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Category Archive: Music and dance

Irson Kudikova, beautiful singer and saxophonist

Irson Kudikova

Irson Kudikova, beautiful singer and saxophonist

Irson Kudikova is a Russian pop singer, model, saxophonist, music producer, actress, participant of the TV project Star Factory-5.
The singer’s real name is Irina. Irina Kudikova was born on September 17, 1982 in Moscow. She graduated from music school. 15-year-old girl was invited to become the soloist of the group Children of Vinyl with the support of Alexander Tsekalo.
In 2004, Kudikova became the participant of the TV project Alla Pugacheva’s Star Factory-5, where Victoria Dayneko became a winner. The first song which brought popularity to Irson was composition Why. After the end of the TV project Irson signed a contract with Igor Matvienko Production Center.
Beautiful girl appeared in a photo shoot for Maxim magazine in 2005.
Big solo concert Irson Jazz Show took place in Moscow in May 2007. Talented singer sang her songs and played the saxophone.
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Victoria Dayneko

Victoria Dayneko

Victoria Dayneko

Victoria Dayneko is a Russian singer, the winner of the TV project Star Factory-5, the participant of the Channel One’s project Ice Age.
Beautiful girl was born on May 12, 1987 in Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakh SSR and grew up in Yakutia, Russia. Her parents brought the girl to the ballet Diamonds of Yakutia, where she danced until the age of 11.
Since childhood, Dayneko dreamed of becoming a pop singer. By the way, she is a self-taught singer because in the small town there were no special school. At first she performed with local pop group Reflection and then with a group Phaeton. The girl constantly participated in various competitions, including the Blue Bird.
Because of the desire to “speak and sing in English” she entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Moscow Aviation Institute.
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Alexandra Savelieva

Alexandra Savelieva

Alexandra Savelieva


Alexandra Savelieva is a popular Russian singer, model and just an interesting and beautiful girl.
Sasha Savelieva was born on December 25, 1983 in Moscow. At the age of three she was engaged in figure skating. Her coach was the famous figure skater Irina Moiseeva, who predicted a successful career in sport for the girl. Talented girl was in a group of Olympic reserve. 5-year-old girl entered music school, where she was taught to play the piano and flute. Pretty Aleksandra performed at various concert venues – at the Moscow Conservatory, at the Palace of Congresses and even in the Kremlin. As a result, Sasha preferred music to sport and joined children’s folklore ensemble Kuvichki.
After school Savelieva entered the Gnesin Moscow Special School of Music, where she organized her own musical group. To tell the truth, she composed music, wrote poetry and performed with her band at various festivals and competitions.
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Anna Trebunskaya, ballroom dancer

Anna Trebunskaya

Anna Trebunskaya, ballroom dancer

Anna Trebunskaya is a Soviet, Russian and American ballroom dancer. She is a star of the American TV show Dancing with the Stars.
Anna was born on December 28, 1980 in Chelyabinsk, USSR. Her parents owned a dance studio and were professional ballroom dancers. The girl began dancing at the age of 6 and a year later she entered her first competition. Since then the girl has won several titles.
At the age of 17 Trebunskaya and her parents moved to the United States, where the girl continued competing. Now she lives in Los Angeles, California and dances in the International Latin style. By the way, Trebunskaya won the Rising Star Latin Championship in 2004 and the International Grand Ball Latin Championship a year later.
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Nelly Ermolaeva – beautiful girl – Dom 2

Nelly Ermolaeva

Nelly Ermolaeva – beautiful girl – Dom 2

Nelly Ermolaeva was a participant of the popular TV project Dom 2 (House 2) on TNT. She was one of the most beautiful participants of the project.
Nelly had been staying in Dom 2 for 822 days and really found her love there. Beautiful girl left the project with a husband, Nikita Kuznetsov, whom she met on the show. Now Nelly is a singer, business woman and model. The girl has opened her own nail salon.
Ermolaeva was born on May 13, 1986 in Novokuibyshevsk, Samara Region. She graduated from the Samara State Academy of Culture and Arts. According to the girl, she worked as an art director in the restaurant and as a model before the project.
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Nonna Grishaeva – Russian actress

Nonna Grishaeva

Nonna Grishaeva – Russian actress

Nonna Grishaeva is a Soviet and Russian theater, film and television actress, parodist, TV presenter and singer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006), artistic director of the Moscow Region Young Spectator’s Theatre (since June 26, 2014). The actress has the right to be proud of her ancestors. Her great-grandfather and great-grandmother sang at La Scala. Another great-grandfather was a professor at the Novorossiysk University.
Nonna Valentinaovna Grishaeva was born on July 21, 1971 in Odessa, Soviet Union. She grew up in her native Odessa, studied at the ballet school, tried her hand at theater and dreamed of becoming a brilliant actress.
9-year-old Nonna played her first leading role in the Odessa Theater of Operetta.
After school Grishaeva went to Moscow to enter the Theater Institute. However, her mother didn’t want to leave her young daughter alone in a strange big city. So, Nonna had to come back and enter the School of Music.
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Alsou – Russian pop singer

Alsou

Alsou – Russian pop singer

Alsou Abramova (or just Alsou) is a Russian pop singer, Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan. Talented singer took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 and took the second place (she was only 16 years old). Beautiful girl hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow.
Alsou was born on June 27, 1983 in the Tatar city Bugulma. Her father, Ralif Safin is a Russian oligarch, a former LUKoil executive and a current member of the Federal Council. Ralif Safin is also the owner of the FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi football team and was among the 100 richest Russian in 2004 according to Forbes Magazine. Her mother is an architect. The singer has two brothers.
When the girl was a year old her family moved from Tatarstan to Siberia. They lived in Kogalyma (Tyumen region, Russia), the northern city with severe weather conditions. In winter the temperature reached 45 degrees below zero and in the summer the same temperature, but above zero.
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