Erica Star Factory 3 real name. Biography

Erika was born on April 13 1989 years in the city of Chervonograd, Lviv region. Erica's father is Russian, originally from Chelyabinsk, and her mother is Ukrainian.

The girl aspired to success since childhood. She grew up in Chervonograd, small town in the Lviv region in western Ukraine, and every day in school years was very eventful - she studied at music school in the flute class, played the piano, sang in the school ensemble and in the studio, and studied folk dances.

The family lived in a hostel outside the city, therefore, in order to be in time, Nastya had to get up at 7 am and go to bed at 11 pm. At the same time, in general education school she was considered a daredevil, often skipped classes, but she was forgiven a lot, since Nastya was the golden voice of the school and constantly won awards for her at various competitions.

At the age of 14, satiety with music set in, and Nastya gave up all circles and devoted a year to meeting friends and walking. However, according to her, then she realized that all this was emptiness, that at the same time she needed to do something and returned to music, it was already a conscious adult decision.

After graduating from school, Nastya entered the Lviv University. I. Franko to the faculty foreign languages (English language and literature), worked as a waitress, office manager, taught vocals, performed with an orchestra.

The first TV project in which Nastya tried her hand was the American Chance, which took place in California. Nastya was among the winners, became a member of the Glam group, but the project was soon closed due to financial difficulties.

The first attempt to get into the Ukrainian "Star Factory" was unsuccessful, and Anastasia returned to study and work. However, a few years later, in 2009 year, she passed the casting of the TV project "Star Factory 3" and, starting from that moment, performs under the pseudonym Eric. The project turned out to be difficult for the girl - at the very first concert, the jury decided that the girl did not meet the standards of the TV show, but the participants of the TV project defended her.

As a result, Erica took 6th place and at the end of Star Factory 3, the duet St.ereo was formed, in which Erica performed together with the winner of the project - at that time they were connected romantic relationship. The announcement of the winners took place on New Year's Eve.

And already in March 2010 year began new project"Factory. Superfinal ”, where the short-lived duet broke up. After that, Erica focused solely on solo career- released several clips, took part in a number of television projects.

At the end 2011 Erika appeared on the cover of the Ukrainian version of Playboy magazine.

Erica soon released solo album"Paparazzi", which was introduced in April 2012 years and visited solo program several cities of Ukraine.

And already in May 2012 year, the singer went to Moscow to participate in a new television project"Star Factory. Russia-Ukraine", which brought together the most successful graduates of Russian and Ukrainian "Factories" of different years.

There are several artists with this name:

1) Erika Sawajiri (沢尻 エリカ) is a Japanese actress, model and singer. Erika started her musical career under the pseudonym Kaoru Amane.
Erika Sawajiri was born on April 1, 1986 in Tokyo. Erica's father is Japanese by origin, and her mother is Algerian French. Erica was the third child in the family and the first girl. Being a great lover of orchids, her father decided to give her the name Ericacea, or simply Erica. My father was also fond of equestrian sports. He owned sixteen racehorses. This love of riding was passed on to his daughter by inheritance. Her mother ran a small European cuisine restaurant, and as a child, Erica often helped her. When the girl was nine years old, her father died of cancer, and five years later her older brother died in a car accident.
In 1999, after graduating elementary school Erica auditioned for Stardust Promotion. She became part of the Angel Eyes idol team and began modeling in teen fashion magazines such as CUTiE and Nicola. The girl got into show business quite by accident. At the age of fifteen, she auditioned for Stardust Productions in order to try to get an autograph from her idol Namie Amuro. beautiful girl immediately noticed and offered to sign a photo model contract, to which Erica immediately agreed. A year later, she was included in the list of finalists of the Fuji TV competition for the title of "Queen of the Year". Six months after that, Erica's career as a television actress began. In 2002, the girl was invited to star in TV movie Ryuhei Matsuda "The Guy with Problems", but this role did not bring success and went unnoticed.
The success of the sixteen-year-old actress brought her role in the drama One Liter of Tears. Erica played main character- Japanese schoolgirl Ayu Kito, who for 10 years suffered from incurable disease. This series was recognized as one of the main TV events of the year. Such success was a strong impetus in the career of a young actress. The girl received an invitation to several major film projects. Roles were played in the films "Pepper and Sugar", "Sinobi", "Brothers Mamiya".
Erika Sawajiri's very first single, which included the title song for her new television series Song for the Sun, sold half a million copies in Japan. Erica showed herself as a vocalist. Erika began her musical career with the song Taiyou no Uta for the drama of the same name. July 16, 2007 Erica released her debut single Free. The single went straight to number 1 on the Oricon Charts.

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2) Erika (Erika, real name - Erika De Bonis; born February 5, 1984, Latina, Lazio region, Italy) - one of the youngest Italian singers popular in Russia.
Its producers are "Magic Box": DJ Ross and Gian Luca Mensi.
In 2002 and 2006, her videos were often broadcast in Russia and, in particular, on MTV and Muz-TV, and her songs were broadcast on Russian radio stations.
The most popular were the videos for the songs "I Don't Know" and "Right Or Wrong".
Erica wrote her first song (“Relations”) at the age of 16 with her brother. She rose to the top of the rankings in many countries.
Italian directors repeatedly invited Erica to act in films, but she did not agree.

3) ERIKA (Erika Norberg, Erika Norberg, born January 2, 1967) is a popular Swedish rock singer in the 90s. Journalist. From 1990 to 1998 has released over 10 singles and 5 official melodic rock and AOR albums. Erika - ex-wife virtuoso guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. The first album of the singer "Cold Winter Night", released in 1990, is a vivid example of commercially radio-oriented pop-rock with female vocals. The album is a real collection of melodic hit songs. The Swedish hit "Together We´re Lost", which was sensational in the 90s, opens the disc.

Discography:
Cold Winter Night (1990)
In The Arms Of A Stranger (1991)
Lady Luck (1993)
Planet X (1997)
Ripe (1998)

Graduate of "Star Factory-3" and "Factory. Superfinal. Winner of the American Chance, laureate of the international competition "Songs of the Sea". Received recognition from such world masters as Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder.


Nastya explains her pseudonym “Erika” as follows: “I chose the pseudonym Erika because I really like this name. It is close to me." Eric's name means "leader".

Biography

Nastya was born in the city of Chervonograd, Lviv region on April 13, 1989. Nastya often spent her summer holidays in Chelyabinsk, where her grandparents lived. From childhood, little Erica was fond of music, dreamed of becoming a singer, like everyone else she had idols: Jennifer Holiday, Eva Cassidy, Robin Thicke. From childhood, she began to professionally engage in vocals, developing her abilities in the children's studio "Curts". On stage since the age of 7, she is the winner of many all-Ukrainian and international competitions. She took part in the festival "Christmas Holidays" in Lviv, where she became the winner of the competition. At the age of 14, in the contest "Chervona Ruta - 2003", having sung the song "Three Dawns" N. Kochetova wins. Gets education at the LNU. Ivan Franko, Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​(English language and literature), specialty - English translator. Worked as an office manager and voice teacher. Also work experience - trade.

Career

At the age of 17, she took part in the American Chance project (USA, California, Los Angeles) and won it (became one of the members of the Glam group, which was closed due to lack of Money). In the same year, Nastya tried her hand at the Star Factory project without success. After that, Nastya studied at the university and simultaneously worked as a teacher.

vocal maker. A few years later, Erica got to the Star Factory 3 project, where the girl took the pseudonym Erica. Also on the project “Factory. Superfinal" Erica took 2nd place. In the summer of 2010, she performed at the Songs of the Sea festival from Ukraine. Got a prize audience sympathy. In November 2010, she recorded the song "Don't Slow Down" and shot a video for it. According to the magazine "Viva" entered the 25 most beautiful women Ukraine (2010). Now she is an artist of the UMMG production center, produced by the general director of Russian Radio in Ukraine Sergey Kuzin.

Star Factory 3

In 2009, she became a participant in the popular Star Factory-3 project. Already at the first concert, the jury decided that Erica was not up to the rest, but her friends-manufacturers had a different opinion, so Erica remained in the project and successfully reached the final, where she chose 6th place. During the project, the duet "St.ereo" was created, consisting of Erika and Stas Shurins.

Factory. Superfinal

In March 2010, according to the results of Internet voting, she became a participant in the show “Factory. Superfinal. The best participants of all three factories took part in the final. Nastya became the finalist of the project together with Alexey Matias and Dmitry Kadnay, thus leaving behind the winners of previous projects. On final concert the results of the audience voting were announced, according to which Erica took 2nd place. At the Superfinal, Erika broke up with Stas Shurins, and their duet broke up. Now Nastya and Stas are on friendly terms.


Erika Sawajiri was born on April 1, 1986 in Tokyo. Erica's father is Japanese by origin, and her mother is Algerian French. Erica was the third child in the family and the first girl. Being a great lover of orchids, father ... Read all

There are several artists with this name:

1) Erika Sawajiri (沢尻 エリカ) is a Japanese actress, model and singer. Erika started her musical career under the pseudonym Kaoru Amane.
Erika Sawajiri was born on April 1, 1986 in Tokyo. Erica's father is Japanese by origin, and her mother is Algerian French. Erica was the third child in the family and the first girl. Being a great lover of orchids, her father decided to give her the name Ericacea, or simply Erica. My father was also fond of equestrian sports. He owned sixteen racehorses. This love of riding was passed on to his daughter by inheritance. Her mother ran a small European cuisine restaurant, and as a child, Erica often helped her. When the girl was nine years old, her father died of cancer, and five years later her older brother died in a car accident.
In 1999, after graduating from elementary school, Erika auditioned for Stardust Promotion. She became part of the Angel Eyes idol team and began modeling in teen fashion magazines such as CUTiE and Nicola. The girl got into show business quite by accident. At the age of fifteen, she auditioned for Stardust Productions in order to try to get an autograph from her idol Namie Amuro. A beautiful girl was immediately noticed and offered to sign a photo model contract, to which Erica immediately agreed. A year later, she was included in the list of finalists of the Fuji TV competition for the title of "Queen of the Year". Six months after that, Erica's career as a television actress began. In 2002, the girl was invited to star in Ryuhei Matsuda's television film The Boy with Problems, but this role did not bring success and went unnoticed.
The success of the sixteen-year-old actress brought her role in the drama One Liter of Tears. Erica played the main character - Japanese schoolgirl Aya Kito, who for 10 years suffered from an incurable disease. This series was recognized as one of the main TV events of the year. Such success was a strong impetus in the career of a young actress. The girl received an invitation to several major film projects. Roles were played in the films "Pepper and Sugar", "Sinobi", "Brothers Mamiya".
Erika Sawajiri's very first single, which included the title song for her new television series Song for the Sun, sold half a million copies in Japan. Erica showed herself as a vocalist. Erika began her musical career with the song Taiyou no Uta for the drama of the same name. On July 16, 2007, Erika released her debut single "Free". The single went straight to number 1 on the Oricon Charts.

2) Erika (Erika, real name - Erika De Bonis; born February 5, 1984, Latina, Lazio region, Italy) - one of the youngest Italian singers, popular in Russia.
Its producers are "Magic Box": DJ Ross and Gian Luca Mensi.
In 2002 and 2006, her videos were often broadcast in Russia and, in particular, on MTV and Muz-TV, and her songs were broadcast on Russian radio stations.
The most popular were the videos for the songs "I Don't Know" and "Right Or Wrong".
Erica wrote her first song (“Relations”) at the age of 16 with her brother. She rose to the top of the rankings in many countries.
Italian directors repeatedly invited Erica to act in films, but she did not agree.

3) ERIKA (Erika Norberg, Erika Norberg, born January 2, 1967) is a popular Swedish rock singer in the 90s. Journalist. From 1990 to 1998 has released over 10 singles and 5 official melodic rock and AOR albums. Erica is the ex-wife of guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. The first album of the singer "Cold Winter Night", released in 1990, is a vivid example of commercially radio-oriented pop-rock with female vocals. The album is a real collection of melodic hit songs. The Swedish hit "Together We´re Lost", which was sensational in the 90s, opens the disc.

Discography:
Cold Winter Night (1990)
In The Arms Of A Stranger (1991)
Lady Luck (1993)
Planet X (1997)
Ripe (1998)

Erika (Erika) - real name - Nastya Kochetova, participant and finalist of the projects "American Chance", "Star Factory -3" and "Star Factory Superfinal" in Ukraine. Audience Award at the Songs of the Sea competition.
Born April 13, 1989
Education: LNU im. I. Frank, Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​(English Language and Literature).
Work experience: trade, office manager, vocal teacher.
Idols: Jennifer Holiday, Eva Cassidy, Robin Thicke.
As a child, she dreamed of becoming a singer.
Three things I would take with me desert island: toothbrush, friend, mp3 player.
musical style In which he wants to work: modern, rhythm and blues, pop, jazz.
Hobbies: psychology, communication with people.
I would like to sing in a duet with: Sting.
Also known as a member of the duet "St'ereo", in which she sang with her ex-boyfriend Stas Shurins (the winner of the Ukrainian "Star Factory - 3"). The duet "St'ereo" became famous for the hit "Not Together" (words - Stas, music - Erica) and the song "Don't Go Crazy", which the guys sang at the selection for Eurovision.