In the early 2000s, European countries such as Spain and France conducted an experiment and created a television project to search for young talents. The television show has gained great popularity. In many countries of the world there were thousands of talented people who wanted to participate in the show. Do not stand aside and Russian producers. So came out "Star Factory 1" (2002). She gave an impetus for a further career to 16 program participants.
How is the project going
Before the start of the project, everyone goes through a casting, in which the professional jury strictly selects the top two dozen of the thousands of talents. Pass the very best. Participants must have good vocal skills, worthy appearance, artistry, plasticity.
After the selection, all the guys settle in the "Star House", where they are hidden around the clock filmed. Every day, the participants are intensely engaged in vocals, choreography, acting, psychology, and fitness. Experienced masters give children lessons in show business skills. The contestants themselves cook their own food and monitor the order in the common house.
The first channel daily broadcast news from the Star House, where viewers could watch their idols. Within a week, each participant prepared his own musical number, which he performed at the reporting concert. At such events, the guys were lucky to sing with famous representatives of the stage, who were invited to the show.
According to the results of the reporting concert, the pedagogical council of the project selected the three weakest participants for elimination. Spectators after the concert could save one of these nominees, the team saved the other, and the third had to leave the project. The winner of the "Star Factory" was given the opportunity to record a disc in the most famous recording studio.
Seven Seasons "Factories"
So, “Star Factory” (season 1) started in 2002. She was remembered for forming groups such as Roots and Factory. The winner of Star Factory 1 is the Roots group. This team has become very popular.
The second "Factory" was released in 2003. Many remember such names as Elena Temnikova and Elena Terleeva. The winner was the very popular singer today, participant of the Eurovision 2015 - Polina Gagarina.
At the end of the same 2003 another release of the TV show was released. This time the names of Julia Mikhalchik, Alexander Kireev were discovered. The first place was taken by a very original singer Nikita Malinin.
In 2004, the "Star Factory 4" was launched. The very famous performer Stas Pieha took part in it. Also come from this project were Anton Zatsepin and Irina Dubtsova (she also won).
At the end of the same year, Alla Pugacheva decided to become the artistic director of the "Factory". This fifth season was remembered for the discovery of such talents as Natalya Podolskaya, Mikhail Veselov, Ruslan Masyukov. The leader was Victoria Daineko.
Two years later (in 2006) the sixth project of the show started. Its leader was Viktor Drobysh. It was here that Zara’s talent, Arseny Borodin, was revealed. And this time the singer from Belarus Dmitry Koldun won, who later also will take part in Eurovision.
The last, seventh "Factory" was released in 2007. She was very bright and was remembered by the many participation of such performers as the group "BiS", "Yin-Yang", Mark Tishman. And the participant from Ukraine won - Anastasia Prikhodko.
Pride of the "Factory"
The winner of the "Star Factory 1", as well as the leaders of other seasons, received great fame. In the pop horizon, many young "stars" shone. The real hits were the songs of the graduate of the "Factory" Yulia Savicheva. The decoration of the project was the Tutsi women's group. By the decision of the pedagogical council, such groups as “Gang”, “KuBa”, “KGB” were created. The favorites of the fair sex were the guys from the Chelsea group. A very beautiful group of two guys and two girls - "Yin-Yang." Netsuke and Ultraviolet teams were also formed.
Star Factory (Season 1)
So, 16 participants were selected for the first "Star Factory". The composer Igor Matvienko became the artistic director of the project. For the show they chose a very eloquent host - Yana Churikova. Later it turned out that she was strong not only in the colloquial genre, but also as a vocalist. Who did the Star Factory 1 take over? The participants of the first season were very bright. Among the girls, Maria Alalykina, Alexandra Savelyeva, Irina Toneva, Sati Casanova distinguished themselves. The leaders among the guys were Pavel Artemyev, Alexey Kabanov, Jam Sheriff, Mikhail Grebenshchikov, Alexander Astashenok, Alexander Berdnikov.
The Roots group now and then
It was a bright and memorable team. The Roots group is the winner of the Star Factory 1, and their fans remember this. By the end of the TV show of the first season, Igor Matvienko created the group "Roots". It included: curly Pasha Artemyev, stylish Sasha Astashenok, clockwork Lyosha Kabanov and Sasha Berdnikov. The guys performed a song with the same name "Roots", which became a hit of several years. At first, this quartet was a bit like the Ivanushki group, only there were four members instead of three.
As the winner of Star Factory 1, they recorded their album, after which they had thousands of fans. Their listeners were mostly high school students. Then all the members of the collective sang a few songs solo, which ruined the group. Pavel Artemyev and Sasha Astashenok finally left the group. The project has become uninteresting to fans.
The fate of the group "Factory"
A lot of talents revealed "Star Factory". The group "Roots" was ahead of a very bright team of girls. The second place according to the results of the competitions was taken in the first season by the female group "Factory". She turned out to be a pretty long-playing project. Blonde Sasha Savelyeva, brunette Sati Casanova and fair-haired Irina Toneva with the help of Igor Matvienko for a long time remained a rather close-knit team. A lot of popular pop hits were performed by girls. It is worth recalling the following songs: "Fish", "Kindle Lights", "About Love", "Kissing", "The Sea Calls". In the initial form, the group also included Masha Alalykina, but very soon she left the team. All the girls are not only talented, but also very attractive. In the first year of the group’s existence, the girls were able to give 200 concerts.
So successfully, “Factory” existed for 8 years, until the soloist Sati Casanova left the group. She decided to start a solo career. Since then, two girls have already replaced her: Katya Lee and Sasha Popova. The most popular hit of girls was the song "Do not be born beautiful."
Third place Mikhail Grebenshchikov
Clockwork DJ Misha took third place in the first season of the Star Factory project. Mikhail Grebenshchikov graduated from the Voronezh assembly college, served in the border troops. This is a very funny and mischievous person who combines mind, fun, love of life. The Star Factory really came up to him. Mikhail Grebenshchikov felt at ease there. The audience also liked the artist very much, he was always among the leaders in voting.
What is the artist doing now? He still remains a wonderful musician, writes poetry, music, starred in TV shows, participates in reality shows.
Other members
Who else did the Star Factory 1 open? The participants were remembered for their diversity. The first project of the reality show was attended by the charming Herman Levy. Today he works in the parody sphere. And not surprising, because his profile education was pop. For some time he worked in the theater of parodies of Vladimir Vinokur, later he began to perform with Evgeny Petrosyan. The artist managed to collaborate with Elena Sparrow and will soon perform with solo numbers.
Another talented participant was Nikolai Burlak. The pop star did not work out of him, but he tried his hand at directing. The most famous of his films was the painting "Lyrisms" with Elizabeth Arzamasova.
Anya Kulikova was remembered by very original performances. She surprised with her outfits, hairstyles, causing makeup. The girl’s faithful companion on stage was a pink guitar. In the future, she, along with another talented singer, Sasha Balakireva, became soloists of the KuBa group. She performs quite successfully to this day. Anya recently became the wife of one of the guitarists.
The most extraordinary representative of the show was Zhanna Cherukhina. She left the project very quickly. In her place they took Konstantin Dudoladov. The girl could not stand the round-the-clock surveillance of cameras. Today she lives under the name of Zhusupov and does not appear on the scene.