November 13 marks her 36th birthday singer Olga Orlova, who became the first soloist of the female pop group "Brilliant". On this day, we remember the most famous members of this popular musical group.
Olga Orlova
Singer Olga Orlova has been involved in music since childhood and dreamed of devoting her life to this cause. However, at the insistence of her parents, she graduated from the economics department of the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, and in 1995, having got into the newly founded group "Brilliant", she was able to realize her dream. For five years, Olga was not only the soloist of the group, but also the author of many songs that brought the band immense popularity and fame. In 2000, the girl left the group due to her marriage and the birth of her son, and after a while she returned to show business and began a solo career. And although Olga managed to become a completely independent and successful singer, many remembered her as one of the main "brilliant" who stood at the origins of the group. Now Olga continues her ascent to the musical Olympus, brings up her son, and also acts in TV series, plays in the Millennium Theater and participates in popular shows. In 2002, the star showed her persistent character in the First Channel project “The Last Hero-3”, entering the top three, and in 2009, in a duet with Dmitry Kharatyan, she performed in the show “Two Stars” and also took an honorable third place.
Zhanna Friske
Unlike her bandmate, at a young age, Zhanna Friske preferred dancing, and after school she wanted to become a journalist, but fate decreed otherwise. In 1996, Zhanna Kopylova changed her last name to grandmother's and began working in the Brilliant group. The spectacular brunette became one of the most famous members of the group and gained great popularity both in Russia and abroad. In 2003, Zhanna, like Olga Orlova, participated in the reality show "The Last Hero-4" and reached the final. Immediately after returning from the island where the filming took place, Friske announced her departure from the group and the beginning of a solo career. At this time, the singer began acting in films, and in 2005 she released her debut album. In addition to her musical career, Jeanne took part in the projects "Heart of Africa", "Empire", "Circus with Stars", "Ice Age-2", and also acted as the host of the first two seasons of the reality show "Vacation in Mexico" on the channel MTV. Now Zhanna is the face of the brands Orient Watch and Rexona, starred in a commercial for Activia yogurt, and also enjoys dubbing and dubbing cartoons. In 2013, Zhanna became a happy mother for the first time: in one of the Miami clinics, she gave birth to a son, Plato, from TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev. Now the young mother devotes herself completely to motherhood.
Anna Semenovich
Like many children, little Anya was engaged in dancing and music as a child, but her main passion was figure skating. After school, she entered the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture and achieved great success in the ice field, becoming an international master of sports in figure skating and ice dancing. Anna Semenovich took part in various sports competitions, among which were the championships of Russia, Europe and the world, but she had to give up her figure skater career due to a meniscus injury. After that, the girl decided to try her hand at music again and even created her own group, Charlie's Angels. Anna always had a bright appearance, so in the early 2000s she was noticed and invited to work on television: she was the host of sports programs on channel 3 and on channel 7TV, and also worked on the STS channel in the Morning and Night programs. But Anna got into the group "Brilliant" by accident: she interviewed the soloists of the group for one of her programs, after which the producers of the group offered her a job in the group. However, Anna could not take away her love for figure skating, so in 2006 she again began to skate as a participant in the Stars on Ice and Ice Age projects.
Since 2008, Anna Semenovich began a solo career, which she successfully combines with filming in films, TV shows, commercials and music shows. Now the girl not only sings, but demonstrates her culinary skills as the host of the Young Lady and the Culinary program on the TV Center channel together with Mikhail Plotnikov.
Julia Kovalchuk
Charming blonde Yulia Kovalchuk joined the Brilliant group in 2001. The girl, who from a young age is fond of dancing and gymnastics, successfully passed the casting for the dance group of the Brilliant group, but the producers of the group noticed musical talent in Yulia, so she joined the main team. After six years of her successful work in the "Brilliant", Yulia decided to build a solo career as a singer and TV presenter. Since 2010, she, together with Alexander Oleshko, has been hosting the Minute of Glory show, and in 2013 the list of her projects was replenished with the program Who is on Top? on the Yu TV channel, where she works in a duet with her common-law husband, singer Alexei Chumakov. Like many ex-participants of the "Brilliant", Yulia took part in the reality show "The Last Hero" and took second place, and also won the "Ice Age" project.
Ksenia Novikova
Ksenia Novikova can be safely called a "long-liver" in the "Brilliant" group. She worked in it longer than all the soloists (no less than 8 years!) And became incredibly popular. However, her passion for music woke up from childhood. At the age of five, Ksenia became a soloist of the famous Loktev Choir, and from the age of ten she sang in the youth group "Class". In 1999, after graduating from the State Music College of Variety and Jazz Art, Novikova was invited to join the Brilliant group, with whom she recorded many wonderful songs. In mid-2007, Ksenia left the group and devoted herself to her family. During the three years of absence, the girl had two sons: Miron and Bogdan. In June 2011, four years after leaving, Ksenia returned to the group. Now she is engaged in music, takes part in television projects, brings up her sons and arranges her personal life.
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Russian female musical group.
One of the most successful pop groups of the national stage in the XXI century, which has more than 6 studio albums and 9 "Golden Gramophones", "Brilliant" on stage since 1995. For more than 20 years of existence, the group has changed 8 lineups. Participants included celebrities such as Zhanna Friske, Olga Orlova, Ksenia Novikova, Anna Semenovich, Yulia Kovalchuk and Nadezhda Ruchka. Many of the members have achieved success as independent artists.
The history of the group "Brilliant"
The first line-up of the group, created by producer Andrei Grozny and Andrei Shlykov, looked like this: Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Barbara Queen.
The group's debut album was released in 1997 and was called "There, only there." The first song that the first fans of the group's work heard performed by the "Brilliant" was also called the same. Dancer Barbara Queen She left the group immediately after the release of the first album. In her place came: Zhanna Friske and Irina Lukyanova. In the same year, the band's remix album was released: "There, only there (remixes)".
Zhanna Friske officially became the soloist of the group in May 1997, when they shot the second video for the song "Flowers". Before that, Jeanne was the artistic director of the group.
In 1998, the Brilliant released the album Just Dreams. Almost immediately after this, Polina Iodis left, and in 1999 the soloist of the youth group "Class" Ksenia Novikova joined the group. The group records the singles “Winter will come after autumn” and “Chao, bambina!”, For which a video is shot.
At first, the TV channels refused to put the clip "Chao, bambina!" due to the fact that he was quite outspoken by 2000 standards.
In 2000, the album "About Love" was released, followed by "White Snow". At the same time, the screens premiered a remix for the video “Chao, bambina!” Arranged by a member of the Disco Crash group Alexei Ryzhov. In the same year, the soloist and author of many songs of the group Olga Orlova leaves the band due to pregnancy.
The last video with the participation of Olga was "White Snow", which was filmed on October 18, 2000 at Mosfilm. Orlova appeared in the video several times. A month later, the clip was remade and released on screens, where the episodes with Olga were cut out.
In 2001, "The Best" of "The Brilliant" was released. In 2002 - the album "Over the Four Seas".
In 2001 Zhanna starts recording solo songs. In the summer, the premiere of her debut video clip for the song "I'm flying into the dark" took place. In August, Yulia Kovalchuk joins the group. In the updated line-up, the group released three singles: “Au-au”, “Over the four seas” and “And I kept flying”. On December 15, 2002, the group received the Golden Gramophone award for the song "For the Four Seas".
In 2003, Irina Lukyanova left the group. The former gymnast is replaced by the master of sports in figure skating Anna Semenovich. Anna quickly entered the general rhythm of the group and starred. In the updated composition of the "Brilliant" they shot a video for the new song "Orange Paradise" and released the eighth album of the same name.
In early 2003, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper considered the Brilliant group one of the brightest Russian pop groups, in December an issue of the FHM magazine was published, in which the Brilliant ones starred in a candid photo shoot, and in the same year the most graceful soloist of the group Zhanna Friske leaves the group and starts a solo career. Nadia Ruchka took her place in April 2004. Her debut took place in the video "New Year's Song". In the new line-up, the group releases singles: “New Year's Song”, “Palm Trees in Pairs”, “Oriental Tales”, “My Brother is a Paratrooper”.
The group recorded "Oriental Tales" with the Iranian-Swedish performer Arash. The singer, who has Azerbaijani roots, has never been to Russia before. Here is what the singer recalls:
“Thanks to the Brilliant, I not only met the famous Russian beauties, but also learned what real winter is! I remember how I came to Moscow to promote the video for Oriental Tales, in addition, we had scheduled performances at the Golden Gramophone, MTV Music Awards and some other concerts in the Kremlin. I flew to Moscow in December in a light jacket. Imagine, I got off the plane, and it was minus 20 outside! I was in shock, but my body did not understand what was happening to it (laughs). Since then, I always carry a huge down jacket with me to Russia! And Russian girls are really beautiful and charming, but also wayward. But still, I really like Russian people, I know many Russian stars, I even make friends with some.
In 2005, the group took part in the program of the MTV channel "Full Contact", where they compete with the group "VIA Gra", but failed to win. On June 7 and 8, the shooting of the video "Palm trees in pairs" took place, according to the plot of which the Playboy beach party in the style of the 1960s was conceived. In November 2006, the premiere of the video "Agent 007" took place.
In early 2007, another bright soloist leaves the group. Instead of Anna Semenovich in the group - Anastasia Osipova. In the updated line-up, which lasted only 2 months, the group re-recorded the single "Agent 007", performed on the show "Baby Riot", recorded a new version of the single "Oriental Tales" and performed at the MTV Movie Awards with "Song of Babok Yozhek". At the MTV RMA Awards in October 2007, The Brilliant presented a gift to all their fans: former and current members of the group appeared on stage. On the show, Zhanna Friske introduced the new "Brilliant" - her younger sister Natasha Friske.
In March 2008, a dancer joined the ranks of seductive beauties Anna Dubovitskaya who replaced Yulia Kovalchuk. Model Nadezhda Kondratieva joined the group. In June, one of the "Brilliant" (instead of Friske) became Yulianna Lukasheva. Together with Yulianna, the group recorded two singles "Odnoklassniki" and "You know, dear", for which clips were shot. The collection Odnoklassniki was also released.
In December 2009, the group included: Nadya Ruchka, Nastya Osipova, Anna Dubovitskaya and Marina Berezhnaya. In the summer of 2011, Ksenia Novikova returned to the group. And in the fall of the same year, Anna Dubovitskaya left the group. In December, Afisha magazine compiled a list of the most successful Russian pop songs, which included the song "There, only there." In the fall of 2012, Ksenia Novikova, in parallel with her work in the group, began her solo career, recording the solo song "I so want to forget you." With the updated line-up, the group recorded several more new songs: “My dear”, “From what”, “Green eyes”, “Birthday”, “To the equator”, “Losing”. On November 11, 2013, the video clip "Lost" premiered on the RU.TV channel.
On July 24, 2014, the Brilliant group performed at the New Wave 2014 contest in Jurmala. Along with the main participants, many soloists of past years also performed on stage. On February 14, 2015, in Tver, the girls presented a new song, "Don't Give Me to Anyone." In the summer of 2015, after eight years of work in the group, Anastasia Osipova leaves the team. She was replaced by Natalia Asmolova. In the fall, Ksenia Novikova told the producers that after the New Year she was leaving the group.
On October 16, the shooting of the video for the new single "Brigada Malyarov" took place, at which the updated line-up of the group was presented. The new members are Sylvia Zolotova And Christina Illarionova. In November, the Brilliant, together with Ksenia Novikova and new members, performed at the ceremony dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Golden Gramophone with the song “And I kept flying” and received an award for this song. On February 13, 2016, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the band, the release of the Tonight program was released, in which, in addition to the members of the current line-up, many former soloists of the group also took part. On December 30, a collection of songs "Best 20" was released. In June 2017, Nadezhda Ruchka went on maternity leave and the group presented the single "Love". At concerts, instead of Ruchka, Natalia Asmolova performed for some time. In August, Nadezhda became a mother, and announced that she would not return to the team.
In May 2018, Ksenia Novikova returned to the team for the third time.
Discography of the group "Brilliant"
1996 - There, only there
1997 - There, only there (Remixes)
1998 - Just dreams
1998 - Just Dreams (video compilation)
2000 - About love
2000 - White snow (compilation)
2002 - Over the four seas
2003 - Orange Paradise
2005 - Oriental Tales
2008 - Odnoklassniki (compilation)
2016 - Best 20 (compilation)
"Brilliant" is a Russian female pop group. Formed in 1995. Producers: Andrey Grozny, Andrey Shlykov.
The Brilliant group was created in 1994 by producers Andrey Grozny and Andrey Shlykov. The first composition of the group looked like this: Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Varvara Koroleva.
The debut album "Brilliant" was released in 1997. It was called the same as the first song with which they appeared before the audience - "There, only there." Immediately after the release of the first album, Varvara Koroleva leaves the group. She is replaced by two participants at once: Zhanna Friske and Irina Lukyanova. In the same year, the remix album "There, Only There" (remixes) was released.
In 1998, the Brilliant released the album Just Dreams. Polina leaves the group, and in 1999 Ksenia Novikova joins the group.
In 2000, the album "About Love" was released, followed by "White Snow". In the same year, for family reasons, the soloist Olga Orlova, the author of many songs of the "Brilliant", leaves the group. Yulia Kovalchuk becomes a new member.
In 2002, the album "Over the Four Seas" was released. In 2003, Irina Lukyanova leaves - for the same family reasons as Orlova at one time: the singer is expecting a baby. Instead of the former gymnast Irina, Anya Semenovich, a master of sports in figure skating, appears in the line-up. In the updated composition, the "Brilliant" group goes to Cyprus, to shoot the video "Orange Paradise".
After the release of the eighth album "Orange Paradise" in 2003, the brightest and most graceful soloist of the group, Zhanna Friske, left the group. Zhanna starts a solo career with the former producers. And on April 1, 2004, Nadya Ruchka takes her place.
In this composition, the "Brilliant" are recording the album "Oriental Tales". The presentation of "Oriental Tales" was held in the entertainment center "Crystal" in December 2005. The song "Oriental Tales" was recorded with the singer Arash.
In early 2007, Anna Semenovich begins a solo career, and the producers take Anastasia Osipova in her place. At the MTV RMA Awards in October 2007, The Brilliant gave a real surprise to all their fans: former and current members of the group appeared on the stage. It was then that Zhanna Friske introduced a new "brilliant" - her younger sister Natasha Friske.
In March 2008, the charming Anna Dubovitskaya joined the ranks of seductive beauties. Full of energy, charm and grace, Anna made herself known right away. In two weeks of hard work, the girl mastered all the dance and concert programs of the group, and she is not going to stop there. The next update of the composition took place in June 2008. And now Nadya Ruchka, Nastya Osipova, Anna Dubovitskaya and Yulianna Lukasheva have secured the right to be "Brilliant". Yulianna has been practicing ballroom dancing for more than 10 years, and has repeatedly become a finalist in the Russian Championships. In 2005, she won first place at the prestigious international Black pool tournament in England.
Compound
1994 - 1996 Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Varvara Koroleva
1996 - 1998 Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Zhanna Friske, Irina Lukyanova
1998 - 1999 Olga Orlova, Zhanna Friske, Irina Lukyanova
1999 - 2000 Olga Orlova, Zhanna Friske, Irina Lukyanova, Ksenia Novikova
2000 - 2001 Zhanna Friske, Irina Lukyanova, Ksenia Novikova
2001 - 2003 Zhanna Friske, Irina Lukyanova, Ksenia Novikova, Yulia Kovalchuk
2003 - 2004 Zhanna Friske, Ksenia Novikova, Yulia Kovalchuk, Anna Semenovich
2004 - 2007 Ksenia Novikova, Yulia Kovalchuk, Anna Semenovich, Nadezhda Ruchka
2007 - 2007 Ksenia Novikova, Yulia Kovalchuk, Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova
2007 - 2008 Yulia Kovalchuk, Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova, Natalia Friske
2008 - 2008 Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova, Natalia Friske, Anna Dubovitskaya
Since 2008 Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova, Anna Dubovitskaya, Yulianna Lukasheva
Discography
1996 - There, only there
1997 - There, only there (remixes)
1998 - Just dreams
2000 - About love
2000 - White snow
2002 - Over the four seas
2003 - Orange Paradise
2005 - Oriental Tales
2008 - Odnoklassniki
In 2018, one of the most popular musical groups in the country turns 20 years old. During this time, the composition of the "Brilliant" group changed several times. Today we will remember all the participants and the most famous songs that the whole country sang.
The first composition of the group "Brilliant"
In 1995, Andrei the Terrible was so inspired by the success of the American group Space Girls that he decided to create a girl group. It didn’t take long to look for a vocalist - he already had Olga Orlova in mind. A beautiful brown-haired woman with a gentle voice suggested that the producer take her friend Polina Iodis into the team, who did not have good vocals, but looked very harmonious in the frame. The third was the talented dancer Varvara Koroleva. Two blondes and vociferous Olga became a spectacular trio and shot the first video for the song "There, only there."
After the release of their debut album, the group lost one member - Varvara left to build a personal life. Irina Lukyanova was taken in her place. The red-haired beauty with big eyes quickly got used to both touring and the hectic life on wheels.
At the end of 1996, an artistic director appeared in the group. Fatal brunette Zhanna Friske came to put the girls numbers and take on all the responsibilities for organizing the concert. Thanks to her amazing external data, after six months she became a full-fledged member of the team. Now the composition consisted of four performers, it is he who is still considered "golden".
Resounding success
In 1997, a video for the song "Clouds" was released, which instantly became a hit. This composition made the girls stars of show business, and Andrei the Terrible understood in what direction the group should be developed. The songs "Cha-cha-cha" and "Where are you, where" take the team to a new level - "Brilliant" begin to give concerts in large halls. The public is keenly interested not only in creativity, but also in the personal life of the soloists. Girls willingly give interviews, but you immediately feel who occupies a leading position in the group "Brilliant". The surname of Olga Orlova is on everyone's lips - after all, it is she who sings almost all the songs, leaving the girls only to perform choruses together.
Update
In 1998, Polina left the team. She was always interested in extreme sports, to which she devoted her life, leaving the group "Brilliant". The composition was replenished with a former member of the "Class" group. Quite young Ksenia Novikova got into the hottest time - it was just necessary to shoot a video for the song "Chao, Bambino!" This composition became an all-Russian hit after Alexey Ryzhov made a remix. The clip turned out to be very frank, so it was not released on the big screen for a long time. Unfortunately, Olga Orlova could not fully enjoy the success either. Due to pregnancy, she had to leave the group "Brilliant". The surname and photo of the girl often appeared on the pages of newspapers and magazines: there were rumors that she was expelled from the team for hiding her interesting position. In a stripped-down line-up, the group toured until 2001.
body in action
Yulia Kovalchuk becomes the fourth "brilliant" girl. Not possessing outstanding external data and a strong voice, she still occupies a vacant place for a long time. The next two years were rich in events: Irina Lukyanova leaves the group and the textured Anna Semenovich is taken in her place. The former figure skater amazes with her forms the entire male population of the CIS. Her modest vocals do not bother the producer - the effect is achieved not only due to the sonorous voice. The hot season is coming. Hits follow each other. “Orange Song”, “And I kept flying”, “Over the four seas”, “Au-au” occupy the top lines of the charts. Girls collect well-deserved prizes and awards. To consolidate the result, all four are filmed in a candid photo shoot for the magazine.
New losses
At the end of 2003, Zhanna Friske announced her resignation. She goes to build a solo career, and she does it very well, unlike the same Olga Orlova. In place of the "black" take no less spectacular Nadya Ruchka. Soon two hits come out at once - “Agent 007” and “Oriental Tales”. These are the last compositions of the group that became hits. In March 2007, the composition leaves Semenovich, and in May - Ksenia Novikova. Their places are taken by Natalia Asmolova and Anastasia Osipova. The first could not find a language with the team and three months later completed her collaboration with Andrei the Terrible, and Zhanna's younger sister, Natasha Friske, was taken in her place. However, six months later, she leaves the group. Kovalchuk leaves with her.
fresh faces
This time the producer had to find two performers at once. He announces the casting and accepts Anna Dubovitskaya and Yulianna Lukasheva. The group did not achieve great success in this composition. In 2009, Yulianna gives her place to Ksenia Novikova, who decided to return to the stage after a divorce. A year later, Anna Dubovitskaya leaves the group. Asmolova takes her place. Soon another soloist appears - Marina Berezhnaya. In 2015, Novikova decides to finally say goodbye to the composition of the Brilliant group.
Osipova and Asmolova leave behind her. From that moment to the present day, the team has three singers - Nadya Ruchka, Sylvia Zolotova and Kristina Illarionova. Despite the fact that the group has not released hits for a long time, the "Brilliant" are always long-awaited guests at any combined concert. Basically, they perform old hits, for which they still receive awards.
The Brilliant group was created in 1995 by Andrei Grozny, the producer of MF 3 and Andrei Shlykov. The first composition of the group looked like this: Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Varvara Koroleva.
The group's debut album was released in 1997 and was called the same as the first song with which they appeared before the audience: "There, only there." Immediately after the release of the first album, Varvara Koroleva left the group. Two vocalists were taken in her place at once: Zhanna Friske and Irina Lukyanova. In the same year, the group released an album of remixes: “There, only there (remixes)”.
In 1998, the "Brilliant" released the album "Just Dreams". Soon Polina left, and in 1999 Ksenia Novikova joined the group.
In 2000, the album "About Love" was released, followed by "White Snow". In the same year, for family reasons, the soloist Olga Orlova (the author of many of the group's songs) left the band. She was replaced by Yulia Kovalchuk.
In 2001, the long-awaited "The Best" of the Brilliant is released.
2002 was marked by the release of the album "Over the Four Seas".
In 2003, Irina Lukyanova left - for the same family reasons as Orlova at one time - the singer was expecting a child. The former gymnast Ira was replaced by the master of sports in figure skating Anya Semenovich. Anna quickly entered the general rhythm of the group and calmly continued the work of her predecessor. With a renewed line-up, the "Brilliant" group went to Cyprus to shoot a video for the new song "Orange Paradise". Soon there will be a new music album with the same name.
After the release of the eighth album “Orange Paradise” in 2003, the brightest and most graceful soloist of the group, Zhanna Friske, left the group. Without changing producers, Jeanne begins a solo career. On April 1, 2004, Nadya Ruchka took her place.
In this composition, "Brilliant" recorded a new album "Oriental Tales". The presentation of "Oriental Tales" was held in the entertainment center "Crystal" in December 2005.
In early 2007, Anna Semenovich left the group, Anastasia Osipova was taken in her place. "Bond Girl" still delights the hearts of fans to this day.
At the MTV RMA Awards in October 2007, The Brilliant gave a real surprise to all their fans: former and current members of the group appeared on the stage. It was then that Zhanna Friske introduced a new "brilliant" - her younger sister Natasha Friske.
In March 2008, the charming Anna Dubovitskaya, who replaced Yulia Kovalchuk, joined the ranks of seductive beauties. Full of energy, charm and grace, Anna made herself known right away. In two weeks of hard work, the girl mastered all the dance and concert programs of the group, and the “brilliant” is not going to stop there.
The next update of the composition took place in December 2009. And now Nadya Ruchka, Nastya Osipova, Anna Dubovitskaya and Marina Berezhnaya have secured the right to be "Brilliant".
In the summer of 2011, Ksenia Novikova decided to return to the group. Now the team consists of soloists: Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova, Marina Berezhnaya and Ksenia Novikova.
In the summer of 2015, Anastasia Osipova left the group. Her “experience” in the team is 8 years. In autumn, the song “I kept flying” received the Golden Gramophone award, and Ksenia Novikova told the producers that after the New Year she was leaving the group.
The group presented the single "Brigade of Painters" in an updated line-up. Now they are Nadezhda Ruchka, Silvia Zolotova, Marina Berezhnaya and Kristina Illarionova.
infographics
Soloists and years of work in the team.
Pie chart
Circle: the total time of work in the team of all soloists (in years).
Circle Section: Relative running time of each soloist.
The numbers after the name are the number of years in the group. 
