November 8, 2010, 13:54

The starting lineup of the group thus, from which it all began, were two Ukrainian girls, Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadezhda Granovskaya. The history of their arrival in the group turned out to be different. Alena, at that time working for the Ukrainian television company Biz-TV, was invited by Dmitry Kostyuk himself to participate in the group. Another producer was Konstantin Meladze. It was he, together with Dmitry, who was lucky enough to open Nadezhda for the group. The starting point that persuaded him to decide to accept Nadezhda as a member was her amateur photo session.


There are several versions about why the group was named that way. On the one hand, VIA is an abbreviation that stands for "Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble", and "Gra" is translated from Ukrainian as "game". On the other hand, many believe that the name is a derivative of the surnames of the vocalists, in which "VI" - the beginning of the surname "Vinnitskaya", "A" - the first letter of the name Alena, and "Gra" - respectively, the beginning of the surname of Alena's partner in group, Nadezhda Granovskaya. There is also a version that "Gra" stands for "Voice, Joy, Artistry." But the real reason was that all sorts of transcripts somehow formed the word "VIA Gra", which has the same name with pills that increase sexual potency in men, which was facilitated by the external image and sex appeal of the vocalists. In 2002, the VIA Gra group was shocked by some changes. A new stage in its evolutionary development has begun. The structure was changed - from a duet the team turned into a trio. It all started with the fact that Nadezhda Granovskaya was preparing to become a mother, respectively, on a busy touring activity, it was necessary to put an end to it for a while. In order to make up for the temporary loss of Hope, a casting was urgently announced. The producers decided to increase the number of participants to three people, which was successfully done. The ex-TV presenter was invited to the group Anna Sedokova, who worked on the O-TV and Novy Kanal channels, as well as a model from St. Petersburg - Tatyana Naynik. Without letting the updates "take root", the group continued "right off the bat". A great video was shot for the song “Stop! Stop! Stop!". He showed that the group was moving in the right direction and the fact that Anna Sedokova was in the group was extremely beneficial. On September 12, 2002, the shooting of the video for the song "Good Morning, Dad!" ended. This event was marked by the return to service of Nadezhda Granovskaya, who less than a month ago gave birth to a son, who was named Igor. After a certain period of time after the filming of the video, Tatyana leaves the group. golden composition In 2003, again, there were changes. Alena Vinnitskaya decided to start her own solo career. Accordingly, again casting, painful choices, as a result of which Vera Brezhneva. Another "epoch" is being formed, the line-up, which in the camp of the group's fans is often called the golden line-up. Indeed, such a definition in relation to Vera, Anna and Nadezhda is fully justified. This year is becoming very fruitful in terms of creativity of the team. At the beginning, a video clip for the song "Don't leave me, my love!" is being shot. This is followed by the release of the band's second album, Stop! Taken!"
In 2004, Anna Sedokova leaves the group. On an emergency basis, they are looking for a replacement for her, which is found in the person of Svetlana Loboda, but the replacement turned out to be a little unequal, despite the fact that on June 4, 2004 VIA Gra wins the Muz-TV 2004 award, a video clip for the song "Biology" is being shot . Nevertheless, Svetlana is “not accepted” by fans who immediately draw analogies between her and Anna Sedokova.
Despite this, slight dissatisfaction with Svetlana grew and it was decided to part with her. Svetlana is currently pursuing a solo career.
In place of Loboda they take Albina Dzhanabaeva, who worked for a long time on backing vocals with Valery Meladze and got into the group on his recommendation. And now everyone should breathe easy, but suddenly Nadya Granovskaya leaves. 2005 year. And the group is urgently looking for a replacement. In a hurry, they take Christina Kotz-Gotlieb. Albina becomes the center - as the strongest vocalist. The group looks like this:
Christina didn't fit in either. I had to urgently take the girl who was on Meladze's backup dancers. The girl is modest and diligent. Her name is Olga Koryagina.
And it would seem... All is well. We are working. It wasn't there! New Olga Koryagina leaves the ViaGra team. Married Albina and Vera did not work for long as a duet, and the producers found a wonderful Meseda.
All of the above line-up changes finished off Vera Brezhnev and she left the team. Meseda and Albina perform wonderfully as a duet... In March 2008, the producers hired a new soloist - the winner of the Miss Russia 2006 contest Tatyana Kotova. In January 2009, there was a reshuffle in the team. Meseda Bagaudinova had to part with the team due to the fact that the soloist of the first line-up of the group and the main old-timer of the team, Nadezhda Meikher, returned to the team. On March 22, 2010, Tatyana Kotova finally left the group of her own free will. To replace Tatyana, the producers of the team invited the finalist of the Ukrainian project "Zirok Factory 3" - Eva Bushmina.
Now the soloists of the VIA Gra group are Nadezhda Meikher-Granovskaya, Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina. For all the time of performances, many participants have passed through the project, and all of them eventually connect their future life with show business in one way or another. Alena Vinnitskaya successfully made her solo career in Ukraine. Tatiana Nainik Producer and member of the Maybe trio. Anna Sedokova and Svetlana Loboda actively trying to unwind solo in Russia and Ukraine. Christina Kotz-Gotlieb is in the modeling business. Olga Romanovskaya (Koryagina) she shot a video for the song "Lullaby" and after the birth of a child she never returned to the big stage, but she opened her own boutique in Odessa. Left the group in August 2007 Vera Brezhneva decided to try her hand at television and hosted the Magic 10 program, and later made a successful solo career. Meseda Bagaudinova plans to do a solo project. Tatyana Kotova immediately after leaving the band, she began filming in one of the new Russian TV series and released the solo song "He". The author of the texts and the composer of all the songs of the group is Konstantin Meladze. He, together with Dmitry Kostyuk, performs a producer role. Updated on 08/11/10 15:09: The ex-soloist of the group "VIA Gra" Olga Romanovskaya was naked at the anniversary concert

On the eve of the airing of the show of the channel "1 + 1" "I want to go to VIA Gru!" Lady.TSN remembered all its members for 13 years.

Alena Vinnitskaya. "number one"

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Alena Vinnitskaya

Alena is the stage name of Vinnitskaya, according to her passport, her name is Olga. In 1993, under the influence of the work of Viktor Tsoi, she created the group "The Last Unicorn", after the collapse of which she was the host on the BIZ-TV channel.

In "VIA Gre" she sang from 2001 to 2003. She starred in the videos "Attempt number five", "Hug me", "Bomb", "I'm not coming back", "Stop! Stop! Stop!", "Good morning, dad." She left VIA Gra to start a solo career, which she is now successfully doing. She is the only glam-pop-rock performer in Ukraine, she writes her own songs.

Hope Granovskaya. "Long-liver"

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Nadezhda Granovskaya

She managed to stay in the group from 2001 to 2006. And, according to the figurative expression of one of the producers of the project, Dmitry Kostyuk, she just played the role of "the main Viagra" - Granovskaya's incredible sexuality had a stunning (both literally and figuratively!) Impact on men. After leaving VIA Gra, she became Meikher-Granovskaya. But over time, the second part of the surname was lost somewhere, and now Nadezhda is just Meikher.

Tatiana Nainik. "Victim"

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Tatiana Nainik

Before "VIA Gra" a graduate of St. Petersburg University. A. I. Herzen worked as a model for six years, her photographs were published in such well-known publications as Shape, Elle, Top ten. Replaced Nadezhda Granovskaya at the time of her maternity leave. She starred in the clips "Stop! Stop! Stop!" and "Good morning, dad."

She left the group after the return of Granovskaya. The reasons for leaving were not widely discussed. According to one version, the producers did not need a quartet (there are too many of them in show business), so one of the participants had to be sacrificed. The choice fell on Nainik. Today Tatyana sings in the Russian group "Maybe", she was created according to the principle of "VIA Gra" - on the stage there are sexy girls in varying degrees of "nakedness", but the popularity of the last "Maybe" is still very far away.

Anna Sedokova. "Slave of Love"

She grew up in an incomplete family: her father left when Anya was five years old, she and her brother were raised by her mother, a teacher of the Ukrainian language, who worked day and night to provide for the children. Sedokova was engaged in music and dancing almost from the cradle - from the age of six she danced in the Svitanok folk ensemble, graduated with honors from a music school, and after graduating from general education she entered the Institute of Culture.

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Anna Sedokova

Before "VIA Gra" she worked as a model, was a presenter on radio and television. She participated in the first castings at VIA Gru, but did not pass the selection due to her young age: Anna was only seventeen years old at that time. The producers remembered her when in 2002 they decided to turn the duo into a trio. She left VIA Gro for the sake of love - Sedokova married football player Valentin Belkevich and gave birth to his daughter Alina. However, the first marriage, as well as the second, with businessman Maxim Chernyavsky, was short-lived - they say that despite the birth of her second daughter Monica, Anna is now free again. Under the pseudonym Annabelle tried to start a solo career, took part in projects on Russian and Ukrainian television, starred for men's magazines, but viewers still remember Sedokova primarily as an ex-soloist of VIA Gra.

Vera Brezhneva. Dumpling turned into sex-symbol

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Vera Brezhneva

Perhaps the most striking transformation - from a chrysalis to a butterfly, or rather, from Galushka to a real sex symbol - happened in VIA Gre with Vera Brezhneva. A girl from a large family, who was considered at school to be modest, "ugly" and "bespectacled", in a short time became one of the most attractive and seductive girls on the Russian and Ukrainian stage. In "VIA Gre" Vera - intermittently - sang from 2002 to 2007. Today, she not only makes a solo career, but also acts in films, hosts television shows and takes first place in numerous ratings of "the most beautiful" and "sexiest".

Svetlana Loboda. "In" VIA Gru"– on a bet"

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Svetlana Loboda

Before "VIA Gra" she sang in the groups "Cappuccino" and "Ketch", performed the main part in the musical "Equator", tried to start a solo career, inventing the image of an incognito singer who never takes off her dark glasses and calling herself Alicia Gorn in the Western manner.

The soloist of "VIA Gra" became a bet. At stake was a red convertible, which was supposed to become the property of Svetlana, but only if she not only gets into the group, but also stays in it for six months. Soon I learned that a casting was being held in one of the projects of Konstantin Meladze. Loboda found out that we were talking about VIA Gre when out of five hundred applicants who competed in vocal, dance and acting, twenty remained, including her. "Mercedes wheels in my pocket!" thought Svetlana and tripled her efforts. However, already on the first tour of the group, Loboda concluded: "The group is a big machine for big money." Her partners were so tired at concerts that they fell asleep in hotel rooms, literally not having time to reach the bed. Then disagreements began with the producers, and Svetlana had to leave. And since she did not last half a year, the red convertible remained a dream.

Albina Dzhanabaeva. "Second redhead"

After the departure of Anna Sedokova, "VIA Gra" needed a new "red-haired" soloist, and she became a graduate of the Gnessin Music College, backing vocalist Valery Meladze Albina Dzhanabaeva. Since on the eve of Albina gave birth to Valery's son Kostya, her invitation to VIA Gro was perceived by many ambiguously: someone considered him a reward, someone - a way to alienate her mistress, as they say, out of sight, out of mind.

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Albina Dzhanabaeva

The soloists of VIA-Gra, who happened to work with Dzhanabaeva, Tatyana Kotova and Meseda Bagaudinova, characterize her not from the best side - they call her sharp and unrestrained, they assure that Albina could make a scandal for any, even the most insignificant reason, and plucked her anger on service personnel - make-up artists, costumers, stage workers.

In "VIA Gre" she sang from 2004 to 2012, at the same time she studied at the Moscow Psychological and Pedagogical University at the Faculty of Psychology. After the official closure of the group, its producer Konstantin Meladze announced the beginning of Dzhanabaeva's solo career.

Christina Kots-Gottlieb. The shortest stay in "VIA" Gre"

Christina Kots-Gotlieb was born in Donetsk. She was engaged in dancing and sports - she is a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics. The owner of the titles "Miss Donetsk", "Miss Donbass-2003", "Miss international Black Sea 2003", "Miss Donbass-2004".

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Christina Kotz-Gotlieb

After Nadezhda Granovskaya left the group and Vera Brezhneva announced her departure, the producers began to look for a new sexy blonde. The contract with Christina was concluded for five years, but in fact she was the lead singer of the group from January to April 2006. After filming the video "Deceive, but stay" was fired from "VIA Gra". Moreover, according to Christina herself, the producers did not even tell her about it - they simply stopped answering phone calls. Kots-Gotlieb was going to pursue a solo career, even starred in Bogdan Titomir's video "Do as I do!", But then she returned to her modeling career, becoming the face of the KOLTSO model agency. She took part in the contest "Miss Ukraine Universe-2009", where she won an unconditional victory.

Olga Koryagina. Designer

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Olga Koryagina

A native of the city of Nikolaev came to the group in 2006, when Nadezhda Granovskaya once again announced her departure from VIA Gra. She managed to star in two clips of the group - "L.M.L" and "Flower and Knife". Upon learning of the pregnancy, Olga announced her departure from the group and soon married the father of the unborn child, businessman Andrei Romanovsky. After the birth of the child, producer Maxim Fadeev offered Koryagina to return to show business, but she refused. Today he is engaged in the design of fashionable clothes.

Meseda Bagaudinova. Girl from Dream

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Meseda Bagaudinova

The producers of VIA Gra have always sympathized with girls with a bright oriental appearance, so in April 2007 Olga Koryagina was replaced by a singer of Avar (by her father) and Ukrainian-Belarusian (by her mother) origin Meseda Bagaudinova. At the beginning of her musical career, Meseda was a soloist of the Mechty group, quite famous in the south of Russia, but at that time she could not even dream of the glory of VIA Gra. Meseda spent a year and a half in VIA Gre, and was forced to leave after Nadezhda Granovskaya announced her return to the group. Bagaudinova returned to the Dreams group.

Tatyana Kotova. "False Pregnancy"

The owner of the title "Miss Russia-2006", represented Russia at the contests "Miss World-2007" and "Miss Universe-2007". Tatyana is an economist and anti-crisis manager by education. She got into VIA Gro in 2008 after the departure of Vera Brezhneva. She starred in the clips "My emancipation", "Anti-geisha" and "Crazy".

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Tatyana Kotova

In 2010, the media suddenly vied with each other to write that Kotova would soon leave VIA Gro due to pregnancy. The rumors turned out to be exactly half true: Tatyana really left the group, but her pregnancy turned out to be false. The singer herself, when asked about the reasons for leaving, answered as follows: “We cannot admire the sun around the clock. I received my portion of sunshine at VIA Gre, now it’s time to collect stars. I am offered to work on television and act in films, I want to realize my creative abilities to the end, because there is no limit to perfection.

Eva Bushmina. "Girl-accident".

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Eva Bushmina

A graduate of the "Star Factory" Eva Bushmina replaced Tatyana Kotova in "VIA Gre". Eva spent a total of about three years in the group. They say that in order not to "fly out" from the group, like other unsuccessful participants, she increased her breasts by two sizes - from the first to the third. In VIA Gre, Bushmina had a reputation as an “accident girl”, with whom something constantly happened, since Eva is a big fan of extreme sports and thrills. After the collapse of the group, despite the birth of a daughter (her father is the son of the ex-Minister of Economy of Ukraine Volodymyr Lanovoy), she is engaged in a solo career.

Santa Dimopoulos. Destroyer

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Santa Dimopoulos

It was with her arrival in the group that it became clear that the history of VIA Gra in its former form was declining. Despite numerous advantages - a bright appearance, sex appeal and athletic training (Santa is a master of sports in dancing) - the new soloist has become just another and, alas, an unsuccessful attempt to replace the irreplaceable Granovskaya. In 2012, after spending less than a year in the group, Dimopoulos announced her departure from it and the beginning of a solo career, as a result of which VIA Gra turned into the duet Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina, which soon broke up.

Taisiya Kondratieva

The pop project group Viagra of 2018 is still successful, although having again a new lineup of soloists, it tours and regularly pleases fans with new hits, is a multiple winner of the Golden Disc, Muz-TV, Golden Gramophone, etc. .

The girls from ViaGra have recorded six studio albums, three of which have received gold status in our country, and one has gone platinum in Thailand.

Viagra group -Ulyana Sinetskaya, Erika Herceg and Olga Meganskaya .

ALL COMPOSITIONS OF THE VIAGRA GROUP

The history of the popular female team of the Viagra group began on September 3, 2000. It was then that the premiere of the debut video “Attempt No. 5” took place on the air of the Ukrainian television company “Biz-TV”, which instantly flew into the top positions of the main charts. After that, the group experienced rapid ups and downs more than once, repeatedly changed its line-up, its soloists began successful solo careers and gave birth to children. But, despite this, the popularity of Viagra did not decrease.

In 1999, Ukrainian businessman and owner of the Biz-TV channel Vladimir Kostyuk, inspired by the success of the Russian "Brilliant" and Western "Spice Girls", decided to launch a similar Ukrainian project. He called Konstantin Meladze for the role of a music producer. One of the first approved soloists was Alena Vinnitskaya, who previously worked as a host on Biz-TV. Thanks to the casting, Meladze and Kostyuk found two more girls: Marina Modina and Yulia Miroshnichenko. But in the process of working on Attempt No. 5, it was decided to leave Alena alone and freeze the project for a while, continuing to search for suitable soloists.

When Nadezhda Granovskaya appeared on the horizon, it was decided to retrain the trio into a duet, in which Vinnitskaya got the role of the leading soloist. Initially, the group was supposed to be called "Silver". There are several versions about where the name "Viagra" came from. According to one of them, VIA is a vocal and instrumental ensemble, "gra" in Ukrainian means a game. Some believe that Viagra is a derivative of the names and surnames of the vocalists (Vi-Vinnitskaya, A- Alena, Gra- Granovskaya). But the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "Viagra" is the famous drug that increases male potency. By the way, bringing out the V.I.A. "Gra" into the English-language music market, Sony Music management received a pre-trial claim from tablet manufacturers. Therefore, in the West, the group is known under the pseudonym Nu Virgos.

Initially, critics considered Viagra to be a one-hit group and predicted its short-lived fame. But the dance composition “Hug Me” following after “Attempt No. 5” further thickened the interest around the team. Girls began to be invited to interviews and concerts. By the end of 2000, their repertoire included seven songs. The first solo concert of the group took place on the stage of the Ice Palace in Dnepropetrovsk on December 20th. It was attended by 4 thousand spectators.

During its work, the group changed 16 lineups. Almost all former soloists connected their lives with show business and were able to build successful careers.

The composition of the Viagra group for 2000-2003:

• Alena Vinnitskaya;

Alena (Olga) Vinnitskaya was born on December 27, 1974 in the capital of Ukraine. Almost immediately after graduation, she met her future husband, who at that time performed in the Seven team. Over time, together they changed the name of the group to "The Last Unicorn", where Vinnitskaya became the author of the music and words of the songs they performed.

From 1997 to 2000, Vinnitskaya successfully combined the professions of a VJ and a reporter on music TV channels and a DJ on radio stations. On Biz-TV, she hosted the Ukrainian Twenty, which was also broadcast on the Russian MTV. It was there that she met Kostyuk, who invited her to join the Viagra group. With the participation of Alena, they shot 6 clips, released their debut album, starred in two musicals and recorded several non-album songs.

On January 20, 2003, the girl left the band and began her solo career, performing pop-rock compositions. Among the notable works in this field, it is worth highlighting the compositions "Let's Forget Everything", which became a hit in all Ukrainian charts, and the single "Tormented Heart", which made it possible to feel the full depth of Alena's author's lyrics.

In 2004, Alena performed with the world-famous group The Cardigans at the Palace of Sports, the largest concert venue in Ukraine, and released her first album, Dawn. The girl is still actively performing, recording new albums and is active in social activities.

Nadya Meikher was born in the village of Zbruchovka on April 10, 1982. From the age of 11, she attended a folk dance circle and performed at various events. After school, Nadezhda entered the faculty of choreography and musical dance at the Khmelnytsky Pedagogical School.

In 2000, the girl was cast in the Viagra group, but already in 2002 she left the team due to pregnancy. However, maternity leave did not last long, and a month after giving birth, Nadia returned to the group. The repeated departure of Nadezhda occurred in 2006. Then she decided to start a career as a TV presenter.

But in 2009, Granovskaya again became a member of the team. In 2013, she was on the jury of the reality show “I Want to Viagra”. In 2016, Nadezhda presented her play "Historia de Un Amor" and opened a boutique "Meiher by Meiher" in Kyiv, where she presented her clothing collection.

For 2002:

After Nadezhda Granovskaya went on maternity leave, the producers decided to turn the duet into a trio and announced an urgent casting. So the new composition of the Viagra group was replenished with Tatyana Naynik and Anna Sedokova.

Tanya was born in St. Petersburg on April 6, 1978. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an artist, but after graduating from school she entered the psychological and pedagogical faculty of Herzen University. In 1996, Nainik got into the modeling business. Her photos have appeared in popular fashion publications such as major publications such as Elle, Shape and Top Ten.

In the Viagra group, Tatyana Naynik was put in place of Granovskaya. Together with her participation, the songs "Good Morning, dad", "Kill my girlfriend" were recorded. After the return of Granovskaya-Meikher, the girls performed as a quartet for some time and the four of them starred on the cover of the Russian magazine Maxim. But in the same year, Tatyana left the team, not avoiding problems with the leadership.

After leaving, the girl starred in a full-length European movie in the styles of art house and horror (unfortunately, the pictures did not go beyond the European box office) and the comedy television series "Matchmakers". Now she collaborates with various charitable and public organizations and is a soloist and producer of her own group Maybe, created immediately after leaving Viagra and successfully functioning to this day.

The girl was born on December 16, 1982 in Kyiv. She graduated with honors from both general education and music school. She studied at the Kiev National University, also graduating with honors. At the age of 15 she worked as a model, later - leading in clubs and on TV.

Anna tried to get into Viagra back in 2000, but due to the fact that she was not yet 18 years old, she failed to pass the casting. In the new composition of the group, she immediately became the leader and front vocalist. It was with her that the group became the No. 1 female pop group in the domestic show business.

In 2004, Anna Sedokova left the group, got married and had a daughter. In 2006, she posed for Playboy magazine and began performing on stage under the pseudonym Annabelle. At the moment, Sedokova's career is developing quite successfully. She regularly releases new singles, acts as a host, is nominated and receives various awards and awards for her songs. In addition, Anya is raising two children, and at the end of 2016 she announced her third pregnancy.

In 2003-2004:

Vera Brezhneva (Galushka)

Born in a poor large family in Dneprodzerzhinsk on February 3, 1982. She first performed with Viagra in 2002 as a wish from the audience. In 2003, she successfully passed the casting and took the place of the departed Alena Vinnitskaya. It is the composition of "Brezhnev-Sedokov-Granovskaya" that critics call "golden".

In 2007, Vera left the group and began her solo career as a singer and actress. Her compositions "Rose Petals" (together with Dan Balan), "Love Will Save the World", "Real Life" occupied the top of the charts. The films "Love in the City" and "The Jungle" were also successful, where she played the main roles.

In addition to creative activity, Brezhnev is the founder of the Ray of Faith Foundation, which helps children with oncohematological diseases, and the UN Ambassador for the UNAIDS program.

Viagra in 2004:

She came to the place of Anna Sedokova. Sveta was born in Kyiv on October 18, 1982. She graduated from a music school in academic vocal, piano and conducting classes. She toured extensively from a young age. After school, she entered the pop vocal department at the Variety and Circus Academy in Kyiv.

At the same time, she performed as part of the popular Ukrainian band "Cappuccino", who performed with the hits "Feelings" and "Fairy Tale". After leaving Cappuccino, she participated in the first Ukrainian musical show Equator, where she played the role of the savage Mirana. In 2003 Svetlana Loboda founded her own creative team "Ketch". It was then that Dmitry Kostyuk noticed her.

Together with Loboda, the team shot the video "Biology" and took part in the New Year's musical "Sorochinsky Fair" on the Inter channel. After staying in the Viagra group for about six months, Svetlana decided to leave. In 2009 she represented Ukraine at Eurovision, in 2010 she founded her own brand "LOBODA", in 2012 she became a coach in the show "Voice. Children".

Line-up for 2004-2006:

She was born on April 9, 1979 in Volgograd. At the age of 17 she entered the Gnessin School. After graduating, she sang in the Korean musical production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, singing the part of Snow White.

After that she worked as a backing vocalist for Valery Meladze. Initially, it was Albina who received an offer to take the vacant position of Anna Sedokova. But at that time, the girl had just given birth to a son, so she refused. After Loboda left, she nevertheless joined the musical group.

Albina worked in the group for more than 8 years, at the same time having time to star in the film "Treason" directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and taking third place in the show "Dancing with the Stars". On January 1, 2013, Konstantin Meladze announced the collapse of VIA Gra and invited Albina to build a solo career under his wing. In 2013, she was a member of the jury (later a mentor) in the show “I Want V Viagra”. She has released several solo singles.

Group for 2006:

She was born in Donetsk on May 2, 1983. Graduated with honors from an economic university. From the age of 15, she participated in numerous beauty contests, developed a modeling career, won the title of Miss Donbass-2003.

After the second departure of Nadezhda Granovskaya, she successfully passed the casting and took her place. She participated in the filming of the video “Deceive, but stay”, but after 3 months she left the band. In 2009, she won the Ukrainian national contest "Miss Ukraine Universe". In 2014 she released a solo video for the song "Trust your heart".

Soloists 2006-2007:

Olga Koryakina (Romanovskaya)

Born in Nikolaev in 1986. At the age of 15, she won the Miss Black Sea Region 2001 contest, worked in one of the modeling agencies. In 2004 she became the owner of the title "Miss Koblevo". Participated in the casting together with Christina Kots-Gotlieb, but lost. After Christina did not fit into the trio, the producers decided to give Olga a second chance.

During her stay in the group, Olga starred in the clips “Flower and Knife”, “L.M.L.”, participated in the recording of the album “L.M.L.” in English. In March 2007, she announced her pregnancy and left the group. Olga's solo career began under her husband's surname. At the 8th month of pregnancy, Olga recorded the song "Lullaby".

She tried to cooperate with Maxim Fadeev, but they could not work together. In 2012, she received an offer to become one of six mentors in the reality show “I Want V VIA Gru”, but the girl refused.

On December 2, 2015, the singer presented her debut album Hold Me Tight. From April to October 2016, she tried herself as the host of the popular Revizorro program instead of Elena Letuchaya.

Participants for 2007-2008:

• Bagaudinova Meseda.

She was born on October 30, 1983 in the city of Grozny. Since 2002, she has performed in the international group Dreams. On April 1, 2007, Bagaudinova came to Viagra, where she replaced Olga Koryakina. She performed in the team for a year and a half.

With her participation, a video clip "Kisses" and three more videos were shot. With the return of Nadezhda Granovskaya, she left the group. She recorded the solo composition "Smoke", but suspended her career due to marriage and the birth of her son Aspar. In 2013, she became one of the mentors at I Want to Viagra. In 2013-2014 she presented the singles “Just Freeze”, “Intersection”, “I Believe”.

Singers 2008-2010:

Was born in the village. Sholokhovsky September 3, 1985. Even in her youth, she began to take part in beauty contests. In December 2006, she won the title of "Miss Russia", gaining more than 50% of the audience's votes.

She joined the Viagra group on March 17, 2008. With the participation of Kotova, the clips “I am not afraid”, “American wife”, “My emancipation” were shot and the singles “Anti-Geisha” and “Crazy” were recorded. On April 22, 2010, she announced her resignation. Now the singer has several solo compositions ("He", "Red on Red", "Hop-Hop", "Dissolve", "I'll Say Yes", etc.), with which she performs at large venues and group concerts .

girls 2010-2011 of the year:

• Bushmina Eva.

Yana Shvets (Bushmina)

Born in Sverdlovsk on April 2, 1989. She studied at the same time with Nastya Kamensky at the vocal faculty at the Variety and Circus Academy. Later she was the TV presenter of the Guten Morgen program on M1, was a soloist in the Lucky group, danced in the show ballet The Best, and participated in the Ukrainian Star Factory.

In March 2010, she announced an early exit from the Factory-Superfinal project and a transition to Viagra. In the same year, according to the Life-Star portal, she entered the Top 10 open of the year. Yana, like Albina Dzhanabaeva, successfully performed as part of Viagra until its closure.

In 2011-2012:

• Eva Bushmina;

She was born in Kyiv on May 21, 1987. From an early age she was engaged in sports dancing, at 17 she entered the Faculty of Law. In 2011, she became the absolute world champion in fitness in Thailand in the Women's Model Physique nomination. In the same year she received a law degree, but decided to connect her life with creativity.

Her first team was the Ukrainian group "Seventh Heaven", then there was participation in the third Ukrainian Star Factory. In December 2011, she took the place of the newly departed Nadezhda Granovskaya in the Viagra group, but already in early October 2012 she decided to pursue a solo career.

"Viagra" for 2013 beginning of 2018:

Anastasia was born in Yuzhnoukrainsk on March 26, 1993. As a child, she studied at a music school, sang in a choir and studied acting and choreography.

Having passed the preliminary auditions for the show “I Want to Viagra”, Nastya also successfully performed in the first round. A little later, she seemed to be paired with Misha and Erica. Initially, Albina Dzhanabaeva acted as their mentor.

But after the girls, having cut their concert dresses before the performance, almost flew out of the project, Granovskaya's hope was sluggish under their patronage. According to the results of the audience voting, the trio won. In the final, they presented a new song "Truce", which later became their hallmark.

Natalya Mogilets (Misha Romanova) was born on August 3, 1990. in Kherson. At the age of 5, Natasha was very frightened and began to stutter. Doctors advised to give the girl to vocal lessons, where it turned out that when singing, the defect instantly disappears.

So Natasha began to dream of a career as a singer and participate in various competitions. In 2007, together with Nikolai Bortnik (Max Barskikh), they arrived in Kyiv and passed the exams at the Academy of Variety and Circus Art.

In the same year, Natalia began her solo career under the pseudonym Misha Romanova, and in 2013 she was cast on the show “I Want V Viagra”.

Erica Herceg was born in the village of Malaya Dobron on July 5, 1988. As a child, Erica sang in the Hungarian church choir, and later entered the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Ferenc Rakoczy II Institute.

At the age of 17, the girl weighed more than 80 kg. But in 8 months she was able to lose 30 kg, and correcting minor flaws with the help of plastic surgery, in 2012 she received a highly paid contract for advertising French underwear.

That same year, she appeared nude in the November issue of Playboy. Now he sings as part of the Viagra group.

In September 2013, Konstantin Meladze launched a new reality project “I Want to VIA Gru”, with the help of which girls could be cast in a revived group. Anastasia, Misha and Erika became the winners and presented a new composition of the pop trio.

From April 2018:

• Olya Meganskaya

Olga Meganskaya

Date of birth of Olga Meganskaya 1992, was born in the city of Yaroslavl. From early childhood, Olya devoted herself to music, loved this business and even graduated from a music school, which is quite natural in these circumstances.

However, she preferred to get a higher education as a "teacher of history and English." But Meganskaya did not stop improving herself on this, having entered the pop department of culture and art, which is located at the Leningrad College.

Olya loves our little brothers very much, so she doesn’t eat animal meat, and not at all naturally. An ardent opponent of the natural fly. Of course, he has pages on Instagram and VK. Before becoming the new soloist of the Viagra group, Olya tried to get into other musical projects, but not so successfully.

The new composition of the Viagra group since September 2018:

• Olya Meganskaya
• Ulyana Sinetskaya

Ulyana Sinetskaya

Ulyana Sinetskaya was born in the spring of March 29, 1995, in a very small Yugorsk, which is located in the Tyumen region, its northern part. From the age of five she attended a music school, even then the girl's parents recognized her talent for music. Then the family moved to Yekaterinburg, where Ulyana continued to devote herself to creativity.

Since 2014, the aspiring singer began her career growth. Participation in the show "Voice", getting into the project "New Star Factory", was in the team "CASH" and now she has become a member of the "Viagra" group. From the first days, work in the group began to boil - photo shoots of all the soloists, recording of new tracks that promise to be amazing according to the producer of the pop trio.

So the young age, the girl is only 23 years old, the new soloist is not a hindrance, Ulyana Sinetskaya started her work right off the bat, we are waiting for her success.

Hits of the Viagra group

Since the successful start of the project, thanks to the compositions "Attempt No. 5", "Bomb", "I'm not coming back", the group has managed to record six studio albums:

• In 2001 - "Attempt No. 5";
• In 2003 - "Stop! Taken" (Russian and Japanese edition);
• In 2003 - "Biology";
• In 2004 - “Stop! Stop! Stop!" (international edition);
• In 2007 - "L.M.L".

In 2002, the group presented new clips “Stop! Stop! Stop!" and Good morning. In the second video, fans again saw Nadezhda Granovskaya, who had left the group before, which led to a new surge in the popularity of Viagra.

In February 2003, a video for "Don't Leave Me, Darling" was released. The composition took the top of many charts and is still considered one of the best in the history of the group. It was the time of the "golden composition" and his successful duets with Valery Meladze. Hits were released one after another: "Ocean and Three Rivers", "Attraction No More", "Kill My Girlfriend", "Diamonds".

Then the team began to storm. The "golden composition" broke up. Participants constantly replaced each other. But the compositions “Flower and Knife” recorded with Olga Koryakina, “Kisses” - with Meseda Bagaudinova, “Antigeisha”, “Crazy” - with Tatyana Kotova, “A Day Without You”, “Get Out”, “Hello, Mom!” - with Eva Bushmina, they did not allow the group to lose the status of the sexiest pop trio of the Russian stage.

The new composition of Viagra, like most of the previous ones, has been criticized more than once. Many were sure that the success of the previous participants could not be repeated. Despite this, the group confidently wins high charts, receives music awards, and their songs “Truce”, “Oxygen”, “I Got Another”, “So Strong” do not stop rotating on radio stations. Over time, the group's repertoire included 17 past hits with modified arrangements.

On September 3, 2000, the Russian-Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra was founded. In the entire history of the group, 13 girls were soloists of VIA Gra. The composition of the participants in the popular project Konstantin Meladze and Dmitry Kostyuk changed 16 times. We decided to make a selection of the soloists of this group most beloved by fans of the group.

1. The beginning group achieved its first commercial success in 2000, when it included two soloists: Ukrainian TV presenter Alena Vinnitskaya and primary school teacher (by profession, but not by vocation) Nadezhda Granovskaya. Why can the duet be called one of the best lineups in the history of the group? Yes, if only because from the premiere of the song of the first composition of VIA Gra - “Attempt No. 5” - the triumphal ascent of the team to the musical Olympus of Ukraine, and then Russia, began.

It was in this composition that the Russian listener recognized the group with an extravagant name. The first song of VIA Gra became an absolute hit in 2000 and sounded from every iron. For this composition, the young team received the first serious musical awards in the Golden Gramophone, One Stop Hit, and Golden Firebird awards. The first video was filmed for the song. Then there was the song and video "Hug Me", the first appearance on stage in front of an audience of many thousands, tours, interviews and photo sessions, filming in the New Year's musical "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". And in September 2001, the group released their debut album "Attempt No. 5", which sold 700 thousand copies in the CIS countries and acquired the status of a "Golden Disc", and also gave us the right to call this group "golden".

2. One of the best compositions of the group can be called the first trio of VIA Gra: Alena Vinnitskaya, Anna Sedakova and Tatyana Naynik. Such a set did not last long - from April to September 2002. Tatyana Nainik, a sexy model from St. Petersburg, replaced Nadezhda Granovskaya, who had gone on maternity leave, in the duet, and Anna Sedakova, by the way, also a former model from the cultural capital of Russia, came to the group in order to implement the production plan to create a trio.

With the advent of this composition, the group has its own chip. It lies in the fact that in this musical group there must certainly be "white", "black" and "red" soloists. Already for this first trio can be called a landmark for the group. During their joint work, these three girls shot a video for the song “Stop! Stop! Stop! ”, After which VIA Groy was labeled the sexiest female team in domestic show business. In May 2002, the group received the Ovation Award. Then there was the first song of the group, recorded in a rock style - “Good morning, dad!”. But in the video for this composition you can see not three, but four soloists - Nadezhda Granovskaya unexpectedly returned from maternity leave. Her arrival marked the creation of a new composition of VIA Gra. By the way, after Tatyana Nainik left for the Maybe team, Maxim magazine called it “golden”, just the composition of Sedokov - Vinnitskaya - Nainik.

3. The undoubted leader of our rating is the truly “golden line-up” of VIA Gra: Anna Sedakova, Nadezhda Granovskaya-Meikher and Vera Brezhneva. The trio is formed in January 2003, when the young and promising Vera Brezhneva comes to replace Alena Vinnitskaya, and breaks up in May 2004, when Anna Sedakova leaves the group due to pregnancy. Thus, in this composition, the group lasted one year and four months.

"Golden" this composition was nicknamed by the fans of the team and journalists for its efficiency and creative upsurge of the group during this period, as well as the beauty and sexuality of the unsurpassed trio. So, in January, one of the most popular compositions in the history of VIA “Do not leave me, beloved”, as well as the video of the same name, is released. After this work, each new song of VIA Gra became a hit. Musical album of the group "Stop! Removed! ”, Which was released in April 2003, received the status of a" gold "collection. And already in the summer, the fans of the band were able to see a new video - a parody clip for the song "Kill my girlfriend." Then there was the first duet work with Valery Meladze. In the summer of 2003, the girls, together with the singer, recorded a song and shot a video for the song "Ocean and Three Rivers". The team managed to do all this work without interrupting constant tours and numerous performances in different cities of Russia. In the same year, the English-language album of the group called “Stop! Stop! Stop!" and another album in Russian - "Biology".

4. The composition, in which Albina Dzhanabaeva first appeared as the leading soloist of VIA Gra, can also be called one of the best. Former backing vocalist Valeria Meladze, as well as the mother of his son, joined the group instead of Svetlana Loboda, who had begun her solo career. Albina became a "redhead" from VIA Gra in September 2004 and stayed in the group, in fact, until the project was closed in October 2012. In total, she was in the group for over 8 years. Well, in collaboration with Granovskaya and Brezhneva, Dzhanabaeva headed VIA Gra from 2004 to 2006, until the “white” Vera left the team due to her solo career.

During this period, the piggy bank of the group's clips is replenished with a video for the song "The World I Didn't Know Before You", which was released in November. Already in March, another duet work appears for public viewing - with the TNMK group, popular in Ukraine. The clip is called “There is nothing worse”, where one of the popular television projects is shown in a parody form. The group began to actively go on tour, and in August began work on a video for the song "Diamonds". It was because of this song that the composition of Albina - Nadya - Vera was called by the fans diamond, and therefore - one of the best. In addition, in an exclusive solo interview with Dzhanabaeva for the magazine "HELLO!" in 2008, the editors called the "golden" composition of Granovskaya - Brezhnev - Dzhanabaev.

5. The duet of Albina Dzhanabaeva and Mesed Bagaudinova closes our rating of the best compositions of the pop group VIA Gra. The producers decided to return to the original format of the team when, instead of Nadezhda Granovskaya, who left for the second time, two soloists did not stay in place of the “black” from VIA Gra - Christina Kots-Gotlieb and Olga Koryagina. Also, the most popular soloist, Vera Brezhneva, left the band forever.

In the most difficult period for the group, this composition of VIA Gra becomes the most singing. Never before in the history of VIA Gra have soloists been so vocally prepared. Because of this, we can also mark this duet as one of the best in the history of the group. It was formed in July 2007 and lasted until March 2008. During this period, a rather provocative song and video called "Kisses" appeared in the VIA Gra archive. The composition and video for it shocked the audience a little. However, it was because of its frankness and sexuality that the song became popular. She was recognized as a hit in 2007.

Over the 18-odd years of the existence of the VIA Gra group, its composition has changed a huge number of times. The purely team members were also inconsistent: from a duet to a quartet. For many, "VIA Gra" was just a good launching pad for a career in show business, and for someone - almost their whole life. And the very first member of the first composition of the Ukrainian pop group was Alena Vinnitskaya, who recently turned 44 years old.

Alena Vinnitskaya, 44 years old (2000-2003)

After leaving the group, Vinnitskaya continued to make music, but already solo, and only in Ukraine, where she released eight albums, twenty-three videos and recorded soundtracks for three feature films.

Since 1993, Vinnitskaya met and lived with producer Sergei Alekseev, whom she married in 1995. They are married to producer Sergei Alekseev.

The couple, despite 25 years of marriage, still have no children. So far, they are replaced by pets. “We have a very cozy, bright house, three cats live in our house, which do not allow us to relax, they somehow cheer us up,” Alena said in an interview with a Ukrainian publication.

Nadezhda Meikher-Granovskaya, 36 years old (2000-2002, 2002-2006, 2009-2011)

For the first time, Granovskaya left the group in 2002, when she was pregnant with her son Igor. A month after giving birth, she returned and sang in VIA Gre until 2006. In 2011, the singer became pregnant again, and this time she left the band forever.

But the artist did not go far from the screen, while at the same time building a career leading on TV in Ukraine. She was a mentor in the show "I want V VIA Gru". It was her trio that eventually became the winners of the show and now performs as VIA Gra.

Granovskaya is married to Russian businessman Mikhail Urzhumtsev, the couple has a son, Nadezhda Igor, and two common daughters, Anna and Maria.

Tatyana Naynik, 40 years old (2002-2002) (bottom middle)

Not so long ago, information appeared in the press that the group member who replaced Granovskaya had been suffering from a severe anxiety-depressive disorder for many years, causing convulsions, panic attacks, fear, vasospasm and headache.

When Nadezhda returned to VIA Gru, Nainik tried to build a solo career and performed with the MayBe group (on the right) - until misfortunes began to fall on her family, one by one. Including health problems.

For some time, the singer even collected money from her fans to pay for her treatment, which amounted to a total of 1.5 million rubles. Then, in 2015, she married the son of Margarita Terekhova Alexander, but those, as you know, are also not rich in money in the family. Now the couple is raising a daughter, Vera.

Anna Sedokova, 36 years old (2002-2004)

Anna Sedokova did not get into the first composition due to her too young age. The producer did not dare to take a 17-year-old girl into the team, as the publications write, although for some reason he took her the same age as Granovskaya. Having finally entered the group, the girl riveted all the attention to herself. It is believed that it was with Anya that VIA Gra was the most successful.

Then the singer began a solo career, managing to work as a TV presenter on Russian and Ukrainian TV, acted in films and was engaged in writing.

Sedokova's first husband, Belarusian football player Valentin Belkevich, died in 2014. From him, the singer has a daughter, Alina. The second husband, millionaire Maxim Chernyavsky, lives in the USA. From him, the star has a daughter, Monica. She gave birth to a son, Hector Sedokov, out of wedlock, from businessman Artem Komarov.

Vera Brezhneva, 36 years old (2003-2007)

Vera Kiperman (nee Galushka) attracted the attention of the producers of VIA Gra when she left the hall to sing with the group at a concert in June 2002. After this performance, she was called to a casting. Vera took the pseudonym "Brezhnev" and took the place of Vinnitskaya, who left the group.

In 2007, the singer left the group and began her solo career. In addition, she starred in the films Love in the Big City, Jungle, Yolki, etc. The singer is also actively involved in charity work. Her Ray of Faith Foundation provides assistance to children with oncohematological diseases.

Since 2014, Brezhnev has been the UN Ambassador for the rights and discrimination of HIV-infected women living in Central Asia and Eastern Europe (UNAIDS program). Vera has two daughters - Sonya (left) and Sarah. In 2015, she secretly married producer Konstantin Meladze.

Svetlana Loboda, 36 years old (2004)

The soloist of the group, who previously performed under the pseudonym Alisiya Gorn, was only four months old, but during this time she managed to star in one of the group's most famous videos for the song "Biology" and the musical "Sorochinsky Fair", which was shown by Channel One on New Year's Eve.

This start was enough for the singer to immediately become a popular artist alone. The singer also managed to open her own travel agency and create a clothing line for young people “F*ck the macho”.

In 2009, Loboda performed for Ukraine at Eurovision. In 2010, she appeared and created the LOBODA brand, under which she still performs. Now the singer is not married. She has two daughters, Evangelina and Tilda.

Albina Dzhanabaeva, 39 years old (2004-2013)

Before the project, Dzhanabaeva was a backing vocalist for Valery Meladze. When Sedokova left the group, they wanted to take Dzhanabaeva in her place. She refused, because she had just given birth to a son, Kostya, from a mysterious man. Later, the singer replaced Loboda in the group.

All the time that Dzhanabaeva sang in VIA Gre, she also made a solo career, worked on TV and played in films - for example, in Kirill Serebrennikov's film Treason.

In 2009, there was a scandal around the divorce of Valery Meladze and his wife. Then the truth was revealed about the father of the son Dzhanabaeva - he was Meladze. In 2014, the couple got married and now has two sons, Konstantin and Luka.

Christina Kots-Gotlieb, 35 years old (2006)

The owner of the title "Miss Ukraine Universe 2009" got to the casting when a girl was taken into the group to replace Granovskaya, and successfully passed it. The producers signed a contract with her for five years.

For the first time as a member of the group, Kristina performed in Kiev on March 24 in one of the clubs, then they held a photo shoot for the XXL men's magazine, and in April 2006 the girl was fired from VIA Gra without explanation.

Recently, Christina sings in the Queens group with two more blonde twins.

Olga Koryagina (Romanovskaya), 32 years old (2006-2007) (right)

After leaving the group, Koryagina, like other singers from the team, decided to build a solo career, but she did not succeed very well. Then the girl tried herself in other areas and released the Romanovska clothing line.

In 2016, the singer became the host of the Revizorro program instead of Lena Letuchaya, but left the project rather quickly. Then, in 2007, the celebrity married a Ukrainian businessman Andrei Romanovsky.

Now they are raising two children - Oleg, Andrei's son from his first marriage, and their common son Maxim.

Meseda Bagaudinova, 35 years old (2007-2009)

Meseda, who came to VIA Gro in 2007, left the group after Nadezhda Granovskaya returned there.

Over the eight years of her subsequent solo career, Bagaudinova recorded only seven songs. In 2013, she was a mentor in the show "I want V VIA Gru". In 2015, she dramatically changed her image, cut off her long hair, after which she began to be regularly compared with Angelina Jolie.

Bagaudinova is raising her son Aspar alone; she divorced her husband Alan in 2015.

Tatyana Kotova, 33 years old (2008-2010) (left)

After leaving the group, the singer tried to build an acting and vocal career.

Twice she became a girl from the cover of popular men's magazines MAXIM and XXL.

Now Tatyana Kotova is working on a solo album and blogging on Instagram.

Eva Bushmina, 29 years old (2010-2012) (left)

"Eva" is the pseudonym of the singer Yana Shvets, which she came up with at the Ukrainian "Star Factory", and Bushmina is her mother's maiden name. She received an offer to join the group at the stage of the superfinal of the project and took the place of Kotova.

After leaving the group, Bushmina actively began to pursue a solo career, released an album and shot twelve videos.

In 2012, the star married the son of the former Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Dmitry Lanovoy, and in 2013 gave birth to a daughter, Edita.

Santa Dimopoulos, 31 (2011-2012) (left)

A native of a Greek-Assyrian-Ukrainian family in 2009 was a member of the Star Factory in Ukraine, where she was noticed by Konstantin Meladze. He took the girl to the place of Granovskaya.

In 2012, Dimopoulos herself expressed a desire to leave the band in order to engage in solo work.

In 2015, she married a second time - to Ukrainian businessman Igor Kucherenko, who is 18 years older than her. The couple is raising Santa's son Daniel from her first marriage.

Misha Romanova, 28 years old (2013-2018) (middle)

The winner of the show "I Want V VIA Gro" became famous a year before joining the group - when she sang the song "Don't Believe Me" with Max Barskikh, her old friend.

This year, Natalya Mogilenets (real name of the singer) left the team, according to the producers, on maternity leave. In August, it became known that the artist secretly gave birth to her first child.

Anastasia Kozhevnikova, 25 years old (2013-2018) (middle)

From January 1, 2013, as Konstantin Meladze announced a few months earlier, VIA Gra will cease to exist. But a week later, a casting was announced for a group in the format of a reality show called “I want V VIA Gru”. Kozhevnikova became one of the winners.

On June 6, 2015, the group won the Muz-TV Prize for the tenth time with the song Oxygen jointly with Mot, becoming the most titled pop group of this award.

On September 2, 2018, the singer's contract with the group came to an end, and she began a solo career, which will be produced by her husband Kirill Snitkov.