The Star Factory project started in Russia in 2002. Then young musicians began to make their way into big show business through a talent competition that was watched by the whole country. The U24 website decided to find out what happened to the winners and ex-participants of seasons 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the cult show.
You can read about the fates of the participants in the first three seasons.
Star Factory. Season four.
The fourth “Factory” was produced by Igor Krutoy. The show was released in 2004 and became a start in life for many musicians, but, as is usually the case, not everyone took advantage of it.
Yuri Titov
Yura Titov came to the star house as a 19-year-old guy and fell in love with many Russian women thanks to his velvety voice and pretty appearance. On the project, he performed the song “Pretend”, had an affair with one of the “manufacturers”, but the guy never reached the final. After the project, Yuri Titov disappeared from view, but continued to participate in competitions, came to auditions for the shows “Factor A”, “Voice” and “Voice of Ukraine”, but the guy did not even pass blind auditions in popular shows. Now the 33-year-old singer continues to engage in creativity, performs in clubs, and attends television shows on central TV. Yuri Titov's heart is now free, he has a daughter.
IN Instagram More than 7.5 thousand people have subscribed to Yura Titov.
Anastasia Kochetkova
At the Factory, several guys united in the group “Gang”. Anastasia became one of its participants along with Dominic Joker, Ratmir and Timati. Viewers remember Nastya as the performer of the hit “You are the light for me” and a glamorous party girl. The girl had thousands of fans. After the project, Anastasia married director Rezo Gigineishvili, who directed the film “Heat,” for which “Banda” recorded the soundtrack. During the marriage, the couple had a child - daughter Maria. The couple divorced in 2009.
In 2016, Anastasia remarried Miguel Angel Lara. She studies at the New York Film Academy and lives in the USA.
On Instagram at her signed almost 55 thousand people.
Dominic Joker
Alexander Breslavsky, that’s his name famous artist, like Anastasia Kochetkova, was a member of the “Gang”, before “Factory” he was a member of the group “2+2”, popular in the early 2000s. After the project, he recorded songs with the “Gang”, wrote songs for “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, Vlad Topalov, and the group “Slivki”. After the collapse of the “Gang,” he recorded solo songs, produced groups, and was a sound producer for a television show.
Dominic is divorced and has two sons from his first marriage. Now he is dating singer Ekaterina Kokorina and continues to engage in musical activities.
IN Instagram The 38-year-old singer has 183 thousand subscribers.
Alexa (Alexandra Chvikova)
The whole country watched 15-year-old Sasha on the show. The young beauty from Donetsk amazed not only the audience, but also stole the heart of another manufacturer, Timati. The modest girl performed several tracks on the project, including “Where are you” and a joint composition with Timur Yunusov “When you’re near.” Timati dedicated another song to his beloved - “Heaven is Crying.”
However, after the end of “Star Factory,” Alexa almost immediately disappeared from view. But she tried to make her way onto TV screens. Now the girl is designing jewelry. Many fans criticized Alexa for her passion for plastic surgery, after which she changed beyond recognition.
Judging by the pictures in Instagram, A 29-year-old girl has a boyfriend and she chooses wedding dresses. More than half a million people follow her on the social network.
Stas Piekha
Edita Piekha’s grandson took third place in the project, but even after the project he did not lose sight of his fans, like most of the participants. In 14 years, he managed to record three studio albums, two hits with the singer Valeria, and is still engaged in creativity to this day. In 2008 and 2016, Stas released collections of his own poems. In addition, he voices cartoons. Stas was also a mentor for Ukrainian music shows, including “The Voice”. But after the annexation of Crimea, Piekha was banned from entering the territory of the neighboring state due to support for the annexation of Crimea to Russia and support for Vladimir Putin. Not much is known about Stas’s personal life. He was married and in 2014 his son Peter was born.
To the page of the 38-year-old singer and poet in Instagram 390 thousand people subscribed.
Anton Zatsepin
Second place in the project was taken by Anton Zatsepin, who performed the hit “Only Gubin is shorter.” After the project, he recorded a video for the song “Books about Love”, and also recorded the track “Wide River” together with Nadezhda Kadysheva, but then disappeared from view. In 2008, the singer released the album “For You Alone,” but then nothing was heard about him again. In 2014, he graduated from GITIS and signed a contract with the label " good people" Now he continues to record songs, plays at the Compass Theater, and broadcasts on the radio.
The 36-year-old singer was married to Ekaterina Zatsepina and has a daughter. Now the singer has a lover, photos of whom he posts on his Instagram.
IN social networks Anton Zatsepin has almost 12 thousand subscribers.
Irina Dubtsova
The girl became the winner of “Star Factory-4”. Everyone remembers her as the performer of a soulful song, to which girls throughout the country cried - “About Him.” Irina married the lead singer of the Plazma group Roman Chernitsyn while being a participant in the project. After the project, the girl recorded two studio albums, participated in the TV show “Exactly”, and was a member of the jury of the “X Factor” program. Now Irina Dubtsova continues to perform and writes songs
In 2008, Irina divorced Roman, and in their marriage they had a son, Artem.
IN Instagram The 36-year-old star has 1.4 million followers.
Timati (Timur Yunusov)
Timur became the most popular participant in all the Factories. Before the project, he appeared in videos of other artists. After “Factory”, in addition to recording songs, Timati was involved in business - he had his own club. Timati became seriously involved in creativity and since 2004 he has released six studio albums, recording songs together with foreign rap artists, including Xzibit and Snoop Dog. Timati has his own music label Black Star where Yegor Creed, L"One and others record famous performers. Timur Yunusov was also a mentor in the show “Songs” on the TNT channel. In addition to music, Timati reads texts for audio books, voices cartoons, and acts in films. He has his own clothing brand and burger shop. He actively supports President Vladimir Putin and was his confidant in the 2018 elections. In addition, in honor of the head of state, he recorded the song “My best friend- President Putin."
In 2014, Timati and his girlfriend Alena Shishkova had a daughter, Alisa. Now he is dating fashion model Anastasia Reshetova.
IN Instagram the star has almost 12 million subscribers.
Star Factory. Season 5
The fifth, anniversary season of “Star Factory” was taken under the wing of the diva Alla Pugacheva.
Irson Kudikova
Irina (that’s the girl’s name in real life) came to the project as a 22-year-old girl. Everyone remembers it for the song “Why” and for being Alla Borisovna’s favorite. After the project, Kudikova signed a contract with Igor Matvienko, performed with solo concerts, where Irson not only sang, but also played the saxophone. She also recorded hits with world stars, for example, Snoop Dogg. Recently, the singer recorded a single together with the winner of the third “Factory” Nikita Malinin. The girl opened her own production center, is the owner of a jewelry company and a magazine, where she also holds the position of editor-in-chief. By the way, after the “Star Factory”, Alla Pugacheva and Irson diverged - the women did a joint business, Pugacheva made investments in it, and Kudikova took money for development. Alla Borisovna has not seen any progress; they are trying to resolve the conflict in court.
Irson Kudikova married businessman Alexei Nusinov in 2010, they have three children.
IN Instagram Kudikova has almost 38 thousand subscribers.
Mikhail Veselov
The artist took third place in the project, but few people know what happened to him after the project. It is known that the 39-year-old musician voiced “High School Musical”; now the 38-year-old artist sings in the cover band “New Gems”
On the “Tonight” program, he said that he got married in 2008 and has a son.
IN Instagram Mikhail has 3.5 thousand subscribers.
Elena Kukarskaya
Kuka was one of the brightest participants in the fifth “Factory”, where she recorded three solo tracks, including “By the Little One”. After the project, she began collaborating with producer Maxim Fadeev, and participated in television projects on Channel One and STS. In 2007, Kukarskaya starred in the series “Love is not show business” on the Muz-TV channel. Now Elena is active in creative work. In the fall of 2018, he plans to visit the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions with concerts. The 34-year-old artist also studies at the Ostankino television school.
Elena Kukarskaya is married to Alexey Krutykh, who works in marketing and advertising. The couple has a son, Fedor.
Kukarskaya's husband and son
IN Instagram Almost 7 thousand people have subscribed to Kuku.
Ruslan Masyukov
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The guy became one of the brightest participants in the project and took second place. After the project, he recorded his only album, which included the hits “Arividerchi, Baby” and “Aim” and disappeared from view. Afterwards he returned to the stage, sang in clubs, and now he can be seen on air on one of the music channels where he works as a VJ.
To Ruslan's page Instagram More than 4 thousand people have subscribed.
Natalia Podolskaya
The girl took third place in the “Star Factory”. After the project, Natalya went to Eurovision, which took place in 2005 in Kyiv. According to the voting results, Natalya took 15th place. During my creative activity she recorded two studio albums and continues to perform both solo and with Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.
Natalya Podolskaya met Vladimir Presnyakov on the “Big Race” program in 2005. In 2010, the couple legalized their relationship; in 2015, the couple had a son, Artemy.
IN Instagram 36-year-old Natalia has more than 1 million subscribers.
Yulianna Karaulova
The girl came to the “Star Factory” as a young 16-year-old girl and was remembered by us for the songs “I Got Trapped” and the composition recorded in a duet with Ruslan Masyukov “You Are Not There.” After the project, the girl sang for some time in the group “Netsuke”, was the editor of Yes! magazine, and then went to study in London. In 2011, after the departure of the lead singer of the 5sta Family group Loya, Yulianna Karaulova joined the group, but after 4 years she announced her departure from the group. Now she is engaged in solo work and has already released the super hits “You’re Not Like That” and “Out of Orbit”. Regularly participates in television shows.
The 30-year-old girl is in a relationship with sound producer Andrei Cherny.
IN Instagram 1.1 million people follow the pop star.
Victoria Daineko
17-year-old Vika became the winner of the “Star Factory” and was remembered for the hits “Leila” and “I will be better.” After the project, her career took off - she recorded a video for the song “Leila”, met with the lead singer of the group “Korni” (winners of the first season of “Star Factory”) Pavel Artemyev. The romance was short-lived, but remained in the hearts of fans thanks to the song and video “I’ll Just Leave You Right Away.” In 2007, she recorded the soundtrack for the film “Waiting for a Miracle” - “The film is not about love.” In total, Vika released three studio albums, one of which was released in 2018.
In 2014, the singer married drummer Dmitry Kleiman, and the same year the couple had a daughter. In 2017, the couple divorced.
On Instagram to 31-year-old Victoria Daineko signed more than 700 thousand people.
Miguel (Sergei Shesteperov)
Miguel did not become the winner of the “Star Factory”, but was loved by millions thanks to his song “Kylie Minogue”. He came to the project to try to sing. Before and after, Miguel was a dancer in musicals, including Notre Dame de Paris and Romeo and Juliet. After the “Star Factory”, Miguel returned to dancing - he choreographed on television shows, fashion shows, V theatrical performances in Russia and Ukraine. Since 2014, the permanent mentor of the “Dancing” show on TNT has opened his own dance center. Nothing is known about Miguel's personal life.
IN Instagram Miguel has 1.8 million subscribers.
Star Factory. Season six.
Two years after Alla Pugacheva’s “Star Factory” was launched new season project. Viktor Drobysh took the young musicians under his wing.
Alexey Korzin
As a result of the “Factory,” the Chelsea group was founded, which blew up the charts with the songs “The Most Favorite” and “Someone else’s Bride.” The boy band included Alexey Korzin, Arseny Borodin, Denis Petrov and Roman Arkhipov. Korzin is still the lead singer of the group, in addition, he opened his own production center and began to help young performers, he has his own vocal school, and he is also involved in the SEVER project
Alexey is married and has a son.
IN Instagram The 32-year-old singer has almost 24 thousand subscribers.
Roman Arkhipov
After Star Factory, Roman became one of the lead singers of the Chelsea group, but in 2011 the singer began a solo career and flew to Los Angeles. He developed his own project TROY HARLEY, now he has a rock group R.O.M.A.N Band. Last group conducted a tour of US cities. On June 17, he performed in Sochi at the FIFA Fan Fest. Nothing is known about the personal life of the 31-year-old singer.
IN Instagram Almost 20 thousand people have subscribed to it.
Denis Petrov (Dan Petrov)
The 30-year-old guy is still a member of the Chelsea group, but in addition to this project, Denis was involved in music group O'HENRY, who even became a finalist of the New Wave in 2014. Now he continues to work at Chelsea, hosts events, and also works on NRJ radio.
Denis is married and has a son, Platon, and a daughter.
IN Instagram Petrov has more than 5 thousand subscribers.
Arseny Borodin
All the schoolgirls were in love with Arseny. According to the results of the program, he took second place and became part of the Chelsea group, with which he continues to perform to this day. In addition, the singer has his own solo project, with whom he took part in “New Wave” in 2013, and in 2017 Arseny took part in the fifth season of the show “The Voice”, where he reached the quarterfinals. Next week Arseny will release a new track.
Nothing is known about the singer’s personal life.
On Instagram to 31-year-old Borodin signed almost 48 thousand people.
Oksana Nechitailo (Sogdiana)
Remember the hit of all the discos and beaches on the Black Sea coast, “Heart Magnet”? It was Sogdiana who sang a song that, it seems, every Russian knows. After the project, Sogdiana became very popular, recorded two albums, and received the title of People's Artist of the Chechen Republic. But then the girl disappeared from sight. In 2014, Sogdiana returned to the stage. On June 22, the premiere of her new song in Uzbek took place.
The 34-year-old artist is divorced and has two sons.
On Instagram to the singer signed 209 thousand people.
Prokhor Shalyapin (at birth - Andrey Andreevich Zakharenkov)
The guy was known before the “Star Factory” project, where he performed the song “Prankster”. Prokhor Chaliapin became widely famous due to the fact that he pretended to be a descendant of Fyodor Chaliapin. After the project, Prokhor collaborated with Viktor Drobysh for another year, but after they parted ways and again with scandal. In 2011, he starred in the TV series “Zhukov” as the famous opera singer Boris Shtokolov and in a number of other TV series in which he plays singers.
Chaliapin also became famous thanks to his novels with women much older than himself (Prokhor will turn 35 this year). According to the artist himself, he entered into his first marriage at the age of 18 with a woman older than himself. In 2013, he married businesswoman Larisa Kopenkina (born in 1955). The couple divorced in 2015. In 2014, Chaliapin announced on the air of “Let Them Talk” that he and singer Anna Kalashnikova would have a baby common child. But in one of the show’s broadcasts a DNA test was presented, according to which Chaliapin is not the father of Kalashnikova’s child. Now the star is dating Tatyana Gudzeva.
IN Instagram the celebrity has 382 thousand subscribers.
Zara (Zarifa Mgoyan)
The oriental beauty took second place at the Star Factory, but began her creative activity in 1996. Before joining the project in 2006, Zara recorded five studio albums. After “Factory” she gained enormous popularity: Zara acted in films, recorded albums, and in 2016 celebrated the 20th anniversary of her creative activity at the State Kremlin Palace. In addition, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
The artist was married to the son of Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko, Sergei Matvienko, a year and a half later living together the spouses separated. In 2008, Zara remarried the head of the Moscow Department of Health, Sergei Ivanov; in 2016, the couple broke up. Zara has two children from her second marriage.
IN Instagram More than 900 thousand people have subscribed to the 35-year-old star.
Dmitry Koldun
The musician from Minsk was very famous in his homeland, but gained wide fame thanks to the “Star Factory”. After its completion, he sang for some time in the group “K.G.B.”, but then began a solo career. In 2007, he represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest, taking sixth place - this is the best result for the country in the entire history of the competition. Now Dmitry has three studio albums, participation in television programs federal channels, as well as his own recording studio, which he opened in 2009 together with the winner of the first “Star Factory” Alexander Astashenko. Dmitry Koldun performs to this day.
He married Victoria Khomitskaya, with whom he had been in love since school. The couple has two children.
IN Instagram 35-year-old Dmitry has almost 37 thousand subscribers.
Star Factory. Season seven
The participants of the seventh season in 2007 were taken under their wing by the Meladtse brothers - Konstantin and Valery. As a result, the winners were Anastasia Prikhodko, Mark Tishman and two groups - “BiS” (Dmitry Bikbaev and Vlad Sokolovsky) and “Yin-Yang” (Yulia Parshuta, Sergey Ashikhmin, Tatyana Bogacheva and Artem Ivanov. Rita also gained quite wide popularity Dakota and Anna Kolodko.
Anna Kolodko
The girl came to the “Star Factory” as a 17-year-old girl. She fell in love not only with the audience, but also with Alla Pugacheva herself, who, after the end of the project, recommended the girl to go to the USA. There she entered the New York School of Musical, but soon realized that Broadway was not her calling. Anna sent her recordings to the American Musician Institute. She received her diploma in July 2015 and entered the second round of The Voice that same year. Now 28-year-old Anna often performs at various events in the USA.
Anna's heart is free now.
On Instagram to the singer signed more than 800 people.
Rita Dakota (Margarita Gerasimovich)
We remember her from the song “Matches,” which she herself composed while at the “Star Factory.” After the project, the girl lived outside the Moscow Ring Road and she didn’t even have money for food. Now the difficult period in the girl’s life is over, she writes songs for artists and blogs on YouTube. On June 24, Dakota performed at the FIFA Fan Fest in Moscow.
Rita is married to another “Fabricant” Vlad Sokolovsky, and last year they had a daughter.
IN Instagram More than 1.3 million people follow the girl.
Vlad Sokolovsky
Vlad was known even before the “Star Factory” - in 2001, the group “X-Mission” released the song “Red Up”, which was performed by the 10-year-old son of the group’s founder. In 2006, he became a full member of the group. In 2007, he took part in the casting of the “Star Factory” project. After the finals of the project, Dakota’s husband joined the “BiS” group together with Dmitry Bikbaev. The group broke up after existing until 2010, but Vlad began a solo career and was quite successful. Except musical career Vlad acts in films and TV series. Success as an actor brought him a role in the sitcom “Univer. New dorm."
IN Instagram More than 1 million people follow the 27-year-old guy.
Dmitry Bikbaev
Dima was the most beloved participant in “Star Factory 7” among the audience. After completing the project, he worked for 2.5 years in the BiS group, which broke up in 2010. At the same time, Dmitry decided to create his own musical project 4POST, and in 2012 the group released an album. In 2016, the group ceased to exist and Bikbaev created the APOSTOL project. In addition to music, Dmitry 2 Gada worked as a presenter on Ru.tv. In 2008 he started theatrical activities and on at the moment serves as an actor and director at the Moscow Moon Theater, and is the artistic director of the Astakhov Cultural Center. On July 26, the premiere of the play “Leningrad 42/59” will take place at the theater-studio “15”
Nothing is known about the personal life of 30-year-old Bikbaev.
IN Instagram More than 135 thousand people have subscribed to Dmitry.
Yulia Parshuta
As a result of the project, the Yin-Yang group was organized, which included Yulia Parshuta from 2007 to 2011. In 2009, the girl was an actress in the sketch show “Give Youth” on the STS TV channel, and after leaving the group she took up solo career, recording the EP “Forever” in 2017. In 2014, the girl entered the German Sedakov Drama School, actively acted in films, playing in three feature films and three TV series. He runs the Russian chart on the TNT Music channel.
IN Instagram Almost 650 thousand people follow the 30-year-old girl.
Sergey Ashikhmin
Dancer Sergei from Tula became a finalist in the “Star Factory” and became a member of the “Yin-Yang” group, in which he worked until 2016. After leaving the team, he took up the solo project ASHIHMIN, which he worked on back in the days of “Yin-Yang”. In addition to active concert activities, Sergei also launched his own clothing brand.
IN Instagram The 30-year-old singer has almost 37.5 thousand subscribers.
Tatiana Bogacheva
Before the “Star Factory,” Tatyana studied at the Kyiv State Academy of Management Personnel of Culture and Art, participated in international festivals, and was also known as a model. After the project, the 33-year-old star became famous performing in the group “Yin-Yang”, in which she works to this day together with Arem Ivanov. The girl is tied up with him romantic relationship, two years ago the couple had a daughter, Mira.
IN Instagram Tatyana has 24 thousand subscribers.
Artem Ivanov
After the “Star Factory”, Artem did not stop working in the “Yin-Yang” group, but in addition to the group, he is engaged in his own musical project, is a VJ on the RU TV channel, writes songs for Lolita, Svetlana Loboda, the group T-Killah and others.
IN Instagram 68 thousand people follow the star.
Mark Tishman
At the Star Factory, Mark Tishman took second place. After the project, he took an active part in various music programs and festivals, wrote the anthem “Chamomile” in honor of the first celebration of the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. In addition, the artist performed with foreign stars, for example, with Patricia Kaas. Mark Tishman also hosted television programs on central television and voiced cartoons. Interestingly, Mark’s first video for the song “Winter” was released in 2010 (three years after “Star Factory”), directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. That same year he recorded his first solo album.
IN Instagram 39-year-old Mark Tishman has more than 51 thousand subscribers.
Anastasia Prikhodko
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The winner of the seventh “Star Factory” was Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko. After “Factory”, the girl represented Russia at Eurovision in 2009, taking 11th place. She actively toured the cities of Russia and Ukraine. In 2014, after the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the conflict in eastern Ukraine, she spoke sharply towards Russia and refused concerts in our country. In addition, she harshly criticized Ukrainian artists performing in Russia. Now he continues his concert activities, broadcasts on television.
31-year-old Anastasia is in her second marriage. She has two children.
Maria Rzhevskaya – pop singer, participant in the show “Star Factory-2”. Maria was born on March 27, 1987 in the family of former artists of the Sovremennik Theater Viktor Rzhevsky and Ekaterina Larina. My father left the theater and took up construction, and my mother became a housewife. After the divorce, Ekaterina married a programmer.
Together with her older sister Ksenia, Maria began playing music, swimming and tennis as a child. Then I became interested in billiards. In addition to the sisters, the family also raised two younger brothers, Fedor and Victor. While studying in the 9th grade, Maria accidentally got into the casting of the Star Factory competition. The girl came to the audition with her older sister Ksenia Larina.
For Ksyusha, participation in the show became cherished dream after the girl saw the first episode of the program, which took place under the guidance of the producer in 2002. But, to the surprise of the sisters, only the youngest Maria made it to the show.
"Star Factory"
The second season of the program started in 2003. The producer and composer recruited 16 people into the team, among whom Dmitry Astashenok, and.
Every day the “manufacturers” attended vocal classes, acting, stage movement, dancing, as well as fitness and basic psychology. A video diary was broadcast several times a day on Channel 5, which broadcast footage from 30 surveillance cameras from the “Factory” house, where the participants were constantly present.
Maria Rzhevskaya at the Star Factory Every Friday the musicians performed at the reporting concert, and on Monday a committee of teachers decided which of the participants would be eliminated from the show. Maria Rzhevskaya reached the final, but did not make it into the top three winners. The first places in the competition went to Polina Gagarina, Elena Terleeva and Elena Temnikova. Maria Rzhevskaya’s songs “When I become a cat” and “Why did I wait for you” nevertheless found themselves in rotation on Russian radio stations and received high places in the ratings. For greater figurative persuasiveness, the girl even grew fangs, which looked somewhat intimidating.
After the end of the project, Maxim Fadeev continued his collaboration with Maria Rzhevskaya. Two videos were created for popular “factory” hits: “When I become a cat” and “Bye-bye”. The singer's singles were included in the music collection "Star Factory-2". But soon a scandal occurred between the singer and the producer, and Maria was forced to leave her mentor’s studio. Besides famous hits Maria also recorded the songs “Top Top”, Showreel, Nature boy, and the soundtrack to the film Narenji.
Maria’s sister Ksenia also managed to get on the show, only in the fourth program, to the producer. To maintain the intrigue, Ksenia was offered to take a creative pseudonym - her mother’s maiden name. After the program, Ksenia took up jazz vocals, studied at the Faculty of Philology and began singing in musicals at the Dialogue Theater. Together with her sister, Maria performed the song “You are me,” which was included in the repertoire of both artists.
After "Star Factory"
Participation in the show was not in vain for creative biography Maria Rzhevskaya. Having failed to achieve recognition on the stage, the girl took up the acting profession. The actress received invitations from American film directors several times and starred in several short films about the world of vampires.
In 2014, the original film by British director Timothy Reynard, Let the Die Be Cast: Initium, starring Maria Rzhevskaya, was released. In the credits, instead of her father's surname, Maria indicated the pseudonym under which she works in lately, – Maria Kaya.
Maria Kaya - pseudonym of Maria Rzhevskaya In addition to filming abroad, the girl, immediately after filming at the Factory, appeared in an episode of the Russian TV series 33 Square Meters with and starring. In 2015, with the participation of Maria Kaya, the film Heart Aspirations was released, for which the actress herself recorded the soundtrack.
Personal life
On the “Star Factory” project, many fateful acquaintances took place between the participants. Maria Rzhevskaya was no exception. The girl met her future husband at the project - director of the ARS company Vyacheslav Kormiltsev, whose immediate boss was Igor Krutoy.
It was the close relationship with Vyacheslav that became the stumbling block between the girl and producer Max Fadeev. Soon Maria gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Frederica, and Vyacheslav Kormiltsev became the singer’s husband. Since then, the artist’s personal life has been stable. Together with her husband, Maria left her homeland and settled in London, where she still works in the theater.
Maria Rzhevskaya now
In 2016, in the film “The Fate of the Factories,” which dealt with the established careers of the show’s participants, an episode about Maria Rzhevskaya was filmed. Now Maria Kaya is engaged in singing, the girl regularly gives concerts in clubs. In 2017, Masha first tried her hand at interior design, for which she graduated from Parsons Fashion design in Paris.
Maria spends a lot of time with her daughter. The artist does not have her own account on Instagram, but new photos can be seen in official group Maria’s fans on the VKontakte network and on Twitter pages and
Childhood and family of Maria Alalykina: dances and music
Masha was born into an ordinary family, lived in residential area Alla Dukhova.Back in 2001, Maria became the winner of the “Beauty of Russia” competition. As she said in an interview, this came as a surprise to her. Before participating in the competition, the girl decided for herself that she would be able to appear on television; we can say that she set such a goal for herself. Another dream of Masha was to sing from the stage.
Maria Alalykina converted to Islam. Interview
She posted the photo, having previously scanned it, as a participant in the competition. About six months later, when she went to the website, she saw that her name was among the finalists based on the results of online voting. Maria was surprised to learn that she had been chosen as the girl of the week. Even going to the finals, she did not know who her competitors were. Masha perceived her victory then as something extremely important. She was waiting, what would happen next, what would follow such a brilliant victory? Giving an interview after the award, she said that her dream is happiness in her personal life and a successful career.
A few months later, photographs of the girl appeared in a number of magazines, including FHM magazine.
Maria Alalykina at the Star Factory
In 2002, Maria was chosen from many applicants for the first “Star Factory”, hosted by Yana Churikova. She came there by chance, one might say, in company with her younger sister Margarita. However, because of her young age, her sister was not accepted, but Masha was accepted.The singer had a character that did not allow her to do anything for a long time. Very quickly she got bored with everything, she lost interest and began to look for something else. Masha thought that once she got to the Factory, she would be able to fulfill her old dream of singing on stage. The girl wanted the audience to hear her songs, wanted to engage in personal creativity, to convey her thoughts to people. However, in reality everything turned out not to be as the girl imagined.
The producers of this project decided to create a group. Thus, Alalykina did not get the opportunity to perform on her own. Having not been in the first cast for even six months, Maria decided to leave the project. During these few months, she managed to star in a single video. Its title is “About Love”. Many believed that Mary was the most beautiful singer first cast.
Maria Alalykina after “Factory”
During the time spent at the Factory, Masha fell far behind at the university. She practically never appeared there. In addition, there have been changes in the singer’s personal life.How did singer Masha Alalykina from “Factory” trade the spotlight for Salafis?
Later in the interview, the girl said that she was disappointed in “Factory”, since the project did not allow each of the participants to open up personally. Another reason for leaving is the threat of expulsion from the university. Initially, when going to the project, Alalykina thought that she would be able to somehow combine performances and studies, because she was not the only one. But it turned out that this was not easy, in addition, the dean’s office was opposed to having such a student study at the university who skips most classes. At some point, Masha realized that the doors to her past life, where her favorite university was, began to close in front of her.
Work and rehearsals in the group seemed to her like some kind of continuous holiday, far from reality. She had to make a very difficult choice. By leaving the team, she surprised many. A considerable number of people thought that she had done a stupid thing, because success, fame, and financial independence lay ahead. We can say that she left at the height of her possible career.
Producer Igor Matvienko agreed to help Maria and promised to issue the necessary certificates for the university. But Alalykina made it clear to everyone that her decision was deliberate and made finally. Despite the fact that leaving the group was a violation of the contract signed by the singer, they did not forcefully keep her, they took her decision seriously and with understanding.
The teachers happily accepted the girl’s return to school and helped her catch up on the missed program.
Personal life of Maria Alalykina
There was a lot of gossip in the media about the reasons for Maria leaving the group. It was even assumed that she was pregnant. However, these were all rumors. Soon she got married. He became her husband successful businessman. After he converted to Islam, Mary also changed her faith. Since then, her name has been Maryam. A daughter was born in the marriage. Everything was fine in the family, and the girl felt happy. Seven years later, changes occurred in her life - her husband married her close friend, and Alalykina returned to her parents.Graduate of the “Star Factory” Maria Alalykina.
Maryam worked at the linguistic center at Leningrad State Medical University. According to the girl, she was asked to leave work because of her not quite standard appearance, after all, having become a Muslim, she always wore a headscarf and a floor-length skirt. However, Leningrad State Medical University claimed that Alalykina resigned of her own free will. In 2007, the girl did unsuccessful attempt return to the stage. She wanted to get on the New Wave. The composition that Maryam recorded for the competition was not accepted.
Maria Alalykina today
Lately, Alalykina has been translating for a number of Muslim websites. Except five European languages she also owns Arabic. In addition, she runs a “Live Journal” on the Internet, where you can read many of the former singer’s personal reflections on the topic of religion. Maryam does not regret that she once left the project and changed her life and faith. If you judge her life by her posts on the Internet, we can say that she found what she wanted.
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In 2004, the most provocative and rated "Star Factory". We all followed the broadcasts from the “star house” with interest, and the whole country sang the guys’ songs. Bright, young, ambitious and talented - these are the boys and girls the project’s new mentor, a famous music producer, recruited at the casting Igor Krutoy.
Surely you remember the romantic Alex, brutal Stas Piekha and romantic Yuri Titov.
Today we will tell you how the lives of those who “got cool on TV” turned out.
Ivan Breusov, 32 years old
At the time of casting, Ivan was 21 years old, and he had already become popular singer V Kazakhstan, where he came from to conquer Moscow. At that time, Breusov was the lead singer of the group "101". This casting was not the only one in the musician’s life, since as part of the group he represented the country at the competition « New wave» .
On "Factory" Ivan was the calmest participant and did not achieve any special results. After the show, Breusov returned to the group and at the same time began a solo career. In Kazakhstan he is a real star!
In 2014, the musician married the lead singer of the group Lila Meruert Asanova. Currently, Ivan Breusov is producing and participating in various musical projects.
Natalya Korshunova, 29 years old
Ambitious, bright and cheerful - this is exactly how we remember the “manufacturer” Natalya Korshunova. Before getting into the show, the girl managed to work in a group "Propaganda". But a year later Natalya pulled out lucky ticket– participation in the “Star Factory”. At that time, Korshunova was studying at the Institute of Contemporary Art, but the girl did not abandon her studies, but decided to combine everything. Natalya Korshunova captivated the jury not only with her talent, but also with her bold image. After “Factory” the girl did not leave music.
In 2007, she released her first solo album "Tenderness", after that almost nothing was heard about the singer.
Anton Zatsepin, 33 years old
“Only Gubin is shorter”- the first thing that comes to mind after the mention of Anton Zatsepin. This song became business card musician. But first things first. Since childhood, Zatsepin has been dancing, which is not surprising, because his mother is a professional choreographer. He graduated from the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture, worked for some time as a fitness instructor, choreographed dances for children and was a team captain. KVN "The Fifth Volume". But Zatsepin was engaged not only in dancing; at the age of 15 he began singing as part of VIA "Caprice". Anton passed the “Factory” casting, where he became one of the brightest participants and took an honorable second place. 2004 was a very fruitful year for young singer: he released a video for a song written by composer Igor Nikolaev, “Books about Love,” and in the same year Anton received "Golden Gramophone" per song "Wide River", which he performed together with N adezhda Kadysheva.
If everything went well in his work, the musician’s personal life did not work out; he managed to get married and divorced twice. His first wife is a musical reactor Muz-TV Lyubov Khvorostinina, their marriage lasted two months and ended loud scandal. In 2008, he married again - to a journalist Ekaterina Shmyrina who gave birth to him beautiful girl Alexandru Marto(6), but also this love story ended soon.
After “Factory” Zatsepin disappeared from TV screens for some time. He took up his studies and graduated from the acting department. GITIS and began raising his daughter. Now Anton Zatsepin continues to tour. He has an album to his credit "You alone" and seven video clips, the last one, "Olyushka", came out in May of this year.
Timur Yunusov, 32 years old
Timur Yunusov, better known as Timati, is one of the most successful people from the Factory. Today his name is known not only in Russia, but also in the West. Timati became addicted to music early age. When he was 14 years old, he created a group VIP 77. Participation in the “Star Factory” brought real fame to the musician.
And his touching romance with one of the project participants, Alexa, became the most discussed. The whole country watched with great interest how the guys built love. But this romance soon ended in a break.Together with his friends, Timati created the group “Banda”, which we have already talked about, and after its collapse he began a solo career.
The musician not only actively shoots videos, records new songs and publishes albums, he has also proven himself to be a successful businessman. In 2006, the first debut album was released Timati Black Star, and in the same year he founded his own production center Black Star, which successfully works with such artists as L"One (30), (21), Nathan(29), and many others. The musician also produces his own clothing line, Black Star Wear. The film was released in 2014 "Capsule" with Timati in the title role. For my creative career Timati has published four albums and collected a huge number of awards, acted in films, recorded duets with such famous rappers as Snoop Dogg (44),P Diddy(45), and still attracts real sold-out audiences.
The eternal womanizer and heartthrob Timati seemed to have settled down in 2014 and became a father. His lover, a model, gave birth to a daughter for the rapper Alice (1). But, alas, the musician loves freedom and girls so much that things never came to a wedding.
Anastasia Kochetkova, 27 years old
Before you get to “Star Factory” Nastya Kochetkova performed in a group VIP 77 together with other “manufacturers” – Timati and Dominic Joker. By a happy coincidence, the friends passed the casting and got into the project, where they created the successful team “Gang”. Nastya was remembered by the audience not only for her soulful voice, but also for her generosity - all the girls at the Factory often wore her clothes.
After “Factory”, despite her young age - 17 years old, the girl married an aspiring director Rezo Gigineishvili (33). Nastya entered VGIK in the acting department and starred in her husband’s film "Heat". A year later, the newlyweds had a daughter, Maria (9). But this union broke up two years later - Rezo left for the daughter of a famous director Nikita Mikhalkova Nadezhda. Nastya had a very hard time with the divorce and disappeared from view for some time.
And in 2010 she began work on her first solo album. In 2011, Nastya took part in music project"Star Factory" Return". And the other day she shared her joy in Instagram: together with Music Hayk they recorded new song "Don't leave".
Ksenia Larina, 30 years old
– a sweet-voiced and modest girl. An interesting fact is that Larina had already tried to get to the second “Factory”, where she went with her sister Maria Rzhevskaya, who passed the selection. And then Larina returned home. But in 2004, luck smiled at her too.
For a long time, the girls’ relationship was kept secret, until they sang a duet at one of the shows.
Larina did not become the winner of the project, but can boast of her work in voicing the role Gabriella Montez from the popular production of "High School Musical", where the singer became her partner. And also the girl graduated Theater Institute named after Boris Shchukin and took part in the project "The Last Hero". Today, Ksenia Larina still continues to engage in musical creativity.
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Natalya Polyanskaya, 28 years old
Natasha just graduated from school and immediately went to the casting, where she was immediately loved for her childish spontaneity. The girl with pigtails had a mischievous and cheerful character, which was reflected in her repertoire. "Pippi Long stocking» − the solo song was written specifically for the young artist, and this image stuck with Natalya. After the girl left the “Star Factory” during one of the votes, nothing is known about her.
Nadezhda Igoshina, 27 years old
To "Star Factories - 4" Nadezhda Igoshina, better known as Angina, danced in ballet Alla Dukhova "Todes". The crazy hooligan with a tongue piercing left the stage after the project and went to television.
For some time the singer worked as a TV presenter on Muz TV. Nadezhda is married and has two children. The girl devotes time not only to her family, but also to creativity. Igoshina graduated from the Sidakov acting school and plans to pursue an acting career.
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33 years old
Irina Dubtsova is the winner of “Star Factory – 4”. Participation in the project completely changed the life of a girl from Volgograd. In 1999, a disc with songs performed by Irina went to the famous producer Igor Matvienko, who was just at that moment recruiting girls into the group, which received the name, oddly enough, "Girls".
In addition to Dubtsova, the team included Tatiana Gerasimova, Valentina Rubtsova And Olympics Teterich. The group became truly popular, their song "Mom said" everyone knew it by heart. And in 2004, Dubtsova was casting for the most popular project of Channel One. Song "About him", written by Irina, becomes a real hit and thunders throughout the country.
18 May 2018, 18:03So, the third "Factory"...Probably my favorite. Although she was not remembered for any scandals or particularly extravagant personalities, I watched her with particular pleasure. The third season of the project is distinguished by the friendship and cohesion of the participants. Most of the guys still keep in close contact.
I think the most scandalous thing about “Star Factory 3” was its producer. Alexander Shulgin was invited to Channel One shortly after his high-profile divorce from Valeria. While the project was going on, Shulgin, however, behaved decorously and nobly (at least on camera), only on final concert at the Olympic Stadium he distinguished himself by proposing to Yulia Mikhalchik right on stage. At the end of the project, Shulgin simply left his charges to their fate: he did not do any touring or promotion. Soon he took the restless ex-manufacturers under his wing...how amazing, Joseph Prigogine! After six months of inactivity, the guys finally started touring. Victor Drobysh began promoting two groups: the girl group “Tutsi” and the boy group “K.G.B.” Nikita Malinin's superhit "Kitten" sounded from every iron. Mikhalchik became interested in the wake of the novel and hasty separation from Shulgin. By that time, Svetikova’s name spoke for itself. However, no one succeeded in a dizzying career... Let me remember all the participants.
Ksenia Valeeva
The spectacular red-haired Ksenia was the first to fly out of the Factory. And I almost didn’t remember it. It is known that she danced at the Helios+ nightclub and performed at the Kursk dance group“Swallowtail”, won the “Miss Helios” competition and won the title “Miss Grace” at the “Lady Perfection” competition in Orel. Participating in the Miss Kursk competition, she entered the top ten finalists.
After “Factory” she entered GITIS in the workshop of Oleg Kudryashov. After graduating in 2010, she received a role in the feature film “Crimea” by Igor Shirokov, but it was never released. For some time she worked as a model and was listed in some acting agencies. However, then she completely disappeared from sight. Probably, at some point the girl got tired of appearing in public. According to her former colleagues, Ksenia is now married, raising a son and leading a family lifestyle, and is also seriously interested in yoga and doing business.
Nikolay Slichenko
The grandson of the famous Slichenko literally begged to be taken on the project. But he didn’t last long: he was expelled second for his wayward character and modest vocals. Oddly enough, little is known about the grandson of Nikolai Slichenko. After "Factory" young Nikolai was in a creative search, and then followed in the footsteps of his family - he entered GITIS, which he graduated in 2009. For some time he played in the university theater, but then moved to India (Goa), from where he returned as a completely different person.
Anastasia Krainova
At the end of the project, Anastasia was taken on as one of the soloists of the Tutsi group. However, Nastya also left the team in 2010. She joined a unique solo project, positioning herself as “the first singing DJ.” She even had her own website djkraynova. True, after some time the girl found that one DJ console was not enough, and she finally decided to go out again big stage. But I haven’t achieved success yet.
As an actress, Krainova took part in the filming of such TV series and films as “Happy Together” on the TNT channel, “Club” on MTV, and “Narrow Bridge”, which was filmed by Channel One. Graduated from Gnesinka. Today Nastya independently records songs of her own composition.
Soon after Krainova started an affair with married actor Alexander Nosik, he left the family. But he soon broke up with Anastasia.
Irina Zhelnova
Before the project, she sang in the group "Ataman". Has acting education. After the "Factory" she disappeared from view. In her native Ulyanovsk she became the winner of the “Best Enterprise Economist” competition.
Oleg Dobrynin
Before "Factory" he was a professional musician, the lead singer of the group "A-Mega". After the project, he continued to write songs for the group. Graduated from GITIS. He performed in the Pokrovsky ensemble.
Maria Weber
After the project, she sang as part of the Tutsi group, but when Masha became pregnant, Victor Drobysh decided to say goodbye to her (however, Weber later returned). In Masha’s personal life, everything did not go very smoothly.
They met Parviz Yasinov through mutual friends. And at the beginning of 2006, rumors about Masha Weber’s pregnancy leaked to the media. There were also rumors that Parviz was to blame for Weber’s dismissal from the group: allegedly, having learned about Masha’s situation, he forbade her to go on tour. Weber was ready to do anything for her boyfriend, she even converted to Islam! That same year they got married according to secular and religious rites. A few months later, Weber gave birth to a son, who was named Oscar. However, already in 2007 they divorced, Parviz left his wife for singer Yulia Volkova. True, this union also did not last long. Today, Masha continues to record songs and raises her son Oscar, runs a business, but does not talk about her personal life.
Sofia Kuzmina
Plays piano and flute. After the project he tries to continue his career. He works hard to develop his vocal and musical skills, writes songs and music. According to Sonya, she does not want to be one of the one-day pop performers, but wants to give the world something of quality. Sonya is gradually moving towards her goal, and her father, Vladimir Kuzmin, supports her and gives her practical advice.
Roman Barsukov
After "Factory" he joined the boy trio "K.G.B." But the group failed to develop normally, and after 2 years Viktor Drobysh disbanded the project. Now the frontman of the group with a telling name Path`IN. Takes part in music festivals.
Olesya Yaroslavskaya
Vocal teacher by training. After the “Star Factory” project, Lesya, along with Irina Ortman, Anastasia Krainova and Maria Weber, became part of the pop group “Tutsi”. In 2008, she became pregnant and went on maternity leave, returning to the group after the birth of her daughter. Since 2010 he has been engaged in a solo career. Few people know, but the singer was invited to “House -2” as a presenter, but then the artist preferred music. Married to a military man.
Dmitry Golubev
A journalist by training. In his youth he sang in the group "Boys" in his native Ivanovo. After the dissolution of the group "K.G.B." I tried to record solo songs, but did not achieve much success. I met my wife Yana even before the Factory. In 2013, the couple had a son, Jaromir. Golubev is the owner of the Ivanovo bar "Chaika".
Irina Ortman
Before the project, she actively made her way to the star Olympus: she worked at the Renata Ibragimova Pop Song Theater, was a member of the White Eagle group and collaborated with the groups of Alexander Malinin and Alexander Buinov. Among other things, Ortman was familiar with the guys from the Virus group. One for a while they had a joint dance program. In 2002, she took part in the “New Wave” competition in Jurmala and even managed to make it to the semi-finals.
According to rumors, she came to the casting of “Factory” with her friend Prokhor Chaliapin. After the project, she sang in the group “Tutsi” until 2010. Over the next two years, Ortman released videos for the songs: “Slowly” (2011), “Forever” (in a duet with Alexander Kireev, 2012), “There is Something in You” (2012). Now he continues to record songs.
Ortman participates in all kinds of charitable events (“Let’s Help Together,” “Let’s Build a Temple Together”), appears in television shows (“Male for Women,” “Test Purchase,” “Natural Selection”), gives interviews (Coris News newspaper, Russian Radio) ) and opens fashion shows.
On July 22, 2008, in Dmitrov, Irina married businessman Vladimir Perevozchikov. However, in December 2014, the couple filed for divorce. In the same 2014, a new man entered the life of the seductive blonde - intelligence officer Roman Babkin. They got married in 2016. Irina Ortman has no children.
Ruslan Kurik
The rocker from Jurmala began acting in films after the project. In April 2007, the first film starring Ruslan (“One Love in a Million”) was released.
Ruslan can also be seen in the series “Young and Happy”, “Alice’s Dreams”.
One of her successes was the main role in the film “Papa Carlo’s Favorite Daughter” (2009). Currently she is the lead singer and leader of the “No Smoking” group. Recorded a solo album.
Svetlana Svetikova
I got involved in the project when I was already a star. Behind the young singer were leading roles in the musicals “Metro” and “Notre Dame de Paris” and a role in the TV series “Three Against All”. After “Star Factory” she continued to develop her career as a musical actress. One of Svetikova’s most striking performances was a show in the rock opera format, where Svetlana played the role of Teresa in the production of “The Star and Death of Joaquin Murrieta.” A series of films of different genres followed, including “Happy Together”, “New Year’s SMS”, “Gloss”, as well as the interactive format of the series “Alice’s Dreams” - here Svetikova did not have to play a character, she starred as herself, like others participants. Played main role in the painting “You Can’t Catch Us.” His debut experience in film scoring was reflected in the animated production “The Little Mermaid”. Also, 2003 was marked by Sveta’s participation and victory in television project"Fort Boyard". Svetikova played with the team in the musical “Notre Dame de Paris”.
Svetlana actively participated in the recording of soundtracks, including “Kamenskaya”, “Alice’s Birthday”, etc. A year later she starred in the filmed show “The Last Hero”, where she won 3rd place. Svetikova also made her mark in “Heart of Africa”, “Great Races”, and in “Dancing with the Stars” she performed together with Alexander Baurov. After dance show appeared in the television project “Ice and Fire”. In 2015, Svetlana Svetikova takes part in the popular show “One to One”. In 2016, she took part in the fourth season of the show "One on One. Battle of the Seasons", where she was invited best participants from all 3 issues.
In her youth she met with Garik Kharlamov. For a long time she was the girlfriend of actor Andrei Chadov. In 2013, Svetikova presented to the public common-law husband– figure skater Alexey Polishchuk. Two children.
Yulia Mikhalchik
Multiple winner vocal competitions. She collaborated with the production center of Victor Drobysh. Soon Mikhalchik’s song “White Swan” was already heard on Russian radio stations, and a year later a video was released. At the same time, the premiere of Yulia’s first video “With Ice” took place. At the Five Stars festival, the singer becomes the Grand Prix winner. I tried to qualify for Eurovision 2008. In 2009, Julia played Charlotte in the rock opera Perfume. Records solo albums.
At the Star Factory, Yulia Mikhalchik had an affair with Alexander Shulgin. The contestant was not embarrassed by the 20-year age difference or Shulgin’s scandalous divorce from Valeria. The singer was in love and said that they would soon get married. But even in his relationship with Mikhalchik, Shulgin showed character. The couple quickly broke up.
At one time, rumors appeared in the media about Yulia’s affair with singer Evgeny Anegin, with whom the singer had creative obligations. And in 2012, journalists learned that the singer got married. Her husband, Vladimir Goev, who is two years older than the singer, has nothing to do with creativity and the stage; the young man is engaged in business. In March 2013, Yulia gave birth to her wife’s son Alexander. Four years later, information appeared in the media about Yulia’s separation from Vladimir.
Alexander Kireev
Plays the violin and piano. I studied to be a director. After the end of the project, Kireev teamed up with two members of the “Star Factory” Dmitry Golubev and Roman Barsukov in the group “K.G.B.” At the same time, Alexander Kireev created for other performers: Natalia Podolskaya, Vadim Kazachenko, the group "Tutsi". After the trio disbanded, he began a solo career. He won the “Five Stars” competition, in which the audience gave him their votes, sat on the jury of youth music competitions and festivals, and was the host of the “Question to Backfill” program on the “Carousel” channel.
Recently he admitted that he almost left show business and went into marketing. Alexander organized his own business in the field of IT and online commerce, tested and implemented training programs, and at the same time created clips.
Still on the wave of fame that struck after participating in the “Star Factory,” Alexander Kireev met his future wife Arina. Since then, the couple has been inseparable. Arina – graduate medical university, works as a cosmetologist. Two children.
Nikita Malinin
Born into the family of the famous singer Alexander Malinin. When Nikita was 2 years old, his dad left the family and went to Olga Zarubina. As a child he appeared in a Pepsi commercial. In 1998, the young man played guitar in the group “Okho-kho” and toured with concerts.
After winning the "Star Factory" he participated in international competition World Best. In 2007, Malinin met DJ Nejtrino and tried his hand at dancing. Later, a joint project between a DJ and a singer called “DJ Nejtrino&Nikita Malinin” was released. Nikita's singing career went into decline quite quickly. In 2015, he unexpectedly appeared in the One to One project.
Since the 9th grade he has been dating his beloved Natalya. In 2008, the couple got married. There is a child.
