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« morning Star"rose in the spring of 1991 and shone for 12 long years, inviting children to musical holidays on Sundays. The first broadcast, released on March 7, became a kind of gift to all mothers and grandmothers for International Women's Day. And it was real happiness to admire the children and admire their successes!

If the stars light up, it means someone needs it. The transfer has become not just necessary, but necessary. The country is on the eve of collapse, lawlessness and chaos reign, store shelves are empty - “Boss, everything is gone!” There’s no other way to say it. “Morning Star” became the straw for that time, which allowed one to be distracted, and to rejoice, and to believe in the future. And so, with great pleasure, we dropped everything we were doing, sat down in front of the screens, watched competitive program and selected young talented heroes for themselves.
Everything about the program was pleasantly impressive - the scenery, the script, the rules of the competition, and, of course, the live sound. Well, what about the young contenders for victory? They simply touched adults and delighted their peers when they tried on the role of pop performers in a completely unchildish way!
Parents imagined their children as participants, and they, in turn, dreamed of the stage and their own finest hour. And if regarding other programs the views of TV viewers could be divided into good and bad, then here there were no two opinions - everything was fine and great!
The contestants performed in song and dance genres in two age categories. There were 4 rounds, with two participants taking part in each. The performer who scored large quantity points, passed to the next stage. The competition was assessed by a representative jury, which included popular artists. This fact inspired the participants and spurred them on; they seemed to take over the baton from the older generation.
The program also included creative competitions for performers classical music. And for the first time in years, a TV presenter competition was held among girls. So we can say with confidence that Morning Star was a forge of pop and television shots.
TV viewers wanted to see all the kids as winners. After all, they all tried, gave their all. But a competition is a competition. And it was so nice to see that even the losers were not ignored - they were the ones who were given gifts.
We assessed the feasibility of a completely unique transfer a little later. When literally before our eyes the stars lit up on children's show, ascended to the pop Olympus. After all, it was on the Morning Star that we first met Valeria, Ani Lorak, Sergei Lazarev, and Angelika Varum. It’s probably impossible to list all the celebrities for whom the children’s music program was a successful start.
One cannot help but remember the organizer and ideological inspirer transfers to Yuri Nikolaev. It was his idea, his brainchild. He put his soul, energy, and love into the program. Few people believed in the idea, as he stated in an interview. Moreover, they didn’t particularly want to give money for the transfer, and Nikolaev had to take out a loan from a bank. This deserves great respect, and TV viewers of the 90s appreciated the act of a true Master.
Even sitting in front of the TV screens, one could see how the presenter supported the participants with words and inspired with a smile. And although he treated young talents as adult participants, his parental concern for each contestant was visible to the naked eye.
It was a great idea to involve someone the same age as the contestants as a co-host. This gave the program a special charm. The very first was Masha Bogdanova. Next to her, the contestants felt much more confident. And, in general, the creative tandem of two generations of presenters created a cozy and indescribable holiday atmosphere on stage, for which good friends gathered.
I am glad that after some break, “Morning Star with Yuri Nikolaev” again gathers fans at the screens.

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morning Star- a program aired on Channel One and the TVC channel from March 7, 1991 to August 3, 2003. This program revealed young talents in the field of music. The program aired on Sunday mornings. It was closed on Channel One and moved to TVC. In 1992, it also aired on Friday nights under the title “Morning Star on the Night Air.”

Singers and groups who performed for the first time on the Morning Star

  • "Lyceum" (September 1991)
  • Valeria
  • Yulia Nachalova
  • Sergey Lazarev
  • Vlad Topalov
  • Tattoo
  • Pelagia

Competition rules

Two performers took part in the competition. Participants were divided into 4 genres: vocal genre (age from 3 to 15 years), dance genre (age from 15 to 22 years), vocal genre (age from 15 to 22 years) and dance genre (age from 3 to 15 years). The participants' performances were evaluated by jury members from four people. The assessment was carried out using a 5-point system, then the presenters from these assessments calculated the amount of points received by the competition participants. The participant who received the highest a large amount passed to the next round, the participant who scored fewer points was eliminated from the competition. If the participants scored the same amount of points, then the presenter asked the contestants to alternately sing a verse from a song or dance a fragment from a dance. Then he asked the jury members to recalculate the participants’ scores. If after recalculation the total points are the same, then both participants advanced to the next round. Also in 1991-1992, the program included a competition for TV presenters among girls. In this competition, presenter Yuri Nikolaev chose participants not for the role of his co-hosts, but for applicants who would be able to work on television. First, a video clip of the participant was shown on the screens installed in the hall, and then the participant went on stage, accompanied by the presenter. Then there was a short conversation (usually the participants answered the moderator’s questions), after which the jury gave marks to each of the participants. There was also a "Freestyle" competition hosted by Maria Bogdanova. After Yuri Nikolaev's partner changed, the competition was cancelled. Also, the program, together with the New Names Foundation, held a competition for young classical music performers, which was judged in the same way as the pop one. Since 1993, the scenery has changed in the program. The screens disappeared, and in their place a musical staff appeared. The rules of the competition have also changed. The participant who scored the highest amount of points approached stave and with the help of notes with numbers he chose an opponent with whom he was to compete in the next round. Also, the children's vocal genre was divided into two categories: from 3 to 9 years old and from 9 to 15 years old, and a folklore competition was added.

Closing the transfer

In 2002, the general director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, despite any persuasion from Yuri Nikolaev, took “Morning Star” off the air, which, in his opinion, could interfere with the viewer’s perception new project"Star Factory ". The program moved to the TVC channel, where it aired for a year. The last episode of the program was released on August 3, 2003.

On October 3, 2016, the resumption of the program was announced and the competition website was opened now for admission to the semi-finals. It is necessary to obtain a majority of votes from registered Internet users. New nominations have been added: cinema, freestyle and family

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My enthusiasm has diminished a little, because I have already seen this beautiful planet, and now I desperately wanted something else!.. I felt that dizzying “taste of the unknown”, and I really wanted to repeat it... I already knew that this “hunger” would poison my further existence, and that I would always this will be missed. Thus, wishing to continue to remain at least a little happy man, I had to find some way to “open” the door to other worlds for myself... But then I hardly understood that opening such a door was not so easy... And that many more winters would pass , as long as I will be free to “walk” wherever I want, and that someone else will open this door for me... And this other will be my amazing husband.
- Well, what are we going to do next? – Stella pulled me out of my dreams.
She was upset and sad that she didn't get to see more. But I was very glad that she became herself again and now I was absolutely sure that from that day on she would definitely stop moping and would be ready again for any new “adventures.”
“Please forgive me, but I probably won’t do anything else today...” I said apologetically. - But thank you very much for helping.
Stella beamed. She really loved feeling needed, so I always tried to show her how much she meant to me (which was absolutely true).
- OK. “We’ll go somewhere else another time,” she agreed complacently.
I think she, like me, was a little exhausted, but, as always, she tried not to show it. I waved my hand at her... and found myself at home, on my favorite sofa, with a bunch of impressions that now needed to be calmly comprehended, and slowly, leisurely “digested”...

By the age of ten I had become very attached to my father.
I've always adored him. But, unfortunately, in my first childhood years he traveled a lot and was at home too rarely. Every day spent with him at that time was a holiday for me, which I later remembered for a long time, and piece by piece I collected all the words dad said, trying to keep them in my soul, like a precious gift.
From an early age, I always had the impression that I had to earn my father’s attention. I don't know where this came from or why. No one ever stopped me from seeing him or communicating with him. On the contrary, my mother always tried not to disturb us if she saw us together. And dad always gladly spent everything he had left over from work with me, free time. We would go into the forest with him, plant strawberries in our garden, go to the river to swim, or just talk while sitting under our favorite old apple tree, which is what I loved to do almost everything.

In the forest for the first mushrooms...

On the banks of the Nemunas River (Neman)

Dad was a great conversationalist, and I was ready to listen to him for hours if the opportunity arose... Probably just his strict attitude to life, arrangement life values, the never changing habit of not getting anything for nothing, all this created for me the impression that I should deserve it too...
I remember very well how, as a very small child, I hung on his neck when he returned home from business trips, endlessly repeating how much I loved him. And dad looked at me seriously and answered: “If you love me, you shouldn’t tell me this, but you should always show me...”
And it was these words of his that remained an unwritten law for me for the rest of my life... True, I probably wasn’t always very good at “showing”, but I always tried honestly.
And in general, for everything that I am now, I owe it to my father, who, step by step, sculpted my future “I”, never giving any concessions, despite how selflessly and sincerely he loved me. During the most difficult years of my life, my father was my “island of calm,” where I could return at any time, knowing that I was always welcome there.
Having lived through a very difficult and stormy life, he wanted to be sure that I could stand up for myself in any unfavorable circumstances for me and would not break down from any troubles in life.
Actually, I can say from the bottom of my heart that I was very, very lucky with my parents. If they had been a little different, who knows where I would be now, and whether I would be at all...
I also think that fate brought my parents together for a reason. Because it seemed absolutely impossible for them to meet...
My dad was born in Siberia, in the distant city of Kurgan. Siberia was not the original place of residence of my father's family. This was the decision of the then “fair” Soviet government and, as has always been accepted, was not subject to discussion...
So, my real grandparents, one fine morning, were rudely escorted from their beloved and very beautiful, huge family estate, cut off from their usual life, and put into a completely creepy, dirty and cold carriage, heading in a frightening direction - Siberia...
Everything that I will talk about further was collected by me bit by bit from the memories and letters of our relatives in France, England, as well as from the stories and memories of my relatives and friends in Russia and Lithuania.
To my great regret, I was able to do this only after my father’s death, many, many years later...

Yuri Nikolaev is a famous Soviet TV presenter, which once became a real symbol of the entire television industry of the USSR. There are many rumors about his personality different legends, which to some extent only confirm the popularity of our today's hero.

In his biography you can find dozens interesting facts. But can we say with confidence that we know absolutely everything about the person we regularly see on our television screens? Of course not. After all, there are blind spots in the fate of every public person.

Early years, childhood and family of Yuri Nikolaev

Yuri Aleksandrovich Nikolaev was born in Moldova - in the city of Chisinau. His parents were far from the world of art and both belonged to the system law enforcement Soviet Union.

In particular, the father of our today's hero served with the rank of colonel in the ranks of the Moldovan Ministry of Internal Affairs and was even awarded a huge number of different awards. No less interesting person was the mother of the future TV presenter, Valentina Ignatovna. The woman worked almost all her life in the KGB system.

This circumstance becomes especially interesting when taking into account the fact that Yuri Nikolaev’s grandfather once suffered greatly from the activities of the State Security Committee, was repressed and even moved to Canada. However this question Today we will leave it out of brackets.

As for Yura himself, he creative path started quite early. Even in his childhood he became part of the school theater club, which in turn became his ticket to the world of television. Our today's hero played children's roles on Chisinau television, and therefore at an early age he became a real star in his school.

The first successes led Yuri Nikolaev to think about a professional career in television. At that time the future famous TV presenter dreamed of becoming an actor, and therefore after graduating from school he decided to move to Moscow.

In 1965, our today's hero moved to Russia, where he soon submitted documents to GITIS. The young Moldovan guy passed the entrance exams successfully, and therefore soon became a student at the acting department of the State Institute of Theater Arts.

Star Trek by Yuri Nikolaev: filmography and television

My creative career our today's hero began as an actor at the Pushkin Theater. Yuri Nikolaev performed in this place from 1970 to 1975. The actor also began acting in films around the same period. In 1971, he played a small role in the film “Zoya Rukhadze”, which was followed by more big job in the film "Big Races".

Film roles brought Yuri Nikolaev into the world of television. From 1973 to 1975 he worked as freelancer, however, he soon received the position of announcer at the USSR State Television and Radio.

Igor Nikolaev in the film “Yuri Nikolaev. I can't live without TV"

For some time, in parallel with his work on television, Yuri Nikolaev also acted in films, but already in the same year of 1975 he received an offer that forced him to fully concentrate on his television career. This was the “Morning Mail” project, which our today’s hero became the host of in the mid-seventies.

This program brought him enormous success and made Nikolaev popular in all regions of the USSR. IN different years his partners in film set there were a variety of representatives Soviet television. Only Yuri Alexandrovich himself remained the living embodiment of the spirit of the television program.

In total, the presenter worked continuously on the Morning Mail program for sixteen years. In parallel with this, he also led some other TV shows. For some time, Yuri Nikolaev worked as a presenter of news programs on the USSR State Television and Radio, and also hosted the legendary children's program “ Good night, kids."

However, his personal field of activity has always been musical programms. IN different periods time, our today's hero worked on the programs “Song of the Year”, “Blue Light”, and also hosted a song festival in Jurmala.

Yuri Nikolaev about gays and show business

As noted in some sources, in mid-1978, Yuri Nikolaev became the first TV presenter in the USSR to appear on camera while intoxicated. Nikolaev still remembers this episode with humor. H

As for other successes, in this regard it is worth noting the programs “Morning Star” and “Guess the Melody,” on the creation of which our today’s hero worked as a producer. Thanks to these projects, the popular Soviet TV presenter managed to remain a prominent figure in the world Russian television even after the collapse of the USSR.

In 1997, Yuri Nikolaev again began working on the resumed program “Morning Mail”. Subsequently, he also hosted the programs “Dancing on Ice” and “Dancing with the Stars” on the Rossiya channel, as well as the program “Property of the Republic” (together with Dmitry Shepelev). In parallel with his work on television, Yuri Nikolaev sometimes acted in films. In particular, in the 2000s he appeared in the TV series “Annushka” and “Yesterday Live”.

For his numerous successes in the world of Soviet and Russian television, Yuri Nikolaev was awarded two prizes from the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Order of Friendship, and the title People's Artist Russia. Currently, Yuri Nikolaev is working on television on old and new projects. One of these is fundamentally new transmission"In our time".

Personal life of Yuri Nikolaev


Yuri Nikolaev’s first marriage was rather short-lived, and therefore today practically nothing is known about him. Another thing is the marital union with his second wife, Eleanor Alexandrovna. The lovers met at a party with the girl’s older brother, who was an old friend of Yuri. After this, the young people began dating. Today, Eleanor and Yuri have been together for many years. The couple has no children.

IN ordinary life Yuri Nikolaev loves sports and maintains friendly relations with Leonid Yakubovich. In the past his close friend was

I got into Fidgets literally from the street. He was about 10 years old then. Our girl Yulia Komleva’s mother worked in a store not far from Serezha’s house. And he was an independent guy, he went to the store himself as a child. And then one day I came to the bakery, and at the same time started talking with the woman behind the counter. Yulia’s mother mentioned that her daughter is involved in the “Fidgets” ensemble.

By that time, Seryozha had heard a lot about us, because we often appeared in “Morning Star”, and Lazarev adored this program and dreamed more than anything else of getting there. Yulina’s mother introduced him to her daughter, and the two of them went to the children’s art house.

Entering the building, Seryozha stopped on the first step of the stairs and said: “No, I won’t go. Afraid". He stood there, caught his breath, resolutely went upstairs, reached the second floor: “No, I still won’t go, it’s scary!” Yulia, half-heartedly, dragged him to the third floor.

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Then he skidded in front of the door to my office. At this point Yulia began to act decisively, came in to me and said: “Lena, here’s a boy who came, without a competition, without a casting, but he really wants to show himself to you.” In general, I forced him into my room, closed the door and leaned on it from the outside so that the guy wouldn’t run away. Seryozha hesitated and blushed, but still pulled himself together and began to sing.

I understood everything immediately, without any castings. High treble of amazing purity. Very confident dance moves. In general, I told him to come the next morning and start studying right away. It was obvious from the very beginning that not taking such a guy would be a mistake.


But if I fell in love with him right away, he did not take root in the team from the first days. Lazarev had to go through a kind of initiation, which was arranged for almost all newcomers. Our star Yulia Malinovskaya, who already hosted “Morning Star” and was known throughout the country, could not pass by such a shy and sincere boy. I decided to make fun of him. He comes up and says: “Seryozha, Lena asked me to tell you that by tomorrow you must learn this dance. And if it doesn’t work out, she’ll kick you out of Fidget right away!”

The poor guy got scared, diligently rehearsed all night, the next morning he comes up to me and says: “Elena Mikhailovna, take the job, I’ve learned everything!” “What have you learned?!” I wonder. "Like what? Dance! As you requested. They won’t kick me out now.” I had to explain to him that our kids were joking like that. But after this incident, Seryozha quickly became the life of the party, and Yulia did not give him such checks anymore.


Sergey Lazarev and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (center)

One day he and I went to singing competition to the city of Cremona, Italy. Between rehearsals we had some free time, and we decided to wander around the city. While walking, we came to the square, overlooked by the town hall. We climbed up to the bell tower - an amazing view opened up from there.

“How good!” - says Seryozha and begins to sing from the fullness of his feelings. Naturally, I chose “Santa Lucia” for the performance - this song suited the situation perfectly. The amazing acoustics of the bell tower greatly enhanced Serezha’s angelic treble. Literally for a second he stopped to catch his breath, and at that moment we heard a noise below. We leaned over the fence and saw, far below us, in the square, a huge crowd. Everyone looks at us and applauds. I had to finish singing and bow.

About Vlad Topalov

Little funny man


Five-year-old Vladka, then still very tiny, was brought to us for an audition by his grandmother. I just put up a notice on the doors of the Sokol Children's Art Center, and they just lived nearby.

Vladik was such a small, funny, plump little doll. He went out into the middle of the room, blushed and, blushing more and more with each word, sang: “A Christmas tree was born in the forest...” The baby was very embarrassed. Yulia Malinovskaya immediately drew attention to Vladik. She came up, took him by the hand and announced that “this will be my little man!”, which plunged little Vlad into even greater embarrassment.


However, he took his studies seriously. One day, six-year-old Vladka was giving an interview to some TV channel, and the journalist asked him: “You do vocals and dance here - that’s understandable. Why do you, boy, need a classic machine, explain?” And he, shrugging his shoulders, said with emphasis: “I, to be honest, don’t know myself, but my mother says that if you practice the classical machine, you will be slim and beautiful.” Coming from the mouth of a strapping six-year-old, it sounded wonderful.


Vladik grew up as an imperturbable and unusually calm guy. Once we went on tour to America, and for some reason one of the performances took place in the concert hall of some fire station. This very fire station had a very low ceiling. And now “Fidgets” is on stage, the girls are dancing, everything is very emotional and expressive. Suddenly, at some point, Zhenya Tremasova makes such a sweeping movement with her foot, and her shoe falls off. It flies to the ceiling and ricochets down from it, right on Topalov’s head. Vladka didn’t move a single muscle on his face; he continued to dance as if nothing had happened. Zhenya also doesn’t show it and continues to dance in one shoe.

The guys worked the routine to the end, and behind the scenes Zhenya runs up to Vlad and begins to apologize: “Forgive me, I did it by accident. Did it hurt you?” And he answers her completely calmly and calmly: “Eh, Zhenya, just think of some kind of shoe. A month ago, a vase fell on my head - it fell off the cabinet - and then I had nothing. Do you see how big and strong my head is? She’s not even afraid of a vase, let alone your shoe.”

About Nastya Zadorozhnaya

The most beautiful ugly duckling


The first time I saw Nastya backstage concert hall. We then performed at the Christmas tree at the city hall. It was a very responsible and important event, and I was completely overwhelmed, running from dressing room to dressing room, settling various matters. The administrator comes up to me and says: “A girl wants to see you.” “What kind of girl is there?” I wave it off as I run. Five minutes later again: “The girl is calling you,” I again ignore. The fifth time I can’t stand it, I say: “Give her here!”

I see an angel standing there. With huge eyes. With long eyelashes. And in a timid voice he says: “Take me to Fidgets!” Her dad brought her to the Christmas tree, she saw our children, plucked up courage and made her way backstage to ask to join the team. The city's arrogance is appalling: they hired Nastenka for a trial period, and then into the main team.


Lena Katina and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (left)

She had a hard time at first in our friendly and “friendly” team. There was always a catastrophic shortage of boys in Fidgets, and they were worth their weight in gold not only by teachers, but also by girls. When all the girls suddenly and without a declaration of war suddenly fell in love with anyone, the shortage of boys was felt especially acutely.

And at this very moment Nastya comes - she is beautiful and smart. Nastya has always been a beauty, and even in adolescence Zadorozhnaya remained a very pretty girl. And immediately, of course, I fell in love with our brightest boy - Seryozha Lazarev.

In general, seeing this, our girls went into all sorts of troubles. We decided to eliminate our competitor. From the very first day they began to convince Zadorozhnaya that she was ugly. Jokes, jokes, sometimes even outright bullying - it got to the point that Nastya really believed that she ugly duck. She cried, suffered, was sad, but did not give up. Then she admitted more than once in interviews that she went through such a powerful life school in “Fidgets” - all subsequent tests seemed like baby talk.


Thanks to "Fidgets" it also began actor career. Directors and producers often contacted us in search of performers for children's roles. Our children are bright, talented, and relaxed. In addition, at the Fidget school we teach stage speech and stage movement. Our fidgets starred in various episodes of Yeralash.

While on vacation at Orlyonok, we were approached by producers from the Cinebridge television company, who were filming the first teenage series on our television, Simple Truths. Their first composition young actors He has already grown up and even graduated from school according to the script. They were looking for new actors. Their choice immediately fell on Nastya.

Episodes of “Simple Truths” were published every day on RTR. Therefore, I had to film a lot. During the day, Nastya went to school, then went to the music school, from there to “Fidgets,” and in the evenings, weekends and holidays she also managed to film - she has been a workaholic since childhood. This useful quality later helped her greatly in her future career.

About Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina

A thin leader and a head on his shoulders

Yulia Volkova... I say her name, and a picture pops up in my memory. “Fidgets” are still completely new, we study at Sokol, in the center of creativity for children and youth. We are conducting a casting and choosing a new addition. It’s a small hall, the stage is elevated, and kids walk along it. We are watching them closely. And then a girl appears on stage - a blonde in a velvet dark blue dress, pretty - you can’t take your eyes off her. Everything is clean, fragile, transparent. She came out and sang, “Oh, it’s not evening, it’s not evening,” and her voice is like a bell. And he sings the notes very well. As it turned out later, she studied at a music school, and she was doing great there. In general, it was some kind of angel. We, of course, took it without any hesitation.


At first, Volkova didn’t stand out in any way, but about a year later we all went to Artek together. This was a common practice, we went there every summer, a special “fidget” detachment was organized in the camp, they had their own counselors, their own buildings and their own schedule.

A week passed, and suddenly, out of the blue, walkers - our “fidgets” - reached out to me. One or two at a time they came and said thoughtfully: “Len, it turns out that Yulia Volkova is such a cool girl, we couldn’t even think of it!”, “Oh, Len, it’s so great with Volkova!” And since then I’ve only heard from them “Volkova, Volkova, Volkova”, “Yulia this, Julia that.” She became not just the soul of the party - the ruler of thoughts. She won the trust of our leaders - Lazarev and Malinovskaya. This couple usually worked as our main clowns, and now the three of them with Volkova were amusing the whole squad until they dropped.


Vlad Topalov, Sergey Lazarev and Yulia Malinovskaya (bottom row) and Lena Katina (top right)

Volkova also had her own trick - she loved to treat everyone. Since she herself was a thin, frail girl and at first quite sickly, her parents packed a whole chest with a variety of tablets, ointments and pills. And Yulka generously fed them to all the suffering. "Do you have a headache? On you, aspirin, take it! Do you have a tummy? It is for you Activated carbon" It is clear that her mother did not give her any serious medications with her to the camp, knowing full well that it was dangerous, but she was still in charge of all the patches and brilliant greens and earned the fame of Doctor Sorreltail.

Girls were especially drawn to Yulka: in addition to everything else, she also had the talent of a stylist and makeup artist and loved doing hair, dressing up, and applying makeup. This was a rare combination of kindness and sparkling, infectious fun. And also the unique ability to become one of the people and a leader in any team. Not a girl, but a treasure.


Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina (left) and Sergey Lazarev (right)

Her future partner in the duet “Tattoo” Lena Katina came to us at “Fidgets” later than Volkova. And her story is completely different. Lenin's dad is a professional composer and sound engineer. We met him at the studio when we were recording one of the songs with Fidgets. After a while he called me and said: “Len, listen to my girl? She’s involved in some kind of singing group, she sings Spanish songs with a guitar, it turns out interesting.”

A girl of about 12 came. She was bright, red-haired, and these hemp flowers were charming. Well, she's a beauty, not a girl! The voice is amazing, the timbre is very pleasant. And she herself is calm, mature, quiet. Naturally I took it.


Yulia Malinovskaya and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (center) and Lena Katina (right)

It’s not easy to join a long-established team, but Lena managed not to come into conflict with anyone. The old-timers, of course, tried to reward the “new redhead” with a portion of ridicule and jokes. But Lena reacted to this in highest degree philosophical and calm. This calmness and “maturity” have always distinguished Katina. Even after the stormy rise of Tatu, Lena managed to keep her head on her shoulders. And she remained completely unspoiled by success, money and fame.

About first love

Lovers Lazarev, Zadorozhnaya, Topalov and Volkova


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