The idea to make a girlish pop trio came to Dmitry Kostyuk in the late 90s. Together with Konstantin Meladze, he selected three girls - Yulia Miroshnichenko and Marina Kaschin, who became the first composition of VIA Gra. However, the first attempt was not successful. Soon after the start of work, the producers, for a number of reasons, decided to close the project.
A little later they returned to work, leaving Alena Vinnitskaya in the group. Nadezhda Granovskaya was chosen to be her partner during the casting. The duet recorded a number of songs and shot the 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, this is the "Vocal-instrumental ensemble game", according to the other - IN AND Nnitskaya A Lena and GRA novskaya (Hope).
The debut video clip was presented to the public on September 3, 2000. The clip was liked by viewers and soon became calling card team. The song soon began to collect popular music awards one by one - the Golden Gramophone, the Stopud hit, the Golden Firebird, the Golden Kettle. 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 they started talking about the performers not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia. The girls took part in the filming New Year's movie"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka".
In 2002, Nadezhda Granovskaya, due to pregnancy, was forced to temporarily leave the team, and in her place, line by line, during the casting was found new soloist- Tatyana Naynik. However, the producers decided to expand the line-up to three participants and invited another girl - Anna Sedakova. In May of the same year, a new video clip "Stop! Stop! Stop!" The success of the song showed that the decision about the trio was justified and the listeners liked the band even more in such a composition.
On September 12, 2002, Nadezhda returns to the group, so the line-up suddenly began to consist of four members. The situation within the team gradually heated up and soon Tatyana Naynik was forced to leave the group. Subsequently, she spoke more than once in negative tones about the producers and the internal structure of VIA Gra.
Another change in the composition took place in January 2003, when Alena Vinnitskaya left and took up solo career. Another casting was announced at the entrance of which she got into the team. Anna, Vera and Hope became "golden" composition of VIA Gra, which distinguished itself by fruitful work and huge success on the pop scene.
Already in February, another video for the song "!" This composition, according to many critics, became best job throughout the group's history. She stayed on the charts for 7 months and later, in 2009, was awarded the title of the best Russian video of the decade. In April 2003, the second album "Stop! Filmed!" appears. The disc was commercially successful and soon went gold with over half a million copies sold.
In 2007, Koryagina left the team, and Vera Brezhneva soon followed. Olga was replaced by Meseda Bagaudinova. The new duet composition shoots a video "", and a little later - "". Another soloist became Tatyana Kotova. For her sake, the ending of the video "I'm not afraid" was re-shot and the audience was able to see the new participant with their own eyes. In October 2008, the band recorded the soundtrack for the film Stilyagi.
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 creates another song for the team called "". In March 2010, Tatyana Kotova leaves the group. She is replaced by Eva Bushmina. The updated composition shoots the video "!", which premiered on April 11, 2010. In March, the song "Without You" is released.
In 2010, the "Golden" team unites to perform at a major anniversary concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the team.
Since the beginning of 2011, rumors have been circulating in the press about the imminent collapse of VIA Gra. main reason such rumors - the fall in the popularity of the team. Of the 80 planned concerts, only 15 took place, the rest simply could not sell enough tickets.
In December 2011, Hope in Once again leaves the team due to pregnancy. She is replaced by a member of the Ukrainian "Star Factory" - Santa Dimopoulos. In February 2012, the single "Hello, Mom!" Immediately after the release of the video for this composition, Dimopoulos leaves the band. At the end of 2013, Konstantin Meladze announced the closure of the project, but this turned out to be a PR move in support of the reality show "I Want to VIA-Gru". At the entrance of this show, the composition of the team will be completely updated. The start of the transmission is scheduled for March 8, 2013.
For almost ten years now, their appearance on stage has been exciting the entire male population of the country. They increase potency, like a medicine of the same name, kindle passion in the hearts and delight fans with more and more new songs, videos, soloists ...
Each participant of VIA Gra went through a tough casting, demonstrating their talents and virtues, so we can say with confidence: only the best bodies and faces got into the team. Alena Vinnitskaya, Nadezhda Granovskaya, Anna Sedakova... Can't remember them all? We will help!
Before the anniversary concert of the VIA Gra group, which will take place on March 27, WomanJournal.ru decided to remember, watch and evaluate all the members of the country's sexiest band.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Alena Vinnitskaya
For her sake, the VIA Gra project was started: the talented, sexy and smart "girl with character" Alena Vinnitskaya is still associated with the VIA Gra group by most listeners.
But this Ukrainian pop diva has always been not averse to referring her work to the genre of rock music. In her youth, she listened to Kino, and founded her first musical group at the age of 19. A rock band with a sexy soloist was called "The Last Unicorn", but this project, contrary to the name, was not the last for Alena Vinnitskaya.
After a short break and work on television, Alena became the first soloist of the VIA Gra group. Later, the producers picked up a couple for the girl - the singer Nadezhda Granovskaya. In this composition, the duet got on the first wave of fame with the song "Attempt number five."
Three years later, Alena Vinnitskaya left the team. Later, she released a solo album "Dolls", in which she makes fun of the beautiful and brainless puppets of show business, putting herself in opposition to them. She does not like to focus her attention on the fact that she was a member of the VIA Gra group, but this project is still the most successful in creative career artistes.
Now the ex-soloist of VIA Gra has seven solo albums. She is loved in Ukraine and not forgotten in Russia. However, in general, the work of Alena Vinnitskaya is still designed for the Ukrainian audience.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Nadezhda Granovskaya
She managed to stay in the soloists of VIA Gra for the longest time: starting from the first line-up and ending with the last one. Nadezhda Granovskaya periodically left the group - either because of pregnancy, or because of complex relationships within the ensemble. Other members of the team often complained about her complex character and stubborn disposition, but this is what helps the singer still stay afloat.
Throughout her childhood, Nadezhda Granovskaya studied at a choreographic school and dreamed of conquering the stage, so immediately after graduation educational institution went from the outback to Kyiv. The girl was lucky, because during her visit to the capital of Ukraine, she accidentally met Valery Meladze, who invited her to participate in the casting.
Nadezhda Granovskaya immediately sent her photographs to Moscow and - to her joy - became the soloist of the VIA Gra group.
Later, when the duet was transformed into the Granovskaya-Sedokov-Brezhnev trio, which was called the "golden composition" of the VIA Gra group, the girls traveled all over the world, recorded the most popular compositions for the history of the ensemble, sold an incredible number of albums and even became stars in Japan. Nevertheless, after five years of resounding success, Nadezhda Granovskaya left the group, and Olga Koryagina came in her place, and then Meseda Bagaudinova.
But in January 2009, Nadezhda Granovskaya returned to VIA Gro again, and so far she is not going to leave her.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Tatyana Naynik
A professional fashion model from St. Petersburg, Tatiana Nainik, stayed in the VIA Gra group for only a few months. Having come to the place of the pregnant Nadezhda Granovskaya, this buxom beauty recorded several compositions together with Alena Vinnitskaya and Anna Sedakova. However, the talent, charisma and sex appeal of the artist was not enough to replace Granovskaya forever: as soon as Nadezhda gave birth to a baby and decided to return to the group, Tatyana Naynik was sent back to St. Petersburg.
After such a successful project as VIA Gra, it was not easy for Tatyana Naynik to continue her career in show business. The girl was helped by the fact that she worked professional model, traveled around the world and posed for magazines, but Tatyana could not forget about the unfulfilled dream of a pop star.
Now Nainik is a producer and a member herself girl group Maybe. A little-known team sometimes performs at corporate parties and even records own songs, well, Tatyana Naynik herself is content with the rare attention of the press, which is only interested in the artist as an ex-soloist of VIA Gra.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Anna Sedakova
One of the most seductive members of the VIA Gra group has always been considered the singer Anna Sedakova. Her magnificent bust on posters lured fans to concerts. Together with Vera Brezhneva and Nadezhda Granovskaya, this Kiev beauty conquered not only Russia and Ukraine, but also gained wide popularity abroad.
When in 2004 Anna Sedakova married football player Valentin Belkevich and immediately became pregnant from him, the producers were horrified. The artist left the group, and the ratings of VIA Gra immediately fell. The posters still featured photos of Anna Sedakova, despite the fact that the girl had taken her place. new member- Svetlana Loboda.
Now Sedakova has a successful solo career as a singer and TV presenter. She writes books on how to seduce men, writes new hits and starred in TV shows. She divorced her first husband, and since February 2011, businessman Maxim Shevchenko has been her husband.
In November 2010, when Anna appeared at the anniversary concert of the VIA Gra group in Kyiv, the audience greeted her with an incredible standing ovation. Journalists later wrote that all VIA Gra fans are actually fans of Anna Sedakova, who to this day remains one of the sexiest stars domestic stage.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Vera Brezhneva
Charming, sexy and talented, Vera Brezhneva has been recognized more than once as a sex symbol of the national stage. She came to the VIA Gra group in 2002 - then the producer of the group kindly invited the singer to take the place of the soloist of the first composition - Alena Vinnitskaya.
As part of VIA Gra, Vera Brezhneva gained the love of the audience, fame and, undoubtedly, vast experience in show business. In 2008, she decided to leave the team and start solo career.
Brezhneva became a TV presenter, simultaneously recorded several clips for her own songs, took part in the show " glacial period"and won the title of" Most sexy woman» Russia.
After such successes on stage and television, Vera Brezhneva was invited to star in the film "Love in big city”, where the actor Alexey Chadov became her partner.
busy life Vera Brezhneva would not have been so happy without her beloved daughters - Sonya and Sarah. The girls have different fathers - the singer had a second child quite recently, married to Ukrainian businessman Mikhail Kiperman. They say that Vera Brezhneva has a very jealous husband, nevertheless, the girl continues to be naked in front of the cameras and still leads an active social life.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Svetlana Loboda
A very brave and very enthusiastic person Svetlana Loboda in the VIA Gra group took the place of Anna Sedakova in 2004. The little-known singer immediately began to be compared with the previous participant - and this comparison was clearly not in favor of the new soloist.
Svetlana Loboda stayed in the group for only four months, but during this time she traveled all over Asia with VIA Groy, recorded new videos and established friendly relations with Valery Meladze. So, a month after her departure from the group, the first solo song of the artist appeared on the radio. In 2009, she represented Ukraine at Eurovision, and now she has taken up the creation of her own clothing brand.
In addition to the creative achievements of Svetlana Loboda, fans of the VIA Gra group love to discuss her appearance. They say once a girl made an incredible amount plastic surgery to change her appearance and hide from the producers of a certain Cappuccino group, with whom she had a two-year contract. The consequences of these "adventures" are clearly visible on Svetlana's face: enlarged lips, rhinoplasty - braces in this early age turned her into a victim of plastic surgery.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Albina Dzhanabaeva
Soloist next composition the group is known not only for its creative achievements as part of an ensemble, as much as a connection with the singer and producer Valery Meladze. They are united by a common son Kostya and romantic relationship, which in the past became a "pass ticket" to the group.
Albina for a long time worked on backing vocals with Valery Meladze, after which she was invited to the VIA Gra group to replace Svetlana Loboda. Dzhanabaeva's debut in the group was the video for the song "The World I Didn't Know Before You".
Albina Dzhanabaeva is still the soloist of the "hottest" band in the country. In 2009, the girl decided to study as a psychologist, so apart from concerts, tours and star parties, the artist attends lectures at the institute. And in 2010, Albina Dzhanabaeva also became interested in the fashion business, becoming the face of one of the clothing brands.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Christina Kots-Gotlib
The winner of numerous beauty contests, the owner of the title "Miss Ukraine-2009" and a professional fashion model Christina Kots-Gotlieb in the group "VIA Gra" was only three months old. The girl justified the record-breaking short period of stay in the ensemble with a too “complex character”, which did not allow her to bend to the requirements of the producers.
Christina is very bright appearance and beautiful long hair. But the girl never did vocals and could not bring anything to VIA Gro except a beautiful face. Christina Kots-Gotlieb appeared in the video “Deceive, but stay”, took part in several photo shoots as part of a group, and then disappeared from show business without a trace.
Make a career in modeling business Christina Kots-Gotlieb succeeded much easier than conquering the fans of the VIA Gra group.
Soloist of "VIA Gra" Olga Koryagina
Ukrainian pop trio "VIA Gra" - the brightest musical project 2000s, the success of which could not be surpassed by any female group that subsequently appeared in the domestic show business.History of creation
The idea of creating a group belongs to the Ukrainian businessman, owner of the music channel "Biz-TV" Dmitry Kostyuk. Inspired by success spice girls, he suggested to the composer Konstantin Meladze, well known for creative union with brother Valery, to launch their own women's project.The first participant was Alena Vinnitskaya, who then worked as a host on Biz-TV. Two more girls were picked up for her and a trial clip was shot. But the result did not impress the producers, and they continued to search for new participants.
During a tour in Zhytomyr, Valery Meladze met Nadezhda Granovskaya and recommended that his brother pay attention to her. The girl was approved immediately after the first viewing, and the work began to boil. Initially, the group was supposed to be called "Silver", but, looking at the sexy Nadia, the producers decided to call the team "VIA Gra".
Another version says that the name of the group is composed of the names of the first composition. "VI" is the first letters of the surname "Vinnitskaya", "A" - from "Alena", "Gra" - Granovskaya. Also "Gra" can mean "Voice, Joy, Artistry".
The main stages of creativity
In the summer of 2000, a video was shot for the song "Attempt No. 5", which made an incredible sensation. After recording six more songs and shooting a video for the song "Hug Me", the producers and the group began touring.VIA Gra - Attempt No. 5
On December 20, 2000, the first concert of the newly-minted 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 Nadia starred in New Year's musical for the Inter channel with the participation of the leading stars of show business, which further added to their popularity.
At the peak of success, Nadezhda suddenly found out that she was pregnant and decided to leave the group. This event has become complete surprise for Kostyuk and Meladze. They urgently began to look for a similar participant, and soon St. Petersburg model Tatyana Naynik took the place of Granovskaya. She lacked neither Nadia's charisma nor her vocal abilities, so it was decided to strengthen the line-up with the young charming Anya Sedokova, who had a beautiful voice and a luxurious figure. The audience favorably accepted the video for the song “Stop. Stop. Stop ”with new soloists, and the group continued to exist safely.
However, six months later, Granovskaya, barely recovering from childbirth, came to Meladze and tearfully asked to take her back. For a while they performed as a foursome, but later Nainik took up a solo career.
VIA Gra - Stop! Stop! Stop!
Soon it was the turn of Alena Vinnitskaya to leave the group. The girl was much older than the rest of the participants and felt uncomfortable. And the singer's husband, musician Sergei Bolshoi, was not happy with her participation in Viagra.
Alena quickly picked up a replacement in the face of a resident of Dneprodzerzhinsk Vera Galushko, who was ready for anything to break out of poverty. In record time, the girl turned from a simple provincial girl into a luxurious, sexy beauty that can turn any man's head. Vera came up with the sonorous pseudonym Brezhnev and shot with her participation a video for the song "Don't Leave Me, Darling", which became an absolute hit in 2003.
In the same year, the second album of the group “Stop! Shot”, in support of which a grandiose tour was organized. The success of the album exceeded all expectations of the producers, and it was decided to go global. With the release of the English version of 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 "Nude Maidens" in translation) in order to avoid lawsuits from the manufacturer of the drug "Viagra".
Satisfied producers were already making plans to conquer Europe and America, when in April 2004 Sedokova unexpectedly announced her pregnancy and left the group a month later. Her departure cost the producers several tens of millions of dollars. The casting was urgently announced, and Ani's place was soon taken by the wayward Svetlana Loboda, who never managed to find mutual language neither with the participants, nor with the producers. 
Four months later, the girl left the group, and Valery Meladze's protege Albina Dzhanabaeva came in her place (as it turned out later, his mother illegitimate son Bones). The girl was much inferior to the rest of the participants in appearance and the notorious sex appeal, but, having enlisted the support of Valery, she began to restore her own order in the group.
VIA Gra - Biology
In 2005, the team began serious problems. His popularity with the departure of Sedakova sharply declined, and soon Vera and Nadia asked for "freedom". Konstantin Meladze did not interfere with them, and he himself was already thinking of closing the project.
Kostyuk still managed to persuade his colleague to continue working, and soon a real leapfrog of the participants began. Over the next seven years, six soloists changed: first, Christina Kots-Gotlieb, then Olga Koryagina, and, finally, Meseda Bagaudinova came to Granovskaya's place. 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, the 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 her desire to leave the group, was replaced by Santa Dimopoulos.
After a year in the team, Santa got married. "VIA Gra" again turned into a duet. At the end of 2012, the producer of the group 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 broken up with Kostyuk, decided to score completely new composition. To do this, he organized the television show "I want to Meladze", whose mentors and jury members were former participants.
Winners of the show "I want to VIA Gro"
Three girls reached the final - Misha Romanova, Erika Herceg and Nastya Kozhevnikova, who became the new VIA Groy. At first, the girls loudly declared themselves with the songs “Truce” and “I have another”, but over time, interest in them faded. They never managed to repeat the phenomenal success of the “golden” composition 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 have another one” - VIA Gra ft. Vakhtang
- "Oxygen" - VIA Gra ft. Mot
VIA Gra and Mot - Oxygen
Scandals
After Meladze's decision to reform the group and recruit new members in the TV show, a black cat ran between the producers of the group. They could not agree on the rights to the brand. Dmitry Kostyuk decided to open his own project with the same name, since in Russia the rights to the name belonged to him, and in Ukraine the VIA Gra brand was registered on Meladze. As a result, Kostyuk recruited a new line-up, which included Dasha Medovaya, Dasha Rostova and Aina Vilber. In 2015, the group ceased to exist, as Rospatent stopped the protection of Kostyuk's trademark ahead of schedule.Discography
- Attempt #5 (2001)
- Stop! Taken! (2003)
- Stop! Stop! Stop! (2003)
- Biology (2003)
- L.M.L. (2007)
Group "VIA Gra" now
Staff turnover did not bypass the updated version of VIA Gra. On March 24, 2018, the group performed with an updated line-up: the place of Misha Romanova was taken by an unknown singer from St. Petersburg Olga Meganskaya. The replacement became known 2 days before the concert. The previous soloist left the band for personal reasons. 
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 solo project. A graduate took her place. new factory stars "Ulyana Sinetskaya. The group in the new composition continues to tour and break the audience applause.
No one imagined what the new composition of VIAgra would be like when Konstantin Meladze's show began on the selection of new participants in the team. There were many worthy contestants, the Russian land is rich in beautiful and talented girls. And yet, three of them turned out to be the strongest - the amazing beauty of the voice, femininity and magnetic charm did their job. Recently, the new composition of VIAGRA was introduced to the people. It included three lovely girls— Anastasia Kozhevnikova, Misha Romanova and Erika Herceg.
"VIA Gra": was, is and will be
The famous producer and composer Konstantin Meladze has been the mentor of the VIA Gra group throughout the entire period of its existence, more than 13 years. During this time, the team changed several times. The changes that took place in the group concerned not only the fate of its members, but also reflected the technological, stylistic and sociological trends in show business. After all, "VIA Gra" has always been on the stage women's group No. 1. And it has become a "school of life" for many popular stars of our time. The graduates of this school are Vera Brezhneva, Svetlana Loboda, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Nadezhda Meikher-Granovskaya, Anna Sedokova and others famous singers, TV presenters and actresses.
The history of the show "I want to "VIA Gru""
This time, producer Konstantin Meladze instructed the people to choose a new composition of VIAGRA. Millions of viewers decided the fate of the group, created its history.
Fifteen thousand participants from four CIS countries (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine) fought for the right to become one of the soloists of the popular band for several months. Two contrasting trios were selected for the final. The charming favorite of one of the jury members Igor Vernik - Maria Goncharuk, red-haired Julia Lauta and burning brunette Diana Ivanitskaya competed with amazing and extremely talented girls from Ukraine - Anastasia Kozhevnikova, Misha Romanova and Erica Herceg. two completely different teams There was only one step left to take. But there was something that united them - this is the irrepressible energy of the participants, the undoubted talent of each of the girls, their amazing sexuality and femininity.
The winners have been determined!
Viewers through SMS voting decided the fate of the participants. It was hard to imagine who they would prefer. Upon completion of the voting and counting of votes, Igor Vernik opened the envelope with the names of the winners of the show. They were beautiful Ukrainians - Anastasia Kozhevnikova, Misha Romanova and Erika Herceg. According to the producer of the group Konstantin Meladze, the girls are very promising, creative, diversified, so they will surely be able to absorb the best traditions of VIA Gra and increase the success of the team with a thirteen-year history of existence. He also noted that the updated VIAgra group will not be exactly the same as the audience is used to. The new composition will bring its own bright colors. In addition, it was decided to somewhat change the image of the team, taking into account the characteristics of its new members.
Life before and after
The composition of the new VIAGRA group has been determined, and now the fans of the legendary musical group more and more interested in the biographies of its new members. Let's find out what the life of the girls was like before they came to the Konstantin Meladze show.
Brief biography of Kozhevnikova Anastasia
Nastya was born in the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk in Ukraine. Already at the age of six, she took up vocals and began to sing in the children's choir "Kapelki". At the age of eight, Nastya went to a music school to learn how to play the piano. In parallel with studies in secondary and music schools the girl managed to do choreography and study acting skills in the pop song theater called "Galatea".
A childhood dream of becoming an artist on a big stage led Nastya through life. She did not miss a single opportunity and her talent. The girl took part in various music competitions, including "The First Swallows", "Running on the Waves", "Young Galicia" and others. But she did not achieve much success at that time. The only thing the jury paid attention to was the irrepressible energy of the young girl.
When Anastasia turned sixteen, she took part in her first casting on the Superstar show. But, unfortunately, the girl was again deprived of attention. Nastya did not give up and went to the casting of the X-factor show, where she also did not go beyond the first round. Desperate and leaving your dream of big stage, Anastasia became a student of Kyiv national university technology and design. When she found out about the start of the casting of the show “I Want to VIA Gru”, she decided to try her luck at last time. And this time, luck smiled at her - she joined the new VIAGRA! The photos that you see in the article demonstrate the genuine joy of the girl! By the age of twenty, she managed to carry out her first big dream and this is a real win!
Brief biography of Erica Herceg
Erika was born in a village called Malaya Dobran, which is located near the border of Ukraine with Hungary, near Uzhgorod.
Mixed blood flows in the girl: her father is a Hungarian, her mother is the daughter of a Ukrainian and a Hungarian. Erica's parents got married when they were very young - dad was 22, mom - 18. When the girl was five years old, the family decided to have a second child. The birth was very difficult, which adversely affected the health of Erica's mother. Concerns about the well-being of the family and the upbringing of young children completely fell on the shoulders of Nikolai, the father of the family. Erica went to a Hungarian school, where she studied for only two hours a week. Ukrainian language. Every day, for this, she went 12 kilometers from home and crossed the border. When the rules for crossing the borders of countries became tougher, the girl had to change schools.
In high school, Erica studied at the Lyceum at the local church, sang in the church choir.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, the girl went to the city of Beregovo in order to become a student at the Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute named after Ferenc Rakozzi II. During her studies, Erica worked as a waitress at a local cafe.
2008 was a year of change for the girl. She lost as much as 30 kilograms in order to try her hand at modeling. She starred in commercials jewelry and underwear.
Work in modeling agency in 2011 she brought a girl to Kyiv. There, in 2012, she received her first major contract with a French lingerie company. In the same year, she was invited to appear in one of the autumn issues of Playboy magazine. And in 2013, she already gets into the new composition of VIAgra. At 25, Erica achieves real success.
Short biography of Misha Romanova
The third soloist of the renewed group was born in the Ukrainian city of Kherson. At birth, the parents gave their daughter the name Natalia. Her own real name- Graveyard. Misha Romanova is a stage name that the girl came up with in memory of the two men she once loved. The girl studied at general education school and often suffered from peer bullying. It's hard to imagine, but as a child she stuttered badly. This began after Misha became an unwitting witness to a quarrel between her parents when she was five years old. The girl recalls how hard it was for her, because she could not even buy chewing gum for herself in the store, as the sellers did not understand her.
On the advice of doctors, the parents gave the girl to vocal lessons. Misha's surprise and delight knew no bounds when she realized that she did not stutter when she sang. Since then, even in the classroom, when she was called to answer, she did not tell the learned material, but “sang”.
In 2001, the girl became a member vocal studio DK "Neftyanik", soon took the place of a soloist, and later an assistant to the head of the studio.
The dream of becoming an artist gave her the strength to take part in all possible music competitions. She won prizes in "Little Stars", "Carousel of Melodies", "World of Talents". Misha Romanova was educated at the Kiev Variety and Circus School, where she entered in 2007. At 23, her dream came true - she became a real artist, soloist legendary band"Viagra".
New line-up - new song - new concert!
The group has already managed to record several new songs, shoot a video, and worked on tour. The first joint work of the girls is the composition “Truce”, for which a video work has already been filmed by a talented director. And on November 4, 2013, the updated VIAGRA gave its first concert at the State Theater in Moscow. The new line-up - Erika, Nastya and Misha - captivated the audience, the girls gained thousands of fans, showing their selfless work on stage. And it was only their first concert!
High hopes
Listeners are waiting for many more amazing works of the VIAGRA group. The new composition of the team, which was formed by the people themselves, will surely be able to justify even the wildest expectations!
In 2018, the composition of the legendary group " VIA Gra' has been updated again. Konstantin Meladze invited Olga Meganskaya replace Misha Romanova, and soon, instead of Anastasia Kozhevnika, she began to sing in the group Ulyana Sinetskaya.
Generally for 18 years of existence 18 different soloists were involved in the group. Someone's stay was limited to months, and someone spent in a group long years. "VIA Gra" has undergone a lot and in 2012 even closed for a short time, but by some miracle the project is still alive.
Our editors invite you to remember the soloists who made history one of the most successful women's groups in the post-Soviet space.
Alena Vinnitskaya
One of the first soloists, who stood at the origins of the creation of the group, stayed in the team for three years. Before her career as a singer, Alena worked on television, and after leaving VIA Gra, she began her solo career. Vinnitskaya was replaced by Brezhnev, but fans claim that without Alena, the group has lost its charm.
Nadezhda Granovskaya
At first, the producer of the group abandoned the idea of a trio and limited himself to a duet. Paired with Vinnitsa in " VIA Gre” sang the charming Nadezhda Granovskaya. In 2006, after the departure of Granovskaya, the group almost closed.
Tatiana Nainik
Tatyana sang in VIA Gre, starting in 2002, replacing Nadezhda Granovskaya, who went on maternity leave. She counted on a long-term collaboration, but two brunettes in one group did not fit in the head of the producer. Now Nainik is married and has a daughter.
Anna Sedokova
Many remember the group exclusively by Sedokova. She was part of the golden trio, which also included Brezhnev and Granovskaya. Rumor has it that Anna did no less for the group than Konstantin Meladze. She left the team in 2004 due to pregnancy.
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