Olha Kovalevska joins the 'Voice of the Country' jury alongside MONATIK, Tina Karol, and Sviatoslav Vakarchuk. First broadcast — 22 February 2026.
1+1 TV channel announced on 8 January 2026 the jury composition of season 15 of 'Voice of the Country' — Ukraine's largest vocal show. KOLA joins the lineup alongside MONATIK (returning after a 5-year break), Tina Karol (regular member since 2015), and Sviatoslav Vakarchuk (returning after frontline service). This is the first time for Kovalevska in judge format — she was a contestant in the 4th season of 2014, where she took 3rd place. The first broadcast of season 15 airs on 22 February 2026 at 19:30. The format remains standard: 4 stages — 'blind auditions', 'battles', 'knockouts', 'live broadcast'. KOLA is expected to receive a 12-member team on 'blinds', from which she will form a 6-member team for 'battles'. Each judge has the right to 'steal' one participant from another judge's team during the season. Under the contract with 1+1 (the value of which is not officially disclosed, but channel-internal sources indicate an amount around 8 million UAH per season) KOLA also received the exclusive right to present her team at a seasonal concert tour through 10 Ukrainian cities in September-October 2026. This brings back to Ukraine the national 'Voice' tour-finale format, which was cut from broadcasts since 2022 due to the war.
