Star Factory
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Star Factory is a Russia
n television show aired on Channel One
since 13 October 2002. The show is the Russian version of the Endemol
format Operación Triunfo
.
The show has had seven seasons, all of them hosted by Yana Churikova
. The show's alumni include Timati
, Yulia Savicheva
, Natalia Podolskaya
, Dmitry Koldun
, and Elena Temnikova
. The 7th season was sponsored by singer Alla Pugacheva
, who had starred in a TV musical mocking the Star Factory, together with Maxim Galkin
and Verka Serduchka
. In March 2011, the show announced that it would be returning with an 8th All-Star Season. The 8th season would include 4 composers that had previously produced a season of the show: Igor Matvienko (1 and 5), Igor Krutoi (4), Victor Drobysh (4 and 6), and Konstantin Meladze (7).Each composer would have 3 singers that they had previously produced after the show. All 12 would be competing against each other to win money for charity.
Producer: Igor Matvienko
Producer: Maxim Fadeev
Producer: Aleksandr Shulgin
Producer: Igor Krutoi
Producers: Alla Pugacheva, Igor Matvienko, Maxim Fadeev
Producer: Victor Drobysh
Spares:
Producers: Konstantin Meladze, Valery Meladze
Igor Krutoi
Victor Drobysh
Konstantin Meladze
Winners:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n television show aired on Channel One
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
since 13 October 2002. The show is the Russian version of the Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
format Operación Triunfo
Operación Triunfo
Operación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spain's TVE network in 2001. A kind of cross between Pop Idol, Voces en Función, Star Search, and Big Brother, the show aimed to find the country's next solo singing sensation, putting a selection of hopefuls through their...
.
The show has had seven seasons, all of them hosted by Yana Churikova
Yana Churikova
Yana Churikova is a Russian journalist and television host who worked on MTV Russia before moving to Channel One, where she hosted seven seasons of the Star Factory show. She has also gained publicity across Europe and the world for presenting the results of the Russian televote at the Eurovision...
. The show's alumni include Timati
Timati
Timur Ildarovich Yunusov , better known by his stage name Timati , is an Russian rapper and actor.-Early life:Timur Ildarovich Yunusov was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow, Soviet Union to an ethnically mixed family of Tatar father Ildar Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yunusova , he also has a...
, Yulia Savicheva
Yulia Savicheva
Yulia Stanislavovna Savicheva is a Russian singer who performed for Russia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest which was held in Istanbul, Turkey.-Biography:...
, Natalia Podolskaya
Natalia Podolskaya
Natalia Podolskaya is a Belarusian singer that performed for Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest on May 21, 2005 and was ranked #15. In 2008 she became a Russian citizen.-Early years:Natalia was born in 1982 in Mogilev, Belarus...
, Dmitry Koldun
Dmitry Koldun
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun is a pop singer from Minsk, Belarus.Koldun participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and has been the most successful entrant from Belarus to date...
, and Elena Temnikova
Elena Temnikova
Elena Vladimirovna Temnikova is a Russian singer. She came to prominence as a contestant in the talent show Star Factory and as one of the three members of the Russian girl group Serebro.-2003—2006: Star Factory and solo career:...
. The 7th season was sponsored by singer Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...
, who had starred in a TV musical mocking the Star Factory, together with Maxim Galkin
Maxim Galkin
Maxim Galkin is a Russian comedian, singer and TV host.He first became famous as an impressionist, and is known for his proficiency at parody and his duets with the famous Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva....
and Verka Serduchka
Verka Serduchka
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer. In the role of Serduchka, he represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and finished in second place...
. In March 2011, the show announced that it would be returning with an 8th All-Star Season. The 8th season would include 4 composers that had previously produced a season of the show: Igor Matvienko (1 and 5), Igor Krutoi (4), Victor Drobysh (4 and 6), and Konstantin Meladze (7).Each composer would have 3 singers that they had previously produced after the show. All 12 would be competing against each other to win money for charity.
First Season (2002)
- KorniKorniKorni is a Russian pop rock band. They rose to fame when they won best band on the show Star Factory-1. The Band members include: Pavel Artemyev , Alexandr Astashenok , Alexand Brednicov , and Alexey Cabanov ....
(winner)- Pavel Artemiev
- Aleksandr Astashenok
- Aleksandr Berdnikov
- Aleksei Kabanov
- FabrikaFabrikaFabrika is a Russian pop girl group from Moscow.The group was formed from four girls who took part in the first season of the Russian talent show Star Factory in 2002 named Sati Kazanova, Irina Toneva, Alexandra Savelieva, and Maria Alalykina. Igor Matvienko, the project's director, became...
(2nd place)- Sati KazanovaSati KazanovaSataney Setgalievna Kazanova , better known as Sati Kazanova , was born on October 2, 1982 in Kabardino-Balkaria. She is one of the three vocalists of the Russian pop girl group Fabrika...
- Aleksandra Savelyeva
- Irina TonevaIrina TonevaIrina Ilyinichna Toneva is a Russian singer, one of three vocalists of girl group Fabrika . In 2010 she took part in first Star Factory project where Fabrika was formed and finished second....
- Maria Alalykina (former member)
- Sati Kazanova
- Mikhail Grebenshikov (3rd place)
- Konstantin Dudoladov
- Gera Tuzikov (Gera Levi)
- Sherif Musa (JAM)
- Zhanna Cherukhina
- Nikolai Burlak
- Anna Kulikova
- Ekaterina Shemyakina
- Yulia Buzhilova
Producer: Igor Matvienko
Second Season (2003)
- Polina Gagarina (winner)
- Yelena TerleyevaYelena TerleyevaYelena Terleyeva is a Russian singer, best known for her hit "Solntse" . She was born in the family of a serviceman. Soon her family moved to Urengoy , where she spent her childhood. Because of that, she has a very strong and purposeful character...
(2nd place) - Elena TemnikovaElena TemnikovaElena Vladimirovna Temnikova is a Russian singer. She came to prominence as a contestant in the talent show Star Factory and as one of the three members of the Russian girl group Serebro.-2003—2006: Star Factory and solo career:...
(3rd place) - Yulia SavichevaYulia SavichevaYulia Stanislavovna Savicheva is a Russian singer who performed for Russia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest which was held in Istanbul, Turkey.-Biography:...
- Evgeniya Rasskazova
- Kristian Leinich
- Marianna Belezkaya
- Maria Rzhevskaya
- Aleksei Semenov
- Mikhail Reshetnikov
- Pier Narciss
- Dmitriy Astashenok
- Irakliy Pirzhalava
- Yuliya Volkova
- Gennadiy Lagutin
- Dmitriy Praskovjin
Producer: Maxim Fadeev
Maxim Fadeev
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.-Early life and career:Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar...
Third Season (2003)
- Nikita Malinin (winner)
- Aleksandr Kireev (2nd place)
- Yulia Michalchik (3rd place)
- Irina Ortmann
- Maria Vebber
- Roamn Barsukov
- Nikolay Slichenko
- Svetlana SvetikovaSvetlana SvetikovaSvetlana Svetikova is a Russian singer and actress. Born in Moscow, in the Entuziastov. Mother - Marina Vladimirovna, singer, father - Andrew V., painter of Florentine mosaic. Sveta has a younger sister, Natalia....
- Ruslan Kurik
- Irina Zhelnova
- Anastasia Krainova
- Kseniya Valeeva
- Dmitriy Golubev
- Oleg Dobrinin
- Lesya Yaroslavskaya
- Sofiya Kuzmina
Producer: Aleksandr Shulgin
Fourth Season (2004)
- Irina Dubcova (winner)
- Anton Zacepin (2nd place)
- Stas Pjecha (3rd place)
- TimatiTimatiTimur Ildarovich Yunusov , better known by his stage name Timati , is an Russian rapper and actor.-Early life:Timur Ildarovich Yunusov was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow, Soviet Union to an ethnically mixed family of Tatar father Ildar Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yunusova , he also has a...
- Nataliya Korshunova
- Ivan Breusov
- Aleksandr Breslavskiy (Dominick Joker)
- Kseniya Larina
- Anastasia Kochetkova
- Nadezhda Igoshina
- Nataliya Polyanskaya
- Victoria Bogoslavskaya
- Evgeniya Volkonskaya
- Yuriy Titov
- Anton Yampolskiy (Paul)
- Ratmir Shishkov
- Aleksandra Chvikova (Aleksa)
Producer: Igor Krutoi
Fifth Season (2004)
- Victoria DaynekoVictoria DaynekoVictoria Petrovna Dayneko — well-known Russian singer, the graduator and the winner of Star Factory-5, the participant of the Channel One’s project «Glacial age».- Early years :...
(winner) - Ruslan Masyukov (2nd place)
- Natalia PodolskayaNatalia PodolskayaNatalia Podolskaya is a Belarusian singer that performed for Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest on May 21, 2005 and was ranked #15. In 2008 she became a Russian citizen.-Early years:Natalia was born in 1982 in Mogilev, Belarus...
(3rd place) - Mikhail Veselov (3rd place)
- Andrey Shumskiy
- Elena Kukarskaya (Elena Sergeevna)
- Konstantin Legostaev
- Aleksandra Balakireva
- Elena Kaufmann
- Darya Klushnikova
- Radion Zabolotskiy (Roger)
- Irson KudikovaIrson KudikovaIrson Kudikova – the Russian pop singer, the model, the saxophonist, the musical producer, the actress. The graduate the «Alla Pugacheva's Star Factory-5».In 2005 she appeared in a Maxim magazine photo shoot...
- Julianna Karaulova
- Mike Mironenko
- Aksinya Verjak
- Miguel
- Kirill Garnik
- Lerika Golubeva
Producers: Alla Pugacheva, Igor Matvienko, Maxim Fadeev
Sixth Season (2006)
- Dmitriy Koldun (winner)
- Arseniy Borodin (2nd place)
- ZaraZara (singer)"Zara" Pashaevna Mgoyan was born on July 26, 1983, in Otradnoye, Leningrad Oblast, USSR. Zara is a Russian pop singer and actress. In 2004 she married Sergei Matvienko, the son of Saint Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko. They divorced a year later.Zara is from Armenia and is of ethnic...
(3rd place) - Aleksei Khvorostyan
- Aleksei Korzin
- Prokhor Shalyapin
- Dan Petrov
- Arina Ryzhenkova
- Anastasia Shevchenko
- Roman Arkhipov
- Yulia Lysenko
- Aleksandra Gurkova
- Sogdiana FedorinskayaSogdiana FedorinskayaSogdiana , sometimes with the last name Fedorinskaya , born as Oksana Vladimirovna Nechitaylo who is an Uzbek singer and actress, born February 17, 1984 in Tashkent with Ukrainian Pabrade....
- Mila Kulikova
- Viktoriya Kolesnikova
- Olga Voronina
- Sabrina Gadzhikaibova
- Chelsea
Producer: Victor Drobysh
Seventh Season (2007)
- Anastasiya Prikhodko (winner)
- Mark Tishmann (2nd place)
- Yin Yang (3rd place)
- Artyom Ivanov
- Yulia Parshuta
- Sergey Ashikhmin
- Tatyana Bogacheva
- BiSBis (band)Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark , John Clark , and Amanda MacKinnon . Formed in 1994, the band broke up in 2003, but reformed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts.-History:...
(3rd place)- Dmitriy Bikbaev
- Vlad Sokolovskiy
- Gergiy Ivashenko (Pups)
- Alexei Kuznetzov (Aleksei Svetlov)
- Margarita Gerasimovich (Dakota)
- Korneliya Donato Mango
- Nataliya Tumshevits
- Ekaterina Zipina
- Anna Kolodko
- Phil Chinyanga (Phil Yang)
Spares:
- Elena Mizuk
- Vitaliy Chirva
- Leonid Panov
- Yulia Zemskaya
Producers: Konstantin Meladze, Valery Meladze
Valery Meladze
Valeriy Shotayevich Meladze is a Russian singer of Georgian descent. He is the brother of composer and producer Konstantin Meladze, who writes songs for him.-Early life:...
Eighth Season (2011)
Igor Matvienko- Fabrika
- Victoria Dayneko
- Korni
Igor Krutoi
- Anastasia Kochetkova
- Dominick Joker
- Irina Dubcova
Victor Drobysh
- Zara
- Natalia Podolskaya
- Chelsea
Konstantin Meladze
- Mark Tishmann
- Vlad Sokovskiy
- Yin Yang
Winners:
- Victoria Dayneko (1st)
- Chelsea (2nd)
- Irina Dubcova (3rd)
- Mark Tishmann (Producer's Award)
External links
- Official website
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ort5_static.static?p_page_id=396 - First Season
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ORT6_STFABRIQ2.main - Second Season
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ORT6_STFABRIQ3.main - Third Season
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ORT6_STFABRIQ4.main - Fourth Season
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ORT6_STFABRIQ5.main - Fifth Season
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ORT6_STFABRIQ6.main - Sixth Season
- http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ORT6_STFABRIQ7.main - Seventh Season