The Voice Kids (Russian TV series)


The Voice Kids is a Russian reality television singing competition broadcast on Channel One. Based on the original The Voice Kids of Holland, the concept of the series is to find currently unsigned singing talent contested by aspiring singers, age 7 to 14, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by SMS text and The Voice Kids App.
The winners of the seven seasons have been: Alisa Kozhikina, Sabina Mustaeva, :ru:Плужников, Данил Владимирович|Danil Pluzhnikov, Elizaveta Kachurak, Rutger Garecht, 9 finalists of the sixth season and Olesya Kazachenko.
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, Pelageya, and Maxim Fadeev. Other coaches include Leonid Agutin, Nyusha, Valery Meladze, Basta, Svetlana Loboda and Polina Gagarina.
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. The series premiered its seventh season on February 14, 2020.

Conception

An adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice Kids, Channel One announced the show under the name Голос. Дети.
In each season, the winner receives ₽500,000 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 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". 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 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 season coach using The Voice Kids App and HbbTV option in their TV sets.

Coaches and presenters

Coaches

Presenters

Series overview

Season synopses

Names in bold type indicate the winner of the season.

Season 1

The first season of The Voice Kids premiered on 28 February 2014, and concluded on 25 April. The coaching panel consisted of Dima Bilan, Pelageya, and Maxim Fadeev. Dmitry Nagiev and Natalia Vodianova appeared as the presenters.
Each coach was allowed to advance two top to the final:
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Lev AkselrodRagda KhanievaAlisa Kozhikina
Kristian KostovAnastasia TitovaIvaylo Filippov

Three finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Alisa Kozhikina was announced as the winner of the season, while Ragda Khanieva, and Lev Akselrod placed second, and third, respectively.

Season 2

Season two premiered on 13 February 2015 and concluded on 17 April. All coaches and Dmitry Nagiev returned from the previous season. Anastasia Chevazhevskaya replaced Natalia Vodianova as the co-presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance three top to the final:
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Evdokia MalevskayaSaida MuhametzianovaSabina Mustaeva
Alexey ZabuginMikhail SmirnovYaroslav Sokolikov
Sofia KvaratsheliyaMatvey SemishkurEduard Rediko

Three finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Sabina Mustaeva was announced as the winner of the season, while Evdokia Malevskaya and Saida Muhametzianova placed second, and third, respectively.

Season 3

Season three premiered on 20 February 2016 and concluded on 29 April. The coaching panel was modified for the first time in the series' history, with Leonid Agutin replacing Fadeev. Dmitry Nagiev continued appearing for his respective position. Valeria Lanskaya replaced Anastasia Chevazhevskaya as the co-presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance three top to the final:
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:ru:Плужников, Данил Владимирович|Danil PluzhnikovTaisia PodgornayaRayana Aslanbekova
Yaroslava DegtyarevaAzer NasibovEva Timush
Maria PanyukovaVsevolod RudakovMarsel Sabirov

Three finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Danil Pluzhnikov was announced as the winner of the season, while Rayana Aslanbekova and Taisia Podgornaya placed second and third, respectively.

Season 4

Season four premiered on 17 February 2017 and concluded on 28 April. The coaching panel was modified for the second time in the series' history, with Nyusha and Valery Meladze replacing Pelageya and Agutin, respectively.
Dmitry Nagiev continued appearing for his respective position. Svetlana Zeinalova replaced Valeria Lanskaya as the co-presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance two plus one top to the final:
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Elizaveta KachurakAlina SansyzbayDeniza Khekilaeva
Alisa GolomysovaYulianna BeregoyAleksandr Dudko
Snezhana ShinEva MedvedStefania Sokolova

Three finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Elizaveta Kachurak was announced as the winner of the season, while Deniza Khekilaeva and Alina Sansyzbay placed second and third, respectively.

Season 5

Season five premiered on February 2, 2018, with new coach Basta alongside Meladze and returning coach Pelageya.
Dmitry Nagiev returned for his 5th season as a presenter. Agata Muceniece replaced Svetlana Zeinalova as the co-presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance two plus one top to the final:
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Sofia FedorovaRutger GarechtAnastasia Gladilina
Akmal HodzhaniyazovVeronika SyromlyaOlesya Masheiko
Alexandra UshakovaEden GolanTali Kuper

Three finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Rutger Garecht was announced as the winner of the season, while Sofia Fedorova and Anastasia Gladilina placed second and third, respectively.

Season 6

Season six premiered on February 15, 2019, with new coach LOBODA alongside Meladze and Pelageya. Dmitry Nagiev returned for his 6th season as a presenter. :ru:Шиловская, Аглая Ильинична|Aglaya Shilovskaya replaced Agata Muceniece as the co-presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance two plus one top to the final:
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Valery KuzakovErzhan MaximMikella Abramova
Renata TairovaMikhail GrigoryanNino Chesner
Mariam AbdelkaderAnastasia SisauriRobert Bagratyan

Due to the producers decision all 9 finalists were announced the winners of this season.

Best season coach

Reception

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.