Like two drops: The most famous twins of Russian show business

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

They say that those who have twin brothers or sisters are real lucky ones: they always have someone to rely on and from whom to expect support, because they share everything in two since childhood and there is always a special bond between them even at a distance. But is this the case with stellar twins? Can they be equally talented, and is there creative jealousy between them? And what happens when one of them achieves greater popularity, and the other remains in the shadows?

The name of Igor Vernik is known to everyone, but few know that the famous actor, showman and TV presenter has a twin brother Vadim. More precisely, they are not twins, but twins. The brothers are completely different from each other, and this applies not only to their appearance: Igor is very emotional, active and open, and Vadim is more restrained, calm and delicate. Vadim Vernik is inferior to his brother in popularity, but he also achieved considerable success: a theater critic by education, she became the editor-in-chief of a glossy magazine, as well as a fairly well-known TV journalist and radio host. Their differences do not bother them; on the contrary, they use this contrast as their advantage. The brothers conduct a joint broadcast on the radio ("Theatrical environment of the brothers Vernikov") and on the TV channel "Culture" ("2 Vernik 2").

The 55-year-old brothers are always together not only on screens: they even bought apartments in the same house in order to see each other more often and spend holidays together. They are often asked questions about each other, to which Vadim Vernik replies: "".

Twin brothers Boris and Konstantin Burdaevs went to fame for 8 years and in 2005 were at the peak of popularity - their group "Brothers Grim" with the songs "Clap your eyelashes" and "Kusturica" blew up TV and radio broadcasts. However, after 4 years, the group broke up, and each of them took up an independent musical career. In 2010, Konstantin tried to revive the Brothers Grim project with a new line-up, already without a brother, but after the release of their fourth album, Konstantin's wife passed away, after which he for some time moved away from the world of show business. In 2011, Boris Burdaev appeared on the stage with a new project called "Lirrika", but did not achieve great success. For a long time, the artists could not agree on the use of the Brothers Grim brand: Konstantin performed with his team under this name, and his brother founded the Boris Grim and Brothers Grim group. However, among the fans of these show business stars, the hits recorded by them together in 2005 are still the most popular.

Today hardly anyone knows about the Zaitsev sisters, but in the mid-1990s. they were a popular duo on the Russian stage. Twin sisters from Voronezh Tatiana and Elena back in the early 1980s. won the Sochi Music Competition, and later were awarded the Ovation Prize. When in 1994 the duet "Sisters Zaitsevs" sang the song "Sister", the whole country learned about them. At the peak of popularity, show business stars left for the United States - a friend and business partner of Tatiana's husband, famous actor Chuck Norris, helped the artists to conclude a five-year contract in America. "Sisters Zaitsevs" performed their songs in English and in the 2000s. toured extensively in the USA, Japan and the UAE. In 2010, they returned to Russia and made an attempt to return to the stage, but time was lost - other artists had already taken their place. Throughout their lives, the sisters maintain a very warm and friendly relationship. The Zaitsevs themselves say that they are a single whole, and that they feel each other even at a distance.

Everyone knows Natalia Podolskaya as a pop singer and wife of Vladimir Presnyakov, but few know that she has a twin sister. Natalia and Yuliana are twins, but they are completely different both in appearance and in character: the singer from childhood was restless, energetic, active, and her sister was much more calm and silent. Juliana is a non-public person and far from the world of show business. For some time she lived with her husband in the United States, and then they returned to Russia. Despite the difference in temperament, Natalya considers her sister to be her best friend. The connection between them is very close - even the children of the sisters appeared in one year, with an interval of 2 months: in 2015, Natalya gave birth to a son, and Yuliana gave birth to twin girls.

Today everyone knows the artists of the Safronov brothers - the three of them create spectacular shows and conduct the "Battle of Psychics". But few people know that Andrei and Sergei were born on the same day. They are twins, and outwardly they are completely different, but in childhood they were more similar and sometimes substituted for each other in theatrical performances and even in exams.

There are also many such examples in the world of cinema: The most famous Russian twin actors.