The Voice Kids (Russian TV series)
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| Russian | Голос. Дети |
| Genre | Music program |
| Created by | Talpa Content |
| Directed by | Ildous Kurmaleev Andrey Sychev |
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| Opening theme | This is The Voice Kids |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 99 |
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| Camera setup | Carousel (2014—2015) |
| Release | February 28, 2014 – present |
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The Voice Kids is a Russian reality television singing competition broadcast on
The winners of the ten seasons have been:
The series employs a panel of three coaches who critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original panel featured Dima Bilan (seasons 1–4), Pelageya (seasons 1–3, and 5–6), and Maxim Fadeev (seasons 1–2). The panel for the most recent tenth season featured Basta (seasons 5, and 7–10), MakSim (season 10―), and Egor Kreed (seasons 8―10). Other coaches include Leonid Agutin (season 3), Nyusha (season 4), Valery Meladze (seasons 4–7), LOBODA (seasons 6 and 8) and Polina Gagarina (season 7 and 9).
The Voice Kids began airing on February 28, 2014, as a winter-spring TV season programme. The show proved to be a hit for Channel One.
In 2023, there will be a spin-off called «The Voice. No Longer Kids», which features former participants competing in a fashion similar to the All-Stars version that originated in France.
Conception
An adaptation of the Dutch show
In each season, the winner receives ₽500,000 (about $8,000) and a record deal with Universal Music Group.
Selection process and format
- Blind auditions
Each season begins with the "Blind Auditions," where coaches form their team of artists (15 artists in each team) whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced towards the audience during artists' performances; those interested in an artist press their button, which turns their chair towards the artist and illuminates the bottom of the chair to read "Я выбираю тебя" ("I WANT YOU"). At the conclusion of the performance, an artist either defaults to the only coach who turned around or selects his or her coach if more than one coach expresses interest.
- Battles
In the Battle Rounds, each coach groups three of his or her team members to perform together then chooses one to advance in the competition.
- Sing-offs
In the Sing-off Rounds, five artists within a team sing individual performances in succession. The artists get to sing their "Blind Auditions" songs in this round. At the conclusion of the performances, coaches would decide which two of five artists get to advance to the next round.
- Life Playoffs
But as with season 2, each coach bring back three artists who were eliminated in the Sing-offs. These artists advance to the special stage – "Live Playoffs". Three artists from each team sing live and two of them eliminate by the end of the night. One saved by the Public's vote artist advances to the Final in each team.
- Final
In the Final of the competition, 6 artists from all teams (9 artists since season 2) perform in the live show, where public voting narrows to a final group of three artists from all teams and eventually declares a winner.
- Addition
Since season 6, alongside the determining of the winner, television viewers vote for the Best coach using The Voice Kids App and HbbTV option in their TV sets.
Coaches and presenters
Coaches
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| Dima Bilan | |||||||||||
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| Maxim Fadeev | |||||||||||
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| Valery Meladze | |||||||||||
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| Polina Gagarina | |||||||||||
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- Coaches gallery
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Dima Bilan (2014—2017) -
Pelageya (2014—2016, 2018—2019) -
Maxim Fadeev (2014—2015) -
Leonid Agutin (2016) -
Nyusha (2017) -
Valeriy Meladze(2017—2020) -
Basta (2018, 2020—) -
LOBODA (2019, 2021) -
Polina Gagarina (2020, 2022) -
Egor Kreed (2021—) -
MakSim (2022―)
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Presenters
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| Dmitry Nagiyev | ||||||||||
| Natalia Vodianova | ||||||||||
| Anastasia Chevazhevskaya | ||||||||||
| Valeriya Lanskaya | ||||||||||
| Svetlana Zeinalova | ||||||||||
| Agata Muceniece | ||||||||||
| Aglaya Shilovskaya | ||||||||||
| Yana Churikova | ||||||||||
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Natalia Vodianova (Season 1) -
Anastasia Chevazhevskaya (Season 2) -
Valeriya Lanskaya (Season 3) -
Svetlana Zeinalova (Season 4) -
Agata Muceniece (Season 5, 7—) -
Aglaya Shilovskaya (Season 6)
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Yana Churikova (Season 10―)
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Series overview
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| Season | Premiere | Final | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning coach | Best coach | Presenters | Coaches (chair's order) | |||
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February 28, 2014 | April 25, 2014 |
Alisa Kozhikina | Ragda Khanieva | Lev Akselrod | Maxim Fadeev | The public didn't determinate the Best coach until season 6 | Dmitry Nagiev | Natalia Vodianova | Dima Bilan | Pelageya | Maxim Fadeev |
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February 13, 2015 | April 17, 2015 | Sabina Mustaeva | Evdokiya Malevskaya | Saida Muhametzianova | Anastasiya Chevazhevskaya | ||||||
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February 20, 2016 | April 29, 2016 | Danil Pluzhnikov | Rayana Aslanbekova | Taisiya Podgornaya | Dima Bilan | Valeriya Lanskaya | Leonid Agutin | ||||
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February 17, 2017 | April 28, 2017 | Elizaveta Kachurak | Deniza Khekilaeva | Alina Sansyzbay | Svetlana Zeinalova | Nyusha | Valery Meladze | ||||
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February 2, 2018 | April 20, 2018 | Rutger Garecht | Sofiya Fedorova | Anastasiya Gladilina | Pelageya | Agata Muceniece | Basta | Pelageya | |||
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February 15, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | All finalists[a] | Pelageya | Aglaya Shilovskaya | Pelageya | Valery Meladze | LOBODA | ||||
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February 14, 2020 | April 24, 2020 | Olesya Kazachenko | Sofya Tumanova | Artyom Fokin | Basta | Basta | Agata Muceniece | Basta | Polina Gagarina | Valery Meladze | |
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February 12, 2021 | April 30, 2021 | Vladislav Tyukin | Elizaveta Trofimova | Maria Politikova | LOBODA | LOBODA | Egor Kreed | ||||
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February 18, 2022 | April 29, 2022 | Adelia Zagrebina | Sofia Olaresko | Sagyn Omirbayuly | Egor Kreed | Polina Gagarina | |||||
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December 9, 2022 | February 22, 2023 | Anna Dorovskaya | Milana Ponomarenko | Pavel Zilyov | Basta | Yana Churikova | MakSim | ||||
Best coach
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Pelageya | 56% | Valery Meladze | 25% | LOBODA | 19% |
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Basta | 40% | Polina Gagarina | 33% | Valery Meladze | 27% |
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56% | Egor Kreed | 27% | LOBODA | 17% | |
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42% | Polina Gagarina | 37% | Egor Kreed | 21% | |
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60% | Egor Kreed | 24% | MakSim | 16% | |
The Voice. No Longer Kids
In 2023, there will be a spin-off called «The Voice. No Longer Kids», which features former participants competing in a fashion similar to the All-Stars version that originated in France.
Series overview
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| Season | Premiere | Final | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Best coach | Presenter | Coaches (chair's order) | |||
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| 1 | September 1, 2023 | October 20, 2023 | Veronika Syromlya | David Sanikidze | Renata Tairova | Olesya Kazachenko | Egor Kreed | Pelageya | Yana Churikova | Dima Bilan | Pelageya | Polina Gagarina | Egor Kreed |
Best coach
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| 1 | Pelageya | 38% | Egor Kreed | 32% | Dima Bilan | 16% | Polina Gagarina | 14% |
Reception
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| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 1 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | – | 8.76 | |||
| 2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 | – | 7.59 | ||
| 3 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 7.8 | – | 7.85 | |
| 4 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 | – | 6.45 | |
| 5 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | – | 5.46 | |
| 6 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.83 | |
| 7 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | – | 5.44 | |
Seasons average: Ratings
The first season premiered on February 28, 2014 with an 8.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. For its average season rating, the show was in the Top 3 at an 8.76 ranking.
The second season premiered on February 13, 2015 with an 8.6 in the 18–49 demographic. It wasn't up/down from last season's premiere.
The third season premiered on February 20, 2016 with an 8.9 in the 18-49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .2 rating scores.
The fourth season premiered on February 17, 2017 with an 8.1 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by .8 rating scores.
The fifth season premiered on February 2, 2018 with a 6.7 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 1.4 rating scores.
The sixth season premiered on February 15, 2019 with a 6.3 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by .4 rating scores.
The seventh season premiered on February 14, 2020 with a 5.3 and was viewed by 3.78 million people in the 4-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 1.0 rating scores. This is the lowest rated season premiere to date.
The eighth season will premiere in February 2021.
- Each Russian network television season starts in late August and ends in late May.
| Season | Timeslot (MSK (UTC+3)) | # Ep. | Premiered | Ended | TV season | Viewers (ratings) | ||
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Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1, 3–9) Saturday 9:30 pm (ep. 2) |
9 | February 28, 2014 | 8.6 | April 25, 2014 | 8.9 | 2013–2014 | 8.76 |
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Friday 9:30 pm | 10 | February 13, 2015 | 8.6 | April 17, 2015 | 6.8 | 2014–2015 | 7.59 |
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Saturday 9:30 pm (ep. 1) Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 2–11) |
11 | February 20, 2016 | 8.9 | April 29, 2016 | 7.8 | 2015–2016 | 7.85 |
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Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1, 3, 5–11) Wednesday 9:30 pm (ep. 2) Saturday 9:20 pm (ep. 4) |
February 17, 2017 | 8.1 | April 28, 2017 | 5.4 | 2016–2017 | 6.45 | |
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Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–3, 6–11) Thursday 9:30 pm (ep. 4) Wednesday 9:30 pm (ep. 5) |
February 2, 2018 | 6.7 | April 20, 2018 | 5.5 | 2017–2018 | 5.46 | |
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Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–3, 5, 7–11) Thursday 9:30 pm (ep. 4) Friday 10:30 pm (ep. 6) |
12 | February 15, 2019 | 6.3 | May 24, 2019 | 5.1 | 2018–2019 | 4.83 |
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Friday 9:30 pm | 11 | February 14, 2020 | 5.3 | April 24, 2020 | 4.9 | 2019–2020 | 5.44 |
Notes
- ^ Valery Kuzakov, Renata Tairova, Mariam Abdelkader (Team Pelageya); Erzhan Maxim, Mikhail Grigoryan, Anastasia Sisauri (Team Valery Meladze); Mikella Abramova, Robert Bagratyan, Nino Chesner (Team LOBODA)
References
External links
- Official website (in Russian)