I want to be someone like Bill Gates,
start a technology company...
..and I want to sell my system to the world.
VOICEOVER: In the quest to shine a light
on exceptional young minds...
You awesome kid!
..19 competitors from around the country were chosen.
Now, five have gone home...
You've done well.
..and 14 children remain to battle it out...
The intensity is far more extreme than what I had ever imagined.
..to find Australia's brightest child.
Xerosere.
Could you please repeat it very slowly?
Overseen by Australian Mensa and quizmaster...
Hi, guys!
..Dr Susan Carland.
Everyone will be on the edge of their seats today.
This is almost like a magic show.
Six of spades... No.
Six of clubs, actually.
No-one is safe from elimination...
I can't really tell who is going to win the next two rounds.
It's going to be very close. Oh, no.
..as everyone is pushed to their limits.
It's like... gone.
In this competition to prove who's the brightest
only one can be crowned Child Genius 2018.
OK, OK. This is... This is too much.
It's Day 3 of the competition,
and the 14 remaining competitors are feeling the pressure to perform.
GIRL: I'm feeling pretty excited but I'm also a little bit nervous
because I really don't want to get eliminated today.
Any's family has already experienced the disappointment of elimination
after her brother Maxwell didn't make it past Day 2.
As a family, we're fine,
but we will fight, we will fight until the last moment.
Now, only Amy remains.
MAN: Maxell, have you been helping your sister or is she on her own now?
Overall, I think she's on her own.
My focus before was divided 50-50
and now it's just gone kaboom, all you,
so it's all on Amy now.
Two of the competition's most demanding rounds lie ahead.
This afternoon's memory round requires the children to recall
a deck of 52 randomly shuffled cards.
21 cards, that's three times seven.
But first up is a complex spelling and anagram round.
V-I-T-I-A-T-E.
BOTH: H-E-S.
A lot of the kids say that they love spelling,
that they're good at spelling, so they're expecting to do well.
The anagrams are another matter entirely.
It's a unique skill
to be able to un-jumble words really quickly under pressure.
The anagrams will be probably the hardest part about this day.
I tried a few and they're actually much harder than I thought.
The stakes are high.
At the end of the day,
the three children with the lowest scores
will be going home.
So nervous.
Be optimistic, prepare the best and be ready for the worst.
SUSAN CARLAND: Please join me in welcoming our competitors.
(APPLAUSE)
Hello, brainiacs. It's good to see you all again.
I have with me, as always, the independent competition adjudicator, Jane Allen,
from the International Quizzing Association...
..and our linguistics expert, Professor Jakelin Troy from the University of Sydney.
Thank you for joining us.
The English language has probably the single worst spelling system
in the world.
It's a hard language to master.
People really struggle, even native speakers,
'cause it's just not intuitive.
In spelling, you will first be asked to spell five words.
You have a time limit of 20 seconds per word
and you must complete your answer before the buzzer sounds.
Let's have a very warm welcome for Andrew.
(APPLAUSE)
11-year-old Andrew has proved himself a competition favourite
by topping the leaderboard at the end of Day 2.
I love competitions because, if you win,
sometimes there's trophies,
which I absolutely love for some reason.
But Mum Jessica has other ideas on winning.
Every time he go competition, most time he won.
I want him to experience fail
and he need to learn how to deal with failing.
Andrew, your first word is chamfer.
Correct.
There's quite a few competitors I have to fight pretty hard against
for this round and a few of them are my friends,
like Peter and Nathan.
Ever since Andrew, Peter and Nathan met on Day 1 of the competition,
they've been fierce competitors.
1979. Correct.
(APPLAUSE) Perfect score, boys.
These three gifted boys strive to outdo each other in every round.
Andrew, you scored 14 out of 15.
You scored 14 points.
15 out of 15. Well done!
Andrew, Nathan and I are the people
who are going to be really competitive and at the top.
We formed an alliance to get through these first four rounds
and then on the fifth day, we're just going to try and kill each other!
Andrew, your next words is 'tatterdemalion'.
Can I have its etymology, please?
Unknown is the etymology.
Thank you.
Would you like the definition? I'm fine, thank you.
Correct.
Dolichocephalic.
(BUZZER) C-H-O, unfortunately.
Vignette.
Correct.
Synecdoche.
Correct.
I've always seen Andrew as a potential one to come up the front
and he definitely proved that he could do that,
as he soared to the top of the leaderboard Day 2.
Andrew, we're going to move on to your anagrams now.
You'll have two minutes to un-jumble five words.
One point for each correct answer.
Your first word should be on the screen now.
Correct.
And your next word is on the screen now.
(INCOHERENT) (BUZZER)
Animadvert.
Extemporaneous.
(BUZZER)
Good attempt. Expectorate.
And your next word is on the screen now.
Both his dad and me told him, in this world there is no fairness,
so just suck it up and keep on going.
(BUZZER)
Time is up, Andrew.
'Vespiary' was the word we were looking for.
You scored six points. (APPLAUSE)
Six out of ten.
I was disappointed because, you know,
everyone can get a high score.
A big welcome for Peter to the podium.
11-year-old Peter's family lives in Darwin...
..in close proximity to relatives in Indonesia.
(SPEAK INDONESIAN)
Peter gets his drive for perfection from his father Henri,
a chemical engineer who has fostered a love of learning
in his eldest child.
To learn successfully, you need to have the hunger,
you need to have inquisitive mind.
My favourite language to study right now is actually Chinese
because I've already mastered Indonesian and English.
And so this is a really good challenge,
learning Chinese.
Due to his extreme aptitude,
Peter has skipped three entire grades of school
and now studies alongside classmates who are 14 and 15 years old.
Being in year nine when I'm only 11, people are always like, "Really?"
Or, "What? That's crazy."
Hey, what's up?
He's now in year nine and there's a lot more opportunities
for him to mingle with children who, obviously, are older than him
but they just click and he has grown as a person.
(SIGHS) This is going to be an interesting game.
We always tell our children - don't be happy where you are,
you need to think about what else you can do,
what else is possible.
Peter, your first word is 'pipistrelle'.
Correct. Your next word is impugn.
Correct.
..N-E-S-I-S.
Correct.
..D-E-C-T-O-N-Y.
Correct.
HENRI: If he believes in himself and he keeps his focus,
he can do anything.
And your final word, 'sesquipedalian'.
Correct.
Darwin is going to be happy with that performance!
Peter has achieved a perfect five out of five for his spelling.
Can he do the same for his anagrams?
Your first word is on your screen now.
Correct.
And your next word is on the screen now.
(SIGHS) Baranteeltu.
(BUZZER)
Entablature.
And your next word is on the screen now.
Ceteru... (BUZZER)
'Reticulum' was what we were looking for.
And this is your last word, Peter.
Inplaeoti.
(BUZZER)
Not a bad guess. Epilation. Oh, epilation, yeah.
Well done, Peter. You scored seven points.
(APPLAUSE)
Three points shy of a perfect score,
Peter has succeeded in beating Andrew by one point.
But has he done enough to stay ahead of Nathan?
I really like competing against them
and we have promised that whatever happens
we'll still be friends.
Please welcome Nathan to the podium.
Nathan's mum Leanne entered him into the child genius competition
hoping he would meet like-minded peers.
I'm not very highly-focused on him winning.
NATHAN: Have you been doing any studying for the next round?
In the past, part of him probably felt like a bit of a failure, socially,
and he's experiencing now what it's like to find some like-minded people.
What did you get, credit? Yes.
I got credit too, yeah.
My whole life I haven't actually really had friends
and I didn't know what I was doing wrong
and it may be that I wasn't doing anything wrong,
it just may be that I was just very different.
Congratulations, though. We both got the... Yeah.
And when I'm with a group of young, bright minds like mine,
everyone accepts each other because they're all similar.
I do year 11 maths and I'm in year 8. Yeah, me too!
I think the social experience of this competition
is the greatest gift I've ever had.
It's incredible. I love it.
With mum Leanne and his grandparents cheering him on,
Nathan is aiming to score higher than seven
to put him ahead of Peter and Andrew on the leaderboard.
Are you ready to go? Yes.
Your first word, Nathan, is 'gourmand'.
Correct.
I studied pretty hard for spelling and anagrams
but I can't really tell who is going to win the next two rounds.
It's going to be very close.
Mnemonic.
Correct.
Sphagnum.
Correct.
Doppelganger.
Correct.
And your final word, 'otorhinolaryngology'.
Correct.
That's a good start, Nathan. Let's move on to anagrams.
With five out of five for his spelling,
Nathan needs to get three anagrams correct
to beat Peter's score of seven.
So, Nathan, you have five words to unscramble in two minutes.
The first word should be on your screen now.
Correct.
Next word.
Nathan has equalled Peter's score of seven.
If he gets one more right he will be in the lead.
Demusiand.
(BUZZER)
Mendacious. Your next word...
Pyctse...
(BUZZER)
Eucalyptus.
And this is your final word, Nathan, on the screen now.
This is Nathan's final chance.
Can he grab the lead from his friend Peter?
Binturong.
Correct.
Nathan, you shot to the lead with eight points.
Congratulations. Have a seat, buddy.
Peter's cut up that I beat him. Oh, well, he beat you last time.
You're taking turns. Yes.
Our three rivals have made their mark
but with the rest of the field yet to play,
can they hold on to their top spots?
It's Day 3 of the Child Genius competition.
..C-H-U-S. Correct.
Correct. Correct. Correct.
And the competitors are facing a gruelling language challenge.
..L-I-A-N. Correct.
For a maximum score of 10 points in Round 1... Correct.
..there are five complex words to spell...
Brachistochrone.
Caliginous.
Could you please repeat it very slowly?
(LAUGHTER)
Xerosere.
..and five anagrams to unscramble.
Competition frontrunners Nathan, on eight,
and Peter, on seven, have yet to be beaten.
And even Andrew's disappointing score of six feels high
as everyone struggles with the anagrams.
Demurrage. (BUZZER) Barramundi.
Movetoel... (BUZZER)
Malevolent.
(BUZZER)
Well done, Mahnoor. You scored four points.
Five points. Four points, well done.
Orimutinopy. (BUZZER)
Importunity.
Well done, Amy. You scored five points.
Congratulations.
The anagrams were tough.
I'm glad she got the spelling words correct.
We just need to keep focused, keep your mind clear
and we will keep going.
With the three lowest scorers set to go home at the end of the day,
one competitor is hoping her love of English will give her the edge.
This let's welcome Mackenzie to the podium.
12-year-old Mackenzie is currently in Year Six
but studying high-school level English.
I understand you like spelling. Yeah.
Yes. So this is going to be the round where you just destroy it?
Hopefully.
The youngest of five children,
Mackenzie lives in the Melbourne beachside suburb of Mount Eliza,
with her mum Madie and her entrepreneur dad Glenn.
So we could practice some spelling, Kenz.
OK. Spell nausea.
N-A-U-S-E-A. Good.
Her English is outstanding.
She showed signs as a young girl from the age of one,
of picking up a book and reading it.
I said to Mum, "Where did she get that from?" when I saw her reading
and Mum looked at me and said, "You're kidding me.
"You were reading books when you were that age as well."
Mackenzie's natural academic abilities...
Campaign. C-A-M...
..have seen her win a scholarship to a prestigious private school.
In some ways she is very similar to me.
There's things that bind us together and make me think,
"Oh, my goodness, she's a chip off the old block."
What books have I encouraged you to read?
Anne Of Green Gables, Pride And Prejudice.
I read Oliver Twist.
Have you done Sense And Sensibility?
Not yet. No. That's another one, a classic.
So she's going to start working her way around the classics.
Metalloids.
Let's just give it a go.
She doesn't really know how smart she is
or understand where her strengths lie.
Transition metals, so that's... (YAWNS LOUDLY)
So what group do you think hydrogen is in?
So remember the group... Gas.
I can't study for Mackenzie.
You've got to, as a parent, back off.
What are we studying for? The show.
Which is a com... ..petition.
..petition, with a...
..prize. Prize.
There you go. Bingo.
Your first word, Mackenzie, is 'fuchsia'.
Correct. Your next word is 'magniloquent'.
Correct.
If you don't believe, you don't receive.
That's the only kind of encouragement I've ever given her.
Your next word is 'susurrus'.
Correct.
You've got always believe yourself as winning,
being on the platform, holding that medal,
that will then be positive for her in the outcome.
Mm. Yeah.
Cimmerian.
Correct.
Mackenzie has scored four out of five for spelling.
If she does as well with anagrams, she will be equal top with Nathan.
A reminder that you have two minutes to unscramble five words.
And your first word should be on the screen now.
Almost one whole minute passes and despite her spelling prowess,
Mackenzie has still not solved her first anagram.
You're sitting at the edge of your seat, full of nerves,
as a parent, hoping that they're going to answer.
You're so in the moment, focusing on them knowing it.
The intensity is far more extreme than what I had ever imagined.
Do you want to have a guess, Mackenzie?
Um, nacrauvul.
(BUZZER)
Avuncular.
The next word will be on your screen now.
Do you want to have an attempt at that word?
Stapgyonli. (BUZZER)
'Angioplasty' was the word we were looking for.
Mackenzie, you scored four points.
(APPLAUSE)
The anagrams have claimed yet another victim
as Mackenzie joins three other children
at the bottom of the leaderboard.
I think I'll probably just have to try and remember
as many cards as I can in the card memory challenge
to try and get my score up and stay in.
Please welcome to the podium Ashanya.
On Day 2, Ashanya made her Sri Lankan-born parents
Ajith and Chatu proud by coming first in the maths round.
I knew that she would do well but she has done brilliant.
This frontrunner is no stranger to competition.
I won! How? Three.
No, you had to make it with your own colour.
No, you don't! Yes, you do. No, you don't!
I get my drive from just sibling rivalry.
Ashanya loves to beat her 14-year-old brother Andrew.
Yes! Winner takes all!
We're competitive in everything.
1,373. That's correct.
You said you would be me!
If I won Child Genius Australia it would mean a lot to me
because it shows that hard work really does pay off.
105!
And it would also give me a chance to annoy my brother about it.
You said "a hundred", I said "one hundred".
I said... No, I said it before you!
Ashanya, your first word is 'vitiate'.
May I please have the etymology?
It's from Latin for fault, defect or blemish.
Correct.
Squamosal.
Correct.
Ytterbium.
(BUZZER)
I like English but I probably like maths better.
Brobdingnagian.
(BUZZER)
With only three correct answers in spelling,
Ashanya needs to keep her composure to tackle the anagrams.
And your first word will be on the screen now.
Hendica. (BUZZER)
Echidna.
And your next word is on the screen now.
Sudosul. (BUZZER)
Sedulous.
Vignette. (BUZZER)
Noctivagant.
Peovatijae. (BUZZER)
Good guess. Pejorative.
And this is your last word, Ashanya.
Garaeogis. (BUZZER)
'Gregarious' was the word we were after.
Good attempt, Ashanya. You got three points. Have a seat.
Scoring three out of a possible 10 points,
Ashanya is now at the bottom of the leaderboard.
At the conclusion of a taxing Round 1,
Nathan remains the frontrunner on eight points.
Ashanya, on three, is on the bottom of the leaderboard,
but she's not the only one in the danger zone.
Reassuring her you're not too down the leaderboard.
Mahnoor, youngest competitor Aiden W, and Mackenzie
are all just one point above her.
I got a score of four, which isn't good.
It's not the bottom. It's not that bad, either.
It's the second lowest. That's alright.
Who will survive the day's final mind-bending memory challenge?
Any disappointments just leave, forget,
and be positive about the next one.
It's midway through Day 3 of the Child Genius competition,
and Nathan is currently on top of the leaderboard with eight points.
Are you happy that you beat me? Yeah.
That's good.
Meanwhile, in a surprise result,
yesterday's maths champion Ashanya has found herself on the bottom
of the leaderboard with just three points.
She's not used to being at the bottom
so I was a bit worried about her.
This is your card.
Now, with three eliminations looming,
the children must face a do-or-die card recall round.
Exceptional memory capacity is a characteristic
seen in gifted children.
And this round will test their ability to recall
an entire pack of 52 randomly shuffled playing cards.
Queen of clubs, five of hearts...
Each competitor has just one hour to memorise their pack,
before reciting as many cards in the correct order as they can.
You can get the first card wrong and boom, you're out.
It's like, boom, you're out.
Eight of diamonds, two of clubs.
Two of spades. Queen of hearts.
SUSAN CARLAND: This is almost like a magic show,
we will be willing the kids to turn over the correct card
in their minds and then say the right thing.
Card counting is a bit daunting but I think it's going to be the same
for everybody, so, yeah, see how he goes.
For every four correct cards,
the children will score just one point.
Even Mum tried to do it and she could only remember,
like, the first six or seven.
And the first incorrect card will end their round.
If you make one small mistake, that's it, you're out.
It's like... gone.
OK, so my best time for memorising a single deck of cards
is one minute and 47 seconds.
Whoa! What?!
Officiating over this round is memory athlete Daniel Kilov.
The key to remembering more is to create visual mental images
and to use them to tell stories.
Each suit is a different cricket team.
So the clubs is the Indian cricket team,
the hearts is the Australian cricket team,
the spades is the South African, and the diamonds is the English.
I'm not telling you the strategy.
I'm not telling you the strategy, no.
And, Amy, don't you tell anyone the strategy until it is over.
I can't because people have got ears and eyes on the back of their heads in this competition.
Eight-year-old Aiden W is currently second from the bottom
of the leaderboard with a score of four.
But true to form, he can't seem to concentrate on his cards.
To get Aiden to keep on track, that's very hard thing to do.
Concentrate.
I still haven't found a solution how to keep him studying.
I'm pretty lazy. I don't like writing much.
I like doing other stuff, though.
I like doing maths, technology, like, stuff on the iPad, chess.
I do love being competitive.
I win a lot.
With the competition he knows he needs to go out and compete.
And if he wants to be better than other kids then he has to study.
But with the daunting card recall round ahead,
Aiden's feeling the pressure.
Let's have a very big welcome for Aiden W.
Oh, no.
Hi, Aiden.
Hi. How are you feeling?
Very nervous but I'll still try my best.
Aiden, you can do this. No.
You can. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
OK, OK, OK. This is too much.
Shall we begin? Yes. OK.
You had an hour to memorise your deck of cards
and you will now have four and a half minutes
to recall the order.
For every four correct cards, Aiden will get one point,
but the first incorrect card will end his round.
Your time starts now.
Five of spades, 10 of diamonds,
four of clubs, five of clubs,
two of hearts, jack of diamonds, three of diamonds...
..four of...
..diamonds.
(WHISPERS) OK. What's next?
I think it's a good experience for Aiden, the competition, definitely,
actually facing a competition with the other very smart kids.
I only want him to study his best.
..nine of hearts...
(WHISPERS TO HIMSELF)
(SIGHS)
Do you want to take a guess? Two of clubs.
(BUZZER)
It was the two of spades. So close.
So close. (WHISPERS) I did bad.
Aiden, you got nine cards correct and that's two points.
You can head out. (APPLAUSE)
With one of the lowest scores in Round 1,
Aiden W's combined score of six leaves him vulnerable to elimination.
If he tried a bit more, probably he could get another point,
but he still tried.
Four of spades, nine of clubs...
Next up is Peter, who is currently second on the leaderboard,
only one point behind his friend and rival Nathan.
PETER: I just want to use all of the techniques I have learnt
for memorisation so I can get all of the cards correct.
Let's have a very warm welcome for Peter.
Peter is hoping this round will propel him into first place.
And your time will start now.
Four of spades, nine of clubs,
three of spades and seven of spades,
four of diamonds, two of spades, three...
..of hearts and ace of diamonds,
two of clubs and eight of...
..diamonds,
queen of clubs, six of clubs...
..10 of hearts and king of spades,
eight of spades, eight of clubs...
(SIGHS)
HENRI: Peter, he's, you know, like the Energizer battery.
He just goes on and on and on and on.
Fundamentally, he just loves challenge.
..nine of diamonds, king of hearts,
ace of spades, four of clubs, seven...
..of clubs, five of clubs,
three of diamonds and 10 of diamonds.
You did it.
You scored 13 perfect points, Peter. Well done.
That was great! Wow, that's wonderful.
Can I ask, what's your technique to do that?
I have many techniques but a good competitor
will never show his tricks.
(LAUGHTER)
I got everything right, 52 out of 52.
MAN: How are you feeling? I'm feeling pumped.
That puts me in a really good position.
A perfect score of 13 points for the round brings Peter's total to 20.
Jack of clubs, queen of spades...
Ace of diamonds, nine of spades...
One... Oh, no, whoops. The ace of...
Can any of his rivals match Peter's perfect result?
37 cards and nine points. Well done.
You got 35 cards correct, which gives you eight points.
Nine points. Well done.
Jack of diamonds...
Next up is Mackenzie.
Sitting on the second-lowest score of four from Round 1,
she needs to do well in memory recall to stay out of the bottom three.
I'd just advised Kenzie to just maybe close her eyes
when she's trying to think and block out any distractions
while she's trying to work it out in her head.
A bit of strategy, I think, works well. Hmm?
Yeah. What do you think?
Mm.
Let's welcome Mackenzie to the podium.
Your time starts now.
The six of spades, the jack of diamonds,
the five of diamonds...
..the 10 of diamonds...
..the four of diamonds,
the jack of clubs, the five of spades,
the 10 of clubs, the nine of clubs,
the eight of hearts, the eight of clubs,
the queen of clubs, jack of spades, the nine of spades...
She hasn't needed to ramp it up.
She will when she has to.
I was the same when I was younger.
..the three of spades...
..the four of spades,
the nine of hearts.
The ace of spades,
Over half a pack down and Mackenzie is still standing.
..the four of clubs...
..the queen of diamonds...
..the three of diamonds...
..the ace of diamonds and the 10 of spades.
Mackenzie, that's amazing.
You got 13 out of 13 points. Congratulations.
A perfect score means Mackenzie now has a combined score of 17
and is safe from elimination.
Absolutely came out of the blue
because we'd seen Peter get the perfect deck
and we're like, "Oh, my goodness, that's amazing.
"He's just a star."
And then our girl pulled the same thing and it totally shocked us.
We weren't expecting that.
Another competitor eager to show off his prowess with card memorisation
is Day 2 winner Andrew.
I want to have a minimum number of around 12 out of 13.
Maybe 11 out 13. I could deal with that.
Andrew has every reason to be confident.
My dad has showed me all these different ways
of remembering a deck of cards.
Eight of diamonds, king of spades, two of diamonds...
So that's 24. Yeah.
In 20 minutes. Yes.
Let's have a very warm welcome for Andrew to the podium.
But despite his impressive results at home,
Andrew's mum has other ideas.
Every time he go competition,
most time he won so I want him to experience fail.
You'll receive one point for every four cards you get correct
and your time starts now.
Three of clubs, seven of hearts, two of spades, three of hearts,
three of diamonds, six of...
..spades, nine of...
On his way to recounting the full deck of cards,
Andrew has stalled on his seventh.
..diamonds and ace... (BUZZER)
It was nine of clubs, I'm afraid.
It's OK.
Rip.
Andrew, that was seven cards and one point.
So what actually happened? I don't know.
Huh? I don't know.
You do remember the full deck? Yeah.
Were you nervous, then? No.
Rip. It's OK. It's OK.
A combined score of seven is the second-lowest so far,
with only Aiden W below him.
This leaves Andrew at the mercy of everyone else's results.
Now he's in real danger of going home.
It sucks. One point.
It's crunch time on Day 3 of the Child Genius competition.
Eight of diamonds, three of clubs.
Nine of spades.
Halfway through the card memory recall round,
Peter is at the top with 20 out of a possible 23 points.
Aiden W is at the bottom with six.
I feel disappointed and I feel I didn't try my best.
And competition favourite Andrew is in second-last place with seven.
I stuffed up, I think it was the nine of clubs.
I said nine of diamonds.
Yeah, it cost me.
With three children facing elimination
and five sitting on less than seven points after round one,
any one of them could be going home.
44 cards correct and 11 points.
Well done.
Six of spa...
Oh, no. Six of clubs actually.
You memorised 40 cards and that is 10 points. Well done.
Well done.
It puts me safe from elimination, though. Yes, you're safe.
But while Nathan is content to be safe,
others are aiming for a perfect score.
Clubs five.
Full house, Elenor, congratulations.
Ace of diamonds, two of hearts.
You nailed it!
13 points, Sumedh. Perfect score, well done!
It was just, like...
I actually I'm still so emotional, I can't say.
Andrew and Aiden W's chances of staying in the competition
are fast running out.
There's two people to go and I'm still the third-last person,
so I'm hoping someone gets below me, hoping.
11-year-old Ashanya is up next.
MAN: We have tried out some techniques.
If it works, she should do very well in the memory recall.
Ashanya was the lowest scorer from round one, on three points.
She will need to recall the entire deck of cards
to continue to day four of the competition.
When I'm at the podium,
I'm just going to concentrate and not let anything else distract me.
Let's welcome Ashanya to the podium.
You'll receive one point for every four cards you get correct.
And your time starts now.
Four of clubs.
Seven of spades.
Eight of clubs.
Queen of hearts.
King of hearts.
Nine of spades.
Four of hearts.
Two of diamonds.
Jack of diamonds.
Four of hearts.
(BUZZER)
I'm sorry, that card was the four of spades.
Ashanya, you got nine cards correct and that's two points.
(APPLAUSE)
(SOBS)
MUM: You're good.
With a combined score of just five points,
Ashanya is now out of the competition.
She's not used to being at the bottom in whatever she does.
That's still really good.
But this is among the best lot,
so it's alright for her to be at the bottom of the best lot.
So that has given her strength to go one extra step
and it has made her more resolute, I suppose.
Because in life, I mean, she can't be at the top all the time,
so it's a good lesson in her life.
On a total score of six,
the competition is also bidding farewell to Aiden W,
who is already thinking ahead to his next activities.
I don't think he was actually too disappointed
at the end of today.
Because I get to do lots of Minecraft
and watch lots of videos and watch lots of...
And play chess. Do lots of coding and play chess and...
With two of the three lowest scorers decided...
..now only one competitor stands between Andrew and elimination.
Ayden B, currently sitting on six points.
Yeah, one more person and I'm still third-last.
Pretty, pretty tense.
11-year-old Ayden B has been a consistent performer
throughout the competition,
sitting safely in the middle of the pack.
Let's have a very big round of applause for Ayden B.
Now, Ayden needs to recite at least eight cards
to gain two points and draw ahead of Andrew.
Ayden lives in Western Sydney
and has always seen himself as CEO material.
I want to be someone like Bill Gates,
start a technology company,
and I want to sell my system to the world.
His passion for all things technical
has seen Ayden actively encouraged at school...
Yeah, OK, perfect. Perfect. Perfect.
..where, at the age of 11, he helps teach his own coding class.
You're going to put another on the bottom.
Entering the Child Genius competition seemed like a natural fit
for this quick-minded entrepreneur.
I think I might have some room for the Child Genius trophy,
if I do win.
You'll receive one point for every four cards you get correct.
Are you ready? Yeah.
Your time starts now.
Nine of diamonds.
And the next card is ace of diamonds.
Nine of clubs.
Four of clubs.
Ace of clubs.
10 of spades.
Next card is...
..two of clubs.
And the next card would be jack of hearts.
Next card after that would be...
..four of diamonds.
(BUZZER)
Oh, no.
What?
Oh, no.
It's OK, you made it. It's OK. You made it.
The card you were looking for was the seven of diamonds.
The seven of diamonds. Oh.
I knew what it was, I just got mixed up.
I got my letters mixed up and got two.
Good job, Ayden!
Ayden is safe with a total score of eight,
one more than Andrew.
My God, you killed me! You kill me.
We made it by the skin of our teeth.
I'm pretty depressed 'cause I put in so much effort
and I guess I'm just eliminated on Day 3
on the subject I thought I was good at.
I was shocked he went out.
I thought he was going to make it to the finals. So did I.
My mum actually wanted me to come here
'cause she wanted me to fail and she's fulfilled that destiny.
So probably it proved that a mum is always right!
Not always! (LAUGHS)
Only sometimes, not most times. Yeah, OK.