Actress from Viagra. What do former members of the Via Gra group look like and what are they doing now?

On the eve of the airing of the 1+1 channel show “I want to go to VIA Gro!” Lady.TSN remembered all its participants for 13 years.

Alena Vinnitskaya. "Number one"

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Alena Vinnitskaya

Alena is Vinnitskaya’s stage name; according to her passport, her name is Olga. In 1993, under the influence of the work of Viktor Tsoi, she created the group “The Last Unicorn”, after the collapse of which she was a presenter on the BIZ-TV channel.

She sang at VIA Gre from 2001 to 2003. She starred in the videos “Attempt number five”, “Hug me”, “Bomb”, “I won’t come back”, “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, “Good morning, dad”. Left " VIA Gra"to begin solo career, which is what he is currently doing successfully. She is the only glam pop-rock performer in Ukraine and writes her own songs.

Nadezhda Granovskaya. "Long-liver"

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Nadezhda Granovskaya

She managed to stay in the group from 2001 to 2006. And, according to the figurative expression of one of the producers of the project, Dmitry Kostyuk, she played the role of the “main Viagra” - Granovskaya’s incredible sexuality had a stunning effect on men (both directly and figuratively!) impact. After leaving VIA Gra, she became Meikher-Granovskaya. But over time, the second part of the surname was lost somewhere, and now Nadezhda is simply Meikher.

Tatiana Naynik. "Victim"

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Tatyana Naynik

Before VIA Gra, she was a graduate of St. Petersburg University. A. I. Herzen worked as a model for six years, her photographs were published in such well-known publications as Shape, Elle, Top ten. Replaced Nadezhda Granovskaya while she was on maternity leave. She starred in the videos "Stop! Stop! Stop!" and "Good morning, dad."

She left the group after Granovskaya returned. The reasons for leaving were not widely discussed. According to one version, the producers did not need a quartet (there are too many of them in show business), so one of the participants had to be sacrificed. The choice fell on Naynik. Today Tatyana sings in Russian group"Maybe", it was created according to the "VIA Gra" principle - sexy girls on stage in varying degrees of "undress", but the popularity of the latest "Maybe" is still very far away.

Anna Sedokova. "Slave of Love"

She grew up in a single-parent family: her father left when Anya was five years old, she and her brother were raised by their mother, a teacher. Ukrainian language, who worked day and night to provide for the children. Sedokova studied music and dancing almost from the cradle - from the age of six she danced in folk ensemble"Svitanok", graduated with honors music school, and after graduating from general education she entered the Institute of Culture.

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Anna Sedokova

Before VIA Gra, she worked as a model and was a presenter on radio and television. She took part in the first castings at VIA Gro, but did not make it through the selection due to her young age: Anna was only seventeen years old at that time. The producers remembered her when in 2002 they decided to turn the duet into a trio. She left VIA Gro for the sake of love - Sedokova married football player Valentin Belkevich and gave birth to his daughter Alina. However, the first marriage, as well as the second, with, was short-lived - they say that despite the birth of the second daughter Monica, Anna is now free again. Under the pseudonym Annabelle, she tried to start a solo career, took part in projects on Russian and Ukrainian television, and acted for men's magazines, but viewers still remember Sedokova primarily as the ex-soloist of VIA Gra.

Vera Brezhneva. Dumpling turned into sex-symbol

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Vera Brezhneva

Perhaps the most striking transformation - from a doll to a butterfly, or rather, from Galushka to a real sex symbol - happened in VIA Gre with Vera Brezhneva. Girl from large family, who was considered at school to be shy, “ugly” and “bespectacled”, for a short time became one of the most attractive and seductive girls in Russian and Ukrainian stage. Vera sang in VIA Gre, intermittently, from 2002 to 2007. Today she not only makes a solo career, but also acts in films, hosts television shows and takes first place in numerous ratings of “the most beautiful” and “the sexiest”.

Svetlana Loboda. "At VIA Gru"– for a bet"

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Svetlana Loboda

Before "VIA Gra" she sang in the groups "Cappuccino" and "Ketch", performed main party in the musical "Equator", tried to start a solo career, inventing the image of an incognito singer who never takes off her dark glasses and calling herself Alicia Gorn in the Western style.

She became a soloist of "VIA Gra" on a bet. At stake was a red convertible, which was to become Svetlana’s property, but only if she not only got into the group, but also stayed in it for six months. I soon learned that a casting was being held for one of Konstantin Meladze’s projects. That we're talking about Loboda found out about VIA Gre when, out of five hundred applicants who competed in vocals, dance and acting, twenty remained, including her. "Mercedes wheels are in my pocket!" – Svetlana thought and tripled her efforts. However, already on the first tour of the group, Loboda concluded: “The group is big car For big money"Her partners were so tired at concerts that they fell asleep in hotel rooms, literally not having time to get to bed. Then disagreements began with the producers, and Svetlana had to leave. And since she didn’t last six months, the red convertible remained a dream.

Albina Dzhanabaeva. "The second redhead"

After Anna Sedokova left, VIA Gra needed a new “red-haired” soloist, and the graduate became her music school named after the Gnessins, backing vocalist Valeria Meladze Albina Dzhanabaeva. Since the day before Albina gave birth to Valeria’s son Kostya, her invitation to VIA Gro was perceived ambiguously by many: some considered it a reward, others considered it a way to alienate her mistress, as they say, out of sight, out of mind.”

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Albina Dzhanabaeva

The soloists of VIA-Gra, who had the opportunity to work with Dzhanabaeva, Tatyana Kotova and Meseda Bagaudinova, do not characterize her with the most the best side- they are called harsh and unrestrained, they claim that Albina could cause a scandal over any, even the most insignificant, reason, and took out her anger on service personnel– make-up artists, costume designers, stage workers.

She sang at VIA Gre from 2004 to 2012, and at the same time studied at the Moscow Psychological and Pedagogical University at the Faculty of Psychology. After the official closure of the group, its producer Konstantin Meladze announced the start of Dzhanabaeva’s solo career.

Christina Kots-Gottlieb. The shortest stay at VIA Gre"

Christina Kots-Gottlieb was born in Donetsk. She was involved in dancing and sports - she is a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics. Winner of the titles "Miss Donetsk", "Miss Donbass 2003", "Miss international Black Sea 2003", "Miss Donbass 2004".

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Christina Kotz-Gottlieb

After Nadezhda Granovskaya left the group and Vera Brezhneva announced her departure, the producers became preoccupied with searching for a new sexy blonde. The contract with Christina was concluded for five years, but in fact she was the lead singer of the group from January to April 2006. After filming the video “Deceive, but stay,” she was fired from VIA Gra. Moreover, according to Christina herself, the producers did not even inform her about this - they simply stopped responding to phone calls. Kotz-Gottlieb was about to take up solo career, even starred in Bogdan Titomir’s video “Do as I do!”, but then returned to her modeling career, becoming the face of the KOLTSO model agency. She took part in the Miss Ukraine Universe 2009 competition, where she won an unconditional victory.

Olga Koryagina. Designer

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Olga Koryagina

A native of Nikolaev, she joined the group in 2006, when Nadezhda Granovskaya once again announced her departure from VIA Gra. She managed to star in two videos of the group – “L.M.L” and “Flower and Knife”. Upon learning of her pregnancy, Olga announced her departure from the group and soon married the father of the unborn child, businessman Andrei Romanovsky. After the birth of the child, producer Maxim Fadeev offered Koryagina to return to show business, but she refused. Today he designs fashionable clothes.

Meseda Bagaudinova. Girl from "Dream"

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Meseda Bagaudinova

The producers of "VIA Gra" have always sympathized with girls with a bright oriental appearance, so in April 2007 Olga Koryagina was replaced by a singer of Avar (on her father's side) and Ukrainian-Belarusian (on her mother's) origin Meseda Bagaudinova. At the beginning of its musical career Meseda was a soloist of the “Dreams” group, quite famous in the south of Russia, but at that time she could not even dream of the glory of “VIA Gra”. Meseda spent a year and a half at VIA Gre, and was forced to leave after Nadezhda Granovskaya announced her return to the group. Bagaudinova returned to the “Dreams” group.

Tatiana Kotova. "False Pregnancy"

Winner of the title "Miss Russia 2006", represented Russia at the competitions "Miss World 2007" and "Miss Universe 2007". By education, Tatyana is an economist and anti-crisis manager. She joined VIA Gro in 2008 after Vera Brezhneva left. She starred in the videos "My emancipation", "Antigeisha" and "Crazy".

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Tatyana Kotova

In 2010, the media suddenly began vying with each other to write that Kotova would soon leave VIA Gro due to pregnancy. The rumors turned out to be exactly half true: Tatyana really left the group, but her pregnancy turned out to be false. The singer herself, when asked about the reasons for leaving, answered this way: “We can’t admire the sun around the clock. I got my share of the sun’s rays at VIA Gre, now it’s time to collect the stars. I’m offered to work on television and act in films, I want to realize my Creative skills to the end, because there is no limit to perfection."

Eva Bushmina. "Girl-accident".

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Eva Bushmina

Star Factory graduate Eva Bushmina replaced Tatyana Kotova in VIA Gre. Eva spent a total of about three years in the group. They say that in order not to “fly out” of the group, like other unlucky participants, she increased her breasts by two sizes - from one to three. In VIA Gre, Bushmina had a reputation as an “accident girl”, with whom something constantly happened, since Eva is a big fan of extreme sports and thrills. After the collapse of the group, despite the birth of a daughter (her father is the son of the ex-Minister of Economy of Ukraine Vladimir Lanovoy), .

Santa Dimopoulos. Destroyer

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Santa Dimopoulos

It was with her arrival in the group that it became clear that the history of VIA Gra in its previous form was coming to an end. Despite numerous advantages - bright appearance, sex appeal and sports training(Santa is a master of sports in dancing) – new soloist became just another and, alas, unsuccessful attempt replace the irreplaceable Granovskaya. In 2012, after spending time in the group less than a year, Dimopoulos announced her departure from her and the start of a solo career, as a result of which “VIA Gra” turned into the duet “Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina,” which soon broke up.

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History of creation

The first participant was Alena Vinnitskaya, who then worked as a presenter at Biz-TV. They picked up two more girls for her and filmed a test clip. But the result did not impress the producers, and they continued to search for new participants.

During a tour in Zhitomir, Valery Meladze met Nadezhda Granovskaya and recommended his brother to pay attention to her. The girl was approved immediately after the first viewing, and work began to boil. Initially, the group was supposed to be called “Silver”, but, looking at the sexy Nadya, the producers decided to call the group “VIA Gra”.

Another version says that the name of the group is made up of the names of the first members. “VI” is the first letters of the surname “Vinnitskaya”, “A” is from “Alena”, “Gra” is from Granovskaya. "Gra" can also mean "Voice, Joy, Artistry."

The main stages of creativity

VIA Gra – Attempt No. 5

On December 20, 2000, the first concert of the newly formed group took place in Dnepropetrovsk, which took place with resounding success. Girls began to be invited to television and radio, and their performances were invariably accompanied by an enthusiastic reaction from the public. In the fall of 2001, the group’s first album, “Attempt No. 5,” was released and a contract was signed with Sony Music to record five more. Alena and Nadya starred in New Year's musical for the Inter channel with the participation of leading show business stars, which further added to their popularity.

At the peak of success, Nadezhda unexpectedly found out that she was pregnant and decided to leave the group. This event came as a complete surprise to Kostyuk and Meladze. They urgently began to look for a similar participant, and soon Granovskaya’s place was taken by St. Petersburg model Tatyana Naynik. She lacked Nadya’s charisma and vocal abilities, so it was decided to strengthen the lineup with the young and charming Anya Sedokova, who had in a wonderful voice and a luxurious figure. The public favorably accepted the video for the song “Stop. Stop. Stop" with new soloists, and the group successfully continued its existence.

However, six months later, Granovskaya, having barely recovered from giving birth, came to Meladze and tearfully asked to take her back. For some time they performed as a foursome, but later Naynik took up a solo career.

VIA Gra - Stop! Stop! Stop!

Soon it was Alena Vinnitskaya’s turn to leave the group. The girl was much older than the other participants and felt uncomfortable. And the singer’s husband, musician Sergei Bolshoi, was not happy with her participation in ViaGra.

Alena quickly found a replacement in the person of Dneprodzerzhinsk resident Vera Galushko, who was ready to do anything to escape poverty. In record time, the girl turned from a simple provincial girl into a luxurious, sexy beauty, capable of turning the head of any man. Vera came up with Brezhnev's sonorous pseudonym and shot a video with her participation for the song “Don't leave me, beloved,” which became an undisputed hit in 2003.

In the same year, the group’s second album “Stop! Removed”, in support of which a grandiose tour. The success of the album exceeded all the producers' expectations, and it was decided to go global. Having released the English version of the album “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, the group went on a tour of the countries of the East (Japan, China, Thailand, Hong Kong), which was a resounding success.

The group entered the Western market under the name “Nu Virgos” (which means “Naked Virgins”) in order to avoid lawsuits from the manufacturer of the drug “Viagra”.

Four months later, the girl left the group, and she was replaced by Valery Meladze’s protégé Albina Dzhanabaeva (as it turned out later, his mother illegitimate son Bones). The girl was much inferior to the other participants in appearance and notorious sex appeal, but, having enlisted the support of Valery, she began to restore order in the group.

VIA Gra – Biology

In 2005, the team began serious problems. His popularity sharply declined with Sedakova’s departure, and soon Vera and Nadya asked to be “freed.” Konstantin Meladze did not interfere with them, and he himself was already thinking about closing the project.

Kostyuk still managed to persuade his colleague to continue working, and soon a real leapfrog of participants began. Over the next seven years, six soloists changed: Granovskaya was replaced first by Christina Kots-Gottlieb, then by Olga Koryagina, and finally by Meseda Bagaudinova. They were looking for a girl to replace Brezhneva for almost a year, all this time “VIA Gra” was a duet. Finally, in March 2008, singer Tatyana Kotova joined the group, then Granovskaya returned to the group to replace the departed Bagaudinova. In March 2010, Kotova’s place was taken by Eva Bushmina, and a year and a half later, Nadezhda, who again expressed a desire to leave the group, was replaced by Santa Dimopoulos.

After a year of being in the team, Santa got married. "VIA Gra" again turned into a duet. At the end of 2012, the group's producer announced the closure of the project. But, as it turned out, the news was a carefully planned PR campaign. Meladze, who by that time had already separated from Kostyuk, decided to dial completely new line-up. To do this, he organized the television show “I want to go to Meladze”, the mentors and jury members of which were former members.

Winners of the show “I want to go to VIA Gro”

Three girls reached the finals - Misha Romanova, Erica Herceg and Nastya Kozhevnikova, who became the new “VIA Groy”. At first, the girls loudly announced themselves with the songs “Truce” and “I have someone else,” but over time, interest in them faded. They never managed to repeat the phenomenal success of the “golden” line-up of ViaGra, which shone on the stage in the mid-2000s.

Collaborations with other artists

• “I didn’t understand” – VIA Gra ft. Verka Serdiuchka
• “Ocean and Three Rivers” – VIA Gra ft. Valeriy Meladze
• “There is no more attraction” – VIA Gra ft. Valeriy Meladze
• “There is nothing worse” - VIA Gra ft. TNMK
• “I don’t want a man” – VIA Gra ft. TNMK
• “I got another one” – VIA Gra ft. Vakhtang
• “Oxygen” – VIA Gra ft. Mot

VIA Gra and Mot – Oxygen

Scandals

Discography

• Attempt No. 5 (2001)
• Stop! Cut! (2003)
• Stop! Stop! Stop! (2003)
• Biology (2003)
• L.M.L. (2007)

Group "VIA Gra" now

In September 2018, Anastasia Kozhevnikova left the group - her 5-year contract with Meladze expired, and shortly before that she married a businessman, who after the wedding decided to help Nastya with producing a solo project. She was replaced by a graduate " New factory stars" Ulyana Sinetskaya. The group with its new lineup continues to tour and receive applause from the audience.

The VIA Gra group is a real pop phenomenon. Its composition is constantly changing (in 17 years, 16 girls have appeared in the team), but this does not diminish its popularity!

IN initial composition“VIA Gra” had only two girls: blonde Alena and brunette Nadya.

Alena Vinnitskaya was the first to leave the group. According to the singer herself, she has outgrown the level of the girl group and decided to take up more serious music.

However, the skills to seduce men have not gone away. From time to time, Alena pampers her fans by publishing very racy pictures on Instagram.

Although now Nadezhda has nothing to do with VIA Groy, she still attracts the gaze of men like a magnet.

In April 2002, Nadezhda became pregnant and was forced to leave the team for a while. It was then that VIA Gra turned into a trio - red-haired Anna Sedokova appeared in the group.

Anna Sedokova It’s not for nothing that she is considered a member of the “golden line-up” of the group; pictures from her Instagram confirm this.

The pregnant Nadya herself was temporarily replaced by Tatyana Naynik. Although Tanya stayed in the group for only a few months, she managed to be remembered by fans thanks to the video for the song “Stop! Stop! Stop!".

Tatyana's Instagram is dominated by family photos, and piquant pictures appear only as rare exceptions.

In 2003, Vera Brezhneva replaced Alena Vinnitskaya at VIA Gro. Perhaps it was she who became the most famous of all the members of this group.

After 4 years, Vera left the group and successfully pursued a solo career. However, her name is still associated with VIA Groi.

In 2004, Sedokova was replaced by Svetlana Loboda. She was unable to settle into the group and stayed there for only 4 months.

But Svetlana’s solo career turned out to be mega-successful, and now her songs are heard on all radio stations.

The next redhead was Albina Dzhanabaeva. A huge period of the group’s creativity is associated with her name. It's no joke, Albina stayed there for 9 years!

Fans of hot shots will find Albina's Instagram boring. Her modest image is not at all associated with that of VIA Gre.

When Nadezhda Granovskaya left the group for the second time, Christina Kots-Gottlieb took her place. The newcomer did not stay in the team and left after 3 months...

3 years after leaving VIA Gra, Christina took part in the Miss Universe 2009 competition and managed to win! On our own behalf, we will say that it is completely deserved.

Christina was replaced by Olga Koryagina. She also didn't stay long and only stayed on the team for a year.

Being part of the team was not in vain for Christina - her Instagram is very hot!

After Olga, the place of the brunette was taken by Meseda Bagaudinova.

Now Meseda is engaged in a solo career and skillfully uses social networks to attract attention.

It was not easy for Tatyana Kotova to replace everyone's favorite Vera Brezhneva, but she adequately coped with the task assigned to her.

After VIA Gra, Tanya pursued a solo career for some time, and in November 2016 she became one of the members of the Queens trio.

The fourth blonde was Eva Bushmina (her real name is Yana Shvets).

After parting with the Konstantin project, Meladze took up a solo career. For some time she performed under the familiar name Eva Bushmina, and then became the singer of LAYAH.

The last member of the pre-reform VIA Gra lineup was the sizzling brunette Santa Dimopoulos.

As befits a vamp, Santa Dimopoulos loves to drive men crazy!

At the end of 2013, the composition of VIA Gra was completely renewed. Erica Herceg, Anastasia Kozhevnikova and Misha Romanova became the new idols of millions.

The place of the new redhead went to Misha Romanova.

On her Instagram, the girl lives up to her image and regularly pampers her fans with hot pictures.

The new brunette is Anastasia Kozhevnikova.

Of the entire cast of the updated VIA Gra, Anastasia behaves the most modestly of all.

The role of the blonde is played by the winner of the show “I Want V VIA Gru” Erica Herceg.

She is the most relaxed of the new group members!

Starter composition of the group, the very one from which it all began became two Ukrainian girls, Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadezhda Granovskaya. The story of their arrival in the group turned out to be different. Alena, who at that time worked for the Ukrainian television company Biz-TV, was invited to participate in the group by Dmitry Kostyuk himself. Another producer was Konstantin Meladze. It was he, together with Dmitry, who was lucky enough to open Nadezhda for the group. The starting point that persuaded him to decide to accept Nadezhda into the team was her amateur photo shoot.


There are several versions about why the group was named that way. On the one hand, VIA is an abbreviation that stands for “Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble”, and “Gra” is translated from Ukrainian as “game”. On the other hand, many believe that the name is a derivative of the surnames of the vocalists, in which “VI” is the beginning of the surname “Vinnitskaya”, “A” is the first letter of Alena’s name, and “Gra” is, accordingly, the beginning of the surname of Alena’s partner in group, Nadezhda Granovskaya. There is also a version that “Gra” stands for “Voice, Joy, Artistry.” But the real reason was that all sorts of decodings somehow formed the word “VIA Gra”, which has the same name as pills that increase sexual potency in men, which was fully facilitated by the external image and sex appeal of the vocalists. In 2002, the VIA Gra group was shocked by some changes. Has begun new stage in its evolutionary development. The structure was changed - from a duet the team turned into a trio. It all started with the fact that Nadezhda Granovskaya was preparing to become a mother, and accordingly, it was necessary to put an end to her busy touring activities for a while. In order to make up for the temporary loss of Hope, urgently casting was announced. The producers decided to increase the number of participants to three people , which was successfully done. An ex-TV presenter was invited to the group Anna Sedokova, worked on the O-TV and " New channel ", as well as a model from St. Petersburg - Tatyana Naynik. Without allowing the updates to “take root,” the group continued “right off the bat.” A magnificent video was shot for the song “Stop! Stop! Stop!". He showed that the group was moving in the right direction and the fact that Anna Sedokova was in the group was extremely beneficial. On September 12, 2002, filming of the video for the song “Good Morning, Dad!” ended. This event was marked by the return to duty of Nadezhda Granovskaya, who less than a month ago gave birth to a son, who was named Igor. Some time after filming the video, Tatyana leaves the group. Golden composition In 2003 there were changes again. Alena Vinnitskaya decided to start her own solo career. Accordingly, again casting, painful elections, as a result of which one gets into the group. The next “era” is being formed, a line-up that is often called the golden line-up among fans of the group. Indeed, such a definition in relation to Vera, Anna and Nadezhda is quite reasonable. This year is becoming very fruitful in terms of the team’s creativity. At the beginning, a video clip for the song “Don’t leave me, darling!” is shot. This is followed by the release of the group's second album, Stop! Removed!
In 2004, Anna Sedokova left the group. They urgently look for a replacement for her, who is found in the person of Svetlana Loboda, but the replacement turned out to be a little unequal, despite the fact that on June 4, 2004, VIA Gra won the Muz-TV 2004 award, a video clip for the song “Biology” was shot. . Still, Svetlana is not “accepted” by fans who immediately draw analogies between her and Anna Sedokova.
Despite this, slight dissatisfaction with Svetlana grew and the decision was made to break up with her. Currently, Svetlana is engaged in a solo career.
They take Loboda's place Albina Dzhanabaeva, for a long time who worked as backing vocals for Valery Meladze and got into the group on his recommendation. And everyone would just like to breathe easy, but suddenly Nadya Granovskaya leaves. 2005 year. And the group is urgently looking for a replacement. In a hurry they take Christina Kotz-Gottlieb. Albina becomes the center - as the strongest vocalist. The group looks like this:
Christina also didn’t “get used to it.” I had to urgently hire a girl who was Meladze’s backup dancer. The girl is modest and diligent. Her name is Olga Koryagina.

And so it would seem... Everything is fine. We are working. Not so! New Olga Koryagina is leaving the ViaGra team. Married Albina and Vera worked as a duet for a short time and the producers found the perfect Mesedou.
All of the above changes in composition overwhelmed Vera Brezhnev and she left the team. Meseda and Albina perform beautifully as a duet... In March 2008, the producers take on a new soloist - the winner of the Miss Russia 2006 contest. Tatyana Kotova. In January 2009, there was a change in the team. Meseda Bagaudinova had to part with the group due to the fact that the soloist of the first line-up of the group and the main old-timer of the group, Nadezhda Meikher, returned to the group. On March 22, 2010, Tatyana Kotova finally left the group of her own free will. The producers of the group invited the finalist of the Ukrainian project “Star Factory 3” to replace Tatyana - Eva Bushmina.
Now the soloists of the VIA Gra group are Nadezhda Meikher-Granovskaya, Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina. During the entire period of performances, many participants passed through the project and all of them eventually connected their later life with show business. Alena Vinnitskaya successfully made her solo career in Ukraine. Tatyana Naynik producer and member of the trio Maybe. Anna Sedokova and Svetlana Loboda They are actively trying to promote themselves solo in Russia and Ukraine. Christina Kotz-Gottlieb is engaged in modeling business. Olga Romanovskaya (Koryagina) shot a video for the song “Lullaby” and after the birth of the child, big stage she never returned, but she opened her own boutique in Odessa. In 2003 there were changes again. Alena Vinnitskaya decided to start her own solo career. Accordingly, again casting, painful elections, as a result of which one gets into the group Left the group in August 2007 decided to try her hand at television and hosted the program “Magic 10”, and later made a successful solo career. Meseda Bagaudinova plans to do a solo project. Tatyana Kotova Immediately after leaving the team, she began filming in one of the new Russian TV series and released the solo song “On.” The author of the lyrics and composer of all the group's songs is Konstantin Meladze. He, together with Dmitry Kostyuk, plays a producing role. Updated 08/11/10 15:09 : Ex-soloist of the group “VIA Gra” Olga Romanovskaya exposed herself

- Dmitry Kostyuk. The idea of ​​making a girl pop trio came to Dmitry Kostyuk in the late 90s. He, together with Konstantin Meladze, selected three girls - Yulia Miroshnichenko and Marina Kashchin, who became the first composition of VIA

Gra. However, the first attempt was not successful. Soon after the start of work, the producers decided to close the project for a number of reasons. A little later they returned to work, leaving Alena Vinnitskaya in the group. Nadezhda Granovskaya was chosen as her partner during the casting. The duo recorded a number of songs and filmed debut video for the song "". It was at that time that the name “VIA Gra” appeared. There are several versions of the origin of the name. According to one of them it is “Vocal and instrumental ensemble game”, according to another - IN AND Nnitskaya A Lena and GRA

Novskaya (Nadezhda). The debut video clip was presented to the public on September 3, 2000. The clip was liked by TV viewers and soon became business card music awards- Golden Gramophone, Stopudovy Hit, Golden Firebird, Golden Kettlebell. By the end of the same year, the first concert of VIA Gra took place, which was attended by about four thousand spectators. Soon the musical baggage was replenished with three more clips - “”, “” and “”, and the performers were talked about not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia. The girls took part in the filming New Year's film"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka".

In 2002, Nadezhda Granovskaya was forced to temporarily leave the team due to pregnancy, and in her place a new soloist was found during the casting - Tatyana Naynik. However, the producers decided to expand the lineup to three participants and invited another girl - Anna Sedakova. In May of the same year, a new video clip “Stop! Stop! Stop!” was released. The success of the song showed that the decision about the trio was justified and with this composition the audience liked the band even more.

On September 12, 2002, Nadezhda returned to the group, so the lineup unexpectedly began to consist of four members. The situation within the team gradually became tense and soon Tatyana Naynik was forced to leave the group. Subsequently, she more than once spoke in negative terms about the producers and internal structure VIA Gra.

Another line-up change occurred in January 2003, when Alena Vinnitskaya left and began a solo career. Another casting was announced, in which she joined the team. Anna, Vera and Nadezhda became "golden" composition of VIA Gra, who distinguished himself with fruitful work and enormous success on the pop stage.

Already in February, another video for the song “!” will be released. This composition, according to many critics, has become best job throughout the history of the group. It stayed on the charts for 7 months and later, in 2009, was awarded the title of best Russian video of the decade. In April 2003, the second album “Stop! Removed!” appeared. The disc was commercially successful and soon won gold status, selling over half a million copies.

In 2007, Koryagina left the team, and Vera Brezhneva soon followed her. Olga was replaced by Meseda Bagaudinova. The new duet composition shoots the video "", and a little later - "". The next soloist became Tatyana Kotova. For her sake, the ending of the video “I’m not afraid” was re-shot and viewers were able to see with their own eyes new member. In October 2008, the band recorded the soundtrack for the film Hipsters.

In January 2009, Nadezhda Granovskaya returned to VIA Gro, and Meseda Bagaudinova had to leave the group. The first work of the updated composition was the composition "Geisha". In August of the same year, Konstantin Meladze created another song for the group called "". In March 2010, Tatyana Kotova left the group. She is replaced by Eva Bushmina. Updated lineup shoots the video “!”, which premiered on April 11, 2010. The song “Without You” is released in March.

In 2010, the “Golden” lineup united to perform at a major anniversary concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the group.

Since the beginning of 2011, rumors about the imminent collapse of VIA Gra have been circulating in the press again. main reason such rumors mean a decline in the band's popularity. Of the 80 planned concerts, only 15 took place; for the rest, it was simply not possible to sell enough tickets.

In December 2011, Nadezhda once again left the team due to pregnancy. She is replaced by a participant of the Ukrainian “Star Factory” - Santa Dimopoulos. In February 2012, the single “Hello, Mom!” was released. Immediately after the release of the video for this composition, Dimopoulos leaves the team. At the end of 2013, Konstantin Meladze announced the closure of the project, but this turned out to be a PR stunt in support of the reality show “I want to join VIA-Gru.” During this show, the composition of the team will be completely renewed. The start of the program is scheduled for March 8, 2013.