The Voice (Russian TV series) season 8

The eighth season of the Russian reality talent show The Voice premiered on October 11, 2019, on Channel One.^[1] Dmitry Nagiev returned as the show's presenter. On August 26, 2019, Channel One announced that Valery Syutkin, Polina Gagarina, Sergey Shnurov, and Konstantin Meladze became the coaches.^[2]

The Voice
Season 8
Presented by	Dmitry Nagiev
Coaches	Valery Syutkin Polina Gagarina Sergey Shnurov Konstantin Meladze
Winner	Asker Berbekov
Winning coach	Konstantin Meladze
Runner-up	Anton Tokarev
Release
Original network	Channel One
Original release	October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11) – January 1, 2020 (2020-01-01)
Season chronology

Asker Berbekov was named winner of the season, marking Konstantin Meladze's second and final win as a coach. With the win of Berbekov, Meladze became the second coach to win multiple seasons, behind Alexander Gradsky. Moreover, Meladze also became the second coach after Gradsky to win consecutive season. In addition, for the first time ever, the final four artists were all male.

Coaches and presenter

The Voice season 8 coaches and presenter

Valery Syutkin

Polina Gagarina

Sergey Shnurov

Konstantin Meladze

On August 26, 2019, Channel One announced that Sergey Shnurov and Konstantin Meladze will be rejoined as the coaches by Polina Gagarina, who returned after a two-season break, and Valery Syutkin, who replaced Basta as a new coach for the show.

Dmitry Nagiev returned for his 8th season as the presenter.

Teams

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Winner   Runner-up   Third place   Fourth place   Eliminated in the Semifinal

Eliminated in the Quarterfinal   Stolen in the Knockout rounds   Eliminated in the Knockout rounds   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coaches	Top 48 artists
Valeriy Syutkin
	Arsen Mukendi	Elimdar Seydosmanov	Lilia Veltman	Anastasia Yust	Tatyana Gayvoronskaya
	Egor Muskat	Nurzhigit Subankulov	Karin Soyref	Viktoria Karachun	Liana Meister
	Yury Shurkhovetsky	Daniil Danilevsky	Vladimir Konovalov
Polina Gagarina
	Iv Nabiev	Alana Chochieva	Anastasia Markova	Iva Todorova	Ekaterina Steblina
	Andrew Grunge	Lilia Veltman	Olga Urazgalieva	Nika Prokopyeva	Felix Kotlo
	Rinat Albikov	Maxim Larichev	Emily Cooper
Sergey Shnurov
	Anton Tokarev	Ragda Khanieva	Svetlana Mamresheva	Arseny Kurchanin	Ildar Abdullin
	Irina Chuvakova	Iv Nabiev	Filipp Lebedev	Maxim Subachev	Stanislav Moshkin
	Dmitry Klinaev	Konstantin Strukov	Milana Rakhmanova
Konstantin Meladze
	Asker Berbekov	Nurzhigit Subankulov	Daniil Korolev	Elizaveta Shaluba	Valeria Mironova
	Natalya Sidortsova	Svetlana Mamresheva	Polina Tyrina	Anastasia Badyina	Inna Sadayan
	Roman Voloznev	Vrezh Kirakosyan	Renata Shtifel

Blind auditions

The feature The Best coach of the season (in each episode) was applied again this season.

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✔	Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
✔	Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team
	Artist defaulted to a coach's team
	Artist picked a coach's team
	Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button

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

Episode	Order	Artist	Age	Origin	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
						Syutkin	Gagarina	Shnurov	Meladze
Episode 1 [a] (October 11)	1	Ildar Abdullin	24	Gai, Orenburg Oblast	"I Put a Spell on You"	✔	✔	✔	—
	2	Tatyana Gayvorovskaya	27	Rostov-on-Don	"Я не умею танцевать"	✔	✔	✔	—
	3	Ksenia Orlova	28	Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast	"Дикая вода"	—	—	—	—
	4	Felix Kotlo	18	Moscow	"Englishman in New York"	✔	✔	—	—
	5	Elizaveta Shaluba	19	Novorossiysk, Krasnodar krai	"Романс"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	6	Viktoria Karachun	25	Minsk, Belarus	"Мар, дяндя"	✔	—	—	—
	7	Karina Evn	22	Moscow	"Blow Your Mind"	—	—	—	—
	8	Konstantin Strukov	31	Voronezh, Voronezh oblast	"Sugar"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	9	Rushana Rakhmanona	27	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	"Не отрекаются любя"	—	—	—	—
	10	Anastasia Badyina	25	Sayansk, Irkutsk oblast	"Спектакль окончен"	—	—	—	✔
	11	Mikhail Mishuris	47	Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk oblast	"Evil"	—	—	—	—
	12	Yury Shurkhovetsky	28	Moscow	"Perfect"	✔	—	—	—
Episode 2 [b] (October 18)	1	Rinat Albikov	30	Tver, Tver oblast	"Torna a Surriento"/"Luna Mezzo"	—	✔	✔	—
	2	Ekaterina Osipenko	47	Skhodnya, Moscow oblast	"Мурка"	—	—	—	—
	3	Iv Nabiev	33	Maysky, Perm krai	"California Dreamin'"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	4	Anastasia Yust	25	Abakan, Khakassia	"Эхо любви"	✔	—	✔	✔
	5	Anton Tokarev	24	Moscow	"Leave a Light On"	—	✔	✔	—
	6	Vadim Izofatov	47	Omsk, Omsk oblast	"Mess Around"	—	—	—	—
	7	Stanislav Moshkin	27	Terney, Primorsky krai	"Мокрые кроссы"	✔	✔	✔	—
	8	Yulia Mandriko	40	Belgorod, Belgorod oblast	"The Power of Love"	—	—	—	—
	9	Alana Chochieva	17	Vladimir, Vladimir oblast	"Faith"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	10	Andrey Zapetsky	31	Bryansk, Bryansk oblast	"Болен тобой"	—	—	—	—
	11	Iva Todorova	18	Sofia, Bulgaria	"Back to Black"	—	✔	—	—
	12	Asker Berbekov	28	Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria	"S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse"	—	—	—	✔
Episode 3 [c] (October 25)	1	Irina Chuvakova	32	Moscow	"We Will Rock You"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Eduard Dzyuba	32	Ryzdvyany, Stavropol krai	"Твои следы"	—	—	—	—
	3	Daniil Korolev	32	Moscow	"Когда молод был"	—	✔	✔	✔
	4	Milana Rakhmanova	25	Surgut, Yugra	"Toxic"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	5	Natalya Svetlova	52	Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk oblast	"Мне нравится"	—	—	—	—
	6	Maxim Larichev	36	Aleksin, Tula oblast	"S.O.B."	✔	✔	—	—
	7	Vladimir Konovalov	31	Lomy, Zabaykalsky krai	"Туманы"	✔	—	—	—
	8	Renata Shtifel	26	Kyiv, Ukraine	"Пісня про рушник"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	9	Alexander Novichkov	31	Engels, Saratov Oblast	"This Love"	—	—	—	—
	10	Liana Meister	39	Moscow	"Ich hob dich zifeel lieb"	✔	—	—	—
	11	Valentin Lakodin	42	Penza, Penza oblast	"Mambo Italiano"	—	—	—	—
	12	Emily Cooper	17	Ashdod, Israel / Moscow	"Every Breath You Take"	—	✔	—	—
Episode 4 [d] (November 1)	1	Ekaterina Steblina	28	Moscow	"В городе моём"	✔	✔	—	—
	2	Filipp Lebedev	29	Moscow	"Beggin'"	✔	✔	✔	—
	3	Dmitry Mosichuk	41	Eindhoven, Netherlands	"Взрослые дочери"	—	—	—	—
	4	Valeria Mironova	21	Nizhny Kuranakh, Yakutia	"Poker Face"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	5	Maxim Subachev	22	Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk oblast	"I Need a Dollar"	✔	✔	✔	—
	6	Oleg Shadrin	32	Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast	"Как ты живёшь без меня"	—	—	—	—
	7	Olga Urazgalieva	27	Irkutsk, Irkutsk oblast	"Halo"	—	✔	—	—
	8	Polina Tyrina	27	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	"Не уходи, побудь со мною"	—	—	—	✔
	9	Olga Ilyukhina	23	Nizhnevartovsk, Yugra	"Любовь и одиночество"	—	—	—	—
	10	Arsen Mukendi	28	Kinshasa, DR Congo	"Superstition"	✔	—	—	—
	11	Karin Soyref	24	Gibraltar	"All I Ask"	✔	—	—	—
	12	Ruslan Alekhno	37	Bobruysk, Belarus	"Подберу музыку"	—	—	—	—
Episode 5 [e] (November 8)	1	Natalya Sidortsova	35	Sergiyev Posad	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Ali Asheg	30	Iran	"Рюмка водки"	—	—	—	—
	3	Ragda Khanieva	18	Moscow	"Birds Set Free"	—	✔	✔	✔
	4	Khurshid Inogamov	38	Chirchiq, Uzbekistan	"Historia de un Amor"	—	—	—	—
	5	Svetlana Mamresheva	31	Moscow	"Айсберг"	—	✔	✔	✔
	6	Nika Prokopyeva	24	Tallinn, Estonia	"Too Close"	—	✔	—	—
	7	Inna Sadayan	18	Vayk, Armenia	"Sareri Hovin Mernem"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	8	Dmitry Klinaev	44	Saratov	"Колыбельная"	—	—	✔	—
	9	Nurzhigit Sabunkulov	32	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	"I Got a Woman"	✔	—	—	—
	10	Aigul Valiulina	18	Kazan	"Чистые пруды"	—	—	—	—
	11	Daria Dyachenko	24	Viktoropol, Belgorod Oblast	"Still Loving You"	—	—	—	—
	12	Roman Voloznev	22	Minsk, Belarus	"На сиреневой луне"	✔	—	—	✔
Episode 6 [f] (November 15)	1	Anastasia Markova	36	Kyiv, Ukraine	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Egor Muskat	32	Moscow	"Поезд на Ленинград"	✔	—	—	—
	3	Lilia Veltman	25	Arzamas	"Ты снишься мне"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	4	Ksenia Menshchikova	33	Ufa	"Океанами стали"	—	—	—	—
	5	Andrew Grunge	43	Toronto, Canada	"Overjoyed"	✔	✔	✔	—
	6	Oksana Simon	31	Korenovsk	"The Rhythm Is Magic"	—	Team full	—	—
	7	Arseny Kurchanin	17	Yekaterinburg	"Вахтёрам"	✔		✔	—
	8	Elimdar Seydosmanov	36	Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	✔		Team full	—
	9	Anastasia Smykova	21	Tyumen	"Life"	—			—
	10	Vrezh Kirakosyan	36	Katnaghbyur, Aragatsotn, Armenia	"Miserere"	—			✔
	11	Ekaterina Belyakova	43	Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai	"I Got Rhythm"	—			Team full
	12	Daniil Danilevsky	21	Korolyov, Moscow Oblast	"Ненавижу"	✔	✔	✔	✔

The Battles

The Battle Rounds started on November 22, 2019. No steal were available. Contestants who win their battle would advance to the Knockout rounds.

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	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 22) [g]	Polina Gagarina	1	Ekaterina Steblina	"Ленинградский рок-н-ролл"	Maxim Larichev
	Valeriy Syutkin	2	Tatyana Gayvorovskaya	"Proud Mary"	Karin Soyref
	Konstantin Meladze	3	Valeria Mironova	"Ты скажи"	Roman Voloznev
	Sergey Shnurov	4	Ragda Khanieva	"In The Heat of a Disco Night"/ "Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Filipp Lebedev
	Polina Gagarina	5	Lilia Veltman	"Ain't Nobody"	Olga Urazgalieva
	Sergey Shnurov	6	Iv Nabiev	"Не верь слезам"	Konstantin Strukov
	Konstantin Meladze	7	Natalya Sidortsova	"Shallow"	Vrezh Kirakosyan
	Valeriy Syutkin	8	Elimdar Seydosmanov	"Rolling in the Deep"	Yury Shurkhovetsky
	Konstantin Meladze	9	Svetlana Mamresheva	"Грустный дэнс"	Polina Tyrina
	Valeriy Syutkin	10	Nurzhigit Subankulov	"Первый снег"	Vladimir Konovalov
	Polina Gagarina	11	Andrew Grunge	"Rockabye"	Emily Cooper
	Sergey Shnurov	12	Irina Chuvakova	"Бледный бармен"	Dmitry Klinaev
Episode 8 (November 29) [h]	Sergey Shnurov	1	Ildar Abdullin	"Сэра"	Stanislav Moshkin
	Polina Gagarina	2	Anastasia Markova	"Believer"	Rinat Albikov
	Valeriy Syutkin	3	Arsen Mukendi	"Разговор со счастьем"	Viktoria Karachun
	Konstantin Meladze	4	Asker Berbekov	"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"	Inna Sadayan
	Valeriy Syutkin	5	Egor Muskat	"Дорога в облака"	Daniil Danilevsky
	Sergey Shnurov	6	Anton Tokarev	"Survivor"	Milana Rakhmanova
	Polina Gagarina	7	Alana Chochieva	"Люби меня, люби"	Felix Kotlo
	Konstantin Meladze	8	Elizaveta Shaluba	"Treat Her Like a Lady"	Renata Shtifel
	Sergey Shnurov	9	Arseny Kurchanin	"Old Town Road"	Maxim Subachev
	Polina Gagarina	10	Iva Todorova	"Аэропорты"	Nika Prokopyeva
	Konstantin Meladze	11	Daniil Korolev	"Сберегла"	Anastasia Badyina
	Valeriy Syutkin	12	Anastasia Yust	"Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night"	Liana Meister

The Knockouts

The Knockout Rounds started on December 6, 2019. Similar to the previous season, each coach pairs three artists into one knockout with only one contestant from the trio advances to the next round and also can steal one losing artist from another coach. The top 12 contestants moved on to the Quarterfinal.

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	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		Syutkin	Gagarina	Shnurov	Meladze
Episode 9 (December 6) [i]	Polina Gagarina	1	"Тает лёд"	Anastasia Markova	Iva Todorova	"Оле, оле"/ "La Vida Es Un Carnaval"	—	—	—	—
					Ekaterina Steblina	"Call Me"/ "Атас"	—		—	—
	Valeriy Syutkin	2	"Я - то, что надо"	Arsen Mukendi	Nurzhigit Subankulov	"Wicked Game"	—	—	—	✔
					Egor Muskat	"Как на войне"		—	—	Team full
	Sergey Shnurov	3	"Life"/ "Bad Guy"	Ragda Khanieva	Arseny Kurchanin	"Лишь о тебе мечтая"	—	—	—
					Irina Chuvakova	"Никаких больше вечеринок"	—	—
	Konstantin Meladze	4	"Што й па мору"	Daniil Korolev	Valeria Mironova	"Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"	—	—	—
					Elizaveta Shaluba	"Звёздная ночь"	—	—	—
Episode 10 (December 13) [j]	Sergey Shnurov	1	"Седьмой лепесток"	Anton Tokarev	Iv Nabiev	"Ausländer"	—	✔	—	Team full
					Ildar Abdullin	"Bamboleo"	—	Team full
	Konstantin Meladze	2	"Luna"	Asker Berbekov	Svetlana Mamresheva	"Чудесная страна"/ "Vacanze romane"	—		✔
					Natalya Sidortsova	"Мыслепад"	—		Team full
	Polina Gagarina	3	"Опять метель"	Alana Chochieva	Andrew Grunge	"Without You"	—
					Lilia Veltman	"Солдат любви"/ "Bang Bang"	✔
	Valeriy Syutkin	4	"Ты меня любишь"	Elimdar Seydosmanov	Tatyana Gayvorovskaya	"Лучший город Земли"	Team full
					Anastasia Yust	"Посмотри в глаза"

Live shows

Colour key:

	Artist was saved
	Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Top 12 — Quarterfinal (December 20)

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 20) [k]	Polina Gagarina	1	Anastasia Markova	"Комета"	20%	9,9%	29,9%	Eliminated
		2	Alana Chochieva	"Лететь"	50%	44,5%	94,5%	Advanced
		3	Iv Nabiev	"Красиво"	30%	45,6%	75,6%	Advanced
	Valeriy Syutkin	4	Elimdar Seydosmanov	"Вокруг шум"/"Менеджер""	50%	38,6%	88,6%	Advanced
		5	Lilia Veltman	"Загадай"	20%	14,3%	34,3%	Eliminated
		6	Arsen Mukendi	"Увезу тебя я в тундру" / "Take On Me"	30%	47,1%	77,1%	Advanced
	Konstantin Meladze	7	Daniil Korolev	"На заре"	20%	19,4%	39,4%	Eliminated
		8	Nurzhigit Subankulov	"Батарейка" / "You Can Leave Your Hat On»	30%	28,1%	58,1%	Advanced
		9	Asker Berbekov	"Because We Believe"	50%	52,5%	102,5%	Advanced
	Sergey Shnurov	10	Svetlana Mamresheva	"Позови меня"	20%	13,6%	33,6%	Eliminated
		11	Anton Tokarev	"Слёзы"	50%	40,3%	90,3%	Advanced
		12	Ragda Khanieva	"Выхода нет"	30%	46,1%	76,1%	Advanced

Week 2: Top 8 — Semifinal (December 27)

The top eight artists performed on December 27, 2019, 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 27) [l]	Konstantin Meladze	1	Nurzhigit Subankulov	"Human"	40%	43,3%	83,3%	Eliminated
		2	Asker Berbekov	"My Baby You"	60%	56,7%	116,7%	Advanced
	Sergey Shnurov	3	Ragda Khanieva	«Нас не догонят»	40%	54,8%	94,8%	Eliminated
		4	Anton Tokarev	"Мне бы в небо" / "Весна"	60%	45,2%	105,2%	Advanced
	Polina Gagarina	5	Alana Chochieva	"Арлекино"	40%	54,2%	94,2%	Eliminated
		6	Iv Nabiev	"Поговори со мною, мама"	60%	45,8%	105,8%	Advanced
	Valeriy Syutkin	7	Elimdar Seydosmanov	"Там, где клён шумит"	40%	55,4%	95,4%	Eliminated
		8	Arsen Mukendi	"Ego"	60%	44,6%	104,6%	Advanced

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	Pelageya, Nurzhigit Subankulov, Asker Berbekov	"Конь"
2	Little Big, Anton Tokarev, Ragda Khanieva	"Skibidi" / "Снег"
3	Zivert, Alana Chochieva, Iv Nabiev	«Life»
4	Hibla Gerzmava, Elimdar Seydosmanov, Arsen Mukendi	"Smile"

Week 3: Final (January 1)

Coach	Artist	Order	Duet Song (with Coach)	Order	Solo Song (no.1)	Order	Solo Song (no.2)	Result
Valeriy Syutkin	Arsen Mukendi	1	"7000 над землёй"	5	"Парень чернокожий" / "I Wish"	Eliminated		Fourth place
Polina Gagarina	Iv Nabiev	2	"Смотри"	6	"SuperSTAR"	9	"Моя бабушка курит трубку"	Third place
Sergey Shnurov	Anton Tokarev	3	"Супер гуд"	7	"Жить в кайф"	10	"Castle on the Hill"	Second place	33.9%
Konstantin Meladze	Asker Berbekov	4	"Как ты красива сегодня"	8	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	11	"Карточный домик"	Winner	66.1%

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
13.1	Arsen Mukendi, Iv Nabiev, Anton Tokarev, Asker Berbekov	"Last Christmas"
13.2	Arsen Mukendi	"The Last Waltz"
13.3	Asker Berbekov (winner)	"Can't Help Falling in Love"
13.4	Top 48 artists	"The Winner Takes It All"

Best Coach

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Best Coach   Second place   Third place   Fourth place

Episode's Best Coach

Coach	Public's vote (per episode)													Result
	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	#12	Av.
Sergey Shnurov	40%	38%	40%	38%	35%	36%	44%	45%	40%	40%	39%	42%	40%	Best coach
Konstantin Meladze	25%	23%	32%	30%	32%	31%	24%	25%	27%	27%	29%	29%	28%	Second place
Polina Gagarina	20%	27%	18%	20%	21%	19%	18%	18%	18%	20%	18%	16%	19%	Third place
Valeriy Syutkin	15%	12%	10%	12%	12%	14%	14%	12%	15%	13%	14%	13%	13%	Fourth place

Reception

Rating

Episode		Original airdate	Production	Time slot (UTC+3)	Audience		Source
					Rating	Share
1	"The Blind Auditions Premiere"	October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)	801	Friday 9:30 p.m.	5.9	21.4	[3]
2	"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"	October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)	802		5.2	18.8	[4]
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"	October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)	803		5.4	18.9	[5]
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"	November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)	804		5.0	17.2	[6]
5	"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"	November 8, 2019 (2019-11-08)	805		5.6	18.8	[7]
6	"The Blinds End"	November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)	806		5.3	18.1	[8]
7	"The Battles Premiere"	November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)	807		5.1	18.2	[9]
8	"The Battles, Part 2"	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)	808

Notes

1. Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 1.
2. Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 2.
3. Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 3.
4. Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 4.
5. Sergey Shnurov is The best coach of episode 5.
6. Sergey Shnurov 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.