The Voice (Russian TV series) season 6 explained
The sixth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 1, 2017, on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. Dima Bilan and Leonid Agutin returned as coaches, while Pelageya returned after two season hiatus alongside Alexander Gradsky who returned after a one-season break.[1] Selim Alakhyarov was announced as the winner of the season, marking Alexander Gradsky's fourth and final win as a coach, and making him the third one-chair turn artist to win, following Dina Garipova in season 1 and Hieromonk Fotiy in season 4. For the first time ever, the final three artists were all male.
Coaches and presenter
On August 13, 2017, Channel One announced that Dima Bilan (his 5th season), Pelageya (her 4th season), Alexander Gradsky (his 5th season), and Leonid Agutin (his 5th season) became coaches in the sixth season.[2] [3]
Dmitry Nagiev returned for his 6th season as a presenter.
Teams
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- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Fourth place
- Eliminated in the Semifinal
- Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
- Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
- Stolen in the Battle rounds
- Eliminated in the Battle rounds
| Coaches | Top 56 artists |
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| Dima Bilan | |
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| Yang Ge | Danil Buranov | FolkBeat | Nina Shatskaya | Anastasia Zorina | Yulia Valeeva |
| Arseniy Borodin | Anastasia Belyavskaya | Maria Kabashova | Brandon Stone | Albina Yusupova | Leonsia Erdenko |
| Anna Prosekina | Dima Veber | Alexander Kazakov | Zaharchenko Brothers | |
| Pelageya | |
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| Ladislav Bubnar | Anton Lavrentev | Antonello Carozza | Alla Meunargia | Alexey Safiulin † | Dave Dario |
| Ekaterina Trubilina | Mishel Mstoyan | Alexander Ogorodnikov | Dmitry Karanevskiy | Iyulina Popova | Vasilina Gorozhankina |
| Anait Pogosyan | Filip Balzano | Evgenia Romanes | Eka Dzhanelidze | |
| Alexander Gradsky | |
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| Selim Alakhyarov | Lora Gorbunova | Pavel Ivanov | Gabriel Kupatadze | Sofya Onopchenko | Natalya Gerasimova |
| Svetlana Syropyatova | Marianna Savon | Olika Gromova | Oksana Voytovich | Zaali Sarkisyan | Anna Kadysheva |
| Nadezhda Kolesnikova | Dmitry Yankovskiy | Vitaliy Selyutin | Aldona Tskua | |
| Leonid Agutin | |
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| Timofey Kopylov | Brandon Stone | David Todua | Viktoria Olize | Mikhail Grishunov | Vyacheslav Zadorozhny |
| Oksana Voytovich | Yasmani Silva | Diana Shalzhiyan | Ekaterina Trubilina | Gabriel Kupatadze | Yulia Valeeva |
Maria Kabashova | Dave Dario | Olika Gromova | Darya Vinokurova | |
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Blind auditions
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| | 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 |
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Episode 1 (Sep. 1)
The contestants of "The Voice Kids" and the coaches performed "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" at the start of the show.
| Order | Artist | Age | Origin | Song | Coach's and artist's choices |
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| Bilan | Pelageya | Gradsky | Agutin |
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| 1 | Oleg Schutskiy | 24 | Minsk, Belarus | "Самая-самая" / "Невеста" | — | — | — | — |
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| 2 | Anastasia Belyavskaya | 18 | | "Cryin'" | | — | — | — |
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| 3 | Anton Lavrentev | 33 | | "Way Down We Go" | — | | — | |
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| 4 | Anna Prosekina | 24 | | "Революция" | | — | — | |
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| 5 | Maksim Sidorov | 30 | | "Смуглянка" | — | — | — | — |
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| 6 | Diana Shalzhiyan | 25 | | "Spain" | | — | | |
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| 7 | Ladislav Bubnar | 33 | Prague, Czech Republic | "Скрипка Паганини" | | | — | — |
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| 8 | Regina Panina | 25 | | "Я выбираю тебя" | — | — | — | — |
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| 9 | Aldona Tskua | 30 | Sukhumi, Georgia | "Lauretta's Aria" | | — | | — |
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| 10 | Alexander Kazakov | 36 | Riga, Latvia | "Молитва Франсуа Вийона" | | — | — | — |
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| 11 | Darya Ivanovskaya | 25 | | "I Will Survive" | — | — | — | — |
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| 12 | Alexander Ogorodnikov | 26 | | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | | | | |
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Episode 2 (Sep. 8)
| Order | Artist | Age | Origin | Song | Coach's and artist's choices |
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| Bilan | Pelageya | Gradsky | Agutin |
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| 1 | Timofey Kopylov | 40 | | "Шукария" | — | — | — | |
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| 2 | Lora Gorbunova | 29 | | "La Vie en rose" | — | — | | — |
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| 3 | Lika Rulla | 45 | | "Весь этот джаз" | — | — | — | — |
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| 4 | Yasmani Silva | 29 | Khibara, Cuba | "Despacito" | — | — | | |
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| 5 | Alla Meunargia | 31 | | "Зима в сердце" | — | | — | |
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| 6 | Pavel Ivanov | 31 | Rybinsk, Yaroslavl oblast | "Скажите, девушки" | — | — | | — |
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| 7 | Maria Klishina | 30 | | "На Титанике" | — | — | — | — |
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| 8 | Mikhail Grishunov | 29 | | "Thinking Out Loud" | | | | |
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| 9 | Veronika Shabashova | 34 | | "Dream On" | — | — | — | — |
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| 10 | Leonsia Erdenko | 45 | | "Голубчик" | | | — | |
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| 11 | Andrey Tskhay | 36 | | "Спаси меня" | — | — | — | — |
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| 12 | Svetlana Syropyatova | 23 | | "One Night Only" | — | — | | — |
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Episode 3 (Sep. 15)
Note: Basta and Polina Gagarina, former coaches of The Voice, made a special performance with the Eminem's song "Stan" in this episode. Only Leonid turned for them.
Episode 4 (Sep. 22)
| Order | Artist | Age | Origin | Song | Coach's and artist's choices |
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| Bilan | Pelageya | Gradsky | Agutin |
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| 1 | Selim Alakhyarov | 29 | | "Чёртово колесо" | — | — | | — |
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| 2 | Yang Ge | 28 | Moscow / Beijing, China | "Come Together" | | — | — | — |
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| 3 | Anait Pogosyan | 26 | | "Ласточка" | | | | |
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| 4 | Vyacheslav Zadorozhny | 24 | | "Iron Sky" | — | | — | |
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| 5 | Vadim Beloglazov | 26 | | "Туманы" | — | — | — | — |
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| 6 | Arseniy Borodin | 28 | | "Stop!" | | | — | |
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| 7 | Yulia Valeeva | 39 | | "Музыки осталось мало" | — | — | — | |
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| 8 | Alla Seidalieva | 33 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | "Alarm" | — | — | — | — |
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| 9 | Kristian Kaseru | 31 | Tallinn, Estonia | "Подберу музыку" | — | — | — | — |
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| 10 | Albina Yusupova | 25 | | "Ne me quitte pas" | | — | — | — |
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| 11 | Alexander Yagya | 49 | | "Скажи, зачем любовь" | — | — | — | — |
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| 12 | Evgenia Romanes | 19 | | "Wicked Game" | — | | — | — |
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Episode 5 (Sep. 29)
Episode 6 (Oct. 6)
Episode 7 (Oct. 13)
The Battles
The Battles round started with episode 8 and ended with episode 11 (broadcast on October 20, 27, 2017; on November 3, 10, 2017). The coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.
- 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 | No. | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result |
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| Bilan | Pelageya | Gradsky | Agutin |
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Episode 8
| Leonid Agutin | 1 | Diana Shalzhiyan | "Хорошие девчата" | Olika Gromova | — | — | | |
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| Alexander Gradsky | 2 | Natalya Gerasimova | "Barcelona" | Vitality Selyutin | — | — | | — |
| Dima Bilan | 3 | FolkBeat | "Ой, то не вечер" | Zaharchenko Brothers | | — | — | — |
| Pelageya | 4 | Alla Meunargia | "Sax" | Eka Dzhanelidze | — | | — | — |
| Alexander Gradsky | 5 | Selim Alakhyarov | "Не исчезай" | Aldona Tskua | — | — | | — |
| Leonid Agutin | 6 | David Todua | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Dave Dario | — | | — | |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | Anastasia Zorina | "Самолёт" | Alexander Kazakov | | — | — | — |
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Episode 9
| Leonid Agutin | 1 | Viktoria Olize | "Shame, Shame, Shame" | Maria Kabashova | | — | | |
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| Alexander Gradsky | 2 | Svetlana Syropyatova | "Голубой щенок" | Dmitry Yankovskiy | — | — | | — |
| Dima Bilan | 3 | Danil Buranov | "Omen" | Dima Veber | | — | — | — |
| Pelageya | 4 | Anton Lavrentev | "Эхо любви" | Evgenia Romanes | — | | — | — |
| Alexander Gradsky | 5 | Sofya Onopchenko | "That's Life" | Oksana Voytovich | — | — | | |
| Leonid Agutin | 6 | Yasmani Silva | "Тут и там" | Yulia Valeeva | | — | — | |
| Pelageya | 7 | Alexander Ogorodnikov | "Burn" | Filip Balzano | | | — | — |
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Episode 10
| Pelageya | 1 | Ladislav Bubnar | "Più che puoi" | Anait Pogosyan | | — | — |
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| Alexander Gradsky | 2 | Pavel Ivanov | "Я вас не знал" | Nadezhda Kolesnikova | — | | — |
| Leonid Agutin | 3 | Vyacheslav Zadorozhny | "Hip to Be Square" | Gabriel Kupatadze | — | | |
| Pelageya | 4 | Mishel Mstoyan | "Под музыку Вивальди" | Vasilina Gorozhankina | | — |
| Alexander Gradsky | 5 | Lora Gorbunova | "На тот большак" | Anna Kadysheva | — | — |
| Dima Bilan | 6 | Arseniy Borodin | "Attention" | Brandon Stone | | |
| 7 | Anastasia Belyavskaya | "Утекай" | Anna Prosekina | — | |
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Episode 11
| Leonid Agutin | 1 | Timofey Kopylov | "Вот пуля просвистела" | Darya Vinokurova | — | rowspan=7 |
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| Pelageya | 2 | Antonello Karozza | "The Final Countdown" | Iyulina Popova | |
| Dima Bilan | 3 | Yang Ge | "Мне нравится" | Leonsia Erdenko | — |
| Alexander Gradsky | 4 | Marianna Savon | "Vivo per lei" | Zaali Sarkisyan | — |
| Dima Bilan | 5 | Nina Shatskaya | "Oblivion" | Albina Yusupova | — |
| Pelageya | 6 | Alexey Safiulin | "Красиво" | Dmitry Karanevskiy | |
| Leonid Agutin | 7 | Mikhail Grishunov | "Беги по небу" | Ekaterina Trubilina | |
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The Knockouts
The Knockouts round started with episode 12 and ended with episode 14 (broadcast on November 17, 24, 2017; on December 1, 2017).The top 24 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows."
- Colour key
| | Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live shows |
| | Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated | |
Live shows
- Colour key
| | Artist was saved |
| | Artist was eliminated | |
Week 1: Quarterfinal 1 (December 8)
The first 12 artists of the Top 24 performed on December 8, 2017. The two artists from each team with fewest votes left the competition by the end of the night.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Coach's vote (/100%) | Public's vote (/100%) | Votes' summa | Result |
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Episode 15
| Pelageya | 1 | Ladislav Bubnar | "Московский бит" | 30% | 47.6% | 77.6% | Advanced |
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| 2 | Dave Dario | "Englishman in New York" | 20% | 27% | 57% | Eliminated |
| 3 | Alexey Safiulin | "Susanna" | 50% | 25.4% | 75.4% | Eliminated |
| Alexander Gradsky | 4 | Natalya Gerasimova | "Perfume" | 20% | 8.9% | 28.9% | Eliminated |
| 5 | Lora Gorbunova | "Панамки" | 50% | 61.1% | 111.1% | Advanced |
| 6 | Sofya Onopchenko | "I Have Nothing" | 30% | 30% | 60% | Eliminated |
| Leonid Agutin | 7 | Vyacheslav Zadorozhny | "Без бою" | 20% | 13.1% | 33.1% | Eliminated |
| 8 | Mikhail Grishunov | "For Your Love" | 30% | 16.4% | 46.4% | Eliminated |
| 9 | Brandon Stone | "Мамины глаза" | 50% | 70.5% | 120.5% | Advanced |
| Dima Bilan | 10 | Danil Buranov | "Лимбо" | 50% | 25.4% | 75.4% | Advanced |
| 11 | Yulia Valeeva | "Heavy Cross" | 20% | 36.2% | 56.2% | Eliminated |
| 12 | Anastasia Zorina | "Полароид" | 30% | 38.4% | 68.4% | Eliminated |
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Week 2: Quarterfinal 2 (December 15)
The second 12 artists of the Top 24 performed on December 15, 2017. Two artists from each team with the fewest votes left the competition by the end of the night.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Coach's vote (/100%) | Public's vote (/100%) | Votes' summa | Result |
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Episode 16
| Alexander Gradsky | 1 | Pavel Ivanov | "Эти глаза напротив" | 50% | 23.3% | 73.3% | Eliminated |
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| 2 | Selim Alakhyarov | "Три года ты мне снилась" | 30% | 69.7% | 99.7% | Advanced |
| 3 | Gabriel Kupatadze | "Я хочу понять" | 20% | 7% | 27% | Eliminated |
| Leonid Agutin | 4 | Viktoria Olize | "Every Breath You Take" | 30% | 11.5% | 41.5% | Eliminated |
| 5 | Timofey Kopylov | "Кукушка" | 50% | 66.5% | 116.5% | Advanced |
| 6 | David Todua | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 20% | 22% | 42% | Eliminated |
| Dima Bilan | 7 | FolkBeat | "Ворона" | 20% | 31.6% | 51.6% | Eliminated |
| 8 | Yang Ge | "Без тебя" | 50% | 37.9% | 87.9% | Advanced |
| 9 | Nina Shatskaya | "Sweet Dreams" | 30% | 30.5% | 60.5% | Eliminated |
| Pelageya | 10 | Alla Meunargia | "В городе моём" | 30% | 23.8% | 53.8% | Eliminated |
| 11 | Anton Lavrentev | "Ne me quitte pas (Не покидай меня)" | 50% | 26% | 76% | Advanced |
| 12 | Antonello Carozza | "Un amore cosi grande" | 20% | 50.2% | 70.2% | Eliminated |
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Week 3: Semifinal (December 22)
The Top 8 performed on December 22, 2017. One artist from each team with the fewest votes left the competition by the end of the night.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Coach's vote (/100%) | Public's vote (/100%) | Votes' summa | Result |
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Episode 17
| Pelageya | 1 | Anton Lavrentev | "Love Runs Out" | 40% | 25% | 65% | Eliminated |
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| 2 | Ladislav Bubnar | "Очи чёрные" | 60% | 75% | 135% | Advanced |
| Dima Bilan | 3 | Yang Ge | "Моей душе покоя нет" | 40% | 68.7% | 108.7% | Advanced |
| 4 | Danil Buranov | "She's Gone" | 60% | 31.3% | 91.3% | Eliminated |
| Leonid Agutin | 5 | Brandon Stone | "Тбилисо" | 40% | 51.7% | 91.7% | Eliminated |
| 6 | Timofey Kopylov | "Звон" | 60% | 48.3% | 108.3% | Advanced |
| Alexander Gradsky | 7 | Lora Gorbunova | "Беда" | 60% | 25.8% | 85.8% | Eliminated |
| 8 | Selim Alakhyarov | "Лирическая" | 40% | 74.2% | 114.2% | Advanced |
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Week 4: Final (December 29)
The Top 4 performed on December 29, 2017. This week, the four finalists performed two solo cover songs and a duet with their coach.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Duet Song (with Coach) | Order | Solo Song (no.1) | Order | Solo Song (no.2) | Result |
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| Alexander Gradsky | Selim Alakhyarov | 1 | "Журавли" | 5 | "Нам не жить друг без друга" | 9 | "Перемен" | Winner | 67.3% |
| Pelageya | Ladislav Bubnar | 2 | "Desert Rose" | 6 | "Hallelujah" | 10 | "Lady Carneval" | Third Place |
| Dima Bilan | Yang Ge | 3 | "Держи" | 7 | "Где же ты, мечта?" | Eliminated | Fourth Place |
| Leonid Agutin | Timofey Kopylov | 4 | "Время последних романтиков" | 8 | "Highway to Hell" | 11 | "Застольная" | Runner-up | 32.7% |
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Non-competition performances! Order! Performer! Song| 18.1 | Yang Ge, Ladislav Bubnar, Selim Alakhyarov, and Timofey Kopylov | "Let It Be" |
| 18.2 | Yang Ge | "The Show" |
| 18.3 | Selim Alakhyarov (winner) | "Чёртово колесо" |
| 18.4 | All of the artists of the 6th season | "Happy New Year" | |
Reception
Rating
| Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (UTC+3) | Audience | Source |
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| Rating | Share |
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| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | | 601 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 6.5 | 24.6 | [4] |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | | 602 | 6.2 | 22.2 | [5] |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | | 603 | 5.8 | 20.7 | [6] |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | | 604 | 5.8 | 19.9 | [7] |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | | 605 | 6.3 | 22.2 | [8] |
| 6 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" | | 606 | 6.2 | 20.5 | [9] |
| 7 | "The Blinds End" | | 607 | 6.6 | 21.7 | [10] |
| 8 | "The Battles Premiere" | | 608 | 6.4 | 20.2 | [11] |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 2" | | 609 | 6.0 | 18.9 | [12] |
| 10 | "The Battles, Part 3" | | 610 | 5.9 | 18.8 | [13] |
| 11 | "The Battles, Part 4" | | 611 | 5.7 | 18.1 | [14] |
| 12 | "The Knockouts Premiere" | | 612 | 5.4 | 17.4 | [15] |
| 13 | "The Knockouts, Part 2" | | 613 | 5.5 | 17.7 | [16] |
| 14 | "The Knockouts, Part 3" | | 614 | 5.8 | 18.3 | [17] |
| 15 | "Live Quarterfinals, Part 1" | | 615 | 5.3 | 17.1 | [18] |
| 16 | "Live Quarterfinals, Part 2" | | 616 | 5.3 | 17.0 | [19] |
| 17 | "Live Semifinal" | | 617 | 5.2 | 16.7 | [20] |
| 18 | "Live Season Final" | | 618 | 5.5 | 17.9 | [21] |
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Notes and References
- Web site: "The Voice" season 6 on Channel One – Around the TV.. Вокруг ТВ.
- Web site: Pelageya and Alexander Gradsky return to "The Voice" – Around the TV.. Вокруг ТВ. August 2, 2017. August 2, 2017.
- Web site: Channel One announced that the "gold coaching panel" returns to "The Voice". РИА Новости. August 14, 2017. August 14, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Premiere. September 1, 2017. Channel One. September 2, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 2. September 8, 2017. Channel One. September 9, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 3. September 15, 2017. Channel One. September 16, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 4. September 22, 2017. Channel One. September 23, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 5. September 29, 2017. Channel One. September 30, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 6. October 6, 2017. Channel One. October 7, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 7. October 13, 2017. Channel One. October 14, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Battles Premiere. October 20, 2017. Channel One. October 21, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Battles. Episode 2. October 27, 2017. Channel One. October 28, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Battles. Episode 3. November 3, 2017. Channel One. November 4, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Battles. Episode 4. November 10, 2017. Channel One. November 11, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Knockouts Premiere. November 17, 2017. Channel One. November 18, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Knockouts. Episode 2. November 24, 2017. Channel One. November 25, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. The Knockouts. Episode 3. December 1, 2017. Channel One. December 2, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. Live Quarterfinal 1. December 8, 2017. Channel One. December 9, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. Live Quarterfinal 2. December 15, 2017. Channel One. December 16, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. Live Semifinal. December 22, 2017. Channel One. December 23, 2017.
- Web site: The Voice, season 6. Live Season Final. December 29, 2017. Channel One. December 30, 2017.
