The first season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Senior (The Voice. 60+) premiered on September 14, 2018 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev became the show's presenter. Leonid Agutin, Pelageya, Lev Leshchenko and Valery Meladze became the coaches in the premiere season.
Lidiya Muzalyova was announced the winner on October 5, 2018, marking Pelageya's first win as a coach and the first female coach to win in the show's history. Also Pelageya became the first coach in the history of the Russian Voice who won more than one version of the show, winning the fifth season of The Voice Kids in April, 2018.
For the first time in the history of the Voice franchise, viewers could choose the Best Coach using The Voice App and HbbTV option in their TV sets. Voting was conducted in all episodes except the Final. Pelageya became the Best Coach with 38%.
Coaches and presenter
Leonid Agutin, Pelageya and Valery Meladze became the first confirmed coaches on August 13, 2018, followed by Lev Leshchenko on August 14, 2018.
Dmitry Nagiev became the show's presenter.
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 17 artists Leonid Agutin Nikolay Arutyunov Nikolay Agutin Andrey Kosinsky Alexander Evdokimov Pelageya Lidiya Muzalyova Olga Muravina Sergey Kurzanov Oleg Pastukhov Nataliya Butusova Lev Leshchenko Evgeny Strugalsky Viktor Zuev Mansur Tashmatov Navruz Akhmedov Valery Meladze Sergey Manukyan Nataliya Spevak Gennady Kim Sergey Pivovarenok
Blind auditions Colour key Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team, and artist picked a coach's 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 "Жизнь" at the start of the show.
Episode Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Agutin Pelageya Leshchenko Meladze Episode 1 1 Sergey Kurzanov 64 Balashikha, Moscow oblast "Johnny B. Goode" — 2 Nataliya Spevak 67 Saratov "I Know Why" — — — 3 Oleg Pastukhov 60 Vladivostok "Вечерний звон" 4 Raisa Abdukhanova 71 Moscow "Не уходи (Осень)" — — — — 5 Gennady Kim 62 Sakhalin Oblast / Moscow "Confessa" — — 6 Evgeny Strugalskiy 80 Moscow "Ты и эта гитара" — — — 7 Nataliya Butusova 61 Volgograd "Simply the Best" — — — 8 Sergey Shtyrov 61 Moscow "Дорогие мои, москвичи" — — — — 9 Sergey Manukyan 63 Moscow "Can't Buy Me Love" 10 Irena Ginzburg-Zhurbina 68 Moscow "Лошадка-жизнь" — — — — 11 Andrey Kosinsky 61 Petergof, Saint Petersburg "Virtual Insanity" — — — Episode 2 1 Mansur Tashmatov 64 Tashkent, Uzbekistan "Sex Bomb" — — — 2 Lidiya Muzalyova 62 Obninsk, Kaluga oblast "Оренбургский пуховый платок" — — 3 Nikolay Arutyunov 60 Moscow "Mercedes Benz" 4 Viktor Zuev 63 Saint Petersburg "Come vorrei" — rowspan=6 — 5 Vera Kharchenko 79 Moscow "Только раз бывает в жизни встреча" — — — 6 Nikolay Agutin 83 Moscow "Я работаю волшебником" — — 7 Alexander Evdokimov 66 Tver "Где же ты была" — 8 Boris Pogodin 79 Veliky Novgorod "Тайна" rowspan=5 — — 9 Natalya Nurmukhamedova 67 Tashkent, Uzbekistan "Smooth Seiling" — — 10 Olga Muravina 77 Moscow "Я танцевать хочу" — 11 Sergey Pivovarenok 61 Yugorsk, Yugra "Эти глаза напротив" rowspan=2 — 12 Navruz Akhmedov 60 Moscow "Не лукавьте"
The Knockouts The top 8 contestants then moved on to the Final.
Colour key Artist was saved by the Public's votes Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 3 Valery Meladze 1 Sergey Pivovarenok "Вечная весна" Eliminated 2 Gennady Kim "Come Together" Eliminated 3 Nataliya Spevak "Звать любовь не надо" Advanced 4 Sergey Manukyan "All of Me" Advanced Pelageya 5 Sergey Kurzanov "Слепили бабу на морозе" Eliminated 6 Olga Muravina "Гори, гори, моя звезда" Advanced 7 Lidiya Muzalyova "Верила, верила верю" Advanced 8 Oleg Pastukhov "Jamaica" Eliminated 9 Nataliya Butusova "Не обижай меня" Eliminated Lev Leshchenko 10 Mansur Tashmatov "Ах, эта девушка" Eliminated 11 Viktor Zuev "Buona Sera Signorina" Advanced 12 Evgeny Strugalsky "Три года ты мне снилась" Advanced 13 Navruz Akhmedov "Серенада Рикардо" Eliminated Leonid Agutin 14 Andrey Kosinsky "Я не умею танцевать" Eliminated 15 Alexander Evdokimov "Fantasy" Eliminated 16 Nikolay Agutin "Мама" Advanced 17 Nikolay Arutyunov "Can't Find a Reason" Advanced
Live Final Colour key Artist was saved by the Public's votes Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result Episode 4 Final Valery Meladze 1 Sergey Manukyan "Старый клён" 71.1% Advanced 2 Nataliya Spevak "Autumn Leaves" 28.9% Eliminated Lev Leshchenko 3 Evgeny Strugalsky "Случайный вальс" 67.4% Advanced 4 Viktor Zuev "What a Wonderful World" 32.6% Eliminated Pelageya 5 Lidiya Muzalyova "Пой, звени, моя гитара" 60.5% Advanced 6 Olga Muravina "Песенка о хорошем настроении" 39.5% Eliminated Leonid Agutin 7 Nikolay Agutin "Come prima" / "Piove" 30.3% Eliminated 8 Nikolay Arutyunov "Этикет" 69.7% Advanced Super Final Valery Meladze 1 Sergey Manukyan "Нежность" Third Place Lev Leshchenko 2 Evgeny Strugalsky "Песня старого извозчика" 48.3% Runner-up Pelageya 3 Lidiya Muzalyova "Я когда-то была молодая" 51.7% Winner Leonid Agutin 4 Nikolay Arutyunov "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Third Place
+Non-competition performances Order Performer Song 4.1 Pelageya & Lev Leshchenko (in memory of Charles Aznavour) "Вечная любовь" 4.2 Lidiya Muzalyova (winner) "Оренбургский пуховый платок"
Best Coach Colour key
Coach Public's vote(per episode) Result #1 #2 #3 Pelageya 36% 37% 40% 38% Best Coach Leonid Agutin 30% 31% 33% 31% Second place Valery Meladze 19% 14% 15% 16% Third place Lev Leshchenko 15% 18% 12% 15% Fourth place
Reception Rating Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (UTC+3) Audience Source Rating Share 1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere" 101 Friday 9:30 p.m. 5.6 21.7 2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" 102 5.6 21.4 3 "The Knockouts" 103 5.5 20.7 4 "Live Final" 104 5.1 19.2
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