The sixth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice Kids premiered on February 15, 2019 on Channel One.
Pelageya and Valery Meladze are joined by LOBODA, who replaced Basta, thus making it the first season to have two female coaches.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.