The Voice Kids (Russian season 6)

Summary

The sixth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 15, 2019 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. Pelageya and Valery Meladze returned as coach, Svetlana Loboda (LOBODA) replaced Basta as a new coach for the show.[1]

The Voice Kids
Season 6
Presented by
Coaches
WinnerThe Top 9 artists
Release
Original networkChannel One
Original releaseFebruary 15 (2019-02-15) –
May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24)
Season chronology
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Season 5
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Season 7

The end result of the final on April 26 was so decisive, that fans started questioning the results.[2] Channel One TV tasked the cyber-security firm Group-IB to look for manipulations in the votes. A preliminary result confirmed vote manipulation. Channel One TV annulled the results of the final on May 16 and announced a new final show for May 24.

Coaches and presenters edit

The Voice Kids season 6 coaches

There are one change to the coaching panel from season five. Coaches Pelageya and Valery Meladze are joined by LOBODA, who replaced Basta, thus making it the first season to have two female coaches.

Also there are a change to the presenters panel from season five. Dmitry Nagiev is joined by Aglaya Shilovskaya, who replaced Agata Muceniece.

Teams edit

Colour key
  •   Winner
  •   Eliminated in the Live Playoffs
  •   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coaches Top 45 artists
Pelageya
Valery Kuzakov Renata Tairova Mariam Abdelkader Anastasia Roginskaya Alika Karpenko
Dmitry Yadykin Artem Kukin Anna Glotova Sofia Tikhomirova Darya Filimonova
Evgenia Divenko Anna Avazneli Alexandra Kharazyan Artem Braylov Dobrynya Kirienko
Valery Meladze
Erzhan Maxim Mikhail Grigoryan Anastasia Sisauri Mitya Pukhovsky Maria Fedulova
Islam Balkoev Zhan Maxim Elizaveta Shamieva Yana Khvan Viktoria Nikolaeva
Ivan Starikov Andrey Kalashov Elizaveta Khupenia Lev Mullo Yana Ten
LOBODA
Mikella Abramova Nino Chesner Robert Bagratyan Ekaterina Gavrilyuk Anastasia Ivanova
Maria Tyuryutikova Elen Badalyan Ivan Sokhnev Arina Pekhtereva Arina & Sofia
Mariam Dzhalagonia Sofya Filippova Sergey Filin Egor Chichin Yulia Karlina
Note: Italicized names are artists who received the Comeback and advanced to the Final.

Blind auditions edit

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

Colour key
   Coach pressed his/her "I WANT YOU" button
     Artist defaulted to this coach's team
     Artist elected to join this coach's team
     Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button

The coaches performed "Venus" at the start of the show.

Episode Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Pelageya Meladze LOBODA
Episode 1 [a]

(February 15)

1 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk 9 Vladivostok, Primorsk krai "До свиданья, мама!"
2 Elizaveta Shamieva 14 Sochi, Krasnodar krai "Careless Whisper"
3 Lev Mullo 7 Saint Petersburg "Первым делом — самолёты"
4 Kristian Azarov 13 Moscow "Осколки лета"
5 Nino Chesner 8 Moscow "Hymne à l'amour"
6 Ivan Kirichenko 9 Sochi, Krasnodar krai "Герои спорта"
7 Evgenia Divenko 10 Odintsovo, Moscow oblast "Contigo en la Distancia"
8 Veronika Litovchenko 10 Moscow "Aïcha"
9 Ivan Starikov 12 Chernushka, Perm krai "Океанами стали"
10 Artem Kukin 13 Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk krai "New York State of Mind"
11 Arina Pekhtereva 10 Mogilev, Belarus "It Don't Mean a Thing"
Episode 2 [b]

(February 22)

1 Mitya Pukhovsky 7 Mogilev, Belarus "Вдоль по Питерской"
2 Ekaterina Budey 14 Edineț, Moldova "Lost on You"
3 Anastasia Bolshakova 4 Moscow "Волшебник-недоучка"
4 Islam Balkoev 13 Tyumen, Tyumen oblast "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
5 Anastasia Roginskaya 6 Aprelevka, Moscow oblast "Старый рояль"
6 Khasan Rakhimov 14 Riga, Latvia "Mamma"
7 Maria Tyuryutikova 12 Ryazan, Ryazan oblast "Плакала"
8 Sergey Filin 10 Moscow "Great Balls of Fire"
9 Renata Tairova 12 Astrakhan, Astrakhan oblast "Canção do mar"
10 Egor Meshcheryakov 13 Voronezh, Voronezh oblast "Орлы или вороны"
11 Elen Badalyan 11 Moscow "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
Episode 3 [c]

(March 1)

1 Anna Glotova 12 Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast "Let It Be"
2 Ivan Sokhnev 8 Ramenskoe, Moscow oblast "Солдат"
3 Yana Ten 10 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk oblast "Symphony"
4 Timur Aliev 7 Almetyevsk, Tatarstan "Му-му"
5 Arina and Sofia Bereziny
(Arina & Sofia)
12 Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk krai "Tell Him"
6 Viktoria Nikolaeva 9 Ob, Novosibirsk oblast "Перемирие"
7 Erzhan Maxim 11 Oral, Kazakhstan "Ama credi e vai"
8 Ekaterina Kruzhkova 7 Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow oblast "Нас учили быть птицами"
9 Egor Chichin 12 Moscow "Белый снег"
10 Anna Zhebrovskaya 11 Lesnoy, Moscow oblast "Звезда"
11 Maria Fedulova 11 Moscow "Don't Stop Me Now"
Episode 4 [d]

(March 7)

1 Vasilisa Savkina 9 Moscow "Маэстро"
2 Andrey Kalashov 9 Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod oblast "Thinking Out Loud"
3 Valeria Nesenyuk 5 Kursk, Kursk oblast "Пони"
4 Alexandra Kharazyan 10 Moscow "Padam, padam..."
5 Roman Khikhinashvili 11 Moscow "Writing's on the Wall"
6 Darya Filimonova 8 Mytishchi, Moscow oblast "Мама"
7 Ruslan Zakirov 9 Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan "Влюблённый солдат"
8 Anastasia Ivanova 9 Saint Petersburg "Stone Cold"
9 Dobrynya Kirienko 7 Barnaul, Altai krai "Будет светло"
10 Anna Avazneli 14 Moscow "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás"
11 Alika Karpenko 8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky "Я падаю в небо"
Episode 5 [e]

(March 15)

1 Robert Bagratyan 13 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast "The Show Must Go On"
2 Sofia Tikhomirova 7 Volgograd, Volgograd oblast "А мне бы петь и танцевать"
3 Klimenty Krivonosenko 8 Moscow "Ночной хулиган"
4 Sofya Filippova 10 Moscow "This Is a Man's World"
5 Mariam Abdelkader 11 Minsk, Belarus "Реченька"
6 Dmitry Yadykin 10 Podolsk, Moscow oblast "Беловежская пуща"
7 Mikella Abramova 10 Moscow "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
8 Roman Molotkov 12 Sychyovo, Moscow oblast "Песенка про сапожника"
9 Anna Chernotalova 14 Samara, Samara oblast "All I Ask"
10 Zhan Maxim 9 Almaty, Kazakhstan "Sir Duke"
11 Elizaveta Khupenia 13 Kaluga, Kaluga oblast "Once in the Street"
Episode 6 [f]

(March 22)

1 Agata Barabash 9 Krymsk, Krasnodar krai "Ленинградский рок-н-ролл"
2 Mariam Dzhalagonia 12 Moscow "Je t'aime"
3 Artem Braylov 8 Saint Petersburg "Симона"
4 Emily Istrate 15 Chișinău, Moldova "Солнышко"
5 Mikhail Grigoryan 10 Stepanakert, Artsakh / Azerbaijan "Versace on the Floor"
6 Sofya Polozova 11 Novogorsk, Moscow oblast "Faith"
7 Valery Kuzakov 10 Yakutsk, Sakha Republic "Santa Lucia"
8 Anastasia Sisauri 14 Ivanovo, Ivanovo oblast "All About That Bass" Team full
9 Alexander Dimitrievich 9 Sochi, Krasnodar krai "Мечтай"
10 Yana Khvan 7 Moscow "Voyage, voyage"
11 Yulia Karlina 11 Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El "What's Up? Team full

The Battles edit

The Battles start on March 29, 2019. Contestants who win their battle will advance to the Sing-off rounds.

Colour key
       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-offs
       Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Losers
Episode 7
(March 29) [g]
Pelageya 1 Alika Karpenko "Беспризорник" Darya Filimonova Dobrynya Kirienko
2 Renata Tairova "Stayin' Alive" Artem Kukin Anna Avazneli
3 Mariam Abdelkader "Lovin' You" Anna Glotova Alexandra Kharazyan
4 Anastasia Roginskaya "Золотая рыбка" Sofia Tikhomirova Artem Braylov
5 Valery Kuzakov "Nessun dorma" Dmitry Yadykin Evgenia Divenko
Episode 8
(April 5) [h]
Valery Meladze 1 Maria Fedulova "Между нами любовь" Viktoria Nikolaeva Yana Ten
2 Erzhan Maxim "Синюю вечность" Islam Balkoev Ivan Starikov
3 Anastasia Sisauri "Havana" Elizaveta Shamieva Elizaveta Khupenia
4 Mitya Pukhovsky "Мы к вам заехали на час" Yana Khvan Lev Mullo
5 Mikhail Grigoryan "Believer" Andrey Kalashov Zhan Maxim
Episode 9
(April 12) [i]
LOBODA 1 Anastasia Ivanova "Навсегда" Arina and Sofia Yulia Karlina
2 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk "Кружит" Arina Pekhtereva Egor Chichin
3 Mikella Abramova "Take Me to Church" Maria Tyuryutikova Mariam Dzhalagonia
4 Nino Chesner "Женщина, которая поёт" / "Bohemian Rhapsody" Elen Badalyan Sofya Filippova
5 Robert Bagratyan "UpTown Funk" Ivan Sokhnev Sergey Filin

The Sing-offs edit

The Sing-offs start on March 29. Contestants who was saved by their coaches will advance to the Final.

Colour key
       Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final
      Artist was eliminated but received the Comeback and advanced to the Live Playoffs
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 7
(March 29)
Pelageya 1 Alika Karpenko "Я падаю в небо" Received the Comeback
2 Renata Tairova "Canção do mar" Received the Comeback
3 Mariam Abdelkader "Реченька" Advanced
4 Anastasia Roginskaya "Старый рояль" Received the Comeback
5 Valery Kuzakov "Santa Lucia" Advanced
Episode 8
(April 5)
Valery Meladze 1 Maria Fedulova "Don't Stop Me Now" Received the Comeback
2 Erzhan Maxim "Ama Credi E Vai" Advanced
3 Anastasia Sisauri "All About That Bass" Received the Comeback
4 Mitya Pukhovsky "Вдоль по Питерской" Received the Comeback
5 Mikhail Grigoryan "Versace on the Floor" Advanced
Episode 9
(April 12)
LOBODA 1 Anastasia Ivanova "Stone Cold" Received the Comeback
2 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk "До свиданья, мама!" Received the Comeback
3 Mikella Abramova "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Received the Comeback
4 Nino Chesner "Hymne à l'amour" Advanced
5 Robert Bagratyan "The Show Must Go On" Advanced

Live shows edit

Colour key
       Artist was saved by the Public's votes
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Live Playoffs (April 19) edit

Playoff results were voted on in real time. Nine artists sang live and six of them were eliminated by the end of the night. Three saved artists advanced to the Final.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result
Episode 10
(April 19)
Pelageya 1 Anastasia Roginskaya "Испанское болеро" 29.6% Eliminated
2 Renata Tairova "Feeling Good" 47.0% Advanced
3 Alika Karpenko "Про эстраду" 23.4% Eliminated
Valery Meladze 4 Maria Fedulova "Иногда" 10.7% Eliminated
5 Mitya Pukhovsky "L'Italiano" 41.2% Eliminated
6 Anastasia Sisauri "Autumn Leaves" 48.1% Advanced
LOBODA 7 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk "Желтые ботинки"/"Старый отель" 18.6% Eliminated
8 Anastasia Ivanova "Rise Like a Phoenix" 37.6% Eliminated
9 Mikella Abramova "Герой не моего романа" 43.8% Advanced

Week 2: Final (April 26) edit

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result
Episode 11
(April 26)
Final
Pelageya 1 Mariam Abdelkader "History Repeating" 14.1% Eliminated
2 Valery Kuzakov "Майская ночь" 49.7% Public's vote
3 Renata Tairova "Hero" 36.2% Eliminated
Valery Meladze 4 Anastasia Sisauri "Старинные часы" 19.8% Eliminated
5 Mikhail Grigoryan "Вдвоём" 39.6% Eliminated
6 Erzhan Maxim "All by Myself" 40.6% Public's vote
LOBODA 7 Mikella Abramova "Love the Way You Lie" 61.8% Public's vote
8 Nino Chesner Medley: "Вечная любовь"/"Padam, padam" 20.2% Eliminated
9 Robert Bagratyan Medley: "Still Loving You"/"The Final Countdown" 18.0% Eliminated
Super Final
Pelageya 1 Valery Kuzakov "Как молоды мы были" 15.6% Third place
Valery Meladze 2 Erzhan Maxim "Adagio" 27.9% Runner-up
LOBODA 3 Mikella Abramova "Ты здесь" 56.5% Winner
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
11.1 All finalists of season 6 "A Million Voices"
11.2 Pelageya and her team
(Valery Kuzakov, Renata Tairova, and Mariam Abdelkader)
"Любо, братцы, любо"
11.3 Valery Meladze and his team
(Erzhan Maxim, Mikhail Grigoryan, and Anastasia Sisauri)
"Сэра"
11.4 LOBODA and her team
(Nino Chesner, Mikella Abramova, and Robert Bagratyan)
"SuperSTAR"
11.5 Mikella Abramova (winner) "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
11.6 All artists on season 6 "The Winner Takes It All"

Second Final Round results were voted on in real time. Top 3 artists sang live and Mikella Abramova won the competition. However, the results have been cancelled due to external manipulation of votes. There was no winner to this season because of the manipulation. BBC reports: "Clearly this is just a TV show. But to some it reflects a wider, unpleasant reality: using money and status to sway a vote. People have shrugged that off for years in politics. But the idea that dirty practices tainted a children's talent contest has angered them.”[3]

While many fans stated that Mikella was a decent performer, the scale of her victory was distinctly fishy, especially with some believing her vocals to be shaky. Notably, her pop-star mum, Alsou, had called openly for support: she has more than two million Instagram followers. Additionally, reports of factory workers being paid to vote added to the sense of scandal.[2]

Week 3: (re-)Final (May 24) edit

While the show was shown live, the coaches were not present. Each had recorded a greeting to their team. Artists performed the following songs, however there was no voting.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song
Episode 11
(May 24)
Pelageya 1 Mariam Abdelkader "Высоко"
2 Valery Kuzakov "Как молоды мы были"
3 Renata Tairova "Там нет меня"
LOBODA 4 Nino Chesner "Мамины глаза"
5 Robert Bagratyan "Дорогоие мои старики"
Valery Meladze 6 Mikhail Grigoryan "Прохожие"
7 Erzhan Maxim "Adagio"
8 Anastasia Sisauri "Любовь спасёт мир"

After the performances The CEO of Channel One Russia, Konstantin Ernst came on stage and declared all final participants as winner. Each participant including Mikella Abramova was handed a trophy and will receive the winning prize of 1 mln.

Best Coach edit

Colour key
Coach Public's vote
(per episode)
Result
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Av.
Pelageya 57% 54% 58% 54% 56% 58% 65% 52% 46% 56% Best Coach
Valery Meladze 30% 27% 25% 24% 24% 27% 20% 31% 19% 25% Second place
LOBODA 13% 19% 17% 22% 20% 15% 15% 17% 35% 19% Third place

Reception edit

Rating edit

Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (UTC+3) Audience Source
Rating Share
1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere" February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15) 601 Friday 9:30 p.m. 6.3 21.1 [4]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22) 602 5.7 18.3 [5]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01) 603 5.5 18.4 [6]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07) 604 Thursday 9:30 p.m. 4.1 14.7 [7]
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15) 605 Friday 9:30 p.m. 5.1 17.5 [8]
6 "The Blinds End" March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22) 606 Friday 10:30 p.m. 4.3 18.2 [9]
7 "The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere" March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29) 607 Friday 9:30 p.m. 4.6 16.3 [10]
8 "The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 2" April 5, 2019 (2019-04-05) 608 4.6 16.2 [11]
9 "The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 3" April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12) 609 4.3 15.9 [12]
10 "Live Playoffs" April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19) 610 4.0 14.2 [13]
11 "Live Season Final" April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26) 611 4.6 18.7 [14]
12 "Special Final Edition" May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24) 612 4.2 16.4

Notes edit

  1. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 1.
  2. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 2.
  3. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 3.
  4. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 4.
  5. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 5.
  6. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 6.
  7. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 7.
  8. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 8.
  9. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 9.

References edit

  1. ^ ""The Voice Kids", season 6: Svetlana Loboda will join the show as the coach – Around the TV". Вокруг ТВ.
  2. ^ a b "Millionaire Used Bots to Rig Voting so Daughter Would Win Russia's The Voice Kids Series". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Russian bots rigged Voice Kids TV talent show result". BBC News. 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions Premiere". Channel One. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 2". Channel One. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 3". Channel One. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 4". Channel One. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 5". Channel One. March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 6". Channel One. March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere". Channel One. March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Battles and the Sing-offs. Episode 2". Channel One. April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Battles and the Sing-offs. Episode 3". Channel One. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  13. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Live Playoffs". Channel One. April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  14. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Live Playoffs". Channel One. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.