Vika Starikova sang Zemfira's song "Live in your head." The jury considered that the composition of the girl was clearly not chosen for her age.
There are people who dream of fame from the cradle and purposefully go to it, getting involved in all kinds of contests, quizzes, olympiads and other events designed to increase their chance of becoming a star. And there are people who themselves failed to realize their ambitions and are now trying to embody them in their own children.
If you are not a fan of the competition, we will briefly tell you what the essence of the matter is.
8-year-old Vika Starikova is one of the participants in the show. The girl chose Zemfira's song "Live in your head" for the performance. She played, she sang. But the judges did not like her number. Sergei Yursky was the first to press the red button. The girl was instantly upset, but still held on. Then Vladimir Pozner criticized her performance.
According to the harsh TV presenter, the song for Vika was completely inappropriate.
This is parental vanity, so that the children take the stage and they can be proud of them, - Pozner allowed himself a taunt against Anna, Vika's mother.
Renata Litvinova, who, as we understand, treats Zemfira's work with special reverence, asked if Vika knew her other songs. No, Vika didn't know. What the actress did not like: she rather coldly and venomously walked through the performance of the girl. As Anna later told in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists, they heard the song “Live in your head” no longer in the author's performance. Someone managed to make a cover - Vika liked it.
In general, after such a powerful rebuke, the girl burst into tears right on the stage. Only Sergei Svetlakov spoke in defense of the little singer and her mother.
She herself wanted to go on stage, - said the showman.
As a result, the jury could not decide whether to leave Vika in the competition or not: Svetlakov and Yursky were in favor, Litvinova and Pozner were against. The contestant decided her own fate by tossing a coin. Hooray: Vika coped with the casting and moved on to the next round.
Meanwhile, a real war broke out on the network: someone defended Vika and her mother, someone attacked Anna, claiming that she was crippling the child’s psyche, forcing her to participate in such shows. In response to the accusations, Vika's mother did not go into her pocket for a word.
Why scold me? For helping my daughter's dream come true? I don't get fame. She went to Vika anyway. She is quite famous. She has 130,000 subscribers on YouTube, Anna wondered. - A test for the psyche? There are many such moments in life. Take any other competition. And on the control in mathematics, is there no load on the psyche? And on the exam?
As for the repertoire, according to Anna, it is difficult to separate creativity intended for children and adults.
What do you think children's songs are? Children's poems? Do they include poems about the war that we learn from kindergarten on every May 9th? And we explain to the children what war, death, losses are, - said Anna.
What do you think? Should I choose age-appropriate songs?
Yes need. It is silly when a child sings about what he does not understand.
Recently, there was a scandal on the Minute of Glory show. The performance of eight-year-old Victoria Starikova, who performed Zemfira's song "Live in your head", caused a public outcry. The viewers of the program were outraged by the tough judging of the girl's performance.
The jury members felt that such a composition is not suitable for a first grader who does not understand what she is singing about. Renata Litvinova was surprised that Victoria, having chosen this song for the contest, does not know Zemfira's other works. “I internally protest against this. Some kind of forbidden move. Excuse me, you are a good girl, ”said Litvinova.
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Vladimir Pozner also spoke sharply about the performance: “I am against children on stage. This is more parental vanity - parents want their children to go out and they can boast about them. An eight-year-old man sings a song that was not written by an eight-year-old." While the jury members spoke, Victoria was crying, but no one thought to calm her down.
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Producer Max Fadeev, who has repeatedly been a mentor of the show “Voice. Children”, could not stay away from this situation. On his Instagram, he stood up for Victoria and condemned Vladimir Pozner for harshly criticizing the child. According to the producer, seeing the girl crying, he himself could not hold back his tears.
“I just watched the wonderful performance of Vika Starikova at the Minute of Glory.<…>I can’t get past what happened on the air, because I am a father, teacher and musician. Unlike all those gathered there on the jury. Therefore, I can evaluate it from a professional and pedagogical point of view. I have always deeply respected Mr. Posner and considered him the smartest, most subtle person, the highest-class journalist. But, in my opinion, his attitude towards this little child was very cruel and completely insensitive. After all, he is also a father and he knows perfectly well that with a child you need to be extremely careful and attentive in assessing and criticizing him, ”said Fadeev (Spelling and punctuation authors hereinafter. — Note. ed.).
Max noted that criticism, of course, should be, but not evil, but accurate: “In relation to such a little girl, criticism should be in the form of a game or soft and fatherly. For the child to understand correctly. But Mr. Posner chose a different style of communication with a child no taller than 40 cm. When I watched what the jury members said to her, I cried with her. Because I felt very sorry for her: well, why should she make excuses and explain - who chose this song and what she puts into it. She invests exactly what she feels, that's enough! She does not have to throw out all sorts of intellectual sayings in order to pamper the ears of such spoiled husbands. She just sang and that's it. This is neither good nor bad. She just sang, trying to convey her feelings as much as possible.
Fadeev believes that one of the judges, Sergei Svetlakov, was ashamed of his colleagues:
“I saw the face of Sergei Svetlakov, who, with every phrase of his colleagues, did not know what to do with himself. I believe that he was ashamed of those sitting on his left hand. Because I know how he treats children and what a wonderful father he is. I will not comment on the behavior, grimaces and texts of Litvinova, everything is clear with her.
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And yet, the main stream of criticism on the Web fell upon Renata Litvinova, to whom, in the opinion of many Zemfira fans, the song “Live in Your Head” can be dedicated. So, blogger Lena Miro admitted that Victoria's performance touched her. According to Miro, the girl, full of inspiration and hope, sang, putting her soul into the words, and Litvinova pounced on her like a kite.
Lena called Renata "mediocrity", "a fake for Grace Kelly" and "an aristocrat posing as an aristocrat". The blogger believes that the actress simply publicly humiliated the girl, drove her into "feelings of shame and guilt."
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However, there are those who stood up for Litvinova. Stylist Mikhail Baryshnikov
15:10 / March 02, 2017Anna Starikova said that the editors of the show offered them to perform Zemfira's song.
The young Tagil woman Victoria Starikova, who was brought to tears by the jury of the Minute of Glory, could not get into the next round and left the show.
In the second round, Victoria performed Sergei Trofimov's song "Motherland", which she sang to the accompaniment of her mother Anna. But this time too, Renata Litvinova and Vladimir Pozner did not like the performance, whose words brought the girl to tears in the last issue. Recall: for the first time, they considered that Zemfira’s song “Live in your head”, which was performed by the girl, was too “adult” for her. What they didn’t like the second time, the girl’s mother can’t tell yet, since the episode has not yet aired. But on the other hand, she explained to OUR correspondent why Victoria performed Zemfira's song in the first round.
- How did they generally react to the jury's reaction to the performance of this song by your daughter?
- With bewilderment! Because we went there at the invitation of the producers and editors of this project. That is, initially it was not our initiative. Of course we agreed. But there were no auditions. The editors of the show invited Victoria after seeing her YouTube channel. They liked the little angel who sings all kinds of songs. Because Vika can handle everything. And they were affected.
As the girl's mother said, Vika has been singing since the age of 4 and is not the first to participate in music competitions. True, so far only on the Internet, where, in addition to her channel, the 8-year-old girl has pages in all popular social networks.
- And it was the editors of the show who suggested performing Zemfira's song and thus making a surprise to one of the jury members - Renata Litvinova. Together with Vika, we also considered this possible. Since there is no age limit initially in this show. And in previous seasons of this show, even small children reached the final.
So you didn't choose the song?
No, we were offered. And we supported the idea of making a surprise. But we didn't mean to offend anyone. We just wanted to show how our little angel will perform Zemfira's song, of which Renata Muratovna is a fan. And she performed it in her own way, with her reading of this song. In no way did we want to touch on any deep topics, everything was much simpler, more vital and understandable for a small child.
- What do you think about Posner's phrase that children on stage are the result of parental vanity?
- And when famous people support their children in every possible way and are proud of them, and everyone around talks about their offspring - is this normal? Why is it possible for some, but they immediately say about others that this is vanity?
- And how did your daughter endure criticism from the jury. And what can you say about her participation in this project?
My daughter said she was very sorry when it was all over. No, she, of course, said that it was scary, her arms and legs were shaking. But she really enjoyed participating. After him, she said that she wanted her life to be connected with cameras, performances, competitions. In general, everything is wonderful with us. I think it was a very rewarding experience that Vika couldn't get anywhere else.
And all the talk and comments that the criticism of the jury caused Vika a psychological trauma, Anna calls far-fetched conjectures, which for some reason are inflated on the Internet.
Victoria Starikova came to Moscow from Nizhny Tagil to take part in the Minute of Glory contest. The girl sang Zemfira's song "Live in your head." The performance of the schoolgirl was evaluated by Sergey Yursky, Vladimir Pozner, Sergey Svetlakov and Renata Litvinova. Knowing Zemfira closely, Litvinova criticized the girl's performance. The actress stressed that Victoria chose a "too adult" song, the meaning of which she does not understand. Vladimir Pozner sided with Litvinova and suggested that parents could simply PR at the expense of their daughter. Writes about it TV channel "360".
Despite the criticism, the girl went to the next round of the competition, where she and her mother sang Sergei Trofimov's song "Motherland". But the jury members were again dissatisfied with the performance of the young singer. Mom Anna Starikova said that her daughter is very worried about what happened. In particular, she does not understand why the parents were attacked.
The opinion of viewers about this situation was divided: some stood up for the young singer and called the decision of Litvinova and Posner unfair. Others joined in the criticism of Starikova.
After Victoria took part in the show, she was awarded the "Person of the Year" award in Nizhny Tagil in the "Children who made the city famous" nomination. Now the girl is studying in two schools: regular and musical. She combines her studies with performances. So, last summer, the schoolgirl took third place in the international festival "Generation NEXT 2017".
