The Voice (Russian TV series) season 8

The Voice
Season 8
Presented byDmitry Nagiev
Coaches
WinnerAsker Berbekov
Winning coachKonstantin Meladze
Runner-upAnton Tokarev
Release
Original networkChannel One
Original releaseOctober 11, 2019 (2019-10-11) –
January 1, 2020 (2020-01-01)
Season chronology
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The eighth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice premiered on October 11, 2019, on Channel One.[1] Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. On August 26, 2019, Channel One announced that Valery Syutkin, Polina Gagarina, Sergey Shnurov, and Konstantin Meladze became the coaches.[2]

Asker Berbekov was named winner of the season. With his victory, Konstantin Meladze became the second coach to win more than one season, behind Alexander Gradsky. For the first time ever, the final four artists were all male.

Coaches and presenter

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On August 26, 2019, Channel One announced that Sergey Shnurov and Konstantin Meladze will be rejoined as the coaches by Polina Gagarina, who returned after a two-season break, and Valery Syutkin, who replaced Basta as a new coach for the show.

Dmitry Nagiev returned for his 8th season as the presenter.

Teams

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Colour key

Coaches Top 48 artists
Valeriy Syutkin
Arsen Mukendi Elimdar Seydosmanov Lilia Veltman Anastasia Yust Tatyana Gayvoronskaya
Egor Muskat Nurzhigit Subankulov Karin Soyref Viktoria Karachun Liana Meister
Yury Shurkhovetsky Daniil Danilevsky Vladimir Konovalov
Polina Gagarina
Iv Nabiev Alana Chochieva Anastasia Markova Iva Todorova Ekaterina Steblina
Andrew Grunge Lilia Veltman Olga Urazgalieva Nika Prokopyeva Felix Kotlo
Rinat Albikov Maxim Larichev Emily Cooper
Sergey Shnurov
Anton Tokarev Ragda Khanieva Svetlana Mamresheva Arseny Kurchanin Ildar Abdullin
Irina Chuvakova Iv Nabiev Filipp Lebedev Maxim Subachev Stanislav Moshkin
Dmitry Klinaev Konstantin Strukov Milana Rakhmanova
Konstantin Meladze
Asker Berbekov Nurzhigit Subankulov Daniil Korolev Elizaveta Shaluba Valeria Mironova
Natalya Sidortsova Svetlana Mamresheva Polina Tyrina Anastasia Badyina Inna Sadayan
Roman Voloznev Vrezh Kirakosyan Renata Shtifel

Blind auditions

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The feature The Best coach of the season (in each episode) was applied again this season.

Colour key
   Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
   Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of 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

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

Episode Order Artist Age Origin Song Coach's and artist's choices
Syutkin Gagarina Shnurov Meladze
Episode 1 [a]

(October 11)

1 Ildar Abdullin 24 Gai, Orenburg Oblast "I Put a Spell on You"
2 Tatyana Gayvorovskaya 27 Rostov-on-Don "Я не умею танцевать"
3 Ksenia Orlova 28 Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast "Дикая вода"
4 Felix Kotlo 18 Moscow "Englishman in New York"
5 Elizaveta Shaluba 19 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar krai "Романс"
6 Viktoria Karachun 25 Minsk, Belarus "Мар, дяндя"
7 Karina Evn 22 Moscow "Blow Your Mind"
8 Konstantin Strukov 31 Voronezh, Voronezh oblast "Sugar"
9 Rushana Rakhmanona 27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan "Не отрекаются любя"
10 Anastasia Badyina 25 Sayansk, Irkutsk oblast "Спектакль окончен"
11 Mikhail Mishuris 47 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk oblast "Evil"
12 Yury Shurkhovetsky 28 Moscow "Perfect"
Episode 2 [b]

(October 18)

1 Rinat Albikov 30 Tver, Tver oblast "Torna a Surriento"/"Luna Mezzo"
2 Ekaterina Osipenko 47 Skhodnya, Moscow oblast "Мурка"
3 Iv Nabiev 33 Maysky, Perm krai "California Dreamin'"
4 Anastasia Yust 25 Abakan, Khakassia "Эхо любви"
5 Anton Tokarev 24 Moscow "Leave a Light On"
6 Vadim Izofatov 47 Omsk, Omsk oblast "Mess Around"
7 Stanislav Moshkin 27 Terney, Primorsky krai "Мокрые кроссы"
8 Yulia Mandriko 40 Belgorod, Belgorod oblast "The Power of Love"
9 Alana Chochieva 17 Vladimir, Vladimir oblast "Faith"
10 Andrey Zapetsky 31 Bryansk, Bryansk oblast "Болен тобой"
11 Iva Todorova 18 Sofia, Bulgaria "Back to Black"
12 Asker Berbekov 28 Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria "S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse"
Episode 3 [c]

(October 25)

1 Irina Chuvakova 32 Moscow "We Will Rock You"
2 Eduard Dzyuba 32 Ryzdvyany, Stavropol krai "Твои следы"
3 Daniil Korolev 32 Moscow "Когда молод был"
4 Milana Rakhmanova 25 Surgut, Yugra "Toxic"
5 Natalya Svetlova 52 Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk oblast "Мне нравится"
6 Maxim Larichev 36 Aleksin, Tula oblast "S.O.B."
7 Vladimir Konovalov 31 Lomy, Zabaykalsky krai "Туманы"
8 Renata Shtifel 26 Kyiv, Ukraine "Пісня про рушник"
9 Alexander Novichkov 31 Engels, Saratov Oblast "This Love"
10 Liana Meister 39 Moscow "Ich hob dich zifeel lieb"
11 Valentin Lakodin 42 Penza, Penza oblast "Mambo Italiano"
12 Emily Cooper 17 Ashdod, Israel / Moscow "Every Breath You Take"
Episode 4 [d]

(November 1)

1 Ekaterina Steblina 28 Moscow "В городе моём"
2 Filipp Lebedev 29 Moscow "Beggin'"
3 Dmitry Mosichuk 41 Eindhoven, Netherlands "Взрослые дочери"
4 Valeria Mironova 21 Nizhny Kuranakh, Yakutia "Poker Face"
5 Maxim Subachev 22 Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk oblast "I Need a Dollar"
6 Oleg Shadrin 32 Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast "Как ты живёшь без меня"
7 Olga Urazgalieva 27 Irkutsk, Irkutsk oblast "Halo"
8 Polina Tyrina 27 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan "Не уходи, побудь со мною"
9 Olga Ilyukhina 23 Nizhnevartovsk, Yugra "Любовь и одиночество"
10 Arsen Mukendi 28 Kinshasa, DR Congo "Superstition"
11 Karin Soyref 24 Gibraltar "All I Ask"
12 Ruslan Alekhno 37 Bobruysk, Belarus "Подберу музыку"
Episode 5 [e]

(November 8)

1 Natalya Sidortsova 35 Sergiyev Posad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
2 Ali Asheg 30 Iran "Рюмка водки"
3 Ragda Khanieva 18 Moscow "Birds Set Free"
4 Khurshid Inogamova 38 Chirchiq, Uzbekistan "Historia de un Amor"
5 Svetlana Mamresheva 31 Moscow "Айсберг"
6 Nika Prokopyeva 24 Tallinn, Estonia "Too Close"
7 Inna Sadayan 18 Vayk, Armenia "Sareri Hovin Mernem"
8 Dmitry Klinaev 44 Saratov "Колыбельная"
9 Nurzhigit Sabunkulov 32 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan "I Got a Woman"
10 Aigul Valiulina 18 Kazan "Чистые пруды"
11 Daria Dyachenko 24 Viktoropol, Belgorod Oblast "Still Loving You"
12 Roman Voloznev 22 Minsk, Belarus "На сиреневой луне"
Episode 6 [f]

(November 15)

1 Anastasia Markova 36 Kyiv, Ukraine "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
2 Egor Muskat 32 Moscow "Поезд на Ленинград"
3 Lilia Veltman 25 Arzamas "Ты снишься мне"
4 Ksenia Menshchikova 33 Ufa "Океанами стали"
5 Andrew Grunge 43 Toronto, Canada "Overjoyed"
6 Oksana Simon 31 Korenovsk "The Rhythm Is Magic" Team full
7 Arseny Kurchanin 17 Yekaterinburg "Вахтёрам"
8 Elimdar Seydosmanov 36 Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai "I Got You (I Feel Good)" Team full
9 Anastasia Smykova 21 Tyumen "Life"
10 Vrezh Kirakosyan 36 Katnaghbyur, Aragatsotn, Armenia "Miserere"
11 Ekaterina Belyakova 43 Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai "I Got Rhythm" Team full
12 Daniil Danilevsky 21 Korolyov, Moscow Oblast "Ненавижу"

The Battles

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The Battle Rounds started on November 22, 2019. No steal were available. Contestants who win their battle would advance to the Knockout rounds.

Colour key
       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser
Episode 7
(November 22) [g]
Polina Gagarina 1 Ekaterina Steblina "Ленинградский рок-н-ролл" Maxim Larichev
Valeriy Syutkin 2 Tatyana Gayvorovskaya "Proud Mary" Karin Soyref
Konstantin Meladze 3 Valeria Mironova "Ты скажи" Roman Voloznev
Sergey Shnurov 4 Ragda Khanieva "In The Heat of a Disco Night"/ "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Filipp Lebedev
Polina Gagarina 5 Lilia Veltman "Ain't Nobody" Olga Urazgalieva
Sergey Shnurov 6 Iv Nabiev "Не верь слезам" Konstantin Strukov
Konstantin Meladze 7 Natalya Sidortsova "Shallow" Vrezh Kirakosyan
Valeriy Syutkin 8 Elimdar Seydosmanov "Rolling in the Deep" Yury Shurkhovetsky
Konstantin Meladze 9 Svetlana Mamresheva "Грустный дэнс" Polina Tyrina
Valeriy Syutkin 10 Nurzhigit Subankulov "Первый снег" Vladimir Konovalov
Polina Gagarina 11 Andrew Grunge "Rockabye" Emily Cooper
Sergey Shnurov 12 Irina Chuvakova "Бледный бармен" Dmitry Klinaev
Episode 8
(November 29) [h]
Sergey Shnurov 1 Ildar Abdullin "Сэра" Stanislav Moshkin
Polina Gagarina 2 Anastasia Markova "Believer" Rinat Albikov
Valeriy Syutkin 3 Arsen Mukendi "Разговор со счастьем" Viktoria Karachun
Konstantin Meladze 4 Asker Berbekov "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Inna Sadayan
Valeriy Syutkin 5 Egor Muskat "Дорога в облака" Daniil Danilevsky
Sergey Shnurov 6 Anton Tokarev "Survivor" Milana Rakhmanova
Polina Gagarina 7 Alana Chochieva "Люби меня, люби" Felix Kotlo
Konstantin Meladze 8 Elizaveta Shaluba "Treat Her Like a Lady" Renata Shtifel
Sergey Shnurov 9 Arseny Kurchanin "Old Town Road" Maxim Subachev
Polina Gagarina 10 Iva Todorova "Аэропорты" Nika Prokopyeva
Konstantin Meladze 11 Daniil Korolev "Сберегла" Anastasia Badyina
Valeriy Syutkin 12 Anastasia Yust "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" Liana Meister

The Knockouts

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The Knockout Rounds started on December 6, 2019. Similar to the previous season, each coach pairs three artists into one knockout with only one contestant from the trio advances to the next round and also can steal one losing artist from another coach. The top 12 contestants moved on to the Quarterfinal.

Colour key
       Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Quarterfinal
       Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Quarterfinal
       Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Song Artists Song 'Steal' result
Winner Losers Syutkin Gagarina Shnurov Meladze
Episode 9
(December 6) [i]
Polina Gagarina 1 "Тает лёд" Anastasia Markova Iva Todorova "Оле, оле"/ "La Vida Es Un Carnaval"
Ekaterina Steblina "Call Me"/ "Атас"
Valeriy Syutkin 2 "Я - то, что надо" Arsen Mukendi Nurzhigit Subankulov "Wicked Game"
Egor Muskat "Как на войне" Team full
Sergey Shnurov 3 "Life"/ "Bad Guy" Ragda Khanieva Arseny Kurchanin "Лишь о тебе мечтая"
Irina Chuvakova "Никаких больше вечеринок"
Konstantin Meladze 4 "Што й па мору" Daniil Korolev Valeria Mironova "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"
Elizaveta Shaluba "Звёздная ночь"
Episode 10
(December 13) [j]
Sergey Shnurov 1 "Седьмой лепесток" Anton Tokarev Iv Nabiev "Ausländer" Team full
Ildar Abdullin "Bamboleo" Team full
Konstantin Meladze 2 "Luna" Asker Berbekov Svetlana Mamresheva "Чудесная страна"/ "Vacanze romane"
Natalya Sidortsova "Мыслепад" Team full
Polina Gagarina 3 "Опять метель" Alana Chochieva Andrew Grunge "Without You"
Lilia Veltman "Солдат любви"/ "Bang Bang"
Valeriy Syutkin 4 "Ты меня любишь" Elimdar Seydosmanov Tatyana Gayvorovskaya "Лучший город Земли" Team full
Anastasia Yust "Посмотри в глаза"

Live shows

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Colour key:

       Artist was saved
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Top 12 — Quarterfinal (December 20)

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The Live Top 12 Quarterfinal comprised episode 11. The top twelve artists performed, with two artists from each team advancing based on the sum of the viewers' and coach's votes.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Coach's vote (/100%) Public's vote (/100%) Votes' sum Result
Episode 11
(December 20) [k]
Polina Gagarina 1 Anastasia Markova "Комета" 20% 9,9% 29,9% Eliminated
2 Alana Chochieva "Лететь" 50% 44,5% 94,5% Advanced
3 Iv Nabiev "Красиво" 30% 45,6% 75,6% Advanced
Valeriy Syutkin 4 Elimdar Seydosmanov "Вокруг шум"/"Менеджер"" 50% 38,6% 88,6% Advanced
5 Lilia Veltman "Загадай" 20% 14,3% 34,3% Eliminated
6 Arsen Mukendi "Увезу тебя я в тундру" / "Take On Me" 30% 47,1% 77,1% Advanced
Konstantin Meladze 7 Daniil Korolev "На заре" 20% 19,4% 39,4% Eliminated
8 Nurzhigit Subankulov "Батарейка" / "You Can Leave Your Hat On» 30% 28,1% 58,1% Advanced
9 Asker Berbekov "Because We Believe" 50% 52,5% 102,5% Advanced
Sergey Shnurov 10 Svetlana Mamresheva "Позови меня" 20% 13,6% 33,6% Eliminated
11 Anton Tokarev "Слёзы" 50% 40,3% 90,3% Advanced
12 Ragda Khanieva "Выхода нет" 30% 46,1% 76,1% Advanced

Week 2: Top 8 — Semifinal (December 27)

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The top eight artists performed on December 27, 2019, with one artist from each team advancing to the Final based on the sum of the viewers' and coach's votes

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Coach's vote (/100%) Public's vote (/100%) Votes' sum Result
Episode 12
(December 27) [l]
Konstantin Meladze 1 Nurzhigit Subankulov "Human" 40% 43,3% 83,3% Eliminated
2 Asker Berbekov "My Baby You" 60% 56,7% 116,7% Advanced
Sergey Shnurov 3 Ragda Khanieva «Нас не догонят» 40% 54,8% 94,8% Eliminated
4 Anton Tokarev "Мне бы в небо" / "Весна" 60% 45,2% 105,2% Advanced
Polina Gagarina 5 Alana Chochieva "Арлекино" 40% 54,2% 94,2% Eliminated
6 Iv Nabiev "Поговори со мною, мама" 60% 45,8% 105,8% Advanced
Valeriy Syutkin 7 Elimdar Seydosmanov "Там, где клён шумит" 40% 55,4% 95,4% Eliminated
8 Arsen Mukendi "Ego" 60% 44,6% 104,6% Advanced
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
1 Pelageya, Nurzhigit Subankulov, Asker Berbekov "Конь"
2 Little Big, Anton Tokarev, Ragda Khanieva "Skibidi" / "Снег"
3 Zivert, Alana Chochieva, Iv Nabiev «Life»
4 Hibla Gerzmava, Elimdar Seydosmanov, Arsen Mukendi "Smile"

Week 3: Final (January 1)

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Coach Artist Order Duet Song (with Coach) Order Solo Song (no.1) Order Solo Song (no.2) Result
Valeriy Syutkin Arsen Mukendi 1 "7000 над землёй" 5 "Парень чернокожий" / "I Wish" Eliminated Fourth place
Polina Gagarina Iv Nabiev 2 "Смотри" 6 "SuperSTAR" 9 "Моя бабушка курит трубку" Third place
Sergey Shnurov Anton Tokarev 3 "Супер гуд" 7 "Жить в кайф" 10 "Castle on the Hill" Second place 33.9%
Konstantin Meladze Asker Berbekov 4 "Как ты красива сегодня" 8 "Can't Help Falling in Love" 11 "Карточный домик" Winner 66.1%
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
13.1 Arsen Mukendi, Iv Nabiev, Anton Tokarev, Asker Berbekov "Last Christmas"
13.2 Arsen Mukendi "The Last Waltz"
13.3 Asker Berbekov (winner) "Can't Help Falling in Love"
13.4 Top 48 artists "The Winner Takes It All"

Best Coach

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Colour key
Coach Public's vote
(per episode)
Result
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 Av.
Sergey Shnurov 40% 38% 40% 38% 35% 36% 44% 45% 40% 40% 39% 42% 40% Best coach
Konstantin Meladze 25% 23% 32% 30% 32% 31% 24% 25% 27% 27% 29% 29% 28% Second place
Polina Gagarina 20% 27% 18% 20% 21% 19% 18% 18% 18% 20% 18% 16% 19% Third place
Valeriy Syutkin 15% 12% 10% 12% 12% 14% 14% 12% 15% 13% 14% 13% 13% 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" October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11) 801 Friday 9:30 p.m. 5.9 21.4 [3]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18) 802 5.2 18.8 [4]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25) 803 5.4 18.9 [5]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) 804 5.0 17.2 [6]
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" November 8, 2019 (2019-11-08) 805 5.6 18.8 [7]
6 "The Blinds End" November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15) 806 5.3 18.1 [8]
7 "The Battles Premiere" November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) 807 5.1 18.2 [9]
8 "The Battles, Part 2" November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29) 808

Notes

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  1. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 1.
  2. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 2.
  3. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 3.
  4. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 4.
  5. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 5.
  6. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 6.
  7. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 7.
  8. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 8.
  9. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 9.
  10. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 10.
  11. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 11.
  12. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 12.

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice season 7 on Channel One - Around the TV". Вокруг ТВ.
  2. ^ "The Voice, season 8: Polina Gagarina returned as the coach after a break, Valery Syutkin replaced Basta". Комсомольская правда. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Blind Auditions Premiere". Channel One. October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Blind Auditions. Episode 2". Channel One. October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Blind Auditions. Episode 3". Channel One. October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Blind Auditions. Episode 4". Channel One. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Blind Auditions. Episode 5". Channel One. November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Blind Auditions. Episode 6". Channel One. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Voice, season 8. The Battles Premiere". Channel One. November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.