Britain's Brainiest Kid

Britain's Brainiest Kid is a British television quiz show produced by Celador, which originally aired in a one-off special format on ITV on 9 August 2001, hosted by Carol Vorderman. A subsequent series was aired in late 2002.

Britain's Brainiest Kid
Presented byCarol Vorderman
Tess Daly
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production company(s)Celador
Release
Original networkITV
Picture format4:3
Original release9 August 2001 (2001-08-09) –
2002

2001 special

The original featured four different rounds:

  • A set of 12 multiple choice questions, whittling down the number of male contestants from 12 to 3.
  • A set of 12 multiple choice questions, whittling down the number of female contestants from 12 to 3.
  • A subject-based round, where contestants answered questions on two subjects, this halved the number of competitors to 3.
  • A final round, where the remaining 3 contestants were tested on their own specialist subject and that of their fellow finalists

The winner of the original special was Laura Hibbert of North Yorkshire, whose specialist subject was Charles Dickens.[1]

Alex "Brains" Marshall was runner up. Marshall's specialist subject was the United Arab Emirates. Richard "Helium" Thomas came third. His specialist subject was the Plantagenets.

2002 edition

For 2002, the show was resurrected, with ten half-hour heats and qualification to a 90-minute grand final show. The heats were presented by Tess Daly, and the grand final by Carol Vorderman again. There was also a format change in 2002, with tie breakers being replaced by "Codexs" after the mammoth tie-break in the 2001 show. There were also several spin off shows, such as Britain's Brainiest Footballer and Britain's Brainiest Cabbie after the success of the 2001 show. However the 2002 show was not as successful and Celador eventually announced that the series would not return for a third series.

The winner of the 2002 series was Christopher Guerin (specialist subject: Thomas Becket).[2]

International versions
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Legend:      Currently airing        No longer airing        Upcoming or returning version        Status unknown

Country Name Host Channel Year aired
 Armenia[3] Ամենախելացին
Amenakhelatsin		 Nazeni Hovhannisyan Armenia TV 14 March 2015 – 24 December 2017
17 March 2019 – 22 June 2019
 Australia Australia's Brainiest Sandra Sully
Samuel Shaed		 Seven Network
Network Ten		 5 November 2004 – 25 September 2005
 Azerbaijan Əlaçı Leyla Quliyeva
İlahə Şixlinskaya		 AzTV
İctimai Television		 19 October 2015 – present
 Belgium (Dutch)[4] Het Verstand Van Vlaanderen Koen Wauters
Rani De Coninck		 Vtm 2004–2008
 Belgium (French)[4] Le Grand Concours des Enfants Alain Simons
Sandrine Dans		 RTL-TVI 23 March 2002
 Denmark[5] Danmarks Klogeste Barn Thomas Mygind TV Danmark 31 August 2005
 France Le Grand Concours Carole Rousseau
Laurence Boccolini		 TF1 23 March 2002 – present
 Finland[6] Valiojoukko Satu Ruotsalainen MTV3 11 September 2004 – 18 December 2004
 Georgia[7] ყველაზე ჭკვიანი
Yvelaze chkviani		 Nino Khoshtaria Rustavi 2 2004–2013
 Germany[8] Deutschland klügste Kinder Sonja Zietlow
Bärbel Schäfer		 RTL II 2001–2011
 Greece Ο Πιο Εξυπνος
O Pio Exupnos		 Antonis Kafetzopoulos Mega 2003–2004
 Italy Il migliore - Sfida d'intelligenza Mike Bongiorno Rete 4 2006–2007
 Japan[9] Brainiest ブレイニスト Yoko Oshita TV Asahi 7 January 2012
 Lebanon[10] مين بيعرف
Min Byaarif		 Nadia Bsat mtv 15 March 2016
 New Zealand[11] New Zealand's Brainiest Kid Bernadine Oliver-Kerby TVNZ February – March 2006
 Poland[12] Dzieciaki z klasą Martyna Wojciechowska TVN 23 March 2004 – 2005
 Portugal[13] Mentes Brilhantes Bárbara Guimarães SIC 6 October 2002
 Russia Самый умный[14]
Sami‘y umni‘y		 Tina Kandelaki STS 8 March 2003 – 31 December 2012
 Singapore[15] Singapore's Brainiest Kid Cheryl Fox MediaCorp Channel 5 2003
 Sweden Sveriges smartaste barn Sofia Wistam
Roger Nordin		 TV3 2007
2009
 Turkey[16] Bilen Parmak Kaldırsın Cemil Büyükdöğerli TRT Çocuk 20 March 2009
 Ukraine[17] Найрозумніший Дорослі ігри
Nayrozumnishy'y Dorosli igry		 Paulo Skorohodko [18] 1+1 2008
Самый умный[19]
Sami‘y umni‘y		 Tina Kandelaki 1+1
Inter		 8 March 2003 – 31 December 2012
Ludmila Dobrovolska Ukrayina 10 March 2013 – 17 June 2013
 United Kingdom Britain’s Brainiest Kid Carol Voderman
Tess Daly		 ITV 9 August 2001 – 2002
 United States America's Brainiest Kid N/A MyNetworkTV 2006
 Vietnam (North Version)[20] Chinh phục - Vietnam's Brainiest Kid Nguyễn Thanh Vân
An Huy Trần		 VTV6
VTV3		 4 December 2013 – 14 January 2015
25 October 2017 – 31 January 2018
 Vietnam (South Version) Tìm người thông minh Phương Thảo HTV7 1 March 2008 – September 2008

References and notes
  1. Laura is Britain's brainiest youngster, The Northern Echo, 11 August 2001.
  2. "CBBC Newsround | UK | Christopher, 12, is Brainiest kid in Britain". BBC News. 1 January 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. "Brainiest". armeniatv.am. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. "RTL-TVI : Générique Le Grand Concours des Enfants (2006)". GenTV.be. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  5. "Danmarks klogeste barn (2005– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. "Viihde - MTV.fi" (in Finnish). Mtv3.fi. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. "Rustavi 2". Rustavi 2. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  8. "RTL 2 - Moderatorin". Web.archive.org. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. "テレビ朝日｜Brainiest（ブレイニスト）". Tv-asahi.co.jp. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  10. "Min Byaarif / Season 2". Lebanon: MTV. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  11. Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "MediaNews.com.pl". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. "VÊM AÍ AS MENTES BRILHANTES - TV & Media - Correio da Manhã". Cmjornal.xl.pt. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  14. In common with Ukraine
  15. Archived 3 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  16. "Bilen parmak kaldırsın". Cicicee.com. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  17. "Канал "Україна" відновить формат шоу "Найрозумніший", але без Тіни Канделакі". Telekritika.ua. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  18. "Програму "Найрозумніший. Дорослі ігри" на "1+1" вестиме Павло Скороходько". Telekritika.ua. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  19. In common with Russia
  20. "Chinh Phục - Vietnam's Brainiest Kid". Facebook. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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