When will there be a new star factory. Return to TV: “New Star Factory” starts on the Muz-TV channel
“Star Factory” is the Russian version of the successful television project of the Endemol television company.(English Endemol) "Star Academy" (English Star Academy). The idea of the project belongs to the Spanish company Gestmusic., which is a branch of the Endemol company. However, the first country to start broadcasting the project on October 20, 2001 was France. Two days after the program aired in France, a show called "Operation Triumph" (Spanish: Operación Triunfo) aired in Spain.
From that moment on, the show began to spread all over the world, including in Russia in 2002. Currently, “Star Academy” ranks second in popularity after the show “Big Brother”, the project has gained recognition in the markets not only of Europe, but also of India, Arab countries and the United States.
Rules
Before the start of the project, a casting takes place, during which the Star Factory jury reviews several thousand applicants. When choosing participants, vocal abilities, appearance, plasticity, and artistry are taken into account. As a result, several people get into the project (season 1, 6 - 17 people; season 2, 3 - 16 people; season 4, 5 - 18 people). Initially, 14 people entered the seventh season of the project, and two more participants (a boy and a girl) were chosen by the audience from six applicants at the first reporting concert.
The guys are moved into the “Star House”, where everything that happens is filmed around the clock by hidden cameras (an idea, again borrowed from the show “Big Brother”). Participants are not allowed to have Cell phones and musical equipment. Also, according to the terms of the project, they are prohibited from responding to fan letters. Every day, project participants must attend classes in choreography, vocals, acting, fitness, psychology and other disciplines. In addition to the main classes, special master classes are held, where children are taught the basics of craftsmanship by stars of Russian and world show business. In addition to attending classes, the responsibilities of participants also include keeping the house in order and preparing food. In the seventh season of the project, the participants had to earn money themselves by preparing and conducting independent performances on concert venue in front of the Star House.
During the week, Channel One airs “Diaries Star House“and once a week (usually on Friday or Saturday evenings) there is a reporting concert, where the guys show the numbers they prepared during the week. Usually stars are invited to reporting concerts Russian stage, with whom the project participants have the opportunity to sing.
Every Monday pedagogical council“Star Factory” determines three nominees for elimination from the project. Their selection is carried out based on the teachers’ assessment of the creative growth of each of the participants, as well as on the results of their performances at concerts. The fate of the nominees is decided during the reporting concerts. One of the nominees is “saved” by the audience. The first channel through SMS voting, the second is left in the project by comrades, and the third leaves the “Star House” forever. True, there were precedents when a retiring participant was retained in the project artistic director or music producer. The winner of the project receives a recording contract or another similar prize. The project lasts about 3 months.
Competition winners
“Star Factory - 1” (2002)
1st place - group Roots
2nd place - Factory group
III place - Mikhail Grebenshchikov
"Star Factory - 2" (2003)
1st place - Polina Gagarina
2nd place - Elena Terleeva
III place - Elena Temnikova
"Star Factory - 3" (2003)
1st place - Nikita Malinin
2nd place - Alexander Kireev
III place - Yulia Mikhalchik
“Star Factory - 4” (2004)
1st place - Irina Dubtsova
2nd place - Anton Zatsepin
III place - Stas Piekha
"Star Factory. Alla Pugacheva" (2004)
1st place - Victoria Daineko 
2nd place - Ruslan Masyukov
III place - Natalya Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov
"Star Factory. Victor Drobysh" (2006)
1st place - Dmitry Koldun
2nd place - Arseny Borodin
III place - Zara
“Star Factory - 7. Meladze Brothers” (2007)
1st place - Anastasia Prikhodko
2nd place - Mark Tishman
3rd place - Yin-Yang Quartet and BiS group 
Other famous project alumni
Jam Sheriff (1)
Nikolay Burlak (1)
Ekaterina Shemyakina (1)
Maria Alalykina (1)
Yulia Buzhilova (1)
Marianna Beletskaya (2)
Maria Rzhevskaya (2)
Yulia Savicheva (2)
Irakli (2)
Pierre Narcisse (2)
Evgenia Rasskazova (2)
Svetlana Svetikova (3)
Sofia Kuzmina (3)
Oleg Dobrynin (3) 
Timati (4)
Alexa (4)
Yuri Titov (4)
Ivan Breusov (4)
Sore throat (4)
Ksenia Larina (4)
Victoria Bogoslavskaya (4)
Natalya Korshunova (4)
Cook (5)
Miguel (5)
Lerika Golubeva (5)
Irson Kudikova (5)
Elena Kaufman (5)
Mike Mironenko (5)
Yulianna Karaulova (5) 
Alexey Khvorostyan (6)
Sogdiana (6)
Olga Voronina (6)
Sabrina (6)
Victoria Kolesnikova (6)
Alexandra Gurkova (6)
Mila Kulikova (6)
Prokhor Chaliapin (6)
Dakota (7)
Cornelia Mango (7)
Ekaterina Tsypina (7)
Natalya Tumshevits (7)
Alexey Svetlov (7)
Anna Kolodko (7)
Georgy Ivashchenko (7) 
Yulia Parshuta (7)
Mark Tishman (7)
Groups
created in a factory.
The season number of the project is indicated in brackets.
Roots (1), Factory (1), Tootsie (3)
KGB (3), Banda (4), KuBa (5)
Netsuke (5), Chelsea (6), Ultraviolet (6)
Yin-Yang (group) (7), BiS (group) (7)
We attended the selection procedure for participants in the new “Factory” and found out what has changed over 15 years, whether the format of the program has changed with the transition to another channel, and which guys are now eager to become stars.
I want it like Gagarin
Casting took place on Thursday, August 10 (one day only) at the theater modern dance Alla Dukhova Todes. The queue formed from the Alekseevskaya metro station at 6 am and continued until late in the evening. Boys and girls from 15 to infinity - everyone hoped that he would be lucky. Many stood for 6 hours before entering, and so as not to waste time, they warmed up. “You are a flying angel, an angel in the distance,” cried the young lady to the imperishable “Aria” in a strange wreath of artificial roses. Those standing nearby looked at each other in bewilderment and moved away: the young lady clearly did not look like a stadium star.
Girls with unnaturally plump lips, boys with overly gelled hair and no less lush lips stood impatiently, looking at each other arrogantly. A little further away were the guys who had recently met and had just left the casting: “Well, good luck to you, you’ll be in Nizhny - come by!”
More than 40% of the participants came to the star auditions from all over Russia.
“I flew in from Dagestan on purpose,” says 23-year-old Anya sadly, clutching her passport with an air ticket in her hands. - I really don’t want to go back, so I decided to try the casting for the third time. Why am I worse than Gagarina?
It is really not easy to overcome the selection process of thousands. The jury changes throughout the day, only the main composition remains unchanged: producer Viktor Drobysh and vocal teacher Vladimir Korobko, who already have experience in “fabricating” young artists on Channel One. During the casting, they were the ones who looked more closely at the future artists. We walked around the stage and listened to everyone. In addition to the “factory” masters, the casting “jury” CEO MUZ-TV Arman Davletyarov, presenter Andrey Razygraev, general producer of the production company WeiT Media Yulia Sumacheva. During the day, they were joined by artists and former “manufacturers” Rita Dakota with Vlad Sokolovsky, Stas Piekha, Anatoly Tsoi from the MBAND trio, Alexey Serov and Alexey Ryzhov from Disco Accident, Denis Klyaver.
Before the casting, we accepted applications for three months, we received more than 15 thousand questionnaires, from which we already selected the most interesting and promising candidates,” said the casting organizers. Today more than 1000 people have already viewed it.
According to the mentors of future factory owners Viktor Drobysh and Vladimir Korobko, they look at the charisma and brightness of the participants.
It is important for me that the participant hooks me, that special energy emanates from him. This is inexplicable,” Drobysh shared. - Of course, I am aware that, unfortunately, we may miss some talent; it is impossible to take everyone. But I'm sure that talented person in any case it will break through.
The format of the project, according to the star mentor, will not change.
The already beloved musical format of “Factory” will remain, the guys will live under the gun of cameras, daily “diaries” of the factory owners will be broadcast, from which viewers will learn about their lives and preparations for their reporting concerts. By the way, they will also remain unchanged - Friday concerts, at which out of three candidates for relegation there will be only one left,” the producer said.
Star conveyor
The selection resembled a conveyor belt. This is understandable, the short casting deadlines and the number of participants are doing their job. By evening, the jury had to approve the final lineup of 16 participants. The guys were sent out in groups of 10-15, boys separately, girls separately. Each party sang the same thing. The young ladies performed “Provence” by Yolki a cappella, the boys performed a hit young singer Alekseeva " drunken sun" Members of the jury from the audience observed the behavior of the children on stage, assessed their artistry, and Korobko and Drobysh listened to the candidates’ singing on stage.
As a result, out of 10-15 people, they asked to stay alone and got to know him better and asked him to sing something solo (usually in Russian).
After that, if the person was liked, he was allowed into the next evening round or automatically included among the 16 lucky ones (but there are only a few of them). Basically, the participants they liked were left for the evening, when the final stage of casting was supposed to take place, and they were already auditioned individually and the very best were chosen.
It also happened that out of all 10 participants, the jury did not mark anyone. True, some were not at a loss and were still in no hurry to leave the stage.
“Let me sing for you,” a short, plump girl with a bob grabbed the microphone and, to the song of Sofia Rotaru, began to charm Victor Drobysh with the help of very dubious movements. The producer managed to delicately dodge, but the girl was eventually asked to leave the stage.
Bright types are our everything!
But a guy with Asian appearance, very similar to M-Band member Anatoly Tsoi, was much luckier. He came on stage in a black hood and dark glasses and managed to attract the attention of all jury members.
My name is Maxim, I am from Penza, my parents say that I am Russian. Don’t pay attention to the shape of the eyes, it’s just that the light is bright, so I squint,” the aspiring performer joked.
“Sing us something from M-Band,” asked Andrey Razygraev.
I don’t know their songs,” the participant calmly retorted, “I’d rather sing Russian folk songs to you, brothers Slavs!”
And he performed “It’s Light in My Upper Room,” and very well.
Well, we can try you in some band. “I’m not sure solo, but in a group I’m quite sure,” Drobysh gave his verdict.
Another of the participants, singer and journalist Andrei Chikhunov told us:
Here they look primarily for types and personalities. The jury looks at the so-called crowd and chooses the one who stands out from them. There was a girl standing in line with me; she went through all the casting rounds and was left until the evening. Apparently, they were not completely sure of their choice. She is from St. Petersburg, I will be glad if she becomes a participant.
At the casting, the guy was surprised by several things:
Some of the guys who didn’t get through changed their clothes and stood in line again, wearing different looks. And secondly, people actually flew in from other cities and republics. For example, there were several people from Buryatia. I'm not sure I would fly that far for a casting. Although getting to the Factory would, of course, be very cool.
Sobchak instead of Churikova
So, very soon, at the end of August, those who successfully passed the casting will be moved into the star house, the first filming will take place on August 31, and on September 2 at 18:00 the first episode of the new “Factory” will be aired on MUZ-TV. The host of the reporting concerts instead of Yana Churikova will be Ksenia Sobchak, and the hosts of the daily releases will be the former “manufacturer” and TV channel presenter Grigory Ivashchenko and Artem Shalimov.
At the time of writing, the final lineup of participants was already known, but its organizers are keeping it secret for now; we will only find out on the day of the premiere.
Little is known about them, and tells what they are doing now.
Maria Alalykina (34)
About the singer's career former member Maria Alalykina dreamed of “factories” since childhood, so she went to the “Star Factory” project with one goal - to become famous.
But it seems that her career faded into the background; in 2003, Maria left the group and married businessman Alexei Zuenko, to whom she gave birth to a daughter, Katya, and after... Maria converted to Islam (then the singer said that she did it of her own free will and for the sake of her husband ) and became Maryam.
Alalykina was sure that her faith would make her and her husband’s union eternal (Alexey is also a Muslim), but this did not happen - in 2008, Zuenko cheated on the factory owner with her best friend and left. Masha, by the way, herself introduced the homewrecker to her (then) husband.
After the divorce, the singer disappeared for a long time, but then Alalykina returned and started a LiveJournal (Live Journal - a social network), although now, however, the page has been deleted. They say, former singer deals with translations for Muslim websites.
Yulia Buzhilova is undoubtedly the most mysterious participant in the first season of “Star Factory”; she is not active on social networks, and there is also little information about her on the Internet. One thing is known: Julia, like all the project participants, dreamed of waking up famous. And for this, by the way, there were all the prerequisites: at least the composer Igor Krutoy (63) was confident in her success - it was he who took her under his wing after she performed the song “Sleep” at one of the reporting concerts ( By the way, she wrote it herself).
True, after “Factory” the girl disappeared: she failed to build a career as a pop star, and there were even rumors that she simply spent the million donated by Channel One for the development of her creativity. But in one interview, Yulia admitted that the piece of paper with the inscription “million rubles” still lies somewhere on a shelf at home. Now Buzhilova chooses classics - in April she took part in a concert dedicated to the 85th anniversary of composer Mikael Tariverdiev, it was held at the House of Music.
Soloists performed there together with Yulia Bolshoi Theater And Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Vladislav Lavrik (36). She seems to be doing what she loves.
Zhanna Cherukhina (34)
Zhanna Cherukhina never planned to pursue music professionally: after graduating from school, she entered university and studied to become a manager, although she always dreamed of being a designer. The girl took piano lessons, but rather at the request of her parents. Cherukhina is one of the few participants who, to put it mildly, was not eager to join the “Star Factory”.
She went there, as they say, out of curiosity. Therefore, the project did not work out for her - Cherukhina left the show less than a month after the start. They say that then the cameras working 24 hours a day interfered with her. But during the project, she managed to make friends with Yulia Buzhilova - the girls sang a duet, and it was Yulia, in Zhanna’s opinion, who was one of the ones worthy of victory.
“I will root for the guys. And especially for Anya, Ira and Yulia,” she said in an interview. Now Zhanna lives in St. Petersburg and that’s it free time devotes time to her son; nothing is known about Zhusupova’s husband and family (the singer now has that last name). The once first beauty of the “Factory” carefully hides her personal life, but it seems musical career Zhanna definitely abandoned it.
But another participant in the “Star Factory,” Anna Kulikova, did not give up her singing career after the project. Kulikova still performs - she, of course, does not attract multimillion-dollar halls, but on Russia Day last year she gave a concert in Otradnoye and performed well-known hits, although not her own: Kulikova sang I love Rock N Roll by Joan Jett and Unconditionally (32 ).
Today Anna is not as outrageous as on the show: the pink guitar with Hello Kitty and the same jeans have been replaced by more modest dresses and classic style.
But we will probably never forget how hot he and Sasha Balakireva (27) were when they sang in the Cuba group.
Now Kulikova is in maternity leave– in 2015 she got married, and at the beginning of this summer she became the mother of a beautiful girl, Nastya.
The singer announced this on her Instagram - she published a photo with her husband and a balloon on which it was written: “It’s a girl!”
Very little is known about the singer's husband; it seems he is not a fan social networks. He is a guitarist, and it is quite possible that he and Anya met on the same stage.
Misha Grebenshchikov was the most energetic participant in the music university: everyone on the project was betting on his victory, but the guys from the Korni group managed to beat him, and Misha took third place.
Grebenshchikov is not only a singer, he is also an actor, radio host, an exemplary family man (Grebenshchikov has two daughters), a former DJ, and now a musician creative producer Workshop pop art for children and youth by A. B. Pugacheva “Recital Club”.
Mikhail takes great care of his health and regularly plays sports, and also does not forget about appearance: Last year he decided to participate in the show “Ten Years Younger.”
“I decided to reformat my image and conduct some kind of psychological experiment on myself. After the program, I will hide my age and charm girls. Together with my face I want to change and internal state. Why not? Technology is at its best now, by changing or adding something to myself, I hope that I will be fresher and, maybe, I will be able to hit the girls’ ears again. But seriously, your project really gives a person the opportunity to reboot,” said the singer.
Pavel Artemyev – former member group “Roots” (he left the team in 2010) and the winner of the first season.
He broke a lot women's hearts– just from his curly hair and his “r” you can simply go crazy. Millions of girls cried to his “You Will Know Her” (and so did we). Now Artemyev gives solo concerts, writes songs, produces the rock band Artemiev and doesn’t want to hear anything about “Factory”.
“I understand that I can’t escape this, that she will follow me on a chain, like a burden for which I must justify myself for the rest of my life. But this topic is already quite worn out. Those people who once watched “Factory” have already grown up, and I don’t understand how this can be interesting today,” the singer said in an interview with The Question.
Minsk resident Marta Zhdanyuk dropped out of the Russian television project “ New Factory Stars", the corresponding decision was announced the night before at the next reporting concert competition.
“New Star Factory” has been broadcast on the MuzTV channel since September of this year. 16 young artists are fighting for victory in the competition, led by producer Viktor Drobysh.
One of the Belarusians, Minsk resident Marta Zhdanyuk, dropped out of the “New Star Factory” participants following the results of the sixth week of the competition. The last concert with Zhdanyuk was broadcast on October 7.
“Thank you all so much for your support, with you I can do even more! “I’m not disappearing anywhere and I’m still working to delight you with new songs,” the singer addressed her fans after dropping out of the project.
Report concert of the Star Factory on October 7 - Samburskaya parodied Buzova and footage from “Matilda”
Actress Nastasya Samburskaya showed movements from Olga Buzova’s video “Not enough halves”, and then turned her back to the audience, lifted her skirt and showed the crossed out inscription “plywood” on her shorts.
It all happened at the reporting concert of the new “Star Factory”. The ward of producer Viktor Drobysh performed with the nominee for elimination, Daniil Ruvinsky. The crossed out inscription “Plywood” was on the manufacturer’s T-shirt and on the back of Samburskaya’s short shorts.
After obvious hints of unprofessionalism in singing career Buzova, the TV presenter commented on the parody. She spoke harshly to Drobysh, who is the producer of “Factory”.
Also, during the project’s reporting concert, excerpts from the film “Matilda” were shown from the stage. Program officials said they were not aware of the inclusion of personnel from scandalous film in the performance video.
“The video accompaniment for Zina Kupriyanovich’s song “Turn Around” “Cities 312” was selected by a project employee. He was given the task of illustrating a love song performed by Zinaida Kupriyanovich. Apparently, he “saw” her like that, but for some reason he didn’t inform anyone. This video was a surprise for everyone. In any case, there was no emergency on a global scale on the set, so that the incident should be subject to official investigations and wide discussion,” explained representatives of the show.
Participants of the New Star Factory 2017
More than fifteen thousand questionnaires were submitted to the jury from performers aged from sixteen to thirty-one years. The final decision on the composition of the participants in the new season was made based on the analysis of questionnaires and the final open audition.
Residents became participants in the project different regions Russia, as well as young people from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia.
Daniil Danilevsky, 19 years old, Moscow;
Daniil Ruvinsky, 18 years old, Kyiv;
Lolita Voloshina, 17 years old, Rostov-on-Don;
Zina Kupriyanovich, 14 years old, Minsk;
Evgeny Trofimov, 22 years old, Barnaul;
Vladimir Idiatullin, 22 years old, Rostov-on-Don; (dropped out)
Nikita Kuznetsov, 19 years old, Neryugri;
Ulyana Sinetskaya, 21 years old, Moscow;
Samvel Vardanyan, 24 years old, Tbilisi; (dropped out)
Radoslava Boguslavskaya, 22 years old, Odessa;
Elman Zeynalov, 23 years old, Rostov-on-Don;
Very soon the legendary competition will appear on screens again. The MUZ-TV channel has already announced casting for a television program with a slightly changed name - “New Star Factory”!
Absolutely anyone from 15 to 29 years old gets a chance to become famous like Polina Gagarina, Elena Temnikova or Natalya Podolskaya. The list of “Factory” finalists from past years who were able to gain fame and popularity is quite extensive, which greatly increases the excitement on the eve of the upcoming show.
The main requirement of the project editors: participants must be able to sing, write lyrics and melodies. Only 16 contestants will fight for a place in the sun. In the meantime, the editors of Woman’s Day remembered the fates of the finalists of all past seasons of the reality show.
“Star Factory” by Igor Matvienko
First place – group “Roots”
The guys from the “Roots” group, who took first place, were predicted to have a bright future. At first, they really kept the bar and were in great demand: they toured Russia, recorded soundtracks for films and TV series. But by 2010, popularity began to decline and the group broke up, and popular hits are heard only at school discos.
Lesha Kabanov and Sasha Berdnikov today are exemplary family men, Pasha Artemyev continues to play music and even created his own indie group ARTEMIEV, and Sasha Astashenok managed to appear in films, although he did not have any particularly significant roles.
Second place – group “Factory”
But the girl band “Factory”, which took second place, managed to break through to fame. The debut album “Factory Girls” went on sale in 2004. The entire circulation was sold out in a few days. Irina, Alexandra and Sati continued to record new compositions and star in videos. A year later, such songs as “It’s not my fault” and “He” were released. The compositions instantly became real hits. Even producer Igor Matvienko did not expect such success. During their career, the “manufacturers” produced 3 studio albums, 22 singles and 16 videos. They gave hundreds of concerts in major cities Russia and CIS countries. They have six Golden Gramophone awards to their name.
Until now, the “factory girls” delight fans with regular performances, however, only Alexandra Savelyeva and Irina Toneva remain from the old lineup. Sati Casanova left the group in 2010, and her place was taken by a former member Hi-Fi groups Katya Lee.
As for the personal lives of girls, then everything is in in perfect order. Irina Toneva married 27-year-old dancer from Ukraine Alexey Brizh, and Alexandra Savelyeva is very happily married to actor Kirill Safonov, only Sati Casanova has not yet settled her personal life.
Third place – Mikhail Grebenshchikov
Third place in the project was taken by Mikhail Grebenshchikov, about whom nothing has been heard for a very long time. After “Star Factory,” the singer released only a couple of songs that were successful, but despite this, things didn’t go any further.
Misha has matured and no longer sings about “loaves, they’re rolls.” But now Grebenshchikov is an employee of the Ministry of Arts and a teacher at Alla Pugacheva’s children’s school.
“Star Factory” by Maxim Fadeev
First place – Polina Gagarina
Everyone dreams of repeating the success of Polina Gagarina. The singer took first place at the second Star Factory, made a brilliant solo career, took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, and became a mentor in popular show“The Voice” on Channel One and finally became a happy wife and mother of two children.
In addition to everything listed above, Polina also changed dramatically in appearance and became simply beautiful. At the beginning of her career, the artist looked completely different, and then, unexpectedly for everyone, she lost weight, changed her image and began to prefer other outfits, which only benefited her. Today Gagarina is a real style icon.
Photo: Anatoly Lomokhov/PhotoXPress.ru
Second place – Elena Terleeva
After completing her participation in the “Factory” show, Elena Terleeva threw herself into her studies: she intensively studied vocals, choreography and managed to work in jazz bands. After graduating from a music university in 2005, Elena met composer Alex Prusov and began preparing her first solo project, which included the songs “Between me and you”, “Drop it”.
Even the Moscow government appreciated the creativity of the aspiring star and awarded him the title “Golden Voice of Russia.” In 2005, Terleeva managed to become one of the contenders to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. And two years later, she pleased fans with new hits: “Sun” and “Love Me”, for the first of which the singer received many awards: an award from the Golden Gramophone, laureate at the Song of the Year - 2007 competition.
Despite significant success, the girl was not completely satisfied with her life, because she always dreamed of performing in the jazz genre, but such music is not in great demand in Russia. For some time, Maxim Fadeev continued to promote the performer, but their joint collaboration was no longer so successful. Elena released several more songs, but her performances no longer caused the same sensation.
Photo: Ekaterina Chesnokova/PhotoXPress.ru
Third place – Elena Temnikova
The creative destiny of Elena Temnikova was more enviable than that of her namesake. Largely thanks to provocative group Serebro, created under the leadership of Max Fadeev. In addition to Elena Temnikova, the ensemble included Marina Lizorkina and Olya Seryabkina. In May 2007, the girl group’s first single, “Song#1,” was released on the Monolith Records label. It was with this composition that the Serebro trio went to Eurovision. As a result, the group representing Russia took 3rd place at the competition in Helsinki. In April 2009, it went on sale debut album Serebro – “OpiumRoz”.
Both the release and the subsequent tour in support of it turned out to be successful, but already in December information appeared that Temnikova was leaving the project. The reason for this was the singer’s conflict with Max Fadeev: the producer was dissatisfied with the romance between Lena and him younger brother Artem. However, then the artist still remained in the group. IN composed of Serebro she released the album "Mama Lover" in 2011. Most famous songs from it became “Mama Lyuba” and “Mi Mi Mi”. At the beginning of 2014, Elena Temnikova, due to emerging health problems, terminated her contract with Fadeev ahead of schedule, paying a large penalty.
After leaving Serebro, the singer took up solo career. In November 2014, she recorded the song “Addiction”, and in 2015 – the singles “Towards” and “Let’s Fly Away”. The last song– “Jealousy” – appeared in February 2016. In parallel with musical creativity Lena is trying her hand at television, creating designer jewelry for the Marmalato chain of stores.
"Star Factory" by Alexander Shulgin
First place – Nikita Malinin
Many participants in “Star Factory 3” did not like Nikita Malinin. They were sure that the guy got into the project thanks to famous father. From issue to issue, he never ceased to prove his singing talent. As a result, Nikita not only reached the finals, but also took first place. And several of his songs: “Kitten”, “Flash in the Night”, “Spring” became real hits. But Malinin’s popularity ended along with the project.
Rumor has it that the whole point is the producer of “Factory”, who immediately after the end of the broadcast ceased to be interested in his charges. Although, judging by Instagram, Nikita still sings, performs, gives concerts and records new tracks, but on big stage Apparently it's impossible to get through.
Second place – Alexander Kireev
Alexander Kireev took second place at the Star Factory in 2003. After the end of the show, the young man, together with Dmitry Golubev and Ruslan Barsukov, created the KGB group. At that time, such hits as “Masha + Sasha” and “Five Days of Love” were born, which won the “Bomb of the Year” and “Stopudovy Hit” awards. However, after some time the team broke up.
Now Kireev is better known as a composer of songs by Natalia Podolskaya. Sasha also hosted a program on the Carousel channel. He is also a member of the Russian Authors' Society and is involved in production activities.
Third place – Yulia Mikhalchik
To participate in “Star Factory - 3,” Yulia dropped out of university, but the game was worth the candle, because she managed to take third place on the project, thereby earning three videos, one album and a husband in the form of the show’s producer, Alexander Shulgin, from the judges as a gift! With which, by the way, nothing worked out for her.
Thus, singer Yulia Mikhalchik ascended to the Olympus of modern show business, but could not stay there. Sometimes the singer tries to release new compositions, but they do not become popular.
“Star Factory” by Igor Krutoy
Photo: Victoria Toporkova/PhotoXPress.ru
First place – Irina Dubtsova
Today Irina Dubtsova is known as popular singer and songwriter. In 2004, she first appeared on the musical reality show “Star Factory - 4” on Channel One. Almost immediately, the 22-year-old singer from Volgograd was remembered and loved by most television viewers. The judges also noted her talent.
A few weeks later, Ira won the project, receiving a convertible and a recording as a gift solo album. The further history of Dubtsova is known: the wedding with the lead singer of the Plazma group Roman Chernitsyn, the birth of her son Artem, divorce and growing popularity.
Second place – Anton Zatsepin
After graduation, the silver finalist of the fourth “Star Factory” recorded several successful singles: “I’m Flying Away”, “Books about Love”, “Wide River” in a duet with Nadezhda Kadysheva and even became a father. True, after that the artist divorced his daughter’s mother and also gave up concert activities.
Anton justifies his disappearance from show business radars by searching for himself. The musician admits that he became interested in spiritual literature, began to practice self-development and go to church.
Third place – Stas Piekha
Stas Piekha took third place at “Star Factory - 4” and after the project managed to firmly gain a foothold on the stage. Now he has three studio albums, 16 videos, two collections of poetry and participation in many television shows.
Recently, the singer admitted that he no longer wants to sing on stage and is preparing to radically change Musical direction. According to the musician, performing this genre does not give him pleasure. While the performer is not sure whether the public will properly perceive his new work.
The singer has always carefully protected his personal life from public attention. He managed to hide from the press his marriage to St. Petersburg model and DJ Natalia Gorchakova, which took place in 2013, and the birth of his son Peter. The couple recently separated, and now two-year-old Petya lives with his mother in St. Petersburg, but his father tries to visit him as often as possible.
"Star Factory" by Alla Pugacheva
First place – Victoria Daineko
The winner of the project was Victoria Daineko. But this girl needs no introduction; everyone already knows how successful her career has been. Immediately after the show, the singer began actively collaborating with producer Igor Matvienko, under whose auspices the singles “I’ll Just Leave You Right Now,” “The Film Is Not About Love,” and “Needle” were recorded.
In 2011, Vika took part in the “Star Factory” project. Return”, where she competed with project graduates from different years. Victoria won this competition as well.
Things are sad for the artist only on the personal front. Romances with singers Pasha Artemyev, Dmitry Pakulichev and Alexey Vorobyov ended a few months later, leaving the girl with nothing. But in this area too, Daineko managed to gain the upper hand.
Last April, Victoria married musician Dmitry Kleiman, and a little later the couple had a daughter, but more recently it became known that the couple decided to divorce.
Second place – Ruslan Masyukov
Ruslan Masyukov, nicknamed the Russian Enrique Iglesias, took second place. Alla Pugacheva was confident that Masyukov, like Daineko, would achieve unattainable heights in the world of domestic show business. However, a year after the final, the singer simply disappeared from view. Later it turned out that he threw all his strength into studying abroad, forgetting for a while about solo career. Of course, Masyukov thought that he would be able to return to the stage, but interesting offers there was no response from the producers.
Only the owners of the capital's clubs happily invited the guy to perform, and he happily agreed. Today Ruslan still sings for a very narrow circle. He also works as a VJ on the RuTv channel.
Third place – Natalya Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov
Third place was shared between Natalya Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov. After “Star Factory,” Natalya signed a contract with Viktor Drobysh and soon released her debut album. This was followed by failure at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where the singer represented Russia. Despite careful preparation, the song that Natalya performed took only 15th place. But the red-haired beauty did not give up, having learned all the lessons from the defeat, she recorded new songs, starred in a video and went on tour around the country.
The girl also participated in many television shows, on one of which she met her future husband, singer Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., with whom she continued her creative career after the contract with Drobysh expired.
Today Natasha happy wife and mother of a little son Artemy. Her popularity is only growing every year, she constantly has new hits, and the public’s interest is also fueled by the artist’s participation in popular TV shows - “Ice and Fire”, “Just the Same” and others.
“Star Factory” by Viktor Drobysh
First place – Dmitry Koldun
After “Factory”, Dmitry Koldun became a vocalist in the group “KGB”, whose producer was composer Viktor Drobysh. The group performed as part of the tour of the project finalists, after which the group broke up.
The winner of the project, Dmitry Koldun, periodically appears on Russian channels, but the artist’s heart belongs to his native Belarus. In 2007, the artist took his country to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, finishing in 6th place. Since then, he has been more often invited as a guest on various television programs, for example, he took part in the show “Exactly the Same.”
By the way, Dima is an exemplary family man. His first serious relationship with a girl from a parallel class, Victoria Khomitskaya, ten years later they ended in marriage, in which baby Ian was born.
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