Child Genius

Overview

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

Episodes

S01E01 I Am Not a Tiger Mommy

January 6, 2015
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...

S01E02 Please Drink Some Water

January 13, 2015
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...

S01E03 Focus, Focus, Focus!

January 20, 2015
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,...

S01E04 Triskaidekaphobia

January 27, 2015
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...

S01E05 You Signed Up For This

February 3, 2015
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...

S01E06 These Kids Are Like Cheetahs

February 10, 2015
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...

S01E07 You Need to Stop Lying to Yourself

February 17, 2015
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...

S01E08 We All Want to Win, Right?

February 24, 2015
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...

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