Child Genius sees the return of Britain's cleverest kids
Their pushy parents have spent months militantly preparing them so they can spell words most adults don't even understand, and now some of Britain's brainiest children are ready to compete to be crowned the brightest.
Channel 4's Child Genius returns tonight and Tyler, a 10-year-old boy whose ambitious mum Julie has created a training regime that takes up all of his spare time, has been meticulously primed for the competition.
She takes Tyler's iPad away if he gets questions wrong on his homework, and is proud to be called pushy.
We'll also meet Rahul, 12, who has a higher IQ than both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Rahul has to spell difficult words like garrulous, algorithm and hyponatraemia, and impressed early on by getting full marks in the test on the first day of the competition.
Here Femail reveals some of the hopefuls for this year's competition, which begins tonight at 8pm.
Channel 4's Child Genius returns tonight and runs out to find Britain's cleverest child
Rahul, 12
Rahul, 12, from Barnet, London, has been trained up for the competition by his IT manager dad Minesh, who is also a competitive snooker player.
Questions Rahul, 12, was asked - how many can you answer? How do you spell garrulous, algorithm, hyponatraemia?
What is phoenix dactylifera?
How many letter Cs are in the scientific name for tomato?
What is the scientific name for apricot? Answers at the bottom of the story
The schoolboy has a 162 IQ, which is higher than both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
'I think yes I am a genius. I'm good at mental maths, general knowledge and I think I find it quite easy to memorise stuff compared to most of my peers,' Rahul said.
In the first day of the competiton he gets full marks in a spelling challenge and a memory test.
'Most kids want immediate gratification but I also want long term gratification. If I could play my X-Box now, I'd be really happy now but I'll be sad later on because I haven't revised for my test,' he explained.
Rahul, 12, has an IQ of 162, which higher than both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein
Tyler, 10
Tyler, 10, from East London, lives with his American stay at home mum Julie and his banker father James, who is originally from Japan.
Julie says Tyler is their 'miracle' because he was born eight weeks early and doctors didn't expect him to walk properly.
She describes herself as a 'pushy' parent, saying: 'From an early age I let Tyler understand that we expect a lot from him. I'm definitely pushy.'
Julie organises all of Tyler's spare time around 'exercising' his brain, being tough on him to improve by taking away his iPad if he doesn't get questions right.
Tyler, 10, has his iPad taken away by his 'pushy' mum Julie if he gets questions wrong
Maddison, 9
Maddison, nine, from Stockton-on-Tees, says she loves maths more than anything and has been nicknamed Carol Vorderman by her school friends.
She said: 'I love maths more than sweets, chocolate or watching TV. I love maths more than anything.'
She studies with her mum Samantha, who travelled down to London to support her daughter in the competition.
Samantha says she struggles with the difficult maths problems that are easy for Maddison, joking: 'It normally takes her about five minutes but it'd probably take me about two hours.'
Maddison, nine, is nicknamed Carol Vorderman by her friends because of her love of maths
Oscar, 11
Oscar, 11, from Surrey lives with his IT manager dad Neil and his marketing manager mum Becky.
He entered himself into the competition and had to persuade his parents to give him permission to compete.
Just a day before the competition Becky was rushed to hospital and ended up in critical condition after an emergency operation - but Oscar decided to stay in the show.
'She can't be with us and it's really, really sad but I'm still not gonna stop. I'm gonna do this for her in a way,' Oscar said.
Oscar did all of his revision himself and says he wants to go into politics because the current government are doing a 'rubbish job'.
Oscar, 11, entered the show against the wishes of his parents and wants to go into politics
Olivia, 12, and Fabio, 9
Brother and sister duo Olivia, 12, and Fabio, 9, from North London are both competing in this year's Child Genius thanks to their mum Susan.
Olivia has won dozens of gold medals for sports and played in Arsenal Ladies youth football team, while Fabio said his passion is physics.
Despite both her children taking part, Susan definitely had a favourite, explaining: 'I'm not going to be one of those parents that says 'Oh yes I want both of my children to win.' That's a lie, I'm a hundred percent behind the boy because Olivia wins everything.
'I see Fabio as Rocky; he hasn't got the medals, he hasn't got the certificates, he hasn't won a match – how can he ever beat the Russian? Olivia's like the Russian; she's like a machine she's unstoppable she's powerful. I might not win many things in life so when Fabio wins I win too.'
Brother and sister duo Olivia, 12, and Fabio, 9, are both competing in this year's Child Genius
Answers to Rahul's questions What is phoenix dactylifera? Answer: Date fruit
How many letter cs in the scientific name for tomato? Answer: Solanum lycopersicum - two Cs
What is the scientific name for apricot? Prunus armeniaca - which means Armenian plum