The ninth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice premiered on October 9, 2020, on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. On August 17, 2020, Channel One announced that Basta, Polina Gagarina, Sergey Shnurov, and Valeriy Syutkin became the coaches.
Yana Gabbasova was announced the winner on December 30, 2020, marking Polina Gagarina's first win as a coach after four attempts and the first female coach to win in the show's history. At age 17, Gabbasova became the youngest winner in the show's history surpassing Darya Antonyuk at 20. Also, Yana became the 5th winner in the show's history to have been just a one-chair turn in the blind auditions.
Coaches and presenter
On August 17, 2020, Channel One announced that Polina Gagarina, Sergey Shnurov and Valeriy Syutkin will be rejoined as the coaches by Basta who returned after a one-season break and replaced Konstantin Meladze.
Dmitry Nagiyev will return for his 9th season as the presenter.
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 48 artists Basta Vasily Pasechnik Elizaveta Puris Yuri Gordienko Fantine Pritula Sergey Zamkov Alexandra Budnikova Marina Strokachenko Kristina Svetlichnaya Maxim Kokovin Alexandra Boldareva Gulshan Begimov Yulia Lunegova Ivan Avakov Polina Gagarina Yana Gabbasova Kirill Suslov Nadezhda Samkova Gor Ispiryan Safael Mishiev Kristina Korolkova Alexandra Mostovyak Ioannis Kofopulos Daniel Dudin Randi Hunko Torres Ivan Kharitonov Ksenia Kolambatskaya Alexandra Slavgorodskaya Sergey Shnurov Dmitry Vengerov Maria Rusakova Zhan Milimerov Nadezhda Samkova Yuri Gordienko Bogdan Kiyashko Leila Muradova Anna Alexandrova Evgeniy Panchokhin Olga Dianova Oksana Ustina Igor Zavazalskiy Roman Arkhipov Valeriy Syutkin Oleg Akkuratov Suren Platonov Fantine Pritula Dmitry Vengerov Alexandr Yelovskikh Elene Ninidze Mikhail Zhigalyov Ksenia Pavroz Oleg Sherin Alexey Lysenko Ruslan Vorotnikov Sarkis Edvards Anastasia Shugaley
Blind auditions The feature The Best coach of the season (in each episode) was applied again this season. Colour key Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Coach pressed "I WANT YOU", despite the lack 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
The coaches performed "В "Голосе" – все!" at the start of the show.
Episode Order Artist Age Origin Song Coach's and artist's choices Basta Gagarina Shnurov Syutkin Episode 1 1 Fantine Pritula 36 Moscow "I'm Every Woman" 2 Ivan Kharitonov 17 Sergiyev Posad, Moscow oblast "Комета" — — — 3 Alina Viardo 26 Pskov, Pskov oblast "Плот" — — — — 4 Maria Rusakova 25 Omsk, Omsk oblast "Holding Out for a Hero" 5 Oleg Sherin 24 Novosibirsk "Отшумели летние дожди" — — — 6 Gor Ispiryan 34 Aginskoye, Zabaykalsky Krai "I Want to Break Free" — — 7 Natalia Afanasyeva 39 Moscow "Паруса" — — — — 8 Alexander Yelovskikh 36 Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast "Путь к свету" — — 9 Bogdan Kiyashko 28 Kirov "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" — 10 Eleonora Nosova 23 Raduzhny, Yugra "Fighter" — — — — 11 Olga Dianova 25 Ryazan, Ryazan oblast "Колыбельная" — — — Episode 2 1 Evgeniy Panchokhin 30 Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai «Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні» — — — 2 Ksenia Pavroz 40 Kaliningrad «Proud Mary» — — 3 Kristina Korolkova 33 Székesfehérvár, Hungary «Sing It Back» 4 Dzhulietta Mineeva 28 Kaluga «Падаю в небо» — — — — 5 Safael Mishiev 27 Baku, Azerbaijan «Reckoning Song (One Day)» — — 6 Sergey Zamkov 41 Moscow «Rock and Roll» 7 Anna Mass' 37 Kolpino «Не отпускай» — — — — 8 Alexandra Boldareva 18 Rostov-on-Don «Shallow» — 9 Evgeniy Yuzhin 35 Saint-Petersburg «Напрасные слова» — — — — 10 Elene Ninidze 25 Tbilisi, Georgia «What's Up?» — — 11 Rozalina Bevzyuk 18 Mozdok «Dance Monkey» — — — — 12 Igor Zavazalskiy 25 Vladimir «Что происходит?» — — —Episode 3 1 Yulia Lunegova 22 Perm «Highway to Hell» 2 Ioannis Kofopulos 44 Thessaloniki, Greece «Misirlou» — — — 3 Olga Kord 31 Akhtubinsk «Манхэттен» — — — — 4 Suren Platonov 18 Moscow «Parlami d'amore, Mariù» — — 5 Alexandra Budnikova 18 Moscow «Пьяное солнце» 6 Dmitry Vengerov 33 Volgograd «Take On Me» 7 Sasha Vista 54 Moscow «Моя любовь» — — — — 8 Anastasia Shugaley 33 Talmenka, Altai Krai «Летела гагара» — — — 9 Svetlana Kim 27 Vladivostok «I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)» — — — — 10 Ivan Avakov 39 Volgodonsk «911» 11 Leila Alekperova 27 Moscow «Индиго»/«Waltz in e minor» — — — — 12 Roman Arkhipov 37 Moscow «Love Hurts» — — —Episode 4 1 Elena Freiman 19 Moscow «Something's Got a Hold on Me» — — — — 2 Vasily Pasechnik 25 Sovetskoye, Saratov oblast «Yesterday» 3 Oksana Ustina 28 Kazakhstan «Драмы больше нет» — 4 Andrey Kutuzov 40 Nizhniy Novgorod «Младшая сестрёнка»/«На улице дождик» — — — — 5 Oleg Akkuratov 30 Yeisk «Baby, I Love You» 6 Stanislav Rebitsky 32 Revda, Sverdlovsk oblast «Я не могу без тебя» — — — — 7 Nadezhda Samkova 36 Krasnoyarsk «Nella Fantasia» 8 Emil Sales 25 Kaliningrad «Les Champs-Élysées» — — — — 9 Elizaveta Puris 16 Moscow «Is That Alright?» — — 10 Ruslan Vorotnikov 35 Ufa «Не плачь» — — — 11 Ksenia Kolambatskaya 38 Astrakhan "Alarm" — — 12 Daniel Dudin 30 Novokuznetsk "Starlight" — —Episode 5 1 Leila Muradova 32 Krasnodar «Bang Bang» 2 Zhan Milimerov 40 Moscow «Hotel California» — 3 Marina Strokachenko 30 Odesa, Ukraine «Yuh, mein tiere tochter»/«Да, моя голубка» 4 Alisa Supronova 20 Magadan «Седая ночь» — — — — 5 Sergey Pakhomov 48 Kaliningrad «Bensonhurst Blues» — — — — 6 Anna Alexandrova 33 Rostov-on-Don «Don't Speak» — — 7 Gulshan Begimov 25 Kamenka, Kaluzhskaya Oblast «Чёрный пистолет» — — 8 Polina Kazantseva 30 Saint-Petersburg «My Love» — — — — 9 Darya Yanvarina 25 Kirov «Весь этот мир» — — — — 10 Kirill Suslov 26 Rzhev, Tverskaya Oblast «Per te» — — 11 Mikhail Zhigalyov 22 Ivanovo «Ой, то не вечер» — — — 12 Alexandra Mostovyak 17 Moscow «Someone Like You» — — —Episode 6 1 Alexandra Slavgorodskaya 21 Saint-Petersburg «Somebody to Love» — 2 Randi Hunko Torres 20 Cuba «Nutbush City Limits» — 3 Kristina Svetlichnaya 22 Minsk, Belarus «Я твоя» — — — 4 Andrey Antuzhan 42Oslo, Norway «Come with Me Now» — — — — 5 Yuri Gordienko 27 Saint-Petersburg «Игрушки» 6 Yulia Loshkaryova 32 Zimogorye «La Alegría» — — rowspan=6 — 7 Alexey Lysenko 35 Komsomolsk-on-Amur «Воскресенье» — 8 Yana Gabbasova 17 Neftekamsk «My Heart Will Go On» — — 9 Maxim Kokovin 24 Koryazhma, Arkhangelsk Oblast «Always» rowspan=3 10 Yana Gurko 23 Yekaterinburg «Белая ночь» rowspan=2 — 11 Ekaterina Yamshchikova 30 Ufa «Send My Love (To Your New Lover)/«Не из саду было...» — 12 Sarkis Edvards 43 Armenia «You Can Leave Your Hat On»
The Battles The Battle Rounds will be starting on November 20, 2020. No steal were available. Contestants who win their battle would 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 Episode 7 Sergey Shnurov 1 Maria Rusakova «Улетай, туча» Anna Alexandrova Valeriy Syutkin 2 Suren Platonov «Can't Take My Eyes Off You» Ksenia Pavroz Basta 3 Vasily Pasechnik «Единственная» Kristina Svetlichnaya Sergey Shnurov 4 Zhan Milimerov «Bella ciao» Evgeniy Panchokhin Polina Gagarina 5 Kristina Korolkova «The Time of My Life» Ioannis Kofopulos 6 Yana Gabbasova «Птиченька» Daniel Dudin Valeriy Syutkin 7 Dmitry Vengerov «Glorious» Oleg Sherin Polina Gagarina 8 Gor Ispiryan «Maniac» Randi Hunko Torres Basta 9 Alexandra Budnikova «Весна» Maxim Kokovin Sergey Shnurov 10 Bogdan Kiyashko «Белые розы» Olga Dianova Basta 11 Elizaveta Puris «Nothing Breaks Like a Heart» Alexandra Boldareva Valeriy Syutkin 12 Elene Ninidze «Сумерки» Alexey Lysenko Episode 8 Polina Gagarina 1 Alexandra Mostovyak «Любовь настала» Ivan Kharitonov Valeriy Syutkin 2 Oleg Akkuratov «Fly Me to the Moon» Ruslan Vorotnikov Basta 3 Fantine Pritula «Love the Way You Lie» / «Я или ты» Gulshan Begimov Sergey Shnurov 4 Leila Muradova «Чики» Oksana Ustina Polina Gagarina 5 Safael Mishiev «Карусель» Ksenia Kolambatskaya Valeriy Syutkin 6 Alexandr Yelovskikh «Желаю тебе» Sarkis Edvards Basta 7 Sergey Zamkov «Numb» Yulia Lunegova Sergey Shnurov 8 Yuri Gordienko «Нажми на кнопку» Igor Zavazalskiy Polina Gagarina 9 Kirill Suslov «Always on My Mind» Alexandra Slavgorodskaya Valeriy Syutkin 10 Mikhail Zhigalyov «Расскажите, птицы» Anastasia Shugaley Basta 11 Marina Strokachenko «Я — это ты» Ivan Avakov Sergey Shnurov 12 Nadezhda Samkova «Sad but True» Roman Arkhipov
The Knockouts The Knockout Rounds started on December 4, 2020. Similar to the previous season, each coach pairs three artists into one knockout with only one contestant from the trio advances to the next round and also can steal one losing artist from another coach. The top 12 contestants moved on to the Quarterfinal. Colour key Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Quarterfinal Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Quarterfinal Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Song Artists Song 'Steal' result Winner Losers Basta Gagarina Shnurov Syutkin Episode 9 Polina Gagarina 1 «Люблю я макароны» Kirill Suslov Kristina Korolkova «Я не умею танцевать» / «I Can't Dance» — rowspan="2" — — Alexandra Mostovyak «Dancing Queen» — — — Valeriy Syutkin 2 «Ночной каприз» Suren Platonov Mikhail Zhigalyov «Не отрекаются, любя» — — — rowspan=2 Dmitry Vengerov «Полковнику никто не пишет» — — Sergey Shnurov 3 «Помоги мне» Maria Rusakova Nadezhda Samkova «Жить в твоей голове» — rowspan=4 — Leila Muradova «Un-Break My Heart» — rowspan=3 — Basta 4 «Танцы на стёклах» Elizaveta Puris Marina Strokachenko «I'll Never Love Again» rowspan=2 — Alexandra Budnikova «Everything's Alright» — Episode 10 Polina Gagarina 1 «Романс» Yana Gabbasova Safael Mishiev «Rehab» — rowspan=8 rowspan=8 — Gor Ispiryan «Bad Romance» — — Basta 2 «Livin' on a Prayer» Vasily Pasechnik Sergey Zamkov «Вот пуля просвистела...» rowspan=2 — Fantine Pritula «Половинка» Valeriy Syutkin 3 «Ходит песенка по кругу» Oleg Akkuratov Alexandr Yelovskikh «Зачарованная моя» — rowspan=4 Elene Ninidze «Sunrise» — Sergey Shnurov 4 «Мадонна» Zhan Milimerov Bogdan Kiyashko «Молодые ветра» — Yuri Gordienko «Ланфрен — ланфра»
Live shows Colour key: Artist was saved Artist was eliminated
Week 1: Top 12 — Quarterfinal (December 18) The Live Top 12 Quarterfinal comprised episode 11. The top twelve artists performed, with two artists from each team advancing based on the sum of the viewers' and coach's votes.
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Coach's vote (/100%) Public's vote (/100%) Votes' sum Result Episode 11 Valery Syutkin 1Fantine Pritula"Virtual Insanity" 20% 8,3% 28,3% Eliminated 2 Oleg Akkuratov "Une vie d'amour"/"Вечная любовь" 50% 76,3% 126,3% Advanced 3 Suren Platonov "We Are the Champions" 30% 15,4% 45,4% Advanced Polina Gagarina 4 Kirill Suslov "Sway" 30% 21,4% 51,4% Advanced 5 Nadezhda Samkova "Frozen" 20% 23,9% 43,9% Eliminated 6 Yana Gabbasova "Не для тебя" 50% 54,7% 104,7% Advanced Sergey Shnurov 7 Dmitry Vengerov "Кукла колдуна" 20% 54,3% 74,3% Advanced 8 Maria Rusakova "Знаешь ли ты?" 50% 14,9% 64,9% Advanced 9 Zhan Milimerov "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs" 30% 30,8% 60,8% Eliminated Basta 10 Vasily Pasechnik "Милая" 30% 42,6% 72,6% Advanced 11 Elizaveta Puris "La vie en rose" 50% 20,7% 70,7% Advanced 12 Yuri Gordienko "Where the Wild Roses Grow" 20% 36,7% 56,7% Eliminated
Week 2: Top 8 — Semifinal (December 25) The top eight artists performed on December 25, 2020, with one artist from each team advancing to the Final based on the sum of the viewers' and coach's votes