
Child Genius
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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- First Aired on
Jan 06, 2015
- Popularity: 0.7807
- 2 votes
- Production
Shed Media (US)
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
3 seaons till Jul 19, 2016
Last episode: Episode 2
Seasons & episodes
Total 3 seasons, 19 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1I Am Not a Tiger Mommy min
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."
Episode 2Please Drink Some Water min
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."
Episode 3Focus, Focus, Focus! min
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."
Episode 4Triskaidekaphobia min
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."
Episode 5You Signed Up For This min
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."
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