The third season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 20, 2016 on Channel One. Dima Bilan and Pelageya returned from the previous season for their third seasons as coaches, debuting coach Leonid Agutin, coach in 1-3 seasons of The Voice, replaced Maxim Fadeev. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter, Valeriya Lanskaya replaced Anastasiya Chevazhevskaya as a co-presenter.
Danil Pluzhnikov was announced the winner on April 29, 2016 marking Dima Bilan's first win as a coach.
Coaches and presenters
Dima Bilan and Pelageya are joined by Leonid Agutin (The Voice coach), who replaced Maxim Fadeev. Presenter Dmitry Nagiev is joined by Valeriya Lanskaya, who replaced Anastasia Chevazhevskaya.
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 45 Artists Dima Bilan Danil Pluzhnikov Yaroslava Degtyaryova Mariya Panyukova Larisa Grigoryeva Alexander Filin Damir Nurutdinov Alexandra Boldareva Ekaterina Osintseva Helena Meraai Alexandra Mostovyak Elizaveta Kabaeva Ivena Rabotova Mariya Borovkova Arina Mironova Maksim Churmanteev Pelageya Taisiya Podgornaya Azer Nasibov Vsevolod Rudakov Milana Mirzakhanyan Anna Moshkorina Dmitryy Kondakov Arseniy Sobolkov Anastasiya Dmitrachkova Alina Izotova Madina Saidazimova Nonna Eganyan Ilya Litvinov Veniamin Nurgaleev Mariya Parotikova Vladimir ChernoklinovLeonid Agutin Rayana Aslanbekova Eva Timush Marsel Sabirov Alexandra Nekhay Kirill Skripnik Elina Arsenina Mariya Zhuravlyova Artyom Kolesnikov & Yuliya Sirinko Yuliya Kondrashenko Maryana Mostovyak Yaroslav Buravchenko Mariya Znatnova Kseniya Ponomarenko Egor Revskiy Darya Atamanovskaya
Blind auditions Colour key Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist picked a coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button
The winners of the previous seasons and the coaches performed "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" at the start of the show. Episode Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Bilan Pelageya Agutin Episode 1 1 Yaroslava Degtyaryova 7 Gukovo, Rostov Oblast "Кукушка" — 2 Azer Nasibov 13 Syasstroy, Leningrad Oblast "Maybe I Maybe You" 3 Alina Izotova 14 Alexandrov, Vladimir Oblast "Выйду на улицу" — — 4 Arseniy Sobolkov 8 Samara "O sole mio" — — 5 Yuliya Kondrashenko 12 Moscow "Sunny" — — 6 Danil Borisenko 13 Volgograd "Эта музыка" — — — 7 Kseniya Ponomarenko 8 Izhevsk "А знаешь, всё ещё будет!" — 8 Milena Bartsits 11 Moscow "I Believe I Can Fly" — — — 9 Egor Revskiy 12 Kaluga "Great Balls of Fire" — 10 Sofiya Ivanova 7 Moscow "Если в сердце живёт любовь" — — — 11 Alexandra Mostovyak 12 Romashkovo, Moscow Oblast "Stand Up for Love" — — Episode 2 1 Elizaveta Kabaeva 11 Moscow "She Taught Me to Yodel" — — 2 Kirill Skripnik 12 Krasnoyarsk "Ай-яй-яй" — 3 Milana Pavlova 12 Kazan "Think" — — — 4 Veniamin Nurgaleev 7 Ufa "Santa Lucia" — 5 Milana Mirzakhanyan 12 Krasnodar "Звезда" — — 6 Maryana Mostovyak 7 Romashkovo, Moscow Oblast "Smile" 7 Daniil Repin 12 Novosibirsk "Billionaire" — — — 8 Milaslava Breenkova 10 Samara "Любо, братцы, любо" — — — 9 Alexandra Boldareva 13 Rostov-on-Don "Nature Boy" — — 10 Dmitriy Andreev 14 Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast "Не слышно шуму городского" — — — 11 Eva Timush 13 Chișinău, Moldova "Je t'aime" Episode 3 1 Dmitriy Kondakov 9 Kaluga "Дожди" — — 2 Darya Atamanovskaya 13 Moscow "Wrecking Ball" — 3 Taisiya Podgornaya 7 Kushchyovskaya, Krasnodar Krai "Красно солнышко" — — 4 Larisa Grigoryeva 13 Moscow "Molitva" 5 Damir Nurutdinov 14 Almetyevsk, Tatarstan "Vivo per lei" — — 6 Kseniya Levchik 8 Minsk, Belarus "Клён" — — — 7 Rayana Aslanbekova 14 Grozny, Chechnya "Dernière danse" — — 8 Arseniy Kulikov 11 Moscow "Красный конь" — — — 9 Mariya Znatnova 14 Kaluga "Euphoria" — 10 Alexander Filin 9 Moscow "Love Runs Out" — — 11 Svetlana Kazakova 12 Moscow "Memory" — — — Episode 4 1 Ekaterina Ivanova 12 Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast "Cheek to Cheek" — — — 2 Vsevolod Rudakov 7 Moscow "Вдоль по Питерской" 3 Artyom Kolesnikov & Yuliya Sirinko 12/11 Voronezh "Une vie d'amour" — 4 Aksiniya Saprykina 8 Moscow "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" — — — 5 Danil Pluzhnikov 14 Sochi, Krasnodar Krai "Два орла" — — 6 Madina Saidazimova 14 Tashkent, Uzbekistan "O mio babbino caro" 7 Elina Arsenina 12 Moscow "Ленинградский рок-н-ролл" — — 8 Anastasiya Vorobyova 9 Saint Petersburg "L-O-V-E" — — — 9 Mariya Borovkova 11 Tula "Верба" — — 10 Artur Peters 10 Moscow "Je veux" — — — 11 Mariya Panyukova 8 Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast "Still Loving You" — Episode 5 1 Ilya Litvinov 11 Blagoveshchensk "Синяя вечность" 2 Nonna Eganyan 11 Saint Petersburg "Non, je ne regrette rien" — 3 Arina Mironova 9 Moscow "Diamonds" — — 4 Alexandra Nekhay 13 Minsk, Belarus "Кукушка" 5 Yaroslav Buravchenko 12 Veliky Novgorod "Тро-ло-ло" — — 6 Anna Budkova 13 Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast "В лунном сиянии" — — — 7 Ivena Rabotova 10 Plovdiv, Bulgaria "Who's Lovin' You" 8 Ilya Putintsev 14 Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast "Mamma" — — — 9 Margarita Vorobyova 8 Novosibirsk "Лучший город Земли" — — — 10 Vladimir Chernoklinov 14 Noginsk, Moscow Oblast "Maybe I Maybe You" — — 11 Ekaterina Osintseva 11 Izhevsk "Mamma Knows Best" — Episode 6 1 Artur Amirov 14 Kazan "Whataya Want from Me" — — — 2 Maksim Churmanteev 7 Moscow "Эта музыка" — 3 Margarita Stryukova 8 Chelyabinsk "Kolorowe jarmarki" — — — 4 Marsel Sabirov 11 Ufa "Jamaica" 5 Mariya Zhuravlyova 11 Moscow "Something's Got a Hold on Me" — 6 Anastasia Dmitrachkova 7 Mogilev, Belarus "Padam, padam..." — rowspan=7 7 Maya Egorova 13 Tsivilsk, Chuvashia "Я вернусь" — — 8 Maksimilian Khikhinashvili 12 Moscow "Volare" — — 9 Helena Meraai 12 Minsk, Belarus "Fallin'" — 10 Arina Erokhina 10 Omsk "Зурбаган" rowspan=3 — 11 Anna Moshkorina 12 Velikie Luki, Pskov Oblast "Nothing Else Matters" / "Despedida" 12 Mariya Parotikova 13 Yegoryevsk, Moscow Oblast "Вдоль по Питерской"
The Battles The Battles round started with the first half of episode 7 and ended with the first half of episode 9 (broadcast on April 1, 8, 15, 2016). Contestants who win their battle will advance to the Sing-off rounds. Colour key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-offs Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Losers Episode 7 Dima Bilan 1 Larisa Grigoryeva "Shackles (Praise You)" Helena Meraai Arina Mironova 2 Mariya Panyukova "Moscow Calling" Ekaterina Osintseva Mariya Borovkova 3 Danil Pluzhnikov "Дороги" Damir Nurutdinov Elizaveta Kabaeva 4 Alexander Filin "Can't Feel My Face" Alexandra Mostovyak Maksim Churmanteev 5 Yaroslava Degtyaryova "Все пути ангелов" Alexandra Boldareva Ivena Rabotova Episode 8 Pelageya 1 Milana Mirzakhanyan "Песня о птицах" / "Гаю-гаю" Alina Izotova Mariya Parotikova 2 Vsevolod Rudakov "Imagine" Veniamin Nurgaleev Anastasiya Dmitrachkova 3 Anna Moshkorina "Штиль" Vladimir Chernoklinov Madina Saidazimova 4 Taisiya Podgornaya "It's Oh So Quiet" Dmitriy Kondakov Nonna Eganyan 5 Azer Nasibov "L'elisir d'amore" Arseniy Sobolkov Ilya Litvinov Episode 9 Leonid Agutin 1 Kirill Skripnik "Without You" Maryana Mostovyak Darya Atamanovskaya 2 Rayana Aslanbekova "Скрипка-лиса" Elina Arsenina Yaroslav Buravchenko 3 Alexandra Nekhay "Льдинка" Yuliya Kondrashenko Egor Revskiy 4 Eva Timush "Beautiful" Mariya Zhuravlyova Mariya Znatnova 5 Marsel Sabirov "Hallelujah" Artyom Kolesnikov & Yuliya Sirinko Kseniya Ponomarenko
The Sing-offs The Sing-offs round started with the second half of episode 7 and ended with the second half of episode 9 (broadcast on April 1, 8, 15, 2016). Contestants who was saved by their coaches will advance to the Final. Colour key 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 Dima Bilan 1 Larisa Grigoryeva "Molitva" Advanced to the Live Extra round 2 Mariya Panyukova "Still Loving You" Advanced to the Live Extra round 3 Danil Pluzhnikov "Два орла" Advanced to the Final 4 Alexander Filin "Love Runs Out" Advanced to the Live Extra round 5 Yaroslava Degtyaryova "Кукушка" Advanced to the Final Episode 8 Pelageya 1 Milana Mirzakhanyan "Звезда" Advanced to the Live Extra round 2 Vsevolod Rudakov "Вдоль по Питерской" Advanced to the Live Extra round 3 Anna Moshkorina "Nothing Else Matters" / "Despedida" Advanced to the Live Extra round 4 Taisiya Podgornaya "Красно солнышко" Advanced to the Final 5 Azer Nasibov "Maybe I Maybe You" Advanced to the Final Episode 9 Leonid Agutin 1 Kirill Skripnik "Ай-яй-яй" Advanced to the Live Extra round 2 Rayana Aslanbekova "Dernière danse" Advanced to the Final 3 Alexandra Nekhay "Кукушка" Advanced to the Live Extra round 4 Eva Timush "Je t'aime" Advanced to the Final 5 Marsel Sabirov "Jamaica" Advanced to the Live Extra round
Live shows Week 1: Live Extra round Each coach saved three artists who were eliminated in the Sing-offs. 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.
Colour key Artist was saved by the Public's votes and advanced to the Final Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result Episode 10 Dima Bilan 1 Larisa Grigoryeva "Поднимись над суетой" 16.1% Eliminated 2 Alexander Filin "Angels" 24.1% Eliminated 3 Mariya Panyukova "Солнышко" 59.8% Advanced to the Final Pelageya 4 Milana Mirzakhanyan "Broken Vow" 37.4% Eliminated 5 Vsevolod Rudakov "Лизавета" 41.2% Advanced to the Final 6 Anna Moshkorina "Останусь" 21.4% Eliminated Leonid Agutin 7 Kirill Skripnik "Locked Out of Heaven" 13.9% Eliminated 8 Alexandra Nekhay "Ищу тебя" 33.2% Eliminated 9 Marsel Sabirov "Вернись в Сорренто" 52.9% Advanced to the Final
+Non-competition performances Order Performer Song 10.1 Vladimir Presnyakov and Team Dima Bilan (Larisa Grigoryeva, Alexander Filin, and Mariya Panyukova) "Я в облака" 10.2 Uma2rman and Team Pelageya (Milana Mirzakhanyan, Vsevolod Rudakov, and Anna Moshkorina) "Прасковья" 10.3 Soso Pavliashvili and Team Leonid Agutin (Kirill Skripnik, Alexandra Nekhay, and Marsel Sabirov) "Небо на ладони"
Week 2: Final Colour key Artist was saved by the Public's votes and advanced to the Super Final Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result Episode 11 Final Leonid Agutin 1 Rayana Aslanbekova "Pardonnez-moi ce caprice d'enfant" 68.4% Advanced 2 Marsel Sabirov "I've Got to Use My Imagination" 9.8% Eliminated 3 Eva Timush "Солнце" 21.8% Eliminated Pelageya 4 Azer Nasibov "Caruso" 28.1% Eliminated 5 Taisiya Podgornaya "Оренбургский пуховый платок" 47.4% Advanced 6 Vsevolod Rudakov "Ария Мистера Икс" 23.9% Eliminated Dima Bilan 7 Yaroslava Degtyaryova "Звенит январская вьюга" 26.8% Eliminated 8 Mariya Panyukova "Hello" 6.9% Eliminated 9 Danil Pluzhnikov "Нас бьют, мы летаем" 66.3% Advanced Super Final Leonid Agutin 1 Rayana Aslanbekova "Не тревожь мне душу, скрипка" 28.1% Runner-up Pelageya 2 Taisiya Podgornaya "Ёжик резиновый" 10.2% Third Place Dima Bilan 3 Danil Pluzhnikov "Я свободен" 61.7% Winner
+Non-competition performances Order Performer Song 11.1 Top 9 and Alisa Kozhikina & Sabina Mustaeva "Ci sarà" 11.2 Leonid Agutin and his team (Rayana Aslanbekova, Marsel Sabirov, and Eva Timush) "Музыкант" 11.3 Pelageya and her team (Azer Nasibov, Taisiya Podgornaya, and Vsevolod Rudakov) "Думы окоянные" 11.4 Dima Bilan and his full team of the season (Yaroslava Degtyaryova, Mariya Panyukova, Danil Pluzhnikov and others) "Я тебя помню" 11.5 Danil Pluzhnikov (winner) "Я свободен" 11.6 Top 45 artists of the season "Здесь проигравших нет"
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