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The sixth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 15, 2019 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. Aglaya Shilovskaya replaced Agata Muceniece as a co-presenter. Pelageya and Valery Meladze returned as coach, Svetlana Loboda (LOBODA) replaced Basta[1] .
The end result of the final on April 26 was so decisive, that fans started questioning the results.[2] Channel One TV tasked the cyber-security firm Group-IB to look for manipulations in the votes. A preliminary result confirmed vote manipulation. Channel One TV annulled the results of the final on May 16 and announced a new final show for May 24.
For the first time, the audience chose the Best Coach of the season. Pelageya won with a result of 56%.
Pelageya and Valery Meladze are joined by LOBODA, who replaced Basta, thus making it the first season to have two female coaches. Dmitry Nagiev is joined by Aglaya Shilovskaya, who replaced Agata Muceniece.
| Coaches | Top 45 artists | |||||
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| Pelageya | ||||||
| Valeriy Kuzakov | Renata Tairova | Mariam Abdelkader | Anastasiya Roginskaya | Alika Karpenko | ||
| Dmitriy Yadykin | Artyom Kukin | Anna Glotova | Sofiya Tikhomirova | Darya Filimonova | ||
| Evgeniya Divenko | Anna Avazneli | Alexandra Kharazyan | Artyom Braylov | Dobrynya Kirienko | ||
| Valery Meladze | ||||||
| Erzhan Maxim | Mikhail Grigoryan | Anastasiya Sisauri | Mitya Pukhovskiy | Mariia Fedulova | ||
| Islam Balkoev | Zhan Makim | Elizaveta Shamieva | Yana Khvan | Viktoriya Nikolaeva | ||
| Ivan Starikov | Andrey Kalashov | Elizaveta Khupeniya | Lev Mullo | Yana Ten | ||
| LOBODA | ||||||
| Mikella Abramova | Nino Chesner | Robert Bagratyan | Ekaterina Gavrilyuk | Anastasiya Ivanova | ||
| Mariya Tyuryutikova | Elen Badalyan | Ivan Sokhnev | Arina Pekhtereva | Arina & Sofya Beryoziny | ||
| Mariam Dzhalagoniya | Sofya Filippova | Sergey Filin | Egor Chichin | Yuliya Karlina | ||
A new feature this season is The Best coach of the season (also in each episode).
| Coach pressed his/her "I WANT YOU" button | ---> | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
The coaches performed "Venus" at the start of the show.
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||
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| Pelageya | Meladze | LOBODA | ||||||
| Episode 1 | 1 | Ekaterina Gavrilyuk | 9 | Vladivostok | "До свиданья, мама!" | — | ||
| 2 | Elizaveta Shamieva | 14 | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | "Careless Whisper" | — | |||
| 3 | Lev Mullo | 7 | Saint Petersburg | "Первым делом — самолёты" | ||||
| 4 | Kristian Azarov | 13 | Moscow | "Осколки лета" | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Nino Chesner | 8 | Moscow | "Hymne à l'amour" | ||||
| 6 | Ivan Kirichenko | 9 | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | "Герои спорта" | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Evgeniya Divenko | 10 | Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast | "Contigo en la Distancia" | — | — | ||
| 8 | Veronika Litovchenko | 10 | Moscow | "Aïcha" | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Ivan Starikov | 12 | Chernushka, Perm Krai | "Океанами стали" | — | — | ||
| 10 | Artyom Kukin | 13 | Krasnoyarsk | "New York State of Mind" | — | — | ||
| 11 | Arina Pekhtereva | 10 | Mogilev, Belarus  | "It Don't Mean a Thing" | — | — | ||
| Episode 2 | 1 | Mitya Pukhovskiy | 7 | Mogilev, Belarus | "Вдоль по Питерской" | — | ||
| 2 | Ekaterina Budey | 14 | "Lost on You" | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Anastasiya Bolshakova | 4 | Moscow | "Волшебник-недоучка" | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Islam Balkoev | 13 | Tyumen | "Hallelujah I Love Her So" | — | — | ||
| 5 | Anastasiya Roginskaya | 6 | Aprelevka, Moscow Oblast | "Старый рояль" | ||||
| 6 | Khasan Rakhimov | 14 | Riga, Latvia  | "Mamma" | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Maria Tyuryutikova | 12 | Ryazan, Ryazan oblast | "Плакала" | — | — | ||
| 8 | Sergey Filin | 10 | Moscow | "Great Balls of Fire" | — | — | ||
| 9 | Renata Tairova | 12 | Astrakhan, Astrakhan oblast | "Canção do mar" | — | |||
| 10 | Egor Meshcheryakov | 13 | Voronezh, Voronezh oblast | "Орлы или вороны" | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Elen Badalyan | 11 | Moscow | "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | — | |||
| Episode 3 | 1 | Anna Glotova | 12 | Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast | "Let It Be" | — | ||
| 2 | Ivan Sokhnev | 8 | Ramenskoe, Moscow oblast | "Солдат" | — | — | ||
| 3 | Yana Ten | 10 | Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk oblast | "Symphony" | — | — | ||
| 4 | Timur Aliev | 7 | Almetyevsk, Tatarstan | "Му-му" | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Arina and Sofia Bereziny (Arina & Sofia) | 12 | Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk krai | "Tell Him" | — | |||
| 6 | Viktoria Nikolaeva | 9 | Ob, Novosibirsk oblast | "Перемирие" | — | — | ||
| 7 | Erzhan Maxim | 11 | Oral, Kazakhstan  | "Ama credi e vai" | ||||
| 8 | Ekaterina Kruzhkova | 7 | Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow oblast | "Нас учили быть птицами" | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Egor Chichin | 12 | Moscow | "Белый снег" | — | |||
| 10 | Anna Zhebrovskaya | 11 | Lesnoy, Moscow oblast | "Звезда" | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Maria Fedulova | 11 | Moscow | "Don't Stop Me Now" | — | — | ||
| Episode 4 | 1 | Vasilisa Savkina | 9 | Moscow | "Маэстро" | — | — | — |
| 2 | Andrey Kalashov | 9 | Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod oblast | "Thinking Out Loud" | ||||
| 3 | Valeria Nesenyuk | 5 | Kursk, Kursk oblast | "Пони" | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Alexandra Kharazyan | 10 | Moscow | "Padam, padam..." | — | — | ||
| 5 | Roman Khikhinashvili | 11 | Moscow | "Writing's on the Wall" | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Darya Filimonova | 8 | Mytishchi, Moscow oblast | "Мама" | — | |||
| 7 | Ruslan Zakirov | 9 | Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan | "Влюблённый солдат" | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Anastasia Ivanova | 9 | Saint Petersburg | "Stone Cold" | ||||
| 9 | Dobrynya Kirienko | 7 | Barnaul, Altai krai | "Будет светло" | — | — | ||
| 10 | Anna Avazneli | 14 | Moscow | "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" | — | — | ||
| 11 | Alika Karpenko | 8 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | "Я падаю в небо" | — | — | ||
| Episode 5 | 1 | Robert Bagratyan | 13 | Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast | "The Show Must Go On" | — | ||
| 2 | Sofia Tikhomirova | 7 | Volgograd, Volgograd oblast | "А мне бы петь и танцевать" | — | — | ||
| 3 | Klimenty Krivonosenko | 8 | Moscow | "Ночной хулиган" | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Sofya Filippova | 10 | Moscow | "This Is a Man's World" | — | |||
| 5 | Mariam Abdelkader | 11 | Minsk, Belarus | "Реченька" | ||||
| 6 | Dmitry Yadykin | 10 | Podolsk, Moscow oblast | "Беловежская пуща" | — | — | ||
| 7 | Mikella Abramova | 10 | Moscow | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | — | |||
| 8 | Roman Molotkov | 12 | Sychyovo, Moscow oblast | "Песенка про сапожника" | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Anna Chernotalova | 14 | Samara, Samara oblast | "All I Ask" | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Zhan Maxim | 9 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | "Sir Duke" | — | — | ||
| 11 | Elizaveta Khupenia | 13 | Kaluga, Kaluga oblast | "Once in the Street" | — | — | ||
| Episode 6 | 1 | Agata Barabash | 9 | Krymsk, Krasnodar krai | "Ленинградский рок-н-ролл" | — | — | — |
| 2 | Mariam Dzhalagonia | 12 | Moscow | "Je t'aime" | ||||
| 3 | Artem Braylov | 8 | Saint Petersburg | "Симона" | — | — | ||
| 4 | Emily Istrate | 15 | "Солнышко" | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Mikhail Grigoryan | 10 | Stepanakert, Artsakh / Azerbaijan  | "Versace on the Floor" | — | |||
| 6 | Sofya Polozova | 11 | Novogorsk, Moscow oblast | "Faith" | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Valery Kuzakov | 10 | Yakutsk, Sakha Republic | "Santa Lucia" | — | — | ||
| 8 | Anastasia Sisauri | 14 | Ivanovo, Ivanovo oblast | "All About That Bass" | ||||
| 9 | Alexander Dimitrievich | 9 | Sochi, Krasnodar krai | "Мечтай" | — | — | ||
| 10 | Yana Khvan | 7 | Moscow | "Voyage, voyage" | — | |||
| 11 | Yulia Karlina | 11 | Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El | "What's Up? | ||||
The Battles start on March 29, 2019. Contestants who win their battle will advance to the Sing-off rounds.
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-offs | |
| Artist was eliminated | |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Losers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 7 | Pelageya | 1 | Alika Karpenko | "Беспризорник" | Darya Filimonova | Dobrynya Kirienko |
| 2 | Renata Tairova | "Stayin' Alive" | Artyom Kukin | Anna Avazneli | ||
| 3 | Mariam Abdelkader | "Lovin' You" | Anna Glotova | Alexandra Kharazyan | ||
| 4 | Anastasiya Roginskaya | "Золотая рыбка" | Sofiya Tikhomirova | Artyom Braylov | ||
| 5 | Valeriy Kuzakov | "Nessun dorma" | Dmitriy Yadykin | Evgeniya Divenko | ||
| Episode 8 | Valery Meladze | 1 | Mariya Fedulova | "Между нами любовь" | Viktoriya Nikolaeva | Yana Ten |
| 2 | Erzhan Maksim | "Синяя вечность" | Islam Balkoev | Ivan Starikov | ||
| 3 | Anastasiya Sisauri | "Havana" | Elizaveta Shamieva | Elizaveta Khupeniya | ||
| 4 | Mitya Pukhovskiy | "Мы к вам заехали на час" | Yana Khvan | Lev Mullo | ||
| 5 | Mikhail Grigoryan | "Believer" | Andrey Kalashov | Zhan Makim | ||
| Episode 9 | LOBODA | 1 | Anastasiya Ivanova | "Навсегда" | Arina & Sofya Beryoziny | Yuliya Karlina |
| 2 | Ekaterina Gavrilyuk | "Кружит" | Arina Pekhtereva | Egor Chichin | ||
| 3 | Mikella Abramova | "Take Me to Church" | Mariya Tyuryutikova | Mariam Dzhalagoniya | ||
| 4 | Nino Chesner | "Женщина, которая поёт" / "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Elen Badalyan | Sofya Filippova | ||
| 5 | Robert Bagratyan | "UpTown Funk" | Ivan Sokhnev | Sergey Filin |
The Sing-offs start on March 29. Contestants who was saved by their coaches will advance to the Final.
| Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final | ||
| Artist was eliminated but received the Comeback and advanced to the Live Extra round |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 7 | Pelageya | 1 | Alika Karpenko | "Я падаю в небо" | Advanced to the Live Extra round |
| 2 | Renata Tairova | "Canção do mar" | Advanced to the Live Extra round | ||
| 3 | Mariam Abdelkader | "Реченька" | Advanced to the Final | ||
| 4 | Anastasiya Roginskaya | "Старый рояль" | Advanced to the Live Extra round | ||
| 5 | Valeriy Kuzakov | "Santa Lucia" | Advanced to the Final | ||
| Episode 8 | Valery Meladze | 1 | Mariya Fedulova | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Advanced to the Live Extra round |
| 2 | Erzhan Maxim | "Ama Credi E Vai" | Advanced to the Final | ||
| 3 | Anastasiya Sisauri | "All About That Bass" | Advanced to the Live Extra round | ||
| 4 | Mitya Pukhovskiy | "Вдоль по Питерской" | Advanced to the Live Extra round | ||
| 5 | Mikhail Grigoryan | "Versace on the Floor" | Advanced to the Final | ||
| Episode 9 | LOBODA | 1 | Anastasiya Ivanova | "Stone Cold" | Advanced to the Live Extra round |
| 2 | Ekaterina Gavrilyuk | "До свиданья, мама | " | Advanced to the Live Extra round | |
| 3 | Mikella Abramova | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | Advanced to the Live Extra round | ||
| 4 | Nino Chesner | "Hymne à l'amour" | Advanced to the Final | ||
| 5 | Robert Bagratyan | "The Show Must Go On" | Advanced to the Final |
| Artist was saved by the Public's votes | ||
| Artist was eliminated |
Playoff results were voted on in real time. Nine artists sang live and six of them were eliminated by the end of the night.Three saved artists advanced to the Final.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Public's vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 10 | Pelageya | 1 | Anastasiya Roginskaya | "Испанское болеро" | 29.6% | Eliminated |
| 2 | Renata Tairova | "Feeling Good" | 47% | Advanced | ||
| 3 | Alika Karpenko | "Про эстраду" | 23.4% | Eliminated | ||
| Valery Meladze | 4 | Mariya Fedulova | "Иногда" | 10.7% | Eliminated | |
| 5 | Mitya Pukhovskiy | "L'Italiano" | 41.2% | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | Anastasiya Sisauri | "Autumn Leaves" | 48.1% | Advanced | ||
| LOBODA | 7 | Ekaterina Gavrilyuk | "Жёлтые ботинки" / "Старый отель" | 18.6% | Eliminated | |
| 8 | Anastasiya Ivanova | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | 37.6% | Eliminated | ||
| 9 | Mikella Abramova | "Герой не моего романа" | 43.8% | Advanced |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Public's vote | Result |
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| Episode 11 | ||||||
| Final | ||||||
| Pelageya | 1 | Mariam Abdelkader | "History Repeating" | 14.1% | Eliminated | |
| 2 | Valeriy Kuzakov | "Майская ночь" | 49.7% | Advanced | ||
| 3 | Renata Tairova | "Hero" | 36.2% | Eliminated | ||
| Valery Meladze | 4 | Anastasiya Sisauri | "Старинные часы" | 19.8% | Eliminated | |
| 5 | Mikhail Grigoryan | "Вдвоём" | 39.6% | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | Erzhan Maxim | "All by Myself" | 40.6% | Advanced | ||
| LOBODA | 7 | Mikella Abramova | "Love the Way You Lie" | 61.8% | Advanced | |
| 8 | Nino Chesner | "Вечная любовь" / "Padam, padam" | 20.2% | Eliminated | ||
| 9 | Robert Bagratyan | "Still Loving You" / "The Final Countdown" | 18% | Eliminated | ||
| Super Final | ||||||
| Pelageya | 1 | Valeriy Kuzakov | "Как молоды мы были" | 15.6% | Third place | |
| Valery Meladze | 2 | Erzhan Maxim | "Adagio" | 27.9% | Runner-up | |
| LOBODA | 3 | Mikella Abramova | "Ты здесь" | 56.5% | Winner |
| Order | Performer | Song | |
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| 11.1 | All finalists of season 6 | "A Million Voices" | |
| 11.2 | Pelageya and her team (Valeriy Kuzakov, Renata Tairova, and Mariam Abdelkader) | "Любо, братцы, любо" | |
| 11.3 | Valery Meladze and his team (Erzhan Maxim, Mikhail Grigoryan, and Anastasiya Sisauri) | "Сэра" | |
| 11.4 | LOBODA and her team (Nino Chesner, Mikella Abramova, and Robert Bagratyan) | "SuperSTAR" | |
| 11.5 | Mikella Abramova (winner) | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | |
| 11.6 | All artists on season 6 | "The Winner Takes It All" |
Second Final Round results were voted on in real time. Top 3 artists sang live and Mikella Abramova won the competition. However, the results have been cancelled due to external manipulation of votes. There was no winner to this season because of the manipulation. BBC reports: "Clearly this is just a TV show. But to some it reflects a wider, unpleasant reality: using money and status to sway a vote. People have shrugged that off for years in politics. But the idea that dirty practices tainted a children's talent contest has angered them.”[3]
While many fans stated that Mikella was a decent performer, the scale of her victory was distinctly fishy, especially with some believing her vocals to be shaky. Notably, her pop-star mum, Alsou, had called openly for support: she has more than two million Instagram followers. Additionally, reports of factory workers being paid to vote added to the sense of scandal.
Valery Meladze stated the need to review the voting results[4] . Aglaya Shilovskaya admitted that the result of the superfinal was unexpected for the presenters and the management of Channel One: "I can guarantee that this was not bought by Channel One. Channel One has absolutely nothing to do with this. It was a big surprise for everyone."[5] . Dmitry Nagiev said: "If it turns out that there were at least some machinations, I am in favor of canceling the results of the final and making an honest final"[6] .. Later, Nagiyev announced his readiness to leave the show if the rules of television voting do not change[7] .
LOBODA's producer Natella Krapivina said that the "story" of the Voice is "over", and the singer herself posted photos of two other members of her team on Instagram, accompanying the pictures with a heart emoji[8] [9] [10] .
In the late afternoon of April 27, 2019, news agencies posted a comment by Konstantin Ernst, in which the CEO confirmed that the channel's management had encountered such a situation for the first time in the entire history of the project and an investigation would be conducted. The first step was the publication of the voting protocol on the website of Channel One.
On April 28, 2019, it became known that Alla Pugacheva met with the finalists of the competition Erzhan Maxim, Nino Chesner, Robert Bagratyan and Anastasiya Ivanova, who presented them with her own awards, diplomas and cash prizes[11] . LOBODA was also present at the meeting and distributed her prizes to the children.
On May 16, 2019, Channel One announced the cancellation of the result of the sixth season finale after checking the interim voting results. Earlier, Group-IB reported that a "fraud" of votes was recorded during the voting: "The interim results of the audit confirm that the voting was influenced by an external influence that influenced the outcome of the show. Group-IB will provide the final report by the end of May, but based on the interim results, Channel One decides to cancel the result of the finale of the sixth season of The Voice Kids. It is important to emphasize that the purpose of the audit was to confirm or deny the fact of artificial influence on the vote, and not to bring charges against anyone. Channel One will also take measures to improve and further protect the voting mechanism and ensure that what happened does not happen again
While the show was shown live, the coaches were not present. Each had recorded a greeting to their team. Artists performed the following songs, however there was no voting.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song |
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| Episode 12 | Pelageya | 1 | Mariam Abdelkader | "Высоко" |
| 2 | Valeriy Kuzakov | "Как молоды мы были" | ||
| 3 | Renata Tairova | "Там нет меня" | ||
| LOBODA | 4 | Nino Chesner | "Мамины глаза" | |
| 5 | Robert Bagratyan | "Дорогоие мои старики" | ||
| Valery Meladze | 6 | Mikhail Grigoryan | "Прохожие" | |
| 7 | Erzhan Maxim | "Adagio" | ||
| 8 | Anastasiya Sisauri | "Любовь спасёт мир" |
After the performances The CEO of Channel One Russia, Konstantin Ernst came on stage and declared all final participants as winner. Each participant including Mikella Abramova was handed a trophy and will receive the winning prize of ₽1 mln.
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| Pelageya | 57% | 54% | 58% | 54% | 56% | 58% | 65% | 52% | 46% | 56% | Best Coach | ||||
| Valery Meladze | 30% | 27% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 20% | 31% | 19% | 25% | Second place | ||||
| LOBODA | 13% | 19% | 17% | 22% | 20% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 35% | 19% | Third place | ||||
| Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (UTC+3) | Audience | Source | ||
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| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | 601 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 6.3 | 21.1 | [12] | |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | 602 | 5.7 | 18.3 | [13] | ||
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | 603 | 5.5 | 18.4 | [14] | ||
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | 604 | Thursday 9:30 p.m. | 4.1 | 14.7 | [15] | |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | 605 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 5.1 | 17.5 | [16] | |
| 6 | "The Blinds End" | 606 | Friday 10:30 p.m. | 4.3 | 18.2 | [17] | |
| 7 | "The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere" | 607 | Friday 9:30 p.m. | 4.6 | 16.3 | [18] | |
| 8 | "The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 2" | 608 | 4.6 | 16.2 | [19] | ||
| 9 | "The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 3" | 609 | 4.3 | 15.9 | [20] | ||
| 10 | "Live Playoffs" | 610 | 4.0 | 14.2 | [21] | ||
| 11 | "Live Season Final" | 611 | 4.6 | 18.7 | [22] | ||
| 12 | "Special Final Edition" | 612 | 4.2 | 16.4 | |||