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October 13, 2002 – many remember this date as launch of the first Russian music show of its kind “ Star Factory"! Their reporting concerts kept viewers glued to the screens every Friday, their songs purred millions of fans under their breath, and their tours across the country filled stadiums. Let's remember all the participants in the first " Star factories“and we’ll find out what happened to the people’s favorites, how and with what they live today. I warn you right away that this is only the first part, so look forward to the continuation tomorrow!

Maria Alalykina (32)

An inconspicuous nine-story building on the outskirts Moscow strikingly different from the apartments where the current members of the group live “ Factory" Masha lives a secluded life, and her mother answers calls from journalists in a tired voice Svetlana. “We are tired of attention and constant calls,” the woman admitted. – Masha He won’t communicate with you, and I don’t have time. There's a lot to do. And anyway, my dinner is burning.” Maria does not contact the press, and her life is more like the life of a recluse, which is surprising, because at a young age she won beauty contests (“ Beauty of Russia") and her photographs were published in a popular men's magazine.

Maria Alalykina was a versatile person and tried herself not only in music, but also in dancing (for some time she danced in the show ballet “ Todes"). Only she quickly became bored, uninterested, and she was looking for something big. Even in the project " Star Factory“The girl’s euphoria quickly disappeared. She wanted to convey her thoughts to the public through songs. But instead, she sang what they said, in the composition in which they ordered. In addition, Masha I had serious problems with my studies. They threatened to expel her from the university. Therefore, she made a firm decision to leave the group - two months after its creation, having managed to star in a single video for the song “ About love" Soon Masha married a businessman Alexey Zuenko, gave birth to a daughter Katya, returned to university and re-entered the jazz college. It would seem that life is getting better. In addition, the changes affected not only family life Maria. She became a Muslim! There were rumors that it was her husband who influenced the girl in this decision. Herself Alalykina She said more than once that she converted to Islam of her own free will. Moreover, in one interview she said that faith helped her improve relationships with her parents.

Unfortunately, happiness and harmony did not reign in her family for long. The year on the calendar was 2008, when Maria introduced her husband to her ill-fated friend. On the picture Maria, to your surprise, on the right, and in the arms of your husband is that same homewrecker. Later in the Internet Diary Maria an entry will appear: “...My best friend, together with my beloved (former, if you dare talk about love in the past) were seen by me tenderly walking by the hand. I introduced them personally two months earlier in Sevastopol. And she helped them become closer spiritually. Still love both. But it’s hard to get used to the idea...” During that difficult period Alalykin fired from work linguistic center at Moscow State Linguistic University, which she herself finished at one time. According to Masha, the reason for this was the scarf she wore to class.

Now Maria or Maryam, as she calls herself, keeps her diary in “ LiveJournal"and does translations for Muslim websites. She knows 6 languages: 5 European and Arabic. From colleagues on " Star Factory» supports communication only with Sati Casanova(32) and regularly congratulates her on all Muslim holidays.

Mikhail Grebenshchikov (39)

Who doesn't remember this fiery guy? It was impossible to stand still from his songs, and your feet in “orange boots” just started dancing. Graduate Voronezh Assembly College and a student of the local journalism department, who served in the border troops, DJ “ Russian radio", a collector of beer mugs, a self-employed entrepreneur and a man who put his whole life into building an unforgettable image of a crazy funny guy - all this Mikhail Grebenshchikov! Among the participants of the first " Star factories“He had a rare zest for life and seemed to really enjoy every day he spent on the reality show. And the audience loved it too Mikhail – the artist was the leader in online voting for a long time and eventually won third place. But we got ahead Mikhail not at all the more talented and independent soloists - in such a fight he would probably defeat anyone. Producer's projects set the dashing guy up " Roots" and "Factory».

As before, Michael- this is a person who makes an action out of every step in his life, a performance out of two, and a meaningful artistic gesture out of running in place. It doesn’t matter what he’s actually doing: sitting in an Indian costume at a youth culture festival in Vladivostok, stars as a referee in a Russian TV series or advises dousing yourself with dill water on Channel One. Brand " Mikhail Grebenshchikov"stands firmly on his feet. Now he himself can produce “manufacturers” and argue with his former producer like an adult Igor Matvienko(55) and even teach young talents.

In the photo the ill-fated sheepskin coat

True, sometimes scandals shake him. One of them took place in February of this year, when Mikhail accused of stealing a sheepskin coat made of wolf fur. Grebenshchikova, like other celebrities, was invited to the opening of a fur salon and, according to him, was given this sheepskin coat as a gift. The artist even thanked the salon owners into the microphone for such a generous donation. But before he could cross the threshold of the store, security stopped him and demanded that he take off his sheepskin coat. When Michael After all, he left in his new clothes, the owners of the store contacted its administrator and demanded that the valuable item be returned, otherwise they would contact the police. Michael laughed it off and returned their “gift” to the salon.

As you know, he is now a music creative producer in children's school of professional creative development of Alla Pugacheva (66) Future Star. Grebenshchikov is also an employee Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and he is a frequent guest at parties in the capital, where he spins his DJ sets. And you probably remember the twins who appeared in the video Mikhail Grebenshchikov. He subsequently married one of them and now has two lovely daughters.

Jam Sheriff (40)

In project " Star Factory» Jam Sheriff(full name Jam Sherif Musa) attracted attention not only with his extraordinary appearance, but also with his talent. In 2005 the name Jema again sparkled in the media, as his duet with Elena Terleeva(30) won the first semi-final " Eurovision" Their track No more war showed how " Star Factory"popular among the people. After all Jam And Lena, having completed their participation in the project, almost did not appear on television and nevertheless received more audience votes than Anastasia Stotskaya(32) and (33). Few people know, but before " Star factories» Jam Sheriff worked as a consultant in a private Moscow clinic.

2005 was for Jam Sherif intense: he participated in the television reality show " Last Hero“However, he failed to take away the cash trophy.
Now Jam turned to directing and thoroughly began his education in this field. “My outlet is directing, because I see words and music in pictures and feel my own stories,” said the artist. He recently graduated First national television school and received a diploma of second higher education in the specialty " TV director».
Director's Path Sheriff It's going more or less successfully. His thesis " Moscow - my love"in the comedy genre was nominated as best foreign film at the prestigious short film festival in Australia.

Pavel Artemyev (32)

Even those who were not a fan of the project remember his curly hair and charming burr. Star Factory». Pavel Artemiev became one of the most popular “manufacturers”, and his name was replicated by all Russian media. Let me remind you that the group “ Roots"took first place in the final of the popular music show Channel One and for many years it collected halls and stadiums throughout the country. From the very beginning, Pavel understood that participation in the group was a temporary stage, so he did not stay in the team for long. After he left in 2010, he said: "It was a great experience, but I never saw myself being in this band at 40."

Now Paul continues to make music. He gives solo concerts, the last of which, by the way, took place not so long ago, on September 10, in the Moscow bar “ Music Pub».
Pavel Artemiev I decided not to focus only on music. He also tries himself on the theater stage, although he has no professional education, to enroll in an acting college Paul no plans yet. Artemiev believes that each of his performances, each role in a film is his university, the practice that hones his facets as an artist. Today Paul plays in performances of the Moscow theater " Practice"and is the ideological leader and lead singer of the group Artemiev. Pavel Artemiev and his group are frequent guests at all kinds of festivals and clubs Moscow And St. Petersburg.

Fans of the charming Pavel there is a separate reason for joy: Channel One has launched the series “ Tatyana's night", Where Artemiev plays one of the main roles.

Yulia Buzhilova (32)

Yulia Buzhilova, participant of the first " Star factories", called new Linda(38) and compared with Renata Litvinova(48). The producers predicted a great future for her, and her fans avidly listened to her music.
Today, the girl who once successfully appeared on TV is not listed either in the charts or in the yellow press. She disappeared as suddenly as she appeared.
At one of the reporting concerts of the first " Factories" song " Sleep", written Buzhilova, captivated everyone: project participants, producers, and fans. Igor Matvienko(55) then realized that he had made the right choice by inviting a young girl to the casting of a popular reality show. Buzhilova and the famous producer had known each other for a long time. After graduation Kyiv Musical College and touring Ukraine Yulia turned to him. Matvienko saw real talent and charisma in her and suggested going to " Star Factory».
Buzhilova, unlike other manufacturers, instead of cheap shocking, love scenes and constant scandals, chose the image of a mysterious and enigmatic singer. Even on the Internet you can't find much about it.

"Manufacturer" BuzhilovaI always dreamed of being popular, but I never wanted to be a star. She wrote poetry and music herself, but for some reason she was not a producer.Matvienko, nor million rubles donatedChannel Onethe aspiring singer did not get any help after the project. Many believed thatYuleThis million came from connections, and not from talent. Be that as it may, we did not hear new songs and albums for which that same million rubles were allocated. By the way, now the producer doesn’t really know anything about his former ward.
“No one gave me a million,” she saidJulia, - They gave me a huge piece of paper with “million” written on it. I still have it somewhere at home. I joked at one time that I would go to the store with her and give her to the seller, like a food coupon in Soviet times.”
It is known that Yulia Buzhilovamarried a sound engineer and became a mother. She does not advertise her personal life. Tired of waiting for support fromIgor Matvienko, JuliaInstead of a solo career and the love of millions of fans, she chose the love of one person and, apparently, she was right. She writes lyrics forVicky Daineko(28) and groups " Factory”, but never got around to his solo album. NowBuzhilovadreams of creating an anti-feminist movement, building the safest plane in the world and learning German, Bulgarian and Polish. And let her dreams come true!

Alexander Astashenok (33)

Alexander Astashenok We remember him as one of the members of the popular group " Roots" The team existed for a long time after the end of the project " Star Factory", but the collapse was inevitable when, following the departure of the frontman Pavel Artemyev left the group and Astashenok. But don't worry Alexander Still creative, he did not see his future in music and began studying acting. Astashenok graduated from the acting department GITIS and began performing on the theater stage. Friendship from " Roots” grew into friendship in the theater. Alexander shared the stage Russian Theater With Pavel Artemyev in the production " Until the death separates us…».

Astashenok greedy for roles, so he tries himself not only in the theater, but also on television. In addition to feature films (“ Still alive») Alexander He also starred in television series. If you're a fan of " Closed school", then you probably remember the secret agent whom he embodied on the screen Astashenok. His dream role is James Bond. Alexander Astashenok does not give up studying music, although now he writes it not for his solo album, but for the films in which he is starring, or for other performers, while acting as a composer and producer.

Konstantina Dudoladova (39) is not about singing and music at all, but about style and makeup. Many believed that the project " Star Factory» Konstantin, comes from Nakhodki, got in thanks to his bright appearance. Anything is possible, because this appearance has saved him more than once! Finding yourself in the capital penniless, Konstantin I had to earn my living somehow, and there was little choice. Dudoladov worked as a stripper in " Russian troika" And " Firebird", he worked part-time as a model, but his shocking antics once disrupted a show, and after that he stopped receiving invitations...

He realized that he needed to move on, since the measly $20 that he was given for his shift “at the pole” could not feed a person in an expensive metropolis. At the moment when from the project " Star Factory» ran away Zhanna Cherukhina(32), many in the social circle already knew Constantine. The organizers had to urgently look for a replacement for the vacant place. And a tall blond man with a charming smile approached like no one else. His appearance was bright, his image was memorable. But after the final show " Star factories"fans haven't heard a single track from Dudoladova and didn’t see a single video with his participation. The guy completely disappeared from the screens and from rotations.

Konstantin I decided to return to where I started - to style and makeup. And he achieved great success. Today Konstantin Dudoladov is the owner of a chain of salons " Eco Beauty Service DUDO", and he is also an image maker and exclusive stylist. He has a 15-year-old son, and he dreams of opening a couple of shops in Tokyo, because he believes that he sews clothes specifically for such freaks as the Japanese.

Maria Alalykina is one of the most prominent participants in the very first season of the music show “Star Factory”; she became a finalist of the project as part of the female group “Factory”. Her group took second place in the overall final standings, for which they received the opportunity to shoot their first professional music video for the song “About Love.” While the video was broadcast on all television channels in the country, Maria and the rest of the project’s graduates went on a large-scale tour.

However, her creative career ended before it even began. The most interesting and talented singer of the project suddenly disappeared from the stage. Since then, many fans have been wondering where and why Maria disappeared, and what she is doing now.

Maria Alalykina (second from right) as part of the “Factory” group

Maria has always strived for creativity and publicity. Since childhood, she was fond of music, dancing, and singing. She had an appropriate education - there was a school, various creative clubs, and a specialized department at the university. In her youth, Masha became a participant in a federal beauty contest, where she was a public favorite and entered the final. Then the girl realized that she wanted to become famous and successful, because she really liked being the center of attention.

"Star Factory"

Maria ended up at the Star Factory by accident because of her younger sister. She easily managed to pass the casting and get into the “Big House” with the best teachers and producers in the country. Life turned around - she performed, developed, sang. The whole country saw her. Despite her young age, the girl had a strong character, incredible confidence and the ability to make the viewer fall in love with her. She quickly became everyone’s favorite and even managed to start a small romance on the project - Alexey Kabanov became her chosen one and boyfriend.

Maria's talent shone and revealed itself on the stage of the country's main channel - she sang with pop stars, participated in general numbers with other participants and sang individually already known and completely new songs. Her classmates and spectators voted for her, and she reached the finals.

As a result, a women's group was formed, which included the most talented participants in the project. This group came up with the name “Factory”, an image and wrote a repertoire consisting of simple but catchy pop songs.

Group “Factory”

After the final, all participants went on a tour around the country. Project participants filled the halls in all cities. They were predicted to have a long career, material wealth and incredible popularity. But Maria’s happiness and delight from everything that was happening gradually disappeared.

The growing attention to her person, constant performances and magazines with her photo on the cover - Masha liked this part of the new reality. However, she had to sing songs she didn’t like, dress “according to the format” and be one of the members of the quartet, and not a full-fledged soloist and star.

The girl wanted to perform different songs and create a different image in the eyes of the viewer. And working in a women's team was the most difficult for Masha.

Plus, the girl began to have problems with her studies - the university refused to accept a student who missed entire semesters. And Maria’s parents argued that studying was a priority over a singer’s career, and insisted on returning home. The girl went to close the session, leaving the group.

Colleagues on the “factory floor” were shocked and refused to understand why the bright and ambitious Maria was giving up fame.

Maria left, thinking that she was leaving show business only for a while. Who knew that this would be the end of her professional career and in the audience’s memory she would remain “that sweet, bright girl from the Factory who for some reason left.”

Personal life

The key to all the changes in Maria's life was her family. At first, her parents insisted that the girl quit the stage and responsibly study at a higher educational institution. Then her lover - a very successful and wealthy lawyer named Alexey Zuenko - began to influence the life of the young girl so much that she overestimated all her interests and values.

At first, she gave up her dream of becoming a music star, a pop singer, and decided to concentrate on family life and women's happiness. Then, following her husband, she changed her faith - she converted to Islam, changed her name to Maryam and after the wedding put on a hijab.

Maria began to sharply condemn everything she had previously done - singing, performances, female musical groups and dancing in short skirts on stage. Speaking in front of a male audience now also seemed wrong and shameful to her.

The couple had a daughter. They lived quietly, but in abundance, took care of their family and each other, and also learned a new faith together. But this marriage did not last long - after a few years, the husband left Maria for her close friend.

Currently, there are many rumors floating around Maria’s life and her marital status. Some claim that Maria is not married, she returned to her parents' house in Moscow, where she lives with her mother and father. Her daughter does not live with her; the girl is allegedly provided for and raised by her father and his new wife.

According to other rumors, Maria married for the second time, her new husband Mahmud moved his wife from the big city to an urban settlement near Dagestan. The couple allegedly lives there and raises their children together.

Only one thing is known - Maria Alalykina is definitely engaged in translation activities. In particular, he translates texts from Russian into Arabic and vice versa, and also works with texts in three European languages. She does not return to musical activity - she now prefers more “correct” interests to creativity and the stage.

Previously, she tried herself as a teacher - she got a job at a linguistics center, but quickly quit. According to Maria, she was forced to leave because of her faith and her hijab. According to the center, Alalykina wrote her resignation letter on her own.

At one time, the former star was active on the social networks Instagram, VKontakte, and LiveJournal. But currently she does not post information about herself or her photos online. Maria does not maintain any relations with her former friends who are participants in the project. Only congratulates you on Muslim holidays.

15 years ago the first “Star Factory” burst onto the airwaves and was a resounding success. The project participants received a lucky ticket to the top of show business. True, not all “manufacturers” were able to gain a permanent foothold on the big stage. Some became famous artists, while others disappeared from view forever. The editors of Woman’s Day found out the fates of the finalists of all seasons of the reality show.

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 “factory girls” released 3 studio albums, 22 singles and 16 videos. They gave hundreds of concerts in major cities of Russia and the 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 former member of the Hi-Fi group Katya Li.

As for the girls’ personal lives, everything is 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, became a mentor in the 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” and “Drop.”

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 the 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, Serebro’s debut album, “Opium Roz,” went on sale.

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 his younger brother Artem. However, then the artist still remained in the group. As part of Serebro, she released the album “Mama Lover” in 2011. The most famous songs from it were “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 began a 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 her musical work, Lena tries her hand at television and creates 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 his 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 apparently she can’t get on the big stage.

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 a 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 recording a solo album as a gift. 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 his 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 energy into studying abroad, forgetting for a while about his solo career. Of course, Masyukov thought that he would be able to return to the stage, but there were no interesting offers 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 is a 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.”

Childhood and family of Maria Alalykina: dances and music

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

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 Maria was the most beautiful singer of the first line-up.

Maria Alalykina after “Factory”

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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

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 her job because of her unusual appearance, because after becoming 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 made an unsuccessful attempt to 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

Factory- Russian female pop group, formed during the “Star Factory-1” project and took second place in it. The producer of the group is Igor Matvienko.

Story

2002-2003

In October 2002, the main producer of the television project Star Factory - 1 Igor Matvienko created a female pop group. The participants were Irina Toneva, Sati Casanova, Alexandra Savelyeva and Maria Alalykina. While working Star factories - 1 the group performed the songs “About Love”, “Oh, Yes”, “You Understand” (duet of Irina Toneva and Pavel Artemyev). At the end of the year Factory took 2nd place.

“Practically folk music with very recognizable folk elements, devoid of the vulgarity of a pop remake. This is a Slavic girl band in a good way.”

Magazine "Afisha".

In February 2003, the group shot a video for the song “About Love”, and after some time the single “Oh, Mom, I fell in love” (a version of the song “Oh, Yes”) appeared. The song “About Love” lasted 26 weeks in the charts. In the same composition Factory starred in the magazines “Maxim”, “FHM”, “Penguin”.

Some time later, Maria Alalykina learned about her expulsion from the university, and therefore in August 2003, after a tour, she left the group. After some time, it became known about her pregnancy.

With the updated lineup, the group shot videos for the songs “The Sea is Calling” (together with Jam), “Factory Girls”, and in November 2004 Factory released her debut album “Factory Girls” and received the “Golden Gramophone” award for the song “About Love”.

2004-2009

In 2004 Factory released the singles “Let go of love”, “5 minutes”, “Fish” and shot videos for the last two. In October, Toneva, Casanova and Savelyeva posed for FHM magazine. At the end of the year, the group received the “Stopudovy Hit” and “Golden Gramophone” awards for the song “Lyolik”.

In 2005, the group presented the singles “He” and “Not Guilty I”; a video was also shot for the latter. Glamor appropriated Factory title of group of the year. In November, the team starred in a photo shoot for a magazine Maxim.

In 2006, the single “Romance” and a video for it were released. In the same year, the composition of Tonev - Casanova - Savelyev was photographed for the cover of XXL magazine. For the song “I’m Not Guilty,” the group received the Golden Gramophone award.

In 2007 Factory released the single “Light the Lights” and a video of the same name, as well as the New Year’s song “White-White”. This year Factory posed for Playboy magazine.

In 2008, the singles “We are so different” were released, on which a video was shot. The group released a second album, “We are so different,” as well as the collection “The Best and Favorite.”

2010-2012

In the same month, Alexandra Popova, a participant in the television project, joined the group I want to go to VIA Gro. The press service of the Igor Matvienko Production Center commented on the reason for accepting the new participant: “Both Sasha and Ira, and the producer liked her.”

In November 2014, the group released a new song “Secret”.

In September 2015, Alexandra Popova starred in a photo shoot for Maxim magazine.

In 2015, at the Golden Gramophone anniversary ceremony, the group received an award for the song “Lyolik”. The group also recorded the song “Fell in Love.”

In 2017, the song “Butterflies” was released and a video was shot for it, in which the group appeared in a sexy image.

Soloists

Discography

Singles

• 2003 - About love (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by M. Andreev)
• 2003 - Oh mom, I fell in love (music by I. Matvienko, I. Polonsky, A. Savelyeva - lyrics by A. Savelyeva)
• 2003 - The sea is calling (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, K. Arsenev)
• 2003 - Factory girls (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by A. Shaganov)
• 2004 - 5 minutes (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by Yu. Buzhilov)
• 2004 - Lyolik (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by A. Elin)
• 2004 - Fish (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko)
• 2005 - He (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by Yu. Buzhilov)
• 2005 - Beyond the horizon (music by I. Matvienko, lyrics by P. Zhagun)
• 2005 - It's not my fault (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by K. Arsenev)
• 2006 - Raspberry (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by M. Andreev)
• 2006 - Romance (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by K. Arsenev)
• 2007 - White and white (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by O. Rovnaya)
• 2007 - They light the lights (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by O. Rovnaya)
• 2008 - We are so different (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko)
• 2009 - And I want to love so much (music by S. Mezentsev - lyrics by S. Mezentsev)
• 2010 - I will kiss you (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, I. Stepanova)
• 2010 - Ali Baba (music by B. Buranov - lyrics by B. Buranov)
• 2011 - Stops (music by L. Novykh, T. Novykh - lyrics by L. Novykh, T. Novykh)
• 2012 - She is me (music by E. Novykh, T. Novykh - lyrics by A. Ivakin)
• 2012 - Films about love (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, K. Arsenev)
• 2013 - Don't be born beautiful (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, D. Pollyev)
• 2015 - Secret (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by A. Shaganov)
• 2015 - I fell in love (music by A. Kazakova, Yu. Ryabchuk - lyrics by A. Kazakov, Yu. Ryabchuk)
• 2016 - And I'm behind you (music by I. Stepanov - lyrics by I. Stepanov)
• 2017 - Butterflies (music by A. Shapovalov, V. Kovtun, Y. Levchenko - lyrics by A. Shapovalov, V. Kovtun, Y. Levchenko)
• 2018 - Vova Vova (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko)
• 2018 - I could as best I could (music by R. Kiyamov - lyrics by M. Gutseriev)

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