On Friday, October 23, the third episode of the ninth season of the music show "The Voice" was released on Channel One.

The project continues the stage of blind auditions.

Four mentors are recruited into their teams of participants: Sergey Shnurov, Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), Polina Gagarina and Valery Syutkin.

The first contestant of the issue was Yulia Lunegova from Perm, who sang the hit AC / DC Highway to Hell at the audition to her own accompaniment.

The girl has been studying music since the age of six and has a specialized education.

“When I play drums, I try to set the pitch.

I like the volume, the noise of the cymbals, ”said Yulia Lunegova. 

All four mentors turned to the artist.

She decided to join Vasily Vakulenko's team.

Valery Syutkin emphasized that he does not remember such talented vocalists and drummers in one person who performed in the post-Soviet space.

The restaurateur Ioannis Kofopoulos, who came from Greece, went to the show at the request of his son.

The contestant presented Dick Dale's song "The Egyptian" from the film "Pulp Fiction" in ethnic processing to the jury.

The red button during his performance was pressed only by Polina Gagarina, who was immediately delighted with the artist's performance.

Suren Platonov is a student at the Gnesins College.

To participate in The Voice, he chose the operatic composition Parlami d'amore Mariu.

The chairs were turned by Polina Gagarina and Valery Syutkin.

The rest of the jury also praised his talent, and Sergei Shnurov joked that the show can be closed, since the winner is already known.

Suren Platonov chose Valery Syutkin as his mentor.

A serious dispute between Vasily Vakulenko and Polina Gagarina erupted after Alexandra Budnikova's performance with the song "Drunken Sun".

Gagarina said that she found a participant on Instagram even before the start of the show and found out that she could not enter a music school.

The artist invited Alexandra to the competition to give an opportunity to show herself and prove to everyone that she deserves attention.

“Bite your elbows, dear teachers.

Where are you looking?

This is a storehouse of just incredible ideas, musical culture, musicality, taste, ”said Polina Gagarina.

Despite such support, Alexandra decided to join Vakulenko's team, who promised to work seriously with her and help her move forward.

Dmitry Vengerov from Volgograd did not think about a creative career in childhood, but after performing at school concerts, he noticed that all the girls began to like him.

This has become a powerful argument in favor of music.

Earlier, the artist repeatedly auditioned for the Voice show, but could not pass the qualifying stage.

On stage, he performed the hit of the Norwegian group A-ha Take On Me, which was able to conquer all mentors.

The jury members noted the successful choice of the song, which allows demonstrating the entire vocal range, and the artist's good vocal abilities.

The competitor joined Valery Syutkin's team.

He explained his choice by the fact that, according to the participants of previous seasons, "Valery's team lets you do whatever you want."

Anastasia Shugaley came to Golos from the Altai Territory.

She went on stage with a harp and sang the song "The Loon was flying."

The artist said that she loves folk music, but is ready to sing pop songs.

Valery Syutkin accepted her into his team.

Musician Ivan Avakov from Volgodonsk demonstrated his vocal abilities on the example of the composition of Wyclef Jean and Mary J. Blige "911" and from the first notes he won the approval of Vasily Vakulenko.

Soon the rest of the members of the panel of judges joined him.

The artist's performance was considered organic and catchy.

“The mood was right.

Everything was clearly pronounced, everything was played well, you really lived this song, "commented Sergey Shnurov.

Avakov's mentor is Vasily Vakulenko.

Another contestant for the Voice was Roman Arkhipov, a graduate of the Star Factory and a former lead singer of the Chelsea group.

With his appearance and performance of the song Nazareth Love Hurts, the artist reminded Sergei Shnurov of the early Metallica.

He accepted Arkhipov into his team.

Olga Kord's performance from Akhtubinsk was not so successful.

The girl chose the song of the Band'Eras ​​group "Manhattan".

None of the mentors wanted to take her to their team.

Polina Gagarina explained that Olga sang well, but presented a "non-competitive" composition.

At the same time, everyone appreciated the vivid image of the participant - a long tight dress embroidered with mirror plates.

Polina Gagarina suggested that the girl "just walk back and forth."

Freelance musician Sasha Vista from Moscow with Vladimir Kuzmin's song "My Love" also failed to win the jury's favor.

However, he immediately said that he came to the show just to show himself to the country and try to attract new listeners.

The mentors praised the performance, but considered it too "smooth".

“It was wonderful, it was magical.

You created an atmosphere and somehow we, me personally, relaxed a little, even lulled in places.

Everything went very smoothly, but here we need some kind of breakthrough, some kind of impulse, ”explained Polina Gagarina.

Vakulenko stressed that Sasha Vista is not up to the level of other competitors.

Svetlana Kim, a resident of Vladivostok, was also unlucky in the competition.

She presented Whitney Houston's hit I Wanna Dance with Somebody to the jury.

Nobody expressed any serious complaints about her performance.

Polina Gagarina noted that the performance was excellent, but the performer “did not have enough iota” to light the hall and turn the chairs.  

Valery Syutkin, in turn, did not see the potential for joint work with Svetlana, and also expressed the wish that the contestants would more often choose songs in Russian.

Leila Alekperova from Moscow was already three years old at the music school, and the first teacher called her little Mozart.

Two years later, the girl became a student of the Gnessin Music School.

On "The Voice" Leila played a fragment of Chopin's waltz on the piano, and demonstrated her vocal abilities with the song "Indigo" by Dana Sokolova.

“If I could press a button only for a fantastic performance on the piano, of course, I would press it several times,” said Polina Gagarina.

The mentors called the vocals raw and fake.

After all the speeches, the host of the show Dmitry Nagiyev summed up the results of the audience voting on the results of the release.

The largest number of votes (32%) was won by Vasily Vakulenko.