How old are the girls from the Factory group? Full history of the composition of the factory group

In 2002, Channel One launched an interesting music project, which kept both young people and adults glued to their televisions - “Star Factory” (first season). In front of millions of television viewers from ordinary people real show business stars were being formed. It was on this project that the well-known female pop group “Factory” was born today. For more than 15 years, she has been delighting her fans with beautiful songs that are different from others. modern compositions availability folklore elements and lack of vulgarity.

The appearance of the team

“Star Factory” was an unusual project. It was a reality show. All participants lived in a specially prepared Star House. Every day of their life was filmed from morning to night. The most interesting points were broadcast on TV, and the week ended for the manufacturers with a reporting concert and the departure of one of the participants.

4 incredibly beautiful and talented girls held out until the very end - Ira Toneva, Sasha Savelyeva, Sati Casanova and Masha Alalykina. Igor Matvienko, who is the main producer of the show, decided to unite the participants into one group. “Factory” is the name of the team. The project for the girls was completed successfully. They won 2nd place and received songs such as “About Love”, “Oh, Yes”, “You Understand” into their creative treasury. When 1 year passed after the end of the show, Masha Alalykina left the group. For several years, contact with her was lost.

The fate of Masha Alalykina

Masha Alalykina won the hearts of a huge number of fans even while participating in the “Star Factory”. The young girl was distinguished by her bright appearance and cheerful disposition. On the project, Masha was not shy about the cameras. She behaved freely, at ease, flirted with Alexei Kabanov, a participant in the “Star Factory”.

After the end of the project, Masha Alalykina went on tour around the country with the resulting group. At first glance it seemed that the girl liked her new life. No one expected that such a bright participant would leave the team in August 2003.

For several years, the girls from the “Factory” group did not know what their fate was former colleague. More recently, it turned out that Masha Alalykina got married, converted to Islam and devoted herself entirely to her family. In 2008, the marriage was unfortunately destroyed by her beloved friend. This situation caused a lot of pain for Masha, who today goes by the name Maryam. However, the girl did not give up her old life. Former soloist groups are no longer attracted to show business. She doesn't see her future in him.

The departure of Sati Casanova

After the departure of Masha Alalykina new performer was not accepted into the team. The remaining soloists from the Factory group decided to sing together. They successfully released songs, videos, and albums. The main participant was Sati Casanova. She differed from other girls in her unusual appearance, in a beautiful voice. In 2010, Sati decided to leave the group. The reason for leaving was the desire to feel freedom, give up strict schedules, and build a solo career.

When did life begin with clean slate, Sati Casanova could not find herself for a long time. In one of her interviews, she said that she is attracted to ethnic music, mantras, ancient melodies and chants. Today Sati Casanova has quite varied life. She teaches yoga, acts in films, commercials, releases touching and incendiary songs.

New members

After the departure of Sati Casanova, the vacant place in the group was taken by Katya Li, shown below in the photo. In the Factory group, this girl was not inexperienced. She was from 2006 to 2010. was listed as part of the Hi-Fi group. The girl explained her move to Factory with a desire to achieve something more in her career. In 2013, the factory girls lost this participant too. Katya Lee left the group due to an injury received during the filming of a video clip.

In 2014, Alexandra Popova came to the Factory. She participated in the project “I want to VIA Gro" Even at the casting, many viewers liked the girl. She is in front of a strict jury in a very interesting style performed the song “Watchmen” by the group “Boombox”. In the “I want to join VIA Gro” project, the girl, unfortunately, did not reach the final. However, her career was still successful. She fit in perfectly with the factory team and is its highlight today.

The brightest songs

The Fabrika group has several dozen songs to its credit. One of the most significant compositions for performers and fans is “About Love”. This song appeared on the “Star Factory”. At the beginning of 2003, a video was shot, and at the end of the year the girls received their first “Golden Gramophone” - an award for this musical hit.

All subsequent compositions also aroused interest among fans and music lovers. The group also received the Golden Gramophone for the songs “Lelik”, “I’m Not Guilty”, “Light the Lights”, “Don’t Be Born Beautiful”. In 2018, an unusual song was released - “Vova Vova”. A video was shot for it. In it, the girls sing about their work and their boss named Vova, whose heart they want to win. It's not hard to guess which man we're talking about, because the video shows a photograph of the president. The clip received many dislikes and negative ratings.

The Factory group, like any other group, has unsuccessful works (performances, videos). However, this does not in the least prevent girls from remaining popular. The team plans to further develop and delight fans with their creativity.

"Star Factory-7" (2007)

Margarita Gerasimovich (Dakota’s real name) and Vlad Sokolovsky met at the “Star Factory”, but then their relationship was friendly, especially since after graduation both went into their own projects. Vlad performed as part of the group “BiS” for three years, and Rita had (and still has) the group Monroe. The “factory” wedding took place last summer in Moscow.

Prokhor Chaliapin

"Star Factory-6" (2006)

Another brawler of the project is Andrei Zakharenkov, who took the pseudonym Prokhor Chaliapin. Thus, the artist tried to “become close” to the famous opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin. Despite his ambitions (the artist tried to perform abroad and graduated from Gnesinka), his songs never became national property, but Prokhor made a name for himself through noisy stories. In 2007, he decided to refuse the services of producer Viktor Drobysh and did this in full view of the whole country, accusing the composer of non-payment of royalties. In 2013, the singer married businesswoman Larisa Kopenkina, who was 27 years older than the singer. The public immediately dubbed the marriage a misalliance, but Chaliapin was flattered by any attention: he published candid pictures with his wife on social networks and swore to her true love on various talk shows. Not having time to get a divorce, Chaliapin started new novel— in 2014, he announced a relationship with model Anna Kalashnikova. The celebrities became the parents of their first child named Daniel in March 2015, but a year later it became known that the boy’s father was ex-lover Anna. Anya admitted that she became pregnant from another man at the very beginning of her relationship with Prokhor, but did not lose hope of becoming the artist’s wife. On May 24, 2016, when the luxurious wedding of Prokhor and Anya was supposed to take place, the would-be bride came to wedding dress to the Kutuzovsky registry office and arranged a photo shoot there, but the deceived groom never showed up.

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Polina Gagarina

Winner of “Star Factory-2” (2003)

After the end of the second “Star Factory” it was unfairly forgotten. The girl was not even accepted to Eurovision, although the organizers of the Factory promised that the winner of the show would automatically represent Russia at the competition. It took the singer four years to re-establish herself. Long silence the best way affected the image of the star: she lost weight, changed her image, hired Konstantin Meladze as a producer and released two successful albums. Finally, the performer’s long-time dream came true - she took part in Eurovision and brought Russia second place.

There have also been noticeable changes in Gagarina's personal life. An unsuccessful marriage with actor Pyotr Kislov, from whom the girl gave birth to a son, ended two years later. In the fall of 2014, the singer walked down the aisle again. This time the artist’s chosen one was photographer Dmitry Iskhakov.

Elena Temnikova

"Star Factory-2" (2003)

Lena Temnikova gained popularity thanks to Serebro group under the leadership of Max Fadeev. Modest girls who performed in black and white dresses at Eurovision in 2007 (the girls took third place) quickly transformed into brawlers, each video and appearance of which was accompanied by nudity. In 2014, Lena, tired of Fadeev’s dictatorship, left the group. The singer began a solo career and improved her personal life: in June 2014, she married businessman Dmitry Sergeev and gave birth to a daughter, Alexandra.

Timati

"Star Factory-4" (2004)

Timati (according to his passport Timur Yunusov) is one of the most controversial personalities of the Star Factory. The questions begin with the very fact of the artist’s participation in the show: why does a rap artist familiar with American producers need the Russian pop project “Star Factory”? The image of the singer also raises doubts. Either he plays a gentleman in a GQ video and takes a selfie with the president of the country, or he attracts attention with scandalous antics, for example, accusing Dima Bilan of being unconventional sexual orientation and drug addiction.

Today Timati has his own production company, from which came the musicians Kristina Si, L’One and Yegor Creed, and the design label Black Star, he acts in films and conquers Western show business.

The personal life of the golden boy is also in plain sight. Timati changed his status as a womanizer to fatherhood - his ex-girlfriend Alena Shishkova gave him a daughter, Alisa.

Pierre Narcisse

"Star Factory-2" (2003)

Pierre Narcisse's fame began with the hit "Chocolate Bunny". However, this song became the only noticeable one in the work of the Cameroonian singer. Further mentions of the artist’s name are associated with his wife Valeria Kalacheva. An ideal marriage and a daughter they had together turned out to be family quarrels. Pierre's wife repeatedly accused Pierre of assault and filed for divorce in 2009, but later the couple finally reconciled.

Irina Dubtsova

Winner of “Star Factory-4” (2004)

Unlike his colleagues, Artemyev has not decided on his wife. The artist constantly goes out in public, accompanied by new girlfriends.

Victoria Dayneko

Winner of “Star Factory-5” (2004)

Vika Daineko’s solo career, to the envy of her colleagues, turned out just fine. Immediately after the show, Igor Matvienko began collaborating with the singer, under whose auspices the singles “I’ll Just Leave You Right Now,” “The Film Is Not About Love,” and “Needle” were recorded. In 2011, the girl took part in the Star Factory project. Return”, where she competed with project graduates from different years. Victoria won this competition as well.

Things were sadder on the personal front. Romances with singers Pasha Artemyev, Dmitry Pakulichev and Alexei 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 became a happy wife, having married musician Dmitry Kleiman. Now the family has a daughter growing up, whose name the artist hides.

Cornelia Mango

"Star Factory-7" (2007)

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Unlike other graduates, Cornelia Mango did not make a name for herself by solo career and a romantic story, but the fight against excess weight. The girl always said that her exotic appearance (Tatar-Portuguese genes were mixed in the star’s pedigree) was the subject of controversy. To fit into the standards, the girl actively took care of herself and lost 10 kilograms. On the Internet you can find different ways losing weight from Cornelia: from participating in TV shows and communicating with famous nutritionists to sports exercises and various diets.

In the singer’s personal life, everything also fell into place. After a series of unsuccessful romances, the artist married musician Bogdan Durdya.

Natalia Podolskaya

"Star Factory-5" (2004)

Natalya releases a single every year, but her relationship with Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. interests the public much more. The musicians met in 2005 on the set of the program “Big Races”, and since that time they have not parted. Five years later, the wedding took place, and on June 5, the singer gave birth to her long-awaited first child, who was named Artemy.

Dmitry Koldun

Winner of “Star Factory-6” (2006)

Dmitry Koldun periodically flashes on Russian channels, but the artist’s heart belongs to his native Belarus. In 2007, the artist showed the best result among Belarusian performers at Eurovision, bringing the country 6th place.

Sorcerer - an exemplary family man. His first serious relationship with Victoria Khomitskaya (the young people studied at different classes one school) ended in marriage ten years later. The couple has a son, Ian.

Mikhail Grebenshchikov

The first “Star Factory” (2002)

Mikhail Grebenshchikov, also known for his controversial antics, settled down over time. Today, not a trace remains of the role of a pop hooligan: the 40-year-old artist is married and has two daughters.

Mikhail failed to outdo his great namesake Boris Grebenshchinkov, but he basked in the rays of fame immediately after the end of the project. Grebenshchikov got used to the image of a joker and a womanizer, who successfully sold his debut record “Hit” in 2003. After this, the artist released two more albums, but they were never able to repeat the success of the first. But Mikhail became his own guy on television: he hosted the program “12 Evil Spectators” on MTV, “5 Songs on the Fifth” on Channel Five, and hosted programs on radio DFM and Megapolis.

Grebenshchikov also has more serious projects in his baggage - he owns his own production company and for a short time was the art director of the Moscow club “Rai”.

Stas Piekha

"Star Factory-4" (2004)

Changes are coming in the life of 36-year-old Stas Piekha. Recently Stas gave frank interview OK! magazine, in which he spoke about his family for the first time. It turned out that not everything was going smoothly in his relationship with his wife, 27-year-old model Natalya Gorchakova: the couple had been living separately for almost a year. According to the singer, he realized that he was not ready for a serious relationship and took a break to pursue his career. The artist’s creativity also took a new course: Piekha admitted that he finally decided to give up performing pop songs, which he never liked, and diversify his sound.

Yulia Savicheva

"Star Factory-2" (2002)

Yulia Savicheva's career was given a powerful start by her collaboration with producer Max Fadeev (he was a good friend of the singer even before her participation in the show). The peak of Julia's popularity came in the mid-2000s. Then the girl took part in Eurovision, took 11th place, released the album “Vysoko” and recorded the soundtrack for the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” The last album to date was released in 2014.

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 factory stars!

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 previous 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 make music and even created his own indie group ARTEMIEV, and Sasha Astashenok managed to appear in films, although especially significant roles he was not observed.

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 owners” produced 3 studio albums, 22 singles and 16 videos. They gave hundreds of concerts in major cities Russia and CIS countries. They have six Golden Gramophone awards to their name.

Until now, the “factory girls” delight fans with regular performances, however, only Alexandra Savelyeva and Irina Toneva remain from the old lineup. Sati Casanova left the group in 2010, and her place was taken by a former member Hi-Fi groups Katya Lee.

As for the personal lives of girls, then everything is in in perfect order. Irina Toneva married 27-year-old dancer from Ukraine Alexey Brizh, and Alexandra Savelyeva is very happily married to actor Kirill Safonov, but 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 tour that followed 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. IN composed of Serebro she released the album "Mama Lover" in 2011. Most famous songs from it became “Mama Lyuba” and “Mi Mi Mi”. At the beginning of 2014, Elena Temnikova, due to emerging health problems, terminated her contract with Fadeev ahead of schedule, paying a large penalty.

After leaving Serebro, the singer took up solo career. In November 2014, she recorded the song “Addiction”, and in 2015 – the singles “Towards” and “Let’s Fly Away”. The last song, “Jealousy,” appeared in February 2016. In parallel with musical creativity Lena is trying her hand at television, creating designer jewelry for the Marmalato chain of stores.

"Star Factory" by Alexander Shulgin

First place – Nikita Malinin

Many participants in “Star Factory 3” did not like Nikita Malinin. They were sure that the guy got into the project thanks to famous father. From issue to issue, he never ceased to prove his singing talent. As a result, Nikita not only reached the finals, but also took first place. And several of his songs: “Kitten”, “Flash in the Night”, “Spring” became real hits. But Malinin’s popularity ended along with the project.

Rumor has it that the whole point is the producer of “Factory”, who immediately after the end of the broadcast ceased to be interested in his charges. Although, judging by Instagram, Nikita still sings, performs, gives concerts and records new tracks, but on big stage Apparently it's impossible to get through.

Second place – Alexander Kireev

Alexander Kireev took second place at the Star Factory in 2003. After the end of the show, the young man, together with Dmitry Golubev and Ruslan Barsukov, created the KGB group. At that time, such hits as “Masha + Sasha” and “Five Days of Love” were born, which won the “Bomb of the Year” and “Stopudovy Hit” awards. However, after some time the team broke up.

Now Kireev is better known as a composer of songs by Natalia Podolskaya. Sasha also hosted a program on the Carousel channel. He is also a member of the Russian Authors' Society and is involved in production activities.

Third place – Yulia Mikhalchik

To participate in “Star Factory - 3,” Yulia dropped out of university, but the game was worth the candle, because she managed to take third place on the project, thereby earning three videos, one album and a husband in the form of the show’s producer, Alexander Shulgin, from the judges as a gift! With which, by the way, nothing worked out for her.

Thus, singer Yulia Mikhalchik ascended to the Olympus of modern show business, but could not stay there. Sometimes the singer tries to release new compositions, but they do not become popular.

“Star Factory” by Igor Krutoy

Photo: Victoria Toporkova/PhotoXPress.ru

First place – Irina Dubtsova

Today Irina Dubtsova is known as popular singer and songwriter. In 2004, she first appeared on the musical reality show “Star Factory - 4” on Channel One. Almost immediately, the 22-year-old singer from Volgograd was remembered and loved by most television viewers. The judges also noted her talent.

A few weeks later, Ira won the project, receiving a convertible and a recording as a gift solo album. Further history Dubtsova is known for: her 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 the artist divorced his daughter’s mother and even concert activities also quit.

Anton justifies his disappearance from show business radars by searching for himself. The musician admits that he became interested in spiritual literature, began to practice self-development and go to church.

Third place – Stas Piekha

Stas Piekha took third place at “Star Factory - 4” and after the project managed to firmly gain a foothold on the stage. Now he has three studio albums, 16 videos, two collections of poetry and participation in many television shows.

Recently, the singer admitted that he no longer wants to sing on stage and is preparing to radically change Musical direction. According to the musician, performing this genre does not give him pleasure. While the performer is not sure whether the public will properly perceive his new work.

The singer has always carefully protected his personal life from public attention. He managed to hide from the press his marriage to St. Petersburg model and DJ Natalia Gorchakova, which took place in 2013, and the birth of his son Peter. The couple recently separated, and now two-year-old Petya lives with his mother in St. Petersburg, but his father tries to visit him as often as possible.

"Star Factory" by Alla Pugacheva

First place – Victoria Daineko

The winner of the project was Victoria Daineko. But this girl needs no introduction; everyone already knows how successful her career has been. Immediately after the show, the singer began actively collaborating with producer Igor Matvienko, under whose auspices the singles “I’ll Just Leave You Right Now,” “The Film Is Not About Love,” and “Needle” were recorded.

In 2011, Vika took part in the “Star Factory” project. Return”, where she competed with project graduates from different years. Victoria won this competition as well.

Things are sad for the artist only on the personal front. Romances with singers Pasha Artemyev, Dmitry Pakulichev and Alexei 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 creative career, after the contract with Drobysh expired.

Today Natasha happy wife and mother little son Artemia. Her popularity is only growing every year, she constantly has new hits, and the public’s interest is fueled by the artist’s participation in popular TV shows– “Ice and Fire”, “Exactly” 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 performances of the group took place as part of tour finalists of the project, after which the group broke up.

The winner of the project, Dmitry Koldun, periodically appears on Russian channels, but the artist’s heart belongs to his native Belarus. In 2007, the artist took his country to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, finishing in 6th place. Since then, he has been more often invited as a guest on various television programs, for example, he took part in the show “Exactly the Same.”

By the way, Dima is an exemplary family man. His first serious relationship with a girl from a parallel class, Victoria Khomitskaya, ended ten years later in a marriage in which baby Ian was born.

Photo: Dmitry Korobeinikov/PhotoXPress.ru

Alexandra Savelyeva introduced the new soloist of the "Factory" group - the girl's name is Alexandra Popova. Savelyeva posted in social network photograph updated composition groups in military uniform, the photo was taken backstage at the concert in the Kremlin on February 23.

Alexandra Popova, a dentist by profession, recently became a finalist music show“I want to join VIA Gro,” but in the end Igor Matvienko became interested in her, and the girl ended up in another popular group. Alexandra said that she herself initiated communication with the producer of the Factory group Igor Matvienko:

After the finale of the show, I decided that I would not give up, that I wanted to continue singing and performing. I wrote a letter to Igor Matvienko, told about myself, and sent links to my performances. To be honest, I didn’t really hope for a backlash and it was a big surprise for me that they answered me: “Alexandra, when you are in Moscow, come to the studio.”

Alexandra Savelyeva commented on the appearance of a new soloist in the group:

Sasha is a very nice girl, and, what’s important, she sings well and our voices sound wonderful together.

Let us remind you that the ex-soloist of the group Katya Li, who replaced Sati Casanova in 2010, last week announced her departure from “Factory” due to health problems. The girl posted an official video message on Facebook, in which she said that doctors forbade her to actively tour and continue her career in the group, otherwise she might not even become a mother in the future. All these events are connected with the injury that Katya received during the filming of the video “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.”

I had to ride a horse without a saddle, which I did enchantingly. I received a severe spinal injury, which I dealt with for another month and flew off for surgery in pain.

Alexandra Savelyeva, Katya Li, Irina Toneva

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Group "Factory" (first composition): history of the creation of the team

In 2002, Channel One launched a new show for our country. It was called "Star Factory". What tasks were set for the project? Firstly, the producers of the program began searching for bright and talented performers. And the second task was to make the participants Russian pop stars.

The boys and girls who successfully passed the casting were accommodated in a country mansion. For several months their lives were closely monitored by cameras. The best choreographers, vocal teachers, stylists and makeup artists worked with them. Every week were held reporting concerts, one contestant was leaving the show.

As part of the project, the “Factory” group was created. The first cast (Maria Alalykina, Alexandra Savelyeva and Sati Casanova) managed to achieve considerable success. The girls recorded several fiery songs, including “Oh, Yes” and “About Love”. The team made it to the finals and took 2nd place, losing only to “Roots”.

Performances

Having left the walls of the “star house”, the girls did not disperse to their hometowns. They continued to collaborate with producer Igor Matvienko.

When did the fourth soloist of the “Factory” group leave the band? The first lineup did not last long. In February 2013, the beauties delighted fans with a video for the song “About Love.” The “manufacturers” also took part in candid photo shoots for men’s magazines (Penguin, FHM and Maxim).

The group “Factory” toured the country for several months. The composition (the first) underwent changes in August 2003. Maria Alalykina left the team. She had a good reason for this - problems with her studies at the university. Due to her busy work schedule, the blonde simply could not attend lectures.

How is the life of the ex-soloist of “Factory” today? Several years ago, a girl married a successful businessman, went with him to Dagestan and converted to Islam. Now I call her Maryam. In this marriage a daughter was born. Alalykina lived with her husband for 7 years. Then he found another woman. Maria had to return to her parents and ask their forgiveness. Currently, the girl makes a living by translating texts for Muslim websites.

Career development: 2004-2012

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.

In 2005, the group presented to the audience such songs as “It’s not my fault” and “He”. As a result, these compositions became real hits. The girls from “Factory” surpassed the soloists from “Brilliant” in popularity. 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 (from different years).

Changes

What cities has the “Factory” group visited with concerts? The fans perceived the (first) lineup as something single, indivisible. However, in 2010, changes occurred in the team again. Temperamental brunette Sati Casanova announced her departure. This news greatly upset Factory fans. Irina Toneva and Alexandra Savelyeva also did not want to part with their colleague. The girls performed together for almost 8 years. During this time, they became friends and began to treat each other like sisters. But Sati expressed a desire to develop a solo career. This is her decision.

Producer Igor Matvienko announced a casting for the third soloist. He "examined" hundreds of girls. As a result, his choice fell on former member Hi-Fi group - Katya Lee. The girl suited all parameters - in terms of appearance, level music education, voice timbre.

At first, fans of “Factory” did not perceive Katya as a full-fledged member of the team. On social networks and on various Internet forums, they demanded the return of their favorite, Sati Casanova. But over time, passions subsided. Listeners are accustomed to the fact that Ekaterina Lee is part of the “Factory”. The oriental beauty has established herself as a true professional. And many could envy her hard work and photogenicity.

In February 2014, Ekaterina Lee left the Factory. The girl decided to end her artistic career and start building her personal life. In the same month, fans of the group were presented new soloist- Alexandra Popova. At one time, this tall one was able to reach the finals of the show “I want to go to VIA Gro.” With the participation of Popova, the Factory group recorded two new songs - “Secret” and “Fell in Love”. In September 2015, the beauty posed for the men's magazine Maxim.

Finally

Now you know what path the “Factory” group has taken to fame and recognition from listeners. The first and current compositions were discussed in the article.