Notable Morning Star Alumni. Dawn and sunset of the Morning Star

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To become famous, you first need to start doing something and achieve in life. Many stars have been doing this since childhood. To become famous, you need to find your favorite thing, hobby and succeed in it.

You also do not need to hide your talents and skills, as they can be useful to other people. This is what celebrities used, which we will discuss in this article.

In March 1991, ORT ("Channel One") launched the first musical television talent competition in the history of Russian television - the program "Morning Star".

The host of the show, Yuri Nikolaev, opened many future celebrities to the country, but in 2003, the broadcast from the air was replaced by the reality show “Star Factory” ...

We remembered the musicians who started on the stage of the "Morning Star".

"Lyceum"

Anastasia Makarevich, Elena Perova and Isolda Ishkhanishvili shot in 1995 with the song "Autumn". 4 years before, the girls warmed up on the stage of the "Morning Star" with the ABBA song "One of Us".

Prokhor Chaliapin

In 1999, Prokhor took third place on Zvezda with the song Unreal Dream. The future wife of the young artist was then 43 years old ...

Ani Lorak

In March 1995, a certain Carolina had already applied for "Morning Star", so 17-year-old Carolina Kuek wrote her name backwards and sang the song in her native language under an unusual pseudonym.

Valeria

In 1992, Valeria won the Morning Star. 22 years old was the maximum age to enter the competition.

"Morning Star" rose in the spring of 1991 and shone for a long 12 years, inviting to children's musical holidays on Sundays. The first broadcast, which was released on March 7, became a kind of gift to all mothers and grandmothers for International Women's Day. And it was a real happiness - to admire the children, to admire their successes!

If the stars are lit, then someone needs it. The transfer has become not just necessary, but necessary. The country is on the eve of collapse, lawlessness and chaos reigns, the shelves in the stores are empty - “Chief, everything is gone!”, you can’t say otherwise. "Morning Star" became a straw for that time, which allowed you to be distracted, to rejoice, and to believe in the future. And so we with great pleasure dropped everything, sat down at the screens, followed the competitive program and selected young talented heroes for ourselves.
Everything in the program impressed me pleasantly - the scenery, the script, the rules of the competition, and, of course, the live sound. Well, what about the young contenders for victory? They simply touched the adults, delighted their peers when they tried on the role of pop performers in a way that was not at all childish!
Parents presented their children as participants, and they, in turn, dreamed of the stage and their finest hour. And if the statements of viewers about other programs could be divided into good and bad, then here there were no two opinions - everything was fine and great!
The contestants performed in song and dance genres in two age categories. It turned out 4 rounds, two participants took part in each. The performer with the most points advanced to the next stage. The competition was evaluated by a representative jury, which included popular artists. This fact inspired the participants and spurred them on, as if they took the baton from the older generation.
The program also included creative competitions of classical music performers. And for the first time, a competition of TV presenters among girls was held. So it's safe to say that Morning Star was a forge of pop and television shots.
Viewers wanted to see the winners of all the children. After all, they all tried, laid out to the fullest. But competition is competition. And it was so nice to see that even the losers were not left without attention - it was they who were given gifts.
We evaluated the expediency of a completely unique transfer a little later. When, literally before our eyes, the stars that caught fire at the children's show ascended to the pop Olympus. After all, it was on the "Morning Star" that we first met Valeria, and Ani Lorak, and Sergey Lazarev, and Anzhelika Varum. Perhaps, you cannot list all the celebrities for whom the children's music program has become a successful start.
It is impossible not to recall the organizer and ideological inspirer of the program, Yuri Nikolaev. It was his idea, his brainchild. He put his soul, energy, love into the program. Few people believed in the idea, as he stated in an interview. Moreover, they didn’t really want to give money for the transfer either, and Nikolaev had to take out a loan from a bank. This deserves great respect, and viewers of the 90s appreciated the deed of a real Master.
Even sitting at the TV screens, one could see how the presenter supports the participants with words, inspires with a smile. And although he treated young talents as adult participants, his parental experience for each contestant was visible to the naked eye.
A great idea was to involve contestants in the role of co-host of the same age. This gave the program a special charm. The very first was Masha Bogdanova. Next to her, the contestants felt much more confident. And, in general, the creative tandem of two generations of hosts created a cozy and indescribable atmosphere of the holiday on stage, which brought together good friends.
I am glad that after a break, "Morning Star with Yuri Nikolaev" again gathers admirers at the screens.

The purity of children's emotions, the unique spirit of competition, our own original format and a kaleidoscope of young talents - all this is about the author's program of one of the most popular presenters of the 90s, Yuri Nikolaev, "Morning Star".

Twelve years in the sky of television

Today we can already say with certainty that Morning Star is a unique project. If modern programs of such a competitive format are Russified analogues of original Western projects, then Yuri Nikolaev's Sunday morning show was entirely and completely a domestic product.

The beginning of the 90s was characterized by a clear crisis, both for domestic cinema and television. Not having received state support and not finding private sponsors, Yuri Nikolaev was forced to take a huge risk, taking all financial matters upon himself.

The first episode of the television competition was shown to viewers on March 7, 1991, and since then the program has been aired every Sunday morning. An understandable format and bright talented youth made the "Morning Star" popular. Every week, the audience was waiting for new stars, combining that unique spark of talent, combined with childish spontaneity and youthful naivety.

The rules of the competition were simple: two performers were presented in the nomination, and after the performance of both, the jury, consisting of four people, gave marks on a 5-point scale. The participant who scored the most points in total advanced, the less successful competitor was eliminated from the game.

There were two main genres in the competition program - vocal and dance. The competitors were divided into two age groups: the youngest - from 3 to 15 years old and the older - from 15 to 22. A little later, the folklore genre appeared, and it was the "Morning Star" that first introduced the audience to the magical folk voice of Pelageya. In the early years of the broadcast, a competition for young TV presenters was also held, but due to less entertainment, this nomination quickly outlived its usefulness.

For all 12 years, Yuri Nikolaev was the permanent host. Even at the beginning of his journey, it was decided to take some young talent as a second entertainer. At different times, Yu. Malinovskaya, M. Bogdanova, M. Skobeleva and others visited the role of co-host on the TV project “Morning Star”.

Instead of an afterword

By the beginning of the 2000s, the popularity of the TV project began to fall, neither the updated scenery nor the new competition rules helped. "Morning Star" changed its registration, moving from Channel One to TVC, and on November 16, 2003, the last release of the program took place.

Television was filled with new talent shows, more scandalous and attractive to the mass audience. However, it was "Morning Star" that first opened talented young people to the public, whose names would later thunder in the sky of Russian pop music. Among them are Ani Lorak, Sergey Lazarev, the Lyceum group, Valeria, Vlad Topalov, Tatu, Yulia Nachalova and many others.

Despite the fact that the program has not existed for more than 11 years, the author of the project, Yuri Nikolaev, still hopes to resurrect the Morning Star, seeing great educational and motivational value in the program. But while these plans remain plans ...

Yuri Nikolaev's program has existed for more than 10 years and during this time has ignited many Russian pop stars. Let's take a look at the brightest debuts.

Pelagia

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One of the brightest participants in the Morning Star was the then very young singer Pelageya. The cassette on which the talented girl sings was submitted to the competition by the leader of the Kalinov Most group Dmitry Revyakin. “Her voice, of course, struck, but even more struck by the meaningfulness of singing,” he said.

As a result, 11-year-old Pelageya made it to the final and won. But this might not have been. Only recently in the documentary "Pelageya. Happiness loves silence,” Yuri Nikolaev admitted that he barely had time to stop the dishonest voting: “When I open the envelope with the name of the winner at home, I read a different surname, not Pelageya. I say: "Why not her?" It turned out that one colleague - a respected member of the jury - asked everyone to choose another girl, since it was her student. I asked all the members of the jury to once again separately write their opinion, so that everything was extremely honest, and then the majority voted for Pelageya.

“It was a miracle for me even the fact that I was in the top three finalists, my mother and I could not believe it! - admitted in the program "Honest Word". - Nadia Mikhalkova opens the envelope and says after a pause: "Ppppelageya." I remember it like it was yesterday... And I also remember this envelope with fabulous money for us - 1000 dollars. We lived on this money for a long time.”

Valeria

The television competition became fatal for the singer Valeria. In 1992, the 21-year-old artist performed in the most adult category. “I was very nervous,” the singer recalls. According to her, she, in principle, never liked to participate in competitions, but overcame herself. And not in vain! Her performance impressed the jury and she was chosen as the winner.