The Voice Kids (Russian TV series) season 3

The Voice Kids
Season 3
Presented by	Dmitry Nagiev Valeriya Lanskaya
Coaches	Dima Bilan Pelageya Leonid Agutin
Winner	Danil Pluzhnikov
Winning coach	Dima Bilan
Runner-up	Rayana Aslanbekova
Release
Original network	Channel One
Original release	February 20 (2016-02-20) – April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4

The third season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 20, 2016 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter, Valeriya Lanskaya replaced Anastasiya Chevazhevskaya as a co-presenter. Dima Bilan and Pelageya returned as coaches while Leonid Agutin replaced Maxim Fadeev as coach. ^[1]

Danil Pluzhnikov was announced the winner on April 29, 2016 marking Dima Bilan's first win as a coach. ^[1]

Coaches and presenters

The Voice Kids season 3 coaches and presenters

Dima Bilan

Pelageya

Leonid Agutin

Dmitry Nagiev

Valeriya Lanskaya

Dima Bilan and Pelageya are joined by Leonid Agutin (The Voice coach), who replaced Maxim Fadeev. ^[1] Presenter Dmitry Nagiev is joined by Valeriya Lanskaya, who replaced Anastasia Chevazhevskaya. ^[1]

Teams

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Winner   Runner-up   Third place

Eliminated in the Final   Eliminated in Live Extra round   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coaches	Top 45 Artists
Dima Bilan
	Danil Pluzhnikov	Yaroslava Degtyaryova	Mariya Panyukova	Larisa Grigoryeva	Alexander Filin
	Damir Nurutdinov	Alexandra Boldareva	Ekaterina Osintseva	Helena Meraai	Alexandra Mostovyak
	Elizaveta Kabaeva	Ivena Rabotova	Mariya Borovkova	Arina Mironova	Maksim Churmanteev
Pelageya
	Taisiya Podgornaya	Azer Nasibov	Vsevolod Rudakov	Milana Mirzakhanyan	Anna Moshkorina
	Dmitryy Kondakov	Arseniy Sobolkov	Anastasiya Dmitrachkova	Alina Izotova	Madina Saidazimova
	Nonna Eganyan	Ilya Litvinov	Veniamin Nurgaleev	Mariya Parotikova	Vladimir Chernoklinov
Leonid Agutin
	Rayana Aslanbekova	Eva Timush	Marsel Sabirov	Alexandra Nekhay	Kirill Skripnik
	Elina Arsenina	Mariya Zhuravlyova	Artyom Kolesnikov & Yuliya Sirinko	Yuliya Kondrashenko	Maryana Mostovyak
	Yaroslav Buravchenko	Mariya Znatnova	Kseniya Ponomarenko	Egor Revskiy	Darya Atamanovskaya
Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (who were eliminated in the Sing-offs, but were stolen in the Live Extra round and advanced to the Final).

Blind auditions

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✔	Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
	Artist defaulted to a coach's team
	Artist picked a coach's team
	Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button

The winners of the previous seasons and the coaches performed "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" at the start of the show.

Episode	Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
						Bilan	Pelageya	Agutin
Episode 1(February 20)	1	Yaroslava Degtyaryova	7	Gukovo, Rostov Oblast	"Кукушка"	✔	✔	—
	2	Azer Nasibov	13	Syasstroy, Leningrad Oblast	"Maybe I Maybe You"	✔	✔	✔
	3	Alina Izotova	14	Alexandrov, Vladimir Oblast	"Выйду на улицу"	—	✔	—
	4	Arseniy Sobolkov	8	Samara	"O sole mio"	—	✔	—
	5	Yuliya Kondrashenko	12	Moscow	"Sunny"	—	—	✔
	6	Danil Borisenko	13	Volgograd	"Эта музыка"	—	—	—
	7	Kseniya Ponomarenko	8	Izhevsk	"А знаешь, всё ещё будет!"	—	✔	✔
	8	Milena Bartsits	11	Moscow	"I Believe I Can Fly"	—	—	—
	9	Egor Revskiy	12	Kaluga	"Great Balls of Fire"	✔	—	✔
	10	Sofiya Ivanova	7	Moscow	"Если в сердце живёт любовь"	—	—	—
	11	Alexandra Mostovyak	12	Romashkovo, Moscow Oblast	"Stand Up for Love"	✔	—	—
Episode 2(February 26)	1	Elizaveta Kabaeva	11	Moscow	"She Taught Me to Yodel"	✔	—	—
	2	Kirill Skripnik	12	Krasnoyarsk	"Ай-яй-яй"	—	✔	✔
	3	Milana Pavlova	12	Kazan	"Think"	—	—	—
	4	Veniamin Nurgaleev	7	Ufa	"Santa Lucia"	✔	✔	—
	5	Milana Mirzakhanyan	12	Krasnodar	"Звезда"	—	✔	—
	6	Maryana Mostovyak	7	Romashkovo, Moscow Oblast	"Smile"	✔	✔	✔
	7	Daniil Repin	12	Novosibirsk	"Billionaire"	—	—	—
	8	Milaslava Breenkova	10	Samara	"Любо, братцы, любо"	—	—	—
	9	Alexandra Boldareva	13	Rostov-on-Don	"Nature Boy"	✔	—	—
	10	Dmitriy Andreev	14	Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast	"Не слышно шуму городского"	—	—	—
	11	Eva Timush	13	Chișinău, Moldova	"Je t'aime"	✔	✔	✔
Episode 3(March 4)	1	Dmitriy Kondakov	9	Kaluga	"Дожди"	—	✔	—
	2	Darya Atamanovskaya	13	Moscow	"Wrecking Ball"	✔	—	✔
	3	Taisiya Podgornaya	7	Kushchyovskaya, Krasnodar Krai	"Красно солнышко"	—	✔	—
	4	Larisa Grigoryeva	13	Moscow	"Molitva"	✔	✔	✔
	5	Damir Nurutdinov	14	Almetyevsk, Tatarstan	"Vivo per lei"	✔	—	—
	6	Kseniya Levchik	8	Minsk, Belarus	"Клён"	—	—	—
	7	Rayana Aslanbekova	14	Grozny, Chechnya	"Dernière danse"	—	—	✔
	8	Arseniy Kulikov	11	Moscow	"Красный конь"	—	—	—
	9	Mariya Znatnova	14	Kaluga	"Euphoria"	—	✔	✔
	10	Alexander Filin	9	Moscow	"Love Runs Out"	✔	—	—
	11	Svetlana Kazakova	12	Moscow	"Memory"	—	—	—
Episode 4(March 11)
	1	Ekaterina Ivanova	12	Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast	"Cheek to Cheek"	—	—	—
	2	Vsevolod Rudakov	7	Moscow	"Вдоль по Питерской"	✔	✔	✔
	3	Artyom Kolesnikov & Yuliya Sirinko	12/11	Voronezh	"Une vie d'amour"	✔	—	✔
	4	Aksiniya Saprykina	8	Moscow	"Quizás, Quizás, Quizás"	—	—	—
	5	Danil Pluzhnikov	14	Sochi, Krasnodar Krai	"Два орла"	✔	—	—
	6	Madina Saidazimova	14	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	"O mio babbino caro"	✔	✔	✔
	7	Elina Arsenina	12	Moscow	"Ленинградский рок-н-ролл"	—	—	✔
	8	Anastasiya Vorobyova	9	Saint Petersburg	"L-O-V-E"	—	—	—
	9	Mariya Borovkova	11	Tula	"Верба"	✔	—	—
	10	Artur Peters	10	Moscow	"Je veux"	—	—	—
	11	Mariya Panyukova	8	Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast	"Still Loving You"	✔	✔	—
Episode 5(March 18)
	1	Ilya Litvinov	11	Blagoveshchensk	"Синяя вечность"	✔	✔	✔
	2	Nonna Eganyan	11	Saint Petersburg	"Non, je ne regrette rien"	—	✔	✔
	3	Arina Mironova	9	Moscow	"Diamonds"	✔	—	—
	4	Alexandra Nekhay	13	Minsk, Belarus	"Кукушка"	✔	✔	✔
	5	Yaroslav Buravchenko	12	Veliky Novgorod	"Тро-ло-ло"	—	—	✔
	6	Anna Budkova	13	Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast	"В лунном сиянии"	—	—	—
	7	Ivena Rabotova	10	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	"Who's Lovin' You"	✔	✔	✔
	8	Ilya Putintsev	14	Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast	"Mamma"	—	—	—
	9	Margarita Vorobyova	8	Novosibirsk	"Лучший город Земли"	—	—	—
	10	Vladimir Chernoklinov	14	Noginsk, Moscow Oblast	"Maybe I Maybe You"	—	✔	—
	11	Ekaterina Osintseva	11	Izhevsk	"Mamma Knows Best"	✔	—	✔
Episode 6(March 25)
	1	Artur Amirov	14	Kazan	"Whataya Want from Me"	—	—	—
	2	Maksim Churmanteev	7	Moscow	"Эта музыка"	✔	✔	—
	3	Margarita Stryukova	8	Chelyabinsk	"Kolorowe jarmarki"	—	—	—
	4	Marsel Sabirov	11	Ufa	"Jamaica"	✔	✔	✔
	5	Mariya Zhuravlyova	11	Moscow	"Something's Got a Hold on Me"	✔	—	✔
	6	Anastasia Dmitrachkova	7	Mogilev, Belarus	"Padam, padam..."	—	✔	Team full
	7	Maya Egorova	13	Tsivilsk, Chuvashia	"Я вернусь"	—	—
	8	Maksimilian Khikhinashvili	12	Moscow	"Volare"	—	—
	9	Helena Meraai	12	Minsk, Belarus	"Fallin'"	✔	—
	10	Arina Erokhina	10	Omsk	"Зурбаган"	Team full	—
	11	Anna Moshkorina	12	Velikie Luki, Pskov Oblast	"Nothing Else Matters" / "Despedida"		✔
	12	Mariya Parotikova	13	Yegoryevsk, Moscow Oblast	"Вдоль по Питерской"		✔

The Battles

The Battles round started with the first half of episode 7 and ended with the first half of episode 9 (broadcast on April 1, 8, 15, 2016). Contestants who win their battle will advance to the Sing-off rounds.

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Losers
Episode 7 (April 1)	Dima Bilan	1	Larisa Grigoryeva	"Shackles (Praise You)"	Helena Meraai	Arina Mironova
		2	Mariya Panyukova	"Moscow Calling"	Ekaterina Osintseva	Mariya Borovkova
		3	Danil Pluzhnikov	"Дороги"	Damir Nurutdinov	Elizaveta Kabaeva
		4	Alexander Filin	"Can't Feel My Face"	Alexandra Mostovyak	Maksim Churmanteev
		5	Yaroslava Degtyaryova	"Все пути ангелов"	Alexandra Boldareva	Ivena Rabotova
Episode 8 (April 8)	Pelageya	1	Milana Mirzakhanyan	"Песня о птицах" / "Гаю-гаю"	Alina Izotova	Mariya Parotikova
		2	Vsevolod Rudakov	"Imagine"	Veniamin Nurgaleev	Anastasiya Dmitrachkova
		3	Anna Moshkorina	"Штиль"	Vladimir Chernoklinov	Madina Saidazimova
		4	Taisiya Podgornaya	"It's Oh So Quiet"	Dmitriy Kondakov	Nonna Eganyan
		5	Azer Nasibov	"L'elisir d'amore"	Arseniy Sobolkov	Ilya Litvinov
Episode 9 (April 15)	Leonid Agutin	1	Kirill Skripnik	"Without You"	Maryana Mostovyak	Darya Atamanovskaya
		2	Rayana Aslanbekova	"Скрипка-лиса"	Elina Arsenina	Yaroslav Buravchenko
		3	Alexandra Nekhay	"Льдинка"	Yuliya Kondrashenko	Egor Revskiy
		4	Eva Timush	"Beautiful"	Mariya Zhuravlyova	Mariya Znatnova
		5	Marsel Sabirov	"Hallelujah"	Artyom Kolesnikov & Yuliya Sirinko	Kseniya Ponomarenko

The Sing-offs

The Sing-offs round started with the second half of episode 7 and ended with the second half of episode 9 (broadcast on April 1, 8, 15, 2016). Contestants who was saved by their coaches will advance to the Final.

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	Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final
	Artist was eliminated but received the Comeback and advanced to the Live Extra round

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 7 (April 1)	Dima Bilan	1	Larisa Grigoryeva	"Molitva"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		2	Mariya Panyukova	"Still Loving You"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		3	Danil Pluzhnikov	"Два орла"	Advanced to the Final
		4	Alexander Filin	"Love Runs Out"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		5	Yaroslava Degtyaryova	"Кукушка"	Advanced to the Final
Episode 8 (April 8)	Pelageya	1	Milana Mirzakhanyan	"Звезда"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		2	Vsevolod Rudakov	"Вдоль по Питерской"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		3	Anna Moshkorina	"Nothing Else Matters" / "Despedida"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		4	Taisiya Podgornaya	"Красно солнышко"	Advanced to the Final
		5	Azer Nasibov	"Maybe I Maybe You"	Advanced to the Final
Episode 9 (April 15)	Leonid Agutin	1	Kirill Skripnik	"Ай-яй-яй"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		2	Rayana Aslanbekova	"Dernière danse"	Advanced to the Final
		3	Alexandra Nekhay	"Кукушка"	Advanced to the Live Extra round
		4	Eva Timush	"Je t'aime"	Advanced to the Final
		5	Marsel Sabirov	"Jamaica"	Advanced to the Live Extra round

Live shows

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

Week 1: Live Extra round (April 22)

As with Season 2, each coach saved three artists who were eliminated in the Sing-offs. 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 22)	Dima Bilan	1	Larisa Grigoryeva	"Поднимись над суетой"	16.1%	Eliminated
		2	Alexander Filin	"Angels"	24.1%	Eliminated
		3	Mariya Panyukova	"Солнышко"	59.8%	Advanced
	Pelageya	4	Milana Mirzakhanyan	"Broken Vow"	37.4%	Eliminated
		5	Vsevolod Rudakov	"Лизавета"	41.2%	Advanced
		6	Anna Moshkorina	"Останусь"	21.4%	Eliminated
	Leonid Agutin	7	Kirill Skripnik	"Locked Out of Heaven"	13.9%	Eliminated
		8	Alexandra Nekhay	"Ищу тебя"	33.2%	Eliminated
		9	Marsel Sabirov	"Вернись в Сорренто"	52.9%	Advanced

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
10.1	Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. and Team Dima Bilan (Larisa Grigoryeva, Alexander Filin, and Mariya Panyukova)	"Я в облака"
10.2	Uma2rman and Team Pelageya (Milana Mirzakhanyan, Vsevolod Rudakov, and Anna Moshkorina)	"Прасковья"
10.3	Soso Pavliashvili and Team Leonid Agutin (Kirill Skripnik, Alexandra Nekhay, and Marsel Sabirov)	"Небо на ладони"

Week 2: Final (April 29)

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Public's vote	Result
Episode 11 (April 29)
	Final
	Leonid Agutin	1	Rayana Aslanbekova	"Pardonnez-moi ce caprice d'enfant"	68.4%	Advanced
		2	Marsel Sabirov	"I've Got to Use My Imagination"	9.8%	Eliminated
		3	Eva Timush	"Солнце"	21.8%	Eliminated
	Pelageya	4	Azer Nasibov	"Caruso"	28.1%	Eliminated
		5	Taisiya Podgornaya	"Оренбургский пуховый платок"	47.4%	Advanced
		6	Vsevolod Rudakov	"Ария Мистера Икс"	23.9%	Eliminated
	Dima Bilan	7	Yaroslava Degtyaryova	"Звенит январская вьюга"	26.8%	Eliminated
		8	Mariya Panyukova	"Hello"	6.9%	Eliminated
		9	Danil Pluzhnikov	"Нас бьют, мы летаем"	66.3%	Advanced
	Super Final
	Leonid Agutin	1	Rayana Aslanbekova	"Не тревожь мне душу, скрипка"	28.1%	Runner-up
Pelageya	2	Taisiya Podgornaya	"Ёжик резиновый"	10.2%	Third Place
Dima Bilan	3	Danil Pluzhnikov	"Я свободен"	61.7%	Winner

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
11.1	Top 9 and Alisa Kozhikina & Sabina Mustaeva	"Ci sarà"
11.2	Leonid Agutin and his team (Rayana Aslanbekova, Marsel Sabirov, and Eva Timush)	"Музыкант"
11.3	Pelageya and her team (Azer Nasibov, Taisiya Podgornaya, and Vsevolod Rudakov)	"Думы окоянные"
11.4	Dima Bilan and his full team of the season (Yaroslava Degtyaryova, Mariya Panyukova, Danil Pluzhnikov and others)	"Я тебя помню"
11.5	Danil Pluzhnikov (winner)	"Я свободен"
11.6	Top 45 artists of the season	"Здесь проигравших нет"

Reception

Ratings

Episode		Original airdate	Production	Time slot (UTC+3)	Audience		Source
					Rating	Share
1	"The Blind Auditions Premiere"	February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20)	301	Saturday 9:30 p.m.	8.9	26.5	[2]
2	"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"	February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)	302	Friday 9:30 p.m.	7.6	22.0	[3]
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"	March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	303	Friday 9:30 p.m.	7.7	23.2	[4]
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"	March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)	304	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.4	24.5	[5]
5	"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"	March 18, 2016 (2016-03-18)	305	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.3	23.7	[6]
6	"The Blind Auditions, Part 6"	March 25, 2016 (2016-03-25)	306	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.2	25.5	[7]
7	"The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere"	April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)	307	Friday 9:30 p.m.	8.2	24.9	[8]
8	"The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 2"	April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)	308	Friday 9:30 p.m.	7.8	24.2	[9]
9	"The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 3"	April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	309	Friday 9:30 p.m.	7.1	22.9	[10]
10	"Live Playoffs"	April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)	310	Friday 9:30 p.m.	6.4	21.1	[11]
11	"Live Season Final"	April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)	311	Friday 9:30 p.m.	7.8	27.6	[12]

References

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