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 by	Carol Vorderman Tess Daly
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Celador
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	4:3
Original release	9 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]	Deutschlands 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	29 March 2004 – 5 June 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. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. 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.

External links

• Britain's Brainiest Kid on IMDb
• Britain's Brainiest Kid 2001 at Celador Productions
• Britain's Brainiest Kid 2002 at Celador Productions