Fabryka Zirok ( – Star Factory) is a Ukrainian televised talent show, which began in 2007 that features a group of young male and female candidates, aged 16 or older, across the country.
The show became a huge success and a must-watch event for its fans. It is the Ukrainian adaptation of the French television show Star Academy, which is produced by Endemol. Fabryka Zirok is produced by Dutch company Endemol and Ukrainian Novyi Kanal. The show is based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo.
The show basically revolves over 16 contestants that go live in an isolated penthouse apartment, with one of the contestants getting eliminated every week. The contestants get to showcase their talents in a weekly concert in which the contestants get to perform on stage with various designs, dancers, solo performances, a cappella on piano and sharing the stage with the most popular singers in Ukraine and the CIS. The contestants were required to be aged 16 or older at the time of the contest.
Teachers Vocals: Olena Grebenyok Choreography: Olena Kolyadenko Acting Instructor: Roman Viktyok Fitness: Lilya Podkopayeva Stylist: Angela Litsiya, Volodimir Tarasyok Psychiatrist: Vadim Kolesnikov
Series overview + Series Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place Host Headmaster Network 1 2007 Olha Tsybulska Oleksandr Bodianskyi Khrystyna Kim Vitalii Halai Yuliia Borza Dasha Astafieva Yevhen Tolochnyi Andriy Domanskiy Vasylysa Frolova Yurii Nikitin Novyi Kanal 2 2008 Volodymyr Dantes Vadym Oliinyk Alisa Tarabarova Borys Aprel Vlad Darwin Rehina Todorienko Max Barskih Dmitriy Shepelev Natalia Mohylevska 3 2009 Stas Shurins Oleksii Matias Kolya Serga Borysenko Brothers Yeva Bushmina Erika Andriy Domanskyi Masha Efrosynina Konstantin Meladze 4 2011 Yuliia Rudnieva Yevhen Bilozierov Sonia Sukhorukova Dasha Doris Serhii Klimientiev Anton Klimik ErikaOleksandr Pedan Serhiy Kuzin 5 2026 Volodymyr DantesDasha Kubyk Alan Badoev Sweet.tv
All Stars + Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place Host Network 2010 Oleksii Matias Erika Dmytro Kadnay Stas Shurins Volodymyr Dantes Borysenko Brothers Andriy Domanskyi Masha Efrosynina Novyi Kanal
Seasons & Contestants
Fabryka Zirok 1 (2007-2008) Source: Olga Tsibulska Winner Katya Velaskes Sasha Ilchyshyn Vitaliy Yarouviy Elizabeth Anum-Dorkhuso Christina Kim Jeka Milkovskiy Yulia Borza Vitaliy Bondarenko Dasha Astafieva Arina Domsky Taras Chernyenko Dima Kadnay Evgen Tolochniy Oleksander Bodyanckiy Dasha Kolomiets
Fabryka Zirok 2 (2008) Sources: Duet Vladimir Dantes - Vadim Oleynik Winner Anastasia Vostokova Kira Shaytanova Regina Todorenko Alisa Tarabarova Mark Savin Ganna Mukhina Lina Mytsuky Olena Vinogradova Boris Aprel Kara Kay Denis Dekanin Vlad Darvin Max Barskih Gurgen
Fabryka Zirok 3 (2009)
Stas Shurins Oleksiy Matias
Eva Bushmina Erika Sabrina Abdullah Iryna Kristinina Tetyana Vorzheva Vasil Nahirnyak
Anastasia Plis Vitaliy Chirva Santa Dimopulos Andriy Philipov
Pavlo Lee
Fabryka Superfinal (2010)
Source:Contestants do not live in a penthouse apartment during Fabryka Superfinal
Selected contestants from the past 3 seasons compete to become the top superstar: Oleksiy Matias Winner Maxim Barskikh Olga Tsibulska Mykola Serga Vitaliy Bondarenko Vadim Oleynik Stas Shurin Vladimir Dantes Elizabeth Anum-Dorkhuso Eva Bushmina Boris Aprel Borisenko Brothers Dima Kadnay Erika Regina Alisa Trabarova
Fabryka Zirok 4 (2011) Sources:
Producer Sergei Kuzin
Jury Masha Efrosinina Iryna Bilyk Alyona Mozgovaya Vitaliy Drozdov
Contestants Anna Voloshina Pavel Voronets Snezhana Firsova Sonya Denis Lyubimov Anton Klimik Misha Sokolovskiy Paulina Sergey Klimentyev Kseniya Lanova Dasha Doris Yuriy Klyuchnik Yulia Rudnyeva Winner Yevgeniy Belozerov Masha Goya Dima Kaminskiy
Fabryka Zirok 5 (2026)
Contestant Age Residence Episode of elimination Place finished Nana Solis 20 Vyshneve Myro 17 Kyiv Nasu 20 Lviv Tender Di 24 Kyiv Dykyi 23 Kharkiv Anna Simon 24 Berlin Nebokrai 20 Vinnytsia Xstatty 21 Kvartsytne Bereza 20 Kamianets-Podilskyi Disha 18 Bucha Liyaa i Lesan 21 / 25 Kobeliaky / Bershad Povin 22 Boryspil Jezusman 31 Uzhhorod Prime Show 3 13th Eric 20 Kharkiv Prime Show 1 Not selected Zelenyi 26 Chornomorske Savruk 22 Ivano-Frankivsk
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was up for elimination but was saved by the guest judge. –Contestant was up for elimination but was saved by the contestants. –Contestant was nominated for elimination. –Contestant was immediately saved by the public vote. –Contestant was eliminated.
Prime 1 Prime 2 Prime 3 Prime 4 Prime 5 Prime 6 Prime 7 Prime 8 Prime 9 Prime 10 Final Nana Solis Safe Saved Bereza Myro Safe Nana SolisNominated Nasu Safe Nana Solis Myro Tender Di Safe Jezusman Nebokrai Dykyi SafeNominated Bereza Anna Simon Safe Jezusman Bereza Nebokrai Safe Nana SolisNominated Xstatty Safe Jezusman Bereza Bereza Safe Nana Solis Saved Disha Safe Jezusman Bereza Liyaa i Lesan Safe Nana Solis Bereza Povin' Saved Dykyi Myro Jezusman SafeNominatedEliminated(Prime 3) Eric Eliminated Not selected(Prime 1) Zelenyi Eliminated Not selected(Prime 1) Savruk Eliminated Not selected(Prime 1) Up for elimination SavrukZelenyiPovin'Eric NebokraiJezusmanDykyiNana Solis XstattyMyroNebokraiBereza Saved byguest judge None Nebokrai Xstatty Saved bycontestants None Nana Solis5 of 10 votesto save Bereza6 of 9 votesto save Saved bypublic vote Povin'Most votesto save Dykyi84%to save Eliminated EricFewest votesto save Jezusman16%to save ZelenyiFewest votesto save SavrukFewest votesto save
Criticism, incidents and scandals The Novyi Kanal (Ukrainian: Новий Канал) TV channel and Konstantin Meladze consider the appearance of a foreign performer at the Star Factory to be a miracle, and have appropriated the artist who miraculously appeared from Riga at the casting in Kyiv. Despite the resonance of the case, none of the organisers and producers of the Ukrainian Star Factory project confirmed the theft of Stas Shurin from the global talent agency TUARON and its Swedish talent manager Anton Sova. According to the Ukrainian music publication Muzvar, the case of the artist and the manager was included in the TOP-5 most famous cases of breakdowns in the Ukrainian music industry.
Acknowledging that the artist had a manager would have meant that the artist would have lost his place in the contest and would have had legal consequences for all parties. The artist himself denied any business relationship with the Swedish talent manager Anton Sova and the global talent agency TUARON in order to keep his place in the "Star Factory-3" competition, which he eventually won.
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External links Fabryka Zirok 1 Fabryka Zirok 2 Fabryka Zirok 3 Fabrika Superfinal Fabryka Zirok 4 Novyi Kanal Official site