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We visited the selection procedure for the participants of the new "Factory" and found out what has changed in 15 years, whether the format of the program has changed with the transition to another channel and which guys are now eager to become stars.

I want like Gagarin

The casting took place on Thursday, August 10 (only one day) at the Alla Dukhovaya Todes Modern Dance Theater. The queue lined up from the Alekseevskaya metro station at 6 am and continued until late in the evening. Boys and girls from 15 to infinity - everyone hoped that he was the lucky one. Many stood for 6 hours before entering, and in order not to waste time, they warmed up. “You are a flying angel, an angel into the distance,” the young lady voiced to the imperishable “Aria” in a strange wreath of artificial roses. Those standing nearby looked at each other in bewilderment and moved away: the young lady clearly did not pull on the star of the stadiums.

Girls with unnaturally plump lips, boys with excessively slicked-back hair and no less lush lips stood impatiently, looking at each other arrogantly. A little further away were the guys who had recently met and just left the casting: “Well, good luck to you, if you’re in Nizhny, stop by!”

More than 40% of the participants came to star tests from all over Russia.

I flew in from Dagestan on purpose,” 23-year-old Anya says sadly, clutching her passport with an air ticket. - I don’t want to go back, so I decided to try to go through the casting for the third time. Why am I worse than Gagarina?

It is really not easy to overcome the multi-thousand selection. The jury changes during the day, only the main composition remains unchanged: producer Viktor Drobysh and vocal teacher Vladimir Korobko, who already have experience in “fabricating” young artists on Channel One. During the casting, it was they who looked closely at the future artists. They walked around the stage and listened to everyone. In addition to the "factory" masters, the casting was "judied" by the general director of MUZ-TV Arman Davletyarov, the presenter Andrey Razygraev, the general producer of the WeiT Media production company Yulia Sumacheva. During the day, they were joined by artists and former "manufacturers" Rita Dakota with Vlad Sokolovsky, Stas Piekha, Anatoly Tsoi from the MBAND trio, Alexei Serov and Alexei Ryzhov from Disco Crash, Denis Klyaver.

Before the casting, we accepted applications for three months, we received more than 15 thousand applications, from which we have already chosen the most interesting and promising candidates, - said the casting organizers. Today, more than 1000 people have already watched.

According to the mentors of future manufacturers Viktor Drobysh and Vladimir Korobko, they look at the charisma and brightness of the participants.

It is important for me that the participant hooks me, so that special energy comes from him. This is inexplicable, - shared Drobysh. - Of course, I am aware that, unfortunately, we can miss some talent, it is impossible to take everyone. But I'm sure that talented person anyway it will break.

The format of the project, according to the star mentor, will not change.

The already beloved musical format of “Factory” will remain, the guys will live under the guns of cameras, the daily “diaries” of the manufacturers will go on the air, from which the audience will learn about their life and preparation for the reporting concerts. By the way, they will also remain unchanged - Friday concerts, at which one of the three candidates for departure will remain, - said the producer.

star conveyor

The selection was like a conveyor belt. It is understandable, the tight deadlines of the casting and the number of participants do their job. By evening, the jury had to approve the final composition of 16 participants. The guys were launched by 10-15 people, separately for boys, separately for girls. Each party sang the same song. Young ladies a cappella sang "Provence" Yolka, the guys - the hit of the young singer Alekseev "Drunk Sun". The jury members from the audience watched the behavior of the guys on the stage, evaluated the artistry, and Korobko and Drobysh listened to the singing of the candidates on stage.

As a result, out of 10-15 people they asked to stay alone and already got to know him better and asked him to sing something solo (usually in Russian).

After that, if a person was liked, he was allowed into the next evening tour or automatically included in the number of 16 lucky ones (but there are only a few of them). Basically, the participants they liked were left for the evening, when the final stage of the casting was to take place, and they were already auditioned individually and the best ones were chosen.

It also happened that out of all 10 participants, the jury did not mark anyone. True, some were not lost and still were in no hurry to leave the stage.

And let me sing for you, - a short plump girl with a square grabbed the microphone and, to the song of Sofia Rotaru, began to charm Viktor Drobysh with the help of very dubious movements. The producer managed to delicately dodge, and the girl was eventually asked to leave the stage.

Bright types are our everything!

But a guy with an Asian appearance, very similar to a member of the M-Band group Anatoly Tsoi, was much more fortunate. He went on stage in a black hood and dark glasses and managed to attract the attention of all members of the jury.

My name is Maxim, I'm from Penza, my parents say I'm Russian. Do not pay attention to the shape of the eyes, just the light is bright, so I squint, - the novice performer joked.

Sing us something from the M-Band, - Andrey Razygraev asked.

I don’t know their songs, - the participant calmly retorted, - I’d rather sing a Russian folk song for you, brothers Slavs!

And he performed "It's light in my upper room", and very well.

Well, you can try in some band. I’m not sure solo, but in the group it’s quite, - Drobysh delivered a verdict.

Another participant, singer and journalist Andrey Chikhunov, told us:

Here, first of all, they are looking for types, personalities. The jury looks at the so-called crowd and selects a prominent participant from them. A girl stood in line with me, she went through all the casting rounds, and they left her until the evening. Apparently, they were not completely sure of the choice. She is from St. Petersburg, I will be glad if she becomes a member.

At the casting, the guy was surprised by several things:

Some of the guys who didn't get through changed and got back in line, in different outfits. And secondly, people actually flew in from other cities and republics. For example, there were several people from Buryatia. I'm not sure I would have flown that far for the casting. Although getting to the "Factory", of course, would be very cool.

Sobchak instead of Churikova

So, very soon, at the end of August, those who successfully passed the casting will be settled in a star house, on August 31 the first shooting will take place, and on September 2 at 18:00 the first issue of the new Factory will be released on MUZ-TV. Instead of Yana Churikova, the host of the reporting concerts will be Ksenia Sobchak, and the hosts of the daily releases will be the former "manufacturer" and TV channel host Grigory Ivashchenko and Artem Shalimov.

At the time of writing the material, the final composition of the participants was already known, but its organizers are still keeping it a secret, we will find out only on the day of the premiere.

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

Absolutely anyone from 15 to 29 years old gets a chance to become famous like Polina Gagarina, Elena Temnikova or Natalia Podolskaya. The list of finalists of the "Factory" of past years, who were able to gain fame and popularity, is quite extensive, which greatly increases the excitement on the eve of the upcoming show.

The main requirement of the project editors: participants must be able to sing, write lyrics and melodies. Only 16 contestants will compete for a place in the sun. In the meantime, the editors of Woman's Day remembered the fate of the finalists of all past seasons of the reality show.

"Star Factory" by Igor Matvienko

First place - the group "Roots"

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

Lesha Kabanov and Sasha Berdnikov are exemplary family men today, Pasha Artemyev continues to make music and even created his own indie group ARTEMIEV, and Sasha Astashenok managed to appear in the cinema, though 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 glory. The debut album "Factory Girls" went on sale in 2004. The entire circulation was sold out in a few days. Irina, Alexandra and Sati continued to record new compositions and star in videos. A year later, such songs as “I'm Not Guilty” and “He” were released. The compositions instantly became real hits. Even producer Igor Matvienko did not expect such success. During their career, the "manufacturers" released 3 studio albums, 22 singles and 16 clips. They gave hundreds of concerts in major cities of Russia and CIS countries. They have six Golden Gramophone awards in their piggy bank.

Until now, “factory girls” delight fans with regular performances, however, only Alexandra Savelyeva and Irina Toneva remained from the old line-up. Sati Casanova left the group in 2010, and former Hi-Fi member Katya Li took her place.

As for the personal life of girls, then everything is in perfect order. Irina Toneva married 27-year-old dancer from Ukraine Alexei Brizh, and Alexandra Savelyeva is very happily married to actor Kirill Safonov, only Sati Kazanova has not yet arranged her personal life.

Third place - Mikhail Grebenshchikov

The third place on the project was taken by Mikhail Grebenshchikov, about whom nothing has been heard for a very long time. After the "Star Factory", the singer released only a couple of songs that were successful, but despite this, things did not go further.

Misha has matured and no longer sings about "loaves, they are rolls." But now Grebenshchikov is an employee of the Ministry of Arts and a teacher at Alla Pugacheva's children's school.

"Star Factory" by Maxim Fadeev

First place - Polina Gagarina

Everyone dreams of repeating the success of Polina Gagarina. The singer took first place at the second "Star Factory", made a brilliant solo career, took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, became a mentor in the popular show "Voice" on Channel One and, finally, became a happy wife and mother of two children .

In addition to all of the above, Polina also radically changed in appearance and became just a beauty. At the beginning of her career, the artist looked completely different, and then, unexpectedly for everyone, she lost weight, changed her image and began to prefer other outfits, which only benefited her. Today Gagarina is a real style icon.

Photo: Anatoly Lomokhov / PhotoXPress.ru

Second place - Elena Terleeva

After completing her participation in the show "Factory", Elena Terleeva went headlong into her studies: she was intensively engaged in vocals, choreography and managed to work in jazz bands. After graduating from a music university in 2005, Elena met composer Alex Prusov and began preparing her first solo project, which included the songs “Between me and you”, “Drop”.

The work of the beginning star was even appreciated by the Moscow government and awarded the title "Golden Voice of Russia". In 2005, Terleeva managed to become one of the contenders for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. And two years later, she delighted fans with new hits: "The Sun" and "Love Me", for the first of which the singer received many awards: an award from the Golden Gramophone, laureate at the Song of the Year 2007 competition.

Despite significant success, the girl was not completely satisfied with her life, because she always dreamed of performing in the jazz genre, but such music is not in great demand in Russia. For some time, Maxim Fadeev continued to promote the performer, but their joint cooperation was no longer so successful. Elena released a few more songs, but her performances no longer caused a furore.

Photo: Chesnokova Ekaterina / PhotoXPress.ru

Third place - Elena Temnikova

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

Both the release and the tour that followed in support of it were successful, but already in December it was reported that Temnikova was leaving the project. The reason for this was the singer's conflict with Max Fadeev: the producer was dissatisfied with Lena's romance and his younger brother Artem. However, then the artist still remained in the group. As part of Serebro, she released the album "Mama Lover" in 2011. The most famous songs from it were "Mama Lyuba" and "Mi Mi Mi". In early 2014, Elena Temnikova, amid health problems that arose, terminated the contract with Fadeev ahead of schedule, paying a large penalty.

After leaving Serebro, the singer took up a solo career. In November 2014, she recorded the song "Dependency", in 2015 - the singles "Towards" and "Fly Away". The last song - "Jealousy" - appeared in February 2016. In parallel with her musical creativity, Lena tries her hand at television, creates designer jewelry for the Marmalato chain of stores.

"Star Factory" Alexander Shulgin

First place - Nikita Malinin

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

Rumor has it that the whole thing is in the producer of the "Factory", who immediately after the end of the broadcast ceased to be interested in his wards. Although, judging by Instagram, Nikita still sings, performs, gives concerts and records new tracks, but apparently it’s impossible to break into the big stage.

Second place - Alexander Kireev

Alexander Kireev took second place at the "Star Factory" in 2003. After the end of the show, the young man, together with Dmitry Golubev and Ruslan Barsukov, created the KGB group. At that time, such hits as "Masha + Sasha" and "Five Days of Love" were born, which won the "Bomb of the Year" and "Stop Hit" awards. However, after some time the team broke up.

Now Kireev is better known as a composer of songs by Natalia Podolskaya. Sasha also hosted a program on the Karusel channel. And he is also a member of the Russian Authors' Society, engaged in production activities.

Third place - Yulia Mikhalchik

For the sake of participating in Star Factory - 3, Yulia quit her studies at the university, but the game was worth the candle, because she managed to take third place on the project, thereby earning three clips, one album and her husband in the form of show producer Alexander Shulgin from the judges! With which, by the way, nothing happened to her.

Thus, the singer Yulia Mikhalchik ascended the Olympus of modern show business, but she could not stay there. Sometimes the singer tries to release new compositions, but they do not become popular.

"Star Factory" by Igor Krutoy

Photo: Victoria Toporkova / PhotoXPress.ru

First place - Irina Dubtsova

Today Irina Dubtsova is known as a popular singer and songwriter. In 2004, she first appeared on the air of the musical reality show "Star Factory - 4" on Channel One. Almost immediately, the 22-year-old singer from Volgograd was remembered and loved by most viewers. Her talent was also noted by the judges.

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

Second place - Anton Zatsepin

The silver finalist of the fourth "Star Factory" after the release recorded several successful singles: "Fly away", "Books of Love", "Broad River" in a duet with Nadezhda Kadysheva and even became a father. True, after the artist divorced his daughter's mother, and he also gave up concert activity.

Anton justifies his disappearance from the radar of show business by searching for himself. The musician admits that he became interested in spiritual literature, began to practice self-development and go to church.

Third place - Stas Piekha

Stas Piekha took third place at the "Star Factory - 4" and after the project managed to firmly gain a foothold on the stage. Now he has three studio albums, 16 clips, two collections of poems and participation in many television shows.

Recently, the singer admitted that he no longer wants to sing on the stage and is preparing to radically change the musical direction. According to the musician, the performance of this genre does not give him pleasure. So far, the performer is not sure whether the public will properly perceive his new work.

The singer has always carefully protected his personal life from public attention. He managed to hide from the press his marriage to the St. Petersburg model and DJ Natalia Gorchakova, which took place in 2013, and the birth of his son Peter. Recently, the couple broke up, and now two-year-old Petya lives with his mother in St. Petersburg, but his father tries to visit him as often as possible.

"Star Factory" by Alla Pugacheva

First place - Victoria Daineko

The winner of the project was Victoria Daineko. But this girl needs no introduction, everyone already knows how successful her career has been. Immediately after the show, the singer began to actively cooperate with producer Igor Matvienko, under whose auspices the singles "I'll just leave you right away", "The film is not about love", "Needle" were recorded.

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

The situation of the artist is sad only on the personal front. Novels with singers Pasha Artemyev, Dmitry Pakulichev and Alexei Vorobyov ended a few months later, leaving the girl with nothing. But in this area, Daineko managed to prevail.

In April last year, Victoria married musician Dmitry Kleiman, and a little later the couple had a daughter, but more recently it became known that the couple decided to divorce.

Second place - Ruslan Masyukov

Ruslan Masyukov, who was nicknamed the Russian Enrique Iglesias, took second place. Alla Pugacheva was sure that Masyukov, like Daineko, would achieve unattainable heights in the world of domestic show business. However, a year after the final, the singer simply disappeared from sight. Later it turned out that he threw all his strength into studying abroad, forgetting for a while about his solo career. Of course, Masyukov thought that he would be able to return to the stage, but there were no interesting offers from the producers.

Only the owners of the capital's clubs happily invited the guy to perform, and he happily agreed. Today Ruslan still sings for a very narrow circle. He also works as a VJ on the RuTv channel.

Third place - Natalia Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov

The third place was shared by Natalia Podolskaya and Mikhail Veselov. After the Star Factory, Natalya signed a contract with Viktor Drobysh and soon released her debut album. This was followed by a failure at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where the singer represented Russia. Despite careful preparation, the song performed by Natalia took only 15th place. But the red-haired beauty did not give up, having learned all the lessons from the defeat, she recorded new songs, starred in the video and went on tour around the country.

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

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

"Star Factory" by Viktor Drobysh

First place - Dmitry Koldun

After the Factory, Dmitry Koldun became a vocalist in the KGB group, produced by composer Viktor Drobysh. The band's performances were part of the tour of the finalists of the project, after which the group broke up.

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

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 ended in marriage, in which baby Jan was born.

Photo: Dmitry Korobeinikov / PhotoXPress.ru

On August 10, there was an unprecedented excitement at the entrance to Alla Dukhovaya's TODES school. Thousands of young people crowded in the hope of becoming famous and popular - it was on this day that the casting for the "New Star Factory" took place.

I, the site editor Elena Polyakova, wanted to be on the other side of show business and take the opportunity to be on stage in the spotlight for at least a couple of minutes. Having carefully filled out the questionnaire and received a sheet with the serial number of the participant, I patiently waited in line and evaluated the competitors - someone was singing in the corridor, and someone was diligently combing and painting. Before entering the hall, we were warned that we would line up in several rows and sing the well-known composition of the singer Elka "Provence". Some girls were obviously nervous and frantically searched the Internet for the lyrics of the song, so as not to fall face down in the dirt from ignorance of the masterpieces of modern pop music.

I decided that I must definitely be in the front row in order to definitely get into the field of view of the jury - CEO channel MUZ TV Arman Davletyarov and general producer of White Media Yulia Sumacheva. Also as invited guests in the hall were graduates of the "Star Factory" of past years - Rita Dakota and Vlad Sokolovsky, Stas Piekha, as well as the winner of "I Want to Meladze" and now a member of the MBand group Anatoly Tsoi, Denis Klyaver and the Disco Crash group.

As soon as the melody "Provence" began to play, my rivals tried to do everything to attract attention to themselves - some with strong vocals, and some with uninhibited movements on stage. The music producer of the project Viktor Drobysh, as well as the vocal teacher Vladimir Korobka, approached each participant to evaluate the data of the girls who dream of a big stage. After that, the jury called the numbers of three participants, and thanked the rest for their interest and wished them good luck. I was one of the lucky ones who had a chance to tell about themselves. Having introduced myself, I sang at the top of my voice a song from the repertoire of Sergei Lazarev.

“Everything is beautiful, but thank you,” I heard from Viktor Drobysh in my address.

Although my vocal abilities (or lack of them) did not make the proper impression, but the carefully thought-out outfit did not disappoint - a short red dress and shoes on high heels received a well-deserved compliment from Viktor Yakovlevich, which will please my vanity for a long time to come. By the way, the other two girls who ended up with me in the top three were also not taken to the "Factory".

But unlike all the other participants, I had the opportunity to ask questions to the producers of the project in order to understand exactly who they were looking for.

“Here, everyone’s eyes are absolutely burning, they want to sing and do it sincerely, each in their own way,” Arman Davletyarov told StarHit. “We differ from other TV channels in that we will let these stars continue to burn and support after the project – we same music channel.

The general director of MUZ TV also said that he had to leave the jury chair and console those who did not pass the casting. Davletyarov admitted that he saw tears and even fainting. He perfectly understands the bitterness of those who came from other cities, from the early morning took a turn just to demonstrate their talent to them.

“It is very difficult for us - we look at both types and vocal abilities,” Yulia Sumacheva said. - Of course, it is unpleasant for us to refuse participants, as well as for them to be refused. We are living people, we understand that everyone is preparing, setting up, and we absolutely do not want to offend anyone.”

However, not everyone is ready to put up with rejections. Alexander came from Nizhny Novgorod. He received a musical education and a real ace in performance folk songs. Perhaps the composition "Drunken Sun" by Ukrainian singer ALEKSEEV did not allow revealing all the facets of his talent. After the first unsuccessful audition, Alexander remained in the hall to merge with the crowd and again appear before the jury.

“I am a musician and send applications to various competitions, but so far to no avail. It's a shame when they can't say what exactly they don't like about my performance. But I still believe that someday I will become popular. In the meantime, he does not intend to miss his chance, ”the man admitted.

But there were those who were lucky - some were asked to wait until the end of the casting so that the jury could once again evaluate their talent. After that, the producers of the project will discuss and reflect on who should be given a chance to express themselves. Soon the whole country will know the names of 16 participants in the New Star Factory.

Experienced musicians also came to try their luck, for whom this competition is far from the first television project. Among the contestants was Kirill Astapov, known for his participation in the second season of The Voice and Factor A. Most recently, he took part in the project of the First Channel "Winner", where he sang along with his beloved Valeria Sushina. The girl also appeared at the casting of "Star Factory". Participants of the show "You are super!" Dasha Chernova and Lyuba Zinkina also decided to try their luck in a new television program.

Viktor Drobysh was surprised when he saw the famous singer Ademi among the girls. Two years ago, the artist took part in the competition " New wave”, where she took second place, and also received the audience award. Especially for participation in the casting, she flew from Almaty.

“I canceled several shows. I understand that in Kazakhstan I have reached a certain level, but I want to constantly strive for more. I am a creative person, I need a new shake-up. Especially in vocals there is always room to grow. If they take me to the project, I am ready to refuse performances for this time. But for now I'm afraid to guess something. It was difficult for me to perform Elka's song, simply because it is not my repertoire, it is inconvenient for the vocal cords. But thanks to Viktor Yakovlevich, who noticed me among 20 people. Tomorrow I’m flying again, I have a concert,” said Ademi.

Former participant of the reality show "Dom-2" Lisa Polygalova also went to the casting in search of recognition of her talent. However, the girl could not make a proper impression on the jury, despite the fact that she took lessons from professionals.

“I’m tired and upset because I didn’t pass. But I hope that in the future everything will work out for me, - the girl shared her impressions. - I was chosen from many, asked questions, but in the end they said that I did not fit. I didn't understand why and I'm still confused. I spent about five hours near the entrance, for this, too, endurance is needed. ”

Already on the second of September, the “New Star Factory” with the host Ksenia Sobchak starts on the MUZ TV channel. Well, all of us who did not pass the selection will be looking forward to the show to find out in whom the jury considered more potential.