The Voice Senior (Russian TV series) season 1

The Voice Senior
Season 1
Presented byDmitry Nagiev
Coaches
WinnerLidiya Muzalyova
Winning coachPelageya
Runner-upEvgeny Strugalsky
Release
Original networkChannel One
Original releaseSeptember 14 (2018-09-14) –
October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The first season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Senior (The Voice. 60+) premiered on September 14, 2018[1] 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

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The Voice Senior season 1 coaches and presenter

Leonid Agutin, Pelageya and Valery Meladze became the first confirmed coaches on August 13, 2018,[2] followed by Lev Leshchenko on August 14, 2018.[3]

Dmitry Nagiev appeared as a presenter.

Teams

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Colour key

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

Blind auditions

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

Colour key
   Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
   Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team
     Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team, and artist picked a coach's team
     Artist defaulted to a coach's team
     Artist picked a coach's team
     Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button

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

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

(September 14)

1 Sergey Kurzanov 64 Balashikha, Moscow oblast "Johnny B. Goode"
2 Nataliya Spevak 67 Saratov "I Know Why"
3 Oleg Pastukhov 60 Vladivostok "Вечерний звон"
4 Raisa Abdukhanova 71 Moscow "Не уходи (Осень)"
5 Gennady Kim 62 Sakhalin Oblast / Moscow "Confessa"
6 Evgeny Strugalskiy 80 Moscow "Ты и эта гитара"
7 Nataliya Butusova 61 Volgograd "Simply the Best"
8 Sergey Shtyrov 61 Moscow "Дорогие мои, москвичи"
9 Sergey Manukyan 63 Moscow "Can't Buy Me Love"
10 Irena Ginzburg-Zhurbina 68 Moscow "Лошадка-жизнь"
11 Andrey Kosinsky 61 Petergof, Saint Petersburg "Virtual Insanity"
Episode 2 [b]

(September 21)

1 Mansur Tashmatov 64 Tashkent,  Uzbekistan "Sex Bomb"
2 Lidiya Muzalyova 62 Obninsk, Kaluga oblast "Оренбургский пуховый платок"
3 Nikolay Arutyunov 60 Moscow "Mercedes Benz"
4 Viktor Zuev 63 Saint Petersburg "Come vorrei" Team full
5 Vera Kharchenko 79 Moscow "Только раз бывает в жизни встреча"
6 Nikolay Agutin 83 Moscow "Я работаю волшебником"
7 Alexander Evdokimov 66 Tver "Где же ты была"
8 Boris Pogodin 79 Veliky Novgorod "Тайна" Team full
9 Natalya Nurmukhamedova 67 Tashkent,  Uzbekistan "Smooth Seiling"
10 Olga Muravina 77 Moscow "Я танцевать хочу"
11 Sergey Pivovarenok 61 Yugorsk, Yugra "Эти глаза напротив" Team full
12 Navruz Akhmedov 60 Moscow "Не лукавьте" Team full

The Knockouts

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

Final

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Colour key
       Artist was saved by the Public's votes
       Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result
Episode 4
(October, 5)
Final
Valery Meladze 1 Sergey Manukyan "Старый клён" 71.1% Advanced
2 Nataliya Spevak "Autumn Leaves" 28.9% Eliminated
Lev Leshchenko 3 Evgeny Strugalsky "Случайный вальс" 67.4% Advanced
4 Viktor Zuev "What a Wonderful World" 32.6% Eliminated
Pelageya 5 Lidiya Muzalyova "Пой, звени, моя гитара" 60.5% Advanced
6 Olga Muravina "Песенка о хорошем настроении" 39.5% Eliminated
Leonid Agutin 7 Nikolay Agutin "Come prima" / "Piove" 30.3% Eliminated
8 Nikolay Arutyunov "Этикет" 69.7% Advanced
Super Final
Valery Meladze 1 Sergey Manukyan "Нежность" Third Place
Lev Leshchenko 2 Evgeny Strugalsky "Песня старого извозчика" 48.3% Runner-up
Pelageya 3 Lidiya Muzalyova "Я когда-то была молодая" 51.7% Winner
Leonid Agutin 4 Nikolay Arutyunov "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 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

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Colour key
Coach Public's vote
(per episode)
Result
#1 #2 #3 Av.
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

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Rating

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Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (UTC+3) Audience Source
Rating Share
1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere" September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14) 101 Friday 9:30 p.m. 5.6 21.7 [4]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21) 102 5.6 21.4 [5]
3 "The Knockouts" September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) 103 5.5 20.7 [6]
4 "Live Season Final" October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05) 104 5.1 19.2 [7]

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice. 60+ on Channel One - Around the TV". Вокруг ТВ.
  2. ^ "Leonid Agutin, Pelageya, Valery Meladze and unnamed artist became the coaches of The Voice. 60+". Комсомольская правда. August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lev Leshchenko became the coach of The Voice. 60+". Вокруг ТВ. August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Voice Senior, season 1. The Blind Auditions Premiere". Channel One. September 14, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Voice Senior, season 1. The Blind Auditions. Episode 2". Channel One. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Voice Senior, season 1. The Knockouts". Channel One. September 28, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "The Voice Senior, season 1. Live Season Final". Channel One. October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.