8 year old Tudor Mendel-Idowu and his sister 11 year old Hazelle Mendel-Idowu (pictured above) were the only Nigerians to take part in the Child Genius of the Year 2014 in the UK.
The competition consists of 20 highly gifted youngsters between 7-12 who face two grueling rounds:
Logic and Reasoning and Memory Recall - where they have just one hour
to commit 104 randomly shuffled playing cards to memory.
Hazel Mendel-Idowu was out of the competition in the second round but Tudor Mendel-Idowu scaled through to the final stage on Sunday August 10th and made it up to 2nd position.
Hazel Mendel-Idowu was out of the competition in the second round but Tudor Mendel-Idowu scaled through to the final stage on Sunday August 10th and made it up to 2nd position.
11 year old Sharon from Bolton won the competition. Tudor Mendel-Idowu is the son of Pastor and Mrs Tolu Mendel-Idowu from Nigeria. Congrats to him...
Wow! Congrats 2 him..God bless them more ..I Pray God also Empowers my own kids †̥̥Ơ̴̴̴͡ even do more ! Amen...
ReplyDeleteCongrats. More wisdom in jesus name luke 2:52. BishopDammy#
ReplyDeleteWowwww...smartness
ReplyDelete...exceeding expectations!
ReplyDeleteThe father's face reads you go hear am if we reach house...Great one though...we represent
ReplyDeleteYes o! Father has the face of an always dissatisfied pusher!
DeleteWish he came first and beat Sharon from bolton!!!! We could have made history. A little more fresh efo and less smacking and he could have been a champion. Welldone Tudor. His parents looks like genius even. I am proud of you all.
ReplyDeleteGreat,at least gud news are coming from Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteAwwww congrats to the young charm.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Am proud of him!!!!!
ReplyDeletehis name henceforth shall be tusharp not tudor. congrats boy. i wish u come first next time. lots of love from nigeria
ReplyDeleteHis parent will be very proud of him
ReplyDeleteDis is wah happens wen parents bring up their wards in d way of da Lord. More power 2 ur elbow kids!
ReplyDeleteI never comment on here but I watched the show and I must say his father's attitude was very appalling. Too much pressure on the young boy
ReplyDeleteYea too much pressure.typical African parent. I hope he does not rebel in future.
DeleteI think the kid wld most likely rebel. He doesnt seem to be really enjoying himself, the pressure frm his pops wld make his intelligent seem a borden to him #personal experience
DeleteThere are a lot of brainiacs in Nigeria! But Nigeria dulls your brain and there is much encouragement from the government! Why do you think our people foster and prosper when they go study abroad? This country is hell and no Nigerian deserves to go to hell after death! Cos they have already lived it.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahah tru talk
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ReplyDeleteCongrats to the young dude but the dad should learn rto appreciate him instead of being over demanding
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't understand how good Tudor is until you see how extremely intelligent the other kids are.
ReplyDeleteSharon is the current UK Chess champion , one of the other kids an 11 years old boy is already talking about going to the university, claiming he is bored at his current school cos he already understand everything, his dad said he's scared.
Eleonora, one of the semi finalists is so good she reads every available material at her disposal that she spotted out a mistake in the Websters dictionary.
The questions they were asked were actually put together by various university professors in various fields!
Honestly after seeing how good the other kids were, I never believed Tudor could have come second, that kid, the underdog against all odds beat the other kids,100 of them.
His dad though, quite stern and strict ! :) aha
I want my kids to be balanced not those that study all the time but have a miserable life. The girl that won was seen reading a book on " how to be happy" and "how to make friends".
ReplyDeleteImagine an 11 yr old not knowing how to make friends. Such kids end up committing suicide or turning to drugs because of pressure from their parents.
If your kid is naturally intelligent it will show, you just have to encourage them not pressurised.
See my Ibadan friends ohhh. .... congrats Tudor
ReplyDeleteCongrat kids, may God bless and keep you guys amen
ReplyDeleteWelldone Kids. (Linda's Man)
ReplyDeleteI am proud of him.
ReplyDeleteCongrats kids but they are not nigerians but british.
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Congratulations to Tudor, Sophia, and the parents (Pastor & Mrs Tolu Mendel-Idowu!
ReplyDeleteReally proud of you...
D father's face showz he is stil nt happi wif his son...... Congratz 2 d boi jare
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Something goood coming out of naija. Our children shall be taught of the Lord. Great shaall be their peace
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the boy and his sis. Wish them more success. Its not easy. AMYsexy
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one. I pray he keeps the light shining.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! You finally found something positive to share about UK based Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteWow...Congrats boy.More to come in Jesus Name..May God bless his parents
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ReplyDeletewonderful
so proud
BORN TO SHINE!!!!
Congrats to him
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Their parent Linda, sometimes u behave dull
ReplyDeleteTheir parent Linda, what's with his parent?? Sometimes u behave dull
ReplyDeleteNice to hear someone representing us on the good front
ReplyDeleteNice 1
ReplyDeleteCongratulations
ReplyDeleteYes I must say his dad was something else.The poor kid the pressure was way too much not that the mom was any better.But not once did that man clap or applaud his son,s efforts.Na real wa
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