Catch Me If You Can (game show)

Catch Me If You Can
Genre	Mystery Music Reality competition Panel show Game show
Presented by	Vladimir Markony
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of episodes	2 (as of 31 May 2024 (2024-05-31))
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Good Team Productions
Original release
Network	Rossiya-1
Release	24 May 2024 (2024-05-24) – present (present)
Related
I Can See Your Voice franchise Ya vizhu tvoy golos

Catch Me If You Can (Russian: Поймай меня, если сможешь, romanized: Poymay menya, yesli smozhesh') is a Russian television mystery music game show, modelled on Ya vizhu tvoy golos with a "battle format" element by Giọng ải giọng ai, assigning as a breakaway counterpart and also unofficial adaptation of the South Korean programme I Can See Your Voice. It premiered on Rossiya-1 on 24 May 2024.

Gameplay

Format

Played by a team of "stars" (consisting of four celebrity panelists also assigning as guest artists), the "invader(s)" (consisting of 18 mystery singers summoned in batches) must attempt to convince guest artists by performing a lip sync of their own over the course of first three rounds. If the guest artists guessed the mystery singer right, they scored one to three points (depending on round), otherwise the "invaders" score the same points if they guessed wrong.

At the final round, the highest-scoring team has deliberated to guess whether a "surprise" mystery singer is good or bad. If a team of guest artists or "invaders" guessed the "surprise" mystery singer right, they won 1,000,000 ₽; if either guessed wrong, the main prize is given to opposing team instead.

Rounds

Throughout the game, all of mystery singers who have already summoned are now allowed to talk freely at the conclusion of performances.

1. Lip sync phase
   For the first three rounds, the mystery singer(s) perform a lip sync of their own; good singers mime to a recording of their own, while bad singers mime to a recording by someone else.
   • The first batch summons three mystery singers to perform a lip sync individually. Afterward, the guest artists have to identify if a mystery singer is good or bad.
   • For the second to fourth batch, a pair of mystery singers (six in total) perform a lip sync through a showdown, by donning on a specified occupation; this method is also applied from the individual batches.
   • For the fifth to seventh batch, a trio of mystery singers (nine in total) perform a lip sync, this time by impersonating a designated singer. Afterward, the guest artists have deliberated to select one possible bad singer for each batch.
2. Dark horse (Russian: Темная лошадка)
   The 19th entrant as a "surprise" mystery singer (dubbed the "dark horse"), is appeared on the "stage of truth" to interrogate on both guest artists and (a complete lineup of) "intruders".

Notes

Background

As part of CJ ENM's multiple licensing deals related to I Can See Your Voice with Fremantle dated back November 2020, Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK was one of them to acquire the rights for producing a local adaptation as Ya vizhu tvoy golos (Russian: Я вижу твой голос), which began airing on 14 May 2021. VGTRK was supposedly planned to renew for a second season, but it was later decided to continue the show anyway neither of those companies have involved, which is actually considered a domestic response to their invasion of Ukraine.

Episodes

Legend:
Good singer	They selected a potential bad singer.
Bad singer	★ The "stars" scored point(s).
Y They guessed the mystery singer right.	✱ The "invaders" scored point(s).
N They guessed the mystery singer wrong.

Upcoming guest artist(s), 21 confirmed and 1 returning: Alyona Apina, Anna Ardova, Tatiana Bulanova, Vanya Dmitrienko, Dmitry Kharatyan, Stas Kostyushkin Ani Lorak, Soso Pavliashvili, Natasha Korolyova, Alexandra Revenko, Khabib Sharipov, Alena Sviridova Elena Vorobey, Lyubov Uspenskaya, and a team of Ivan Agapov, Mikhail Politseymako, Yulia Savicheva, and Anna Semenovich

Episode		Guest artists		Mystery singers
#	Date	Score		Dark horse	Invader guesses
		★ Team Stars	✱ Team Invaders		Solos	Showdown #1	Showdown #2	Showdown #3	Trios #1	Trios #2	Trios #3
1	24 May 2024	Nadezhda Babkina, Alexander Buinov, Larisa Dolina, and ST		19. Ernest Mackevičius	1. Ekaterina Kirisheva Y ★ +1	4. Karina Belkina	6. Vitaly Silyutin	8. Angelina Titova	10. Roman Rauling Y ★ +3	13. Tatiana Savochkina	16. Nadezhda Kamaeva
				Total answers: 7 Y — 3 N	2. Sofia Moraru N ✱ +1	5. Ekaterina Tementseva	7. Andrei Semakov	9. Pelageya Rastopchina	11. Alexander Sofiichuk	14. Elena Varina N ✱ +3	17. Olga Samoylova Y ★ +3
		12 Y 1,000,000 ₽	6		3. Maksim Popov Y ★ +1	↓ Y ★ +2	↓ Y ★ +2	↓ N ✱ +2	12. Roman Ivanov	15. Svetlana Zhdanova	18. Svetlana Ryakhina
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Reception

Legend:
Highest rated episode
Lowest rated episode

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot (MSK)	Points
				Rank	Rating	Share	Density
1	"Nadezhda Babkina, Alexander Buinov, Larisa Dolina, and ST"	24 May 2024	Friday, 21:30	14	2.2%	10.7%	6.6%
2	"Masha Rasputina, Maksim Dunayevsky, Natalia Medvedeva, and Valeriya"	31 May 2024
2	""	7 June 2024
2	""	14 June 2024

Source: MediaScope