Chasing a dream
Lena was born in the Siberian city of Kurgan into a family of ordinary workers, far from the world of great art. The girl's father worked as a driver, and her mother baked bread. From an early age, the girl showed interest in music, and her parents enrolled her in a music school, and then in a vocal studio.
Lena not only diligently attended classes, but also participated in various music competitions. In the secondary school, not a single festive event was complete without Temnikova. Despite her explosive nature, Lena coped well with the exact sciences and loved mathematics. In addition to all these activities, the girl also attended a karate section, and at home she knitted and embroidered.
The girl’s love for music did not disappear even after moving to Omsk , where her parents moved for permanent residence. However, having received a certificate of secondary education, Elena decided to enter the theater institute. And not to the one closest to home, but to one of the capital ones.
The girl arrived in Belokamennaya in advance to get used to the new place and take a closer look at famous theater schools (she was choosing between the Moscow Art Theater School and GITIS). But in the capital, Temnikova unexpectedly changed her plans for her relatives. Having seen a poster with an invitation to participate in the television project “Star Factory-2,” Elena went to the casting and became one of the participants in the television show . She was not a statistician, taking 3rd place among all participants (only Polina Gagarina and Elena Terleeva beat the young Siberian).
Some facts from the biography
Elena Temnikova was born in the small Russian city of Kurgan on April 18, 1985. Mom is a baker, father is a driver. From an early age, the girl began to be interested in music. She also went to karate training.
Lena began performing on stage at the age of ten. Thanks to her talent, she has repeatedly won regional and all-Russian music competitions.
After another victory in 2020, Temnikova decided that she could realize herself in Moscow and went to the capital.
She planned to take entrance exams to a university in order to further study at the PR department. However, her plans changed greatly when she learned about the casting for the TV project “Star Factory”. She managed to conquer the strict jury and be among the participants in the show.
Light and dark sides of “Silver”
After the end of the second season of “Star Factory,” Temnikova recorded two songs in the studio, but in the future she did not see any prospects for herself in a solo career. A gift from heaven in 2006 for the aspiring singer was an invitation from producer Maxim Fadeev to join the new women’s group “Silver”.
Other members of the new team were Marina Lizorkina and Olga Serebriakina. In 2007, the group, little known to the domestic public, participated in the Eurovision Song Contest and, disgracing many skeptics, took 3rd place. After European success, the singers gained popularity in their native country.
The songs “Breathe”, “Song No. 1”, “Opium” instantly became hits, and after the release of the video “Mama Lyuba” the girls gained mega popularity.
In the shortest possible time, the video was watched by more than a million viewers, and the English version of the song firmly established itself at the top of the charts in Belgium, Spain and Italy. Each new single from “Silver” became a hit, and by 2014 the group starred in 15 video clips. The team toured successfully, and its members acquired the status of stars of domestic show business.
In parallel with her performances on stage, Temnikova tried herself as a TV presenter - she hosted the television show “Love Actually.” In 2014, the singer decided to leave Silver. As Elena explained, she did not like the new concept of the group - the emphasis on eroticism and explicit scenes. Despite the fact that the singer was recognized as the sexiest soloist, Temnikova did not want to dominate in this role.
According to the singer, in order to finally leave the team, she had to pay a penalty to the producer.
The singer does not disclose the amount, but according to rumors it consists of one and six zeros. Temnikova prefers not to communicate with Fadeev, Lizorkina and Serebryakina.
After leaving the group, Elena became involved in charity work, developed her design skills and presented a number of women's accessories. Having rested a little, the singer decided to build a solo career - she recorded the song “Addiction”, and after it in 2015 she pleased her fans with the tracks “Let’s fly away”, “Towards”, “Probably”.
In the summer of 2020, Elena Temnikova came to the radio, becoming the host of the “Couple for Rent” project. Then she took part in the show “Exactly”. In parallel with her work on the radio, the singer continued to record musical compositions. In 2020, Temnikova presented fans with her first solo disc.
Currently, Elena Temnikova remains a popular and sought-after singer. She successfully tours and records new compositions (“Naked”, “Breathe”, “Let’s Fly Away”, “Don’t Blame Me”, “Spiked”). In 2020, Temnikova’s new hit, “Not Fashionable,” was released ; the video for the song was shot in vertical video format. In addition to Elena, famous bloggers starred in it: Nastya Ivleeva and Masha Minogarova.
Singer career
Elena Temnikova’s first producer was Maxim Fadeev, who invited her to perform as part of the Serebro group. Max Fadeev is one of the most influential music producers in the Russian Federation. He was looking for a project for Elena, but only four years later they came up with “Silver”. This project started beyond all expectations. The talented team represented Russia at the international music competition Eurovision in 2007. The girls managed to beat the competition and win third place.
Most of the songs of the pop group "Serebro", such as "Mama Lyuba", immediately became hits and took first place in the music charts. On February 14, 2014, the singer announced that on December 3, 2014, her contract with the production center of Maxim Fadeev was ending, after which she would leave the Serebro group. One version of the departure was an affair with composer Artyom Fadeev, the brother of producer Maxim Fadeev, who forced Lena to refuse further work in the group. On May 15, 2014, Temnikova actually left the group. Officially stated that for health reasons. She was first replaced in the group by ex-participant Anastasia Karpova, and then by former participant in the show “Vacations in Mexico” Polina Favorskaya
Since 2014, singer Elena Temnika has been performing solo. Her hits “Jealousy”, “Probably”, “Towards” became popular immediately after their release. Video clips for her songs receive millions of views.
In addition to her musical career, the girl participates in various television shows and is involved in charity work.
Woman's happiness
Commenting on events from her personal life, Temnikova admits that for a long time she did not have relationships with guys - she was a shy and timid girl. At Star Factory 2, she was surprised by the attention from Alexey Semenov, another participant in the project, “a jester and an insolent person.” Unexpectedly for herself, Elena accepted Lesha’s advances, and after some time the young people began to live together.
The singer's first marriage did not last long. The couple did not have children, and Lena devoted much more to her work than to family relationships. The marriage broke up, and in its wake Semenov wrote and published the book “Naked Cynics. The story of one divorce."
After leaving Alexei, Elena dated Edgard Zapashny for some time, then journalists wrote about her affair with Vladimir Tishenkov. Later, the media discussed the singer’s romance with Artem Fadeev, who was close to an official marriage, but the wedding never took place.
In 2014, Temnikova met lawyer Dmitry Sergeev. The acquaintance grew into a closer relationship, and a couple of months after the first meeting, Dmitry and Elena became husband and wife. In 2020, the couple had a daughter, Alexandra. You can read more about Elena Temnikova’s husband here.
In her spare time, Elena Temnikova likes to watch films in the fantasy genre. The singer regularly updates her page on the social network Instagram, displaying moments from everyday work and photographs of her daughter for fans to see.
The singer also has a personal website www.temnikova.ru, where you can see the performer’s videos, listen to musical compositions, look at photographs and read information about the life and performances of Elena Temnikova.
Elena Temnikova: success story
The fate of Elena Temnikova is of interest to many fans of her singing talent. Her pleasant appearance, beautiful voice, and ability to present herself on stage were noted even during the pretty brunette’s participation in the popular project “Star Factory.”
Elena was born in Kurgan in April 1985. At school, the future star studied well and showed varied interests, being interested in karate, drawing, and artistic modeling. Handicrafts and playing the violin also did not pass the girl’s attention. Mom and Dad approved of any creative choice of their daughter, seeing it as a manifestation of independence.
Starting from the age of ten, Elena fought for victory in many music competitions and won it. I had to interrupt my studies at music school due to a transfer to V. Chigintsev’s vocal studio. Victory in the regional competition, then the Grand Prix at the All-Russian Vocal Competition became the next step in Elena’s artistic career.
The planned study at a theater university was replaced by participation in the second season of “Star Factory”. The young singer barely made it to the casting, becoming one of the most prominent participants in the TV show. Third place in the final of the program, as well as two new singles “Farthest” and “Secret” drew the audience’s attention to the spectacular vocalist. Then there were tours throughout the Russian Federation together with his comrades from the “Factory” and again participation in a famous television project. Now Lena was testing her resilience in the reality show “The Last Hero.”
Thanks to the invitation of Maxim Fadeev, Temnikova became a member of the Serebro group. The young team almost immediately qualified for participation in Eurovision 2007. International competitions became a premiere for the group. The performance brought the girls third place and unprecedented popularity. The trio’s song “SONG #1” was loved not only in Russia. In addition to this single, new hits were soon performed, victories were won, and prestigious prizes were received.
The album entitled “OPIUMROZ” became the first publication of the creative team. The event occurred in 2009. After the concert, which attracted more than 65 thousand spectators on Poklonnaya Gora, rumors appeared about Temnikova leaving the group, which were confirmed by the announcement of the casting of the vocalist. However, Elena remained in the team, delighting fans of her work.
A year later, Elena Vladimirovna finally left “Silver”, starting solo performances. She has already performed the songs “Dependence”, “Towards”, “Let’s Fly Away” on her own. At the end of 2020, the “Don’t Blame Me” video appeared, which became very successful, receiving several million views.
In addition to her fruitful singing activities, Temnikova tried herself as a presenter in the program “Couple for Rent,” is involved in charity work, and participated in the extreme show “Without Insurance.” Lena is happy, being the wife of businessman Dmitry Sergeev and the mother of daughter Sashenka, born in 2020.
