Diana Ankudinova
Диана Анкудинова
Background information
Born (2003-05-31) May 31, 2003
Primorsky Territory. Russia
GenresPop, Folk, Rock, Chanson
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, ukulele
Years active(regional level) 2008-present;
(national level) 2017-present
Websitedianaankudinova.ru

Diana Dmitrievna Ankudinova (Russian: Диана Дмитриевна Анкудинова, born May 31, 2003)[1] is a Russian singer. Much of her initial fame resulted from her winning two consecutive seasons of You Are Super!, a talent competition show on the Russian NTV network for children who have spent some significant part of their childhood without parental care.[2] Diana Ankudinova's performances were posted on the NTV web site and the NTV YouTube channel, where they soon gained hundreds of millions of views around the world.[2] Diana Ankudinova sings mostly in Russian, English and French. She has also sung in other languages including Spanish, German and Arabic.

Early life

Diana Ankudinova was born on May 31, 2003, in the far eastern Primorsky Territory of Russia in an area north of the city of Vladivostok. Diana's biological mother physically abused her.[3]

At the age of three, Diana was left at a bus stop in the winter with a broken collarbone.[3] Diana's biological aunt rescued Diana from the street, but was unable to care for the traumatized child. Diana's aunt made a statement about the abuse of Diana to the local prosecutor, and it was agreed that the young Diana should be turned over to the care of an orphanage in Primorsky Territory which provided for the care of abandoned young children in the general area.

Children from the orphanage were periodically sent to a sanatorium in Arsenyev to help them regain and maintain their physical and mental health. A massage therapist, Irina Anatolyevna Ponik, who worked at the sanatorium developed a special affection for Diana. The daughter of Irina Ponik, who sometimes visited her mother at work, was the one who first began to insist that her mother adopt Diana.[3]

In 2008, Irina Ponik filed the necessary paperwork to assume formal legal guardianship of Diana Ankudinova with the territorial department of guardianship and trusteeship.[4] The new family lived in Arsenyev.[4] In 2012, the family moved far away to the city of Tolyatti in the Samara Oblast of southwestern Russia. The move to Tolyatti was mostly due to Diana's fears that her biological mother might try to find and abuse Diana or even attempt to regain custody of Diana. These fears were so intense that they had been significantly affecting young Diana's mental health.[3][5]

Musical career

Career beginnings

At the age of four-and-a-half years, Diana's speech was extremely poor, with stuttering and other problems. Speech pathologists recommended that she be given singing lessons to improve her general speech and vocal skills.[6] She quickly discovered that she loved singing.

The head of the brass band of the city of Arsenyev, Alexander Varnamov, was the first to say that Diana had an extraordinary and very beautiful voice, and also a perfect ear for music. He predicted a great future for Diana as a singer.[7][8]

Diana's instructors also noticed her unusual vocal abilities in her singing. Alexander Varnamov made an agreement with Elena Kazantseva, head of the vocal pop ensemble Zhemchuzhinki (Pearls), so that she would accept Diana into the collective.[9][10] She also sang in a duet "Malinki" under the direction of Elena Kazantseva.

Diana entered the Elegance vocal and choreographic school under the guidance of Anna Pekhtereva in the city of Arsenyev.[11]

Diana began entering many vocal contests while still very young. She also began singing in public events at every opportunity that was presented to her.

After the move to Tolyatti, Diana continued singing in public at every opportunity and continued to enter many vocal competitions. She began studying vocals at the Melody circle of the Tolyatti House of Culture where she took vocal lessons from Svetlana Vovk.[5]

Diana played one of the main roles in the musical Teremok with the Russian orchestra of the Tolyatti Philharmonic in November 2014.[12]

In the theater and music studio at DKIT under the direction of Dmitry Marfin, she played in the musical Visiting the Fairy Tale, and also played the role of Becky Thatcher in the Jazz musical Tom Sawyer and His Friends,[13][14] played the role of Muryonka the cat in the opera "Silver Hoof" in Tolyatti Philharmonic, in the musical Vovka in the Jazz Kingdom, in the musical New Adventures of Electronics.[15]

Here are a few of the prizes and diplomas of Diana Ankudinova:[12]

  • 2010 – Solo Diploma-recipient of the 15th regional competition of vocalists Voices of Primorye and Laureate of the 1st degree as part of the vocal duet Malinki;
  • 2011 – In Harbin in China, she participated as part of the Malinki duet in the Second International Festival of Young Artists' Competition "Planet of Childhood", having won the gold medal in the pop vocal category;
  • 2012 – She participated in the second Superfinal of the International project Salute of Talents in Moscow and became a laureate of the superfinal;
  • 2013 – She won the Grand Prix of the regional competition for children and youth creativity Kind Heart at the festival Bereginya in the nomination "soloists – pop vocal";
  • 2014 – She became the Silver Voice of the All-Russian competition-festival Talents of the land of Volga;
  • January 2017 – She received the diploma of the 1st degree Laureate, semi-finalist of the International Competition for Children and Youth Creativity "Art Premium" with the support of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, and the Government of Moscow of Moscow city.
  • April 2017 – She won the gold medal of the XVI All-Russian Youth Delphic Games in the category "Variety Singing" – finishing first among 39 participants.[16]

2017: The Voice Kids Russia

In late 2016, Diana Ankudinova passed the non-televised preliminary auditions for season 4 of the Russian The Voice Kids.[17] She appeared on the blind auditions of the show that were televised on February 17, 2017. Diana sang "Jodel Time" which was originally performed by the Swiss band Oesch's die Dritten.[1] None of the judges selected Diana, so she was eliminated from the competition. Before Diana left the stage, however, the judges asked her to sing a part of another song. She then sang a part of the Édith Piaf song "Non, je ne regrette rien" in French.

As a result of her televised performance on Russia's The Voice Kids, Diana became so popular with the public that she became the first person on The Voice projects to gain more than a million views on YouTube after failing to pass the initial televised blind auditions on the show.[17]

2018–2019: You Are Super! (Ты супер!)

You Are Super! (Ты супер! in Russian) is a talent competition show on the Russian NTV television network. It is for disadvantaged children who have spent some significant part of their childhood without parental care.[2][18]

You Are Super! has unique rules. There are four jury members, who always sit facing the contestants. At the initial face-to-face stage, the performance of the participants is evaluated by four members of the jury. They vote for the passage of the applicant to the next round by pressing a button. In the first round, the performer needs to get at least three votes, in which case the scene turns green. If the required number of votes has not been received, the stage turns red and the participant is eliminated.

In the second round, each performer must also collect at least three votes, after which the performer goes to the waiting room. At the end of the episode, among all the selected participants, each of the four jury members chooses one performer, who will go to the semifinals. In each of the semifinals, contestants enter the waiting room only if all members of the jury have pressed buttons. In all of the performances of Diana Ankudinova in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons, all four of the jury members pressed their buttons. At the end of the semifinal episodes, each of the four judges must again choose one participant, who then gets the right to go to the final.

The winner of the final episode of the televised competition is chosen by the viewers via SMS voting.

Diana Ankudinova won the 2018 season of You Are Super! with 49 percent of the vote of the viewing audience. The 2019 season of the show was called a superseason and was to consist mostly of winners and finalists from previous seasons. As the 2018 winner, Diana Ankudinova was invited back, and she also won that 2019 superseason.

Immediately after the announcement of Diana's win of the 2018 season of You Are Super!, one of the jury members, Igor Krutoy, promised to give Diana an apartment in Moscow so that she could continue her musical studies in Moscow. Diana was given the keys to the new apartment on August 20, 2018, where she continues to live.[19][20]

Performances on You Are Super!

2018 Season
Broadcast dateTitlePerformanceLanguageSongwritersOriginal Artist
February 10, 2018"Dernière Danse"FrenchIndilaIndila
April 14, 2018"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"EnglishJames Brown and Betty Jean NewsomeJames Brown
May 12, 2018"Rechenka"Russian(Russian folk song)
May 25, 2018 (Season finale)"Tomorrow is a Lie"EnglishIgor Krutoy and Lara FabianLara Fabian
2019 Season
Broadcast dateTitlePerformanceLanguageSongwritersOriginal Artist
April 21, 2019"Blizzard"RussianFil Pisarev (Phil Ginzburg) (music), Egor Zakharov (lyrics)Grigory Leps
May 12, 2019"Wicked Game"EnglishChris IsaakChris Isaak
May 26, 2019 (Super-season finale)"Human"EnglishRory Graham and Jamie HartmanRag'n'Bone Man

After You Are Super!

Before and after winning the 2018 season of You Are Super!, her biological mother and some other biological relatives wrote to Diana on social networks. Diana had no desire to communicate with any of them, though, since she already had a loving adoptive family who had happily raised her.[21][22]

Diana Ankudinova took part in the 2018 New Wave Junior international contest for young pop music performers in Artek, where she won the Audience Award.[23][24]

She has done a number of solo concerts in Russia, as well as performances in a few nearby countries such as Estonia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

On October 18, 2019, Brad Cooney (US) posted a podcast interview with Diana Ankudinova.[25] Diana gave another interview with a vocal сoach Emre Yücelen from Turkey, which was posted to YouTube on August 24, 2019.[26]

On January 23, 2020, the presentation of the first single by Diana Ankudinova took place in Moscow in the bard club "Capercaillie's Nest". It included songs "As Your voice", "In your city", "How are you there" and "On the waves of fate".[27][28]

On September 10, 2020, the official video for "Into the Sky" was released.[29]

In September 2020, she was accepted as a student at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS).[30][31][32]

On October 4, 2020, Diana acted as a guest star of the 4th season of the You Are Super! program with the song "Into the Sky".[33]

On October 12, 2020, Diana's voice teacher Olga Donskaya died in Moscow.[34] In late 2020, Diana's foster father died.[35]

In December 2020, she decided to attempt to finance her first full CD music album though crowdfunding using the Russian crowdfunding web site Boomstarter.[36] When the crowdfunding period expired in early 2021, Diana Ankudinova had reached 236% of her goal.[37] The released album is entitled "D.A." after the initials of Diana Ankudinova. The album was released in early December 2021. It contains nine original songs.[38]

2021: ShowMaskGoOn (ШОУМАСКГООН)

Diana Ankudinova began taking part in ShowMaskGoOn on the NTV channel during its first weekly episode on September 25, 2021.[39] This was a nine-episode weekly televised vocal contest among nine professionals, with the finale scheduled for November 20, 2021. That final show concluded with Diana Ankudinova being declared the overall winner of the series of nine programs.[40][41]

ShowMaskGoOn was a competition among 9 professional singers associated with 3 major vocal competitions that had appeared on the Russian NTV network. The shows were You Are Super, Mask, and Superstar. The 9 participants acted as judges and commented and voted on the performances of each of the other participants. Each of the 9 songs were to be from a different specified song classification, except for one song which was the choice of the performer. Each episode also had a guest judge who could vote and comment on the participants performances, but the guest judge did not perform a song.[42]

At the end of each episode, the participants and the guest judge had to rate the other participants on a scale of from 2 to 9 points. Participants could not vote on themselves. At the end of the final episode, Diana Ankudinova had accumulated 468 points, which was 25 points above the second-place finisher.[42][40]

Performances on ShowMaskGoOn

Broadcast dateTitlePerformanceLanguageSongwritersOriginal Artist
September 25, 2021"Can't Help Falling in Love"EnglishHugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David WeissElvis Presley (1961)
October 2, 2021"Mom, I'm Dancing"RussianMaria Zaitseva and Maria Sheikh# 2Mashi (2018)
October 9, 2021"Oh, it is not yet evening"RussianRussian Folk Song
October 16, 2021"Twist in My Sobriety"EnglishTanita TikaramTanita Tikaram (1988)
October 23, 2021"The Way"RussianSergei SavvateevOlga Kormukhina (2010)
October 30, 2021"Help Me"RussianAleksandr Zatsepin (music) and Leonid Derbenyov (lyrics) for the motion picture The Diamond ArmAida Vedishcheva (voiceover) in the motion picture The Diamond Arm (1969)
November 6, 2021"Crow" (Vorona)RussianMaxim FadeevLinda (1996)
November 13, 2021"The Little Prince"RussianMikael Tariverdiev (music) and Nikolai Dobronravov (lyrics) for the motion picture Passenger from the "Equator"Elena Kamburova (1968)
November 20, 2021 (Season finale)"Personal Jesus"EnglishMartin GoreDepeche Mode (1989)

2021: Д.А. ("D.A") Full-length Album

On March 26, 2021, the official video for "Happiness" was released.[43]

Diana Ankudinova released her first full-length studio album, Д.А. ("D.A"), in December, 2021 to all digital platforms and also to her YouTube account. This was one year after crowdfunding for the album had begun. The album was produced by Brandon Stone (Russian: Брендон Стоун).

Tracks on Д.А. ("D.A")

TrackTitlePerformanceSongwritersArranger
1Счастье ("Happiness")Maria Tarasenko, Brandon Stone
2Мой камин ("My Fireplace")Brandon Stone, Maria TarasenkoNikita AuRino
3На краю ("At the Edge")Brandon Stone, Maria TarasenkoNikita AuRino
4Ночь ("My Night")Brandon Stone, Maria TarasenkoNikita AuRino
5Ангел ("Angel")Brandon Stone, Maria TarasenkoNikita AuRino
6Хрупкий лёд ("Thin Ice")Brandon Stone, Maria TarasenkoNikita AuRino
7Я Россией тебя зову ("I Call You Russia")Brandon Stone, Maria TarasenkoNikita AuRino
8Дудук ("Duduk")Brandon Stone, Maria Tarasenko
9Родная ("The Closest Soul")Brandon Stone

2023: Маска (The Masked Singer)

Beginning on February 12, 2023, Diana Andkudinova appeared on the weekly television show Маска (The Masked Singer) on the Russian NTV channel. She sang under the Ermine mask. She was eliminated as a contestant on the April 9, 2023 show, and she removed her Ermine mask to reveal her true identity. She then performed a reprise of her song California Dreamin' from episode 6 of Маска (The Masked Singer) show.[44]

Vocal range and style

When Ankudinova first came to broader attention in 2017, her range was measured as D3 to A5. As of September 2021, her functional range was measured as C3 to B♭5.[45][46][47] Together with her tessitura, it identifies her potential voice type as dramatic contralto, the deepest, darkest, and most powerful contralto voice. As of August 2023 her upper range reached D6 in the song "The Day You..."

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Diana Ankudinova Biography". dianaankudinova.ru/biografiya/. Retrieved March 6, 2021. (Russian)
  2. 1 2 3 "You Are Super – About". Retrieved April 23, 2021. (Russian)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Shesterikova, Maria (May 28, 2018). "После победы Дианы Анкудиновой в проекте "Ты супер!" объявилась ее родная мать и просит прощения" [After the victory of Diana Ankudinova in the project "You are super!" her own mother showed up and asks for forgiveness]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Samara Region. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Бывшая воспитанница дома малютки Уссурийска прославилась на всю страну" [The former pupil of the Ussuriysk baby house became famous throughout the country]. UssirMedia (in Russian). Ussuriysk. January 25, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Nurgaliev, Timur (August 2, 2019). "Диана Анкудинова: биография, фото, личная жизнь, новости" [Diana Ankudinova: biography, photo, personal life, news]. NUR.KZ (in Russian). Almaty, Kazakhstan. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Calendar program on Общественное телевидение России (Public TV in Russia) Interview with Diana Ankudinova". YouTube. June 15, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2021. (Russian with English sub-titles)
  7. ↑ "Uncle Sasha ... Memories ..." Irina Ponik on YouTube. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021. (in Russian only)
  8. ↑ Ankudinova, Diana (July 21, 2021). "Diana Ankudinova – The first person who recognized her talent". YouTube. Diana Ankudinova on YouTube. Retrieved September 4, 2021. (in Russian and closed-captioned in English)
  9. ↑ Детский вокально-эстрадный ансамбль "Жемчужинки" [Children's vocal and variety ensemble "Pearls"] (in Russian), Arsenyev, retrieved May 6, 2021
  10. ↑ Elena Anatolyevna Kazantseva (May 23, 2022). "Интервью с Казанцевой Еленой Анатольевной, первым педагогом Дианы Анкудиновой" [Interview with Elena Anatolyevna Kazantseva, Diana Ankudinova’s first teacher] (in Russian). Larisa Salazko on YouTube. Retrieved September 15, 2023. closed-captioned in English
  11. ↑ "Вокально-хореографическая школа "Элеганс" из Арсеньева отметила 10-летие. Видеорепортаж Вадима Перевалова" [The vocal and choreographic school "Elegance" from Arsenyev celebrated its 10th anniversary. Video report by Vadim Perevalov] (in Russian). Vladivostok. June 17, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Диана Анкудинова: "Мой главный талисман – моя семья"" [Diana Ankudinova: "My main talisman is my family"]. Citytraffic (in Russian). Samara. March 16, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  13. ↑ "В Тольятти состоялась премьера мюзикла "Том Сойер" с Александром Казначеевым и Георгием Казаковым" [The premiere of the musical Tom Sawyer with Alexander Kaznacheev and Georgy Kazakov took place in Tolyatti]. mincult (in Russian). Samara. December 30, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  14. ↑ "В Тольяттинской филармонии появился свой Том Сойер" [The Tolyatti Philharmonic has its own Tom Sawyer]. Bezformata (in Russian). Samara. June 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  15. ↑ ""Новые приключения Электроника" в Тольятти приглашают зрителей" ["New Adventures of Electronics" in Tolyatti invite viewers]. Radio august (in Russian). Tolyatti. March 16, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Шестнадцатые молодежные Дельфийские игры России" [Sixteenth Youth Delphic Games of Russia]. Delphic games (in Russian). Yekaterinburg. April 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  17. 1 2 "Diana Ankudinova Biography - Archive". Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  18. ↑ "You Are Super!". Retrieved April 23, 2021. (Russian)
  19. ↑ "Игорь Крутой исполнил обещание" [Igor Krutoy fulfilled his promise]. TV Mag (in Russian). September 24, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Победительница второго сезона "Ты супер!" показала подаренную ей квартиру" [Winner of the second season You are super! showed the apartment presented to her]. NTV (in Russian). Moscow. September 22, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Диана Анкудинова отказалась знакомиться с родной матерью" [Diana Ankudinova refused to meet her own mother] (in Russian). Moscow. November 6, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Диана и её семья. Приемная мама помогла девочке пройти путь от детского дома до большой сцены" [Diana and her family. The adoptive mom helped the girl go from the orphanage to the big stage]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Moscow. August 19, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  23. ↑ "New Wave Junior audience award goes to Diana Ankudinova". Crimea. June 2, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  24. ↑ ""Детская Новая волна 2018": Диана Анкудинова получила признание зрителей" ["Children's New Wave 2018": Diana Ankudinova received recognition from the audience] (in Russian). Samara. June 24, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Exclusive interview with Diana Ankudovina". Brad Cooney on YouTube. October 18, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  26. ↑ "Live interview with Diana Ankudinova". Emre Yücelen Vocal Coach on YouTube. August 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021. (Russian-Turkish with English sub-titles)
  27. ↑ "Презентация первого сингла Дианы Анкудиновой "Голосом твоим"" [The presentation of the first single by Diana Ankudinova "As Your voice"] (in Russian). Moscow. February 1, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  28. ↑ "Presentation of the first CD by Diana Ankudinova". Praha. January 23, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  29. ↑ "Diana Ankudinova – Into the sky (Official Video)". Diana Ankudinova Official on YouTube. September 10, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  30. ↑ "Российский институт театрального искусства, Студенты эстрадного факультета" [Russian Institute of Theater Arts, Variety Faculty Students] (in Russian). Moscow. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  31. ↑ "Певица Диана Анкудинова: Я привыкла к тому, что, если закрываются одни двери, то открываются другие – еще лучше" [Singer Diana Ankudinova: I'm used to the fact that if some doors close, others open – even better] (in Russian). Moscow. October 10, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  32. ↑ "The Calendar program on Общественное телевидение России (Public TV in Russia) Interview with Diana Ankudinova". YouTube. October 10, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2021. (Russian with English sub-titles)
  33. ↑ "Песня "В небо" в исполнении Дианы Анкудиновой покорила жюри шоу "Ты супер!"" [The song "Into the Sky" performed by Diana Ankudinova won the jury of the show "You are super!"] (in Russian). Moscow. October 7, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  34. ↑ ""Рыдаем": певица Ольга Донская из-за коронавируса умерла через 9 дней после мужа" ["We sob": singer Olga Donskaya due to coronavirus died 9 days after her husband]. Cosmopolitan (in Russian). Moscow. October 13, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  35. ↑ Ankudinova, Diana (March 6, 2021). "г.Москва. Концерт в КЦ "Меридиан". Часть 4" [Moscow. Concert at the Meridian Cultural Center. Part 4]. YouTube. Retrieved May 8, 2021. (Russian with English in closed-captioned subtitles only)
  36. ↑ "Diana Ankudinova – crowdfunding campaign to release a new album". Diana Ankudinova Official on YouTube. December 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  37. ↑ "Диана Анкудинова. Запись нового музыкального альбома!".
  38. ↑ "Диана Анкудинова спела про Россию и дудук в новом альбоме" [Diana Ankudinova sang about Russia and duduk in the new album]. Intermedia (in Russian). Moscow. December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  39. ↑ "Шоумаскгоон" [ShowMaskGoOn] (in Russian). Moscow. September 25, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  40. 1 2 "ШОУМАСКГООН - 9 ВЫПУСК!" [ShowMaskGoOn. 9th Issue] (in Russian). Weit Media on YouTube. November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021. closed-captioned
  41. ↑ Kataeva, Victoria (November 22, 2021). "Диана Анкудинова объяснила, почему расплакалась после победы в «Шоумаскгоон»" [Diana Ankudinova explained why she burst into tears after winning "ShowMaskGoOn"]. News.ru (in Russian). Moscow. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  42. 1 2 "ShowMaskGoOn – About". Retrieved November 11, 2022. (Russian)
  43. ↑ "Diana Ankudinova – Happiness (Official Video)". Diana Ankudinova Official on YouTube. March 26, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  44. ↑ "Диана Анкудинова сняла маску! - California Dreamin'. Diana Ankudinova took off her mask!". YouTube. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  45. ↑ "Diana Ankudinova Диана Анкудинова... Can't Help Falling In Love". Julia Nilon. December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  46. ↑ "DIANA ANKUDINOVA (Диана Анкудинова) - Can't Help Falling In Love Reaction (Reactionalysis)". MTR. November 12, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  47. ↑ "Music Teacher Reacts and Evaluates - Can't help falling in love – Diana Ankudinova". YouTube. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

Additional reference information:

  • Some of the information for the 2018–2019 You Are Super! section, including the rules of the competition, derives directly (although mostly paraphrased) from the Russian-language Wikipedia article on the Ты супер! television program.
  • Notes about the names of songwriters: It is not uncommon for singer/songwriters to use a stage name as a singer and their original legal name as a songwriter. For songwriters mentioned in this article, Indila writes songs under her birth name of Adila Sedraïa. Lara Fabian is often credited as a songwriter as Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert. As a songwriter, Rag'n'Bone Man is Rory Charles Graham. (These names can be confirmed in the appropriate linked article in the English-language Wikipedia.)
  • In her videos of the song "V'yuga" (Blizzard), Diana Ankudinova credits F. Pisarev (Fil Pisarev) with composing the music. (The composer's mother's name is Kira Pisareva and his father's name is Boris Ginzburg. "V'yuga" was his first major songwriting success.) Today, he is more widely-known in Russia both as a musician and composer under the name Fil Ginzburg (or Phil Ginzburg). See the Russian-language Wikipedia article for Фил Гинзбург. That article gives his real full name as "Philip Borisovich Ginzburg (Pisarev)."
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