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Yuri Nikolaev's program has existed for more than 10 years and during this time has lit many stars Russian stage. Let's take a look at the brightest debuts.

Pelagia

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One of the brightest participants" Morning Star" Was then a very young singer Pelageya. The cassette on which the talented girl sings was submitted to the competition by the leader of the Kalinov Most group Dmitry Revyakin. “Her voice, of course, struck, but even more struck by the meaningfulness of singing,” he said.

As a result, 11-year-old Pelageya made it to the final and won. But this might not have been. Only recently in documentary"Pelageya. Happiness loves silence,” Yuri Nikolaev admitted that he barely had time to stop the dishonest vote: “When I open the envelope with the name of the winner at home, I read a different surname, not Pelageya. I say: "Why not her?" It turned out that one colleague - a respected member of the jury - asked everyone to choose another girl, since it was her student. I asked all the members of the jury to once again separately write their opinion, so that everything was extremely honest, and then the majority voted for Pelageya.

“It was a miracle for me even the fact that I was in the top three finalists, my mother and I could not believe it! - admitted in the program "Honest Word". - Nadia Mikhalkova opens the envelope and says after a pause: "Ppppelageya." I remember it like it was yesterday... And I also remember this envelope with fabulous money for us - 1000 dollars. We lived on this money for a long time.”

Valeria

The television competition became fatal for the singer Valeria. In 1992, the 21-year-old artist performed in the most adult category. “I was very nervous,” the singer recalls. According to her, she, in principle, never liked to participate in competitions, but overcame herself. And not in vain! Her performance impressed the jury and she was chosen as the winner.

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Julia Nachalova

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“In the early 90s, Yuri Nikolaev did a global thing,” says Nachalova. - It was all absolutely alive, real, a huge promotion. Children-participants were known, worried about them. The same "Factory" is not a live performance, and everyone sees it perfectly. And often not talented children from the outback, but the children of the director of some "Donetsk coal" got there. And they are not even ashamed to say so. Irina Ponarovskaya did not like such people very much. When the girls sang past the notes at the competition, she wrote down on a piece of paper - "married." And by the end of the auditions, there was a whole column of such "marriages."

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Julia met Irina Ponarovskaya backstage at the Morning Star, and subsequently famous singer for a long time was the young artist's mentor.

Group "Lyceum"

The debut of the Lyceum group also took place on the stage of the Morning Star. It was way back in 1991. Anastasia Makarevich, Elena Perova and Isolda Ishkhanishvili performed the song ABBA groups One of us.

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“We were 15 years old. Feelings that we will become some popular group, did not have. Only a few years later the song "Autumn" appeared ... - recalls the ex-soloist of the Lyceum group Lena Perova. “And Yuri Alexandrovich is our ray of sunshine!”

Angelica Varum

“It was 1990 and my first stage performance as solo singer. I can't remember anything but a terrible excitement. And there was also this habit of holding the microphone with both hands so as not to faint ... It was my debut and thanks to this the songs were distributed and became popular, - the singer said in the Tonight program. - Grandmother, as she found out that I was participating in some kind of competition, got worried, said: "Why do you need this?" But when I said that the host and author of this project was Yuri Nikolaev, she calmed down and blessed.

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Already in next year the first album “Good Bye, my boy” was released, many songs from which became real hits.

Ani Lorak

The singer, when she was 17 years old, performed under her real name and surname - Carolina Kuek. Like many, she dreamed of entering the stage of the Morning Star, and in 1995 her dream came true.

“She came, she sang. I listened: "Fine, what's your name?" She replied, "Caroline." I say: “Stop, we already have one Carolina. I can’t take two Carolinas in one round,” said Yuri Nikolaev. “She walked away and after a while returned and said that she had figured out what to do, and read the name Karolina on the contrary, it turned out “Ani Lorak” - that’s how they left it.”

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The singer performed a touching song in Ukrainian and won. “Then I was given a certificate for the purchase of shoes, and I purchased genuine leather shoes - it was an event!” – says the artist.

Sergey Lazarev

From the early childhood watched this competition, dreaming of getting there, and Sergey Lazarev. When he was about 10 years old, he went to a bakery near the house and accidentally got into a conversation with the saleswoman. She casually told him that her daughter was the same age as him.

“Shows a photo, I see that the girl is on the stage of the Morning Star. I say: "How did the daughter get there?" It turned out that she was engaged in the Fidget team, the singer recalls. - I came there, passed the audition and they took me. At first, I just gave flowers to the Morning Star members, but after a while, when I was already 14 years old, I finally took the stage as a member.”

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Vlad Topalov

Before all the heroes of our selection, Vlad Topalov entered the stage of the Morning Star. He was only five years old. The parents sent the boy to Music band"Fidgets", in which he performed for quite a long time.

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“I was a participant in the Morning Star program as a child. I passed it to the final, from the very first day. I was 5 years old. I can absolutely clearly, firmly, confidently state that this is an honest, fair competition for the live performance of songs by young artists. There is no politics here, there are no agreements of any kind. I have been friends with him since childhood, who, in fact, raised us all there. And more honest and just man I have never met in my life, ”said the artist in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

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By the way, the first joint performance of Vlad Topalov and Sergey Lazarev with the song "Belle" from the musical "Notre Dame de Paris" took place at the "Morning Star" in 2001. Then there was no Smash !! group, they sang just like graduates of the Fidget group.

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Zara

Many are sure that the singer Zara first appeared on big stage in the project "Star Factory 6". However, it is not. She, like other heroes of our selection, began her creative way from the Morning Star. In 1997, the 12-year-old singer took part in a television competition with the song "Juliet's Heart". Zara managed to get to the final, but the victory eventually went to another participant.

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“How scared I was! – the artist admits. – Firstly, I have never been to Moscow before. Secondly, children from "Fidget" participated in the competition. But no matter what, I made it to the end. And when I later reviewed the shooting, I saw that while singing songs, I was looking at the floor all the time. And I thought no one noticed! That's when I realized that something had to be done about it. Studying at the Theater Academy certainly helped me. Now I feel free on the stage.”

“You have no idea how you changed my life! - said Chaliapin to Yuri Nikolaev in the program "In Our Time". – I was then 15 years old. And I, a simple provincial, suddenly ended up on the Morning Star program - it was real fairy tale! And not only because I sang there and made it to the final. After that, I began to go with friends to all the concerts of the "Morning Star", imbued, and since that time I have a million photos from famous artists. And Yuri Alexandrovich treated us children kindly and didn’t kick anyone out, thanks to him for that!”

Today, to light up or tell the world about your talents, it is enough to start Instagram or collect views on Youtube. Well, 25 years ago, celebrities were discovered, or more precisely, lit by the "Morning Star"!

Let's remember those whose names today, perhaps we did not even know, if not for this popular TV show?

Yes, yes, in 1995 young talent by the name of Carolina Kuek was already preparing for her speech, as the presenter Yuri Nikolaev urgently demanded to change the name, due to the fact that one Carolina in the list of speakers had already been announced. Then future star she just wrote her name backwards and "teared" the hall. What does not cease to do today ...

How did you not know this? But back in 1992, Valeria literally managed to “jump into the last carriage” in order to win the competition. And all because 22 years old was the maximum age for participants ...

Despite the fact that the father-producer prepared the girl for the stage from the age of 2, it was the stage of the "Morning Star" that became the first launching pad that gave the long-awaited success and victory at the age of 10!

All fans of Seryozha Lazarev know that he became popular even when he was one of the Fidgets, but you can’t hide his leadership qualities ... In 1997, Sergey performed solo at the Morning Star, unconditionally winning, and at the same time stealing the hearts of millions of girls on that side of the screen. Looks like nothing has changed since then...

Well, one more "Fidget" became crowded in the team. Yes, Vlad Topalov decided to follow the success of his friend Sergey Lazarev, with whom he performed the song “Belle” from the musical “Notre Dame de Paris” on the stage of the Morning Star. Oh, to the hysteria of the all-Russian scale for the duet "Smash!" only a few days left...

Well, it was only in 1999 that the whole world began to sing along with the outrageous girls “I've lost my mind”, and before that, Yulia and Lena sang and won as part of the same restless “Fidget” in the most long-awaited Sunday musical program ...

Did you know that in 1996 Pelageya, who had just turned 10 years old, won the Morning Star competition and $1,000?

In 1997, with the song "Juliet's Heart", Zara only managed to become a finalist in the "Morning Star" contest, but you must admit that this scene is a worthy breakthrough for the first performance!

Well, here's another discovery for you - from the age of 11, Alexei Chumakov began to write his own songs, with the first of which he won the "Morning Star"!

Are you also singing now - “Do not offend, do not offend the groom, a young girl”? It seems that the "Morning Star" for this discovery alone could already calmly rest on its laurels!

Yes, yes, and for Evgenia Otradnaya, the scene of the "Morning Star" was the first real feeling of success and victory!

It turns out that not only today the name of Prokhor Chaliapin is mentioned in connection with another scandal or sensation in the world of domestic show business. 20 years ago, Andrei Zakharenkov also liked to play pranks ... And then the third place with his own song "Unreal Dream" on the stage of "Morning Star" seemed to him not enough - he decided that the rumor that he was a descendant of the famous opera singer Fedor Chaliapin, will consolidate his success more reliably ...

Admit it, you completely forgot this name? But Elena might not have had the second place at the “Star Factory-2”, if a few years earlier she had not been brought to the “Morning Star” competition by the chairman of the jury of the television project. By the way, then she won ...

In 1995, "Autumn" in the vastness of our country sounded in a new way - with poems and music of the song of the same name, which became calling card Lyceum groups. But four years earlier, these girls were only “warming up” on the stage of “Morning Star”!

Come on, stretch your memory! You couldn't forget that in 1990 Anzhelika Varum made her debut on the stage of "Morning Star" with the song "Midnight Cowboy"! And yes, we are also shocked ...

The purity of children's emotions, the unique spirit of competition, its own original format and a kaleidoscope of young talents - all this is about the author's program of one of the most popular presenters of the 90s, Yuri Nikolaev, "Morning Star".

Twelve years in the sky of television

Today we can already say with certainty that Morning Star is a unique project. If modern broadcasts of such a competitive format are Russified analogues of original Western projects, then Sunday morning show Yuri Nikolaev was entirely and completely a domestic product.

The beginning of the 90s was characterized by a clear crisis, both for domestic cinema and television. Not having won state support and not finding private sponsors, Yuri Nikolaev was forced to take a huge risk, taking all financial matters upon himself.

The first episode of the television competition was shown to viewers on March 7, 1991, and since then the program has been aired every Sunday morning. An understandable format and bright talented youth made the "Morning Star" popular. Every week, the viewer was waiting for new stars, combining that unique spark of talent, combined with childish spontaneity and youthful naivety.

The rules of the competition were simple: two performers were presented in the nomination, and after the performance of both, the jury consisting of four people, graded on a 5-point scale. The participant who scored the most points in total advanced, the less successful competitor was eliminated from the game.

IN competitive program There were two main genres - vocal and dance. Competitors were divided into two age groups: the youngest - from 3 to 15 years old and the eldest - from 15 to 22. A little later appeared folk genre, and it was the "Morning Star" that first introduced the audience to a magical folk voice Pelagia. In the early years of the broadcast, a competition for young TV presenters was also held, but due to less entertainment, this nomination quickly outlived its usefulness.

For all 12 years, Yuri Nikolaev was the permanent host. Even at the beginning of his journey, it was decided to take some young talent as a second entertainer. IN different time Y. Malinovskaya, M. Bogdanova, M. Skobeleva, and others have been in the role of co-host on the TV project “Morning Star”.

Instead of an afterword

By the beginning of the 2000s, the popularity of the TV project began to fall, neither the updated scenery nor the new competition rules helped. "Morning Star" changed its registration, moving from Channel One to TVC, and on November 16, 2003, the last release of the program took place.

Television was filled with new talent shows, more scandalous and attractive to the mass audience. However, it was the "Morning Star" that first opened talented young people to the public, whose names would later thunder in the sky of Russian pop music. Among them are Ani Lorak, Sergey Lazarev, the Lyceum group, Valeria, Vlad Topalov, Tatu, Yulia Nachalova and many others.

Despite the fact that the program has not existed for more than 11 years, the author of the project, Yuri Nikolaev, still hopes to resurrect the Morning Star, seeing great educational and motivational value in the program. But while these plans remain plans ...

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morning Star- a program that aired on Channel One and on the TVC channel from March 7, 1991 to August 3, 2003. This program revealed young talents in the field of music. The show aired on Sunday mornings. It was closed on Channel One and moved to TVC. Also aired on Friday nights in 1992 under the title "Morning Star on the Night Air".

Singers and groups that first performed on the Morning Star

• Lyceum (September 1991)
• Valeria
• Julia Nachalova
• Sergey Lazarev
• Vlad Topalov
• Tattoo
• Pelagia

Contest Rules

The competition was attended by 2 performers. Participants were divided into 4 genres: vocal genre(age 3 to 15), dance genre (age 15 to 22), vocal genre (age 15 to 22), and dance genre (age 3 to 15). The performances of the participants were evaluated by a jury of four people. The assessment was carried out according to a 5-point system, then the leaders of these assessments calculated the amount of points received by the participants of the competition. The participant who received the a large amount passed to the next round, the participant who scored the least number of points dropped out of the competition. If the participants scored the same amount of points, then the presenter asked the contestants to sing a verse from a song or dance a fragment from a dance in turn. Then he turned to the members of the jury to recalculate the scores of the participants. If, after recalculation, the sum of points is the same, then both participants passed to the next round. Also in 1991-1992, there was a competition for TV presenters among girls in the program. In this competition, the presenter Yuri Nikolaev chose the participants not for the role of his co-hosts, but for applicants who could work on television. First, the video clip of the participant was shown on the screens installed in the hall, and then the participant went on stage, accompanied by the presenter. Then a short conversation took place (usually the participants answered the questions of the presenter), after which the jury gave marks to each of the participants. There was also a competition "Freestyle," which was hosted by Maria Bogdanova. After the change of partner with Yuri Nikolaev, the competition was canceled. Also, the program, together with the New Names Foundation, held a competition for young performers classical music, which was evaluated in the same way as pop. Since 1993, the scenery has changed in the program. The screens disappeared, and instead of them a stave appeared. The rules of the competition have also changed. The participant with the most points went to stave and with the help of notes with numbers he chose his opponent, with whom he was to perform in the next round. Also, the children's vocal genre was divided into two categories: from 3 to 9 years old and from 9 to 15 years old, and a folklore competition was added.

Closing the transfer

In 2002, the general director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst, despite any persuasion by Yuri Nikolaev, took off the air "Morning Star", which, in his opinion, could prevent the viewer from perceiving new project"Star Factory ". The program moved to the TVC channel, where it aired for a year. The last episode of the program aired on August 3, 2003.

On October 3, 2016, the resumption of the program was announced and the competition website was opened now for admission to the semi-finals. It is necessary to collect the majority of votes of registered Internet users. New categories have been added: cinema, freestyle and family

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By the time I was ten, I had become very attached to my father.
I have always adored him. But, unfortunately, in my early childhood he traveled a lot and was at home too rarely. Every day spent with him at that time was a holiday for me, which I then remembered for a long time, and I collected all the words spoken by dad, bit by bit, trying to keep them in my soul, like a precious gift.
From an early age, I always had the impression that I had to earn my father's attention. I don't know where it came from or why. No one has ever prevented me from seeing him or talking to him. On the contrary, my mother always tried not to disturb us if she saw us together. And dad was always happy to spend with me all his leftovers from work, free time. We went to the forest with him, planted strawberries in our garden, went to the river for a swim, or just talked under our favorite old apple tree, which is what I liked to do almost the most.

In the forest for the first mushrooms...

On the bank of the Nemunas River (Neman)

Dad was a great conversationalist, and I was ready to listen to him for hours if I had such an opportunity ... Probably just his strict attitude to life, arrangement life values, the never-changing habit of not getting anything for nothing, all this gave me the impression that I should also deserve it ...
I remember very well how, as a very young child, I hung around his neck when he returned home from business trips, endlessly repeating how much I love him. And dad looked at me seriously and answered: “If you love me, you don’t have to tell me this, but you always have to show ...”
And it was precisely these words of his that remained an unwritten law for me for the rest of my life ... True, I probably didn’t always succeed very well in “showing”, but I always tried honestly.
And in general, for everything that I am now, I owe it to my father, who, step by step, sculpted my future “I”, never giving any concessions, despite how selflessly and sincerely he loved me. In the most difficult years of my life, my father was my “island of calm”, where I could return at any time, knowing that they were always waiting for me there.
Himself lived a very difficult and hectic life, he wanted to be sure for sure that I would be able to stand up for myself in any circumstances that were unfavorable for me and would not break down from any troubles in life.
Actually, I can say with all my heart that I was very, very lucky with my parents. If they were a little different, who knows where I would be now, and whether I would be at all ...
I also think that fate brought my parents together for a reason. Because it seemed to be absolutely impossible to meet them ...
My dad was born in Siberia, in distant city Kurgan. Siberia was not the original place of residence of my father's family. This was the decision of the then "fair" Soviet government and, as was customary, it was not subject to discussion ...
So, my real grandparents, one fine morning, were rudely escorted out of their beloved and very beautiful, huge family estate, cut off from their usual life, and put into a completely creepy, dirty and cold car, following the frightening direction - Siberia ...
Everything that I will talk about further, I have collected bit by bit from the memoirs and letters of our relatives in France, England, as well as from the stories and memoirs of my relatives and friends in Russia and Lithuania.
To my great regret, I was able to do this only after my father's death, after many, many years ...

I got into "Fidgets" literally from the street. He was then about 10 years old. The mother of our girl, Yulia Komleva, worked in a store not far from Serezha's house. And he was an independent guy, he went to the store from childhood. And then one day he came to the bakery, and at the same time got into a conversation with the woman behind the counter. Yulia's mother mentioned that her daughter is engaged in the Fidget ensemble.

By that time, Seryozha had heard a lot about us, because we often appeared in the Morning Star, and Lazarev adored this program and, more than anything else, dreamed of getting there. Yulia's mother introduced him to her daughter, and the two of them went to the house of children's creativity.

Entering the building, Seryozha stopped at the first step of the stairs and said: “No, I won’t go. Afraid". He stood, caught his breath, resolutely went upstairs, reached the second floor: “No, after all, I won’t go, it’s scary!” Julia with grief in half dragged him to the third floor.

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Then he skidded in front of the door to my office. Here Julia began to act decisively, came to me and said: “Lena, here the boy came, without a competition, without a casting, but he really wants to show himself to you.” In general, she pushed him into my room by force, closed the door and fell on it from the outside so that the guy would not run away. Seryozha hesitated, blushed, but nevertheless pulled himself together and began to sing.

I understood everything at once, without any castings. High treble of amazing clarity. Very confident dance moves. In general, I ordered him to come in the morning and immediately begin to study. From the very beginning it was obvious that it would be a mistake not to take such a guy.

But if I fell in love with him right away, then in the team he took root far from the first days. Lazarev had to go through a kind of initiation, which was arranged for almost all newcomers. Our star Yulia Malinovskaya, who already then hosted the Morning Star and was known throughout the country, could not pass by such a shy and sincere boy. Decided to play a joke on him. He comes up and says: “Seryozha, Lena asked me to tell you what to tomorrow you have to learn this dance. And if it doesn’t work out, she will immediately kick you out of Fidget!”

The poor guy was frightened, he diligently rehearsed all night, the next morning he comes up to me and says: “Elena Mikhailovna, take the job, I learned everything!” “What did you learn?!” I wonder. "Like what? Dance! As you requested. They won't kick me out now." I had to explain to him that our guys are joking like that. But after this incident, Seryozha quickly became the soul of the company, and Yulia did not suit him with such checks anymore.

Sergey Lazarev and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (center)

Once we went with him to a song contest in the city of Cremona, in Italy. Between rehearsals, we had some free time, and we decided to wander around the city. Walking, we came to the square, over which the town hall towered. We climbed up to the bell tower - from there a stunning view opened up.

"How good!" - says Seryozha and from the fullness of feelings begins to sing. Naturally, I chose "Santa Lucia" for performance - this song was ideally suited to the situation. The amazing acoustics of the bell tower greatly strengthened Serezhin's angelic treble. Literally for a second, he stopped to catch his breath, and at that moment we heard a noise below. We leaned over the fence and we see, far below us, on the square - a huge crowd. Everyone looks at us and applauds. I had to sing and bow.

About Vlad Topalov

little funny man

Five-year-old Vladka, then still very tiny, was brought to us for an audition by his grandmother. I just hung an ad on the doors of the Sokol Children's Art Center, and they just lived nearby.

Vladik was such a small, funny, plump baby doll. He went out to the middle of the room, blushed and, with each word, blushing more and more, sang: “A Christmas tree was born in the forest ...” The baby was very embarrassed. Julia Malinovskaya immediately drew attention to Vladik. She came up, took his hand and announced that “this will be my man!”, which plunged little Vlad into even more embarrassment.

However, he took his work seriously. Once, six-year-old Vladka was giving an interview to some TV channel, and the journalist asked him: “You are doing vocals and dancing here - this is understandable. And why do you need a classic machine, boy, explain it? And he, shrugging his shoulders, said with an arrangement: “I myself, to be honest, I don’t know, but my mother says that if you engage in a classic machine, you will be slender and beautiful.” From the lips of a six-year-old burly man, it sounded great.

Vladik grew up as a calm and extremely calm guy. Once we went on tour to America, and for some reason one of the performances took place in the concert hall of some fire station. This very firehouse had a very low ceiling. And now "Fidgets" on the stage, the girls are dancing, everything is very emotional and expressive. Suddenly, at some point, Zhenya Tremasova makes such a sweeping movement with her foot, and a shoe flies off her. It flies up to the ceiling and bounces off it like a ricochet down, right on Topalov's head. Not a single muscle on Vladka's face trembled; he continued to dance as if nothing had happened. Zhenya also does not give a look, continues the dance in one shoe.

The guys worked out the number to the end, and backstage, Zhenya runs up to Vlad and begins to apologize: “Forgive me, I accidentally. Were you in pain?" And he quite calmly and calmly answers her: “Oh, Zhenya, think of some kind of shoe. A vase fell on my head a month ago - it fell off the closet - and then I had nothing. Do you see how big and strong my head is? She is not even afraid of a vase, not like your shoe.

About Nastya Zadorozhnaya

The most beautiful ugly duckling

The first time I saw Nastya backstage concert hall. We then performed at the Christmas tree in the city hall. It was a very responsible and important event, and I was covered in soap, running from dressing room to dressing room, settling various matters. The administrator comes up to me and says: "A girl wants to see you." “What other girl is there,” I wave as I run. Five minutes later, again: “The girl is calling you,” I again ignore. For the fifth time I can’t stand it, I say: “Give her here!”

I see an angel standing. With huge eyes. With long eyelashes. And in a timid voice he says: “Take me to Fidget!” Her dad brought her to the Christmas tree, she saw our children, plucked up courage and made her way backstage to ask for a team. The impudence of the city takes: they took Nastenka for a trial period, and then into the main team.

Lena Katina and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (left)

She had a hard time at first in our friendly and "friendly" team. There has always been a catastrophic shortage of boys in the Fidgets, and they were worth their weight in gold not only by teachers, but also by girls. When all the girls suddenly and without declaring war suddenly fell in love with someone, the shortage of boys was felt especially acutely.

And at that very moment Nastya comes - a beauty and a smart girl. Nastya has always been a beauty, and even at a transitional age, Zadorozhnaya remained a very pretty girl. And immediately, of course, fell in love with our very bright boy- in Seryozha Lazarev.

In general, seeing this, our girls went into all serious trouble. We decided to eliminate the competitor. From the very first day, they began to inspire Zadorozhnaya that she was an ugly girl. Jokes, jokes, sometimes even outright bullying - it got to the point that Nastya really believed that she ugly duck. She roared, suffered, was sad, but did not give up. Then she repeatedly admitted in an interview that she went through such a powerful life school in Fidgets - all subsequent tests seemed like baby talk.

Thanks to Fidget, her actor career. Directors and producers often approached us in search of performers of children's roles. Our children are bright, talented, uninhibited. In addition, at the Fidget school we teach stage speech and stage movement. Our fidgets were filmed in different issues of Yeralash.

While on vacation at Orlyonok, we were approached by producers from the Sinebridge television company, who were filming the first teenage series on our television, Simple Truths. The first composition of their young actors has already grown up and even finished school according to the script. They were looking for new actors. Their choice immediately fell on Nastya.

A series of "Simple Truths" was released every day on RTR. So I had to shoot a lot. During the day, Nastya went to school, then went to the music school, from there to Fidget, and in the evenings, weekends and vacations she also managed to act in films - she was a workaholic since childhood. This useful quality then helped her a lot in her future career.

About Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina

Skinny leader and head on his shoulders

Yulia Volkova… I pronounce her name, and a picture pops up in my memory. "Fidgets" are still brand new, we are engaged in Sokol, in the center of creativity for children and youth. We conduct a casting - we choose our replenishment. A small hall, the stage rises, the guys walk on it. We are watching them closely. And then a girl appears on the stage - a blonde in a velvet dark blue dress, pretty - you can’t take your eyes off. Everything is clean, fragile, transparent. She came out and sings “Oh, it’s not evening, it’s not evening,” and her voice is like a bell. And he sings the notes very well. As it turned out later, she studied at a music school, and she was doing great there. In general, it was some kind of angel. Of course, we took it without any hesitation.

At first, Volkova did not stand out in any way, but about a year later we all went to Artek together. It was a common practice, we went there every summer, in the camp we organized a special "non-Sedov" detachment, they had their own counselors, their own corps and their own schedule.

A week passed, and all of a sudden, walkers - our "fidgets" - suddenly reached out to me. One by one, two by two, they came and said thoughtfully: “Len, it turns out, Yulia Volkova, such a cool girl, we couldn’t even think!”, “Oh, Len, it’s so great with Volkova!” And since then I have only heard from them "Volkova, Volkova, Volkova", "Julia this, Yulia that." She became not just the soul of the company - the ruler of thoughts. Won the trust of our leaders - Lazarev and Malinovskaya. This couple usually worked as our main clowns, and now the three of them with Volkova amused the entire squad to the point of falling.

Vlad Topalov, Sergey Lazarev and Yulia Malinovskaya (bottom row) and Lena Katina (top right)

And Volkova had her own trick - she loved to treat everyone. Since she herself was a thin, frail and at first rather sickly girl, her parents collected a whole chest with a variety of pills, ointments and pills with them. And Yulia generously fed them to all the suffering. "Do you have a headache? On you, aspirin, drink! Do you have a tummy? Here's activated charcoal for you. It is clear that her mother did not give her any serious medicines with her to the camp, knowing full well that it was dangerous, but she still managed all the plasters and brilliant greens and earned the fame of Dr. Medunitsa.

Girls were especially drawn to Yulia: she also had the talent of a stylist and makeup artist and loved to do hairstyles, dress up, paint. That was a rare combination of kindness and sparkling contagious fun. As well as a unique ability to become one's own and a leader in any team. Not a girl, but a treasure.

Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina (left) and Sergey Lazarev (right)

Her future partner in the Tatu duet, Lena Katina, came to us at Fidget later than Volkova. And she has a completely different story. Lenin's father professional composer and sound engineer. We met at the studio when we were recording one of the songs with Fidget. After a while, he called me and said: “Len, listen to my girl? She is engaged in some kind of song group, she sings Spanish songs with a guitar, it turns out interesting.

A girl of about 12 years old came. Bright, red, these charming cannabis. Well, cute, not a girl! The voice is amazing, the timbre is very pleasant. And she herself is calm, mature, quiet. I naturally took it.

Yulia Malinovskaya and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (center) and Lena Katina (right)

It is not easy to enter a long-established team, but Lena managed not to come into conflict with anyone. The old-timers, of course, tried to reward the "brand new redhead" with a portion of ridicule and jokes. But Lena reacted to this in the highest degree philosophically and calmly. This calmness and "maturity" have always distinguished Katina. Even after the rapid rise of Tatu, Lena managed to keep her head on her shoulders. And remained completely unspoiled by success, money and fame.

About first love

Lovers Lazarev, Zadorozhnaya, Topalov and Volkova