The Voice (Russian TV series) season 2

The Voice
Season 2
Presented byDmitry Nagiev
Coaches
WinnerSergey Volchkov
Winning coachAlexander Gradsky
Runner-upNargiz Zakirova
Release
Original networkChannel One
Original release6 September (2013-09-06) –
27 December 2013 (2013-12-27)
Season chronology
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The second season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice premiered on 6 September 2013 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returns as the show's presenter. Dima Bilan, Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky, and Leonid Agutin return as coaches.

Sergey Volchkov was announced as the winner of the season. Alexander Gradsky became the winning coach for the second time.

Coaches and presenter

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The Voice season 2 coaching panel

Dima Bilan, Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky, and Leonid Agutin return for their 2nd season as coaches.

Dmitry Nagiev returns for his 2nd season as a presenter.

Teams

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Colour key
Coaches Top 56 artists
Dima Bilan
Gela Guralia Andrey Tsvetkov Yulia Pak Jacqueline Migal Farid Askerov Vadim Azarkh
Nikolay Timokhin Olga Bragina Valeriya Sushina Polina Konkina Valeriya Siltsova Olga Sinyaeva
Viktor Balan Mariya Stasyuk Akhmed Shamrakh Vitaly Makaryan
Pelageya
Tina Kuznetsova Anton Belyaev Dmitry Sorochenkov Andrey Davidyan † Nodar Revia Nani Eva
Ivan Vabischevich Lilit Arutyunyan Alina Chuvashova Carmen Moxie Georgy Melikishvili David Bugaev
Vasiliy Turkin Kristina Stelmakh Artsvik Arutyunyan Artur Kirillov
Alexander Gradsky
Sergey Volchkov Sharip Umkhanov Polina Konkina Yana Rabinovich Angelina Sergeeva Aleksandra Belyakova
Ekaterina Biserova Svetlana Feodulova Carmen Moxie Andrey Tsvetkov Ekaterina Kuzina Yazilya Mukhametova
Rumia Niyazova Patricia Kurganova Alexander Babenko Aset Samrailova
Leonid Agutin
Nargiz Zakirova Elena Maksimova Alena Toymintseva Elina Chaga Petr Elfimov Eteri Beriashvili
Kirill Astapov Ekaterina Kuzina Georgiy Melikishvili Nani Eva Anton Belyaev Farid Askerov
Anna Rizman Malika Zhalolova Alexey Minchenko Anna Alexandrova
Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams).

Blind auditions

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Color key
   Coach hit 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 "Blue Suede Shoes" at the start of the show.

Episode Order Artist Age Origin Song Coach's and artist's choices
Bilan Pelageya Gradsky Agutin
Episode 1 (September 6) 1 Sharip Umkhanov 32 Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya "Still Loving You"
2 Angelina Sergeeva 29 Moscow "Ты снишься мне"
3 Maria Kirpicheva 30 Irkutsk "New York, New York"
4 Alexandra Belyakova 23 Nizhny Novgorod "If I Ain't Got You"
5 Ilya Chalov 26 Tver "Розы"
6 Anna Alexandrova 31 Syzran, Samara Oblast "When a Man Loves a Woman"
7 Konstantin Grig 26 Volgograd "O sole mio"
8 Viktoria Zhuk 25 Moscow "Beggin'"
9 Anna Rizman 27 Irkutsk "Crazy"
10 David Bugaev 26 Vladikavkaz "Delilah"
11 Olesya Matakova 22 Saint Petersburg "Снилось мне"
12 Olga Bragina 24 Berezovskiy, Sverdlovsk oblast "Think"
13 Ivan Vabischevich 32 Minsk,  Belarus "Мой друг лучше всех играет блюз"
14 Yazilya Muhametova 22 Kazan "Mei Vata Is A Appenzeller"
Episode 2 (September 13) 1 Nodar Revia 21 Moscow "Kiss"
2 Alena Toymintseva 21 Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan "Sunny"
3 Evgeny Plekhanov 33 Bryukhovetskaya, Krasnodar Krai "Вдоль по Питерской"
4 Polina Konkina 25 Novosibirsk "Run to You"
5 Elina Chaga 20 Kushchevskaya, Krasnodar Krai "Mercy"
6 Dmitry Sorochenkov 27 Kemerovo "На меньшее я не согласен"
7 Viktoria Tikhonova 21 Moscow "Помоги мне"
8 Farid Askerov 36 Baku,  Azerbaijan "Is Not She Lovely"
9 Maria and Alexandra Razumnye 24/26 Obninsk "Bother Me"
10 Yulia Pak 25 Moscow "Listen"
11 Igor Kamenskikh 24 Tula "Как молоды мы были"
12 Valeria Siltsova 23 Moscow "Nah Neh Nah"
13 Andrea de Palma 42 Rome,  Italy "Рюмка водки"
14 Ekaterina Biserova 22 Omsk "Mama Knows Best"
Episode 3 (September 20) 1 Olga Sinyaeva 24 Novosibirsk "Think"
2 Fyodor Rytikov 50 Zelenograd "O sole mio"
3 Alexey Minchenko 32 Bryansk "Fly Me to the Moon"
4 Maria Kharitonova 21 Oryol "Беловежская пуща"
5 Vasiliy Turkin 26 Istra "New York, New York"
6 Valeriya Sushina 17 Gubkinsky, YaNAO "At Last"
7 Georgy Koldun 36 Minsk,  Belarus "Снилось мне"
8 Alexandra Zaykina 26 Surgut, Yugra "Samson and Delilah"
9 Alexander Babenko 29 Moscow "I Believe I Can Fly"
10 Eteri Beriashvili 41 Signagi,  Georgia "Tico, tico"
11 Vitaly Makaryan 22 Moscow "Hello"
12 Yana Rabinovich 31 Nyagan, Yugra "Non, je ne regrette rien"
13 Gela Guralia 32 Poti,  Georgia "Не отрекаются любя"
14 Patricia Kurganova 24 Minsk,  Belarus "Run to You"
Episode 4 (September 27) 1 Sergey Volchkov 25 Bykhov,  Belarus "Ария Мистера Икс"
2 Tina Kuznetsova 31 Kazan, Tatarstan "Feeling Good"
3 Anatolie Deleu 40 Făleşti,  Moldova "Volare"
4 Lyubov Tolkunova 21 Moscow "Боже, какой пустяк"
5 Artsvik Aryutunyan 28 Moscow "Sunny"
6 Artur Kirillov 25 Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan "Sixteen Tons"
7 Viktoria Mishchenko 28 Saint Petersburg "Любовь настала"
8 Maria Stasyuk 18 Kyiv,  Ukraine "Stand Up for Love"
9 Anton Gerasimenko 22 Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai "Влюблённый солдат"
10 Rumia Niyazova 25 Kazan, Tatarstan "If I Ain't Got You"
11 Maksim Matsyshin 22 Saratov "Delilah"
12 Nani Eva 32 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk "Fly Me to the Moon"
13 Akhmed Shamrakh 29 Male,  Maldives "Тёмная ночь"
14 Nargiz Zakirova 42 Tashkent,  Uzbekistan "Still Loving You"
Episode 5 (October 4) 1 Nikolay Timokhin 25 Tervolovo, Leningrad Oblast "Как молоды мы были"
2 Alina Chuvashova 20 Izhevsk "At Last"
3 Kirill Astapov 24 Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El "Kiss"
4 Anneya Pashinskaya 31 Moscow "Run to You"
5 Malika Zhalolova 21 Odesa,  Ukraine "Mercy"
6 Aida Tliashinova 21 Nalchik "It's a Man's World"
7 Grigoriy Melikishvili 35 Telavi,  Georgia "O sole mio"
8 Anastasia Belyaeva 26 Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast "Нева"
9 Anton Belyaev 33 Magadan "Wicked Game"
10 Lilit Arutyunyan 26 Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Oblast "Listen"
11 Ekaterina Kuzina 20 Kirov "Не отрекаются любя"
12 Andrey Lobzhanidze 25 Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria "Проститься"
13 Svetlana Feodulova 26 Moscow "Magic flute"
14 Andrey Davidyan 57 Moscow "Georgia On My Mind"
Episode 6 (October 12) 1 Carmen Moxie 30 Los Angeles,  USA "Listen"
2 Vadim Azarkh 39 Saint Petersburg "Purple Rain"
3 Elena Maksimova 34 Sevastopol,  Ukraine "Run to You"
4 Alexander Bykov 30 Krasnoyarsk "Звон"
5 Kristina Stelmakh 23 Kaliningrad "Mamma Knows Best"
6 Darya Glotova 19 Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast "Stay" Team full
7 Andrey Tsvetkov 18 Moscow "I Believe I Can Fly"
8 Aset Samrailova 31 Moscow "If I Ain't Got You"
9 Petr Elfimov 33 Minsk,  Belarus "Полетели сквозь окна" Team full
10 Jacqueline Migal 37 Moscow "Fly Me to the Moon" Team full
11 Elena Terekhova 30 Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast "Stop!"
12 Ruslan Ivakin 25 Abakan, Khakassia "Aрия Мистера Икс"
13 Yulia Kuusmets 27 Tallinn,  Estonia "Мой первый день без тебя"
14 Viktor Balan 29 Rîbnița,  Moldova "Kiss"

The Battles

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The Battles round started with episode 7 and ended with episode 10 (broadcast on 18, 25 October 2013, on 1, 8 November 2013). 'Steals' were introduced this season, where each coach could steal two contestants from another team when they lost their battle round.

Colour key:

       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Bilan Pelageya Gradsky Agutin
Episode 7
(October 18)
Alexander Gradsky 1 Ekaterina Biserova "All That Jazz" Yazilya Mukhametova
Pelageya 2 Nodar Revia "Туда" Georgy Melikishvili
Alexander Gradsky 3 Angelina Sergeeva "Highway to Hell" Rumia Niyazova
Leonid Agutin 4 Petr Elfimov "Я тебя не люблю" Anna Rizman
Dima Bilan 5 Vadim Azarkh "Another Day in Paradise" Vitaly Makaryan
Pelageya 6 Alina Chuvashova "Where the Wild Roses Grow" David Bugaev
Dima Bilan 7 Gela Guralia "Tell Him" Polina Konkina
Episode 8
(October 25)
Alexander Gradsky 1 Sharip Umkhanov "The Prayer" Ekaterina Kuzina
Pelageya 2 Ivan Vabischevich "Le Temps Des Cathedrales" Vasily Turkin Team full
Dima Bilan 3 Jacqueline Migal "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" Akhmed Shamrakh
4 Valeriya Sushina "Пообещайте мне любовь" Maria Stasyuk
Leonid Agutin 5 Elena Maksimova "In Your Eyes" Farid Askerov
Pelageya 6 Lilit Arutyunyan "Fighter" Kristina Stelmakh
Alexander Gradsky 7 Sergey Volchkov "Мелодия" Patricia Kurganova
Episode 9
(November1)
Leonid Agutin 1 Elina Chaga "The Morning After" Malika Zhalolova Team full
Dima Bilan 2 Nikolay Timokhin "Благодарю тебя" Viktor Balan
Alexander Gradsky 3 Yana Rabinovich "Вечная любовь" Andrey Tsvetkov
Pelageya 4 Andrey Davidyan "Never Gonna Give You Up" Artsvik Arutyunyan Team full
5 Dmitry Sorochenkov "Солнечный остров" Artur Kirillov
Dima Bilan 6 Yulia Pak "Diamonds Are Forever" Olga Sinyaeva
Leonid Agutin 7 Alena Toymintseva "Hit the Road Jack" Anton Belyaev
Episode 10
(November 8)
Alexander Gradsky 1 Alexandra Belyakova "If I Were A Boy" Alexander Babenko Team full Team full
Dima Bilan 2 Olga Bragina "Самолёты улетают" Valeriya Siltsova
Leonid Agutin 3 Eteri Beriashvili "Just the Two of Us" Nani Eva
4 Kirill Astapov "Снег" Alexey Minchenko Team full
Pelageya 5 Tina Kuznetsova "Miss Celie's Blues" Carmen Moxie
Alexander Gradsky 6 Svetlana Feodulova "Memory" Aset Samrailova Team full
Leonid Agutin 7 Nargiz Zakirova "Замок из дождя" Anna Alexandrova

The Knockouts

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The Knockouts round started with episode 11 and ended with episode 13 (broadcast on 15, 22, 29 November 2013).

After the Battle Round, each coach had 9 contestants for the Knockouts. The contestants were not told who they were up against until the day of the Knockout. Each contestant sang a song of their own choice, back to back, and each knockout concluded with the respective coach eliminating one of the three contestants.

The top 24 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows."

Colour key
       Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Quarterfinal
       Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Song Winners Loser Song
Episode 11
(November 15)
Alexander Gradsky 1 "С полуслова, с полувзгляда" Sharip Umkhanov Carmen Moxie "Stay with Me Baby"
"My Yiddishe Mama" Yana Rabinovich
Leonid Agutin 2 "Романс" Petr Elfimov Georgy Melikishvili "Mañana de Carnaval"
"Карточный домик" Eteri Beriashvili
Pelageya 3 "Crazy" Dmitry Sorochenkov Alina Chuvashova "Nothing Compares to You"
"Верни мне музыку" Nodar Revia
Dima Bilan 4 "Сто часов счастья" Jacqueline Migal Valeriya Sushina "Nobody's Perfect"
"I Knew I Loved You" Gela Guralia
Episode 12
(November 22)
Pelageya 1 "Bésame Mucho" Nani Eva Lilit Arutyunyan "Fallin'"
"Ты вернёшься когда-нибудь снова" Anton Belyaev
Dima Bilan 2 "Любовь, похожая на сон" Farid Askerov Olga Bragina "You Make Me Feel"
"They Won't Go When I Go" Andrey Tsvetkov
Alexander Gradsky 3 "Нищая" Polina Konkina Svetlana Feodulova "Les Oiseaux Dans La Charmille"
"Я люблю тебя, жизнь" Sergey Volchkov
Leonid Agutin 4 "Женщина, которая поёт" Nargiz Zakirova Ekaterina Kuzina "I Will Always Love You"
"My Heart Will Go On" Elena Maksimova
Episode 13
(November 29)
Leonid Agutin 1 "History Repeating" Elina Chaga Kirill Astapov "Superstition"
"День погас" Alena Toymintseva
Dima Bilan 2 "Молитва" Yulia Pak Nikolay Timokhin "Una furtiva lagrima"
"Apologize" Vadim Azarkh
Alexander Gradsky 3 "Lullaby" Angelina Sergeeva Ekaterina Biserova "Contigo en la distancia"
"All The Man That I Need" Alexandra Belyakova
Pelageya 4 "Ваня" Tina Kuznetsova Ivan Vabischevich "Я остаюсь"
"What a Wonderful World" Andrey Davidyan

Live shows

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Colour key:

       Artist was saved
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1, 2: Quarterfinals (6 and 13 December)

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The Top 24 performed on Fridays, 6 and 13 December 2013. The two artists with the fewest votes from the each team left the competition by the end of the each episode.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Coach's vote (/100%) Public's vote (/100%) Votes' sum Result
Episode 14
(December 6)
Alexander Gradsky 1 Angelina Sergeeva "Padam... Padam..." 30% 8.5% 38.5% Eliminated
2 Yana Rabinovich "Течёт река Волга" 20% 21.2% 41.2% Eliminated
3 Sergey Volchkov "Passione" 50% 70.3% 120.3% Advanced
Pelageya 4 Tina Kuznetsova "Ай вы, цыгане" 50% 60.1% 110.1% Advanced
5 Nodar Revia "This Love" 30% 13.6% 43.6% Eliminated
6 Andrey Davidyan "Куда ты, туда и я" 20% 26.3% 46.3% Eliminated
Dima Bilan 7 Vadim Azarkh "Выхода нет" 20% 9.4% 29.4% Eliminated
8 Yulia Pak "Fairy World" 30% 20.5% 50.5% Eliminated
9 Andrey Tsvetkov "Звезда" 50% 70.1% 120.1% Advanced
Leonid Agutin 10 Petr Elfimov "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" 20% 15.5% 35.5% Eliminated
11 Elina Chaga "О нём" 30% 19.5% 49.5% Eliminated
12 Nargiz Zakirova "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 50% 65% 115% Advanced
Episode 15
(December 13)
Leonid Agutin 1 Eteri Beriashvili "Дорогие мои москвичи" 20% 3.2% 23.2% Eliminated
2 Alena Toymintseva "Cosmic Girl" 50% 19% 69% Eliminated
3 Elena Maksimova "Je suis Malade" 30% 77.8% 107.8% Advanced
Pelageya 4 Anton Belyaev "No Woman, No Cry" 50% 48.5% 98.5% Advanced
5 Nani Eva "Ау" 20% 9.1% 29.1% Eliminated
6 Dmitry Sorochenkov "Бывший подъесаул" 30% 42.4% 72.4% Eliminated
Dima Bilan 7 Jacqueline Migal "I've Seen That Face Before" 30% 7.6% 37.6% Eliminated
8 Farid Askerov "Не спеши" 20% 14.7% 34.7% Eliminated
9 Gela Guralia "Earth Song" 50% 77.7% 127.7% Advanced
Alexander Gradsky 10 Alexandra Belyakova "Журавли" 20% 12% 32% Eliminated
11 Sharip Umkhanov "Maybe I, Maybe You" 50% 59.4% 109.4% Advanced
12 Polina Konkina "Молитва" 30% 28.8% 58.8% Eliminated

Week 3: Semifinal (20 December)

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The Top 8 performed on Friday, 20 December 2013. The one artist with the fewest votes from the each team left the competition.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Coach's vote (/100%) Public's vote (/100%) Votes' sum Result
Episode 16
(December 20)
Alexander Gradsky 1 Sergey Volchkov "Синяя вечность" 40% 62.3% 102.3% Advanced
2 Sharip Umkhanov "Miserere" 60% 37.7% 97.7% Eliminated
Pelageya 3 Tina Kuznetsova "Небо Лондона" 60% 46.3% 106.3% Advanced
4 Anton Belyaev "Shape of My Heart" 40% 53.7% 93.7% Eliminated
Dima Bilan 5 Andrey Tsvetkov "Heal the World" 60% 37% 97% Eliminated
6 Gela Guralia "Путь" 40% 63% 103% Advanced
Leonid Agutin 7 Elena Maksimova "Back in the U.S.S.R." 40% 44.9% 84.9% Eliminated
8 Nargiz Zakirova "Когда я уйду" 60% 55.1% 115.1% Advanced
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
16.1 Dina Garipova, Sergey Volchkov, and Sharip Umkhanov "Подберу музыку"
16.2 Vladimir Presnyakov, Tina Kuznetsova, and Anton Belyaev "Птица"
16.3 Alsou, Andrey Tsvetkov, and Gela Guralia "The Whole New World"
16.4 Inna Zhelannaya, Elena Maksimova, and Nargiz Zakirova "Иван"

Week 4: Final (27 December)

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The Top 4 performed on Friday, 27 December 2013. This week, the four finalists performed two solo cover songs and a duet with their coach.

Episode Coach Artist Order Duet Song (with Coach) Order Solo Song (no.1) Order Solo Song (no.2) Result
Episode 17
(December 27)
Dima Bilan Gela Guralia 1 "The Way We Were" 5 "Я тебя никогда не забуду" 9 "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Third place
Pelageya Tina Kuznetsova 2 "Now We Are Free" 6 "Монолог" Eliminated Fourth place
Alexander Gradsky Sergey Volchkov 3 "Мiсяць на небi" 7 "Ария Мистера Икс" 10 "Tu, Ca Nun Chiagne" Winner 75%
Leonid Agutin Nargiz Zakirova 4 "Если ты когда-нибудь меня простишь" 8 "Калитка" 11 "The Show Must Go On" Second place 25%
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
17.1 Gela Guralia, Tina Kuznetsova, Sergey Volchkov, and Nargiz Zakirova "White Dove"
17.2 Tina Kuznetsova "Стороною дождь" / "Try"
17.3 Sergey Volchkov (winner) "Tu, Ca Nun Chiagne"
17.4 Top 56 artists of the 2nd season "Last Christmas"

Reception

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Rating

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Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (UTC+3) Audience
Rating Share
1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere" September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06) 201 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.5 31.2
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13) 202 Friday 9:30 p.m. 8.6 28.4
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20) 203 Friday 9:30 p.m. 8.9 28.7
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27) 204 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.4 28.5
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04) 205 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.5 28.4
6 "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12) 206 Saturday 9:20 p.m. 10.0 29.5
7 "The Battles Premiere" October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18) 207 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.4 27.3
8 "The Battles, Part 2" October 25, 2013 (2013-10-25) 208 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.1 26.5
9 "The Battles, Part 3" November 1, 2013 (2013-11-01) 209 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.1 27.0
10 "The Battles, Part 4" November 8, 2013 (2013-11-08) 210 Friday 9:30 p.m. 8.3 23.1
11 "The Knockouts Premiere" November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15) 211 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.4 27.9
12 "The Knockouts, Part 2" November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22) 212 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.0 25.2
13 "The Knockouts, Part 3" November 29, 2013 (2013-11-29) 213 Friday 9:30 p.m. 8.5 24.4
14 "Live Quarterfinals Premiere" December 6, 2013 (2013-12-06) 214 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.1 27.0
15 "Live Quarterfinals, Part 2" December 13, 2013 (2013-12-13) 215 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.2 27.3
16 "Live Semifinal" December 20, 2013 (2013-12-20) 216 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.5 27.8
17 "Live Season Final" December 27, 2013 (2013-12-27) 217 Friday 9:30 p.m. 9.8 29.2