Catch Me If You Can (game show)
Russian television game show
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Catch Me If You Can (Russian: Поймай меня, если сможешь, romanized: Poymay menya, esli smozhesh')[4] is a Russian television mystery music game show, featuring its format where a team of guest artists attempt to identify good and bad singers through batches of contestants. It first aired on Rossiya-1 on 24 May 2024.[5][6]
- I Can See Your Voice (original South Korean programme and format)[1]
- Ya vizhu tvoy golos (original Russian adaptation)[1][2]
- Giọng ải giọng ai (Vietnamese adaptation and battle format)[1][3]
| Catch Me If You Can | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Based on |
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| Presented by | Vladimir Markony |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production company | Good Team Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rossiya-1 |
| Release | 24 May 2024 – 26 June 2026 |
| Related | |
| I Can See Your Voice franchise | |
With the series based on the modified "battle format" from Giọng ải giọng ai,[3] it serves as a "replacement" to the original counterpart Ya vizhu tvoy golos[2] during wartime with Ukraine,[7][8] designating it as an unofficial adaptation that also technically included to the I Can See Your Voice franchise.[1]
Gameplay
The game is played in two phases, featuring two opposing teams — a team of four guest artists (known as "stars") and a team of mystery singers summoning in batches (known as "invaders").[a]
Rounds
Lip sync phase
Each mystery singer performs a lip sync to a song; good singers mime to a recording of their own, while bad singers mime to a backing track by another vocalist. After the "stage of truth" performances, they are now allowed to talk freely.
If the guest artists guessed the mystery singer right, they get one to three points depending on each sub-round, otherwise the mystery singers did the same points have if they guessed wrong.
- Solo sub-rounds (batches 1–3)
Each mystery singer individually performs a lip sync. At the end of each round, the guest artists are deliberated to predict whether a mystery singer is good or bad. - Showdown sub-rounds (batches 4–6)
A pair of mystery singers, donning in their "work attires", perform a lip sync of their own through a showdown. At the end of each round (until the following one below), the guest artists are deliberated to predict which one of the mystery singers in a single batch is bad. - Trios sub-rounds (batches 7–9)
Divided into three groups of three mystery singers impersonating by a designated artist, each of them have to perform a lip sync of their own.
Dark horse
A "surprise" mystery singer dubbed the "dark horse" (Russian: Темная лошадка),[a] is appeared on the "stage of truth" to interrogate both teams of "stars" and "invaders". The highest-scoring team or both of two (if the game ends in a tie) would have do the same mechanic as the solo lip sync sub-rounds.
Depending on final result of its previous phase, the game could be concluded with two different scenarios:
- If either guest artists or mystery singers guessed the "dark horse" right, they win 1,000,000 ₽; if either guessed them wrong, the main prize money is given to the opposing team instead; as for the case of mystery singers, that same prize money is split into 18 players, with 55,556 ₽ each.
- In case of a tie and both teams eventually winning the game, that same prize money is split and would receive 500,000 ₽ each, with 27,778 ₽ per player on the mystery singers' side.
Production
As part of CJ ENM's multi-country licensing deals for I Can See Your Voice dated back November 2020, VGTRK formally acquired the rights to produce their own local adaptation as Ya vizhu tvoy golos (Russian: Я вижу твой голос), which debuted on 14 May 2021.[14][2] In January 2024, a post by Andy Goldred as part of upcoming programmes for the 2024–25 television season initially announced that VGTRK would revive the original counterpart after a three-year hiatus by renewing into second season,[15][7] but instead they opted to produce a "breakaway" game show of their own without the involvement of CJ ENM and/or Fremantle.[8]
Broadcast history
Catch Me If You Can debuted on 24 May 2024.[5][6]
A post from Vse Kastingi in September 2024 announced the auditions for a then-upcoming second season,[16][17] which was subsequently confirmed by VGTRK and began airing on 16 May 2025.[18][19] In the closing remarks of its finale, host Markony also did the similar approach for an upcoming third season that commenced on 25 August 2025,[20][21] and then premiered on 15 May 2026.[22]
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2024)
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artists | Player order[d] | Dark horse | Original release date | RUS r/s/c points (national) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nadezhda Babkina, Alexander Buinov, Larisa Dolina,[c] and ST[b] | 9–12 | Ernest Mackevičius | 24 May 2024 | 2.7%/13.5%/7.7% |
| 2 | 2 | Masha Rasputina, Maksim Dunayevsky, Natalia Medvedeva, and Valeriya | 13–16 | Alexander Dobrovinsky | 31 May 2024 | 2.7%/13.8%/7.6% |
| 3 | 3 | Anna Ardova, Aleksandr Panayotov,[c] Natasha Korolyova,[c] and Sergey Sosedov | 17–20 | Tamara Globa | 7 June 2024 | 2.6%/13.3%/7% |
| 4 | 4 | Dmitry Kharatyan,[c] Alexandra Revenko, Alena Sviridova,[c] and Elena Vorobey[c] | 21–24 | Svetlana Khorkina | 14 June 2024 | 2.9%/13.7%/7.4% |
| 5 | 5 | Ivan Agapov, Mikhail Politseymako, Yulia Savicheva, and Anna Semenovich | 25–28 | Evgeny Papunaishvili | 21 June 2024 | 2.9%/14.6%/7.4% |
| 6 | 6 | Tatiana Bulanova, Vanya Dmitrienko, Ani Lorak,[c] and Soso Pavliashvili[c] | 29–31 | Anatoly Wasserman | 28 June 2024 | 2.9%/14.8%/7.7% |
| 7 | 7 | Alyona Apina, Stas Kostyushkin,[c] Khabib Sharipov, and Lyubov Uspenskaya[c] | 32–35 | Maria Mironova | 5 July 2024 | 3.1%/14.9%/8.3% |
Season 2 (2025)
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artists | Player order[d] | Dark horse | Original release date | RUS r/s/c points (national) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | Valeriya, Natalia Podolskaya,[c] Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., and Iosif Prigozhin | 36–38 | Nikas Safronov | 16 May 2025 | 3.1%/14.9%/7.9% |
| 9 | 2 | Nonna Grishayeva,[c] Dmitry Kharatyan,[c] Anna Kovalchuk,[c] and Lera Kudryavtseva[c] | 39–41 | Mariya Kiselyova | 23 May 2025 | 2.8%/12.8%/7.5% |
| 10 | 3 | Katya Lel, Igor Nikolayev, Klara Novikova,[c] and Yan Tsapnik | 42–45 | Anton Demidov and Aleksander Yakovlev | 30 May 2025 | 2.7%/12.4%/7% |
| 11 | 4 | Philipp Kirkorov,[c] Andrey Malakhov, Sergey Shakurov, and Klava Koka | 46–48 | Darya Dontsova | 6 June 2025 | 2.8%/14.3%/7.5% |
| 12 | 5 | Valya Karnaval, Maria Mironova,[b] Aleksandr Panayotov,[c] and Aleksander Serov[c] | 49–50 | Ashkold and Edgard Zapashny | 11 June 2025 | 2.1%/11.7%/6.5% |
| 13 | 6 | Alexey Chumakov,[c] Larisa Dolina,[c] Anastasiya Makeyeva, and Yevgeny Petrosyan[c] | 51–52 | Jeff Monson | 20 June 2025 | 2.9%/14%/7.3% |
| 14 | 7 | Gosha Kutsenko,[c] Viktor Saltykov, Katerina Shpitsa, and Vladimir Vinokur | 53–56 | Yelena Khanga | 4 July 2025 | 3%/14.2%/7.9% |
Season 3 (2026)
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artists | Player order[d] | Dark horse | Original release date | RUS r/s/c points (national) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | Pelageya, Philipp Kirkorov,[c] Aleksandr Panayotov,[c] and Soso Pavliashvili[c] | 57 | Alexander Akopov | 15 May 2026 | 2.8%/14.5%/7.4% |
| 16 | 2 | Valeriya, Iosif Prigozhin, Khabib Sharipov, and Klava Koka | — | Vadim Vernik | 22 May 2026 | 2.4%/13%/6.4% |
| 17 | 3 | Nonna Grishayeva, Natalia Podolskaya,[c] Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., and Aglaya Shilovskaya | 58 | Nikolai Valuev | 29 May 2026 | 2.5%/12.7%/7% |
| 18 | 4 | Nadezhda Babkina, Alexander Buinov, Denis Klyaver, and Ekaterina Skulkina | 59–60 | Andrey Urgant | 5 June 2026 | 2.5%/13.8%/7% |
| 19 | 5 | Dmitry Kharatyan,[c] Stas Kostyushkin,[c] Natalia Podolskaya,[c] and Maria Zaitseva | 61 | Vladimir Sychyov | 2026 | 2.6%/12.3%/6.8% |
| 20 | 6 | Prokhor Chaliapin, Natasha Korolyova,[c] Lada Dance, and Elena Vorobey[c] | 62–63 | Galina Belyayeva | 2026 | 2.3%/12%/6.2% |
Notes
- For the show's gameplay changes, based on playing time of an episode:[5]
- The number of mystery singers are set to 19, with 18 being part of team "invaders" and one "dark horse".
- These are the list of foreign guest artist(s) having played for the show:
- Azerbaijan — Larisa Dolina[23][24] and Yevgeny Petrosyan[24]
- Belarus — Elena Vorobey[25] and Natalia Podolskaya[26]
- Bulgaria — Philipp Kirkorov[b]
- Georgia — Soso Pavliashvili[28][31]
- Germany — Anna Kovalchuk[35]
- Kazakhstan — Lera Kudryavtseva[35]
- Ukraine — Natasha Korolyova,[36] Aleksandr Panayotov,[36][34][31] Alena Sviridova,[25] Ani Lorak,[b] Stas Kostyushkin,[37] Lyubov Uspenskaya,[37] Nonna Grishayeva,[35] Klara Novikova,[38] Aleksander Serov,[34] and Gosha Kutsenko
- Uzbekistan — Alexey Chumakov[b] and Dmitry Kharatyan[25][35]
- It refers to the guest artist(s) that have played according to their first game; returning guest artists (which also include foreigners or former good singers, with their names displaying in italics) did not count.
- As the unofficial Russian adaptation of Ya vizhu tvoy golos, player order begins at 9, with 8th guest artist being Ani Lorak.[c]
