Fabrika Zvyozd ( Russian : Фабрика звёзд , literally "Factory of stars"), sometimes known internationally as Star Factory , is a popular Russian television talent show that aired on Channel One from 2002 until 2007. It was the Russian version of the Endemol format Operación Triunfo . In 2011, the show announced that it would be returning with an eighth, All-Star season and in 2012 for the ninth season with the format Star Factory: Russia vs. Ukraine . The programme then went on a hiatus for five years before relaunching the tenth season in 2017 broadcast on Muz-TV . Nine out of ten seasons were hosted by Yana Churikova and one by Ksenia Sobchak .
59-607: (Redirected from Starfactory ) [REDACTED] Look up star factory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Star Factory may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Fabrika Zvyozd ("Star Factory"; Russian: Фабрика звёзд , lit. 'Factory of Stars'), Russian television talent show Fabryka Zirok ("Star Factory"; Ukrainian: Фабрика зірок , lit. 'Factory of Stars'), Ukrainian televised talent show Starfactory (stageplay),
118-463: A boyband, while Kazanova, Toneva, Savelyeva and Alalykina were to form a girl group. Unlike other seasons, the final result was not determined on the basis of televoting, but rather by the producers. For finishing third, Mikhail Grebenshikov received an apartment in Moscow. Fabrika received a minibus for finishing second. Winners Korni received a recording deal, a tour through Russia, a microphone and
177-471: A concert in the Olympic Arena. For winning the season, Dubtsova received a Peugeot cabriolet, an album and two music videos. She was also allowed to represent Russia at New Wave that same year. Zatsepin received a car, an album and two music videos. For finishing third, Piekha received an album, two music videos and a motorbike. Krutoy and Drobysh also awarded special prizes to Aleksa, who received
236-494: A contestant named Prokhor Chaliapin made heads turn, telling audiences that he was a descendant of Feodor Chaliapin . In the end, this didn't turn out to be true. In 2013, it was revealed that Prokhor was neither a Chaliapin nor a Prokhor as his real name was revealed to be Andrei Zakharenkov. However, prior to applying to Fabrika Zvyozd , Zakharenkov had legally changed his name to Prokhor Chaliapin. The show has received criticism for its extensive use for playback, including for
295-568: A decision with regards to the elimination of one of the nominated contestants. In 2012, there was a continuation of the 2011 project called Star Factory: Russia-Ukraine , in which the best graduates of the Russian and Ukrainian versions of the "Factory" competed. National Team of Russia National Team of Ukraine Producers : Igor Matvienko , Maxim Fadeev , Igor Krutoy , Viktor Drobysh , Konstantin Meladze , Natalia Mohylevska After
354-456: A four-hour long special broadcast on Fabrika Zvyozd on the television programme Segodnya vecherom , hosted by Maksim Galkin and Yana Churikova . In this programme, a large share of the successful contestants were re-invited to look back on their memories of the time they were on the show. Next to that, Channel One rebroadcast a selection of some of the best performances in the show's history in primetime slots. The broadcasts solely focused on
413-440: A hiatus from 2012 to 2017, a new 10th season was launched on Muz-TV . The premiere took place on September 2, 2017 [13]. The main show ran on Saturdays with diaries of the project broadcast on weekdays from Monday to Friday at three time slots per day. The show would be rebroadcast on Saturdays and Sundays on the alternative U channel (repetitions of the reporting concerts are broadcast on Saturdays at 11:00 and on Sundays at 22:00 on
472-539: A member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art . Gagarina publicly supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine . On March 18, 2022, she performed in Luzhniki at a rally-concert in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea under the title " Za world without Nazism! Za Russia! Za President !". In 2023, she was a member of the initiative group to nominate Vladimir Putin as a candidate for
531-401: A music video and the opportunity to sing at a festival. Kireev received the proposal to record a solo album from Shulgin and received a piano from the producers at Channel One. For finishing third, Yulia Mikhalchik received the proposal to record an album and release a music video. During the final, Yulia Mikhalchik received a wedding proposal from Shulgin. However, the wedding proposal was cut in
590-602: A play by Hungarian rock band Rocktenors The Star Factory (book), a 1997 memoir by Ciaran Carson "Sternefabrik" (TV segment; German: Star Factory ), a TV show game event on Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (season 14) (German: I'm a Star - Get Me Out of Here, season 14 ) Star Factory (developer) [ ja ] , Japanese videogame developer Places [ edit ] 4645 Tentaikojo (Japanese: 天体工場 , romanized: Tentaikōjō , lit. 'Star Factory'), an asteroid in
649-679: A region where astrophysical stars are born Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Star Factory . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star_Factory&oldid=1253915737 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Russian-language text Articles containing Ukrainian-language text Articles containing German-language text Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description
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#1732802156867708-544: A result of Alexander Shulgin and Maxim Fadeev's non-participation, there were no competing acts from the second and third season of the show. During the final, only the top three results were given alongside a Producer's Award, which was determined by the producers themselves. The producers were not allowed to vote for their own acts. Drobysh and Matvienko voted for Mark Tishmann, Meladze voted for Irina Dubtsova, and Krutoy voted for Chelsea. The show received criticism for its judging panel, which at one moment drew straws to make
767-486: A tight connection with the Eurovision Song Contest . In total, seven of the past fabrikanty sang at the contest at some stage between 2004 and 2019. Throughout its run, Fabrika Zvyozd had a high television rating. In 2006, the show was so popular that producers decided to prolong the season by one whole month mid-season. This decision was regarded controversial, because contestants had to stay inside
826-454: A well-performing contestant sing a solo number, while other times, the weaker contestants are nominated. In rare cases, contestants are nominated for displaying poor behaviour. From Monday to Saturday, viewers can vote for their favourite among the nominations. The winner of the televoting gets an automatic pass to stay in the house. The safe contestants determine themselves who gets the final pass to stay and who gets eliminated. Once per season,
885-683: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fabrika Zvyozd Fabrika Zvyozd , meaning Star Factory , stayed true to its name in Russia; many of the contestants, nicknamed as "fabrikanty" (Russian: фабриканты), have established successful careers in the Russian-language music world. The show's alumni include Polina Gagarina , Fabrika , Zara , Irina Dubtsova , Timati , Yulia Savicheva , Natalia Podolskaya , Dmitry Koldun , Anastasia Prikhodko , and Elena Temnikova . The show also had
944-464: The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " A Million Voices ". Gagarina placed first in the first semi-final with 182 points, before coming second in the Grand Final of the contest, ending up with 303 points. This was the fourth highest overall points total of all time and she became the first non-winning participant to exceed 300 points. On 25 July 2015, she performed "A Million Voices" as
1003-554: The ninth season making her the first female coach to win a season in The Voice history. In 2021, she teamed up with fellow Eurovision 2015 contestant Måns Zelmerlöw to record the official song, "Circles and Squares", for the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships . It was released on 21 February 2021. On 18 March 2022, Gagarina sang at a pro-government rally held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow celebrating
1062-671: The presidential election in 2024 . In March 2022, Latvia and Estonia banned Gagarina from entry for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On 7 January 2023, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, for "supporting Russian occupiers and Russia's brutal war against Ukraine", she was placed on Ukraine's sanctions lists, which imply blocking of assets, complete cessation of commercial operations, and halting fulfillment of economic and financial obligations. In November 2022, her concerts in Kazakhstan were canceled due to her support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On 3 February 2023, Gagarina
1121-502: The "U" channel (Ю in Russian). Producer: Victor Drobysh Throughout and especially after its runtime, Fabrika Zvyozd has received a large number of criticism. Russian composer and rock singer Alexander Gradsky was an early critic of the show, as well as Diana Arbenina . Several past fabrikanty and viewers have accused the show of being fake. In 2012, season two producer Maxim Fadeev revealed that Yelena Terleyeva had actually won
1180-1186: The Asteroid Belt of the Solar System Star Factory (factory), a factory in Herrnhut, Germany, that built Moravian stars Starfactory (factory), the construction facility for SpaceX Starships at SpaceX Starbase Star Factory (factory), Derry, Northern Ireland, UK; a listed building; see List of Grade B+ listed buildings in County Londonderry Star Factory (museum) [ ja ] (Japanese: 天体工場 , romanized: Tentaikōjō , lit. 'Star Factory'), Sapporo, Japan See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "starfactory" or "star factory" on Misplaced Pages. Factory Star (band), British post-punk band All pages with titles containing star factory All pages with titles containing starfactory Factory (disambiguation) Star (disambiguation) Stellar nursery in astronomy,
1239-428: The Moscow version of the broadcast. The third season of the show became the most popular of all three seasons shot so far at that moment. However, the songs were noted to be weaker than in the previous series. Being unhappy with that, Channel One decided to let the contestants be signed with musical producers Viktor Drobysh and Iosif Prigozhin in the end. Viktor Drobysh scouted Kireev, Golubev and Barsukov to create
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#17328021568671298-554: The Russia iTunes charts. On 1 February 2019, it was revealed that Gagarina participated in Chinese' reality competition Singer 2019 , also known as the seventh season of I Am a Singer , entering under the substitute singer status on the fourth week. Gagarina was the third European contestant to participate after season six 's winner Jessie J (United Kingdom) and Kristian Kostov (Bulgaria), who participated in season seven alongside her. Gagarina achieved three top placements on
1357-563: The best songs of the season once again. In 2007, the last series of the original run, the producers opted to hold the final in the usual television studio at the Ostankino Technical Center instead, as all other episodes were taped there. The 2017 revival's final was also held in a television studio rather than in the Olympic Stadium. The very first series of Fabrika Zvyozd was commissioned by Channel One with
1416-539: The closing song of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw in Saint Petersburg , shown on television worldwide. On 9 August 2015, she performed at the closing ceremony of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan . She was a coach in the Russian reality talent show The Voice in seasons four and five . In September 2016, her third studio album 9 was released. This album peaked at number one on
1475-619: The concerts and their wedding took place mid-season. Ratmir Shishkov was the first Fabrika Zvyozd contestant to die after being killed in a car crash at the age of 18 in March 2007. Producer : Igor Krutoy Producers : Alla Pugacheva , Igor Matvienko, Maxim Fadeev Producer : Viktor Drobysh The seventh season was sponsored by singer Alla Pugacheva , together with Maxim Galkin and Verka Serduchka . Spares: Producers : Konstantin Meladze , Valery Meladze On March 12, 2011, Channel One debuted an eight-week all-stars season of
1534-504: The contestants gets dropped until a handful remain for the final. The Monday before each concert, three contestants are nominated to be eliminated. These three nominees sing solo numbers on the Friday or Saturday show, while the safe contestants usually sing duets with famous artists. The nominations are based on the verdicts of the producers and can be either a good or a bad sign. At times, nominations are awarded because producers want to see
1593-513: The contestants that took part. Most of the songs that were performed on the stage were playbacked with prerecorded and edited vocals. Polina Gagarina Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina (Russian: Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина , IPA: [pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə] ; born 27 March 1987) is a Russian singer and songwriter. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with " A Million Voices " where she finished second with 303 points. In doing so, she became
1652-434: The daughter of Vladimir Kuzmin and Nikolai Slichenko Jr, the grandson of Nikolai Slichenko . According to an editor at the time, they had chosen them because it would be more interesting for the viewers to see familiar names. The season ran from 5 September until 12 December 2003, when the season was completed with a final concert held in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow. For winning the third season, Nikita Malinin received
1711-633: The duet to a later moment in the show. During the third concert, the first black contestant of the show, Sherif Musa, was voted away after facing the contestants’ vote. In later interviews, he noted that several contestants had made racist comments towards the colour of his skin. The final of the show took place in May 2002 in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow . Prior to the final, Matvienko decided that Artemiev, Astashenok, Berdnikov and Kabanov were to form
1770-595: The eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation from Ukraine and endorsing Russia's invasion of Ukraine that started the previous month. She was subsequently banned from entering Estonia and Latvia , along with a list of 24 other Russian artists who had expressed their support for the Russian government's actions. Her concert, scheduled in February 2023 in Almaty , Kazakhstan,
1829-506: The final, she sang " We Are the World " alongside Kazakhstan's Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 participant Daneliya Tuleshova , Filipino-Canadian singer Darren Espanto and Chinese rapper Air Ari. She was, however, was knocked out that round. In 2019, Gaganira rejoined The Voice as a coach for its eighth season . Also, for the first time on The Voice Kids , she was a coach for its seventh season . Gagarina's final team member won
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1888-575: The first five-week of shows before finishing last in her sixth show, which was the Challenge round; Gagarina would have been eliminated per the competition rules but was instead saved after the Challenger of the week was unsuccessful in beating a majority (4) of the seven singers. On 22 March, she was temporarily given a bye after reporting to the media that she sustained a muscle injury during rehearsals. Despite her injury, she eventually ranked in
1947-476: The first second-placed finisher to exceed 300 points. Gagarina also participated in the Chinese reality-competition Singer in 2019, where she was one of the finalists. She was the tenth-highest Russian earner on Instagram and YouTube in 2021, with net revenue of about 6 million US dollars from 8.9 million subscribers. Polina Gagarina was born in Moscow, but spent most of her youth in Greece . Her mother
2006-560: The first seven series, neglecting the revival version that was produced by Muz-TV . On 9 January 2022, the producer of the tenth season of the show, Yulia Sumacheva, confirmed that the show is set to return in 2022. Similarly to Operación Triunfo , in Fabrika Zvyozd a selection of young potential musical stars is boarded in a house together. In this house, they are constantly monitored by cameras, an idea borrowed from another of Endemol 's major reality shows Big Brother . In
2065-464: The group K.G.B. and invited Yaroslavskaya, Ortman, Veber and Krainova to form the girlband Tootsie. Producer : Alexander Shulgin The fourth season of the show was led by Igor Krutoy , one of the founders of New Wave . However, Viktor Drobysh and Igor Nikolaev were also involved in the creative direction of the season as Krutoy could not take the heavy workload on his own. Initially, Evgeniy Orlov
2124-428: The house against their wishes for an extra month. The 2017 series was less successful in its ratings and finished its final with a market share of 1.3%. Fabrika Zvyozd gained a cult status in Russia. It was the first real Russian reality music competition and the first reality show on Channel One Russia . Although it was axed in 2007 in favour of Interzvezda , which was later cancelled in its production phase,
2183-446: The house, they are "produced" or "manufactured" by an important Russian producer to become household names in the Russian music world once the show is over. In daily summary programmes, viewers are informed about the daily activities of the contestants. After an “opening ceremony” in the first week, every single week, the contestants come together during a so-called “reporting concert” on Saturday to show their progress. Each show, one of
2242-470: The interest of Igor Matvienko , who wanted to create a new platform for young musical talent after Morning Star had ended a year earlier. Although auditions were held across Russia, most of the contestants of the first series of Fabrika Zvyozd had been recruited elsewhere. Yulia Buzhilova had already been working with Igor Matvienko prior to the season's debut. During the first episode, all contestants and star duet partners sang live, unlike later seasons of
2301-408: The most widely discussed participant of the fourth season. Aleksa showed herself non-participative at several times, hiding from guest star Lara Fabian by climbing underneath her bed. In the house, she pursued a romantic relationship with Timati, which was widely discussed in the press. Meanwhile, the season attracted media attention when the boyfriend of Irina Dubtsova proposed to her during one of
2360-486: The opportunity to record a studio album, Yuriy Titov and Banda, who received an album and a music video, and Ksenia Larina, who received a microphone. The show came under fire in April 2004 after two contestants had an intimate relationship and performed sexual acts live on television. Earlier, the show had published a promotional photoshoot in which the contestants had posed naked. 15-year-old Aleksa from Donetsk became
2419-608: The opportunity to represent Russia at Eurobest in Paris. After the show, Korni and Fabrika became breakout successes. While Fabrika stayed popular in the Russian-speaking world, the popularity of Korni gradually declined, especially after Artemiev and Astashenok left the group. Sati Kazanova left Fabrika in 2010, establishing a solo career. Most of the participants of the first season of Fabrika Zvyozd went into oblivion. Producer : Igor Matvienko The second series of
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2478-407: The producer is allowed to save a contestant from elimination as a veto right, although not all producers have exercised this privilege. Additionally, the audience chooses their favourite overall performer, who receives a prize. In the original run of the show, the final concert was held in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow . In this concert, all of the contestants of the season would return to perform
2537-442: The season but the producers preferred that Polina Gagarina would be crowned as the winner as she was "bright, prideful and spoke several languages". 2006 winner Dmitry Koldun said that producers initiated fights between contestants in the house. Next to that, Koldun stated that there had been only one vocal class in the whole sixteen weeks he spent at Fabrika Zvyozd , and that the producers used fragments of that one class throughout
2596-423: The series to deceive viewers that there were regular classes. Rita Dakota, who finished fourth in the seventh series, called the house "a prison" and said everything about the house they lived in was fake. During the live final of the sixth season, producer Viktor Drobysh promised all five finalists to give them 100,000 rubles (equivalent to $ 4,800.86 in 2021) each, but in the end, he did not pay. In season six,
2655-514: The show and its contestants stayed popular long after its axing. In 2017, Channel One Russia featured a special two-week special of Segodnya vecherom about Fabrika Zvyozd , celebrating the show's fifteenth anniversary. The episodes mostly focused on the contestants’ fate after the show. In 2020, the show became popular on the internet due to the lockdown in Russia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . In August 2020, Channel One Russia made
2714-423: The show took place in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow on 11 June 2003. For finishing third, Elena Temnikova received the microphone she used during the length of the series. Yelena Terleyeva was promised an album and several music videos. Polina Gagarina was allowed to represent Russia at the international festival Worldbest in Paris. However, Gagarina refused to sign a contract with Fadeev and instead, Yulia Savicheva
2773-452: The show was commissioned after the first series received overall great ratings and the producers wanted to continue to support new opportunities for young talented Russian singers. The second series was led by producer Maxim Fadeev , starting on 6 March 2003. Similar to the first series, Fadeev recruited several artists by himself and invited them on a personal basis. Oxana Fedorova was given an offer to host but she declined. The final of
2832-434: The show, but refused to work with Fadeev after her victory. After winning Star Factory , Gagarina was invited to perform in the group Playgirls. The group received a recording contract with ARS Records, but ultimately disbanded. She later released the singles "Kolybelnaya", "Morning", "Ya tvoya", "Pomnyu", and "Ya tebya ne proshchu nikogda". Her debut album Poprosi u oblakov was released in 2007. In 2008, Gagarina released
2891-557: The show, called Fabrika Zyozd. Vozvryashchenie ( Фабрика звёзд. Возвращение , literally Fabrika Zyozd. The return ). It was not strictly competition of new talent, but rather a competition between earlier graduates and finalists from previous Fabrika Zyozd seasons. The eighth season included four composers that had previously produced a season of the show: Igor Matvienko (one and five), Igor Krutoy (four), Viktor Drobysh (four and six), and Konstantin Meladze (seven). Each composer had three acts that they had previously produced for. As
2950-412: The show, including Dominik Joker, Timati , Edita Piekha ’s grandson Stas Piekha and Irina Dubtsova , who had sung in the girl group Devochki. Similar to the two previous seasons, almost all performances were playbacked. Ksenia Sobchak had auditioned for this season of Fabrika Zvyozd , but did not make it past the auditions. The show started on 12 March and finalised its season on 11 June 2004 with
3009-451: The show. The first season of the show knew two incidents. During the second concert, singer Yuriy Antonov and contestant Nikolay Burlak were supposed to open the concert, but Antonov had felt insulted by the young Burlak asking him: “Are you the one that sings with me tonight?” to which Antonov answered that he did not want to perform with Burlak anymore. Eventually, the producers persuaded Antonov to perform with Burlak, but they rescheduled
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#17328021568673068-448: The single "Komu, zachem?", a duet with Russian singer Irina Dubtsova . In March 2010, her second studio album O sebe was released. In 2012, Gagarina started to collaborate with Russian-Georgian producer Konstantin Meladze . With Meladze she recorded four singles: "Spektakl okonchen" ("The Play Is Over"), "Net" ("No"), "Navek" ("Forever") and "Shagay" ("Stride"). On 9 March 2015, it was revealed that Gagarina would represent Russia in
3127-537: The top three during the following week's round, called the Breakout round (a round featured previously eliminated contestants, substitute singers, except withdrawn and non-competing singers), where she became one of the seven finalists eligible for the title of Singer 2019 winner. In the Finals Rush Hour, she performed a duet with Chinese singer Geng Sihan, singing the song " Shallow ". In the first round of
3186-585: Was a ballet dancer. In 1993, Gagarina's father died and her mother decided to move back to Russia, but they soon moved back to Greece and settled in Athens . After completing her education, she moved to Saratov to live with her grandmother. Besides her native language Russian, she is also fluent in Greek . In 2003, Gagarina competed in season two of Star Factory , a Russian reality singing competition. She performed several songs by Maxim Fadeev and went on to win
3245-486: Was cancelled after online protest in Kazakhstan over her support of Russian's war against Ukraine. The Presidential Administration of Russia put Gagarina on the list of singers who were recommended to be invited to state-sponsored events. In 2023, after taking the tenth season of The Voice off, Gagarina returned for its eleventh season and became the first female coach on the show to win multiple times. Also, she
3304-541: Was offered by the general director Konstantin Ernst and the producers of the film to audition for the main role in the film " The Challenge " to go into space. In 2018, registered as a proxy for Vladimir Putin , during the 2018 presidential election , she was part of the Putin Team movement that advocated for him. In 2018, she was a proxy for Moscow mayoral candidate Sergey Sobyanin . Since 2018, she has been
3363-468: Was placed on Canada's sanctions list as being involved in the dissemination of Russian disinformation and propaganda. Earlier, Gagarina was included by FBK in the list of corrupt and warmongers, with a proposal to impose international sanctions against her because of her participation in concerts in support of the war against Ukraine. In late June 2024, Gagarina was included in a European Union sanction package along with other Russian artists who support
3422-400: Was sent to the festival. Producer : Maxim Fadeev The third season was led by producer Alexander Shulgin . Initially, both Ivan Shapovalov and Alla Pugacheva had been rumoured to be the season's producer. The third Fabrika Zvyozd became infamous for the inclusion of children of famous Russian singers. The show included Nikita Malinin, the son of Alexander Malinin , Sofiya Kuzmina,
3481-415: Was supposed to work together with Krutoy as a co-producer, but after a dispute between the two, Krutoy took the leadership of the season on himself without Orlov. It was the first season that the veto right for producers was used, as Krutoy saved Irina Dubtsova during the ninth concert. Unlike previous seasons, the fourth season had 18 contestants instead of 16. A few contestants were already known prior to
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