Even the head of state, Vladimir Putin, did not fail to talk with Timofey and placed great hopes on him.

Everything would be fine, but the young man in question is only five years old! Meet Timofey Tsoi - an amazing boy, the most real child prodigy, and also the son of the popular singer Nastasia.

Among other things, the boy has a phenomenal memory and a high IQ coefficient for his young years ... Who will grow out of him: the new Einstein, Newton or Hippocrates - time will tell, but for now Choi told us about his life, hobbies and happily shared plans for the future.

- Timofey, recently you became with Maxim Galkin. Tell me honestly, were you worried?

No, I wasn't worried at all. Feel great on the show!

- How do you like the host? Did you like it?

Of course I liked it! You will not believe it, but I have long wanted to see it live, otherwise everything is on TV, but on TV. And now, my dream has finally come true. You know, he is very kind and good. We became friends!

As it turned out that you like the work of the singer Lolita, as well as Stas Mikhailov,. We approve your choice. But what about mom's songs?

I know by heart all the songs of my mother, I used to listen to them every day and sing. And now I'm learning all the songs of Lolita. Do you know why? She is as beautiful as her mother and is very similar to her (smiles).

- You managed to do the almost impossible: to impress Russian President Vladimir Putin. How do you like him?

He is great, all the peoples of the world know him. Very good. It seemed to me that he had a cold hand, and my mother said that it was warm ...

- Timothy, where did such phenomenal knowledge in geography come from?

At first I studied on the globe, but not all countries are written on it, because there is simply not enough space. Then they bought me a political map with flags. And then I asked Google (laughs). I like to memorize complex incomprehensible names. And the flags are just beautiful. But I used to love English and also learned different words myself.

- What else are you interested in?

Good question. I love to sing, to assemble a constructor, to read the Bible, to solve crossword puzzles with my grandmother. I used to be fond of car brands. I like to memorize the names of rare plants, birds, buildings…

- Who do you want to be in the future?

I have already decided on my choice - I will be a famous artist!

- What gift would you like to receive for the New Year?

I haven't written a letter to Santa Claus yet, but I think it's time to do it already. I want some musical instruments.

- A good choice! Do you do sports?

No, I eat porridge every day. But mom says that you need to exercise to be strong and healthy. I will obey!

- You'll be at school soon. Want to study?

I'll skip school and university and go straight to work as a singer!

- An interesting turn of events! What books do you read?

I enjoy reading Nosov's works, as well as the Great Encyclopedia and the Space Atlas.

- Wish something to the readers.

I wish you joy and health! And I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

She is still very young, but terribly talented: they cook, read poetry, quickly add up numbers ... And not under duress, but solely of their own free will. At least, this is what the parents of geeks say, who became participants in the First Channel show “Best of All”.

Lev Shmargun, 5 years old, Saskatoon, Canada.

On the program, the boy himself decorated a cake of three tiers with cream roses.

Father Igor says:

Leo often visited me at work in a pastry shop, watched how I cook, I cover cakes with mastic (material from powdered sugar. - Approx. "Antennas"), I make decorations, and one fine day he wanted to try it himself. My son loves making figurines. Now he knows how to make various compositions from mastic himself, paint cakes with a special airbrush, decorate with cream roses using a pastry bag. This is what he showed on the show.

It is too early to judge what profession Leo will choose. Now she says she wants to make cakes. But I think he is at an age when every child wants to be like dad, so he looks up to me. However, Leo generally likes to cook and even clean the kitchen. He is happy to help his mother at home, he also has a signature dish - spaghetti with salmon with Roquefort sauce and Parmesan cheese.

Two years ago, our family moved from Ukraine to Canada, so by the age of five Lev speaks three languages: Ukrainian, Russian and English. Now she goes to the preparatory class of a French school, where she learns a fourth language, and next year she will become a first-grader. Naturally, in addition to cooking, he has other hobbies: he has been swimming and karate for two years now.

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Ali Baizhigit, 11 years old, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan.

He instantly added up three-digit numbers, and calculated the number of calories in foods faster than Galkin on a calculator.

Mom Gulnara says:

I tried to find out what my son had the ability to do. I took him swimming, karate, offered to study music. When the teacher was invited to listen to him, he said: “The boy is the future Caruso!” But Ali said: “Mom, I don’t want a piano” and ran away to play football. So the music didn't work. When my son was six years old, I decided to take him to mental mathematics courses (a way of learning to count quickly. - Approx. "Antennas"), and the talent manifested itself. Where Ali's classmates gave up, he easily coped. Ali devoted only 20-30 minutes a day to classes, while he continued to play with his peers and managed to do everything. Now he instantly adds and subtracts numbers up to five digits in his mind, and does this in several rows. That is, it is not a problem for him to calculate how much 988 + 505 - 475 will be at a time. Sometimes, when we go shopping together, I tell my son how much money I have and ask him to calculate how much the groceries will cost so as not to go over budget. And he helps.

This summer, in mathematics courses, I was offered to shoot a video about Ali's abilities and send it to the Amazing People show, where they are looking for talented guys. I recorded a video, I did not expect anything, but Ali was called. True, we did not get to the project, because at the same time the International Olympiad “Mathematics without Borders” was taking place in Bulgaria. Our daughter went there too. Ali did not prepare, but received "silver", and his daughter "bronze". After the Olympics, we were offered to participate in the "Best of All". The son then did not understand all the scale. When I saw the first issue on TV, I was so worried, poor thing, that I could not fall asleep until two in the morning. He really liked Maxim Galkin, he said to me with surprise: “Mom, he is like all of us!”

After this program, Ali began to understand that not everyone is good at math, it's cool to count so quickly. But he doesn't feel special. Leads the same way of life as a normal child. I just picked him up from school, he came all wet, because he played football in the yard. Naturally, in any free minute, he immediately grabs the tablet, games. I don’t know if mathematics will be useful to my son in the future, but for now he likes it, let him do it.

Timofey Tsoi, 5 years old, Moscow.

Without errors, he named the capitals of Paraguay, Madagascar, Honduras. Looking at the flags, he said what kind of country.

Mom Anastasia says:

The son, one might say, from the cradle was not interested in toys, like his peers, but in letters. In a year and 7 months, when he still did not really speak, he already knew the alphabet. He came to us with a book, pointed to the letter and waited for us to say what it was called. Tim learned to read at two years and 10 months. We didn’t study with him on purpose, we didn’t hire a teacher, Timofey himself was drawn to books. Once dad bought him themed cards with cars, and so Tim remembered all the brands of cars. For some reason, it was important for him to learn them, to sort them alphabetically.

And just recently, he switched to countries. We have a globe in our apartment - the son once approached him, but how he sat down! He began to tell us which country had which capital, then he saw a political map, and it became impossible to tear him away from the flags. He has a photographic memory: he perceives badly by ear, and if he takes a look, he will remember. It never even crossed our minds to teach him this. For what? For us, the passion for geography has become a mystery. Tim always loved to sing and said that he would become a rich singer, and here are the flags. Yes, he traveled, was in Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Vietnam. But it all started not with trips, but with the globe.

Now he draws maps and, as before, composes songs. Sings all day long. I am a singer myself (former member of the Strelka group Anastasia Kovaleva performs under the name Nastasia, - Approx. "Antennas") and, looking at his zeal, I always suggest making music professionally. Timofey does not want to study, he says that he knows how to do everything. He has such a feature: if he is fond of something, he sits on it for a long time, and then switches to something completely new. For four months she has been going to the Waldorf Kindergarten, where children of different ages study together. They are developed as individuals, taught to communicate. Timofey used to say that he was not interested in playing with other children, but now his son has friends.

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Denis Podsvirov, 9 years old, Moscow.

On the program, he made 1150 hits on the ball without dropping it. Pogrebnyak admitted: when he was the same age as Denis, he could mint the ball only 50 times.

Father Ilya says:

The child raved about football from the age of three, but at that age they didn’t take him anywhere. Therefore, we gave Denis to tennis. He worked out for six months and said that he was not interested. Only when my son was five years old, he managed to attach him to the football section. And then, as his first coach later admitted, at first he wanted to refuse because of his too young age. But we were able to convince him to at least just look at Denis and appreciate his abilities. So the son was taken to the section, where he worked with children a year or two older than himself.

The talent for sports was immediately visible, but noticeable successes appeared after a year and a half. At the age of 6.5, Denis set his own record: he minted the ball 3900 times without dropping it. Now he studies at the football academy, participates in tournaments, has already won prizes in various teams. The coach has not yet made any predictions for his future career, it will become clear by the age of 14-15, but he praises our Deniska.

My son still dreams of becoming a professional football player, and we contribute to this in the family. I work with him, he takes individual lessons from the coach. By the way, it was the same coach who advised us to send an application for casting in the show. He said that participation in such projects liberates the guys, removes internal clamps, and the children go out on the field in a completely different way. On the program, Denis made 1150 hits on the ball without dropping it. My son was very impressed. Dynamo striker Pavel Pogrebnyak was also there. Denis talked to him, took a picture.

Evnika Sadvakasova, 9 years old, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

In 30 seconds, she hit the pear 221 times, hitting ex-world boxing champion Nikolai Valuev. His speed is 350 strokes during this time.

Mom Anna says:

My husband Rustam is a Candidate Master of Sports in boxing, and all of our seven children are involved in boxing. At first, Evnika just watched her dad, older sister, brother and uncles in the gym, tried to hit a pear, and at the age of 4 she already started training. Her husband immediately noticed her talent, that she was very fast, and began to train.

Once we filmed a video about Evnika and posted it on the Internet. They learned about their daughter in other countries, they began to invite her to Germany, Great Britain, and the USA to shoot in programs. In London, she showed her record - in 30 seconds she struck 350 punches on the pear.

Are her peers afraid? Not at all, although she is strong, she is a real girl: calm, shy, plays with dolls, loves elegant dresses. And she loves boxing. Due to constant trips abroad, we transferred our daughter to home schooling. She goes to school twice a year, takes exams. Her favorite subjects are geography, history and, of course, physical education. My daughter's schedule is scheduled until the New Year. One of these days, they will come from America to make a story about Evnika for a film about child prodigies.

My daughter is not participating in sparring yet, Rustam says that this is not necessary until the age of 12. But her older sister and brother have already competed. Now Evnika dreams of becoming a professional athlete. But I don't know if she'll lose interest in the future.

Bogdan Frolov, 9 years old, Kirov.

In the show, he braided braids to the members of the Factory group in various ways. The girls noted that Bogdan has a light hand.

Mom Oksana says:

My son’s interest in braiding woke up at the age of one and a half. At first it was some kind of ropes, laces. By the age of four, Bogdan began to do hairstyles on dolls. Grandparents were indignant: "The boy should play cars, why are you following the child's lead?". My husband and I did not limit Bogdan in his hobby, but presented a mannequin for his eighth birthday.

In the spring, I found an advertisement on the net about the Interregional Competition for a young hairdresser in our city. Bogdan was the youngest contestant and the only boy. Despite this, the jury awarded him first place. When they found out about this at the children's camp, the girls lined up for him. If earlier, when visiting, he tried to clean up the dolls and the mannequin, then confidence appeared in him. Now Bogdan connects the future only with the profession of a stylist. Improves in creating hairstyles, interested in makeup.

Mikhail Osipov, 3 years old, Moscow.

Played a game with ex-world chess champion Anatoly Karpov. He offered him a draw, but Misha did not back down and lost on time. Karpov said that the boy played amazingly for his age.

Father Yuri says:

My father plays chess well, although he never studied. He thinks very well, sees the position. In this regard, nature rested on me, but Misha's skill was transferred. We did not specifically teach him, I played with my father, and Misha, he was then 2.5 years old, could stand near us for an hour. He watched, asked where the figure was, how it walked. After that, I began to teach him. I thought that there would be enough interest for a week, and I would get bored, but three months passed, and then I realized that my theoretical training was not enough, I needed to hire a specialist. I found an experienced teacher - Ekaterina Popova, the wife of the grandmaster, winner of the European Rapid Chess Championship Ivan Popov. The son participates in tournaments, won first place in the regional championship.

It was Ekaterina who advised us to send an application for participation in the show “Best of All”. Of course, he did not expect that on the set he would meet his idol, the twelfth world chess champion Anatoly Karpov. For him it was a shock, plus cameras, people, Misha was worried and burst into tears. In fact, he never cries when he loses. He always accepts defeat with dignity, congratulates the opponent on the victory, and then asks me to analyze the mistakes in order to understand what went wrong. After filming, he told everyone for a whole week that he had played with Karpov and wanted to take another lesson from him.

When Misha was just getting involved, he said that he was interested in how the pieces move, and recently to the question: “Why do you like chess?” replied: "Because you can win." In fact, he is a versatile child. Well considers, decently knows geography. He also plays board games and loves football. But still, chess is the most global hobby. He wants to become a world champion and also a doctor at the same time. I think that chess teaches him to make decisions and take responsibility for them. Unlike football, you can’t blame anyone here, you can’t say that the weather is not like that, others played badly. Here he made a mistake - he is to blame. And Misha has this understanding from an early age, not only in the game, but also in life. If he does something wrong, he always wants to understand what he was wrong about. I really like this feature.

Participant of the show "Best of all" Timofey Tsoi turned out to be the son of the ex-soloist of "Shooter"

Not only the President of Russia arrived at the awards ceremony of the Russian Geographical Society, which took place on November 24 Vladimir Putin, but also the star of the show "Best of all" Timofey Tsoi.

A five-year-old boy shocked the audience when he came to the show to Maxim Galkin- He loves geography and has learned all the capitals of the world.

The head of state also decided to test the knowledge of the guy by giving him a small impromptu exam, asking him to name the country whose capital is the city of Ouagadougou.

"Burkina Faso," the little one answered at once.

But when asked what the same state was called before, the guy thought about it and said: “The top of something” is there.

— Volta! Well done! Putin praised.

It turns out that Timofey is the son of the star of the Strelka group. Anastasia Kovaleva. TV program magazine managed to chat with a happy mother after her phone had cooled down from calls and text messages.

Almost everything that happened was on the air, - Anastasia recalls. - The only thing that was not shown was that after the speech, the president hugged Timofey tightly and kissed the top of his head. Everything was very fast. Probably, Tima cannot fully appreciate the scale of the event. In addition, he is quite restrained in my emotions.

- When it was over, how did he react?

- How long was the meeting?

I had to wait. Timothy, like any child, is not assiduous. But we were getting ready. I set it up and explained how important and honorable it was. Apparently, he realized this and behaved remarkably. He carefully watched what was happening, listened and clapped.

- How did the president appear?

There was silence in the hall and suddenly everyone began to rise. I whispered to him that the president was in the hall. He also stood up and began to applaud. Usually behaves indifferently at public events.

- How is your phone?

Already cold (laughs). All day yesterday, my relatives, friends, the press, TV channels called me and invited me for an interview. On the social network, they began to send me screenshots from the air. Everyone was surprised - how did we get there? This is a significant event for all of us.

- Did you instill in your son a love of geography?

This is absolutely his initiative. I know the capitals worse, but I love maps. It all started with the fact that I bought him a globe-night light. At first, Timofey used it as a ball - kicked. And then at the age of 2 he learned to read and read all the inscriptions around him. At some point, he drew attention to the globe. And I saw that there are a huge number of unfamiliar names. Moreover, he is interested in complex and difficult to pronounce words. Studied small or island countries. Then we bought a big map - already with flags. All day long he sat in an atlas, in a globe. He began to examine us and say: "check it in Google." We checked - everything matched. We did not participate in this process at all. He just got so interested. Before that, he loved to learn English words, now - geography.

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