The Voice Senior (Russian TV series)
The Voice Senior (Russian: Голос. 60+) is a Russian singing competition television series broadcast on Channel One. Based on the original The Voice Senior, it has aired one season and aims to find currently unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 60 or over, drawn from public auditions. The winner will be determined by television viewers voting by telephone, SMS text, and The Voice App. The winners of the three seasons have been: Lidia Muzaleva, Leonid Sergienko, and Dina Yudina.
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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 |
| Presented by | Dmitry Nagiev |
| Judges | |
| Opening theme | This is The Voice Senior |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 120–135 minutes |
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| Original network | Channel One |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | September 14, 2018 – present |
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| The Voice Senior (Channel One) | |
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 Leonid Agutin, Pelageya, Lev Leshchenko, and Valery Meladze. Other coaches from previous seasons include Valeriya (season 2), Mikhail Boyarsky (season 2), Tamara Gverdtsiteli (season 3), Elena Vaenga (season 3), and Garik Sukachov (season 3).
The Voice Senior began airing on September 14, 2018,[1] as an autumn TV season programme. In April 2020, Channel One renewed the series through its third season that premiered on September 4, 2020.
Conception
An adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice Senior, Channel One announced the show under the name Голос. 60+ (The Voice. 60+).
In each season, the winner receives ₽1,000,000.
Selection process and format
- Blind auditions
Each season begins with the "Blind auditions," where coaches form their team of artists (4 artists in season 1-2, 5 artists since season 3) 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.
- Knockouts
The Knockouts are similar to the Sing-offs in The Voice Kids. In the "Knockout Rounds," four (or five) artists within a team sing individual performances in succession. At the conclusion of the performances, coach would decide which two of four (or five) artists get to advance to the Final.
- Final
In the final live performance phase of the competition, artists perform in live show, where public voting narrows to a final group of four artists and eventually declares a winner.
- Addition
In each season along with determining the winner, television viewers vote for the Best coach (but in season 2 the public didn't determinate the Best coach) using The Voice App and HbbTV option in their TV sets.
Coaches and presenter
Coaches timeline
| Timeline of coaches | |||
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| Coach | Seasons | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Leonid Agutin | |||
| Pelageya | |||
| Lev Leshchenko | |||
| Valery Meladze | |||
| Valeriya | |||
| Mikhail Boyarsky | |||
| Tamara Gverdtsiteli | |||
| Elena Vaenga | |||
| Garik Sukachov | |||
- Coaches gallery
Leonid Agutin (2018)
Pelageya (2018—2019)
Lev Leshchenko (2018—)
Valery Meladze (2018)
Valeriya (2019)
Mikhail Boyarsky (2019)
Tamara Gverdtsiteli (2020—).jpg.webp)
Elena Vaenga (2020—)
Garik Sukachov (2020—)
Presenter
| Presenter | Seasons | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dmitry Nagiev | |||
Dmitry Nagiev, the presenter of The Voice and The Voice Kids became the confirmed presenter on August 13, 2018.
- Presenter
Series overview
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| Season | First aired | Last aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning coach | Best coach | Presenter | Coaches (chair's order) | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1 | September 14, 2018 | October 5, 2018 | Lidiya Muzaleva | Evgeniy Strugalsky | Nikolay Arutyunov | Sergey Manukyan | Pelageya | Dmitry Nagiev | Leonid Agutin | Pelageya | Lev Leshchenko | Valery Meladze | |
| 2 | September 13, 2019 | October 4, 2019 | Leonid Sergienko | Yury Shivrin | Vladimir Gritsyk | Elena Gurilyova | Pelageya | Not determinate | Lev Leshchenko | Valeriya | Mikhail Boyarsky | ||
| 3 | September 4, 2020 | October 2, 2020 | Dina Yudina | Petr Tarenkov | Irina Anikina | Tatyana Shupenya | Tamara Gverdtsiteli | Lev Leshchenko | Tamara Gverdtsiteli | Elena Vaenga | Garik Sukachov | ||
Season synopses
Names in bold type indicate the winner of the season.
Season 1
The first season of The Voice Senior (The Voice. 60+) premiered on September 14, 2018. The original coaching panel consists of Leonid Agutin, Pelageya, Lev Leshchenko, and Valery Meladze. Dmitry Nagiev appeared as the presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance two top to the Final:
| Team Agutin | Team Pelageya | Team Leshchenko | Team Meladze |
| Nikolay Arutyunov | Lidia Muzaleva | Evgeniy Strugalskiy | Sergey Manukyan |
| Nikolay Agutin | Olga Muravina | Viktor Zuev | Natalia Spevak |
Four finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Lidia Muzaleva was announced as the winner of the season, while Evgeniy Strugalskiy placed second, Nikolay Arutyunov and Sergey Manukyan placed both third, respectively.
Season 2
The second season of The Voice Senior (The Voice. 60+) premiered on September 13, 2019. Pelageya and Lev Leshchenko returned as coaches, while Mikhail Boyarsky and Valeriya replaced Agutin and Meladze. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the presenter.
Each coach was allowed to advance two top to the Final:
| Team Leshchenko | Team Pelageya | Team Valeriya | Team Boyarsky |
| Yury Shivrin | Leonid Sergienko | Vladimir Gritsyk | Elena Gurilyova |
| Bogdanovy Sisters | Mikhail Ryzhov | Lyudmila Pakhomova | Vladimir Laptev |
Four finalists were advanced to the 2nd final round. Leonid Sergienko was announced as the winner of the season, while Yury Shivrin placed second, Vladimir Gritsyk, and Elena Gurilyova both placed third, respectively.
Season 3
The third season of The Voice Senior (The Voice. 60+) will premiere in September 2020. Lev Leshchenko will return as coach, while Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Elena Vaenga, and Garik Sukachov will replace Pelageya, Valeriya, and Boyarsky. Dmitry Nagiev will return as the presenter for his 3rd season.
Each coach will be allowed to advance two top to the Final:
| Team Leshchenko | Team Gverdtsiteli | Team Vaenga | Team Sukachov |
| Petr Tarenkov | Dina Yudina | Irina Anikina | Tatyana Shupenya |
| Valery Kucherenko | Vsevolod Ushakov | Vyacheslav Olhovsky | Galina Grozina |
Best coach
| Season | Best coach | ||||||||
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| First place | % | Second place | % | Third place | % | Fourth place | % | ||
| 1 | Pelageya | 38% | Leonid Agutin | 31% | Valery Meladze | 16% | Lev Leshchenko | 15% | |
| 2 | In season 2 the public didn't determinate the Best coach. | ||||||||
| 3[2] | Lev Leshchenko | 31% | Elena Vaenga | 24% | Garik Sukachov | 24% | Tamara Gverdtsiteli | 21% | |
Reception
| Season | Episode number | Average | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.1 | N/A | 5.45 | |
| 2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | N/A | 4.88 | |
| 3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.56 | |
Seasons average: Ratings
The first season premiered on September 14, 2018 with a 5.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic. For its average season rating, the show was in the Top 5 at a 5.45 ranking.
The second season premiered on September 13, 2019 with a 4.8 in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by .8 rating scores.
The third season will premiere on September 4, 2020 with a 4.9 in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .1 rating scores.
- Each Russian network television season starts in late August and ends in late May.
| Season | Timeslot (UTC+3) | # Ep. | Premiered | Ended | TV season | Viewers (ratings) | ||
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| Date | Premiere viewers (ratings) |
Date | Final viewers (ratings) | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 2018–2019 | 5.45 | |||
| 2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 2019–2020 | 4.88 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 2020–2021 | 4.56 | |||
References
- "The Voice. 60+ on Channel One - Around the TV". Вокруг ТВ.
- it was officially announced that Elena Vaenga had 25%, Garik Sukachev and Tamara Gverdtsiteli had 22% each. But if you add up their results and find the arithmetic mean, then Elena Vaenga and Garik Sukachev will have 24%, and Tamara Gverdtsiteli - 21%