The Voice (Russian TV series)

The Voice (Russian: Голос) is a Russian singing competition television series broadcast on Channel One. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, it has aired eight seasons and aims to find currently unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 17 or over, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, SMS text, and The Voice App.

The Voice
Голос
GenreMusic program
Created byJohn de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Developed byTalpa Content
Directed byIldous Kurmaleev
Andrey Sychev
Presented byDmitry Nagiyev
Judges
Opening themeThis Is The Voice
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes139
Production
Producers
  • Yury Aksyuta
  • Evgeniy Orlov
  • Andrey Sergeev
  • Larisa Sinelschikova (2012–2014)
  • Ilya Krivitsky (2012–2014)
Production locations
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time120–150 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkChannel One
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseOctober 5, 2012 (2012-10-05) 
present
Chronology
Followed by
Related shows
External links
The Voice (Channel One)

The winners of the eight seasons have been: Dina Garipova, Sergey Volchkov, Alexandra Vorobyova, Hieromonk Fotiy, Darya Antonyuk, Selim Alakhyarov, Petr Zakharov, Asker Berbekov, and Yana Gabbasova.

The series employs a panel of four 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 1–3, 5–6), Pelageya (seasons 1–3, and 6), Alexander Gradsky (seasons 1–4, and 6)), and Leonid Agutin (seasons 1–3, 5–6). The panel for the current ninth season features Basta (seasons 4, 7 and 9), Polina Gagarina (seasons 4–5, 8–9), Sergey Shnurov (seasons 7–9), and Valeriy Syutkin (season 8 and 9). Other coaches from previous seasons include Grigory Leps (seasons 4–5), Ani Lorak (season 7), and Konstantin Meladze (seasons 7–8).

The Voice began airing on October 5, 2012, as an autumn-winter TV season program. The show proved to be a hit for Channel One. In April 2020, Channel One renewed the series through its ninth season that premiered on October 9, 2020.

Conception

An adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice of Holland, Channel One announced the show under the name Голос (The Voice).

In each season, the winner receives ₽1,000,000 (≈$16,000) 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 (12 artists in season 1 and since season 7, 14 artists in seasons 2–6) whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. (There was a rule in seasons 3–5 that coach who complete his/her team firstly can add to his/her team still one artist). 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 pairs two of his or her team members to perform together, then chooses one to advance in the competition. In season 1, coaches were assisted by celebrity mentors. In the first season, coaches sit alongside their respective advisors in the battle stage. A new element was added in season two; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to select two individuals who were eliminated during a battle round by another coach. However, since the seventh season (just like in the first season) each coach can't steal artists.

Knockouts

In the Knockout Rounds, a pair of artists within a team are selected to sing individual performances in succession. They are not told until a few minutes prior to their performances who their partner is. At the conclusion of the performances, coaches would decide which one of each pair gets to advance to the next round. Starting with season two each coach pairs three artists into one knockout with two contestants from the trio advance to the next round. However, since season 7 only one contestant from the trio advances to the Top 12. But the coaches were given one "steal" (just like in the previous seasons' Battles).

Live shows

In the final live performance phase of the competition, artists perform in weekly shows, where public voting and coaches' decision s narrow to a final group of artists and eventually declares a winner. In season one the coaches have the power to save one artist that had not received the public's vote in the Quarterfinal. In later seasons artists were saved by Votes' summa (Public's vote + Coach's vote). In deciding who moves on to the final four phase, the television audience and the coaches have equal say. With one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale, where the outcome is decided solely by public vote. One contestant from each team would advance to the final four.

Addition

Since season 7, alongside the determining of the winner, television viewers vote for the Best coach using The Voice App and HbbTV option in their TV sets.

Coaches and presenter

Coaches timeline

Timeline of coaches
Coach Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dima Bilan
Pelageya
Alexander Gradsky
Leonid Agutin
Basta
Polina Gagarina
Grigory Leps
Ani Lorak
Sergey Shnurov
Konstantin Meladze
Valeriy Syutkin

Presenter

Timeline of presenter
Presenter Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dmitry Nagiev

Series overview

Season First aired Last aired Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Winning coach Best coach Presenter Coaches (chair's order)
1 2 3 4
1 October 5, 2012 December 29, 2012 Dina Garipova Elmira Kalimullina Anastasiya Spiridonova Margarita Pozoyan Alexander Gradsky From seasons 1 through 6, the public didn't determinate the Best coach. Dmitry Nagiyev Dima Bilan Pelageya Alexander Gradsky Leonid Agutin
2 September 6, 2013 December 27, 2013 Sergey Volchkov Nargiz Zakirova Gela Guralia Tina Kuznetsova
3 September 5, 2014 December 26, 2014 Aleksandra Vorobyova Yaroslav Dronov Aleksander Bon Mariam Merabova Leonid Agutin Dima Bilan
4 September 4, 2015 December 25, 2015 Hieromonk Fotiy Mikhail Ozerov Olga Zadonskaya Era Kann Grigory Leps Basta Polina Gagarina Grigory Leps
5 September 2, 2016 December 30, 2016 Darya Antonyuk Aleksander Panayotov Kairat Primberdiev Sardor Milano Leonid Agutin Dima Bilan Leonid Agutin
6 September 1, 2017 December 29, 2017 Selim Alakhyarov Timofey Kopylyov Ladislav Bubnar Yang Ge Alexander Gradsky Pelageya Alexander Gradsky Leonid Agutin
7 October 12, 2018 January 1, 2019 Petr Zakharov Amirkhan Umaev Rushana Valieva Shaen Oganesyan Konstantin Meladze Sergey Shnurov Basta Ani Lorak Sergey Shnurov Konstantin Meladze
8 October 11, 2019 January 1, 2020 Asker Berbekov Anton Tokarev Iv Nabiev Arsen Mukendi Valeriy Syutkin Polina Gagarina
9 October 9, 2020 December 30, 2020 Yana Gabbasova Oleg Akkuratov Dmitry Vengerov Vasily Pasechnik Polina Gagarina Basta Basta Valeriy Syutkin

Best coach

Season Best coach
First place % Second place % Third place % Fourth place %
1-6 From seasons 1 through 6, the public didn't determinate the Best coach.
7 Sergey Shnurov 34% Konstantin Meladze 30% Basta 24% Ani Lorak 12%
8 40% 28% Polina Gagarina 19% Valeriy Syutkin 13%
9 Basta 31% Sergey Shnurov 23% 18%

Reception

The Voice (ratings): Russia viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
123456789101112131415161718
15.56.97.07.88.88.48.08.47.77.47.79.27.7N/A7.73
29.58.68.99.49.510.09.49.19.18.39.49.08.59.19.29.59.8N/A9.19
37.98.08.88.68.69.48.77.86.57.88.47.47.66.36.77.68.2N/A7.9
48.47.37.26.67.07.77.57.26.86.56.56.56.15.75.56.06.6N/A6.77
56.87.17.37.78.68.18.18.07.76.37.16.96.86.65.86.26.06.37.08
66.56.25.85.86.36.26.66.46.05.95.75.45.55.85.35.35.25.55.86
75.24.74.95.25.95.54.74.54.74.54.33.95.3N/A4.87
85.95.25.45.05.65.35.14.64.74.84.84.54.8N/A5.02
95.04.85.05.15.15.14.74.94.64.44.54.54.5N/A4.78
Source: MediaScope

Seasons average: Ratings

The first season premiered on October 5, 2012 with a 5.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic. For its average season rating, the show was in the Top 5 at a 7.73 ranking.

The second season premiered on September 6, 2013 with a 9.5 in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 4.0 rating scores.

The third season premiered on September 5, 2014 with a 7.9 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 1.6 rating scores.

The fourth season premiered on September 4, 2015 with an 8.4 in the 18-49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .5 rating scores.

The fifth season premiered on September 2, 2016 with a 6.8 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 1.6 rating scores.

The sixth season premiered on September 1, 2017 with a 6.5 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by .3 rating scores.

The seventh season premiered on October 12, 2018 with a 5.2 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 1.3 rating scores.

The eighth season premiered on October 11, 2019 with a 5.9 in the 18-49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .7 rating scores.

The ninth season premiered on October 9, 2020 with a 5.0 in the 18-49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by .9 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)
Date Premiere viewers
(ratings)
Date Final viewers
(ratings)
1
Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–4, 6–9, 11–12)
Sunday 9:20 pm (ep. 5)
Friday 7:50 pm (ep. 10)
Saturday 9:30 pm (Final)
13
October 5, 2012
5.5
December 29, 2012
7.7 2012–2013 7.73
2
Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–5, 7–17)
Saturday 9:20 pm (ep. 6)
17
September 6, 2013
9.5
December 27, 2013
9.8 2013–2014 9.19
3
Friday 9:45 pm (eps. 1–13)
Friday 9:35 pm (eps. 14–17)
September 5, 2014
7.9
December 26, 2014
8.2 2014–2015 7.9
4
Friday 9:30 pm
September 4, 2015
8.4
December 25, 2015
6.6 2015–2016 6.77
5 18
September 2, 2016
6.8
December 30, 2016
6.3 2016–2017 7.08
6
September 1, 2017
6.5
December 29, 2017
5.5 2017–2018 5.86
7
Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–12)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (Final)
13
October 12, 2018
5.2
January 1, 2019
5.3 2018–2019 4.87
8
Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–12)
Wednesday 8:00 pm (Final)
October 11, 2019
5.9
January 1, 2020
4.8 2019–2020 5.02
9
Friday 9:30 pm
October 9, 2020
5.0
2021
4.5 2020–2021 4.78

References

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