on America’s most extraordinary and gifted children and their families as they prepare for a national intelligence competition. In cooperation with American Mensa, the competition takes place over eight weeks and tests the nation’s brightest young minds on their knowledge of Math, Spelling, Geography, Memory, the Human Body, U.S. Presidents, Vocabulary, Current Events, Zoology, Astronomy and Space, Inventions, Literature and the Arts, Earth Science and Logic. The show features 20 boys and girls ages 8 to 12 from across the country, all competing for a $100,000 college fund and the title of Child Genius 2014. Immediately following the Season 5 premiere of "Dance Moms"®, "Child Genius" bows on Tuesday, January 6, 2015

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Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 2015

1. I Am Not a Tiger Mommy

Twenty, 8 to 12 year old child geniuses, with determined parents in tow, prepare to battle it out in week one of the "Child Genius" competition held in cooperation with American Mensa, hoping to win the $100,000 college fund prize and the title of "Child Genius."

2. Please Drink Some Water

The 15 children who survived the first round of elimination in the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, return for week two, battling it out in this week's rounds, Human Body and Memory, with hopes of winning a $100,000 college fund prize and the title of "Child Genius."

3. Focus, Focus, Focus!

It's week three of the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, and the pressure is on for the remaining 12 academic warriors to avoid elimination in this week's rounds, Vocabulary and Astronomy, and advance towards the prize of $100,000 and the title of "Child Genius."

4. Triskaidekaphobia

It's week four of the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, and the remaining 10 competitors must clear the academic hurdles of this weeks topics, Zoology and Spelling, to stay in the game and advance towards the prize--$100,000 and the title of "Child Genius."

5. You Signed Up For This

In week five of the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, the remaining eight competitors muscle through the mid-point of this rigorous competition, tackling this weeks rounds, U.S. Presidents and Logic and Reasoning, in order to stay in the game and win a $100,000 college fund and the title of "Child Genius."

6. These Kids Are Like Cheetahs

In week six of the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, the six remaining competitors face two tough rounds of competition--Current Events and Earth Sciences--after which only five will advance one step closer towards the finals, where they will battle it out for a $100,000 college fund and the title of "Child Genius."

7. You Need to Stop Lying to Yourself

In week seven of the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, the remaining five children struggle through two grueling rounds of competition--Inventions and Literature and the Arts--after which, only four will move on to the finals and compete for the $100,000 college fund and the title of "Child Genius."

8. We All Want to Win, Right?

In the eighth and final week of the "Child Genius" competition, held in cooperation with American Mensa, the four finalists face off in an Academic Olympiad, a daunting compilation of all previous round topics, after which, one child will win a $100,000 college fund and be crowned "Child Genius."