# 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 (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 6 to 15, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by SMS text and The Voice Kids App.
The winners of the eleven seasons have been: Alisa Kozhikina, Sabina Mustaeva, Danil Pluzhnikov, Elizaveta Kachurak, Rutger Garecht, 9 finalists of the sixth season, Olesya Kazachenko, Vladislav Tyukin, Adelia Zagrebina, Anna Dorovskaya, and Vasily Igolkin.
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, 11-), Pelageya (seasons 1–3, and 5–6), and Maxim Fadeev (seasons 1–2). The panel for the most recent eleventh season featured Dima Bilan (seasons 1–4, 11-), Yulianna Karaulova (season 11-) and JONY (season 11-) Other coaches include Leonid Agutin (season 3), Nyusha (season 4), Valery Meladze (seasons 4–7), LOBODA (seasons 6 and 8), Polina Gagarina (seasons 7 and 9), Basta (seasons 5, and 7–10), Egor Kreed (seasons 8―10) and MakSim (season 10).
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.
In 2023, there was a spin-off called «The Voice. No Longer Kids», which features former participants competing in a fashion similar to the All-Stars version that originated in France.

## 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

Each 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.

### Addition

Since season 6, alongside the determining of the winner, television viewers vote for the Best coach using The Voice Kids App and HbbTV option in their TV sets.

## Coaches and presenters
### Timeline

Timeline of coaches :
| Coach | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Coach | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Dima Bilan | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pelageya | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maxim Fadeev | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leonid Agutin | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nyusha | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valery Meladze | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basta | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LOBODA | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Polina Gagarina | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Egor Kreed | | | | | | | | | | | |
| MakSim | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yulianna Karaulova | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jony | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Coaches gallery
* Dima Bilan (Seasons 1—4, 11)
* Pelageya (Seasons 1—3, 5—6)
* Maxim Fadeev (Seasons 1—2)
* Leonid Agutin (Season 3)
* Nyusha (Season 4)
* Valeriy Meladze (Seasons 4—7)
* Basta (Seasons 5, 7—10)
* LOBODA (Seasons 6, 8)
* Polina Gagarina (Seasons 7, 9)
* Egor Kreed (Seasons 8—10)
* MakSim (Season 10)
* Yulianna Karaulova (Season 11)
* Jony (Season 11)

### Presenters

Timeline of coaches :
| Presenter | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Presenter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Main presenter ||||||||||||
| Dmitry Nagiyev | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yana Churikova | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Co-presenter ||||||||||||
| Natalia Vodianova | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anastasiya Chevazhevskaya | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valeriya Lanskaya | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Svetlana Zeynalova | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Agata Muceniece | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aglaya Shilovskaya | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valya Karnaval | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Presenters
* Dmitry Nagiev (Seasons 1–9)
* Natalia Vodianova (Season 1)
* Anastasia Chevazhevskaya (Season 2)
* Valeriya Lanskaya (Season 3)
* Svetlana Zeynalova (Season 4)
* Agata Muceniece (Season 5, 7—10)
* Aglaya Shilovskaya (Season 6)
* Yana Churikova (Season 10―)
* Valya Karnaval (Season 11―)

## Series overview

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
Russian The Voice Kids overview :
| Season | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning coach | Presenters | Presenters | Coaches (chair's order) | Coaches (chair's order) | Coaches (chair's order) |
| Season | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning coach | Presenters | Presenters | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 2014 | Alisa Kozhikina | Ragda Khanieva | Lev Akselrod | Maxim Fadeev | Dmitry Nagiev | Natalia Vodianova | Dima Bilan | Pelageya | Maxim Fadeev |
| 2 | 2015 | Sabina Mustaeva | Evdokiya Malevskaya | Saida Mukhametzyanova | Maxim Fadeev | Dmitry Nagiev | Anastasiya Chevazhevskaya | Dima Bilan | Pelageya | Maxim Fadeev |
| 3 | 2016 | Danil Pluzhnikov | Rayana Aslanbekova | Taisiya Podgornaya | Dima Bilan | Dmitry Nagiev | Valeriya Lanskaya | Dima Bilan | Pelageya | Leonid Agutin |
| 4 | 2017 | Elizaveta Kachurak | Deniza Khekilaeva | Alina Sansyzbay | Dima Bilan | Dmitry Nagiev | Svetlana Zeynalova | Dima Bilan | Nyusha | Valery Meladze |
| 5 | 2018 | Rutger Garekht | Sofiya Fyodorova | Anastasiya Gladilina | Pelageya | Dmitry Nagiev | Agata Muceniece | Basta | Pelageya | Valery Meladze |
| 6 | 2019 | All finalists | All finalists | All finalists | All finalists | Dmitry Nagiev | Aglaya Shilovskaya | Pelageya | Valery Meladze | LOBODA |
| 7 | 2020 | Olesya Kazachenko | Sofya Tumanova | Artyom Fokin | Basta | Dmitry Nagiev | Agata Muceniece | Basta | Polina Gagarina | Valery Meladze |
| 8 | 2021 | Vladislav Tyukin | Elizaveta Trofimova | Mariya Politikova | LOBODA | Dmitry Nagiev | Agata Muceniece | Basta | LOBODA | Egor Kreed |
| 9 | 2022 | Adeliya Zagrebina | Sofiya Olaresko | Sagyn Omirbayuly | Egor Kreed | Dmitry Nagiev | Agata Muceniece | Basta | Polina Gagarina | Egor Kreed |
| 10 | 2022–2023 | Anna Dorovskaya | Milana Ponomarenko | Pavel Zilyov | Basta | Yana Churikova | Agata Muceniece | Basta | MakSim | Egor Kreed |
| 11 | 2024 | Vasily Igolkin | Said Galiullin | Arina Tochilova | Dima Bilan | Yana Churikova | Valya Karnaval | Dima Bilan | Yulianna Karaulova | JONY |

## Best coach

| Season | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach |
| Season | First place | % | Second place | % | Third place | % |
| 1-5 | From seasons 1 through 5, the public didn't determinate the Best coach | From seasons 1 through 5, the public didn't determinate the Best coach | From seasons 1 through 5, the public didn't determinate the Best coach | From seasons 1 through 5, the public didn't determinate the Best coach | From seasons 1 through 5, the public didn't determinate the Best coach | From seasons 1 through 5, the public didn't determinate the Best coach |
| 6 | Pelageya | 56% | Valery Meladze | 25% | LOBODA | 19% |
| 7 | Basta | 40% | Polina Gagarina | 33% | Valery Meladze | 27% |
| 8 | Basta | 56% | Egor Kreed | 27% | LOBODA | 17% |
| 9 | Basta | 42% | Polina Gagarina | 37% | Egor Kreed | 21% |
| 10 | Basta | 60% | Egor Kreed | 24% | MakSim | 16% |
| 11 | Dima Bilan | 52% | Yulianna Karaulova | 26% | Jony | 22% |

## The Voice. No Longer Kids

In 2023, there will be a spin-off called «The Voice. No Longer Kids», which features former participants competing in a fashion similar to the All-Stars version that originated in France.

### Series overview

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
| Season | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Presenter | Coaches (chair's order) | Coaches (chair's order) | Coaches (chair's order) | Coaches (chair's order) |
| Season | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Presenter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 2023 | Veronika Syromlya | David Sanikidze | Renata Tairova | Olesya Kazachenko | Egor Kreed | Yana Churikova | Dima Bilan | Pelageya | Polina Gagarina | Egor Kreed |

### Best coach

| Season | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach | Best season coach |
| Season | First place | % | Second place | % | Third place | % | Fourth place | % |
| 1 | Pelageya | 38% | Egor Kreed | 32% | Dima Bilan | 16% | Polina Gagarina | 14% |

## Reception

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Average |
| | 1 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | – | – | – | 8.76 |
| | 2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 | – | – | 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 |
| | 6 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.83 |
| | 7 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | – | 5.44 |

### 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.
The eighth season premiered in February 2021.
    Each Russian network television season starts in late August and ends in late May.
| Season | Timeslot (MSK (UTC+3)) | # Ep. | Premiered | Premiered | Ended | Ended | TV season | Viewers (ratings) |
| Season | Timeslot (MSK (UTC+3)) | # Ep. | Date | Premiere viewers (ratings) | Date | Final viewers (ratings) | TV season | Viewers (ratings) |
| 1 | Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1, 3–9) Saturday 9:30 pm (ep. 2) | 9 | February 28, 2014 | 8.6 | April 25, 2014 | 8.9 | 2013–2014 | 8.76 |
| 2 | Friday 9:30 pm | 10 | February 13, 2015 | 8.6 | April 17, 2015 | 6.8 | 2014–2015 | 7.59 |
| 3 | Saturday 9:30 pm (ep. 1) Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 2–11) | 11 | February 20, 2016 | 8.9 | April 29, 2016 | 7.8 | 2015–2016 | 7.85 |
| 4 | Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1, 3, 5–11) Wednesday 9:30 pm (ep. 2) Saturday 9:20 pm (ep. 4) | 11 | February 17, 2017 | 8.1 | April 28, 2017 | 5.4 | 2016–2017 | 6.45 |
| 5 | Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–3, 6–11) Thursday 9:30 pm (ep. 4) Wednesday 9:30 pm (ep. 5) | 11 | February 2, 2018 | 6.7 | April 20, 2018 | 5.5 | 2017–2018 | 5.46 |
| 6 | Friday 9:30 pm (eps. 1–3, 5, 7–11) Thursday 9:30 pm (ep. 4) Friday 10:30 pm (ep. 6) | 12 | February 15, 2019 | 6.3 | May 24, 2019 | 5.1 | 2018–2019 | 4.83 |
| 7 | Friday 9:30 pm | 11 | February 14, 2020 | 5.3 | April 24, 2020 | 4.9 | 2019–2020 | 5.44 |