Brilliant members. Group brilliant - composition, photos, clips, listen to songs

The group "Brilliant" was formed in 1995. The idea to create "our answer to the Spice Girls" came to producers Andrey Shlykov and Andrey Grozny, who previously worked with MF-3.


The very first song of the "Brilliant" - "There, only there" - burst into all sorts of charts, followed by "Flowers" and "Fog", which were included in the debut album of the "Brilliant" "There, only there". The video clips shot for these compositions made the group incredibly popular, and the girls went to concerts around the country.

In between tours, the "Brilliant" work hard in the studio. The result is the album "Just Dreams", which includes such musical bestsellers as "Where are you, where?", "Clouds", "Cha-cha-cha" and others.

In the fall of 1999, 2 video clips were shot for the songs "Chao-bambino" and "Winter comes after autumn" from the group's new album "About Love", after which the journalists unanimously named the "Brilliant" the best female group of the year. The success was reinforced by the release of the compilation "The Best", which included best songs group, including her two new hits - "White Snow" and "Waiting for You for a Long Time".

Video clips were filmed for both of these songs. The last one - "I've been waiting for you for a long time" (dir. Philip Yankovsky, cameraman - Vlad Opelyants) for a long time was in the "Russian ten".

The group consists of 4 girls. Zhanna Friske is considered to be a recognized specialist in the group in terms of outfits, both stage ones and those that girls wear "for every day". The "Brilliant" demonstrate each of their purchases to Zhanna and listen to her opinion very much.

Irina Lukyanova is the most elegant and fragile creature in the group. Her weight of about forty kilograms is the envy of everyone who wants to lose weight. At the same time, Ira does not follow any diets and does not limit herself in anything. She sews well and this is not her only advantage.

After leaving the "Brilliant" Olga Orlova, Ksenia Novikova took the place of the soloist - she is not a novice in show business, before the "Brilliant" she worked in the "Class" group, but "grew out of it." Upon learning that she was taken to the "Brilliant", she was in seventh heaven with happiness. It is still in the same state.

And the fourth member of the "Brilliant" - Julia Kovalchuk. The most young participant in the team - she is only 19 years old. She studies at the Institute of Culture at the department of choreography. After two months of working in the group's ballet, I received an offer to sing something. Her first performance as part of the "Brilliant" was the shooting of "Song of the Year" on September 5, 2001. He says about himself: "It's just that I ended up in" Brilliant "in right time and at the right time."

Group members:

The first composition of the group: VARYA KOROLEVA, OLGA ORLOVA, POLINA IODIS. In this composition, the first album was recorded - "TAM-ONLY THERE". After its release, there were changes in the group: VARYA KOROLEVA stopped working in the team, and two new girls were invited to it - ZHANNA FRISKE and IRINA LUKYANOVA.

The second composition of the group: POLINA IODIS, ZHANNA FRISKE, OLGA ORLOVA, IRINA LUKYANOVA. It was in this composition that the "Brilliant" firmly occupied the upper steps of the main Russian hit parades and recorded two albums: "TAM-ONLY THERE (Re-Mixes)" and "JUST DREAMS" In 1998, POLINA IODIS left the group and the girls continued to work together.

The third composition of the group: From left to right: IRINA LUKYANOVA, ZHANNA FRISKE, OLGA ORLOVA. In August 1999, the fourth soloist, KSENIA NOVIKOVA, was again invited to the team.

The fourth composition of the group: ZHANNA FRISKE, IRINA LUKYANOVA, OLGA ORLOVA, KSENIA NOVIKOVA. The new line-up released the album "ABOUT LOVE", the presentation of which took place on February 1, 2000 in the entertainment complex "Metelitsa". The group is a laureate of the "Ovation", "Generation", "Golden Gramophone", "Song of the Year" awards, successfully tours in the cities of Russia, the countries of the Near Abroad and abroad. We will constantly update the site with "hot" news, hold press conferences with the band members, so read our material, prepare and ask questions and you will be the first to know about everything. We remind you that this site is the only official one, so the rest are just the creations of our respected fans, to whom we give credit for their truly titanic works, but at the same time we express doubt about the reliability of the information offered.

Olya

20 years old, student of the Faculty of Economics. Studied banking. Before working in a group, she studied and worked in the same company. Soloist of the group.

How the group appeared: "Producer Andrey Grozny offered me to be the soloist of some project that did not exist yet." The name of the group, in the end, came up with Andrei the Terrible.

Pauline

Kozhalaniye is an ex-member of the group. 19 years old, studying at a private law academy. Graduated music school(she learned to sing and play the piano, she learned to dance when she began working with the Brilliant). She worked at the Manhattan Express club, and one day Olya offered to sing in her group.

Ira

21 years old, until the age of 13 she was engaged in gymnastics, then her parents sent her to dance. I worked with a group of children, then there was a screening in the Boris Moiseev ensemble, but they didn’t take it. Graduated from the Moscow College of Arts (choreography department). In the group, he is responsible for the video sequence and for dancing on stage.

Jeanne

23 years old, Joined the group as an artistic director. After several rehearsals, the producer invited her to become the fourth. Before Brilliant, she studied at the Faculty of Journalism. In the group, he is responsible for plastics and costumes.

In 1994, two Andreys - Grozny and Shlykov brought together a trinity beautiful girls Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Varvara Koroleva were named new group"Brilliant".

The group "Brilliant" released their debut album in 1997, naming it the most popular composition of the album with the same name: "There, only there." After the release of the record, Varvara Koroleva leaves the group, having decided to devote herself to creating a family. She is replaced by two girls Zhanna Friske and Irina Lukyanova at once. It is this composition of the group that is still considered “golden”, since it was during the two years of the existence of the quartet that the group “Brilliant” achieved the greatest popularity. Then comes the remix album: "There, only there (remixes)".

In 1998, the Brilliant released the next album, Just Dreams, then Polina left the group and for some time the Brilliant were again a trio. But in August 1999, the fourth member Novikova Ksenia appeared in the team.

In 2000, the group released the album "About Love", as well as a collection best songs"White Snow" In the same period, the author of many compositions, Olga Orlova, left the group and was replaced in August 2001 by Yulia Kovalchuk. In 2002, the next creation was released - the album Over the Four Seas.

In 2003, Irina Lukyanova left the Brilliant group, who, like Olga Orlova, had to give birth to a child. The former gymnast Irina Lukyanova was replaced by Anna Semenovich, the master of sports in figure skating, who very organically fit into the general rhythm of the group. Came out soon new album"Orange Paradise", and the composition of the same name is becoming very popular. At the same time, Zhanna Friske leaves the group, who begins solo career under the wing of the former producer.

In April 2004, Nadya Ruchka joined the group and the trio again turned into the Brilliant quartet, which began work on a new album. Presentation of the new disc " Oriental tales was held in December 2005 in entertainment center"Crystal". This line-up of the group becomes the most stable in the entire history of the group, but in 2007 Anna Semenovich decides to leave the team and start a solo career within the same production center "Brilliant-production".

In place of Semenovich, Anastasia Osipova is taken into the group. Anna's departure led to the departure of another girl - the "long-liver" of the group Ksenia Novikova. So the group appeared younger sister Zhanna Friske Natalya Friske, who was introduced to the world in October 2007 at the MTV RMA awards ceremony, where the Brilliant group performed with an expanded line-up, inviting almost all former participants in the Brilliant project to participate in the show.

Without renewing her contract, Yulia Kovalchuk in 2008 was no longer a member of the "Brilliant", then the charming Anna Dubovitskaya appeared in the team. In June 2008, Natasha Friske changes her desire to be a pop singer and goes to school. She is replaced by Yulianna Lukasheva, who also does not stay long in the team and soon leaves the group. She will be replaced by Marina Berezhnaya.

Thus, in 2009, the group included Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova, Anna Dubovitskaya and Marina Berezhnaya.

In 2011, the producers managed to lure Ksenia Novikova back into the group, creating the first quintet in the history of the Brilliant. New composition has already recorded the single "Love", the group's fans are waiting for a new video.

The Brilliant group is one of the first female musical groups in our country. The team has been awarded many awards: Golden Gramophone, Stopud Hit, Song of the Year, Sound Track, etc.

In 2018, one of the most popular musical groups in the country turns 20 years old. During this time, the composition of the "Brilliant" group changed several times. Today we remember all the participants and the most famous songs that the whole country sang.

The first composition of the group "Brilliant"

In 1995, Andrei the Terrible was so inspired by the success American group"Space Girls", which decided to create a girl group. It didn’t take long to look for a vocalist - he already had Olga Orlova in mind. Beautiful brown-haired woman with gentle voice invited the producer to take her friend Polina Iodis into the team, who did not have good vocals, but looked very harmonious in the frame. The third was the talented dancer Varvara Koroleva. Two blondes and vociferous Olga became a spectacular trio and shot the first video for the song "There, only there."

After leaving debut album the group lost one member - Varvara left to build a personal life. Irina Lukyanova was taken in her place. The red-haired beauty with big eyes quickly got used to both touring and the hectic life on wheels.

At the end of 1996, an artistic director appeared in the group. Fatal brunette Zhanna Friske came to put the girls numbers and take on all the responsibilities for organizing the concert. Thanks to her amazing external data, after six months she became a full-fledged member of the team. Now the composition consisted of four performers, it is he who is still considered "golden".

Resounding success

In 1997, a video for the song "Clouds" was released, which instantly became a hit. This composition made the girls stars of show business, and Andrei the Terrible understood in what direction the group should be developed. The songs "Cha-cha-cha" and "Where are you, where" take the team to a new level - "Brilliant" begin to give concerts in large halls. The public is keenly interested not only in creativity, but also in the personal life of the soloists. Girls willingly give interviews, but you immediately feel who occupies a leading position in the group "Brilliant". The surname of Olga Orlova is on everyone's lips - after all, it is she who sings almost all the songs, leaving the girls only to perform choruses together.

Update

In 1998, Polina left the team. She was always interested in extreme sports, to which she devoted her life, leaving the group "Brilliant". The composition has replenished former member"Class" group. Quite young Ksenia Novikova got into the hottest time - it was just necessary to shoot a video for the song "Chao, Bambino!" This composition became an all-Russian hit after Alexey Ryzhov made a remix. The clip turned out to be very frank, so it was not released on the big screen for a long time. Unfortunately, Olga Orlova could not fully enjoy the success either. Due to pregnancy, she had to leave the group "Brilliant". The surname and photo of the girl often appeared on the pages of newspapers and magazines: there were rumors that she was expelled from the team for hiding her interesting position. In a stripped-down line-up, the group toured until 2001.

body in action

Yulia Kovalchuk becomes the fourth "brilliant" girl. Not possessing outstanding external data and strong voice, she still occupies a vacant place for a long time. The next two years were rich in events: Irina Lukyanova leaves the group and the textured Anna Semenovich is taken in her place. The former figure skater amazes with her forms the entire male population of the CIS. Her modest vocals do not bother the producer - the effect is achieved not only due to resonant voice. The hot season is coming. Hits follow each other. “Orange Song”, “And I kept flying”, “Over the four seas”, “Au-au” occupy the top lines of the charts. Girls collect well-deserved prizes and awards. To consolidate the result, all four are filmed in candid photoshoot for a magazine.

New losses

At the end of 2003, Zhanna Friske announced her resignation. She goes to build a solo career, and she does it very well, unlike the same Olga Orlova. In place of the "black" take no less spectacular Nadya Ruchka. Soon two hits come out at once - “Agent 007” and “Oriental Tales”. These are the last compositions of the group that became hits. In March 2007, the composition leaves Semenovich, and in May - Ksenia Novikova. Their places are taken by Natalia Asmolova and Anastasia Osipova. The first could not find a language with the team and three months later completed her collaboration with Andrei the Terrible, and Zhanna's younger sister, Natasha Friske, was taken in her place. However, six months later, she leaves the group. Kovalchuk leaves with her.

fresh faces

This time the producer had to find two performers at once. He announces the casting and accepts Anna Dubovitskaya and Yulianna Lukasheva. great success in this composition, the group did not achieve. In 2009, Yulianna gives her place to Ksenia Novikova, who decided to return to the stage after a divorce. A year later, Anna Dubovitskaya leaves the group. Asmolova takes her place. Soon another soloist appears - Marina Berezhnaya. In 2015, Novikova decides to finally say goodbye to the composition of the Brilliant group.

Osipova and Asmolova leave behind her. From that moment to the present day, the team has three singers - Nadya Ruchka, Sylvia Zolotova and Kristina Illarionova. Despite the fact that the group has not released hits for a long time, the "Brilliant" are always long-awaited guests at any combined concert. Basically, they perform old hits, for which they still receive awards.

Singer Olga Orlova was one of the first soloists of the group "Brilliant", which is already 22 years old. She worked there from the moment the team was founded in 1995 until 2000. After that, until 2007, she sang alone, then there was a period of calm, and the singer returned to the stage in 2015.



Olga Orlova with her son. Photo: instagram.com

In addition, Olga actively acted in films (“Anna Karamazoff”, “Love-Carrot - 1, 2, 3” and in other films), played in private performances.

And in March 2017, she decided to try the role of co-host of the reality show "Dom-2". By the way, 16-year-old Artem, Olga's son from businessman Alexander Karmanov (the marriage broke up in 2004), supported this decision. Rumor has it that Olga fought off her ex-husband Alexander is with another singer Natalya Lagoda, but Orlova herself denies these rumors: they say that Alexander left Natalya before Olga began dating him.

One way or another, when Olga became pregnant with Artem, the group's producer Andrei Grozny asked her to leave the group.

Polina Iodis - singer and athlete - was the soloist of the group for only three years: from 1995 to 1998. After leaving the "Brilliant" Polina took up extreme sports, and in 2010 she left for Bali, where she lives to this day, surfing. There, in Bali, her children were born.



Polina Iodis. Photo: instagram.com

With husband and children. Photo: instagram.com

Varvara Koroleva is the third soloist from the very first composition of the group. But she was in this capacity for only a year: from 1995 to 1996. After that, she was replaced by Irina Lukyanova and Zhanna Friske. After leaving the group, Varvara completely switched to sports, namely rock climbing. And she never returned to show business.

Irina Lukyanova was a member of the group from 1996 to 2003.



Irina Lukyanova. Photo: instagram.com

Now in the family of Irina and her husband, businessman Mikhail Sinitsyn, there are four children: Misha and Denis, the sons of Mikhail, as well as common girls Anya and Sasha. Irina devoted herself to the family.

Irina with her daughters Photo: instagram.com



Irina with her daughters Photo: instagram.com

Zhanna Friske performed in "Brilliant" from 1997 to 2003. After leaving the composition, she continued to be friends with Olga Orlova. Therefore, it is not surprising that Jeanne and her husband Dmitry Shepelev chose godmothers for the son of Plato, it was Olga. After leaving the "Brilliant" Jeanne began a solo career, but in 2013 the singer fell ill, and in June 2015 she passed away.


Zhanna Friske and Dmitry Shepelev. Photo: East News



Zhanna Friske, Irina Lukyanova,
Ksenia Novikova, Yulia Kovalchuk. Photo: Global Look Press

Ksenia Novikova joined the team in 1999 - she was replaced by Polina Iodis. And immediately after Zhanna Friske left, she became the leader of the group. In 2007, she left the "Brilliant" and gave birth to businessman Andrei Sereda two boys - Miron and Bogdan. But four years later she returned to the team, while simultaneously building her solo career. In 2015, she married businessman Alexei Sorokin.


Ksenia Novikova with her husband Alexei Sorokin and sons Bogdan and Miron. Photo: instagram.com

And in January 2016, she finally said goodbye to the group, in which she worked for a total of about 12 years.

Yulia Kovalchuk joined the group instead of Olga Orlova. She worked as part of a team for about six years, and then also took up solo career and mastered the role of a TV presenter. Julia married singer Alexei Chumakov in 2013, and most recently, on October 13, 2017, this couple had a girl. So Julia is still enjoying motherhood and is in no hurry to go to work.



Julia Kovalchuk with Alexei Chumakov Photo: instagram.com

Anna Semenovich - a former figure skater, worked for several years on various TV channels. Once, when Semenovich was interviewing the girls from "Brilliant" on "Muz-TV", the producers of the group, Andrei Grozny and Andrei Shlykov, had the idea to invite her to the girls' team. As a result, Anna quit journalism and became a singer, having worked in this capacity from 2003 to 2007. Then Anna returned to TV: she was busy in the programs "Stars on Ice", " glacial period”,“ The young lady and the culinary specialist ”,“ Traffic rules ”.


Anna Semenovich. Photo: instagram.com

Nadezhda Ruchka got into the "Brilliant" in 2004 and, perhaps, would have continued to sing in the group if she had not become pregnant and had not given birth to her son Leva in August 2017. And the chosen one of Nadia was an employee of the oil company Denis Boyarko. Before "Brilliant" Pen was in the group Party.



Nadezhda Ruchka with her husband Denis Boyarko. Photo: instagram.com

Anastasia Osipova was a member of the "Brilliant" from 2007 to 2015, and before that she was a soloist of the Strelka group. They took her instead of the departed Anna Semenovich. Parallel to musical career Anastasia graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Institute foreign languages and even had an internship at the Basmanny Court. In 2016, she married lawyer Alexander Malakha, and in April 2017, a boy, Mark, was born in their family.


Anastasia Osipova. Photo: instagram.com



Anastasia with her husband Alexander Malakha. Photo: instagram.com


Natalya Friske with her sister Jeanne Photo: Global Look Press

Anna Dubovitskaya joined the group after the departure of Yulia Kovalchuk in 2008 and stayed in the team until 2011. Anna has three educations: she is an economist, a fashion designer, and also a dancer. Dubovitskaya married businessman Sergei Anokhin. The couple is raising two girls: Dasha from Sergey's first marriage and their common daughter Lyuba.



Anna Dubovitskaya. Photo: Global Look Press


Anna with her husband Sergei Anokhin. Photo: Global Look Press

Yulianna Lukasheva spent about a year in the team: from 2008 to 2009. And before that, she was engaged in ballroom dancing and was even the world vice-champion in them. After leaving the group, Lukasheva became a TV presenter on the RU.TV channel. Now he continues to perform solo. They say that the singer and TV presenter had an affair with Sergei Zverev. Rumors were confirmed by Sergei himself.



Yulianna Lukasheva. Photo: instagram.com


Yulianna and Sergey Zverev. Photo: East News

And here is the current composition of the "Brilliant": Marina Berezhnaya, Silvia Zolotova, Kristina Illarionova, Natalia Asmolova.

"Brilliant" is a Russian female pop group that has been performing since the mid-1990s. One of the first girl groups in the country to give national stage many talented solo artists.

History of creation

The Brilliant group has been leading its history since 1995, when composer Andrei Grozny (ex-soloist of the Kar-Man group and producer of Viktor Saltykov, Amega and Bounty groups) with an old friend, musician Andrei Shlykov, decided to create women's group similar to the British "Spice Girls".


The first to join the group was 18-year-old Olga Orlova - the soloist once recommended her to the producers. popular group"MF-3" by Christian Ray, in the video of which the high school student Olga starred shortly before.


Orlova suggested that Grozny take his girlfriends into the group, the dancer Varvara Koroleva and Polina Iodis, who at that time was studying in Moscow at the Faculty of Law and left the institute for the sake of the group. Olga acted as the soloist of the group, while the rest of the girls worked mainly as backup dancers.


Even the first 2 years Russian musicians, not to mention the listeners, did not know the girls by sight, although the songs from their debut album “There, Only There” were very popular. The artists began to be recognized after the release of the first clips in late 1996 and early 1997: by that time, the “Brilliant” had undergone the first changes in the composition - Varvara decided to leave the team and devote herself to her family.

"There, only there" - the first clip of "Brilliant" (1996)

The Queen was replaced by a 20-year-old graduate of the College of Arts, Irina Lukyanova. Then 21-year-old Zhanna Friske was invited to the group - for the role artistic director. The producers offered the journalism student to choose outfits and put numbers for the group members, but in mid-1997, the charismatic Zhanna became the fourth member of the girl band.


In this composition, the "Brilliant" existed for 2 years, having achieved considerable popularity. Their hits "Clouds", "Cha-cha-cha" and "Where are you, where?" sounded from every radio, and the video for the song "Flowers" was regularly played on the most famous music channels. At the end of 1998, Polina Iodis announced her departure from the team, deciding to devote herself to extreme sports. Today, the girl is one of the founders of the Federation and the Russian Surfing Championship and has been living in Bali for several years now.

“I left without regrets, which were not later. At that time, we toured a lot, but did not develop, ”recalls Iodis.

1999-2002

In mid-1999, the ranks of the "Brilliant" were replenished by the ex-soloist of the youth group "Class" - 19-year-old Ksenia Novikova, who periodically recorded backing vocals for the group. Together with Ksenia, the group released the songs “Winter will come in autumn” and the incredibly popular “Chao, bambina!” Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky). All of Russia was discussing Zhanna Friske in a transparent negligee, who showed in the clip "sharon stone gesture". The viewer's attention was fueled by the fact that many TV channels refused to put this video on the air.

Shiny - Chao, bambino

Meanwhile, a remix of the hit, created with the participation of Alexei Ryzhov, a member of the Disco Crash group, sounded at all discos in the country, and the girl band's album "About Love" was sold out at breakneck speed.


In 2000, due to a conflict with Andrei the Terrible, Orlova left the group. The singer was expecting a baby, but for a long time hid this fact. As a result, the management told the soloist that she did not need her services. "We ordered a group beautiful girls, and not pregnant mothers, ”Olga was told. Pregnant Orlova managed to "light up" in the video for the song "White Snow", but a month later the clip was redone, and all the episodes with the singer were cut out.

"Brilliant". Interviews and clips (1998)

In the early 2000s, Zhanna Friske began to study solo work, combining work in the "Brilliant". Suspecting the imminent departure of the soloist from the group, the producers invited 18-year-old Yulia Kovalchuk, a student of the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography, to the team. Kovalchuk's debut in the team was the song "Au-au", directed by Roman Prygunov, author of the films "DuhLess" and "DuhLess-2" with Danila Kozlovsky.


The most popular songs of the "Brilliant" in these years were the singles "Over the Four Seas" and "And I kept flying" (verses by Ksenia Novikova) - both songs received the prestigious Golden Gramophone award. The clips for these hits caused a special stir among the male part of the fans.

2002-2007

In September 2002, the group presented the album "Over the Four Seas", performed in genres unusual for the group: from disco house to rap. The album even included "heavy" compositions, which came as a surprise to the artists themselves. Friske summed up that the team is turning from a girlish team into a female one. This was also confirmed by journalists who sought to send Zhanna and Irina Lukyanova to “retirement”.


In March 2003, Irina found out that she was pregnant, and the doctor gave her a choice: either work or a child. The singer chose the latter and left the "Brilliant" - later she returned to dancing. In place of Lukyanova, they took a former figure skater, 23-year-old Anna Semenovich - the girl interviewed the group, after which she received an offer to become part of it. Together with Semenovich, "Brilliant" released the hit "Orange Song" and the album "Orange Paradise".

Brilliant - Orange Song

After participating in the extreme reality show " Last Hero Zhanna Friske left the group. Many associate the departure of the singer with the wedding of Andrei the Terrible. Jeanne and the producer once had a short romance, and Grozny even made an offer to the singer, but she refused the admirer. “From that moment on, everyone’s personal life went its own way,” says Andrey. Despite this, Grozny and Shlykov throughout creative career Friske remained her producers.


In 2004, the 23-year-old Ukrainian singer Nadezhda Ruchka joined the group, who had previously sung in the Party group and worked in a casino. In the updated composition, the team recorded the songs "New Year's Song", "Palm Trees in Pairs" and "Oriental Tales" (with the Iranian-Swedish singer Arash).

Shiny ft. Arash - Oriental tales

Clip on last song caused a lot negative reviews- In particular, the chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, Heydar Dzhemal, said that the video offends the feelings of Muslims, and the depraved atmosphere of the video has nothing to do with the morality of the followers of Islam. Nevertheless, the song became a real hit, and soon the Brilliant released an album of the same name.

2007-2014

In March 2007, Anna Semenovich left the group, who was replaced by the 22-year-old ex-soloist of Strelok Anastasia Osipova. Six months later in a long maternity leave Ksenia Novikova left: first, her eldest son Miron was born, and a year and a half later, Bogdan. In her place, they took Natalia Asmolova, whom Shlykov noticed during one of the castings: the girl did not differ in pomp, but she impressed the producer with her outstanding vocals.


Natalia stayed in the group for only 3 months. She was replaced by Friske's younger sister, Natalya, in the "Brilliant". However, she was able to survive in the team for only a year - almost simultaneously with her, Kovalchuk left the Brilliant, whose contract had ended.


At the casting, the producers chose the singer Nadezhda Kondratiev as a replacement for the departed artists (in the end, she never became a soloist, only appearing with the group once) and dancer Anna Dubovitskaya. Interestingly, businessman Sergei Anokhin, who once met with Novikova and Friske Sr., became Dubovitskaya's spouse in 2011. The members of the team confirmed that many girls liked Anokhin, but this did not cause discord in the group.

In 2008, a bright 18-year-old brunette, vice world champion in ballroom dancing Yulianna Lukasheva. With her participation, the tracks “Odnoklassniki” and “You Know, Darling” were recorded and the collection “Odnoklassniki” was released with old covered hits.

Brilliant - Odnoklassniki

In November 2009, Yulianna left the group - she was replaced by Marina Berezhnaya with "very fashionable r'n'b vocals and outstanding external data." In mid-2011, Ksenia Novikova returned to the group from the decree, which in parallel began to work on solo projects.

2014–2017

In July 2014, the group performed at the festival " New wave” in Jurmala - already without Anna Dubovitskaya, who, after the wedding, went on maternity leave. In the summer of 2015, after 8 years of "service", Anastasia Osipova left the group - she was replaced by ex-soloist Natalia Asmolova. As for the first time, Asmolova lasted only a couple of months in the "Brilliant" and left after Ksenia Novikova - she switched to her own project "Ksyusha" and created by her charitable foundation"Our Meaning of Life".


At this time, storm clouds were gathering over the ex-soloist of the band Zhanna Friske. A woman who recently gave birth to a son was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in her brain. For 2 years she bravely fought the disease. Money for the treatment of the people's favorite was collected with the help of Channel One. Managed to collect more than 60 million rubles; but even the doctors of an elite American clinic could not save the singer. In the summer of 2015, Zhanna Friske died. Olga Orlova experienced the loss the hardest, last hours life was next to Jeanne.

The new composition of the "Brilliant": Berezhnaya, Zolotova, Illarionov, Asmolova

Scandals

In January 2016, an aspiring artist Elena Petrova came to the show “Let them talk”, accusing the “brilliant” Silvia Zolotova and her fiancé, composer Denis Kovalsky, of beating their mutual friend with particular cruelty at the birthday party. The girl claimed that because of the fight she lost the child. Sylvia and Denis denied Petrova's story and, in turn, accused her of thirst for PR.

Discography

  • There, only there (1996)
  • Just Dreams (1998)
  • About Love (2000)
  • White Snow (2000, compilation)
  • Over four seas (2002)
  • Orange Paradise (2003)
  • Oriental Tales (2005)
  • Odnoklassniki (2008, compilation)
  • Best 20 (2016, compilation)

"Brilliant" now

On this moment"Brilliant" - this is Marina Berezhnaya, Silvia Zolotova and Kristina Illarionova. Sometimes Asmolova performs with girls, and at the beginning of 2018 there were rumors that new member group can become a leader morning program"StartUp" on RBC TV channel Veronika Romanova.

Brilliant - The Paint Brigade (2015)

In 2017, the girls released three singles "Redhead Girl", "The Sun" and "This is Love", as well as a video for the last song, which was filmed in Portugal. The group actively tours, performs in clubs and takes part in concerts.