Konstantin Meladze: "To survive in show business, you need to develop immunity to drugs and alcohol"

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The cute "manufacturers" Dima Bikbaev and Vsevolod Sokolovsky, they are also the duet "BiS", are quickly gaining popularity among teenage girls - it's not for nothing that producer Konstantin Meladze put them on. All Katis of the country will continue to download the memorable ringtone about “take your phone, this is it”. Apparently, the same enviable fate awaits the new single of the Korabliki team. Recently, the young men presented their debut album entitled "Bipolar World" at the Moscow Royal Bar. All famous friends gathered to support them.

And their friends are almost all of our show business: from friends in the "Factory" to wards producer Konstantin Meladze, of which there are also many - only the participants of "Via Gra" of different years are worth something. Meseda, Albina and Vera Brezhneva, who again took up a solo singing career. Without thinking twice, the ex-Via Gra decided on a win-win: the busty blonde performs in such revealing outfits that you don't even pay much attention to the songs. At the presentation of "BiS" she appeared in a T-shirt on her naked body and black shorts, and while performing the song "Nirvana" she waved her slender legs in different directions without hesitation, causing thunderous applause from the male part of the audience.

It was extremely interesting to look at the former "Fabricants" - many after participating in the TV project have changed a lot and changed their image. After giving birth, no one recognized Polina Gagarina at all - it was as if her facial features had changed, although the figure remained chiseled as before. But Nastya Kochetkova changed her style so much that when she entered the hall, all eyes immediately switched to her: in a bright raver T-shirt in the image of Bob Marley, chains with huge pendants and a "disheveled" hairdo, she looked like a real rastaman, behaved, however, it was the same: she blew bubbles of gum, giggled stupidly all evening and was very reluctant to answer questions.

In other words, The Fabricants have changed a lot since we haven't seen them. However, everyone intends to work and trample their way into show business. And the guys from "BiS", who, it would seem, are doing well with popularity, are trying their best.

- Our only love is work, even spring does not romantically affect us, - said Dima and Vlad. - We intend to further develop musically, write new songs and learn. Even if one day we suddenly lose the ability to sing, even for medical reasons, we will still remain in music. After all, it is more important for us not to be popular, but to express our feelings through music.

It seems that the guys want to seem exceptionally good to everyone: they say, they sing, and dance, and study, and they are not caught in immoral relationships, and they do nothing shameful. Everything is so sweet that some journalists doubted:

- Aren't you afraid, having lost popularity, like many former famous artists, to take drugs or become addicted to alcohol? - asked a particularly meticulous correspondent.

- We are not afraid, - kept the answer producer Konstantin Meladzewhile the guys hesitated from such directness. - We also drink, I already offer the guys a little bit. We don't use drugs … yet. That is, we are gradually developing immunity to all these things: if you use everything a little from childhood, then you can live a long and successful life in show business. Here I, for example, have been stewing in all this for 25 years and still remain a normal person. And to the guys, even such dirt somehow does not stick yet.

On the eve of the qualifying round for Eurovision, of course, everyone is interested in the details related to the competition. Surprisingly, the group "BiS" did not intend to go to the competition in Russia at all.

- We want to go to Eurovision, - joked Vlad and Dima. - What is the interest to participate in the competition when you can just get to it by metro? We are interested in somewhere in another country …

In fact, "BiS" are so ambitious that with their "Katya" they claim only victory.

- No, well, you understand that winning Eurovision in Russia is almost impossible, - complained producer Konstantin Meladze … - The Russian performer has nothing to claim in Moscow.

However, the Russian, as it has already become known, will not go to the current Eurovision: Nastya Prikhodko from Kiev, for whom Kirkorov was so actively rooting, won in the qualifying round.

“Honestly, I really hope that Prikhodko will represent Russia this year,” he told reporters the day before the national final.

- And who is this? - the journalists asked in bewilderment (that the girl became the winner of the "Star Factory-7", everyone has long forgotten - for so long she was not seen at parties, and she did not release any more or less famous songs over the past year).

- Such! - Philip Bedrosovich was indignant. - Nastya Prikhodko. A very talented singer. Although in the competition itself, I really hope for the victory of the Greek team.

Kirkorov, who considers himself to be a Eurovision specialist, this time lobbies in Russia for the Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, who is known to the Russian audience for the song "Like a Crazy Me", recorded in 2004 with the same Kirkorov. Longtime friend Philip Bedrosovich now leads to all social events in Moscow, showing reporters his protégé: obviously, he really intends to go to Athens again next year. Let me remind you that last year the Greek team was close to victory as never before: the singer Kalomira was in the lead in all the polls right up to the final. In the end, however, she took only bronze.

The Eurovision national final has been the subject of gossip all week. Upon learning that singer Valeria would also fight for the right to participate in the competition, singer Sergei Trofimov blinked in surprise:

- And what, the age limit was canceled this year? - either as a joke, or he was seriously surprised.

Valeria, however, in the end will not participate in the competition, which upset her very much - at the national final she took only second place. True, now the singer is going to challenge the decision. With the selection for the competition, in general, everything is not easy. For the Russian show business, Eurovision is a loud competition (unlike the rest of the world), so it is not surprising that so many scandals arise around it. For example, the same Prikhodko, who is going to represent Russia. It turns out that this is not the first time this year that "Fabrikantka" is trying to find a loophole for the competition: she has already applied for participation from Ukraine, but she was not allowed to the Ukrainian final - Prikhodko is still challenging the jury's decision, accusing him of bias. Rumor has it that many show business figures do not agree with Nastya's choice as a contestant from Russia, but it is unlikely that anything can be done with this decision. However, wait and see.