In September 2003, Channel One aired the third season of the musical reality show “Star Factory” under the direction of Alexander Shulgin. IN live 16 boys and girls improved their vocal and pop skills, faced new challenges and learned teamwork. During the project, the groups “Tutsi” and “KGB” were born, the stars of Yulia Mikhalchik and Nikita Malinin were lit..
A contender for the title of Miss Kursk 1999, 21-year-old fashion model and dancer Ksenia Valeeva came to the Factory in search of a new way to express herself throughout the country. The girl flew out of the project after the first reporting concert, being remembered only for her duet with Sergei Mazaev. After the project, she studied at GITIS and received a diploma in 2008. Now she is married, raising a son, engaged in environmental activism and, it seems, does not remember “factory” everyday life.
Before the project, Ruslan Kurik, a native of Jurmala, studied at the variety department of GITIS (his mentor was Gennady Khazanov himself), but after the first session he took away the documents, since he fundamentally disagreed with the expulsion of his friend. Three years later, he came to the “Star Factory”, where he was strikingly different from other participants in his informal image. 
He managed to reach the semi-finals, and although this was the end of his participation in the show, the guy’s career took off. In 2007, Couric was invited to the show “ Last Hero", he played main role in the full-length comedy “One Love in a Million” and in the drama “Papa Carlo’s Favorite Daughter.” In 2016, he could be seen in Nikolai Khomeriki’s film “Icebreaker” as a sailor. Ruslan does not forget his musical path - he performs in the synth-rock group “kÁUGUri”, which he named after his native microdistrict in the city of Jurmala.
Maria Weber
Masha Weber left the project after the sixth reporting concert, despite her “relationship” with Nikita Malinin (no one denied that the couple was created to increase the show’s ratings). In 2004, the girl and four other graduates of the third Factory came under the wing of Viktor Drobysh, who undertook to produce the team, called “Tootsie”. 
For two years, Weber toured with her friends, delighting listeners with the main hit “The Most-Most” and other, less memorable songs, but in 2006 she left the group due to pregnancy from Parviz Yasinov, the oligarch’s son. It was rumored that her husband forbade her to perform on stage. However, already in 2007, Maria Weber received the status of “divorced” (Parviz went to the singer Yulia Volkova) and returned to “Tootsie”. She performed as part of the group until its disbandment in 2012.
In 2011, Masha entered the acting department of GITIS. After receiving her diploma, she returned to music. In 2016, her solo single “You’re Better” was released. Now she is raising her son Oscar and continues to be creative. Thus, in November 2018, her composition “Fanta-Cola” hit the top of the Russian music charts.
The merits of Nikolai Slichenko, actor and director, did not help his grandson and full namesake stay on the project. Due to his obstinate character and modest vocal abilities, Nikolai Slichenko Jr. dropped out second, being remembered for his duet with the more experienced manufacturer Mikhail Grebenshchikov (the song “Hugging Dancers”). 
After that, the guy disappeared from the radar, and in 2009 he entered GITIS (it seems that for the participants in the third season of “Factory” this is a downright sacred place). After graduating in 2009, Nikolai lived in Goa for some time and returned, completely changing his outlook on life. Now he is an adherent of Indian philosophy and a shop owner Indian goods, and also the father of two children: Roma and Angela. In the winter of 2017, in Andrei Malakhov’s studio, he admitted that he was in search of a soul mate.
The daughter of the famous Soviet rocker Vladimir Kuzmin and poetess Tatyana Artemyeva came to the project as an 18-year-old girl. She was supposed to become the fifth in the “Tutsi” group, but due to disagreements with Viktor Drobysh she went into solo swimming. She planned to release the album “Between an Angel and a Demon,” but in the end decided to temporarily leave music in order to get a full-fledged education at a pop-jazz school. 
In 2009, the girl again experienced close attention from journalists, but not in connection with creative achievements. Her older brother Stepan died in the fire. In 2014, on the air of the program “Property of the Republic,” Sophia sang the song “Golden Carousel” with her father. Now Kuzmina continues to make music, often publishes fragments of “home” performances on Instagram, is interested in floristry and is involved in animal protection.
Many reproached the producers of “Star Factory-3” for being biased: they say, it was not for nothing that the son of Alexander Malinin became the winner. But the popularity of the hit “Kitten”, born within the walls of the project, suggests that the first place was deserved. 
But, as Nikita’s father told reporters much later, too much attention fell on the winner. Malinin Jr. was not ready for fame. Having released his debut album “Flash in the Night”, he disappeared from the sight of fans for a long time. Later, he teamed up with DJ Neutrino and made club music (which his father really didn’t like), but the project quickly died. Now he continues to realize his talent in the field of electronic music and is raising his son with his wife Natalya.
Lesya Yaroslavskaya was the only married lady on the project. The girl participated in the casting without consulting her husband. And he, a strict military man, gave an ultimatum: either him or the reality show. But in the end he changed his anger to mercy and let Lesya go to the Factory. They spent almost three months apart. 
But even after the end of “Factory,” her life resembled one endless tour. She appeared at home only to pack her things for a new trip. These were the terms of the contract with Channel One. In 2004, she joined the Tutsi group and sang with it until 2008, when she went on maternity leave. A month after giving birth, Lesya, now the mother of baby Elizabeth, returned to the team and performed with it until the very end.
In 2011, she tried her hand as solo artist, recorded more than 10 compositions. In December 2017, she and three others former factory owners(Malinin, Kireev and Mikhalchuk) promised fans a joint song.
Nastya Krainova was eliminated third, but left exceptionally vivid memories of herself. While nurturing the idea of the Tutsi group, Drobysh remembered the positive “manufacturer” and invited her to the project. 
In 2010, the girl left the team and took up DJing. She had her own “trick” - she not only stood behind the DJ console, but also sang. The project died down, but Natya did not leave musical activity and returned to the roots.
In 2018, the singer released her solo album “Who Will Shoot First.” She regularly appears at social events and delights Instagram followers with fashionable looks.
At the end of the project, she received a marriage proposal from producer Alexander Shulgin. By the way, he invited her, who has been participating in various vocal competitions, for the casting of “Factory”. After two years, their romance faded away, but Alexander still provides her with friendly support. 
After “graduation,” the bronze medalist effortlessly adapted to the energetic world domestic show business. In 2005, she sang with the Italian performer Al Bano on the stage of the Kremlin Palace. The next two years were marked by Yulia’s solo albums: “If Winter Comes...” and “Braids”. She took part in the selection for Eurovision, but the English version of the song “Cold Fingers” did not impress the jury.
Yulia Mikhalchik – Cold Fingers
In 2009, the singer met her future husband, entrepreneur Vladimir Goev. At the same time, she studied advertising and public relations at one of the St. Petersburg universities, and in 2013 she gave birth to a son, after which she went to sabbatical. Now Mikhalchik is back in action and actively touring the country.
Thanks to the song "Linger and Freeze in the Clouds," readers of Yes! Dmitry Golubev was recognized as the best graduate of the third “Factory”. In 2004, the guy became part of the trio “KGB” (an abbreviation for the names of the participants - Kireev, Golubev, Barsukov). In 2006, the boy band died for a long time. For some time, Dmitry performed solo, but later his beloved girl appeared in his life, and in 2013 he became a happy father. Now he is studying restaurant business– Dmitry Golubev owns the Chaika restaurant in Ivanovo. 
Now the singer and actress is raising her sons Milan (2013) and Christian (2017), born in a civil marriage with acrobat Alexey Polishchuk, so she hardly pleases fans with new work, and also conducts master classes and voices cartoons.
Before Star Factory, Irina Zhelnova worked as a backing vocalist for Mikhail Shufutinsky. She wrote the song “Two Hours” on the project, but the composition could not stand the competition with “I Can’t Lie to a Girl” by Dmitry Golubev and “Forever” by Sveta Svetikova. Only 7% of viewers voted for Irina. So after the 4th reporting concert she left the star house.. 
Oleg Dobrynin
Oleg Dobrynin, the most senior participant in the project, was not new to music scene– before “FZ” he performed in the “Amega” group together with Elena Perova from the “Lyceum” group. Oleg still writes songs and music himself, and feels confident in the most different genres. Sometimes he gets nostalgic for the old days of reality TV. For example, in November 2018, it was 15 years since the premiere of the song “15 minutes to eight,” the artist’s main factory hit, which Dobrynin did not forget to remind his subscribers about. Charming Alexander Kireev took second place and joined the KGB group. After its breakup in 2006, the musician moved to Finland to record his solo disc “Heartbeat”. In 2009 he appeared on children's channel"Carousel" as the host of the program "Question for filling", but in musically fell silent for a long time. 
It seemed that another manufacturer had left the stage forever... But in 2017, the singer returned with the single “Impossible.” Next year was noted for the release of the songs “What July, Julia?” and “Spring Girl”, as well as the composition “Forgive Me” recorded together with Malinin and Mikhalchuk.
Roman Barsukov
Another KGB member, Roman Barsukov, remained in the group when the producer decided to put an end to it and the rest of the participants left it. True, the “reanimated” team with a new composition also did not achieve success, and the “KGB” group disappeared forever.” But Roman did not say goodbye to music. He found a use for his velvety voice - together with Ilya Dragunov and Ivan Novikov, he plays in the cover band “Put IN”.Irina Ortman
And how the fate of the participants of the second “Star Factory” turned out, see this material.
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Fifteen years later, the Star Factory again decided to resume the search for young and unknown talented performers. Many people used to watch this show, which gave a start to life for many famous singers, such as: Polina Gagarina, Timati, Yulia Savicheva and others. In 2017, seventeen participants were admitted to the competition. These are young singers who show promise. All the guys are very different, and everyone believes in their victory.
« New Factory stars." Opening concert
New Star Factory
The show “Star Factory” announced itself in 2002. An analogue of this was a Dutch project called “Academy of Stars”. Its first producer was Igor Matvienko. After several years of hiatus, the show reappeared on television in 2017, slightly changing its name. The channel through which it comes out has also changed. At first it was Channel One, now Muz-TV.
Participants of the new Star Factory 2017
Casting for the new Star Factory began in the summer of 2017. Many children took part in it, but seventeen best participants were selected. Their names:
Anna Moon;
Guzel Khasanova;
Radoslava Boguslavskaya;
Samvel Vardanyan;
Ulyana Sinetskaya;
Marta Zhdanyuk;
Maria Budnitskaya;
Vladimir Idiatullin;
Evgeny Trofimov;
Daniil Danilevsky;
Elman Zeynalov;
Zina Kupriyanovich;
Nikita Kuznetsov;
Daniil Ruvinsky;
Andrey Beletsky;
Lolita Voloshina;
Elvira Braschenkova.
The producer of the revived show was Viktor Drobysh. And the presenter has changed - instead of Yana Churikova, Ksenia Sobchak is hosting the program.
Victor Drobysh new producer show
All participants in the show are young, they should not be more than 25 years old. The start of the Star Factory show took place on September 2, 2017. It's only been nine weeks since the first episode. Every week one of the participants must leave the project - these are the rules of the competition.
In the first week, no one left the project. In the second week, Vladimir Idiatullin left the project. On the third, the audience said goodbye to Samvel Vardanyan. In the fourth week, Maria Budnitskaya had to leave. In the fifth week, Marta Zhdanyuk left. In the sixth week, Anya Moon had to leave the project. On the seventh, no one left, because Philip Kirkorov saved Ulyana Sinetskaya. Daniil Ruvinsky left in the eighth.
Host of Star Factory 2017 Ksenia Sobchak
So, eleven guys remained. This:
Guzel Khasanova;
Radoslava Boguslavskaya;
Ulyana Sinetskaya;
Evgeny Trofimov;
Elman Zeynalov;
Zina Kupriyanovich;
Nikita Kuznetsov;
Andrey Beletsky;
Lolita Voloshina;
Daniil Danilevsky;
Elvira Braschenkova.
Ulyana Sinetskaya was born in 1995 in the city of Yugorsk (not far from Khanty-Mansiysk). Then Ulyana’s parents moved to Yekaterinburg. At the age of five, the girl began singing, and five years later she entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. While still at school, the talented girl was awarded the Golden Cylinder award and the title of Little Vice-Miss World. Ulyana tried her hand at leading the “Northern Lights” competition and the “Torch” festival.
Ulyana Sinetskaya
After graduation high school Ulyana decided to acquire the profession of psychologist by entering the Academy of Education. In parallel with her studies, the girl worked at the Yekaterinburg variety theater.
In 2014, Ulyana took part in the show “The Voice”. At the blind auditions, Alexander Gradsky turned to her, this was a big plus in favor of the young singer. But during the fights the girl had to leave because the mentor chose another performer - Busha Goman.
15 years ago the first “Star Factory” burst onto the airwaves, which had resounding success. Project participants received happy ticket to the top of show business. True, not all “manufacturers” were able to gain a foothold in the market for a long time. big stage. Some became famous artists, while others disappeared from view forever. The editors of Woman’s Day found out the fates of the finalists of all seasons of the reality show.
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 Star Factory”!
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 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 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 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 took up 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
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 strength into studying abroad, forgetting for a while about 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.
For 15 years, the cult television project was waiting for a new opportunity to “shoot” and in 2017 it finally happened. In the “New Star Factory” the rules remain the same - the best mentors and a professional team of stylists, hairdressers and presenters will help 16 talented young participants reveal their full potential in order to ignite the domestic stage with renewed vigor.
An authoritative jury conducted a brutal selection of casting participants throughout the country. We evaluate the talents and capabilities of applicants: music producer Victor Drobysh, who is also the general producer of the project; General Director of the MUZ TV channel Arman Davletyarov; general producer of the White Media company Yulia Sumacheva and vocal teacher, a.k.a. main mentor manufacturers Vladimir Korobka.
Mentors and presenters of the Star Factory
The team of mentors and project leaders includes exclusively professionals in their field. They know very well what awaits modern viewer from future star how a superstar should look and perform songs. There is difficult work ahead, but none of the mentors is going to give up and allow the best of those who have reached the stage of moving into the “Star House” to do it. They are ready to share their skills and reveal the secrets of popularity.
The daily broadcasts from the “Star House” were hosted by popular MUZ-TV presenters Artem Shalimov and Georgy Ivashchenko, who knows from his own experience how difficult it is to be a participant in the “Star Factory”.
Take place weekly reporting concerts. The amazing presenter Ksenia Sobchak, who has extensive experience working at such events and copes with the task superbly, was appointed responsible for their conduct.
The project will be of interest to different categories of viewers. This is an exciting show that will not leave anyone indifferent.
The Russian company White Media gained popularity in 2010, six months after its founding. By the way, “White” in the name has nothing to do with English word“white” (white), and represents the first letters of the surname and name of the founder - Timur Weinstein.
The company became famous for its most successful projects: the latest film with “Who Am I?”, “Bartender” with, a television show called “One to One!”, the TV series “Ashes” and others. The success of White Media is undoubtedly due to general producer Yulia Sumacheva.
Childhood and youth
Yulia Sumacheva was born on July 22, 1983 in Vladikavkaz (Russia, Republic of North Ossetia- Alanya). In 2000, the girl entered the Moscow Classical Academy named after Maimonides, and in 2005 received a diploma in philology with a specialty in Hebraic and Judaic Studies (ancient Hebrew language, monuments of Jewish writing, religion, history and culture of the Jewish people).
While still a student, Yulia worked part-time in Moscow, in commercial organizations. After graduating from the academy, the girl got a job at the Lean-M production center, founded by Timur Weinstein, Oleg Osipov, and Vyacheslav Murugov. The biography is silent about Yulia’s family, so nothing is known about the producer’s parents or childhood. There is information on the Internet only about sister Olga, who has three children.
Producer
Already 3 years later, the Lean-M production center was completely absorbed by the television company Sony Pictures Television International from the United States of America. In 2009, Yulia Sumacheva took the position of chief producer of the White Media company under the leadership of Timur Weinstein. During her work in this position, the girl acted as a producer of 33 films and TV series.
The most famous works became “Psychic Detectives” (2011, TV series), “Marines” (2011, TV series), “Zoykina Love” (2011), “Duel” (2011), “ ugly duck"(2011), "My dear daughter" (2011), "It's simple" (2012), "Ashes" (2013), "Don't be afraid, I'm with you! 1919" (2014), "Parrot Club" (2014) and others.
And on September 1, 2015, Yulia received the position of general producer in the same company. By the end of 2017, Yulia had 150 projects that were popular with TV viewers. Five of the brightest and most successful projects appear on TV screens in prime time.
Yulia Sumacheva in the show "Master Chef" Over a two-year period of work (from 2015 to 2017) as a general producer, Yulia Sumacheva has already produced 13 projects that have received undoubted success among television viewers. Among them are the TV series “Motherland” (2015), “The Other Side of Death” (2016), “The Bridge” (2016), “Schubert” (2017), and the films “I’ll Get Married Urgently” (2015), “Bartender” (2015), “Love with Limits” (2016).
In addition to films, Sumacheva is also involved in producing television shows. From 2013 to 2016, 4 seasons of the show “One to One” were aired on Channel One and the Rossiya TV channel. The first season was such a success that they even aired reruns at the request of viewers.
Yulia Sumacheva and the jury of the show "One to One" On April 18, 2015, an even more popular reality show, “Weighted People,” launched on the STS channel. In 2016, this work by Sumacheva received the TEFI Award for achievements in the field of television services.
Personal life
The general producer of White Media prefers not to advertise the details of his personal life, but thanks to the photo in "Instagram" managed to find out that Julia has eight year old daughter Sofia. As for her beloved man, it is not yet known whether this place in Yulia’s life is vacant or whether her husband prefers to remain incognito.
In her free time from work, Sumacheva walks her dog along the streets of Moscow, and also travels and rides a bicycle.
Yulia Sumacheva now
Yulia, as general producer, was more productive than ever in 2017. Currently, Sumacheva has 6 films in her work, including special attention deserves the film “An Angel Has a Sore Throat” based on the story “Sister of Sorrow” by Vadim Shefner.
In addition, several more projects are being prepared for release in the near future, at film sets St. Petersburg is coming active work on the project "Fragments". At the same time, in May 2017, the project “You are Super!”, produced by Sumacheva, was completed, as well as “Gold of the Nation”.
Despite her busy work schedule, Yulia still has time to relax and see the world: at the beginning of August 2017, she visited the city of Antibes (France), and in May she visited Thailand, where she even rode an elephant. In April 2017, Julia visited Cannes on a working visit, in March she visited London, and spent the 2017 Christmas holidays in Rome.
One of the most successful projects, which Yulia Sumacheva is currently working on, has become television show“New Star Factory”, where the producer acts as a member of the jury. At the same time, Yulia continues to work on the project “ Amazing people", revealing the limitless possibilities of the human brain.
Projects
- 2018 – “Under Voltage”
- 2017 – “Schubert”
- 2017 – “Beyond Death”
- 2017 – “Fragments”
- 2017 – “Bridge”
- 2017 – “This is my dad”
- 2016 – “Crime”
- 2016 – “Love with limitations”
- 2015 – “Police Station”
- 2015 – “Unimagined Life”
- 2014 – “Widow”
- 2013 – “The Price of Life”
- 2013 – “Three in Komi”
- 2013 – “Ashes”
