The Voice (Russian TV series) season 1 explained
The first season of the Russian TV show The Voice was broadcast on the Channel One from 5 October 2012 to 29 December 2012. The coach's in the premiere season were Dima Bilan, Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky and Leonid Agutin.
Dina Garipova was announced as the winner of the season, marking Alexander Gradsky's first win as a coach.
Teams
- Colour key
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Fourth place
- Eliminated in the Semifinal
- Eliminated in the Quarterfinal
- Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
- Eliminated in the Battle rounds
| Coaches | Top 48 artists |
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| Dima Bilan | |
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| Margarita Pozoyan | Olga Klein | Yulia Tereshchenko | Anastasia Kashnikova | Alex Malinovsky | Anastasia Chevazhevskaya |
| Natalia Terekhova | Ksenia Gerasimova | Valeriya Akhatova | Alina Bashkina | Sugarmammas | Artyom Demishev |
| Pelageya | |
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| Elmira Kalimullina | Maria Goya | Anti Gogniashvili | Roman Vtyurin | Achi Purtseladze | Nikita Pozdnyakov |
| Gayana Zakharova | Anna Zolotova | Marie Karne | Diana Garifullina | Oksana Petrova | Juliana Strangelove |
| Alexander Gradsky | |
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| Dina Garipova | Evgeny Kungurov | Polina Zizak | Ilya Yudichev | Pavel Pushkin | Svetlana Saydieva |
| Valeriya Grinyuk | Metodie Bujor | Daria Dubovitskaya | Pavel Tarasov | Artur Vasilyev | Soslan Kulumbekov |
| Leonid Agutin | |
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| Anastasia Spiridonova | Edvard Khacharyan | Artyom Kacharyan | Idelia Muhametzyanova | Alexander Pozdnyakov | Sevara Nazarkhan |
| Zlat Khabibullin | Vlad Chuprov | Alisa Geliss | Liya Sarkisyan | Alexandra Bartashevich | Sofya Avazashvili | |
Blind auditions
- Color key
| | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button | ---> |
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| | 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 |
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| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Origin | Song | Coach's and artist's choices |
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| Bilan | Pelageya | Gradsky | Agutin |
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| Episode 1 | 1 | Yulia Tereshchenko | 22 | Moscow | "Мир без любимого" | | — | — | |
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| 2 | Vyacheslav Olhovsky | 50 | Grozny | "Я люблю тебя до слёз" | — | — | — | — |
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| 3 | Anna Zolotova | 20 | Samara | "Aria of Delilah" | | | | |
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| 4 | Mark Yusim | 24 | Glazov, Udmurtia | "This Love" | — | — | — | — |
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| 5 | Ksenia Gerasimova | 19 | Ivanovo | "Валенки" | | — | — | — |
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| 6 | Edvard Khacharyan | 28 | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | "Historia de un Amor" | | | | |
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| 7 | Veronika Glebova | 23 | Omsk | "Чудесная страна" | — | — | — | — |
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| 8 | Maria Goya | 24 | Kyiv,  Ukraine | "Simply the Best" | — | | — | — |
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| 9 | Polina Zizak | 19 | Moscow | "At Last" | — | — | | — |
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| 10 | Gleb Matveychuk | 31 | Moscow | "До свидания, мама!" | — | — | — | — |
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| 11 | Alexandra Bartashevich | 23 | Brest,  Belarus | "I Feel Good" | | | — | |
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| 12 | Roman Vtyurin | 23 | Nizhny Novgorod | "Скажите, девушки" | — | | — | — |
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| Episode 2 | 1 | Evgeny Kungurov | 29 | Moscow | "Разговор со счастьем" | — | — | | — |
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| 2 | Olga Klein | 25 | Ekaterinburg | "I Believe I Can Fly" | | — | | |
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| 3 | Pavel Tarasov | 39 | Nizhny Novgorod | "Беловежская пуща" | | — | | — |
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| 4 | Marina Matveeva | 26 | Moscow | "My All" | — | — | — | — |
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| 5 | Anri Gogniashvili | 21 | Tbilisi,  Georgia | "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | | | — | — |
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| 6 | Alina Bashkina | 19 | Donetsk, Ukraine | "Эхо любви" | | — | — | — |
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| 7 | Elena Orkina | 25 | Rostov-on-Don | "Milord" | — | — | — | — |
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| 8 | Vlada Chuprova | 26 | Saint Petersburg | "Mercy" | | | — | |
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| 9 | Konstantin Shustarev | 47 | Sestroretsk, Saint Petersburg | "Вьюга" | — | — | — | — |
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| 10 | Dina Garifullina | 19 | Ufa | "Strong Enough" | | | | — |
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| 11 | Andrey Maksimov | 17 | Saint Petersburg | "Луч солнца золотого" | — | — | — | — |
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| 12 | Marie Karne | 21 | Moscow | "Summertime" | | | — | — |
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| Episode 3 | 1 | Anastasia Spiridonova | 27 | Velikie Luki, Pskov Oblast | "Simply the Best" | | — | | |
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| 2 | Filip Cherevko | 26 | Noyabrsk, YaNAO | "Парень чернокожий" | — | — | — | — |
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| 3 | Sevara Nazarkhan | 35 | Tashkent,  Uzbekistan | "Je t'aime" | | | — | |
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| 4 | Artyom Kacharyan | 23 | Vladikavkaz | "Hello" | — | — | — | |
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| 5 | Darya Letichevskaya | 23 | Moscow | "Останусь" | — | — | — | — |
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| 6 | Oleg Mitrinyuk | 32 | Kostroma | "Я вижу свет" | — | — | — | — |
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| 7 | Svetlana Saydieva | 28 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | "I Will Always Love You" | | — | | — |
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| 8 | Anastasia Kashnikova | 35 | Moscow | "Мир без любимого" | | — | — | — |
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| 9 | Artyom Demishev | 26 | Moscow | "Feeling Good" | | | | |
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| 10 | Elmira Kalimullina | 24 | Kazan | "Колыбельная" | — | | — | — |
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| 11 | Renata Baykova | 25 | Ufa | "At Last" | — | — | — | — |
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| 12 | Artur Vasilyev | 25 | Saint Petersburg | "Con te partirò" | — | — | | — |
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| Episode 4 |
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| 1 | Fyodor Rytikov | 49 | Zelenograd, Moscow | "Скажите, девушки" | — | — | — | — |
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| 2 | Margarita Pozoyan | 27 | Moscow | "I Will Always Love You" | | — | | |
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| 3 | Kristina Konovalova | 23 | Moscow | "Симона" | — | — | — | — |
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| 4 | Soslan Kulumbekov | 35 | Tskhinvali, Georgia | "Historia de un Amor" | — | — | | — |
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| 5 | Oksana Mukhina | 32 | Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria | "Woman in Love" | — | — | — | — |
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| 6 | Dina Garipova | 21 | Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan | "А напоследок я скажу" | — | — | | — |
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| 7 | Oksana Petrova | 28 | Magadan | "Я ― то, что надо" | | | — | — |
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| 8 | Achi Purtseladze | 33 | Tbilisi, Georgia | "Summertime" | — | | — | |
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| 9 | Anna-Nika Vakar | 18 | Beltsy, | "Улетаю" | — | — | — | — |
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| 10 | Sofya Avazashvili | 23 | Cheboksary | "Domino" | — | — | — | |
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| 11 | Ilya Yudichev | 37 | Moscow | "Caruso" | — | — | | — |
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| 12 | Idelia Mukhametzyanova | 21 | Ulyanovsk | "Let It Be" | | | | |
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| Episode 5 | 1 | Alexander Pozdnyakov | 19 | Moscow | "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | | | — | |
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| 2 | Nikita Pozdnyakov | 27 | Moscow | "Unchain My Heart" | — | | — | — |
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| 3 | Olga Kovaleva | 20 | Ekaterinburg | "Чудесная страна" | — | — | — | — |
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| 4 | Natalya Terekhova | 26 | Tula | "My All" | | — | — | — |
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| 5 | Valeriya Grinyuk | 22 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | "Останусь" | — | — | | — |
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| 6 | Vitaliy Milushev | 26 | Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai | "Актриса" | — | — | — | — |
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| 7 | Veronika Shramko | 19 | Krasnodar | "Domino" | — | — | — | — |
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| 8 | Pavel Pushkin | 38 | Vladivostok | "Aria of Delilah from the opera "Samson and Delilah" | | | | — |
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| 9 | Gayana Zakharova | 20 | Krasnodar | "Колыбельная" | — | | — | — |
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| 10 | Ilya Pichko | 18 | Shakhty, Rostov Oblast | "Это здорово" | — | — | — | — |
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| 11 | Liya Sarkisyan | 18 | Fedoskino, Moscow Oblast | "At Last" | — | — | — | |
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| 12 | Anzhelika Frolova and Viktoria Kuzmina (Sugarmammas) | N/A | Surgut, Yugra / Moscow | "Simply the Best" | | | | |
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| Episode 6 | 1 | Zlat Khabibullin | 26 | Ufa | "I Feel Good" | | | | |
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| 2 | Ekaterina Pechkurova | 25 | Saint Petersburg | "Любовь настала" | — | — | — | — |
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| 3 | Darya Dubovitskaya | 25 | Moscow | "I Will Always Love You" | — | — | | — |
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| 4 | Lev Elgardt | 29 | Tver | "Я ― то, что надо" | — | — | — | — |
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| 5 | Valeria Akhatova | 26 | Nadym, YaNAO | "Domino" | | — | — | — |
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| 6 | Alex Malinovsky | 26 | Magadan | "Беловежская пуща" | | — | — | — |
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| 7 | Anastasia Ivan | 23 | Kyiv, Ukraine | "Je t'aime" | — | — | — | — |
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| 8 | Anastasia Chevazhevskaya | 24 | Moscow | "Мир без любимого" | | — | | |
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| 9 | Alexey Ismailov | 24 | Novosibirsk | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | — | — | — |
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| 10 | Alisa Geliss | 20 | Kaliningrad | "This Love" | — | — | |
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| 11 | Metodie Bujor | 38 | Saint Petersburg | "Dicitencello vuie" | — | | rowspan=2 |
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| 12 | Juliana Strangelove | 27 | Moscow | "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | | | |
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The Battles
The Battles round started with episode 7 and ended with episode 9 (broadcast on November 16, 23, 30, 2012). Contestants who win their battle will 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 |
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Episode 7
| Leonid Agutin | 1 | Anastasia Spiridonova | "Бросай" | Zlat Khabibullin |
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| Alexander Gradsky | 2 | Polina Zizak | "Proud Mary" | Darya Dubovitskaya |
| Pelageya | 3 | Achi Purtseladze | "Мой друг" | Oksana Petrova |
| Dima Bilan | 4 | Anastasia Chevazhevskaya | "Vivo per lei" | Artyom Demishev |
| Leonid Agutin | 5 | Alexander Pozdnyakov | "Crazy" | Alexandra Bartashevich |
| Alexander Gradsky | 6 | Ilya Yudichev | "O sole mio" | Pavel Tarasov |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | Olga Klein | "Ain't Nobody" | Valeriya Akhatova |
| Pelageya | 8 | Maria Goya | "The Diva Dance" | Anna Zolotova |
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Episode 9
| Pelageya | 1 | Nikita Pozdnyakov | "Moscow Calling" | Juliana Strangelove |
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| Alexander Gradsky | 2 | Dina Garipova | "When You Believe" | Valeriya Grinyuk |
| Leonid Agutin | 3 | Edvard Khacharyan | "Я тебя люблю" | Vlada Chuprova |
| Dima Bilan | 4 | Margarita Pozoyan | "I'm Every Woman" | Natalya Terekhova |
| Pelageya | 5 | Roman Vtyurin | "Я тебя никогда не забуду" | Dina Garifullina |
| Leonid Agutin | 6 | Artyom Kacharyan | "Georgia on My Mind" | Alisa Geliss |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | Anastasia Kashnikova | "Кому? Зачем?" | Alina Bashkina |
| Alexander Gradsky | 8 | Pavel Pushkin | "Con te partiro" | Artur Vasilyev |
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Episode 9
| Alexander Gradsky | 1 | Evgeny Kungurov | "Синяя вечность" | Metodie Bujor |
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| Pelageya | 2 | Anti Gogniashvili | "Без бою" | Marie Karne |
| Leonid Agutin | 3 | Idelia Muhametzyanova | "Blame It on the Boogie" | Liya Sarkisyan |
| Dima Bilan | 4 | Yulia Tereshchenko | "Бумажный змей" | Ksenia Gerasimova |
| Alexander Gradsky | 5 | Svetlana Saydieva | "L'Italiano" | Soslan Kulumbekov |
| Pelageya | 6 | Elmira Kalimullina | "Lady Marmalade" | Gayana Zakharova |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | Alex Malinovsky | "Whenever I Say Your Name" | Sugarmammas |
| Leonid Agutin | 8 | Sevara Nazarkhan | "Run to You" | Sofya Avazashvili | |
The Knockouts
The Knockouts round was broadcast on 7 December 2012. The top 12 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 | |
Live shows
Colour key:
| | Artist was saved by Public's vote |
| | Artist was saved by his/her coach |
| | Artist was eliminated | |
Week 1: Quarterfinal (December 14)
The Top 12 performed on Friday, 14 December 2012. The one artist with the fewest votes from the each team left the competition by the end of the night.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
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Episode 11
| Leonid Agutin | 1 | Artyom Kacharyan | "Песня о далекой родине" | Eliminated |
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| 2 | Anastasia Spiridonova | "I'm Outta Love" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Edvard Khacharyan | "Delilah" | Coach's choice |
| Pelageya | 4 | Maria Goya | "Ой не світи, місяченьку" | Coach's choice |
| 5 | Elmira Kalimullina | "Is It a Crime" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Anri Gogniashvili | "Я хочу быть с тобой" | Eliminated |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | Olga Klein | "It Don't Mean a Thing" | Coach's choice |
| 8 | Yulia Tereshchenko | "Stand Up for Love" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Margarita Pozoyan | "I Have Nothing" | Public's vote |
| Alexander Gradsky | 10 | Dina Garipova | "Ты на свете есть" | Public's vote |
| 11 | Polina Zizak | "And I'm Telling You" | Eliminated |
| 12 | Evgeny Kungurov | "Ноктюрн" | Coach's choice | |
Non-competition performances! Order! Performer! Song| 11.1 | Leonid Agutin, Anastasia Spiridonova, Edvard Khacharyan, and Artyom Kacharyan) | "Аэропорты" |
| 11.2 | Pelageya, Elmira Kalimullina, Maria Goya, and Anri Gogniashvili | "Под ракитою" |
| 11.3 | Dima Bilan, Margarita Pozoyan, Olga Klein, and Yulia Tereshchenko | "Believe" |
| 11.4 | Alexander Gradsky, Dina Garipova, Evgeny Kungurov, and Polina Zizak | "Hey Jude" | |
Week 2: Semifinal (December 21)
The Top 8 performed on Friday, 21 December 2012. 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 |
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Episode 12
| Alexander Gradsky | 1 | Evgeny Kungurov | "Есть только миг" | 40% | 29% | 69% | Eliminated |
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| 2 | Dina Garipova | "The Music of the Night" | 60% | 71% | 131% | Advanced |
| Leonid Agutin | 3 | Edvard Khacharyan | "The Show Must Go On" | 40% | 46% | 86% | Eliminated |
| 4 | Anastasia Spiridonova | "All by Myself" | 60% | 54% | 114% | Advanced |
| Pelageya | 5 | Elmira Kalimullina | "В горнице" | 60% | 65% | 125% | Advanced |
| 6 | Maria Goya | "It's My Life" | 40% | 35% | 75% | Eliminated |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | Margarita Pozoyan | "Rolling in the Deep" | 60% | 49% | 109% | Advanced |
| 8 | Olga Klein | "Колыбельная" | 40% | 51% | 91% | Eliminated | |
Non-competition performances! Order! Performer! Song| 12.1 | Iosif Kobzon, Dina Garipova, and Evgeniy Kungurov | "Надежда" |
| 12.2 | Alexey Chumakov, Anastasia Spiridonova, and Edvard Khacharyan | "Загадай" |
| 12.3 | Chaif, Elmira Kalimullina, and Maria Goya | "Я рисую на окне" |
| 12.4 | Polina Gagarina, Margarita Pozoyan, and Olga Klein | "Спектакль окончен" | |
Week 3: Final (December 29)
The Top 4 performed on Friday, 29 December 2012. This week, the four finalists performed one solo cover songs and two duets with star and with their coach.
| Episode | Coach | Artist | Order | Duet Song (with Star) | Order | Solo Song | Order | Duet Song (with Coach) | Result |
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Episode 13
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| Dima Bilan | Margarita Pozoyan | 1 | "Ещё люблю" (with A-Studio) | 5 | "Не надо слов" | Eliminated | Fourth place |
| Pelageya | Elmira Kalimullina | 2 | "Где ты?" (with Sergey Mazaev) | 6 | "Adagio" | 9 | "Cancao do mar" | Second place | 33.7% |
| Alexander Gradsky | Dina Garipova | 3 | "Skyfall" (with Fantine Pritula and Igor Butman) | 7 | "Non, je ne regrette rien" | 10 | "Не отрекаются любя" | Winner | 66.3% |
| Leonid Agutin | Anastasia Spiridonova | 4 | "Я тебе не верю" (with Grigory Leps) | 8 | "Любовь и одиночество" | 11 | "На сиреневый луне" | Third place | |
Non-competition performances! Order! Performer! Song| 13.1 | Margarita Pozoyan, Elmira Kalimullina, Dina Garipova, and Anastasia Spiridonova | "С Новым Годом!" |
| 13.2 | Dima Bilan and Margarita Pozoyan | "Caruso" |
| 13.3 | All artists of the season | "Happy New Year" | |
Reception
Rating
| Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (UTC+3) | Audience |
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| Rating | Share |
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| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | | 101 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 5.5 | 16.2 |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | | 102 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 6.9 | 20.0 |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | | 103 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 7.0 | 20.0 |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | | 104 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 7.8 | 22.3 |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | | 105 | Sunday 9:20 p.m. | 8.8 | 24.1 |
| 6 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" | | 106 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 8.4 | 23.1 |
| 7 | "The Battles Premiere" | | 107 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 8.0 | 22.4 |
| 8 | "The Battles, Part 2" | | 108 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 8.4 | 23.2 |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 3" | | 109 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 7.7 | 21.2 |
| 10 | "The Knockouts" | | 110 | Friday 7:50 p.m. | 7.4 | 21.5 |
| 11 | "Live Quarterfinal" | | 111 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 7.7 | 24.0 |
| 12 | "Live Semifinal" | | 112 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 9.2 | 25.3 |
| 13 | "Live Season Final" | | 113 | Saturday 9:30 p.m. | 7.7 | 22.3 |
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