Elena Vladimirovna Temnikova (russian: link=no, Елена Владимировна Темникова; born 18 April 1985) is a

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singer, television personality and fashion designer. She came to prominence as a contestant in the talent show ''

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'' and as one of the three members of the

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Serebro Serebro ( rus, Серебро, t=Silver, p=sʲɪrʲɪˈbro, a=ru-серебро.ogg; stylized as SEREBRO) was a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Serebro was formed in 2007, consisting of Marina Lizorkina, Ol ...

, which represented

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Career

''Star Factory'' and early solo career: 2003–06

Temnikova started to study music when she was five years old; she was playing violin and singing in the

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.Serebro official website
, serebro.su; accessed 25 September 2015. She came to media prominence as a contestant on the Channel One talent show ''

'' in 2003. She was spotted by

Maxim Fadeev Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev (russian: link=no, Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев) (born 6 May 1968) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer. Biography Early life and career Maxim Fadeev was born on ...

, the main producer of ''Star Factory'', and signed a recording contract with Fadeev's recording company

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Although Temnikova released two disco singles, "Begi" and "Taina", she did not continue her solo career, and did not release a solo album. She instead joined

, a

formed by Fadeev. In an interview for the magazine ''

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'', in February 2008, Temnikova said: "After ''Star Factory'', Maxim Fadeev offered me a new job. He offered me to be lead singer in girl band. I decided to do it, and we together found second and third member".

Olga Seryabkina Olga Yurievna Seryabkina (russian: Ольга Юрьевна Серябкина; born 12 April 1985) is a Russian singer-songwriter. She is a former member of girl group Serebro, which won third place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, unti ...

and

Marina Lizorkina Marina Sergeevna Lizorkina (russian: link=no, Марина Серге́евна Лизоркина; born 9 June 1983) is a Russian singer and former member of girl group Serebro which she left in 2009. Biography Early career At the age of 16 ...

also joined the group.

Serebro: 2007–14

– consisting of Temnikova,

and

– represented

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in the

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with the song " Song #1" and won the 3rd place, behind

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and

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. After their successful performance at the Eurovision Song Contest, Serebro has rapidly become one of the most successful artists in Russia. After "Song #1", they also released number-one singles " Дыши", " Опиум" and "Скажи, не молчи". After a release delay of their debut album, '' Opiumroz'', it was finally released on 25 April 2009, and was presented at the band's concert in

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. Serebro was supported by other musicians, including by Russian entrant at the

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; ''Opiumroz'' was prepared for two years. Karpova, Seryabkina and Temnikova later released Serebro's second album "Mama Lover". On 15 May 2014 the official Serebro website reported that Elena had left the group due to pregnancy. She was replaced with Karpova who had left the band earlier the previous year until they find a replacement. She is now a solo artist.

Solo career: 2014–present

Personal life

Raised in

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, at the end of 2002 she moved to

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for few months and then to Moscow due to professional obligations. In 2004, Temnikova married Alexei Semyonov, who was also a contestant in ''

''. Temnikova sought separation soon after, but Semyonov would not agree to it. In the meantime, Semyonov fell in love with another woman and eventually sent Temnikova divorce papers, and the couple officially divorced after four years of marriage. In 2014, Temnikova secretly married entrepreneur Dmitry Sergeev in the

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. Their daughter, Alexandra, was born on 27 March 2015. In June 2019, Temnikova's former bandmate

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in an interview with the Russian tabloid ''Super''. She did so to dispel rumors she was in a relationship with

, which were spread by Temnikova. In the interview, Seryabkina confirmed she had been in a four-year relationship with Temnikova while they were bandmates, and that the relationship was well-known throughout their inner circle, but they had never confirmed it publicly.Сенсационное признание Ольги Серябкиной: «Мы с Темниковой встречались 4 года. А теперь она мстит»
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Discography

Studio Album

*TEMNIKOVA I (2016) *TEMNIKOVA II (2017) *TEMNIKOVA III: Не модные (Not Fashionable) (2018) *TEMNIKOVA 4 (2019) *TEMNIKOVA 5: Paris (2021)

Extended plays

*Импульсы (Remix) (2016) *Выше крыш. Акустический лайв (LIVE @ Парк Горького, 2018) (2018) *TEMNIKOVA 4 (Live) (2019)

Live albums

*TEMNIKOVA PRO I (2020)

Singles

Promotional Singles

Other charting songs

Features

Music videos

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial website
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