The Voice Kids (Russian TV series) season 6

The sixth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 15, 2019 on Channel One. Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. Aglaya Shilovskaya replaced Agata Muceniece as a co-presenter. Pelageya and Valery Meladze returned as coach, Svetlana Loboda (LOBODA) replaced Basta.[1]

The Voice Kids
Season 6
Presented by
Coaches
WinnerThe Top 9 artists
Release
Original networkChannel One
Original releaseFebruary 15 (2019-02-15) –
May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24)
Season chronology
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The end result of the final on April 26 was so decisive, that fans started questioning the results.[2] Channel One TV tasked the cyber-security firm Group-IB to look for manipulations in the votes. A preliminary result confirmed vote manipulation. Channel One TV annulled the results of the final on May 16 and announced a new final show for May 24.

For the first time, the audience chose the Best Coach of the season. Pelageya won with a result of 56%.

Coaches and presenters

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Pelageya and Valery Meladze are joined by LOBODA, who replaced Basta, thus making it the first season to have two female coaches. Dmitry Nagiev is joined by Aglaya Shilovskaya, who replaced Agata Muceniece.

Teams

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Colour key
  •   Winner
  •   Eliminated in the Live Extra round
  •   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coaches Top 45 artists
Pelageya
Valeriy Kuzakov Renata Tairova Mariam Abdelkader Anastasiya Roginskaya Alika Karpenko
Dmitriy Yadykin Artyom Kukin Anna Glotova Sofiya Tikhomirova Darya Filimonova
Evgeniya Divenko Anna Avazneli Alexandra Kharazyan Artyom Braylov Dobrynya Kirienko
Valery Meladze
Erzhan Maxim Mikhail Grigoryan Anastasiya Sisauri Mitya Pukhovskiy Mariia Fedulova
Islam Balkoev Zhan Makim Elizaveta Shamieva Yana Khvan Viktoriya Nikolaeva
Ivan Starikov Andrey Kalashov Elizaveta Khupeniya Lev Mullo Yana Ten
LOBODA
Mikella Abramova Nino Chesner Robert Bagratyan Ekaterina Gavrilyuk Anastasiya Ivanova
Mariya Tyuryutikova Elen Badalyan Ivan Sokhnev Arina Pekhtereva Arina & Sofya Beryoziny
Mariam Dzhalagoniya Sofya Filippova Sergey Filin Egor Chichin Yuliya Karlina
Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (who were eliminated in the Sing-offs, but were stolen in the Live Extra round and advanced to the Final).

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 his/her "I WANT YOU" button
     Artist defaulted to this coach's team
     Artist elected to join this coach's team
     Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button

The coaches performed "Venus" at the start of the show.

Episode Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Pelageya Meladze LOBODA
Episode 1 [a]

(February 15)

1 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk 9 Vladivostok "До свиданья, мама!"
2 Elizaveta Shamieva 14 Sochi, Krasnodar Krai "Careless Whisper"
3 Lev Mullo 7 Saint Petersburg "Первым делом — самолёты"
4 Kristian Azarov 13 Moscow "Осколки лета"
5 Nino Chesner 8 Moscow "Hymne à l'amour"
6 Ivan Kirichenko 9 Sochi, Krasnodar Krai "Герои спорта"
7 Evgeniya Divenko 10 Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast "Contigo en la Distancia"
8 Veronika Litovchenko 10 Moscow "Aïcha"
9 Ivan Starikov 12 Chernushka, Perm Krai "Океанами стали"
10 Artyom Kukin 13 Krasnoyarsk "New York State of Mind"
11 Arina Pekhtereva 10 Mogilev, Belarus   "It Don't Mean a Thing"
Episode 2 [b]

(February 22)

1 Mitya Pukhovskiy 7 Mogilev, Belarus   "Вдоль по Питерской"
2 Ekaterina Budey 14 Edineț, Moldova   "Lost on You"
3 Anastasiya Bolshakova 4 Moscow "Волшебник-недоучка"
4 Islam Balkoev 13 Tyumen "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
5 Anastasiya Roginskaya 6 Aprelevka, Moscow Oblast "Старый рояль"
6 Khasan Rakhimov 14 Riga, Latvia   "Mamma"
7 Mariya Tyuryutikova 12 Ryazan "Плакала"
8 Sergey Filin 10 Moscow "Great Balls of Fire"
9 Renata Tairova 12 Astrakhan "Canção do mar"
10 Egor Meshcheryakov 13 Voronezh "Орлы или вороны"
11 Elen Badalyan 11 Moscow "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
Episode 3 [c]

(March 1)

1 Anna Glotova 12 Ekaterinburg "Let It Be"
2 Ivan Sokhnev 8 Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast "Солдат"
3 Yana Ten 10 Novosibirsk "Symphony"
4 Timur Aliev 7 Almetyevsk, Tatarstan "Му-му"
5 Arina & Sofya Beryoziny 12 Krasnoyarsk "Tell Him"
6 Viktoriya Nikolaeva 9 Ob, Novosibirsk oblast "Перемирие"
7 Erzhan Maxim 11 Oral, Kazakhstan   "Ama credi e vai"
8 Ekaterina Kruzhkova 7 Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Oblast "Нас учили быть птицами"
9 Egor Chichin 12 Moscow "Белый снег"
10 Anna Zhebrovskaya 11 Lesnoy, Moscow Oblast "Звезда"
11 Mariya Fedulova 11 Moscow "Don't Stop Me Now"
Episode 4 [d]

(March 7)

1 Vasilisa Savkina 9 Moscow "Маэстро"
2 Andrey Kalashov 9 Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast "Thinking Out Loud"
3 Valeria Nesenyuk 5 Kursk "Пони"
4 Alexandra Kharazyan 10 Moscow "Padam, padam..."
5 Roman Khikhinashvili 11 Moscow "Writing's on the Wall"
6 Darya Filimonova 8 Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast "Мама"
7 Ruslan Zakirov 9 Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan "Влюблённый солдат"
8 Anastasiya Ivanova 9 Saint Petersburg "Stone Cold"
9 Dobrynya Kirienko 7 Barnaul "Будет светло"
10 Anna Avazneli 14 Moscow "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás"
11 Alika Karpenko 8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky "Я падаю в небо"
Episode 5 [e]

(March 15)

1 Robert Bagratyan 13 Rostov-on-Don "The Show Must Go On"
2 Sofiya Tikhomirova 7 Volgograd "А мне бы петь и танцевать"
3 Klimentiy Krivonosenko 8 Moscow "Ночной хулиган"
4 Sofya Filippova 10 Moscow "This Is a Man's World"
5 Mariam Abdelkader 11 Minsk, Belarus   "Реченька"
6 Dmitriy Yadykin 10 Podolsk, Moscow Oblast "Беловежская пуща"
7 Mikella Abramova 10 Moscow "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
8 Roman Molotkov 12 Sychyovo, Moscow oblast "Песенка про сапожника"
9 Anna Chernotalova 14 Samara "All I Ask"
10 Zhan Makim 9 Almaty, Kazakhstan   "Sir Duke"
11 Elizaveta Khupeniya 13 Kaluga "Once in the Street"
Episode 6 [f]

(March 22)

1 Agata Barabash 9 Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai "Ленинградский рок-н-ролл"
2 Mariam Dzhalagoniya 12 Moscow "Je t'aime"
3 Artyom Braylov 8 Saint Petersburg "Симона"
4 Emily Istrate 15 Chișinău, Moldova   "Солнышко"
5 Mikhail Grigoryan 10 Stepanakert, / Azerbaijan   "Versace on the Floor"
6 Sofya Polozova 11 Novogorsk, Moscow Oblast "Faith"
7 Valeriy Kuzakov 10 Yakutsk "Santa Lucia"
8 Anastasiya Sisauri 14 Ivanovo "All About That Bass" Team full
9 Alexander Dimitrievich 9 Sochi, Krasnodar Krai "Мечтай"
10 Yana Khvan 7 Moscow "Voyage, voyage"
11 Yulia Karlina 11 Yoshkar-Ola "What's Up? Team full

The Battles

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The Battles start on March 29, 2019. Contestants who win their battle will advance 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 7
(March 29)[g]
Pelageya 1 Alika Karpenko "Беспризорник" Darya Filimonova Dobrynya Kirienko
2 Renata Tairova "Stayin' Alive" Artyom Kukin Anna Avazneli
3 Mariam Abdelkader "Lovin' You" Anna Glotova Alexandra Kharazyan
4 Anastasiya Roginskaya "Золотая рыбка" Sofiya Tikhomirova Artyom Braylov
5 Valeriy Kuzakov "Nessun dorma" Dmitriy Yadykin Evgeniya Divenko
Episode 8
(April 5)[h]
Valery Meladze 1 Mariya Fedulova "Между нами любовь" Viktoriya Nikolaeva Yana Ten
2 Erzhan Maksim "Синяя вечность" Islam Balkoev Ivan Starikov
3 Anastasiya Sisauri "Havana" Elizaveta Shamieva Elizaveta Khupeniya
4 Mitya Pukhovskiy "Мы к вам заехали на час" Yana Khvan Lev Mullo
5 Mikhail Grigoryan "Believer" Andrey Kalashov Zhan Makim
Episode 9
(April 12)[i]
LOBODA 1 Anastasiya Ivanova "Навсегда" Arina & Sofya Beryoziny Yuliya Karlina
2 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk "Кружит" Arina Pekhtereva Egor Chichin
3 Mikella Abramova "Take Me to Church" Mariya Tyuryutikova Mariam Dzhalagoniya
4 Nino Chesner "Женщина, которая поёт" / "Bohemian Rhapsody" Elen Badalyan Sofya Filippova
5 Robert Bagratyan "UpTown Funk" Ivan Sokhnev Sergey Filin

The Sing-offs

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The Sing-offs start on March 29. Contestants who was saved by their coaches will advance 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 7
(March 29)
Pelageya 1 Alika Karpenko "Я падаю в небо" Advanced to the Live Extra round
2 Renata Tairova "Canção do mar" Advanced to the Live Extra round
3 Mariam Abdelkader "Реченька" Advanced to the Final
4 Anastasiya Roginskaya "Старый рояль" Advanced to the Live Extra round
5 Valeriy Kuzakov "Santa Lucia" Advanced to the Final
Episode 8
(April 5)
Valery Meladze 1 Mariya Fedulova "Don't Stop Me Now" Advanced to the Live Extra round
2 Erzhan Maxim "Ama Credi E Vai" Advanced to the Final
3 Anastasiya Sisauri "All About That Bass" Advanced to the Live Extra round
4 Mitya Pukhovskiy "Вдоль по Питерской" Advanced to the Live Extra round
5 Mikhail Grigoryan "Versace on the Floor" Advanced to the Final
Episode 9
(April 12)
LOBODA 1 Anastasiya Ivanova "Stone Cold" Advanced to the Live Extra round
2 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk "До свиданья, мама!" Advanced to the Live Extra round
3 Mikella Abramova "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Advanced to the Live Extra round
4 Nino Chesner "Hymne à l'amour" Advanced to the Final
5 Robert Bagratyan "The Show Must Go On" Advanced to the Final

Live shows

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Colour key
       Artist was saved by the Public's votes
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Live Extra round (April 19)

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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 10
(April 19)
Pelageya 1 Anastasiya Roginskaya "Испанское болеро" 29.6% Eliminated
2 Renata Tairova "Feeling Good" 47% Advanced
3 Alika Karpenko "Про эстраду" 23.4% Eliminated
Valery Meladze 4 Mariya Fedulova "Иногда" 10.7% Eliminated
5 Mitya Pukhovskiy "L'Italiano" 41.2% Eliminated
6 Anastasiya Sisauri "Autumn Leaves" 48.1% Advanced
LOBODA 7 Ekaterina Gavrilyuk "Жёлтые ботинки" / "Старый отель" 18.6% Eliminated
8 Anastasiya Ivanova "Rise Like a Phoenix" 37.6% Eliminated
9 Mikella Abramova "Герой не моего романа" 43.8% Advanced

Week 2: Final (April 26)

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Episode Coach Order Artist Song Public's vote Result
Episode 11
(April 26)
Final
Pelageya 1 Mariam Abdelkader "History Repeating" 14.1% Eliminated
2 Valeriy Kuzakov "Майская ночь" 49.7% Advanced
3 Renata Tairova "Hero" 36.2% Eliminated
Valery Meladze 4 Anastasiya Sisauri "Старинные часы" 19.8% Eliminated
5 Mikhail Grigoryan "Вдвоём" 39.6% Eliminated
6 Erzhan Maxim "All by Myself" 40.6% Advanced
LOBODA 7 Mikella Abramova "Love the Way You Lie" 61.8% Advanced
8 Nino Chesner "Вечная любовь" / "Padam, padam" 20.2% Eliminated
9 Robert Bagratyan "Still Loving You" / "The Final Countdown" 18% Eliminated
Super Final
Pelageya 1 Valeriy Kuzakov "Как молоды мы были" 15.6% Third place
Valery Meladze 2 Erzhan Maxim "Adagio" 27.9% Runner-up
LOBODA 3 Mikella Abramova "Ты здесь" 56.5% Winner
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
11.1 All finalists of season 6 "A Million Voices"
11.2 Pelageya and her team
(Valeriy Kuzakov, Renata Tairova, and Mariam Abdelkader)
"Любо, братцы, любо"
11.3 Valery Meladze and his team
(Erzhan Maxim, Mikhail Grigoryan, and Anastasiya Sisauri)
"Сэра"
11.4 LOBODA and her team
(Nino Chesner, Mikella Abramova, and Robert Bagratyan)
"SuperSTAR"
11.5 Mikella Abramova (winner) "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
11.6 All artists on season 6 "The Winner Takes It All"

Second Final Round results were voted on in real time. Top 3 artists sang live and Mikella Abramova won the competition. However, the results have been cancelled due to external manipulation of votes. There was no winner to this season because of the manipulation. BBC reports: "Clearly this is just a TV show. But to some it reflects a wider, unpleasant reality: using money and status to sway a vote. People have shrugged that off for years in politics. But the idea that dirty practices tainted a children's talent contest has angered them.”[3]

While many fans stated that Mikella was a decent performer, the scale of her victory was distinctly fishy, especially with some believing her vocals to be shaky. Notably, her pop-star mum, Alsou, had called openly for support: she has more than two million Instagram followers. Additionally, reports of factory workers being paid to vote added to the sense of scandal.[2]

Valery Meladze stated the need to review the voting results.[4] Aglaya Shilovskaya admitted that the result of the superfinal was unexpected for the presenters and the management of Channel One: "I can guarantee that this was not bought by Channel One. Channel One has absolutely nothing to do with this. It was a big surprise for everyone."[5]. Dmitry Nagiev said: "If it turns out that there were at least some machinations, I am in favor of canceling the results of the final and making an honest final"[6].. Later, Nagiyev announced his readiness to leave the show if the rules of television voting do not change.[7]

LOBODA's producer Natella Krapivina said that the "story" of the Voice is "over", and the singer herself posted photos of two other members of her team on Instagram, accompanying the pictures with a heart emoji.[8][9][10]

In the late afternoon of April 27, 2019, news agencies posted a comment by Konstantin Ernst, in which the CEO confirmed that the channel's management had encountered such a situation for the first time in the entire history of the project and an investigation would be conducted. The first step was the publication of the voting protocol on the website of Channel One.

On April 28, 2019, it became known that Alla Pugacheva met with the finalists of the competition Erzhan Maxim, Nino Chesner, Robert Bagratyan and Anastasiya Ivanova, who presented them with her own awards, diplomas and cash prizes.[11] LOBODA was also present at the meeting and distributed her prizes to the children.

On May 16, 2019, Channel One announced the cancellation of the result of the sixth season finale after checking the interim voting results. Earlier, Group-IB reported that a "fraud" of votes was recorded during the voting: "The interim results of the audit confirm that the voting was influenced by an external influence that influenced the outcome of the show. Group-IB will provide the final report by the end of May, but based on the interim results, Channel One decides to cancel the result of the finale of the sixth season of The Voice Kids. It is important to emphasize that the purpose of the audit was to confirm or deny the fact of artificial influence on the vote, and not to bring charges against anyone. Channel One will also take measures to improve and further protect the voting mechanism and ensure that what happened does not happen again

Week 3: (re-)Final (May 24)

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While the show was shown live, the coaches were not present. Each had recorded a greeting to their team. Artists performed the following songs, however there was no voting.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song
Episode 12
(May 24)
Pelageya 1 Mariam Abdelkader "Высоко"
2 Valeriy Kuzakov "Как молоды мы были"
3 Renata Tairova "Там нет меня"
LOBODA 4 Nino Chesner "Мамины глаза"
5 Robert Bagratyan "Дорогоие мои старики"
Valery Meladze 6 Mikhail Grigoryan "Прохожие"
7 Erzhan Maxim "Adagio"
8 Anastasiya Sisauri "Любовь спасёт мир"

After the performances The CEO of Channel One Russia, Konstantin Ernst came on stage and declared all final participants as winner. Each participant including Mikella Abramova was handed a trophy and will receive the winning prize of 1 mln.

Best Coach

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Coach Public's vote
(per episode)
Result
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Av.
Pelageya 57% 54% 58% 54% 56% 58% 65% 52% 46% 56% Best Coach
Valery Meladze 30% 27% 25% 24% 24% 27% 20% 31% 19% 25% Second place
LOBODA 13% 19% 17% 22% 20% 15% 15% 17% 35% 19% Third 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" February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15) 601 Friday 9:30 p.m. 6.3 21.1 [12]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22) 602 5.7 18.3 [13]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01) 603 5.5 18.4 [14]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07) 604 Thursday 9:30 p.m. 4.1 14.7 [15]
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15) 605 Friday 9:30 p.m. 5.1 17.5 [16]
6 "The Blinds End" March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22) 606 Friday 10:30 p.m. 4.3 18.2 [17]
7 "The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere" March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29) 607 Friday 9:30 p.m. 4.6 16.3 [18]
8 "The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 2" April 5, 2019 (2019-04-05) 608 4.6 16.2 [19]
9 "The Battles and the Sing-offs, Part 3" April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12) 609 4.3 15.9 [20]
10 "Live Playoffs" April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19) 610 4.0 14.2 [21]
11 "Live Season Final" April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26) 611 4.6 18.7 [22]
12 "Special Final Edition" May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24) 612 4.2 16.4

Notes

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  1. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 1.
  2. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 2.
  3. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 3.
  4. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 4.
  5. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 5.
  6. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 6.
  7. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 7.
  8. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 8.
  9. ^ Pelageya is The best coach of episode 9.

References

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  1. ^ ""The Voice Kids", season 6: Svetlana Loboda will join the show as the coach – Around the TV". Вокруг ТВ.
  2. ^ a b "Millionaire Used Bots to Rig Voting so Daughter Would Win Russia's The Voice Kids Series". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Russian bots rigged Voice Kids TV talent show result". BBC News. 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ Меладзе призвал пересмотреть результаты финала шоу «Голос. Дети» Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine // РИА Новости
  5. ^ Ведущая «Голос. Дети» о финале конкурса: «могу гарантировать, что это не куплено Первым каналом» Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine // Говорит Москва
  6. ^ Нагиев предложил аннулировать результаты «Голоса» при выявлении махинаций Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine // РБК
  7. ^ Нагиев предъявил ультиматум шоу «Голос» Archived 2019-04-30 at the Wayback Machine Газета.ру, 30 апреля 2019 года
  8. ^ Представитель Лободы объявила, что «история Голоса окончена» Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine // Газета.ру
  9. ^ Продюсер Лободы заявила об «окончании истории „Голоса“» после скандала Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine // РБК
  10. ^ "Светлана Лобода отреагировала на результаты финала шоу «Голос. Дети»". Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  11. ^ Пугачева встретилась с проигравшими дочери Алсу участниками «Голоса» Archived 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine // РИА Новости
  12. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions Premiere". Channel One. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  13. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 2". Channel One. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 3". Channel One. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  15. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 4". Channel One. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  16. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 5". Channel One. March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  17. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Blind Auditions. Episode 6". Channel One. March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  18. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Battles and the Sing-offs Premiere". Channel One. March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  19. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Battles and the Sing-offs. Episode 2". Channel One. April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  20. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Battles and the Sing-offs. Episode 3". Channel One. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  21. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Live Playoffs". Channel One. April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  22. ^ "The Voice Kids, season 6. The Live Playoffs". Channel One. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.