Factory group first composition. Full history of the composition of the factory group

Nationwide love, enormous popularity, contracts with leading domestic producers: graduates and laureates of all “Star Factories” could count on a strong start in musical career. However, the first composition of the Factory group was awarded various awards outside of musical activities.

When the group "Factory" (the first composition) was created, the names of the participants consisted entirely of finalists of the project "Star Factory - 1". Probably, at that time, no one suspected that the team would last so long within the framework of domestic show business, or that there would be any personnel changes in it.

So, the very first girls of the "Factory" group were Maria Alalykina, Sataney Casanova, Alexandra Savelyeva and Irina Toneva. In general, the formation of the group itself was an unexpected result: the Star Factory project was initially aimed at discovering fresh musical talents among young and beautiful people, creating a start for a solo career, so the emergence of the groups “Roots” (winners of the project) and “Factory” (second place) was not a pre-planned accident.

Each of the participants had unique vocal abilities. Masha Alalykina amazed with the soft timbre of her voice, able to modulate folk notes; Ira Toneva increased the jazz power of her voice. Sati Casanova and Sasha Savelyeva did not have pleasant pop voices, but they also used folklore skills. Sasha Savelyeva could sing in Russian in the people's voice(however, she didn’t really like this style and understood its beauty already during classes at the “Star Factory”), and Sati Casanova sometimes sang Kabardian songs.

Many people note that the very first composition of the Factory group consisted entirely of beauties - as if they were handpicked! Forgetting at the same time that the girls were really “for selection”: the competition to recruit future project participants was attended by many boys and girls across the country, so the jury had big choice between simply “talented” and “beautiful and talented” applicant. Since “Star Factory - 1” was the very first television project of this format in our country, in order to increase the viewership, preference was given to truly beautiful boys and girls. In extreme cases, having a non-standard, but very bright appearance. And all of them, at the same time, had serious vocal abilities and great potential.

So photographs of girls from the "Factory" group, regularly appearing in men's magazines and ratings of the "most beautiful stars", are not at all accidental: there simply could not be any other option.

Masha Alalykina was the first to leave the group. During the final of the “Star Factory” and subsequent tours, the girl believed that the group format was a temporary phenomenon, and then each participant would be able to engage in solo career(this is exactly the goal Masha pursued when applying for participation in the competition). But the producers made it clear that the Factory group was here to stay, and Masha left.

Therefore, the very first composition of the "Factory" group - a charming quartet of loud-voiced girls - lasted literally six months after the end of the "Star Factory" competition. And after the departure of Masha Alalykina, “Factory” turned into a trio and still exists in this format.

Ira Toneva, Sati Casanova, Sasha Savelyeva - these are the names of the participants who made a splash throughout the country. At first it seemed that the group was popular only due to the inertia of the just ended television project and would soon break up or become less popular. For example, "Roots" - the boy's team of winners of "FZ-1" (by the way, took 1st place there) quite quickly lost their army of fans and the interest of the audience. But “Factory” made an incredible and unexpected somersault.

Beautiful girls with beautiful voices, performing in the genre of "modern Russian folk song" (this is how the group's producers described the group's work) gradually gained popularity, releasing hit after hit, until they unexpectedly found themselves the most sought-after girls band in the country. Displacing even the unattainable "Brilliant"! And this result was a complete surprise for both Sasha, Ira and Sati (and the participants of “Brilliant”), and for the producers of the young team... This is what it means to “catch the wave” in show business!

Very for a long time the "Factory" project existed precisely in this composition until Sati Casanova - the first after Masha - went into free agency solo swimming. It was very difficult and painful to part with her friends, but Sati could no longer restrain her musical explorations, which did not at all fit the format of a pop group. And if for work she still had to conform to the pop style of performance, then “for the soul” she simultaneously organized music group, performing in a jazz direction.

From time to time Sasha Savelyeva also does solo projects, while remaining a member of the “Factory”. Probably, the girl has not yet fully decided whether she wants to develop independently or continue to work in a group. The main thing is that Sasha has enough time and energy for all types of creativity, so no one is offended!

Irina Toneva surprised everyone the most: while participating in the “Star Factory,” it seemed that the red-haired girl with an incredibly strong jazz voice and enormous energy simply could not hold on in the format of any group - both her talent and ambitions were not the same! However, the strong friendships that arose between the girls helped Ira remain in the group painlessly.

After Sati left, a place in the trio went to a beautiful brunette who already had experience in show business: Ekaterina Lee, a former member of “Hi-Fi,” fit into the group perfectly both in terms of vocal and appearance. But a back injury suffered during the filming of the video forced Katya to end her career.

Now another Sasha sings with Ira and Sasha. Alexandra Popova tried to make a career by taking part in the “I want to go to Via-Gru” competition, but did not reach the finals. But the girls from “Factory” and their producer noticed her: they all really liked Alexandra, so the invitation to perform as part of the famous trio was not long in coming.

Factory- Russian female pop group, formed during the “Star Factory-1” project and took second place in it. The producer of the group is Igor Matvienko.

Story

2002-2003

In October 2002 chief producer TV project Star Factory - 1 Igor Matvienko created a female pop group. The participants were Irina Toneva, Sati Casanova, Alexandra Savelyeva and Maria Alalykina. While working Star factories - 1 the group performed the songs “About Love”, “Oh, Yes”, “You Understand” (duet of Irina Toneva and Pavel Artemyev). At the end of the year Factory took 2nd place.

"Almost folk music with very recognizable folklore elements, devoid of the vulgarity of a pop remake. This is a Slavic girl band in a good way.”

Magazine "Afisha".

In February 2003, the group shot a video for the song “About Love”, and after some time the single “Oh, Mom, I fell in love” (a version of the song “Oh, Yes”) appears. The song “About Love” lasted 26 weeks in the charts. In the same composition Factory starred in the magazines “Maxim”, “FHM”, “Penguin”.

Some time later, Maria Alalykina learned about her expulsion from the university, and therefore in August 2003, after a tour, she left the group. After some time, it became known about her pregnancy.

With the updated lineup, the group shot videos for the songs “The Sea is Calling” (together with Jam), “Factory Girls”, and in November 2004 Factory released her debut album “Factory Girls” and received the “Golden Gramophone” award for the song “About Love”.

2004-2009

In 2004 Factory released the singles “Let go of love”, “5 minutes”, “Fish” and shot videos for the last two. In October, Toneva, Casanova and Savelyeva posed for FHM magazine. At the end of the year, the group received the “Stopudovy Hit” and “Golden Gramophone” awards for the song “Lyolik”.

In 2005, the group presented the singles “He” and “Not Guilty I”; a video was also shot for the latter. Glamor appropriated Factory title of group of the year. In November, the team starred in a photo shoot for a magazine Maxim.

In 2006, the single “Romance” and a video for it were released. In the same year, the composition of Tonev - Casanova - Savelyev was photographed for the cover of XXL magazine. For the song “I’m Not Guilty,” the group received the Golden Gramophone award.

In 2007 Factory released the single “Light the Lights” and a video of the same name, as well as New Year's song"White-white." This year Factory posed for Playboy magazine.

In 2008, the singles “We are so different” were released, on which a video was shot. The group released a second album, “We are so different,” as well as the collection “The Best and Favorite.”

2010-2012

In the same month, Alexandra Popova, a participant in the television project, joined the group I want to go to VIA Gro. The press service of the Igor Matvienko Production Center commented on the reason for the adoption new member: “Both Sasha and Ira, and the producer liked her.”

In November 2014, the group released new song"Secret".

In September 2015, Alexandra Popova starred in a photo shoot for Maxim magazine.

In 2015, at the Golden Gramophone anniversary ceremony, the group received an award for the song “Lyolik”. The group also recorded the song “Fell in Love.”

In 2017, the song “Butterflies” was released and a video was shot for it, in which the group appeared in a sexy image.

Soloists

Discography

Singles

• 2003 - About love (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by M. Andreev)
• 2003 - Oh mom, I fell in love (music by I. Matvienko, I. Polonsky, A. Savelyeva - lyrics by A. Savelyeva)
• 2003 - The sea is calling (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, K. Arsenev)
• 2003 - Factory girls (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by A. Shaganov)
• 2004 - 5 minutes (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by Yu. Buzhilov)
• 2004 - Lyolik (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by A. Elin)
• 2004 - Fish (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko)
• 2005 - He (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by Yu. Buzhilov)
• 2005 - Beyond the horizon (music by I. Matvienko, lyrics by P. Zhagun)
• 2005 - It's not my fault (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by K. Arsenev)
• 2006 - Raspberry (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by M. Andreev)
• 2006 - Romance (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by K. Arsenev)
• 2007 - White and white (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by O. Rovnaya)
• 2007 - They light the lights (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by O. Rovnaya)
• 2008 - We are so different (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko)
• 2009 - And I want to love so much (music by S. Mezentsev - lyrics by S. Mezentsev)
• 2010 - I will kiss you (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, I. Stepanova)
• 2010 - Ali Baba (music by B. Buranov - lyrics by B. Buranov)
• 2011 - Stops (music by L. Novykh, T. Novykh - lyrics by L. Novykh, T. Novykh)
• 2012 - She is me (music by E. Novykh, T. Novykh - lyrics by A. Ivakin)
• 2012 - Films about love (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, K. Arsenev)
• 2013 - Don't be born beautiful (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko, D. Pollyev)
• 2015 - Secret (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by A. Shaganov)
• 2015 - I fell in love (music by A. Kazakova, Yu. Ryabchuk - lyrics by A. Kazakov, Yu. Ryabchuk)
• 2016 - And I'm behind you (music by I. Stepanov - lyrics by I. Stepanov)
• 2017 - Butterflies (music by A. Shapovalov, V. Kovtun, Y. Levchenko - lyrics by A. Shapovalov, V. Kovtun, Y. Levchenko)
• 2018 - Vova Vova (music by I. Matvienko - lyrics by I. Matvienko)
• 2018 - I could as best I could (music by R. Kiyamov - lyrics by M. Gutseriev)

Clips

Very soon the legendary competition will appear on screens again. The MUZ-TV channel has already announced casting for a television program with a slightly changed name - “ New factory stars!

Absolutely anyone from 15 to 29 years old gets a chance to become famous like Polina Gagarina, Elena Temnikova or Natalya Podolskaya. The list of “Factory” finalists from 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 fight for a place in the sun. In the meantime, the editors of Woman’s Day remembered the fates of the finalists of all past seasons of the reality show.

“Star Factory” by Igor Matvienko

First place – group “Roots”

The guys from the “Roots” group, who took first place, were predicted to have a bright future. At first, they really kept the bar and were in great demand: they toured Russia, recorded soundtracks for films and TV series. But by 2010, popularity began to decline and the group broke up, and popular hits are heard only at school discos.

Lesha Kabanov and Sasha Berdnikov today are exemplary family men, Pasha Artemyev continues to make music and even created his own indie group ARTEMIEV, and Sasha Astashenok managed to appear in films, although especially significant roles he was not observed.

Second place – group “Factory”

But the girl band “Factory”, which took second place, managed to break through to fame. 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 “It’s not my fault” and “He” were released. The compositions instantly became real hits. Even producer Igor Matvienko did not expect such success. During their career, the “manufacturers” produced 3 studio albums, 22 singles and 16 videos. They gave hundreds of concerts in major cities Russia and CIS countries. They have six Golden Gramophone awards to their name.

Until now, the “factory girls” delight fans with regular performances, however, only Alexandra Savelyeva and Irina Toneva remain from the old lineup. Sati Casanova left the group in 2010, and her place was taken by a former member Hi-Fi groups Katya Lee.

Concerning personal life girls, then everything is fine here. Irina Toneva married 27-year-old dancer from Ukraine Alexey Brizh, and Alexandra Savelyeva is very happily married to actor Kirill Safonov, only Sati Casanova has not yet settled her personal life.

Third place – Mikhail Grebenshchikov

Third place in the project was taken by Mikhail Grebenshchikov, about whom nothing has been heard for a very long time. After “Star Factory,” the singer released only a couple of songs that were successful, but despite this, things didn’t go any further.

Misha has matured and no longer sings about “loaves, they’re 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 took first place at the second Star Factory, made a brilliant solo career, took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, and became a mentor in popular show“The Voice” on Channel One and finally became a happy wife and mother of two children.

In addition to everything listed above, Polina also changed dramatically in appearance and became simply beautiful. 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 “Factory” show, Elena Terleeva threw herself into her studies: she intensively studied vocals, choreography and managed to work in jazz bands. After graduation music university in 2005, Elena met composer Alex Prusov and began preparing her first solo project, which included the songs “Between Me and You” and “Drop.”

Even the Moscow government appreciated the creativity of the aspiring star and awarded him the title “Golden Voice of Russia.” In 2005, Terleeva managed to become one of the contenders to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. And two years later, she pleased fans with new hits: “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 collaboration was no longer so successful. Elena released several more songs, but her performances no longer caused the same sensation.

Photo: Ekaterina Chesnokova/PhotoXPress.ru

Third place – Elena Temnikova

The creative destiny of Elena Temnikova was more enviable than that of her namesake. Largely thanks to the provocative Serebro group, created under the leadership of Max Fadeev. In addition to Elena Temnikova, the ensemble included Marina Lizorkina and Olya Seryabkina. In May 2007, the girl group’s first single, “Song#1,” was released on the Monolith Records label. It was with this composition that the Serebro trio went to Eurovision. As a result, the group representing Russia took 3rd place at the competition in Helsinki. In April 2009, Serebro’s debut album, “Opium Roz,” went on sale.

Both the release and the subsequent tour in support of it turned out to be successful, but already in December information appeared 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 between Lena and his younger brother Artem. However, then the artist still remained in the group. IN composed of Serebro she released the album "Mama Lover" in 2011. The most famous songs from it were “Mama Lyuba” and “Mi Mi Mi”. At the beginning of 2014, Elena Temnikova, due to emerging health problems, terminated her contract with Fadeev ahead of schedule, paying a large penalty.

After leaving Serebro, the singer began a solo career. In November 2014, she recorded the song “Addiction”, and in 2015 – the singles “Towards” and “Let’s Fly Away”. The last song, “Jealousy,” appeared in February 2016. In parallel with musical creativity Lena is trying her hand at television, creating designer jewelry for the Marmalato chain of stores.

"Star Factory" by Alexander Shulgin

First place – Nikita Malinin

Many participants in “Star Factory 3” did not like Nikita Malinin. They were sure that the guy got into the project thanks to famous father. From issue to issue, he never ceased to prove his singing talent. As a result, Nikita not only reached the finals, but also took first place. And several of his songs: “Kitten”, “Flash in the Night”, “Spring” became real hits. But Malinin’s popularity ended along with the project.

Rumor has it that the whole point is the producer of “Factory”, who immediately after the end of the broadcast ceased to be interested in his charges. Although, judging by Instagram, Nikita still sings, performs, gives concerts and records new tracks, but on big stage Apparently it's impossible to get through.

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 “Stopudovy 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 Carousel channel. He is also a member of the Russian Authors' Society and is involved in production activities.

Third place – Yulia Mikhalchik

In order to participate in “Star Factory - 3,” Yulia dropped out of university, but the game was worth the candle, because she managed to take third place on the project, thereby earning three videos, one album and a husband in the form of the show’s producer, Alexander Shulgin, from the judges as a gift! With which, by the way, nothing worked out for her.

Thus, singer Yulia Mikhalchik ascended to the Olympus of modern show business, but 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 popular singer and songwriter. In 2004, she first appeared on 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 television viewers. The judges also noted her talent.

A few weeks later, Ira won the project, receiving a convertible and a recording as a gift solo album. Further history Dubtsova is known for: her wedding with the lead singer of the Plazma group Roman Chernitsyn, the birth of her son Artem, divorce and growing popularity.

Second place – Anton Zatsepin

After graduation, the silver finalist of the fourth “Star Factory” recorded several successful singles: “I’m Flying Away”, “Books about Love”, “Wide River” in a duet with Nadezhda Kadysheva and even became a father. True, after the artist divorced his daughter’s mother and even concert activities also quit.

Anton justifies his disappearance from show business radars 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 “Star Factory - 4” and after the project managed to firmly gain a foothold on the stage. Now he has three studio albums, 16 videos, two collections of poetry and participation in many television shows.

Recently, the singer admitted that he no longer wants to sing on stage and is preparing to radically change Musical direction. According to the musician, performing this genre does not give him pleasure. While 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 St. Petersburg model and DJ Natalia Gorchakova, which took place in 2013, and the birth of his son Peter. The couple recently separated, 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 actively collaborating with producer Igor Matvienko, under whose auspices the singles “I’ll Just Leave You Right Now,” “The Film Is Not About Love,” and “Needle” were recorded.

In 2011, Vika took part in the “Star Factory” project. Return”, where she competed with project graduates from different years. Victoria won this competition as well.

Things are sad for the artist only on the personal front. Romances with singers Pasha Artemyev, Dmitry Pakulichev and Alexey Vorobyov ended a few months later, leaving the girl with nothing. But in this area too, Daineko managed to gain the upper hand.

Last April, 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, nicknamed the Russian Enrique Iglesias, took second place. Alla Pugacheva was confident 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 view. Later it turned out that he threw all his energy 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 – Natalya Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov

Third place was shared between Natalya Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov. After “Star Factory,” Natalya signed a contract with Viktor Drobysh and soon released her debut album. This was followed by failure at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where the singer represented Russia. Despite careful preparation, the song that Natalya performed 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 a video and went on tour around the country.

The girl also participated in many television shows, on one of which she met her future husband, singer Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., with whom she continued creative career, after the contract with Drobysh expired.

Today Natasha happy wife and mother little son Artemia. Her popularity is only growing every year, she constantly has new hits, and the public’s interest is also fueled by the artist’s participation in popular TV shows - “Ice and Fire”, “Just the Same” and others.

“Star Factory” by Viktor Drobysh

First place – Dmitry Koldun

After “Factory”, Dmitry Koldun became a vocalist in the group “KGB”, whose producer was composer Viktor Drobysh. The group performed as part of the tour of the project finalists, after which the group broke up.

The winner of the project, Dmitry Koldun, periodically appears on Russian channels, but the artist’s heart belongs to his native Belarus. In 2007, the artist took his country to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, finishing in 6th place. Since then, he has been more often invited as a guest to various television programs, for example, he took part in the show “Exactly”.

By the way, Dima is an exemplary family man. His first serious relationship with a girl from a parallel class, Victoria Khomitskaya, ten years later they ended in marriage, in which baby Ian was born.

Photo: Dmitry Korobeinikov/PhotoXPress.ru

The Fabrika group, popular for many years, and a fairly stable line-up of soloists, have been delighting their fans for many years. In 2002, in front of millions of television viewers famous producer Igor Matvienko managed to create a mega popular group, consisting of charming, sweet-voiced girls.

Critics were loyal to the young man from the very beginning to the women's team, calling it a “good Slavic girl band” and describing its music as “almost folk with recognizable folk elements, devoid of the vulgarity of pop remakes.”

Factory Group 2018. New line-up, relevant for today.

About all the members of the Fabrika group

The history of the group began on the reality show “Star Factory,” whose performances were broadcast during prime time on the country’s main TV channel. The producers had two tasks: to find talented and bright performers and to make them Russian pop stars. The guys and girls who successfully passed the casting settled in a country mansion. For several months they were under the watchful eye of cameras. The best vocal teachers, choreographers, makeup artists and stylists worked with them. Every week on reporting concert one contestant left the show. But Maria Alalykina, Alexandra Savelyeva, Irina Toneva and Sati Kazanova managed to reach the finals. It was within the framework of the project that their hits “Oh, Yes” and “About Love” were first performed.

After the end of the show as part of the promotional tour, they gave more than 200 concerts, which further increased their growing popularity. The song “About Love” lasted in the country’s charts for more than 26 weeks and was awarded the “Stopudovy Hit” award.

On November 5, 2003, the debut album of the Factory group, “Factory Girls,” was released, consisting of 12 songs. The second album “We are so different” appeared on the shelves in 2008. Both critics and the public constantly noted the attractive appearance of the participants, and the girls themselves repeatedly participated in photo sessions for men's magazines.

The peak of popularity occurred in 2003-2008. But when the “factory” fever ended, the Fabrika group retained its lineup and continued to actively tour, record new singles and take part in large-scale concerts and events. The team has repeatedly received the Golden Gramophone statuette award, prestigious awards“Glamour” and “Stopudovy Hit”, and the Factory’s soloists regularly appeared on official lists of the most beautiful representatives of the fair sex. Thanks to the successful start at the Star Factory, the group has been on stage for more than fifteen years, and even the departed soloists were able to build successful solo careers and not go beyond the horizon of fame.

The soloists did not exist in this lineup for long, but were able to reach the finals of the show and take 2nd place, losing only to the boy band “Roots”.

• Alexandra Savelyeva;

IRINA TONEVA

Irina was born in 1977 on July 27 in the small military town of Krasnoznamensk near Moscow. The girl showed an early talent for music, so her parents enrolled her in music school. When the physical education teacher noted Ira’s excellent plasticity, sports and ballroom dancing were added to the list of hobbies.

In her senior year, Irina became seriously interested in chemistry, so after school she went to study as a chemical technologist at the Moscow University of Design and Technology. The music did not let go, and Irina’s second “alma mater” became the famous Gnesinka (branch pop vocals). Later she performed as a soloist in a military orchestra, and in the fall of 2002 she found herself at the first “Star Factory”. Of her most outstanding performances on the reality show, one can celebrate the victory in the confrontation with Vitas and duet with Pavel Artemyev on the composition “You Understand”, which instantly appeared in the rotation of most radio stations.

Despite the increasing frequency of line-up changes, Irina is still devoted to the Factory group. But still she pays attention to others creative directions. After graduating from the German Sidakov acting school in 2013, she began to appear on the silver screen (the films “Cinderella”, “Snow Angel”, “Women on the Edge” and “Hello, I’m your dad!”). The debut of her career as an actress was the experimental theatrical performance“The Tale of Sonechka”, in which she played Marina Tsvetaeva and two other male roles.

SASHA SAVELIEVA

Alexandra was born in Moscow on December 25, 1983. Her father was a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, so the family did not think that Sasha would connect her life with music. As a child, the girl studied figure skating under the leadership of the famous coach Irina Moiseeva and was even enrolled in the Olympic reserve group. At the age of five, Sasha was enrolled in music class. She studied flute and piano and performed talentedly at the conservatories of Moscow, the Kremlin and the Palace of Congresses.

When she had to make a choice between sports and music, Alesandra chose a musical career. Simultaneously with classes at the theater and music school, there were performances with the ensemble “Kuvichki”. After school, she gave documents to the Gnessin School and the School named after. Schnittke. Both institutions were happy to accept Alexandra as their student, but she chose Gnesinka, within whose walls she organized her first musical group.

While participating in the Star Factory talent show, the girl gained real fame. In addition, Sasha Savelyeva often appears in the “One Hundred Most Beautiful People in Moscow” rating, and participates in photo sessions for the popular tabloids “Playboy”, “XXL”, “Maxim”, “Penguin”. She is the author of many of the group’s compositions, and there is talk about the beginning of her solo career.

The girl’s personal life is not particularly advertised. For some time she dated figure skater Alexei Yagudin, whom she met on the project “ glacial period" In 2010, she married Kirill Safonov, who played the leading male role in the acclaimed film “Tatiana’s Day.”

Maria's creative career ended unexpectedly abruptly. One of the most promising participants of the “Factory” suddenly disappeared from the stage. Many fans are still wondering where the girl disappeared and what she is doing now.

Maria was born on April 27, 1983 in Moscow. She always strived for publicity and creativity, and was fond of singing and dancing. In 2001, Masha won the “Beauty of Russia” competition. Alalykina came to the “Star Factory” by accident, having come there together with younger sister. Surprisingly, her sister could not pass the selection due to her age, but Masha easily became a full participant in the project and came under the tutelage of experienced and famous producers and musicians.

The whole country followed the development of the girl’s career. Bright, self-confident, with a strong character, she easily became everyone's favorite. And her affair with a project participant and future lead singer of the group “Roots” attracted even more attention to Maria.

After the final, the participants went on a tour around the country. Their performances attracted full houses, but the girl suddenly disappeared. As it turned out later, she was not satisfied with the format in which she had to work. Popularity, stage, appearances on magazine covers are good, but unloved songs and costumes, a career in a group and not solo - this was not what Maria dreamed of. In addition, she began to have problems with the university, which refused to certify a student who missed entire semesters. My parents prioritized my studies and insisted on leaving the group.

At first, Maria thought that she was leaving show business only for a while. But then she met her first lover, a successful and wealthy lawyer Alexei Zuenko, and decided to concentrate on family life. Following her husband, she converted to Islam and changed her name to Maryam, wearing a hijab after the wedding. Now performing in revealing outfits in front of an audience, a large part of which consisted of men, became unacceptable for her.

In marriage, Maria gave birth to a daughter, but her husband left her for her close friend. The family broke up. Currently, there are many rumors floating around her life. Some claim that she lives in parental home, and the child is raised by the father. According to others, she married a Muslim again and left the metropolis for small village near Dagestan. One thing is certain - the girl is engaged in Russian-Arabic translations, and also works with texts from three more European languages. She has no plans to return to her musical career.

Sataney was born in the Kabardino-Balkarian village of Verkhniy Kurkuzhin on October 2, 1982. In addition to her, three more daughters grew up in the family. Sati was the eldest and helped her parents look after her younger sisters. The future soloist of “Factory” studied at a village school, and when she turned 12, she moved with her family to Nalchik. There she studied vocals at an art school, and later entered the school for academic vocals. Sati was actively involved in creativity, participated in various concerts, and became a laureate of the Nalchik Dawns competition. For some time she worked as a singer in a restaurant, which angered her father.

Soon Sati set off to conquer the capital. She entered the Academy. Gnessins and received an incomplete higher education majoring in pop singing. Her parents were not able to help the girl financially, so she had to combine her studies with her work as a vocalist in the musical show “Voyage of Dreams,” which was held in one of the casinos.

This was followed by participation in the “Star Factory”. Due to the group's popularity and constant touring, Sati was unable to obtain a diploma. In 2014, she corrected this biographical fact by graduating from GITIS with a degree in actor.

The girl’s performances as part of the Factory group ended in May 2010. Solo career also began under the leadership of Igor Matvienko. Soon her first single, “Seven Eighths,” was released. Next came the songs “Buenos Aires”, “Otherworldly”, “Feeling of Lightness”, “Fool”, “Until Dawn”, “My Happiness Sleeps”, etc.

In 2011, Sati became the host of Anton Makarsky in the program “The Phantom of the Opera”, in which the stars national stage performed works of world classics. Then she tried herself as a restaurateur, opening the Kilim establishment, specializing in Azerbaijani, Uzbek and Arabic cuisine. The restaurant survived less than a year, bringing only losses to Sati. In 2015, the musical community finally recognized Casanova as a solo singer. The girl won the prize audience choice from music award"Sound track" and received two "Golden Gramophones".

The personal life of Sati Casanova often becomes the object of gossip. She was credited with having affairs with Joseph Kobzon's son Andrei, businessman Arthur Shachnev, head of Russian Radio Roman Emelyanov, billionaire Timur Kulibayev, and entrepreneur Alexander Shenkman. The girl rarely comments on rumors. According to her, she is looking for a man like her father, who will be noble and generous, but will not limit her freedom.

In February 2003, a video was released for famous composition group "About Love", and the group is still in full composition appeared in the popular men's magazines Penguin, Maxim and FHM. In August 2003, Masha Alalykina learned of her expulsion from the institute and left the group after a tour.

After her departure, the quartet turns into a trio:

• Alexandra Savelyeva;

• Alexandra Savelyeva;
• Katya Lee.

For a long time, the viewer perceived the “Factory” group as something indivisible and unified, but in 2010 Sati Casanova left the group. A casting call was announced for the vacant position. As a result, Igor Matvienko focused his attention on former participant Hi-Fi group Kate Lee. At first, fans of the first group of “Factory” did not perceive Katya as a new full-fledged member of the team and demanded that Sati be returned. Over time, Ekaterina Lee proved that she is a true professional and rightfully took her place.

Katya Li, like Sati, was born in Kabardino-Balkaria (city of Tyrnyauz). She was born on December 7, 1984. Catherine’s ancestors include not only Koreans, but also Poles, Turks, Russians and even Don Cossacks. The girl devoted herself to creativity from childhood. She visited vocal studio, participated in countless regional, republican and all-Russian competitions.

After graduating from school, she moved to St. Petersburg. Ekaterina told her parents that she was going to study as a linguist, but she herself applied to the pop and jazz department of the University of Culture and Art. She managed to get in only on the second attempt, and to earn a living, Ekaterina took part in evening performances in one of the best restaurants in the city. It was there that the leader of the Hi-Fi group noticed her. She existed in this team for exactly 4 years. Afterwards she decided to try herself as a solo singer, but her attempt was crowned with success.

Together with the group “Factory”, as previously written, Katya performed for 4 years. She named the reason for her departure as a spinal injury sustained in a fall from a horse during the filming of the video “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” After completing her artistic career, the girl decided to start building her personal life.

• Alexandra Savelyeva;

ALEXANDRA POPOVA

Immediately after the departure of Catherine Lee, fans were introduced to new soloist– Sasha Popova, previously known as a finalist of the show “I want to go to VIAgra.”

Alexandra was born in the Ukrainian city of Krasny Luch on June 28, 1991. Her singing career began at the age of three, when she took part in one of the performances of her older sister, who studied vocals and dances. Sasha's childhood passed in theater club, at various competitions, concerts, main city Christmas trees, etc. Creative success combined with excellent performance at school. The girl lost her mother very early, so she dedicates all her victories to her memory.

Alexandra received the profession of dentist. At the university she was a real activist, promoting healthy image and collected a number of awards for achievements in creativity.

Dreaming about big stage, Alexandra Popova came to Konstantin Meladze’s reality show “I want to go to VIAgra” and immediately attracted the attention of the jury by performing the famous hit of the “Boombox” group “Vakhteram”. She failed to win the competition, but Igor Matvienko noticed her. Alexander Popov’s bright appearance fit perfectly into the role of the lead singer in the Factory group. young age, good voice and a wonderful figure.

Happiness and stability reign in the singer’s personal life. She has long been in a relationship with a young man who, following his beloved, moved from Donetsk to Moscow.

Hits of the group "Factory"

In the first two years of their existence, the girls released four video clips for their popular hits “About Love”, “Factory Girls”, “The Sea is Calling”, “Fish”.

Next comes the song “Oh, Mom, I’m in Love,” a more popular version of the earlier song “Oh, Yes.” Maria Alalykina leaves the group, but the composition of the Factory "Toneva, Savelyeva, Casanova" achieves the greatest popularity and attracts maximum attention to the group.

This was followed by a joint with “ Ivanushkami International"clip "Beyond the Horizon", singles "5 minutes" and "Let go of love". In 2005, the compositions “Innocent Me”, “He” were presented to the public, and in 2006 - “Romance” and “Raspberry”. The trio surpasses the more experienced girl band “Brilliant” in popularity.

In 2007, the Fabrika group received its fourth Golden Gramophone for the single “Light the Lights.” 2008 - the time of hits “We are so different”, “Call me, call”, “Mon Cupid”. Enough material is collected in the team’s luggage, and not only new album, but also the collection “The Best and Favorite”. In 2009, the singles “And I Want to Love So Much” and “Fortune Teller” were released.

In 2010, Ekaterina Lee made her debut in the video “I’ll Kiss You,” and a video was also shot for the song “Ali Baba,” recorded together with Arash. In 2011, the trio participated in the “Star Factory. Return”, and the listener’s attention is attracted by the composition “Stops”. In 2012-2013, the singles “Movies about Love”, “She is Me”, “Don’t Be Born Beautiful” were released.

In 2014, with the participation of Alexandra Popova, the Fabrika group recorded two new songs - “Fell in Love” and “Secret”, and at the anniversary “Golden Gramophone” received an award for the song “Lelik”.

Russian pop group, which included graduates of the first graduating class television project Channel One"Star Factory" .

Creation of the "Factory" group

Group "Factory" was created by the show's producer Igor Matvienko in 2002, long before the finale. Four girls performed on stage - Maria Alalykina, Sati Casanova, Irina Toneva and Alexandra Savelyev. Their composition "About love" soared to the top of the domestic charts and stayed there for twenty-six weeks, and the group itself took second place in the debut release of the musical project.

In 2003 "Factory" left Masha Alalykina. She stubbornly pursued success - she became a laureate of the “Beauty of Russia” competition, took part in candid photography for men’s magazines, but suddenly decided to turn her life around. Masha left the stage and devoted herself to study and family - in May 2004 she gave birth to a daughter Ekaterina. Then a huge scandal broke out on religious grounds - at the insistence of her husband Maria converted to Islam. After few years Alexey Zuenko left them with his little daughter for another woman, but she Masha has no regrets:

– I think that the main thing in life is not to “make money” and not to “get a buzz from life”, but to achieve something, to find yourself. Money is important - no doubt about it. It’s stupid to beat your chest and shout: “These rubbish pieces of paper are dirt.” But not everything is for sale. Life fuel is information.

The creative path of the Factory group

In 2003, the first album of the female trio was released - "Factory Girls". This project Igor Matvienko became unique in its own way, since he did not have the task of bringing girls to the international level. The group performs simple songs, simple and easy to remember. Compositions “Fish”, “It’s not my fault”, “Light the lights” instantly shot to the top of the charts.

Sati Casanova entered the first hundred beauties according to FHM magazine, and later her name, along with the name Sasha Savelyeva, was included in the list of the hundred most beautiful people in Moscow.

– We are united by many years of friendship; we have become so accustomed to each other that we understand each other perfectly. We are also united by decency. We never weave intrigues or engage in gossip. We were just very lucky that we met at the same “Star Factory”.

Irina Toneva, unlike her colleagues in the group, she never dreamed of the stage, but was interested in chemistry. She graduated with honors from the Faculty of Chemical Technology of Leather and Fur from the University of Design and Technology. Only with time Irina I realized that I couldn’t live without creativity, and became a student at the School of Pop and Jazz Arts.

Sati Casanova And Sasha Savelyeva dedicated their lives to music from the very beginning early childhood- both graduated from State School of Music named after the Gnessins.

The group's second album was released in 2008. "Factory" entitled "We are so different", and two years later she left the team Sati, who decided to go free and pursue a solo career. Contrary to popular belief, she remained in great relationship with their former colleagues, and became its producer Igor Matvienko.

– We had a difficult conversation with the girls. We were sitting in some cafe, and we were literally shaking with tears. I won't say anything about envy. If it was there, it was only at the beginning, during the grinding-in period. And not even envy, but competition. The first three years it was especially acute. Then it dawned on us that all this was not very good, and the competition took a different form. We suddenly began to open up to each other. They wondered: how did you do it, and how did that... They began to share the secrets of their craft.

In May 2010, she was invited to the group former soloist groups “Hi-Fi” Ekaterina Lee, which, like Sati, originally from Kabardino-Balkaria. Soon the first video of “Factory” with a new composition for the song was released "Ali Baba", and then the audience saw a very colorful video for the composition "I'll kiss you".

The Factory group has won four Golden Gramophone awards and a Stopudovy Hit award.

Discography of the group "Factory"

• We are so different, 2008
• Factory girls, 2003