after looking at the designs, the rio 2016 organizers chose three of them and asked children to help them choose the final mascot. the children were six to twelve years old and were from either rio de janeiro or são paulo. the organizers gave the three designs to the children, but they did not tell the children that they were for the olympics. the organizers only told the kids about the mascots' personalities. the children responded with comments such as "'this is my friend', 'this one seems stuck-up', 'this one has cool hair'; and 'that one looks silly'". the organizers used the children's comments to make the mascot designs better.