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Tuesday 12 August 2014

8 year old Nigerian boy comes 2nd in UK Child Genius competition

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.

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...


 His parents...

45 comments:

Faith Ogaga said...

Wow! Congrats 2 him..God bless them more ..I Pray God also Empowers my own kids †̥̥Ơ̴̴̴͡ even do more ! Amen...

Bishop Dammy said...

Congrats. More wisdom in jesus name luke 2:52. BishopDammy#

Julz Cakes said...

Wowwww...smartness

Anonymous said...

...exceeding expectations!

Anonymous said...

The father's face reads you go hear am if we reach house...Great one though...we represent

Anonymous said...

Wish 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.

Shush said...

Great,at least gud news are coming from Nigeria!

Jessica law said...

Awwww congrats to the young charm.

Unknown said...

Wow!!! Am proud of him!!!!!

Anonymous said...

his name henceforth shall be tusharp not tudor. congrats boy. i wish u come first next time. lots of love from nigeria

Unknown said...

His parent will be very proud of him

Olameedey said...

Dis is wah happens wen parents bring up their wards in d way of da Lord. More power 2 ur elbow kids!

Anonymous said...

I 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

Anonymous said...

Yea too much pressure.typical African parent. I hope he does not rebel in future.

ary said...

There 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.

Anonymous said...

congrats! onyekababyface@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the young dude but the dad should learn rto appreciate him instead of being over demanding

Unknown said...

You wouldn't understand how good Tudor is until you see how extremely intelligent the other kids are.
Sharon 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

Anonymous said...

I 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

Anonymous said...

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".
Imagine 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.

Anonymous said...

See my Ibadan friends ohhh. .... congrats Tudor

Anonymous said...

Congrat kids, may God bless and keep you guys amen

Anonymous said...

Welldone Kids. (Linda's Man)

APPLE said...

I am proud of him.

Anonymous said...

Congrats kids but they are not nigerians but british.

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3niti Multimedia Academy said...

Congratulations to Tudor, Sophia, and the parents (Pastor & Mrs Tolu Mendel-Idowu!
Really proud of you...

jbankzE said...

D father's face showz he is stil nt happi wif his son...... Congratz 2 d boi jare

~@iamJbankz S.A to President Jonathan 2015~

Anonymous said...

Something goood coming out of naija. Our children shall be taught of the Lord. Great shaall be their peace

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the boy and his sis. Wish them more success. Its not easy. AMYsexy

Ada said...

That's a good one. I pray he keeps the light shining.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful! You finally found something positive to share about UK based Nigerians.

chincobee said...

Wow...Congrats boy.More to come in Jesus Name..May God bless his parents

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Unknown said...

nice
wonderful
so proud




BORN TO SHINE!!!!

Loisy said...

​​Yes o! Father has the face of an always dissatisfied pusher!

Anonymous said...

Hahahahahahahah tru talk

Anonymous said...

Congrats to him
#PICCANTO#

Anonymous said...

Their parent Linda, sometimes u behave dull

Anonymous said...

Their parent Linda, what's with his parent?? Sometimes u behave dull

t-pel said...

Nice to hear someone representing us on the good front

Anonymous said...

Nice 1

Anonymous said...

Congratulations

Anonymous said...

Yes 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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