The fifth season of the Russian

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'' premiered on September 2, 2016 on Channel One with

Polina Gagarina Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina ( rus, Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина, p=pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə; born 27 March 1987) is a Russian singer and songwriter. She Russia in the Eurovision Song Contes ...

and

Grigory Leps Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze (russian: link=no, Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе, ka, გრიგორი ვიქტორის ძე ლეფსვერიძე), known as Grigory Leps (born 16 July ...

returned as coaches alongside

Dima Bilan Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...

and

Leonid Agutin Leonid Nikolayevich Agutin (russian: link=no, Леонид Николаевич Агутин; born July 16, 1968) is a Russian pop musician and songwriter, Meritorious Artist of Russia (2008). He has been active since the 1990s. He has released te ...

, who returned after a one-season break. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. On December 30, 2016, Darya Antonyuk was crowned the winner of ''The Voice'' and Leonid Agutin became the winning coach for the first time ever. With Darya's win, the twenty-year-old became the youngest winner in the show's history.

Coaches and presenter

There are two changes to the coaching panel from season four.

and

returned from their hiatus and rejoined

and

Dmitry Nagiyev Dmitry Vladimirovich Nagiyev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Нагиев, born April 4, 1967) is a Russian actor, TV-host, musician, showman and radio host. In 1991, graduated from the Leningrad State Institute Of Theater, Musi ...

returns for his 5th season as a presenter.

Teams

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Blind auditions

A new feature this season are special episodes of the Blinds. Its include all the performances from the previous episode, and also its include the best performances of those Artists who didn't pass Blind auditions and whose performances were not shown in the previous episode. ;Colour key

Episode 1 (Sep. 2)

The winners of previous seasons performed "Мелодия" and the coaches performed "

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" at the start of the show.

Episode 2 (Sep. 9)

Episode 2.1 (Sep. 10)

Episode 3 (Sep. 16)

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, a famous journalist, made a special performance with the song "In the Death Car". No coach turned for him.

Episode 3.1 (Sep. 17)

Episode 4 (Sep. 23)

Episode 4.1 (Sep. 24)

Episode 5 (Sep. 30)

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Maxim Galkin Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin (russian: Максим Алeксандpoвич Галкин; born 18 June 1976) is a Russian comedian, television presenter and singer. Galkin left Russia in March 2022 following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, R ...

, a famous comedian and presenter, made a special performance with "

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"'s aria "Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn?". Dima and

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turned for him.

Episode 5.1 (Oct. 1)

Episode 6 (Oct. 14)

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' daughter, made a special performance with the song "

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". No coach turned for her.

Episode 6.1 (Oct. 8)

Episode 7 (Oct. 14)

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, a famous singer, made a special performance with the song " Il Mondo". Dima and

turned for him.

Episode 7.1 (Oct. 15)

The Battles

The Battles round started with episode 8 and ended with episode 11 (broadcast on 21, 28 October 2016, on 4, 11 November 2016). The coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds. ;Colour key

The Knockouts

The Knockouts round started with episode 12 and ended with episode 14 (broadcast on 18, 25 November 2016; on 2 December 2016). The top 24 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows." ;Colour key

Live shows

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Week 1, 2: Quarterfinals (9 and 16 December)

The Top 24 performed on Fridays, 9 and 16 December 2016. The two artists with the fewest votes from each team left the competition by the end of each episode.

Week 3: Semifinal (23 December)

The Top 8 performed on Friday, 23 December 2016. One artist with the fewest votes from each team left the competition.

Week 4: Final (30 December)

The Top 4 performed on Friday, 30 December 2016. This week, the four finalists performed two solo cover songs and a duet with their coach.

Reception

Rating

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voice (Russian season 5), The The Voice (Russian TV series) 2016 Russian television seasons