The Voice (Russian TV series)

The Voice
Genre	Talent show
Presented by	Dmitri Nagiev
Judges	Polina Gagarina (2015–) Grigory Leps (2015–) Alexander Gradsky (2012–) Basta (Noggano)(2015–) Pelageya (2012–2014) Dima Bilan (2012–2014) Leonid Agutin (2012–2014)
Country of origin	Russia
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	48
Production
Production location	Moscow
Running time	2 hours per episode
Production company	Channel One
Original release
Network	Channel One
Release	October 5, 2012 (2012-10-05) – present
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The A Factor Glavnaya Stsena

Golos (Russian: Голос; English: The Voice) is a Russian reality talent show that premiered on 5 October 2012 on the Channel One Russian television network. The Golos is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland. Dina Garipova was declared the first winner on 29 December 2012. Sergei Volchkov won season two, while Alexandra Vorobyova won season three.

The show was used to select Russia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Dina Garipova.

The second season was aired on 6 September 2013.

Format

The format for Golos differs from a traditional talent show. Many of the contestants are professional vocalists and represents a broad range of musical genres and vocal capabilities. A key difference compared to other televised vocal competition shows is the high demand on the vocal coaches and the significant respect afforded to each participant. The coaches do not simply offer each contestant a critique or suggest that the contestant change his or her approach to singing and performing, but rather work with each contestant on equal terms, providing in-depth analysis and detailed recommendations in an effort to help each contestant create the best possible all-around performance.

The winner of the first season of the final, which took place on December 29, 2012 was Dina Garipova, a member of Aleksander Gradsky's team. She was subsequently selected as the Russian representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

Rules

"Golos" consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.

Seasons

Season summary

Artist's info

  Team Dima

  Team Pelageya

  Team Alexander

  Team Leonid

  Team Basta

  Team Polina

  Team Grigory

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Winning Coach	Presenters	Coaches
1	5 October 2012	29 December 2012	Dina Garipova	Elmira Kalimullina	Anastasia Spiridonova	Margarita Pozoyan	Alexander Gradsky	Dmitri Nagiev	Dima Bilan Pelageya Alexander Gradsky Leonid Agutin
2	6 September 2013	27 December 2013	Sergei Volchkov	Nargiz Zakirova	Gela Guralia	Tina Kuznetsova
3	6 September 2014	26 December 2014	Alexandra Vorobyova	Yaroslav Dronov	Alexander Bon	Mariam Merabova
4	4 September 2015	25 December 2015	Iyeromonakh Fotiy	Mikhail Ozerov	Olga Zadonskaya	Era Kann	Grigory Leps		Alexander Gradsky Basta Polina Gagarina Grigory Leps
5	3 September 2016	24 December 2016

Coaches and their finalists

Contestant placing

•   Winner
•   Runner-up

•   Third place
•   Fourth place

Winners are in bold, the finalists in the finale are in italicized bold font, and the eliminated artists are in small font.

Season	Coaches and their finalists
1	Dima Bilan	Pelageya	Alexander Gradsky	Leonid Agutin
	Margarita Pozoyan Olga Klein Yulia Tereshenko	Elmira Kalimullina Maria Goiya Anri Gogniashvili	Dina Garipova Evgeny Kungurov Polina Zizak	Anastasiya Spiridonova Edvard Khacharyan Artyom Kacharyan
2	Gela Guralia Andrey Tsvetkov Yulia Pak Zhaklin Miral Farid Askerov Vadim Azarkh	Tina Kuznetsova Anton Belyayev Dmitry Sorochenkov Andrey Davidyan Nodar Reviya Nani Era	Sergei Volchkov Sharip Umkhanov Polina Konkina Yana Rabinovich Angelina Sergeyeva Aleksandra Belyakova	Nargiz Zakirova Elena Maksimova Alena Toymintseva Elina Chaga Petr Elfimov Eteri Beriashvili
3	Alexander Bon Ksana Sergiyenko Evgeniya Blagova Simona Da Silva Egor Sesarev Olga Oleynikova	Yaroslav Dronov Alisa Ignateva Per Edel Anastasiya Glavatskikh Ilya Kireyev Sergey Mikhailin	Alexandra Vorobyova Valentina Biryukova Busha Goman Roman Koshkarov Andrey Lefler Stanislas Bitort	Mariam Merabova Intars Busulis Artus Best Lyudmila Sokolova Georgiy Yufa Andrey Grizli
4	Basta	Polina Gagarina	Alexander Gradsky	Grigory Leps
	Era Kann Maria Eroyan Miami Yuriy Melikov Nikolay Zabolotskiykh Sergey Urumyan	Olga Zadonskaya Ivan Dalmatov Ilona Solomonova Daria Bezhenar Yana Bashkireva Semyon Belichko	Mikhail Ozerov Elena Minina Emil Kadyrov Tatyana Shirko Elena Romanova Alla Rid	Iyeromonakh Fotiy Vitold Petrovskiy Renata Volkiyevich Arem Avdzhan Olivia Krash Maria Kats

External links

• Official Website
• Final of first season, Video Archive