Catch Me If You Can () is a Russian television mystery music game show, featuring its format where a team of guest artists attempt to identify good and bad singers through batches of mystery singers. It first aired on Rossiya-1 on 24 May 2024.

Instead of following the original South Korean rules, the series implemented its own "invasion format", a variation of the "battle format" that resembles from Giọng ải giọng ai. Being a "replacement" to the original counterpart Ya vizhu tvoy golos during wartime with Ukraine, the series designated as a unofficial adaptation that also technically included to the I Can See Your Voice franchise.

Gameplay The game is played in two phases, featuring two opposing teams — a team of four guest artists (known as "stars") and a team of mystery singers performing in batches (known as "invaders").

Rounds Lip sync phase Each mystery singer performs a lip sync to a song; good singers mime to a recording of their own, while bad singers mime to a backing track by another vocalist. After the "stage of truth" performances, they are now allowed to talk freely.

If the guest artists guessed the mystery singer right, they get points depending on batch, otherwise the mystery singers did the same points have if they guessed wrong.

Dark horse A "surprise" mystery singer dubbed the "dark horse" () is appeared on the "stage of truth"; the highest-scoring team or both of two (if the game ends in a tie) would have do the same mechanic as the lip sync solo phase. The winning team is determined on two different conclusions: If either guest artists or mystery singers guessed the "dark horse" right, they win ; if either guessed them wrong, their money is given to the opposing team instead. As for the mystery singers, that same money is distributed into 18 players, with ≈ each. If both teams guessed the "dark horse" right, that same money is split and would receive each, with ≈ per player on the mystery singers' side.

Production As part of CJ ENM's multi-country licensing deals for I Can See Your Voice dated back November 2020, VGTRK formally acquired the rights to produce their own local adaptation as Ya vizhu tvoy golos (), which debuted on 14 May 2021. In January 2024, a post by Andy Goldred as part of upcoming programmes for the 2024–25 television season initially announced that VGTRK would revive the original counterpart after a three-year hiatus by renewing into second season, but instead they opted to produce a "breakaway" game show of their own without the involvement of CJ ENM and/or Fremantle.

Broadcast history Catch Me If You Can debuted on 24 May 2024.

A post from Vse Kastingi in September 2024 announced the auditions for a then-upcoming second season, which was subsequently confirmed by VGTRK and began airing on 16 May 2025. In the closing remarks of its finale, host Markony also did the similar approach for an upcoming third season that commenced on 25 August 2025, and then premiered on 15 May 2026.

Series overview

In a span of 20 games, five of them had won from the "stars", 14 from the "invaders", and one game ended in a draw.

Episodes Season 1 (2024)

Season 2 (2025)

Season 3 (2026)

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