The eighth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on 12 February 2021 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev and Agata Muceniece returned as the show's presenters. Basta returned as a coach, LOBODA returned as a coach after a one-season break and replaced Polina Gagarina, Egor Kreed replaced Valery Meladze and became a new coach for the show.
Vladislav Tyukin was announced the winner on April 30, 2021, marking LOBODA's first win as the coach and the second female coach to win in the show's history behind Pelageya.
Basta became the Best coach of the season for the second time in a row, LOBODA, as in season 6, became third.
Coaches and presenters
There were two changes to the coaching panel. Basta was joined by LOBODA, who returned after a one-season break and Egor Kreed as a new coach.
Dmitry Nagiev and Agata Muceniece returned as the show's presenters.
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 45 artists Basta Mariya Politikova Kira Gogoladze Timofey Zavalinich Vasilisa Suyunova Polina Danilchenko Polina Li Gabriel Aleksandrov Ay-Herel Shuluu Arina Milenko Valeriya Bochenkova Ekaterina Tabarina Diana Vakhiba Denis Kucher Elizaveta Khenkina Anna Yurkevich LOBODA Vladislav Tyukin Sofiya Fanta Yuliya Gavrilova Miron Provorov Kseniya Kovalenko Makar Smyslov Vasilisa Grushevskaya Anna Kachurovskaya Elizaveta Rogozina Andrey Averin Polina Syutkina Yalky Saka Milana Kompanichenko Safina Shafigulina Varvara Butko Egor Kreed Elizaveta Trofimova Alisa Trifonova Anna Volkova Georgiy Dzeboev Sofiya Medvedeva Arseniy Slesarev Evgeniya Gaydova Pyotr Zatolochny Daniel Golyana Margarita Bavskaya Eva Poklonskaya Eva Temnyuk Taisiya Khabibullina Kirill Tomilin Stanislav Kashevarov
Blind auditions 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
Episode Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Basta LOBODA KreedEpisode 1 1 Miron Provorov 7 Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast "Батарейка" / "F-R-I-E-N-D-S" 2 Alisa Trifonova 12 Moscow "Shallow" 3 Elizaveta Khenkina 10 Kaluga "Evil Gal Blues" — 4 Maksim Tolkachyov 10 Moscow "Прятки" — — — 5 Milana Kompanichenko 15 Lobnya, Moscow Oblast "Idontwannabeyouanymore" — 6 Alisa Shcherban 7 Moscow "Tutti Frutti" — — — 7 Makar Smyslov 11 Ivanovo "Львиное сердце" 8 Sofiya Fanta 13 Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast "Run to You" — — 9 Polina Danilchenko 8 Moscow "Bim bam toi" — — 10 Fyodor Shpagin 13 Arzamas, Nizhy Novgorod Oblast "Я не умею танцевать" — — — 11 Taisiya Khabibullina 10 Surgut, Yugra «Broken Vow» — — Episode 2 1 Mariya Politikova 13 Ryazan «Реченька» 2 Andrey Averin 8 Saint-Petersburg «Les Temps des Cathedrales» 3 Arina Milenko 14 Chelyabinsk «Sing, sing, sing» — 4 Fyodor Uvarov 14 Moscow «Поздний вечер в Сорренто» — — — 5 Anna Volkova 8 Moscow «My Heart Will Go On» — — 6 Vasilisa Kozhemyakina 9 Moscow «L-O-V-E» — — — 7 Georgiy Dzeboev 13 Vladivostok «УВЛИУВТ» — 8 Vasilisa Grushevskaya 12 Moscow «Creep» 9 Diana Vakhiba 11 Hurghada, Egypt «Into the Unknown» — — Episode 3 1 Arseniy Slesarev 13 Moscow «A Little Less Conversation» — — 2 Yuliya Gavrilova 13 Kinel-Cherkassy, Samara Oblast «Ай вы, цыгане» 3 Sofiya Kameneva 8 Ryazan «Канатоходка» — — — 4 Timofey Zavalinich 11 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai «Беспечный ангел» — 5 Polina Syutkina 8 Tyumen «What About Us?» 6 Egor Sviridov 6 Ekaterinburg «Ничего на свете лучше нету» — — — 7 Evgeniya Gaydova 15 Kondrovo, Kaluga Oblast «A Song for You» 8 Kseniya Galetskaya 13 Minsk, Belarus «Драмы больше нет» — — — 9 Polina Li 14 Saint-Petersburg «Underneath Your Clothes» — — Episode 4 1 Margarita Bavskaya 8 Novosibirsk «Ангелы в танце» 2 Nikita Salov 14 Saint-Petersburg «Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні» — — — 3 Pyotr Zatolochny 7 Saint-Petersburg «Don't Worry, Be Happy» — 4 Elizaveta Trofimova 12 Moscow "Overjoyed" 5 Diana Tikhomirova 7 Saint-Petersburg «Эй, вы, там, наверху!» — — — 6 Denis Kucher 14 Evpatoria, Ukraine «Ты так красива» — — 7 Ekaterina Tabarina 12 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan «Проснись и пой» — — 8 Daria Hanke 11 Lappeenranta, Finland «Crazy» — — — 9 Anna Kachurovskaya 13 Moscow «Basin Street Blues» — Episode 5 1 Ay-Kherel Shuluu 12 Bulun-Bazhy, Tyva «Billie Jean» 2 Marianna Gekman 9 Krasnoznamensk, Moscow Oblast «Белая река» — — — 3 Anna Yurkevich 11 Minsk, Belarus «Survivor» 4 Daniel Golyana 8 Saint-Petersburg «Моя маленькая бейба» — — 5 Eva Temnyuk 13 Podolsk, Moscow Oblast "Me voy" — 6 Vasilisa Suyunova 14 Troitsk, Moscow «Toy» 7 Vyshan Kazachenko 12 Krasnoyarsk «Georgia On My Mind» — — — 8 Amina Gasymova 10 Moscow «Вальс-бостон» — — — 9 Kseniya Kovalenko 9 Novosibirsk «Route 66» — — Episode 6 1 Safina Shafigulina 7 Samara «Опять метель» — — 2 Filipp Litvinov † 13 Moscow «Johnny B. Goode» — — — 3 Eva Poklonskaya 14 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai "It's a Man's World" 4 Kirill Tomilin 9 Moscow «Царевна» — 5 Yalky Saka 13 Antalya, Turkey «I Have Nothing» 6 Stefaniya Rostovtseva 7 Moscow «Pardonne-moi ce caprice d'enfant» — — — 7 Elena Chesnokova 14 Podolsk, Moscow Oblast «Белым снегом» — — — 8 Vladislav Tyukin 12 Saint-Petersburg «Feelings» — — 9 Kira Gogoladze 14 Vladimir «Contigo en la Distancia» — — Episode 7 1 Gabriel Aleksandrov 12 Moscow «Historia de un Amor» — 2 Elizaveta Rogozina 10 Zvenigorod, Moscow Oblast «В городе моём» 3 Elina Nigmatullina 8 Kazan «Пой, гармошка, веселей» — — — 4 Sofiya Medvedeva 11 Moscow «If I Ain't Got You» 5 Timur Ushakov 13 Kaluga «I Wish / «Never Say Never» — — — 6 Valeriya Bochenkova 6 Saint-Petersburg «Roar» — — 7 Alisa Semivolos 10 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai «Паруса» rowspan=3 — — 8 Stanislav Kashevarov 10 Engels, Saratov Oblast «L'Italiano 9 Varvara Butko 12 Moscow «How Deep Is Your Love»
The Battles The Battles start on April 2, 2021. Contestants who won their battle advanced 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 8 Basta 1 Polina Danilchenko «Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)» Valeriya Bochenkova Anna Yurkevich 2 Mariya Politikova «Метелица» Polina Li Ekaterina Tabarina 3 Timofey Zavalinich «Blinding Lights» Ay-Kherel Shuluu Denis Kucher 4 Kira Gogoladze «Ой, у вишневому саду» Gabriel Alexandrov Diana Vakhiba 5 Vasilisa Suyunova «Sinner Man» Arina Milenko Elizaveta Khenkina Episode 9 LOBODA 1 Sofiya Fanta «My Kind of Love» Yalky Saka Vasilisa Grushevskaya 2 Miron Provorov «Почему?» Elizaveta Rogozina Safina Shafigulina 3 Yuliya Gavrilova «Dusk till Dawn» / «Со вечора, с полуночи» Anna Kachurovskaya Milana Kompanichenko 4 Vladislav Tyukin «Озеро надежды» Makar Smyslov Polina Syutkina 5 Kseniya Kovalenko «Dancing Queen» Varvara Butko Andrey Averin Episode 10 Egor Kreed 1 Anna Volkova «Психушка» Taisiya Khabibullina Pyotr Zatolochny 2 Sofiya Medvedeva «Детство» Margarita Bavskaya Stanislav Kashevarov 3 Elizaveta Trofimova «Call Me Maybe» Arseniy Slesaryov Eva Poklonskaya 4 Georgiy Dzeboev «2 типа людей» Daniel Golyana Kirill Tomilin 5 Alisa Trifonova «No Time to Die» / «Golden Eye» / «Writing's On the Wall» Evgeniya Gaydova Eva Temnyk
The Sing-offs The Sing-offs start on April 2. Contestants who was saved by their coaches advanced 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 8 Basta 1 Polina Danilchenko «Bim bam toi» Advanced to the Live Extra round 2 Mariya Politikova «Реченька» Advanced to the Final 3 Timofey Zavalinich «Беспечный ангел» Advanced to the Live Extra round 4 Kira Gogoladze «Contigo en la Distancia» Advanced to the Final 5 Vasilisa Suyunova «Toy» Advanced to the Live Extra round Episode 9 LOBODA 1 Sofiya Fanta «Run to You» Advanced to the Live Extra round 2 Miron Provorov «Батарейка» / «F-R-I-E-N-D-S» Advanced to the Live Extra round 3 Yuliya Gavrilova «Ай вы, цыгане» Advanced to the Final 4 Vladislav Tyukin «Feelings» Advanced to the Final 5 Kseniya Kovalenko «Route 66» Advanced to the Live Extra round Episode 10 Egor Kreed 1 Anna Volkova «My Heart Will Go On» Advanced to the Final 2 Sofiya Medvedeva «If I Ain't Got You» Advanced to the Live Extra round 3 Elizaveta Trofimova «Overjoyed» Advanced to the Final 4 Georgiy Dzeboev «УВЛИУВТ» Advanced to the Live Extra round 5 Alisa Trifonova «Shallow» Advanced to the Live Extra round
Live shows Colour key Artist was saved by the Public's votes Artist was eliminated
Week 1: Live Extra round (April 23) As with season 2, 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.
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result Episode 11 Basta 1 Polina Danilchenko "Песня мушкетёров" 23,7% Eliminated 2 Timofey Zavalinich "Без тебя" 51,2% Advanced 3 Vasilisa Suyunova "Танцы" 25,1% Eliminated LOBODA 4 Kseniya Kovalenko "Jogi" 3,5% Eliminated 5 Miron Provorov "Наше лето" 35,2% Eliminated 6 Sofiya Fanta "Earth Song" 61,3% Advanced Egor Kreed 7 Georgiy Dzeboev "Relax, Take It Easy" / "Не сходи с ума" 16,2% Eliminated 8 Sofiya Medvedeva "Под гипнозом" 13,3% Eliminated 9 Alisa Trifonova "A Million Dreams" 70,5% Advanced
Week 2: Final (April 30) Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result Episode 12 Final Basta 1 Timofey Zavalinich "В самое сердце" 31,3% Eliminated 2 Kira Gogoladze "Amazing" 33,9% Eliminated 3 Mariya Politikova "Последняя поэма" 34,8% Advanced LOBODA 4 Yuliya Gavrilova "Whenever, Wherever" 22,1% Eliminated 5 Vladislav Tyukin "Не отрекаются, любя" 55,7% Advanced 6 Sofiya Fanta "В наших глазах" 22,2% Eliminated Egor Kreed 7 Anna Volkova "Ветер перемен" 10,7% Eliminated 8 Alisa Trifonova "Bring Me to Life" 25,4% Eliminated 9 Elizaveta Trofimova "Я скучаю по тебе" 63,9% Advanced Super Final Basta 1 Mariya Politikova "До свиданья, лето" 14% Third place LOBODA 2 Vladislav Tyukin "Who Wants to Live Forever?" 43,7% Winner Egor Kreed 3 Elizaveta Trofimova "Спят усталые игрушки" 42,3% Runner-up
+Non-competition performances Performer Song The Top 9 artists "The Winner Takes It All"
Best Coach Colour key
Coach Public's vote(per episode) Result #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #11 Basta 56% 58% 59% 57% 60% 57% 57% 47% 56% Best Coach Egor Kreed 21% 26% 25% 29% 27% 27% 25% 40% 27% Second place LOBODA 23% 16% 16% 14% 13% 16% 18% 13% 17% Third place
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