The World's Best which is the brainchild of former American Idol and X Factor mastermind Mike Darnell, is a 10 episode series hosted and executive produced by James Corden of The Late Late Show fame. It's similar to those reality talent shows in concept, where people from around the globe compete to win over the judges.
One of the contestants in the show is a child prodigy from Chennai named Lydian Nadhaswaram, whose performance was even highlighted by James himself on his twitter page a while ago.
Lydian is no stranger to fame and is known as the 'world's best child pianist' in the music circles for a while now (his videos appear on top when you google the same).
This is genuinely one of the best things I’ve ever seen live. pic.twitter.com/FY5LH6vxfI
— James Corden (@JKCorden) February 8, 2019
So following his appearance on the show, Kollywood celebrities like A.R. Rahman, Anirudh and Venkat Prabhu have appreciated this Indian talent being represented on an International platform.
Bravo Lydian ! https://t.co/uPrxld9crk
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) February 15, 2019
.@Lydianmusic1 - ‘Adhukku Avan Dhaan Porandhu Varanum’ moment 🙏🏻🙏🏻🏆🏆 Check out this genius from our town 👇🏻 https://t.co/sQs404DKp2
— Anirudh Ravichander (@anirudhofficial) February 15, 2019
That’s my friend satish’s son!!! Our own prodigy!!! #lydiannadhaswaram proud moment for all of us!!! Namma chennai paiyan!!! God bless u my boy https://t.co/6BUwIegPPk
— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) February 15, 2019
The show requries performers to not only impress the American judges Drew Barrymore, RuPaul Charles and Faith Hill (as seen in the video), but also the “wall of the world,” that features 50 experts from all around the world in every field of entertainment. Only one act will be crowned the winner eventually and he/she gets to take home one million dollars.