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Fabryka Zirok
Fabryka Zirok title card
UkrainianΠ€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ
Created byJohn de Mol
Presented byAndriy Domansky (season 1)
Dmitry Shepelev (season 2)
Andriy Domansky & Masha Efrosinina (season 3 & Superfinal)
Erika (season 4)
Oleksandr Pedan (season 4)
Country of originUkraine
Production
Production locationsKyiv, Ukraine
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running timeVaries
Original release
NetworkNovyi Kanal
Release7 October 2007 (2007-10-07) β€“
23 May 2010 (2010-05-23)

Fabryka Zirok (Ukrainian: Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ – Star Factory), is a Ukrainian televised talent show, which began in 2007 that features a group of young male and female candidates, aged 16 or older, across the country.

The show became a huge success and a must-watch event for its fans. It is the Ukrainian adaptation of the French television show Star Academy, which is produced by Endemol. Fabryka Zirok is produced by Dutch company Endemol and Ukrainian Novyi Kanal. The show is based on the Spanish format called OperaciΓ³n Triunfo.

The show basically revolves over 16 contestants that go live in an isolated penthouse apartment, with one of the contestants getting eliminated every week. The contestants get to showcase their talents in a weekly concert in which the contestants get to perform on stage with various designs, dancers, solo performances, a cappella on piano and sharing the stage with the most popular singers in Ukraine and the CIS. The contestants were required to be aged 16 or older at the time of the contest.

Teachers

  • Vocals: Olena Grebenyok[1]
  • Choreography: Olena Kolyadenko
  • Acting Instructor: Roman Viktyok
  • Fitness: Lilya Podkopayeva
  • Stylist: Angela Litsiya, Volodimir Tarasyok
  • Psychiatrist: Vadim Kolesnikov

Series overview

Series Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place Host Headmaster
1 2007 Olga Tsybulska
Oleksandr Bodyanskiy
Kristina Kim Vitaliy Bondarenko Yuliya Borzaya Dasha Astafieva Evhen Tolochnyi Andriy Domanskiy
Vasilisa Frolova
Yuriy Nikitin
2 2008 Volodymyr Dantes
Vadim Oleynik
Alisa Tarabarova Boris Aprel Vlad Darwin Regina Todorenko Max Barskih Dmitriy Shepelev Natalia Mohylevska[2]
3 2009 Stas Shurin Oleksiy Matias Kolya Serga Borisenko Brothers Eva Bushmina Anastasiya Kochetova Andriy Domanskiy[3]
Maria Efrosinina
Konstantin Meladze
All stars 2010 Oleksiy Matias Anastasiya Kochetova Dmytro Kadnay Stas Shurins Volodymyr Dantes Borisenko Brothers β€”
4 2011 Yuliya Rudneva Evhen Belozerov Sonya Sukhorukova Dasha Doris Serhiy Klementiev Anton Klimik Anastasiya Kochetova
Oleksandr Pedan
Serhiy Kuzin

Seasons & Contestants

Fabryka Zirok 1 (2007-2008) [5]

  • Olga Tsibulska Winner[4]
  • Katya Velaskes
  • Sasha Ilchyshyn
  • Vitaliy Yarouviy
  • Elizabeth Anum-Dorkhuso
  • Christina Kim
  • Jeka Milkovskiy
  • Yulia Borza
  • Vitaliy Bondarenko
  • Dasha Astafieva[6]
  • Arina Domsky
  • Taras Chernyenko
  • Dima Kadnay
  • Evgen Tolochniy
  • Oleksander Bodyanckiy
  • Dasha Kolomiets

Fabryka Zirok 2 (2008)[7][8]

  • Duet Vladimir Dantes - Vadim Oleynik Winner
  • Anastasia Vostokova
  • Kira Shaytanova
  • Regina Todorenko
  • Alisa Tarabarova
  • Mark Savin[9]
  • Ganna Mukhina[10]
  • Lina Mytsuky
  • Olena Vinogradova
  • Boris Aprel
  • Kara Kay[9]
  • Denis Dekanin
  • Vlad Darvin
  • Max Barskih
  • Gurgen

Fabryka Zirok 3 (2009)

Fabryka Zirok 3 title card
Fabryka Zirok 3 title card

Fabryka Superfinal (2010)[16]

Fabryka Superfinal title card
Fabryka Superfinal title card

Selected contestants from the past 3 seasons compete to become the top superstar:

Fabryka Zirok 4 (2011) [18][19]

Producer

Jury

Contestants

  • Anna Voloshina
  • Pavel Voronets
  • Snezhana Firsova
  • Sonya
  • Denis Lyubimov
  • Anton Klimik
  • Misha Sokolovskiy
  • Paulina
  • Sergey Klimentyev[21]
  • Kseniya Lanova
  • Dasha Doris
  • Yuriy Klyuchnik
  • Yulia Rudnyeva Winner
  • Yevgeniy Belozerov
  • Masha Goya
  • Dima Kaminskiy[22]

Criticism, incidents and scandals

The Novyi Kanal (Ukrainian: Новий Канал) TV channel and Konstantin Meladze consider the appearance of a foreign performer at the Star Factory to be a miracle, and have appropriated the artist who miraculously appeared from Riga at the casting in Kyiv.[23] Despite the resonance of the case, none of the organisers and producers of the Ukrainian Star Factory project confirmed the theft of Stas Shurin from the global talent agency TUARON and its Swedish talent manager Anton Sova.[11] According to the Ukrainian music publication Muzvar, the case of the artist and the manager was included in the TOP-5 most famous cases of breakdowns in the Ukrainian music industry.[12]

Acknowledging that the artist had a manager would have meant that the artist would have lost his place in the contest and would have had legal consequences for all parties. The artist himself denied any business relationship with the Swedish talent manager Anton Sova and the global talent agency TUARON in order to keep his place in the "Star Factory-3" competition, which he eventually won.[24]

Notes

  1. ^ "ОлСна Π“Ρ€Π΅Π±Π΅Π½ΡŽΠΊ ⋆ ΠšΠΈΡ—Π²ΡΡŒΠΊΠ° ΠžΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π°". Π“ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π½Π° (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  2. ^ "Π’Ρ–Π΄ "Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠΈ-2" Ρƒ ΠœΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ»Π΅Π²ΡΡŒΠΊΠΎΡ— лишилися Π΄Ρ–Π²Ρ‡Π°Ρ‚Π°, Π° Ρƒ ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠΆΡ†Ρ–Π² - ΠΎΠΏΡ–ΠΊΠΈ". Π’Π°Π±Π»ΠΎID (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  3. ^ "АндрСй Доманский: "ΠŸΠ΅Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠ΅Π» Π½Π° Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠ°Π½Π°Π», ΠΏΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΠΌΡƒ Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Π±ΡƒΠ΄Ρƒ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ΄ΡŽΡΠ΅Ρ€ΠΎΠΌ"". www.segodnya.ua (in Russian). 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  4. ^ a b Π”Π£Π‘Π― (2009-04-09). "Ольга Π¦ΠΈΠ±ΡƒΠ»ΡŒΡΡŒΠΊΠ°. Π₯Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ†Π΅?". detector.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  5. ^ Π’Ρ–ΠΊΠΊΠ° (2010-06-07). "Β«Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ-1Β» Ρƒ супСрфіналі". Π’Π†ΠšΠšΠ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  6. ^ Π ΠΎΠΆΠΎΠΊ, Ярослава (2010-03-03). "Астаф'Ρ”Π²Π°: МСнС підкосила Β«Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊΒ»". Tochka.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  7. ^ "Новый ΠΊΠ°Π½Π°Π» запустит ΡƒΠΊΡ€Π°ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΡƒΡŽ Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΡƒ Π·Π²Π΅Π·Π΄-2". korrespondent.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
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  9. ^ a b ""Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ-2": Π—Π²Π΅Π·Π΄Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ½ΡƒΠ»ΠΈ ΠšΠ°Ρ€Π° Кай ΠΈ ΠœΠ°Ρ€ΠΊ Π‘Π°Π²ΠΈΠ½". glavred.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  10. ^ ""Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·iΡ€ΠΎΠΊ". Экс - Ρ„Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½Ρ‚ΠΊΠ° Аня ΠœΡƒΡ…ΠΈΠ½Π°: "Π’Π΅ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€ΡŒ, я - АnnА ZΠ΅nkovA!"". dp.vgorode.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  11. ^ a b "Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π’Π°ΠΉΠ½ | почувствуй вкус ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π΄Ρ‹ | Бтас Π¨ΡƒΡ€ΠΈΠ½. Π’Ρ€ΠΈΡƒΠΌΡ„ лицСмСрия". fabrikatayn.narod.ru. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  12. ^ a b muzvarua (2023-10-29). "Π£ TUARON Π·Π°ΠΏΠ΅Π²Π½ΡΡŽΡ‚ΡŒ, Ρ‰ΠΎ Wellboy, Козловський, Π¨ΡƒΡ€iΠ½ - Ρ†Π΅ Ρ‚Ρ–Π»ΡŒΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡ‡Π°Ρ‚ΠΎΠΊ затяТної ΠΊΡ€ΠΈΠ·ΠΈ". ΠœΠ£Π—Π’ΠΠ  (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  13. ^ "Коля Π‘Π΅Ρ€Π³Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ‚ связь с космосом". МСдиаНяня - Ρ‚Π°Π±Π»ΠΎΠΈΠ΄ для ΠΈ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  14. ^ "Β«Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½Ρ‚ΠΊΠ°Β» Π•Ρ€Ρ–ΠΊΠ°: ΠœΠ΅Π½Ρ– Π½Π΅ вистачає людСй, Π· якими ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Π° Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ€ΠΈΡ‚ΠΈ ΡƒΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠΎΡŽ". umoloda.kyiv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  15. ^ "Π’ΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΈ Баша БорисСнко: Β«ΠœΡ‹ ΠΏΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠΉ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ сами Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅ΠΌ, Π·Π° Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ нас Π»ΡŽΠ±ΡΡ‚...Β»". Всі Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½ΠΈ ΠšΡ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊΠ° Π½Π° сайті ΠšΡ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‡ΡƒΡ†ΡŒΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π’Π΅Π»Π΅Π³Ρ€Π°Ρ„Πͺ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  16. ^ Contestants do not live in a penthouse apartment during Fabryka Superfinal
  17. ^ "ΠŸΠΎΠ±Π΅Π΄ΠΈΡ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒ Β«Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠΈ Π·iΡ€ΠΎΠΊ. Π‘ΡƒΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Ρ„iΠ½Π°Π»Β» АлСксСй ΠœΠ°Ρ‚ΠΈΠ°Ρ: «Когда Π½Π°Π·Π²Π°Π»ΠΈ мою Ρ„Π°ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡŽ, ΠΊΠΎΠΌ стал Π² Π³ΠΎΡ€Π»Π΅, Π° ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π΄ Π³Π»Π°Π·Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ‚Π΅Π»Π° вся Тизнь»". fakty.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  18. ^ "Β«Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ-4Β» Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡŒ. ΠšΠ²Π°Ρ€Ρ‚ΠΈΡ€Π° - Π΄Π΅Π²ΠΎΡ‡ΠΊΠ΅, машина - ΠΌΠ°Π»ΡŒΡ‡ΠΈΠΊΡƒ, Новому - ΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅Π³Ρ‡Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅". МСдиаНяня - Ρ‚Π°Π±Π»ΠΎΠΈΠ΄ для ΠΈ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  19. ^ "Β«Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ – 4Β» закінчилася Π· низькими ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  20. ^ "АлСна Мозговая: ПобСда Π² Ρ‚Π°Π»Π°Π½Ρ‚-ΡˆΠΎΡƒ – это Π½Π°Ρ‡Π°Π»ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ½Ρ†Π°". МСдиаНяня - Ρ‚Π°Π±Π»ΠΎΠΈΠ΄ для ΠΈ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  21. ^ "Участник ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ΅ΠΊΡ‚Π° "Π€Π°Π±Ρ€ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π·Ρ–Ρ€ΠΎΠΊ - 4" Π‘Π΅Ρ€Π³Π΅ΠΉ ΠšΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚ΡŒΠ΅Π²: "Π― ΠΏΠΎΡ…ΡƒΠ΄Π΅Π» Π½Π° Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈ ΠΊΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠ³Ρ€Π°ΠΌΠΌΠ°!"". dp.vgorode.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
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