# The Voice Senior (Russian TV series) season 1

The first season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Senior (The Voice. 60+) premiered on September 14, 2018 on Channel One. Leonid Agutin, Pelageya, and Valery Meladze became the first confirmed coaches on August 13, 2018, followed by Lev Leshchenko on August 14. Dmitry Nagiev appeared as the show's presenter.
Lidiya Muzalyova was announced the winner on October 5, 2018, marking Pelageya's first win as a coach and the first female coach to win in the show's history. Also Pelageya became the first coach in the history of the Russian Voice who won more than one version of the show, winning the fifth season of The Voice Kids in April, 2018.
Also, for the first time in the history of the Voice franchise, viewers could choose the Best Coach using The Voice App and HbbTV option in their TV sets. Voting was conducted in all episodes except the Final. Pelageya became the first Best Coach with 38%.

## Coaches and presenter

Leonid Agutin, Pelageya and Valery Meladze became the first confirmed coaches on August 13, 2018, followed by Lev Leshchenko on August 14, 2018.
Dmitry Nagiev appeared as a presenter.

## Teams

Colour key
| Coaches | Top 17 artists | Top 17 artists | Top 17 artists | Top 17 artists | Top 17 artists |
| Leonid Agutin | | | | | |
| Leonid Agutin | Nikolay Arutyunov | Nikolay Agutin | Andrey Kosinsky | Alexander Evdokimov | |
| Pelageya | | | | | |
| Pelageya | Lidiya Muzalyova | Olga Muravina | Sergey Kurzanov | Oleg Pastukhov | Nataliya Butusova |
| Lev Leshchenko | | | | | |
| Lev Leshchenko | Evgeny Strugalsky | Viktor Zuev | Mansur Tashmatov | Navruz Akhmedov | |
| Valery Meladze | | | | | |
| Valery Meladze | Sergey Manukyan | Nataliya Spevak | Gennady Kim | Sergey Pivovarenok | |

## Blind auditions

A new feature this season is The Best coach of the season (also in each episode).

### Colour key

The coaches performed "Жизнь" at the start of the show.
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices |
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Agutin | Pelageya | Leshchenko | Meladze |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 1 | Sergey Kurzanov | 64 | Balashikha, Moscow oblast | "Johnny B. Goode" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 2 | Nataliya Spevak | 67 | Saratov | "I Know Why" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 3 | Oleg Pastukhov | 60 | Vladivostok | "Вечерний звон" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 4 | Raisa Abdukhanova | 71 | Moscow | "Не уходи (Осень)" | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 5 | Gennady Kim | 62 | Sakhalin Oblast / Moscow | "Confessa" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 6 | Evgeny Strugalskiy | 80 | Moscow | "Ты и эта гитара" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 7 | Nataliya Butusova | 61 | Volgograd | "Simply the Best" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 8 | Sergey Shtyrov | 61 | Moscow | "Дорогие мои, москвичи" | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 9 | Sergey Manukyan | 63 | Moscow | "Can't Buy Me Love" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 10 | Irena Ginzburg-Zhurbina | 68 | Moscow | "Лошадка-жизнь" | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 1 (September 14) | 11 | Andrey Kosinsky | 61 | Petergof, Saint Petersburg | "Virtual Insanity" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 1 | Mansur Tashmatov | 64 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | "Sex Bomb" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 2 | Lidiya Muzalyova | 62 | Obninsk, Kaluga oblast | "Оренбургский пуховый платок" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 3 | Nikolay Arutyunov | 60 | Moscow | "Mercedes Benz" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 4 | Viktor Zuev | 63 | Saint Petersburg | "Come vorrei" | — | Team full | ✔ | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 5 | Vera Kharchenko | 79 | Moscow | "Только раз бывает в жизни встреча" | — | Team full | — | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 6 | Nikolay Agutin | 83 | Moscow | "Я работаю волшебником" | ✔ | Team full | — | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 7 | Alexander Evdokimov | 66 | Tver | "Где же ты была" | ✔ | Team full | ✔ | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 8 | Boris Pogodin | 79 | Veliky Novgorod | "Тайна" | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 9 | Natalya Nurmukhamedova | 67 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | "Smooth Seiling" | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 10 | Olga Muravina | 77 | Moscow | "Я танцевать хочу" | Team full | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 11 | Sergey Pivovarenok | 61 | Yugorsk, Yugra | "Эти глаза напротив" | Team full | Team full | — | ✔ |
| Episode 2 (September 21) | 12 | Navruz Akhmedov | 60 | Moscow | "Не лукавьте" | Team full | Team full | ✔ | Team full |

## The Knockouts

The Knockouts round aired on September 28, 2018. This stage was pre-recorded at Mosfilm on September 11, 2018.
The top 8 contestants then moved on to the "Live Season Final."

### Colour key

| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Valery Meladze | 1 | Sergey Pivovarenok | "Вечная весна" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Valery Meladze | 2 | Gennady Kim | "Come Together" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Valery Meladze | 3 | Nataliya Spevak | "Звать любовь не надо" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Valery Meladze | 4 | Sergey Manukyan | "All of Me" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Pelageya | 5 | Sergey Kurzanov | "Слепили бабу на морозе" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Pelageya | 6 | Olga Muravina | "Гори, гори, моя звезда" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Pelageya | 7 | Lidiya Muzalyova | "Верила, верила верю" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Pelageya | 8 | Oleg Pastukhov | "Jamaica" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Pelageya | 9 | Nataliya Butusova | "Не обижай меня" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Lev Leshchenko | 10 | Mansur Tashmatov | "Ах, эта девушка" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Lev Leshchenko | 11 | Viktor Zuev | "Buona Sera Signorina" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Lev Leshchenko | 12 | Evgeny Strugalsky | "Три года ты мне снилась" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Lev Leshchenko | 13 | Navruz Akhmedov | "Серенада Рикардо" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Leonid Agutin | 14 | Andrey Kosinsky | "Я не умею танцевать" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Leonid Agutin | 15 | Alexander Evdokimov | "Fantasy" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Leonid Agutin | 16 | Nikolay Agutin | "Мама" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (September 28) | Leonid Agutin | 17 | Nikolay Arutyunov | "Can't Find a Reason" | Advanced |

## Final
### Colour key

| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Public's vote | Result |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) |
| Final ||||||
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Valery Meladze | 1 | Sergey Manukyan | "Старый клён" | 71.1% | Advanced |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Valery Meladze | 2 | Nataliya Spevak | "Autumn Leaves" | 28.9% | Eliminated |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Lev Leshchenko | 3 | Evgeny Strugalsky | "Случайный вальс" | 67.4% | Advanced |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Lev Leshchenko | 4 | Viktor Zuev | "What a Wonderful World" | 32.6% | Eliminated |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Pelageya | 5 | Lidiya Muzalyova | "Пой, звени, моя гитара" | 60.5% | Advanced |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Pelageya | 6 | Olga Muravina | "Песенка о хорошем настроении" | 39.5% | Eliminated |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Leonid Agutin | 7 | Nikolay Agutin | "Come prima" / "Piove" | 30.3% | Eliminated |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Leonid Agutin | 8 | Nikolay Arutyunov | "Этикет" | 69.7% | Advanced |
| Super Final ||||||
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Valery Meladze | 1 | Sergey Manukyan | "Нежность" | Third Place | Third Place |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Lev Leshchenko | 2 | Evgeny Strugalsky | "Песня старого извозчика" | 48.3% | Runner-up |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Pelageya | 3 | Lidiya Muzalyova | "Я когда-то была молодая" | 51.7% | Winner |
| Episode 4 (October, 5) | Leonid Agutin | 4 | Nikolay Arutyunov | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Third Place | Third Place |
Non-competition performances :
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 4.1 | Pelageya & Lev Leshchenko (in memory of Charles Aznavour) | "Вечная любовь" |
| 4.2 | Lidiya Muzalyova (winner) | "Оренбургский пуховый платок" |

## Best Coach
### Colour key

| Coach | Public's vote $_{(perepisode)}$ | Public's vote $_{(perepisode)}$ | Public's vote $_{(perepisode)}$ | Public's vote $_{(perepisode)}$ | Result |
| Coach | #1 | #2 | #3 | Av. | Result |
| Pelageya | 36% | 37% | 40% | 38% | Best Coach |
| Leonid Agutin | 30% | 31% | 33% | 31% | Second place |
| Valery Meladze | 19% | 14% | 15% | 16% | Third place |
| Lev Leshchenko | 15% | 18% | 12% | 15% | Fourth place |

## Reception
### Rating

| Episode | Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (UTC+3) | Audience | Audience | Source |
| Episode | Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (UTC+3) | Rating | Share | Source |
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14) | 101 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 5.6 | 21.7 | |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21) | 102 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 5.6 | 21.4 | |
| 3 | "The Knockouts" | September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) | 103 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 5.5 | 20.7 | |
| 4 | "Live Season Final" | October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05) | 104 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 5.1 | 19.2 | |