The Voice Kids (Russian TV series)
| The Voice Kids Голос. Дети | |
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| Genre | Music program |
| Created by |
John de Mol Roel van Velzen |
| Developed by | Talpa Content |
| Directed by |
Ildous Kurmaleev Andrey Sychev |
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| Judges | |
| Opening theme | This is The Voice Kids |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Production location(s) | Mosfilm, Moscow |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 120–135 minutes |
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| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | February 28, 2014 – present |
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The Voice Kids is a Russian reality television singing competition broadcast on Channel One. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the concept of the series is to find currently unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 7 to 14, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, SMS text, and The Voice Kids App.
The winners of the five seasons have been: Alisa Kozhikina, Sabina Mustaeva, Danil Pluzhnikov, Elizaveta Kachurak, and Rutger Garecht.
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), and Maxim Fadeev (seasons 1–2); the panel for the upcoming sixth season will feature unnamed coaches. Other coaches from previous seasons include Leonid Agutin (season 3), Nyusha (season 4), Valery Meladze (seasons 4–5), and Basta (season 5).
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. On August 20, 2018, Channel One renewed the series through its sixth season.
Conception
An adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice Kids, Channel One announced the show under the name Голос. Дети (The Voice Kids).
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
ach 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.
Coaches and presenters
Coaches
| Coaches | Seasons | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Dima | ||||||
| Pelageya | ||||||
| Maxim | ||||||
| Leonid | ||||||
| Nyusha | ||||||
| Valery | ||||||
| Basta | ||||||
| Yuriy | ||||||
| Grigory | ||||||
- Coaches gallery
Dima Bilan (2014–2017)
Pelageya (2014–2016, 2018)
Leonid Agutin (2016)
Nyusha (2017).jpg)
Valery Meladze (2017–2018)
Basta (2018)
Presenters
| Presenters | Seasons | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Dmitry Nagiev | ||||||
| Natalia Vodianova | ||||||
| Anastasia Chevazhevskaya | ||||||
| Valeria Lanskaya | ||||||
| Svetlana Zeinalova | ||||||
| Agata Mutsenietse | ||||||
- Presenters
Dmitry Nagiev (2014–)
Natalia Vodianova (2014)
Anastasia Chevazhevskaya (2015)
Valeria Lanskaya (2016)
Svetlana Zeinalova (2017)
Agata Mutsenietse (2018)
Series overview
| Season | First aired | Last aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning coach | Presenters | Coaches (chair's order) | |||
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| 1 | February 28, 2014 | April 25, 2014 | Alisa Kozhikina | Ragda Khanieva | Lev Akselrod | Maxim Fadeev | Dmitry Nagiev | Natalia Vodianova | Dima | Pelageya | Maxim |
| 2 | February 13, 2015 | April 17, 2015 | Sabina Mustaeva | Evdokia Malevskaya | Saida Muhametzianova | Anastasia Chevazhevskaya | |||||
| 3 | February 20, 2016 | April 29, 2016 | Danil Pluzhnikov | Rayana Aslanbekova | Taisia Podgornaya | Dima Bilan | Valeria Lanskaya | Leonid | |||
| 4 | February 17, 2017 | April 28, 2017 | Elizaveta Kachurak | Deniza Khekilaeva | Alina Sansyzbay | Svetlana Zeinalova | Nyusha | Valery | |||
| 5 | February 2, 2018 | April 20, 2018 | Rutger Garecht | Sofia Fedorova | Anastasia Gladilina | Pelageya | Agata Mutsenietse | Basta | Pelageya | ||
| 6 | February—April 2019 | TBA | TBA | Yuriy | Grigory | ||||||
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 was appeared as the hosts.
Each coach was allowed to advance two top to the final:
| Team Dima | Team Pelageya | Team Maxim |
| Lev Akselrod | Ragda Khanieva | Alisa Kozhikina |
| Kristian Kostov | Anastasia Titova | Ivaylo 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-host.
Each coach was allowed to advance three top to the final:
| Team Dima | Team Pelageya | Team Maxim |
| Evdokia Malevskaya | Saida Muhametzianova | Sabina Mustaeva |
| Alexey Zabugin | Mikhail Smirnov | Yaroslav Sokolikov |
| Sofia Kvaratsheliya | Matvey Semishkur | Eduard 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-host.
Each coach was allowed to advance three top to the final:
| Team Dima | Team Pelageya | Team Leonid |
| Danil Pluzhnikov | Taisia Podgornaya | Rayana Aslanbekova |
| Yaroslava Degtyareva | Azer Nasibov | Eva Timush |
| Maria Panyukova | Vsevolod Rudakov | Marsel 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-host.
Each coach was allowed to advance two plus one top to the final:
| Team Dima | Team Nyusha | Team Valery |
| Elizaveta Kachurak | Alina Sansyzbay | Deniza Khekilaeva |
| Alisa Golomysova | Yulianna Beregoy | Aleksandr Dudko |
| Snezhana Shin | Eva Medved | Stefania 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 Mutsenietse replaced Svetlana Zeinalova as the co-presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance two plus one top to the final:
| Team Basta | Team Pelageya | Team Valery |
| Sofia Fedorova | Rutger Garecht | Anastasia Gladilina |
| Akmal Hodzhaniyazov | Veronika Syromlya | Olesya Masheiko |
| Alexandra Ushakova | Eden Golan | Tali 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.
Reception
| Season | Episode number | Average | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | N/A | 8.76 | ||
| 2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 | N/A | 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 | |
Seasons average: Ratings
The first season premiered on February 28, 2014 with a 8.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. For its average season rating, the show was in the Top 3 at a 8.76 ranking.
The second season premiered on February 13, 2015 with a 8.7 in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .1 rating scores.
The third season premiered on February 20, 2016 with a 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 a 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. This is the lowest rated season premiere to date.
- 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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| Date | Premiere viewers (ratings) |
Date | Final viewers (ratings) | |||||
| 1 | Saturday 9:30 pm (ep. 2) |
9 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 2013–2014 | 8.76 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 2014–2015 | 7.59 | |||
| 3 | Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 2–11) |
11 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 2015–2016 | 7.85 | ||
| 4 | Wednesday 9:30 pm (ep. 2) Saturday 9:20 pm (ep. 4) |
8.1 | 5.4 | 2016–2017 | 6.45 | |||
| 5 | Thursday 9:30 pm (ep. 4) Wednesday 9:30 pm (ep. 5) |
6.7 | 5.5 | 2017–2018 | 5.46 | |||
| 6 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 2018–2019 | TBA | ||
External links
- Official website (in Russian)
