8 artists from the "golden youth", whom even the money and connections of their parents did not help to unwind: Stefania Malikova, Nikolai Baturin and others

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Many people think that in the modern world money is everything, and in order to succeed, you need a good financial investment. But it turns out that in practice this scheme does not always work. History knows many examples when even the connections, influence and wealth of parents could not compensate for the lack of talent of the heirs. This is evidenced by the stories of "golden" children who have never been able to realize themselves in show business.

Vlad Topalov

It would seem that Vlad has everything to stay at the top of the musical Olympus for a long time: a beautiful voice, an attractive appearance and an obstinate producer in the person of his father Mikhail Genrikhovich, who at all costs decided to make a star out of his son. As a child, Topalov sang in Fidgets, then in a duet with Sergei Lazarev in Smash !! The guys won the New Wave contest and immediately became the idols of millions of girls in our country.

However, the guys soon parted ways: Lazarev began a solo career, and Topalov remained in Smash !! But if Sergey was able to realize his potential and become one of the most demanded singers in our country, then nothing was heard about Vlad for a long time. As it turned out, he went downhill, addicted to alcohol and drugs. And his marriage to Ksenia Danilina lasted only two years. It seems that now Topalov decided to settle down. With his second wife, leading Regina Todorenko, he is raising a son. The couple starred in advertising a lot, actively leads Instagram. But it seems that Vlad is not thinking about resuming his musical career.

Nastya Kudri

Another rich heiress has been trying to conquer Russian show business for several years now. And it seems that Nastya's father, businessman Igor Kudryashkin, is doing everything to make his daughter realize her dream of becoming a singer. By the age of 23, the girl managed to release two albums and is working on a third. At the age of 18, Kudri sang with rapper Pavel Kravtsov, later she recorded a duet with Olga Buzova, and then with Alexei Vorobyov.

However, the girl did not manage to reach great heights, but she does not despair. Moreover, her father fulfills all her whims and does not interfere with her doing what brings pleasure. According to Nastya, dad will never insist that she sit in the office and deal with papers. And why force a person to do something against his will? You can't argue with that, of course.

Alexa

15-16 years ago, the name of Alexa was on everyone's lips. She was one of the most popular participants in the fourth "Star Factory" and met with Timati. As it turned out, Alexandra Chvikova (the girl's real name) always dreamed of becoming a singer, and her father, a businessman from Donetsk, decided to help the heiress.

Soon after "Factory …" the girl got her own three-room apartment in Moscow - in general, Alexa decided to stay in the capital for a long time and conquer show business. But the relationship with the producer Igor Krutoy did not work out for the singer. However, she did not find a common language with Yana Rudkovskaya. And then she left Viktor Baturin.

Having lost her nascent popularity, Alexa decided to give up all attempts to become a singer. Now the girl actively maintains Instagram, releases her own jewelry line and travels a lot. She no longer tries to conquer the musical Olympus and, if she sings, then only for herself.

Elena Zosimova

Another girl who dreams of becoming a singer, to some extent, managed to snatch her moment of fame. In the 90s, her songs were popular, the clips fell in love with the people, Lena performed a lot. It would seem that she is doomed to success, because the singer was promoted by her father Boris Zosimov, thanks to whom MTV appeared in Russia. The man spared no money to promote his favorite. There were even rumors that Michael Jackson himself would appear in one of the singer's videos.

At the same time, only the lazy one did not laugh at the girl's vocal abilities. And ill-wishers did not miss the opportunity to remind Zosimova that her success was the merit of a powerful father. This version was also supported by the fact that after the crisis in the country, Lena could not hold out on the wave of success. In 2003, she recorded the song "Forget", produced by Max Fadeev, and planned to record an album. But the disc never saw the light of day, and the singer decided to quit her musical career. Now Zosimova is engaged in housekeeping and raising her sons.

Stefania Malikova

Several years ago, the daughter of the singer Dmitry Malikov was seriously determined to take the domestic show business by storm. And the start turned out to be loud: in 2015, the girl not only sang a song in a duet with YurKiss (who, by the way, is the son of businessman Vladimir Kisilev) at the Golden Gramophone, but also received an award along with such luminaries as Philip Kirkorov, Valery Meladze and Polina Gagarina. Naturally, after such a success, the anger of haters fell on Stesha (as her parents call her). They believed that Malikova was undeservedly presented with the statuette, and her vocal abilities, in their opinion, are very modest.

Elena, Stephanie's mother, later admitted that she did not expect such a violent reaction. According to her, they themselves understood that the number was raw, but it was the organizers' idea. By the way, Malikova had a nervous breakdown after that, but she did not immediately leave the dream of becoming a singer. In 2016, the girl recorded another song and calmed down on this. Now she is studying at MGIMO and seems to have abandoned her dream of becoming a singer.

Ariana

At the beginning of the 2000s, the singer announced herself very loudly. Although the girl was born in the United States, at the age of 6 she moved with her family to Moscow. At the age of 12, Ariana began to study vocals. And soon her father Gregory Greenblatt, who later became his daughter's personal manager, introduced the heiress to producer Matvey Anichkin.

Ariana's very first song was taken into rotation on MTV. The singer recorded 7 albums, received many prestigious awards, including the Golden Gramophone, sang in a duet with Alexander Marshal, took acting lessons from Hollywood teachers. But soon the singer's popularity began to fade. And she herself made a bet on personal happiness. Ariana got married and opened a restaurant in New York with her husband, which closed five years ago.

Nikolay Baturin (Kolyas)

The eldest son of producer Yana Rudkovskaya and businessman Viktor Baturin recently did not even think about a singing career. The guy dreamed of becoming a football player and trained hard. But in an instant he realized that playing sports does not bring him pleasure, and he is more drawn to music. And my mother, a famous producer, can always come to the rescue.

Probably the guy who took the pseudonym Kolyas dreamed of reaching the heights of Dima Bilan, who has been successfully collaborating with Rudkovskaya for so many years. But so far Baturin not only failed to achieve the popularity of the Eurovision winner, but he could not surpass the success of his younger brother Sasha (or the Dwarf Gnome). For comparison, about 400 thousand people have subscribed to the Instagram page of the younger Plushenko, and Nikolai has only a little more than 40 thousand followers.

Tori Spelling

But not only in the domestic show business, influential parents are trying to promote their children. There are many similar cases in Hollywood. A striking example of this is Tori Spelling.

The actress is the daughter of media mogul Aaron Spelling. From childhood, she lived in luxury, and then decided to become an actress. One can only dream of such a debut: the girl got a role in her father's project - the series "Beverly Hills, 90210" was a huge success and lasted 10 seasons. True, the audience had complaints specifically against Tory, who has a far from Hollywood appearance and modest acting skills.

But it was thanks to her participation in the cult series that the actress gained financial independence, but the habit of living on a grand scale played a cruel joke on her - Spelling quickly lost all the money. In addition, wanting to correct her appearance, she was carried away by plastic surgery, but the result was disastrous. There were almost no good offers, and the actress was forced to agree to modest roles.

And in Tory's personal life, not everything was smooth. She began dating Dean McDermott while being married to Charlie Sheinian. The husband, having learned about the betrayal, filed for divorce. But the relationship, which began with betrayal, also soon cracked: Dean was caught red-handed with a young fan. But Tory found the strength to forgive her unfaithful husband.

After the death of Aaron Spelling, an impressive part of the inheritance went to his wife - Tory's mother, with whom they now do not communicate at all. The career of the actress is almost not developing, and she is more busy raising five children.

However, what can we say about show business, if even some members of the British royal family who live like ordinary people.