The Voice Kids (Russian TV series) season 1

The Voice Kids
Season 1
Presented by	Dmitry Nagiev Natalia Vodianova
Coaches	Dima Bilan Pelageya Maxim Fadeev
Winner	Alisa Kozhikina
Winning coach	Maxim Fadeev
Runner-up	Ragda Khanieva
Release
Original network	Channel One
Original release	28 February (2014-02-28) – 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2

The first season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 28, 2014 on Channel One. Dima Bilan, Pelageya, and Maxim Fadeev became the first coaches. Dmitry Nagiev and Natalia Vodianova became the show's presenter.

Alisa Kozhikina was announced the winner on April 25, 2014, marking Maxim Fadeev's first win as a coach.

Coaches and presenters

The Voice Kids season 1 coaches and presenters

Dima Bilan

Pelageya

Maxim Fadeev

Dmitry Nagiev

Natalia Vodianova

Dima Bilan, Pelageya, and Maxim Fadeev became the coaches. Dmitry Nagiev and Natalia Vodianova became the presenters.

Teams

Colour key

Winner   Runner-up   Third place

Eliminated in the Final   Eliminated in the Sing-offs   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coaches	Top 45 Artists
Dima Bilan
	Lev Akselrod	Kristian Kostov	Viktoria Volkova	Aygul Valiulina	Syuzanna Mkhitaryan
	Alen Ershov	Ilya Bortkov	Nika Terentyeva	Polina Bogusevich	Mariya Yushina
	Daniil Kuznetsov	Evgeniy Shkunov	Tatyana Gevorgyan	Kristina Kukasyan	Mishel Petrovich
Pelageya
	Ragda Khanieva	Anastasia Titova	Elizaveta Puris	Arina Petrova	David Sanikidze
	Irakliy Intskirveli	Vladlena Kotova	Anna Zaets	Darya Lebedeva	Rodion Trusov
	Arina Danilova	Viktoria Ogannisyan	Milana & Violetta Volskie	Olga Sarakanidi	Roman Mishukov
Maxim Fadeev
	Alisa Kozhikina	Ivaylo Filippov	Grant Melikyan	Anna Egorova	Diana Khitarova
	Viktoria Solomakhina	Irina Morozova	Ekaterina Kosolapova	Darina Ivanova	Sofya Fisenko
	Mariya Sverdyukova	Sofya Golubeva	Margarita Volkova	Shukhrat Turdykhodzhaev	Kseniya Chudakova

Blind auditions

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

Episode	Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
						Bilan	Pelageya	Fadeev
Episode 1(February 28)	1	Nika Terentyeva	8	Vladivostok	"Птица"	✔	—	✔
	2	Lev Akselrod	13	Moscow	"Tell Me Why"	✔	✔	—
	3	Alexandra Klyus	13	Bălți, Moldova	"Если в сердце живёт любовь"	—	—	—
	4	Polina Bogusevich	10	Moscow	"Think"	✔	✔	✔
	5	Alexander Lazin	14	Krasnoyarsk	"Whataya Want From Me"	—	—	—
	6	Margarita Volkova	13	Nizhniy Novgorod	"А знаешь, всё ещё будет!.."	—	—	✔
	7	Olga Sarakanidi	8	Sochi, Krasnodar Krai	"A Tisket, A Tasket"	✔	✔	✔
	8	Anna Egorova	13	Moscow	"Улыбайся"	—	✔	✔
	9	Zulfat Gabdulin	13	Kazan	"Because of You"	—	—	—
	10	Mishel Petrovich	13	Moscow	"Skyfall"	✔	—	—
	11	David Sanikidze	13	Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast	"Лучший город Земли"	—	✔	—
	12	Anastasia Dyatlova	10	Moscow	"В горнице"	—	—	—
	13	Grant Melikyan	13	Ivanovo	"Torna a Surriento"	✔	✔	✔
Episode 2(March, 8)
	1	Ilya Bortkov	10	Moscow	"Kiss"	✔	—	—
	2	Aygul Valiulina	13	Kazan	"Нарисовать мечту"	✔	—	✔
	3	Arina Danilova	9	Yakutsk	"Quizás, quizás, quizás"	✔	✔	✔
	4	Mark Potapov	9	Moscow	"Лучший город Земли"	—	—	—
	5	Ivetta Vladimirova	12	Moscow	"The Girl From Ipanema"	—	—	—
	6	Roman Mishukov	12	Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast	"Santa Lucia"	✔	✔	✔
	7	Mariya Yushina	14	Rybnoye, Ryazan Oblast	"Smile"	✔	—	—
	8	Shukhrat Turdykhodzhaev	11	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	"Простая песня"	✔	—	✔
	9	Ulyana Kuznetsova	10	Orenburg	"Хороший парень"	—	—	—
	10	Darina Ivanova	14	Kyiv, Ukraine	"Believe Me"	—	—	✔
	11	Viktoria Solomakhina	10	Voronezh	"Однажды в декабре"	—	—	✔
	12	Viktor Borisov	11	Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast	"Пароход"	—	—	—
	13	Irina Morozova	14	Rostov-on-Don	"Non, je ne regrette rien"	✔	✔	✔
Episode 3(March, 14)
	1	Diana Khitarova	10	Moscow	"Reflection"	✔	✔	✔
	2	Katrina Paula Diringa	8	Riga, Latvia	"Снег"	—	—	—
	3	Kristian Kostov	13	Moscow	"If I Ain't Got You"	✔	✔	✔
	4	Arina Petrova	9	Izhevsk	"Птица"	—	✔	—
	5	Artyom Sigalov	12	Moscow	"Скажите, девушки"	—	—	—
	6	Syuzanna Mkhitaryan	14	Moscow	"Domino (song)"	✔	—	—
	7	Alen Ershov	12	Moscow	"Красный конь"	✔	—	—
	8	Vladlena Kotova	12	Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast	"Torna a Surriento"	—	✔	—
	9	Sofya Golubeva	12	Moscow	"Я вернусь"	—	—	✔
	10	Viktoria Ogannisyan	13	Moscow	"Ария Дивы Плавалгуны"	—	✔	—
	11	Elisey Nikandrov	12	Ulyanovsk	"Mamma"	—	—	—
	12	Rushana Valieva	14	Tolbazy, Republic of Bashkortostan	"А знаешь, всё ещё будет!.."	—	—	—
	13	Anastasia Titova	13	Saint Petersburg	"Moon River"	✔	✔	✔
Episode 4(March, 21)
	1	Mariya Sverdyukova	8	Vladimir	"Jamaica"	—	—	✔
	2	Yan Gorshenin	14	Samara	"Симона"	—	—	—
	3	Elizaveta Puris	9	Moscow	"Mamma Knows Best"	✔	✔	✔
	4	Daniil Kuznetsov	13	Ekaterinburg	"Sway"	✔	—	—
	5	Anna Zabolotnikova	10	Sinyavino	"В горнице"	—	—	—
	6	Milana & Violetta Volskie	10/14	Saint Petersburg	"Mamma"	✔	✔	—
	7	Darya Lebedeva	10	Arzamas	"Птица"	—	✔	—
	8	Evgeniy Shkunov	14	Moscow	"Home"	✔	—	—
	9	Tatyana Gevorgyan	11	Krasnodar	"Нежность"	✔	✔	—
	10	Anna Muzafarova	11	Chelyabinsk	"Reflection"	—	—	—
	11	Yana Barinova	12	Lepel, Belarus	"Зурбаган"	—	—	—
	12	Sofya Fisenko	11	Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast	"Once Upon a December"	—	—	✔
	13	Irakliy Intskirveli	12	Korolyov, Moscow Oblast	"It's a Man's World"	✔	✔	✔
Episode 5(March, 28)
	1	Ragda Khanieva	12	Moscow	"And I'm Telling You"	✔	✔	✔
	2	Kseniya Chudakova	11	Orenburg	"А знаешь, всё ещё будет!.."	—	—	✔
	3	Anton Savkin	14	Lipetsk	"Скажите, девушки"	—	—	—
	4	Kristina Kukasyan	13	Maykop	"Think"	✔	—	✔
	5	Vilena Khikmatullina	8	Kazan	"Нарисовать мечту"	—	—	—
	6	Ivaylo Filippov	14	Moscow	"It's a Man's World"	✔	✔	✔
	7	Madina Mukhamedshina	12	Kazan	"Call Me Maybe"	—	—	—
	8	Alisa Kozhikina	10	Uspenka, Kursk Oblast	"Sunny"	—	✔	✔
	9	Egor Martynenko	12	Saint Petersburg	"Пароход"	—	—	—
	10	Viktoria Volkova	13	Vologda	"Smile"	✔	—	✔
	11	Anna Zaets	12	Moscow	"Non, je ne regrette rien"	Team full	✔	—
	12	Rodion Trusov	11	Omsk	"Santa Lucia"		✔	✔
	13	Ekaterina Kosolapova	10	Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast	"Mamma Knows Best"		Team full	✔

The Battles

The Battles round started with the first half of episode 6 and ended with the first half of episode 8 (broadcast on April 4, 11, 18, 2014). Contestants who win their battle will advance to the Playoff rounds.

Colour key

	Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-offs
	Artist was eliminated

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Losers
Episode 6 (April, 4)	Dima Bilan	1	Viktoria Volkova	"Ту-лу-ла"	Nika Terentyeva	Tatyana Gevorgyan
		2	Susanna Mkhitaryan	"Dance with Somebody"	Mariya Yushina	Mishel Petrovich
		3	Kristian Kostov	"Эта музыка"	Evgeniy Shkunov	Ilya Bortkov
		4	Aygul Valiulina	"Wannabe"	Polina Bogusevich	Kristina Kukasyan
		5	Lev Akselrod	"Я буду помнить"	Alen Ershov	Danil Kuznetsov
Episode 7 (April 11)	Pelageya	1	David Sanikidze	"Тополя"	Roman Mishukov	Rodion Trusov
		2	Elizaveta Puris	"Skyfall"	Anna Zaets	Milana & Violetta Voolskie
		3	Anastasia Titova	"Ave Maria"	Viktoria Ogannisyan	Vladlena Kotova
		4	Arina Petrova	"Ночка луговая"	Darya Lebedeva	Olga Sarakanidi
		5	Ragda Khanieva	"Feeling Good"	Irakliy Intskirveli	Arina Danilova
Episode 8 (April 18)	Maxim Fadeev	1	Anna Egorova	"Потанцуем, Джек"	Shukhrat Turdykhodzhaev	Darina Ivanova
		2	Alisa Kozhikina	"Боль"	Mariya Sverdyukova	Viktoria Solomakhina
		3	Ivaylo Filipov	"I Wish"	Irina Morozova	Sofya Golubeva
		4	Grant Melikyan	"Высоко"	Margarita Volkova	Ekaterina Kosolapova
		5	Diana Khitarova	"Wrecking Ball"	Kseniya Chudakova	Sofya Fisenko

The Sing-offs

The Sing-offs round started with the second half of episode 6 and ended with the second half of episode 8 (broadcast on April 4, 11, 18, 2014). 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

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 6 (April, 4)	Dima Bilan	1	Viktoria Volkova	"Smile"	Eliminated
		2	Syuzanna Mkhitaryan	"Domino"	Eliminated
		3	Kristian Kostov	"If I Ain't Got You"	Advanced
		4	Aygul Valiulina	"Нарисовать мечту"	Eliminated
		5	Lev Akselrod	"Tell Me Why"	Advanced
Episode 7 (April 11)	Pelageya	1	David Sanikidze	"Лучший город Земли"	Eliminated
		2	Elizaveta Puris	"Mamma Knows Best"	Eliminated
		3	Anastasia Titova	"Moon River"	Advanced
		4	Arina Petrova	"Птица"	Eliminated
		5	Ragda Khanieva	"And I'm Telling You"	Advanced
Episode 8 (April 18)	Maxim Fadeev	1	Anna Egorova	"Улыбайся"	Eliminated
		2	Alisa Kozhikina	"Sunny"	Advanced
		3	Ivaylo Filippov	"It's a Man's World	Advanced
		4	Grant Melikyan	"Torna a Surriento"	Eliminated
		5	Diana Khitarova	"Reflection"	Eliminated

Live shows

Colour key:

	Artist was saved by the Public's votes and advanced to the Super Final
	Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Final (April 25)

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Public's vote	Result
Episode 9 (April 25)
	Final
	Dima Bilan	1	Lev Akselrod	"Замок из дождя"	60.2%	Advanced
		2	Kristian Kostov	"Знаешь"	39.8%	Eliminated
	Pelageya	3	Anastasia Titova	"Лебединая верность"	48.4%	Eliminated
		4	Ragda Khanieva	"Путь"	51.6%	Advanced
	Maxim Fadeev	5	Alisa Kozhikina	"The Best"	85%	Advanced
		6	Ivaylo Filippov	"Blue Suede Shoes"	15%	Eliminated
	Super Final
	Dima Bilan	1	Lev Akselrod	"The Show Must Go On"	17.1%	Third place
	Pelageya	2	Ragda Khanieva	"Friends Will Be Friends"	24.7%	Runner-up
Maxim Fadeev	3	Alisa Kozhikina	"My All"	58.2%	Winner

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
9.1	Lev Akselrod, Kristian Kostov, Ragda Khanieva, Anastasia Titova, Alisa Kozhikina, and Ivaylo Filippov	"Black or White"
9.2	Dima Bilan and his team (Lev Akselrod and Kristian Kostov)	"На берегу неба"
9.3	Pelageya and her team (Ragda Khanieva and Anastasia Titova)	"Конь"
9.4	Maxim Fadeev and his team (Alisa Kozhikina and Ivaylo Filippov)	"Twist and Shout"
9.5	Alisa Kozhikina (winner)	"The Best"
9.6	All artists of the 1st season	"Это финал"

Reception

Ratings

Episode		Original airdate	Production	Time slot (UTC+3)	Audience
					Rating	Share
1	"The Blind Auditions Premiere"	February 28, 2014 (2014-02-28)	101	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.6	24.8
2	"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"	March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)	102	Saturday 9:30 p.m.	7.7	22.5
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"	March 14, 2014 (2014-03-14)	103	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.6	27.0
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"	March 21, 2014 (2014-03-21)	104	Friday 9:30 p.m.	9.0	29.1
5	"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"	March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28)	105	Friday 9:30 p.m.	9.5	29.5
6	"The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere"	April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04)	106	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.6	25.2
7	"The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 2"	April 11, 2014 (2014-04-11)	107	Friday 9:30 p.m.	9.0	28.5
8	"The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 3"	April 18, 2014 (2014-04-18)	108	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.9	28.1
9	"Live Season Final"	April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25)	109	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.9	27.7

References

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