The Voice (Russian TV series) season 7

The seventh season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice, that was called "Reloading", premiered on October 12, 2018, on Channel One.[1] Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. On August 22, 2018, Channel One announced that Basta, Ani Lorak, Sergey Shnurov, and Konstantin Meladze became the coaches.[2]

The Voice
Season 7
Presented byDmitry Nagiev
Coaches
WinnerPetr Zakharov
Winning coachKonstantin Meladze
Runner-upAmirkhan Umaev
Release
Original networkChannel One
Original releaseOctober 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) –
January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)
Season chronology
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Season 6
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Season 8

Petr Zakharov was named winner of the season. With his victory, Konstantin Meladze became the second new coach to win on his first season, behind Grigory Leps. [3]

Coaches and presenter

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On August 22, 2018, Channel One announced the names of the coaches. Basta replaced Dima Bilan and returned for his 2nd season as a coach after a two season-break. Ani Lorak, Sergey Shnurov, and Konstantin Meladze replaced Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky, and Leonid Agutin as new coaches for the show.

Dmitry Nagiyev returned for his 7th season as a presenter.

Teams

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Coaches Top 48 artists
Basta
Shaen Oganesyan Andrey Polyakov Darya Shigina Ksena Ivanova Konstantin Biteev
Karina Arbelyani Alexandra Zakharik Sergey Lamas Anna Pingina Laura Plenkina
Yury Pak Valeria Bugorskaya Sergey Arutyunov
Ani Lorak
Amirkhan Umaev Uku Suviste Sofia Legran Daniel Rustamov Olga Shitova
Thomas Grazioso Tatyana Paradnaya Arina Bagaryakova Taymuraz Khadartsev Arpi Abkaryan
Valery Anokhin Alexandra Kruglova Oleg Shaumarov
Sergey Shnurov
Rushana Valieva Daniel Rustamov Annagazel Gokinaeva Tatyana Shabanova Shaen Oganesyan
Sofia Legran Daria Grossman Jack Gypsy Iliana Sanchez Rita Kron
Taina Souers Marianna Georgiadu Sergey Mushta
Konstantin Meladze
Petr Zakharov Sofia Tarasova Tatyana Shabanova Yuliana Belyaeva Valerio Sgargi
Marzhana Makisheva Levan Kbilashvili Lusia Znamenskaya Ekaterina Korotkova Svetlana Zhavoronkova
Narek Gevorgyan Grigoriy Zalezhnev Ruslan Umkhanov
Note: Italicized names are stolen contestans (names struck through within former names).

Blind auditions

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A new feature this season is The Best coach of the season (also in each episode).

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 coaches performed "Live is Life" at the start of the show.

Episode Order Artist Age Origin Song Coach's and artist's choices
Basta Lorak Shnurov Meladze
Episode 1 [a]

(October 12)

1 Darya Shigina 21 Kineshma, Ivanovo oblast "Heaven"
2 Taymuraz Khadartsev 32 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia "Три года ты мне снилась"
3 Agnessa Koroleva 27 Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk oblast "Roar"
4 Sergey Mushta 31 Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod oblast "Как жаль"
5 Annagazel Gokinaeva 26 Minsk, Belarus "Feel It Still"
6 Sergey Druzhkov 30 Kovrov, Vladimir oblast "I Wish"
7 Alexandra Stepanova 26 Minsk, Belarus "Ты дарила мне розы"
8 Sofia Tarasova 17 St. Petersburg "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
9 Karina Arbelyani 30 Snizhne, Ukraine "Нет, мой милый"
10 Sergey Lamas 33 Nizhny Novgorod / Krasnodar "Thinking Out Loud"
11 Oskar Takhaviev 39 Kazan, Tatarstan "Mas que nada"
12 Svetlana Zhavoronkova 29 Moscow "Усталое такси"
Episode 2 [b]

(October 19)

1 Jack Gypsy 29 Artemisa, Cuba "Smoke on the Water"
2 Alexandra Zakharik 29 Minsk, Belarus "Ты глядел на меня"
3 Amirkhan Umaev 27 Grozny, Chechnya "Miserere"
4 Laura Plenkina 28 Moscow "Hit 'em Up Style"
5 Ekaterina Korotkova 17 Voronezh, Voronezh oblast "Hava Nagila"
6 Eldar Babaev 33 Samarkand, Uzbekistan "Сука-любовь"
7 Taina Souers 31 Moscow "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
8 Anna Vorfolomeeva 30 Volgograd, Volgograd oblast "Ветер знает"
9 Vladislav Korolev 24 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk oblast "I'm Not the Only One"
10 Lusia Znamenskaya 31 Chișinău, Moldova "Любовь – волшебная страна"
11 Arina Bagaryakova 17 Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast "Yesterday"
Episode 3 [c]

(October 26)

1 Evgenia Otradnaya 32 Korolev, Moscow oblast "Звенит январская вьюга"
2 Shaen Oganesyan 27 St. Petersburg "I've Got a Woman"
3 "Vasily Pupkin" 28 Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk oblast "Got My Mind Set on You"
4 Anastasia Martynova 23 St. Petersburg "Ты не стал судьбой"
5 Anna Pingina 40 Moscow / Tokyo, Japan "Говорила мне бабка лютая"
6 Valerio Sgargi 38 Milan, Italy "I've Got You Under My Skin"
7 Natalia Larionova 22 Tomsk, Tomsk oblast "Обними меня"
8 Rushana Valieva 19 Tolbazy, Bashkortostan "Пообiцяй менi"
9 Olga Shitova 27 Pyt-Yakh, Yugra "I Wanna Dance"
10 Valery Anokhin 55 Moscow "Синева, пустота, тишина"
11 Konstantin Biteev 25 St. Petersburg "When We Were Young"
12 Alexandra Kruglova 23 Moscow "If I Were a Boy"
Episode 4 [d]

(November 2)

1 Yuliana Belyaeva 29 Minsk, Belarus "They Won't Go When I Go"
2 Oleg Shaumarov 34 Moscow / Tashkent, Uzbekistan "Вдвоём"
3 Rita Kron 27 Moscow "It's Raining Men"
4 Maksim Lidov 32 Egoryevsk, Moscow oblast "Le temps des cathédrales"
5 Valeria Bugorskaya 19 Barnaul, Altai krai "Каждый раз"
6 Tatyana Paradnaya 42 Moscow / Berlin, Germany "Private Dancer"
7 Sergey Arkhipov 26 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk oblast "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
8 Tatyana Shabanova 23 Engels, Saratov oblast "Индиго"
9 Natalya Pugacheva 23 Voronezh, Voronezh oblast "В кейптаунском порту"
10 Uku Suviste 36 Tallinn, Estonia "Perfect"
11 Nika Gavrilova 27 St. Petersburg "Место для шага вперёд"
12 Arpi Abkaryan 25 Sochi, Krasnodar krai "Dangerous Woman"
Episode 5 [e]

(November 9)

1 Petr Zakharov 38 St. Petersburg "Смуглянка"
2 Iliana Sanchez 25 Holguín, Cuba "Yo Vivire"
3 Sergey Arutyunov 32 Moscow "Send Me an Angel"
4 Veronika Danilova 48 Elektrostal, Moscow oblast "Дельфины"
5 Marzhana Makisheva 30 Moscow / Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan "Love on the Brain"
6 Viktor Ivanov 30 Bataysk, Rostov oblast "Выхода нет"
7 Ksena Ivanova 33 Moscow "Отпусти меня"
8 Daniel Rustamov 23 Dushanbe, Tajikistan "Versace on the Floor"
9 Levan Kbilashvili 27 Tbilisi, Georgia "Patara gogo" / "Turfa"
10 Anastasia Zakharova 31 St. Petersburg "Городок"
11 Sona Dunoyan 21 Masis, Armenia "Ciao Adios"
12 Andrey Polyakov 32 Vologda, Vologda oblast "Dazed and Confused"
Episode 6 [f]

(November 16)

1 Anastasia Prokosheva 25 Glazov, Udmurtia "Hora din Moldova"
2 Narek Gevorgyan 28 Krasnodar, Krasnodar krai "Я не могу без тебя"
3 Sofia Legran 21 Sochi, Krasnodar krai "Love Me Again"
4 Valentin Khmelev 26 Surgut, Yugra "Что так сердце растревожено"
5 Thomas Grazioso 33 Rome, Italy "Every Breath You Take"
6 Daria Grossman 17 Petrozavodsk, Karelia "Stronger Than Me" Team full
7 Svetlana Afanasyeva 20 Tula, Tula oblast "Драмы больше нет"
8 Yury Pak 19 Moscow "Gangnam Style"
9 Radmira Yakubova 22 Moscow "Rehab" Team full
10 Ruslan Umkhanov 23 Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya "Here Without You"
11 Marianna Georgiadu 26 Thessaloniki, Greece "Шопен"
12 Grigoriy Zalezhnev 26 St. Petersburg "Rebel Yell" Team full

The Battles

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The Battle Rounds started on November 23. For the second time in the series' history the coaches can't steal two losing artists from other coaches. Contestants who win their battle will 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
(November 23) [g]
Konstantin Meladze 1 Valerio Sgargi "Torna a Surriento" Ruslan Umkhanov
Basta 2 Darya Shigina "We Will Rock You" / "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Sergey Arutyunov
Sergey Shnurov 3 Rushana Valieva "Наше лето" Sergey Mushta
Ani Lorak 4 Daniel Rustamov "Believer" Oleg Shaumarov
Basta 5 Alexandra Zakharik "Плохо танцевать" Valeria Bugorskaya
Konstantin Meladze 6 Yuliana Belyaeva "Beat It" Grigoriy Zalezhnev
Sergey Shnurov 7 Annagozel Gokinaeva "Старый отель" Taina Sauers
Ani Lorak 8 Uku Suviste "Love Runs Out" Alexandra Kruglova
Sergey Shnurov 9 Shaen Oganesyan "Не плачь" Marianna Georgiadu
Konstantin Meladze 10 Levan Kbilashvili "Махинджи вар" Narek Gevorgyan
Ani Lorak 11 Tatyana Paradnaya "Мой первый день без тебя" Valeriy Anokhin
Basta 12 Andrey Polyakov "Это всё..." Yury Pak
Episode 8
(November 30) [h]
Sergey Shnurov 1 Daria Grossman "Стюардесса по имени Жанна" Rita Kron
Basta 2 Konstantin Biteev ""Perfect Duet" version" Laura Plenkina
Konstantin Meladze 3 Marzhana Makisheva "Purple Rain" Svetlana Zhavoronkova
Ani Lorak 4 Amirkhan Umaev "Беги по небу" Arpi Abkaryan
Sergey Shnurov 5 Tatyana Shabanova "Bang Bang" Iliana Sanchez
Ani Lorak 6 Olga Shitova "Жить в твоей голове" Taymuraz Khadartsev
Basta 7 Karina Arbelyani "Otherwise" Anna Pingina
Konstantin Meladze 8 Sofia Tarasova "Обiйми" Ekaterina Korotkova
Sergey Shnurov 9 Sofia Legran "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Jack Gypsy
Basta 10 Ksena Ivanova "Лето без тебя" Sergey Lamas
Ani Lorak 11 Thomas Grazioso "Set Fire to the Rain" Arina Bagaryakova
Konstantin Meladze 12 Petr Zakharov "Давай присядем и поговорим" Lusia Znamenskaya

The Knockouts

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The Knockout Rounds started on December 7. Each coach pairs three artists into one knockout with only one contestant from the trio advances to the next round. But the coaches for the first time in the show's history on this stage can steal one losing artist from another coach. The top 12 contestants will then move 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 Lorak Shnurov Meladze
Episode 9
(December 7) [i]
Konstantin Meladze 1 "Love Story" Petr Zakharov Marzhana Makisheva "До свидания, мама!"
Levan Kbilashvili "Очарована, околдована"
Sergey Shnurov 2 "Мало половин" Rushana Valieva Shaen Oganesyan "Полёт на дельтаплане"
Sofia Legran "Shallow" Team full
Ani Lorak 3 "I'm Not the Only One" Uku Suviste Tatyana Paradnaya "Whatever Lola Wants" Team full
Daniel Rustamov "Лейла"
Basta 4 "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Andrey Polyakov Alexandra Zakharik "Down on My Knees" Team full
Karina Arbelyani "Что я тебе сделала"
Episode 10
(December 14) [j]
Basta 1 "Снег" Darya Shigina Konstantin Biteev "Моё сердце" Team full Team full Team full
Ksena Ivanova "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
Sergey Shnurov 2 "Розовый фламинго" Annagozel Gokinaeva Daria Grossman "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"
Tatyana Shabanova "Новый герой"
Ani Lorak 3 "Я вернусь" Amirkhan Umaev Olga Shitova "Плакала" Team full
Tomas Grazioso "Ja tebia liubliu"
Konstantin Meladze 4 "Ты отпусти" Sofia Tarasova Yuliana Belyaeva "Lullaby of Birdland"
Valerio Sgargi "Shake a Tail Feather"

Live shows

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Colour key:

       Artist was saved
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Top 12 — Quarterfinal (December 21)

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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
(December 21) [k]
Basta 1 Shaen Oganesyan "Livin' la Vida Loca" 20% 53.5% 73.5% Advanced
2 Darya Shigina "Медуза" 30% 24.5% 54.5% Eliminated
3 Andrey Polyakov "Олимпиада-80" 50% 22% 72% Advanced
Ani Lorak 4 Sofia Legrand "Я пою" 20% 16.2% 36.2% Eliminated
5 Uku Suviste "Кеды" 50% 10.9% 60.9% Advanced
6 Amirkhan Umaev "Nessun dorma" 30% 72.9% 102.9% Advanced
Konstantin Meladze 7 Tatyana Shabanova "Малыш" 20% 7.3% 27.3% Eliminated
8 Sofia Tarasova "Американская жена" 30% 23.7% 53.7% Advanced
9 Petr Zakharov "Две гитары" 50% 69% 119% Advanced
Sergey Shnurov 10 Daniel Rustamov "Natural" 20% 37% 57% Advanced
11 Rushana Valieva "Прыгну со скалы" 50% 43.7% 93.7% Advanced
12 Annagazel Gokinaeva "I Shot the Sheriff" 30% 19.3% 49.3% Eliminated

Week 2: Top 8 — Semifinal (December 28)

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The top eight artists performed on December 28, 2018, with one artist from each team advancing to the Final 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 12
(December 28) [l]
Sergey Shnurov 1 Daniel Rustamov "Treasure" 40% 30.1% 70.1% Eliminated
2 Rushana Valieva "Ариведерчи" 60% 69.9% 129.9% Advanced
Ani Lorak 3 Amirkhan Umaev "Con te partirò" 60% 81.3% 141.3% Advanced
4 Uku Suviste "You Raise Me Up" 40% 18.7% 58.7% Eliminated
Basta 5 Andrey Polyakov "Евпатория" 40% 29.4% 69.4% Eliminated
6 Shaen Oganesyan "Вахтёрам" 60% 70.6% 130.6% Advanced
Konstantin Meladze 7 Sofia Tarasova "We Are the World" 40% 34.4% 74.4% Eliminated
8 Petr Zakharov "The World We Knew" 60% 65.6% 125.6% Advanced
Trios
Order Performer Song
12.1 Philipp Kirkorov, Daniel Rustamov, and Rushana Valieva "Цвет настроения синий"
12.2 A-Studio, Amirkhan Umaev, and Uku Suviste "Песенка про меня"
12.3 Aya, Andrey Polyakov, and Shaen Oganesyan "Останусь"
12.4 Valery Meladze, Sofia Tarasova, and Petr Zakharov "Красиво"

Week 3: Final (January 1)

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The Top 4 artists performed on January 1, 2019. This week, the four finalists performed two solo cover songs and a duet with their coach.

Coach Artist Order Duet Song (with Coach) Order Solo Song (no.1) Order Solo Song (no.2) Result
Basta Shaen Oganesyan 1 "Stay" 5 "Чистые пруды" Eliminated Fourth Place
Ani Lorak Amirkhan Umaev 2 "Верни мою любовь" 6 "Il Mondo" 9 "Мама" 45.9% Runner-up
Sergey Shnurov Rushana Valieva 3 "Мой голос" 7 "Город золотой" 10 "Toxic" Third Place
Konstantin Meladze Petr Zakharov 4 "Опять метель" 8 "Русское поле" 11 "Останься" 54.1% Winner
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
13.1 Shaen Oganesyan, Amirkhan Umaev, Rushana Valieva, and Petr Zakharov "Новый Год мы встретим с тобой"
13.2 Shaen Oganesyan "Let It Snow"
13.3 Petr Zakharov (winner) "Смуглянка"
13.4 Top 48 artists "Здесь проигравших нет"

Best Coach

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Coach Public's vote
(per episode)
Result
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 Av.
Sergey Shnurov 30% 28% 27% 26% 25% 24% 38% 37% 40% 43% 46% 48% 34% Best Coach
Konstantin Meladze 29% 25% 32% 35% 40% 42% 30% 29% 29% 27% 25% 23% 30% Second place
Basta 28% 35% 30% 27% 27% 24% 23% 24% 21% 19% 17% 17% 24% Third place
Ani Lorak 13% 12% 11% 12% 8% 10% 9% 10% 10% 11% 12% 12% 12% Fourth place

Reception

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Rating

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Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (UTC+3) Audience Source
Rating Share
1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere" October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) 701 Friday 9:30 p.m. 5.2 18.6 [4]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19) 702 4.7 16.8 [5]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) 703 4.9 17.6 [6]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) 704 5.2 18.3 [7]
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09) 705 5.9 20.4 [8]
6 "The Blinds End" November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) 706 5.5 18.4 [9]
7 "The Battles Premiere" November 23, 2018 (2018-11-23) 707 4.7 17.2 [10]
8 "The Battles, Part 2" November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30) 708 4.5 15.8 [11]
9 "The Knockouts Premiere" December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07) 709 4.7 16.4 [12]
10 "The Knockouts, Part 2" December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14) 710 4.5 14.7 [13]
11 "Live Top 12 Quarterfinal" December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21) 711 4.3 14.1 [14]
12 "Live Top 8 Semifinal" December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28) 712 3.9 13.4 [15]
13 "Live Season Final" January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01) 713 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 5.3 16.1 [16]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 1.
  2. ^ Basta is The best coach of episode 2.
  3. ^ Konstantin Meladze is The best coach of episode 3.
  4. ^ Konstantin Meladze is The best coach of episode 4.
  5. ^ Konstantin Meladze is The best coach of episode 5.
  6. ^ Konstantin Meladze is The best coach of episode 6.
  7. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 7.
  8. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 8.
  9. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 9.
  10. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 10.
  11. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 11.
  12. ^ Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 12.

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice season 7 on Channel One - Around the TV". Вокруг ТВ.
  2. ^ "Basta, Ani Lorak, Sergey Shnurov, and Konstantin Meladze became the coaches of The Voice". Вокруг ТВ. August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Voice, season 8: Polina Gagarina returned as the coach after a break, Valery Syutkin replaced Basta". Комсомольская правда. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Blind Auditions Premiere". Channel One. October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Blind Auditions. Episode 2". Channel One. October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Blind Auditions. Episode 3". Channel One. October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Blind Auditions. Episode 4". Channel One. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Blind Auditions. Episode 5". Channel One. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Blind Auditions. Episode 6". Channel One. November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  10. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Battles Premiere". Channel One. November 23, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Battles. Episode 2". Channel One. November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  12. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Knockouts Premiere". Channel One. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Voice, season 7. The Knockouts. Episode 2". Channel One. December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  14. ^ "The Voice, season 7. Live Top 12 Quarterfinal". Channel One. December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  15. ^ "The Voice, season 7. Live Top 8 Semifinal". Channel One. December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  16. ^ "The Voice, season 7. Live Season Final". Channel One. January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.