15 years ago, the first "Star Factory" broke into the air, which was a resounding success. The project participants received a lucky ticket to the top of show business. True, not all "manufacturers" were able to gain a foothold on the big stage for a long time. Someone became a famous artist, and someone disappeared from sight forever. The editors of Woman's Day learned the fate of the finalists of all seasons of the reality show.
Very soon the legendary competition will appear on the screens again. The MUZ-TV channel has already announced a casting for a TV program with a slightly changed name - "New Star Factory"!
Absolutely anyone from 15 to 29 years old gets a chance to become famous like Polina Gagarina, Elena Temnikova or Natalia Podolskaya. The list of finalists of the "Factory" of past 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 compete for a place in the sun. In the meantime, the editors of Woman's Day remembered the fate of the finalists of all past seasons of the reality show.
"Star Factory" by Igor Matvienko
First place - the group "Roots"
The guys from the Roots group, who won first place, were predicted a bright future. At first, they really kept the bar and were in great demand: they toured Russia, recorded soundtracks for films and TV shows. But by 2010, the popularity began to decline and the group broke up, and popular hits are heard only at school discos.
Today Lesha Kabanov and Sasha Berdnikov are exemplary family men, Pasha Artemiev continues to make music and even created his own indie group ARTEMIEV, and Sasha Astashenok managed to appear in the cinema, however, he did not have any particularly significant roles.
Second place - group "Factory"
But the girl band "Factory", which took second place, managed to break through to glory. 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 “I'm Not Guilty” and “He” were released. The compositions instantly became real hits. Even producer Igor Matvienko did not expect such success. During their career, the "manufacturers" released 3 studio albums, 22 singles and 16 clips. They gave hundreds of concerts in major cities of Russia and CIS countries. They have six Golden Gramophone awards in their piggy bank.
Until now, “factory girls” delight fans with regular performances, however, only Alexandra Savelyeva and Irina Toneva remained from the old line-up. Sati Casanova left the group in 2010, and former Hi-Fi member Katya Li took her place.
As for the personal life of girls, then everything is in perfect order. Irina Toneva married 27-year-old dancer from Ukraine Alexei Brizh, and Alexandra Savelyeva is very happily married to actor Kirill Safonov, only Sati Kazanova has not yet arranged her personal life.
Third place - Mikhail Grebenshchikov
The third place on the project was taken by Mikhail Grebenshchikov, about whom nothing has been heard for a very long time. After the "Star Factory", the singer released only a couple of songs that were successful, but despite this, things did not go further.
Misha has matured and no longer sings about "loaves, they are 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 won 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 "Voice" on Channel One and, finally, became a happy wife and mother of two children .
In addition to all of the above, Polina also radically changed in appearance and became just a beauty. 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 show "Factory", Elena Terleeva went headlong into her studies: she was intensively engaged in 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”, “Drop”.
The work of the beginning star was even appreciated by the Moscow government and awarded the title "Golden Voice of Russia". In 2005, Terleeva managed to become one of the contenders for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. And two years later, she delighted fans with new hits: "The 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 cooperation was no longer so successful. Elena released a few more songs, but her performances no longer caused a furore.
Photo: Chesnokova Ekaterina / PhotoXPress.ru
Third place - Elena Temnikova
The creative fate 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 first single of the girl group, Song # 1, was released on the Monolith Records label. It was with this composition that the trio Serebro went to Eurovision. As a result, at the competition in Helsinki, the group representing Russia took 3rd place. In April 2009, Serebro's debut album, Opium Roz, went on sale.
Both the release and the tour that followed in support of it were successful, but already in December it was reported 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 of Lena and his younger brother Artem. However, then the artist still remained in the group. As part of Serebro, she released the album "Mama Lover" in 2011. The most famous songs from it were "Mama Lyuba" and "Mi Mi Mi". In early 2014, Elena Temnikova, amid health problems that arose, terminated the contract with Fadeev ahead of schedule, paying a large penalty.
After leaving Serebro, the singer took up a solo career. In November 2014, she recorded the song "Dependency", in 2015 - the singles "Towards" and "Fly Away". The last song - "Jealousy" - appeared in February 2016. In parallel with her musical creativity, Lena tries her hand at television, creates designer jewelry for the Marmalato chain of stores.
"Star Factory" Alexander Shulgin
First place - Nikita Malinin
Many participants of the "Star Factory - 3" did not like Nikita Malinin. They were sure that the guy got on the project thanks to the famous father. From issue to issue, he never ceased to prove his singing talent. As a result, Nikita not only reached the final, but also took first place. And several of his songs: "Kitten", "Flash in the Night", "Spring" became real hits. But Malinin's popularity ended with the project.
Rumor has it that the whole thing is in the producer of the "Factory", who immediately after the end of the broadcast ceased to be interested in his wards. Although, judging by Instagram, Nikita still sings, performs, gives concerts and records new tracks, but apparently it’s impossible to break into the big stage.
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 "Stop 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 Karusel channel. And he is also a member of the Russian Authors' Society, engaged in production activities.
Third place - Yulia Mikhalchik
For the sake of participating in Star Factory - 3, Yulia quit her studies at the university, but the game was worth the candle, because she managed to take third place on the project, thereby earning three clips, one album and her husband in the form of show producer Alexander Shulgin from the judges! With which, by the way, nothing happened to her.
Thus, the singer Yulia Mikhalchik ascended the Olympus of modern show business, but she 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 a popular singer and songwriter. In 2004, she first appeared on the air of 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 viewers. Her talent was also noted by the judges.
A few weeks later, Ira won the project, receiving a convertible as a gift and recording a solo album. The further history of Dubtsova is known: a wedding with the lead singer of the Plazma group Roman Chernitsyn, the birth of a son Artem, divorce and growing popularity.
Second place - Anton Zatsepin
The silver finalist of the fourth "Star Factory" after the release recorded several successful singles: "Fly away", "Books of Love", "Broad River" in a duet with Nadezhda Kadysheva and even became a father. True, after the artist divorced his daughter's mother, and he also gave up concert activity.
Anton justifies his disappearance from the radar of show business 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 the "Star Factory - 4" and after the project managed to firmly gain a foothold on the stage. Now he has three studio albums, 16 clips, two collections of poems and participation in many television shows.
Recently, the singer admitted that he no longer wants to sing on the stage and is preparing to radically change the musical direction. According to the musician, the performance of this genre does not give him pleasure. So far, 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 the St. Petersburg model and DJ Natalia Gorchakova, which took place in 2013, and the birth of his son Peter. Recently, the couple broke up, 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 to actively cooperate with producer Igor Matvienko, under whose auspices the singles "I'll just leave you right away", "The film is not about love", "Needle" were recorded.
In 2011, Vika took part in the Star Factory. Return ”, where she competed with project graduates from different years. Victoria won this competition as well.
The situation of the artist is sad only on the personal front. Novels with singers Pasha Artemiev, Dmitry Pakulichev and Alexei Vorobyov ended a few months later, leaving the girl with nothing. But in this area, Daineko managed to prevail.
In April last year, 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, who was nicknamed the Russian Enrique Iglesias, took second place. Alla Pugacheva was sure 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 sight. Later it turned out that he threw all his strength 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 - Natalia Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov
The third place was shared by Natalia Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov. After the Star Factory, Natalya signed a contract with Viktor Drobysh and soon released her debut album. This was followed by a failure at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where the singer represented Russia. Despite careful preparation, the song performed by Natalia 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 the video and went on tour around the country.
The girl also participated in many TV shows, on one of which she met her future husband, singer Vladimir Presnyakov, Jr., with whom she continued her creative career after the contract with Drobysh expired.
Today Natasha is a happy wife and mother of her little son Artemy. Her popularity is only growing every year, she constantly has new hits, and the interest of the public is also fueled by the participation of the artist in popular TV shows - “Ice and Fire”, “Just Like It” and others.
"Star Factory" by Viktor Drobysh
First place - Dmitry Koldun
After the Factory, Dmitry Koldun became a vocalist in the KGB group, produced by composer Viktor Drobysh. The band's performances were part of the tour of the finalists of the project, after which the group broke up.
Graduates of the "Star Factory" make up the lion's share of the current domestic stage. But most of the talented guys, in the opinion of Know All.rf, were created by the second "Factory". This musical reality was released on Channel One in 2003, and the show was produced by Maxim Fadeev. We decided to find out what happened to the participants of FZ-2 over the years.
Dmitry Astashenok became the first participant of the second "Factory" to drop out - viewers did not appreciate the song "Wanderer", with which he performed at the second reporting concert. He turned out to be more unfortunate than his older brother Alexander, who participated in the first "Factory" and, following its results, became the lead singer of the "Roots" group. But the failure did not make the guy change his field of activity; he founded the band PlomBear, and in 2014 he moved to the United States, where he began performing under the pseudonym DMITRY.
Julia Volkova
Do not confuse this Julia with her namesake from the Tatu group. This singer was remembered by the audience of the "Factory" for an incendiary duet with Vladimir Kuzmin. After leaving the project in the second vote, she realized that she wanted to be an actress more. She appeared in episodes of the series "Adjutants of Love", "School", "A Short Course in a Happy Life". In 2018, she played Milena's mother in Ordinary Woman.
Elena Temnikova
Perhaps the most successful graduate of FZ-2, Elena Temnikova became the leader of Max Fadeev's Silver project and, together with her group colleagues, won third place at Eurovision. Now it is the most successful female group in Russia. True, back in 2014, Temnikova left the group to start a solo career.
Mikhail Reshetnikov
23-year-old GITIS graduate Mikhail Reshetnikov left the project third. After that, he and his brother founded a record label, and soon joined the Cheerful Guys team led by Pavel Slobodkin.
Irakli Pirtskhalava
In 2004, "London - Paris", the second hit of Irakli Pirtskhalava (the first was "Vova the Plague"), played from every iron. The singer was awarded the "Golden Gramophone", then released another absolute hit - "Absinthe Drops", which brought him another "gramophone". The employee was only in 2012 - for a duet with Dasha Suvorova. The singer's last album, "Angels and Demons", was released in 2016.
Dmitry Praskovin
Dmitry Praskovyin, who was remembered by the audience of the “Factory” with the tender song “Tai in My Hands”, is now organizing events and, judging by his instagram, is still nostalgic for participating in the project.
Yulia Savicheva
At the "Factory" were born the main hits of Yulia Savicheva - "Ships" and "Vysoko". With the latter, the girl went to the finals of Song of the Year and won the Golden Gramophone, and in 2004 she took 11th place at Eurovision with the song Believe me. After that, every 3-4 years, Yulia delighted listeners with new albums, but they did not win such success as her debut "Vysoko". Now the singer is married to composer Andrei Arshinov and has a daughter, Alla.
Evgenia Rasskazova
Zhenya Rasskazova left the project in the forefront, but later toured the country along with other manufacturers. During the tour, she came up with the idea of writing down travel notes in a diary. This pushed Evgenia to write; at first there were short stories, then - full-fledged novels: "Slimming, or contrary to desires", "Geometry of the Cell". In addition to literary activities, now Evgenia Rasskazova is leading events.
Gennady Lagutin
Gennady Lagutin has always been more attracted to the creation than the performance of music. So after leaving the "Star Factory", from which even a soulful duet with Sergey Mazaev did not save him, he decided to develop as an arranger. He is now a sound producer for the Guru Groove Foundation.
Marianna Beletskaya
The most unexpected fate, in the opinion of the editors of uznayvse.ru, turned out to be Marianna Beletskaya, the author of the song "Such as Putin." After the "Star Factory", the girl continued to participate in various musical auditions, took part in the musical "We will rock you".
But at 29, she suddenly realized that she was going the wrong way - she had neither a family nor professional stability. In the end, the girl decided to donate her vocal talent to the Lord. After studying at the singing courses in the temple of Dmitry Smirnov, she became a regent in the church choir. Now Marianna is married to an American, has a double surname - Beletskaya-Jones and sings in English in the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine of the American Compound.
Alexey Semenov
On the project, Alexey Semenov stood out in that he was noticeably older than the rest of the participants. Behind him was an impressive experience in radio. A career on stage did not work out, but the "Factory" brought him together with his first wife, Elena Temnikova, the marriage lasted 6 years. In 2006, he began to collaborate with Ukrainian television, where, under his leadership, the shows "Pretty Women", "Daddies", "Chef of the Country" were released, and he was also the editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian version of "Star Factory". Now he is the chief producer of the Ukrainian channel NewsOne.
Polina Gagarina
After the "Star Factory" Polina Gagarina was among the favorites of Max Fadeev, but the girl refused to cooperate with a prominent producer and disappeared from the radar for a year. In 2003, she again declared herself at the New Wave contest, taking third place. Her debut album Ask the Clouds, recorded under the direction of Konstantin Meladze, made a splash on the Russian music market. In 2015, the singer took second place at Eurovision with the song "A Million Voices". Polina is also a permanent mentor in The Voice.
Pierre Narcisse
Cameroonian Mudio Mukutu Pierre Narcis became famous thanks to the song "Chocolate Bunny", which was recorded on the project. That was the title of his debut album, released in 2004. He also became the last. Thanks to his characteristic appearance, Pierre played episodic roles in a number of comedies and musicals (“Goldfish”, “Love is not show business”, “Loser”). In recent years, he did not have much creative success, but in 2017 his name appeared in the press in connection with the scandal. His wife Valeria Kalacheva filed for divorce - Pierre cheated on her and beat her.
Maria Rzhevskaya
Among other manufacturers, Maria Rzhevskaya stood out not for her vocal abilities, but for her explosive character and extended fangs. Nevertheless, she fell into Fadeev's favorites and was sure that a place in the final awaited her. But she didn’t get into the top 3, and the producer set a strict condition - she could work under the banner of his label if she broke up with her boyfriend. Maria couldn't do that. Perhaps for the better. She married producer Vyacheslav Kormiltsev, moved to London, gave birth to a daughter. Now she performs in English clubs under the pseudonym Masha Kaya. In 2014, she starred in the film Let the Die Be Cast: Initium.
Elena Terleeva
It was Elena Terleeva, according to Max Fadeev, who was supposed to become the winner of the second season of the Star Factory. But the audience fell more in love with the lively Polina Gagarina, who had another bonus - a good knowledge of English. As a result, Lena was content with second place.
Shortly after the "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Sun", the RMA-2007 awards, the finale of the "Song of the Year" Terleeva decided that she wanted to quit show business. She changed direction from pop music to jazz and began performing with the Agafonnikov Band. In 2013, she pleased her fans with two albums at once: Prehistory and The Sun. In 2016, Elena received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Moscow State University.
Christian Leinich
This is Christian Leinich, a musical prodigy who, from the age of 9, performed in Andrei Derzhavin's group Stalker, came up with the song "Light the Sun". He did not reach the final, after the project he released only one album. In 2008, he began to write songs for the studio "Tender May", recorded the composition "For you" in a duet with Andrei Razin. Now he sometimes tours Russia and appears on TV as musical experts (for example, in the "Battle of Talents" on Muz-TV).
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Graduates of the "Star Factory" make up the lion's share of the current domestic stage. But most of the talented guys, in the opinion of Know All.rf, were created by the second "Factory". This musical reality was released on Channel One in 2003, and the show was produced by Maxim Fadeev. We decided to find out what happened to the participants of FZ-2 over the years.
Dmitry Astashenok
Dmitry Astashenok became the first participant of the second "Factory" to drop out - viewers did not appreciate the song "Wanderer", with which he performed at the second reporting concert. He turned out to be more unfortunate than his older brother Alexander, who participated in the first "Factory" and, following its results, became the lead singer of the "Roots" group. But the failure did not make the guy change his field of activity; he founded the band PlomBear, and in 2014 he moved to the United States, where he began performing under the pseudonym DMITRY.Julia Volkova
Do not confuse this Julia with her namesake from the Tatu group. This singer was remembered by the audience of the "Factory" for an incendiary duet with Vladimir Kuzmin. After leaving the project in the second vote, she realized that she wanted to be an actress more. She appeared in episodes of the series "Adjutants of Love", "School", "A Short Course in a Happy Life". In 2018, she played Milena's mother in The Ordinary Woman. 
Elena Temnikova
Perhaps the most successful graduate of FZ-2, Elena Temnikova became the leader of Max Fadeev's Silver project and, together with her group colleagues, won third place at Eurovision. Now it is the most successful female group in Russia. True, back in 2014, Temnikova left the group to start a solo career. 
Mikhail Reshetnikov
23-year-old GITIS graduate Mikhail Reshetnikov left the project third. After that, he and his brother founded a record label, and soon joined the Cheerful Guys team led by Pavel Slobodkin. 
Irakli Pirtskhalava
In 2004, "London - Paris", the second hit of Irakli Pirtskhalava (the first was "Vova the Plague"), played from every iron. The singer was awarded the "Golden Gramophone", then released another absolute hit - "Absinthe Drops", which brought him another "gramophone". The next one was only in 2012 - for a duet with Dasha Suvorova. The singer's last album, "Angels and Demons", was released in 2016. 
Dmitry Praskovin
Dmitry Praskovyin, who was remembered by the audience of the “Factory” with the tender song “Tai in My Hands”, is now organizing events and, judging by his instagram, is still nostalgic for participating in the project. 
Yulia Savicheva
At the "Factory" were born the main hits of Yulia Savicheva - "Ships" and "Vysoko". With the latter, the girl went to the finals of Song of the Year and won the Golden Gramophone, and in 2004 she took 11th place at Eurovision with the song Believe me. After that, every 3-4 years, Yulia delighted listeners with new albums, but they did not win such success as her debut "Vysoko". Now the singer is married to composer Andrei Arshinov and has a daughter, Alla. 
Evgenia Rasskazova
Zhenya Rasskazova left the project in the forefront, but later toured the country along with other manufacturers. During the tour, she came up with the idea of writing down travel notes in a diary. This pushed Evgenia to write; at first there were short stories, then - full-fledged novels: "Slimming, or contrary to desires", "Geometry of the Cell". In addition to literary activities, now Evgenia Rasskazova is leading events. 
Gennady Lagutin
Gennady Lagutin has always been more attracted to the creation than the performance of music. So after leaving the "Star Factory", from which even a soulful duet with Sergey Mazaev did not save him, he decided to develop as an arranger. He is now a sound producer for the Guru Groove Foundation. 
Marianna Beletskaya
The most unexpected fate, in the opinion of the editors of the site, turned out to be Marianna Beletskaya, the author of the song "Such as Putin." After the "Star Factory", the girl continued to participate in various musical auditions, took part in the musical "We will rock you".But at 29, she suddenly realized that she was going the wrong way - she had neither a family nor professional stability. In the end, the girl decided to donate her vocal talent to the Lord. After studying at the singing courses in the temple of Dmitry Smirnov, she became a regent in the church choir. Now Marianna is married to an American, has a double surname - Beletskaya-Jones and sings in English in the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine of the American Compound.
Alexey Semenov
On the project, Alexey Semenov stood out in that he was noticeably older than the rest of the participants. Behind him was an impressive experience in radio. A career on stage did not work out, but the "Factory" brought him together with his first wife, Elena Temnikova, the marriage lasted 6 years. In 2006, he began to collaborate with Ukrainian television, where, under his leadership, the shows "Pretty Women", "Daddies", "Chef of the Country" were released, and he was also the editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian version of "Star Factory". Now he is the chief producer of the Ukrainian channel NewsOne. 
Polina Gagarina
After the "Star Factory" Polina Gagarina was among the favorites of Max Fadeev, but the girl refused to cooperate with a prominent producer and disappeared from the radar for a year. In 2003, she again declared herself at the New Wave contest, taking third place. Her debut album Ask the Clouds, recorded under the direction of Konstantin Meladze, made a splash in the Russian music market. In 2015, the singer took second place at Eurovision with the song "A Million Voices". Polina is also a permanent mentor in The Voice. 
Pierre Narcisse
Cameroonian Mudio Mukutu Pierre Narcis became famous thanks to the song "Chocolate Bunny", which was recorded on the project. That was the title of his debut album, released in 2004. He also became the last. Thanks to his characteristic appearance, Pierre played episodic roles in a number of comedies and musicals (“Goldfish”, “Love is not show business”, “Loser”). In recent years, he did not have much creative success, but in 2017 his name appeared in the press in connection with the scandal. His wife Valeria Kalacheva filed for divorce - Pierre cheated on her and beat her. 
Maria Rzhevskaya
Among other manufacturers, Maria Rzhevskaya stood out not for her vocal abilities, but for her explosive character and extended fangs. Nevertheless, she fell into Fadeev's favorites and was sure that a place in the final awaited her. But she didn’t get into the top 3, and the producer set a strict condition - she could work under the banner of his label if she broke up with her boyfriend. Maria couldn't do that. Perhaps for the better. She married producer Vyacheslav Kormiltsev, moved to London, gave birth to a daughter. Now she performs in English clubs under the pseudonym Masha Kaya. In 2014, she starred in the film Let the Die Be Cast: Initium. Elena Terleeva - continues to performShortly after the "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Sun", the RMA-2007 awards, the finale of the "Song of the Year" Terleeva decided that she wanted to quit show business. She changed direction from pop music to jazz and began performing with the Agafonnikov Band. In 2013, she pleased her fans with two albums at once: Prehistory and The Sun. In 2016, Elena received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Moscow State University.
Christian Leinich
This is Christian Leinich, a musical prodigy who, from the age of 9, performed in Andrei Derzhavin's group Stalker, came up with the song "Light the Sun". He did not reach the final, after the project he released only one album. In 2008, he began to write songs for the studio "Tender May", recorded the composition "For you" in a duet with Andrei Razin. Now he sometimes tours Russia and appears on TV as musical experts (for example, in the "Battle of Talents" on Muz-TV). 
If you loved watching TV in the 2000s, then you probably remember "Daddy's Daughters" - one of the few Russian TV series with an original plot, and not adapted from a Western source. We invite you to see how the actresses of "Daddy's Daughters" have changed over the years.
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"Star Factory" presented the Russian stage with talented artists, making many real stars and favorites of the country. Each issue gathered at the TV screens an audience of different ages, from young to old. Everyone had their favorites and those they liked the least. We watched their lives, rejoiced in their achievements and experienced failures with them. This project played an important role in the life of each contestant, becoming a lucky ticket for some and a turning point for others. You already know, , and today we invite you to go over the life pages of the participants "Star Factory - 2".
Evgenia Rasskazova, 36 years old
From early childhood, this bright girl showed a strong-willed character unusual for children and an unquenchable thirst for life. At school, Evgenia, because of her obstinate nature, often received scolding from teachers and often brought home offensive deuces. When Rasskazova was 17 years old, she entered the South Ural State University and worked part-time at the same time, speaking at a local club. The next instance in the singer's career was Moscow and participation in a music competition "Our Songs". In 2003, Evgenia got into one of the most popular musical projects − "Star Factory". Bright and incendiary, she nevertheless was not a clear favorite, but the audience loved her. After the end of the project, along with the rest of the participants, she went on a tour of the country, and when she returned, she decided to break the contract with the producer and began to perform solo. In 2007, the singer's first album was released "Ppolife". Second album "ProLoved" combined two styles: pop and rock. The singer also released two music videos for the songs "Territory of the Heart" And "I'll be the first".
Having gained enough experience in show business, she decides to write a novel. "ProLIFE. How to lie down as a star, in which she revealed the wrong side of the musical world. The book became a bestseller with a circulation of 50,000 copies. Another novel followed. “Slimming, or Desires contrary to…”. Evgenia began to appear less and less on the screens and increasingly pursue a writing career. Rasskazova's last novel "Inside Her" was released in 2010. Now the former "manufacturer" is also mastering the profession of a TV presenter. And in 2014, viewers could see Zhenya in the program "Let's get married".
Dmitry Astashenok, 32 years old
The blue-eyed brunette instantly fell in love with the public, especially the female part of it. Dmitry Astashenok(32) - younger brother of another manufacturer and former lead singer of the group "Roots" by Alexander Astashenka.
He was born in Orenburg and just like his brother, from childhood he was fond of music - already at the age of seven, Dmitry began to write songs. At the age of 19, he was awarded the Grand Prix of the competition "Morning Star". In 2002, Astashenok moved to Moscow, and in 2003 he ended up in "Star Factory". The project did not bring Dmitry the desired success, and "Factory" he left pretty soon. In 2006 Dmitry graduated from the Faculty of Sociology Moscow State University, and in parallel worked on recording the first album. One of the most popular songs of the musician was the composition "Close" who has been playing for a while "Russian radio".
At the moment, Dmitry is the lead singer of a musical boy band called Plombear.
Mikhail Reshetnikov, 35 years old
Like the rest of the participants, from early childhood Mikhail was a musical child. At the age of five, parents sent their talented son to a music club. DK MAI. It was here that Reshetnikov discovered his vocal abilities, and already at the age of seven he performed on the stage of the MAI Palace of Culture. The next achievement was the theater studio "Class Center", where Mikhail added to his vocal skills the ability to play the trumpet. However, Misha did not stop at music and at the age of eight he starred in the film by Andrei Konchalovsky. "Inner Circle", and in 1998 he got the main role in the film "A Farewell to Arms". Reshetnikov consolidated his abilities by graduating from GITIS. In 2003, he was on "Star Factory", where he openly stated that he came here to earn money doing what he loves - singing. However, after the end of the project, Mikhail did not succeed in a brilliant musical career.
At the moment, Reshetnikov lives in Moscow, since 2009 he has been married to Anna Reshetnikova(32) and travels a lot. Of the manufacturers maintains relations with Dmitry Praskovin And Gennady Lagutin.
Mikhail Reshetnikov on Vkontakte
Dmitry Praskovin, 32 years old
Dmitriy was born in Tolyatti and has been diversified since childhood. He was fond of athletics, ballroom and Latin American dances. At the age of 18 he was in St. Petersburg where he participated in KVN. It was at this age that Dmitry clearly outlined his goal - he wanted to become a musician. To realize his dream, in 2003 Praskovyin went to the casting "Star Factory" and passed it, becoming one of the lucky ones.
However, after the project, there was a lull in Dmitry's career. He did not record an album, did not give concerts. The reason for this was the search for himself and the stage image with which he would like to appear before the public. In 2008, a music video for the song was released "Single".
At the moment, Dima is engaged in organizational activities and arranges concerts in the capital.
Gennady Lagutin, 35
Was born in Udmurtia. He graduated from the College of Pop and Jazz Art and from childhood dreamed of becoming a famous musician. Hitting on "Star Factory", Gena clearly outlined his three main goals: to get an education in England, master the professions of a sound engineer and arranger, become the owner of a recording studio.
At the moment he is the sound producer of the musical group Guru Groove Foundation, which became the winner of the largest festivals in the country, such as Picnic "Afisha", "Homestead Jazz", "MMKF", Bosco Fresh Fest, "Wild Mint", Kazan. Kremlin Live» and many others.
In 2015, the group performed on the New Wave with the author's song Moscow. Summing up, we can say that on the whole Gennady achieved his goals.
Alexey Semenov, 39 years old
Alexey Semenov was born in Nizhny Novgorod and from childhood he was distinguished by artistry. He showed a craving for singing from kindergarten, and at school he was the most beloved student of the persecutor in singing. In his student years, Alexey did not leave his addiction to music and performed at events with a guitar in his hands, performing Russian rock. In 2001 from Nizhny Novgorod he moved to Chukotka where he created his own radio station "Blizzard", which a year after its creation was awarded the prize "Radio Mania". Semenov decided not to stop there and flew to Moscow to fulfill his childhood dream - to become a famous musician. It was not possible to win in a musical television project, but it was possible to find love and a spouse in the face "manufacturers" Elena Temnikova… but not for long. They met during the casting, but their romance spun after the end of the project. The wedding became spontaneous, the separation scandalous. As Alexey later admitted, different life goals were to blame: he wanted a family, she wanted a career. After the break, Temnikova completely disowned Semenov, saying that he forced her to marry him. In 2007, Alexei released a novel "Naked Cynics" in which he speaks unflatteringly about his ex-wife.
At the moment, Semenov lives on Ukraine and is the chief producer of the National Television Company of Ukraine. In his personal life, everything also turned out well. Alex is married to Anna Semenova with whom she raises her daughter Misha (8).
Christian Leinich, 35
One of the most talented, decent and modest "manufacturers". Christian was born in the small northern town of Ukhta. At the age of nine he was a backing vocalist and keyboardist. Andrey Derzhavin and groups "Stalker". At the age of 12 he moved with his family to Sochi, where he began to play football, and then entered the football boarding school UOR (School of the Olympic Reserve). However, the future artist was not able to build a brilliant football career due to an injury, which again returned Leinich to music. In 2003, he gets into the second issue "Star Factory" where it succeeds. Christina's talent was noticed by everyone. Song "Light it up" became one of the most popular among the "manufacturers". After the end of the music show in 2008, he became the music director of the studio "Tender May" and released one of his best songs - "Behind you". A year later, he entered the second higher education at the Rostov Law Institute. Then Christian joined the Krasnodar Chamber of Notaries as a consultant secretary.
After working in various fields, Leinich again returned to musical creativity.
Now he writes songs and gives concerts. Recently he released his new composition called "Lunatic". Christian lives most of the time in Sochi together with his wife Olga and are raising a one-year-old baby.
Marianna Beletskaya, 33 years old
Marianna was born in Moscow. Since childhood, she loved to sing and often entertained guests with her performances. Parents, like Marianne herself, believed that the girl would make a brilliant singer. In 1999, Beletskaya graduated from the Faculty of Economics, and in 2000 she became a graduate of the State Musical College of Variety and Jazz Art. For some time, Beletskaya performed as part of a group "Singing Together", which was remembered by the song “I want someone like Putin”. The group did not last long and broke up, after which Marianna became one of the participants "Star Factory - 2". Beletskaya managed to hold out in the project for only two months. According to Marianne herself, the "Star Factory" made her take a different look at the world and finally get rid of past illusions. She realized that show business is not for her. It was at this moment that Beletskaya felt a strong desire for faith and found solace in the love of God. One day, passing by the church, the former "manufacturer" saw an advertisement for the recruitment of musicians in the choir and immediately decided to go there. Now Marianna Beletskaya sings on the kliros, and at the same time works in one of the banks of the capital.
Pierre Narcisse, 38
Bright Cameroonian Mudio Mukutu Pierre Narcisse became one of the brightest participants of the second "Star Factory". His signature song on the project was the composition "Chocolate bunny" which every inhabitant of the country could sing. At an early age, he was fond of football and learned to play the tenor saxophone. In 1990 he created his first musical group, which mainly performed in local clubs. Cameroon. Soon Pierre moved to Moscow, where at first he lived with his sister. According to Narcissus, it was very difficult for him to get used to the cold Russian winter and the terrible conditions in which he had to live. After some time, Pierre even decided to leave Russia and go to France However, fate decreed otherwise. Unexpectedly for himself, the charismatic Cameroonian was casting for a cameo role in the famous film "Siberian barber", after which he decided to stay in Moscow. Then another fateful event happened in his life - participation in the project "Star Factory - 2".
After the end of the show, Pierre became one of the most extraordinary and recognizable performers on the national stage. Under the direction of Maxim Fadeev Narcissus debut album released "Chocolate bunny" which was well received by the public. In 2009, he married Valeria Kalacheva, the couple have a daughter, Christina-Karolina. Pierre still gives concerts, performs at corporate parties, and recently his new song was released "Mother's Heart".
Maria Rzhevskaya, 28 years old
She dreamed of being a cat and conquering Russian show business, but it did not work out. Maria Rzhevskaya was born in Moscow, in childhood she was fond of tennis and dreamed of being an actress, but by the will of fate she became a member "Star Factory". Beautiful and a little strange, she won the love of the public and the main producer of the project Maxim Fadeev. During her participation in the "Factory" two songs performed by Maria - "Cat" and "For what"– became real hits. After graduation "Factories" Fadeev took Rzhevskaya under his leadership, she released a video for the song "Cat" and appeared on television with compositions that the public loved. Bright makeup, extended fangs, a peculiar manner of performance - Rzhevskaya was remembered by the audience as such. Flashing for a while, she soon disappeared from the price. It was rumored that the reason was a quarrel with Fadeev, but the details of the conflict remained secret.
Soon Maria married the director of the company "ARS" Vyacheslav Kormiltsev from whom a daughter was born Eliza(12). Rzhevskaya has retired from the stage, is raising her daughter and is trying to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming an actress. The film was released in 2014 Let the Die Be Cast: Initium, filmed by an English director Timothy Reynard(24), starring Maria.
30 years
Lively, charismatic and undoubtedly talented Elena Temnikova became one of the brightest "manufacturers" for the entire time of the existence of this music competition. Since the age of 10, Lena has been making music and participating in various festivals. At the age of 18, she moved from her native Omsk to Moscow to enter the theater school, but ended up on "Star Factory". Temnikova entered the top three finalists and took third place. After the end of the show, the tour began, followed by close cooperation with Maxim Fadeev.
In 2006, Temnikova became the soloist of the group silver. In 2007, the group went to the international music competition "Eurovision-2007". The sexy trio led by Temnikova managed to win only third place. The group was gaining popularity, but in 2009 rumors appeared on the Web about Lena's departure from the team, which were eventually confirmed. In November 2014, she released the first single called "Dependence" and filmed a music video. The next creation was the song "Towards", which was presented in three versions: romantic, dance and acoustic.
In 2002, the first "Star Factory" broke into the air: it was impossible not to watch the ups and downs in the life of aspiring artists. After 5 years, this all-Union forge of talents ended for the seventh time, and the audience was already clearly tired. Almost 10 years have passed since then. Where are the old idols now?
"Star Factory" by Igor Matvienko
The very first "Factory" got all the laurels, and this is no accident. Let the first place winners - the guys from the Roots group - have not been tearing up the halls for a long time, but their “London rain” still sounds at school discos. Lesha Kabanov, Sasha Berdnikov, Pasha Artemiev and Sasha Astashenok - this four won more than one girl's heart. Now the guys are exemplary family men: Berdnikov has 4 children, Kabanov has a daughter. Artemiev is still making music, he has his own indie band with the proud name ARTEMIEV. Astashenok successfully acted in films, however, Sasha has not recently seen particularly significant roles.
The second place was won by the Fabrika girl band. Only two of the “factory girls” remained on the stage: Sasha Savelyeva and Sati Kazanova. The girls are building a single career. But Irina Toneva decided to change her field of activity, without being distracted, however, from art: Irina, who will soon be 40 years old, became an actress and made her stage debut in a play based on the works of Dostoevsky and Tsvetaeva. Initially, the group had a fourth member - Maria Alalykina. She married and converted to Islam, disappearing from the pages of gossip. Rumor has it that now the girl is raising two children and lives in a Dagestan village.
The third on the project was Mikhail Grebenshchikov: the artist released only a couple of songs, but such a modest repertoire did not prevent this charming hooligan from becoming famous. Misha has matured and no longer sings about bakery products incomprehensible to science, which are “loaves, they are 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
The first place at this "Factory" was won by Polina Gagarina. Since 2003, the artist has come a long way: she not only managed to participate in Eurovision, but also changed dramatically, having lost weight and prettier. Polina is happily married and is raising her beloved son.
In second place was Elena Terleeva. By hook or by crook, the singer still managed to release a solo album, however, he came out a whole decade after the "Factory". Elena still positions herself as a performer, but her official website and social networks have not been updated for a long time.
Closed the top three finalists is another young singer - Elena Temnikova. Her creative destiny was more enviable than that of her namesake. Now Lena is a successful singer and a young mother, and tens of thousands of subscribers follow her life on Instagram.
"Star Factory" Alexander Shulgin
It so happened that it was the graduates of this project who showed great promise, but the grandiose success did not come to them. Rumor has it that it's all about the producer of the "Factory", who immediately after the end of the broadcast ceased to be interested in his wards.
However, the winner of the competition, Nikita Malinin, if you look at his official Instagram, still sings, performs, gives concerts and records new tracks. Only in the comments to his posts they still remember that very “Kitten”.
The second place was taken by Alexander Kireev. Now he is better known as a composer of songs by Natalia Podolskaya. Sasha also hosted a program on the Karusel channel.
Third place at the "Factory" went to Yulia Mikhalchik, who agreed to become the producer's wife on the air. True, the matter did not come to the wedding, fortunately for Mikhalchik. The artist ran away from her fiancé after a joint vacation, which turned into hell for the happy bride. According to Mikhalchik, Shulgin did not tolerate any objections from his girlfriend, forcing her to "rest" according to his rules ... Glory never came to her, although sometimes she tries to release new compositions.
"Star Factory" by Igor Krutoy
The first line was taken by Irina Dubtsova. The singer, to the envy of everyone, got married literally on the air! True, Irina managed to hang out with her husband - the lead singer of the Plazma group Roman Chernitsyn - and now she is raising her son. But Dubtsova's songs still appear with enviable regularity, although the artist can only dream of the former popularity of the hit "About Him".
In second place was the romantic hooligan Anton Zatsepin, who won a lot of girlish hearts at that time, because indeed “there are so many lies in books about love.” In 2014, Anton graduated from GITIS and is preparing for a triumphant return to the stage. It's been almost three years in the making...
The third place was taken by Stas Piekha. The musician is preparing to radically change the musical direction, but for now, fans are discussing his separation from his wife. Rumor has it that Piekha decided to try to restore his family.
"Star Factory" by Alla Pugacheva
The winner of the project was Victoria Daineko. The life of an artist is definitely a success! Vika gives successful concerts, is happily married and manages to raise her little daughter.
The second was the handsome Ruslan Masyukov, who was nicknamed "the Russian Enrique Iglesias." Years later, the sultry macho acquired solid facial hair and matured. Ruslan still sings, but, alas, for a very narrow circle. He also works as a VJ on the RuTv channel.
Third place was shared between Natalia Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselova. Natasha has since managed to marry Vladimir Presnyakov, and her creative career was also able to take place. Mikhail, although he continues to make music to this day, today there is no need to talk about his all-Russian fame, although he is a member of the New Gems cover band.
"Star Factory" by Viktor Drobysh
The winner of the project Dmitry Koldun took part in Eurovision from Belarus and for the first time brought his country to the final of the competition! Since then, the artist has been more often invited as a guest on various television programs. Dima, apparently, still dreams of returning to popularity and takes part in the show Just Like It.
In second place was Arseniy Borodin. The sweet-voiced handsome man, unexpectedly for everyone, became the winner of the Main Stage project. True, before that, a member of the Chelsea group tried to get into the German Voice, where he was not lucky, but his homeland turned out to be more friendly.
