15-year-old native of Belarus Zinaida Kupriyanovich, aka Zena, is the most young participant « New Factory stars" channel MUZ-TV. Despite her age, the aspiring artist has already managed to shine in a number of vocal competitions and made it to the finals of the qualifying stage of Junior Eurovision. And not so long ago, Zina was praised by the presenter. “Wonderful voice, great stage presence. I really believe in her,” she told StarHit.
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Xena, hi! Tell us why you decided to become a singer and did you consider other ways to realize yourself?
There was a time in my life when I doubted my choice. Then I went to art school and studied piano at the same time, and the music teacher said that I had talent. A few years later I was faced with a choice - whether I would become an artist or a vocalist. I decided to focus on the first, but at the same time I hesitated for a very long time. Now I continue to draw for myself.
Have you applied for " Junior Eurovision" Tell us about this experience.
I participated in the final of the national selection, in which 10 artists remained, one of them had to go to the competition itself. I applied twice, but I never managed to reach the final stage and represent Belarus. Probably, I just didn’t fit into the Junior Eurovision format. I remember that I prepared very closely back then, practicing vocals and creating an image every day. The hardest time was in the summer - I didn’t rest at all.
You've probably watched adult Eurovision more than once; would you like to take part in it and represent your country?
While I’m only 15, I’m at the “New Star Factory” and don’t look that far. Although, of course, I dream of a great future in the music field.
You are the youngest participant in the project and came to the project a few days before your fifteenth birthday. Do you feel the age difference with other “manufacturers”?
I thought that I wouldn’t be able to make friends with the guys and join the team because I was the youngest. But it so happened that I don’t feel like I’m 15 years old and can calmly communicate with everyone on the same wavelength. Of course, sometimes there were minor conflicts due to the age difference, but they are a thing of the past.
Do older guys show concern for you?
Some members treat me like younger sister- they love me very much, they care about me, they always help. Others perceive me as a friend, and there are those who consider me a competitor. To summarize, I feel love, support, and sincerity from most of the guys.
The diaries show that you communicate very warmly with Ulyana and Elman. Which other members have you developed friendly relations with?
I communicate well with everyone, but in Elman and Ulyana I found kindred spirits, we have many common interests. We are very creative people and we don’t feel any age difference.
How did your parents react to your decision to participate in the “New Star Factory”? Still, at such a young age, moving to another country and falling out of your usual life for four months is a lot of stress even for an adult...
My parents took my decision very easily and calmly. I think that “Factory” is a cool and necessary project for me now to develop spiritually and creatively.
It turns out you don't go to school. Do your loved ones mind?
They always support me. And the fact that I miss school is not a problem. When I arrive in Minsk, they will help me with my studies. We have already decided that we will turn to tutors to catch up, and I will finally finish 9th grade. We warned the teachers at the end of the summer, after the final casting on MUZ-TV. Teachers and classmates cheer for me and watch the broadcasts. By the way, I read a lot on the project fiction, I try to keep up with the program.
Are you an excellent student?
I once wanted to study straight A's, but I quickly realized that this was not the most important thing for me. Now I'm a good girl.
What other subjects do you like besides music?
I love mathematics, but only in those moments when I manage to do it. I really like English, and in general I try to pay attention to languages.
In two months at the “New Star Factory” you have already managed to sing with Valeria and the group “City 312”. Were you very nervous before working with the stars?
In fact, every performance on stage with an artist is very exciting. If I am confident in the performer and our duet, then I feel calmer.
What do you think of the duet with Alexander Rybak? At first you reacted negatively to this duet and even cried, but in the end it turned out to be such a powerful and beautiful number.
Yes, this image of a cat girl from an anime seemed very strange and unusual to me. I felt out of place, and it seemed to me that people would look askance. But as it turned out, the audience reacted calmly to my character, and in the end everything turned out well. It didn’t even hurt that I had never performed such songs before.
Can you say that you were pleased with yourself after this performance?
Certainly! Everything that doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I believe that an artist should be able to enter different characters.
Who else would you like to perform with? Do you have any favorite performers?
Of our artists, I would like to sing with
One of the brightest and most anticipated television projects of this season was the restart of the once sensational “Star Factory”. Now this music reality show is already at the finish line, viewers have decided on their favorites and preferences, and the remaining participants are ready for the final push in the fight for votes. Among those who, unfortunately, had already left their positions was young Zina Kupriyanovich, whose Instagram is now only gaining momentum in popularity. This talented girl passed the casting and was included in the project when she was not yet 15 years old, thereby becoming the youngest “manufacturer” in the entire history of the talent show. In our article today we will tell you in more detail about who she was, what her creative path and what Zina is doing now.
Zina Kupriyanovich, biography
The rising pop star was born in the Belarusian capital in 2002, on September 17, into a fairly famous and wealthy family. The girl’s father is the head of a large production center “Super-Duper”, and her mother is a fairly well-known and sought-after family psychologist. Zina was the eldest of three children in the family; a few years later she had a sister, who was named Lyubava, and a few years later her brother Semyon was born. Little Zinaida with early childhood was a very active and talented child, she sang, danced, did gymnastics, and also attended a ballet studio and art school. Her idol has always been the Barbadian beauty and R&B diva Rihanna. The girl also dreamed of singing wonderfully, and also came up with various bright stage images for herself. The parents enrolled the little girl in a music school for piano classes even before she entered first grade.
It was there that the teachers discovered the child’s amazing, perfect hearing. After this, the six-year-old girl, outside of competitions and auditions, was accepted into the famous Belarusian ensemble called “Zaranak”. For about two years she performed in its composition as a soloist, and then she moved to another choral singing group music school. The first fame came to young Kupriyanovich when she was only 11 years old and she made it to the finals of the prestigious “Children's New Wave” competition. Before this, the little girl had already managed to win many prizes, as well as take first places at various city, national and even international competitions. A year earlier, Zinaida had already reached a completely professional level. She studied in a youth art studio called “Belarusians” based on the production studio “Golden Voices”. And her successful performance at a prestigious vocal competition attracted attention to the child famous producer Igor Krutoy.
The composer began to invite young Zina to many projects, such as “Christmas Song of the Year”, as well as “Children’s Song of the Year”. In 2013 alone rising star managed to sing duets with such megastars national stage like Ani Lorak, Dmitry Fomin, Joseph Kobzon, and even with the French pop diva Lara Fabian.
The next year became even more fruitful for the young singer: she shot her first video clip for a song called “Towards the Wind,” which collected over one and a half million views online, and she also often performed with famous artists and won the children's vocal competition " Slavic Marketplace" By the way, she was intensively preparing for the last one for more than a year. In 2015, the young Belarusian entered the final round of selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song “WORLD”, and in the fall Kupriyanovich released a video clip for the same composition. In addition, the girl sang the song “I’ll be back” in a duet with Denis Klyaver. Next, the young talent toured with pop singers Nastya Tikhanovich and Alena Lanskaya around the cities of Belarus, and recorded four more new compositions, two of which had videos filmed. Also, the talented girl managed to reach the finals of the national competitive selection for Junior Eurovision by performing the song “Cosmos”. In 2016, for the first time in the history of her country, the artist voiced the main character in the Walt Disney animated family film Moana. She also performed in music show « Magic world Disney", the premiere of which took place at the Moscow Concert Hall. Towards the end of the year, the singer won the Grand Prix in the “Young Talents of Belarus” competition in the “Pop Vocal” category. In January of this year, Zina Kupriyanovich, whose songs are already quite popular, released her debut album, called “Cosmos,” and also shot several new video clips for songs from this album.
Zina Kupriyanovich, “Star Factory”
Actually, the girl came to the music reality show, called “New Star Factory”, already quite famous and having a considerable army of fans of her talent. However, castings and qualifying rounds the girl competed equally with other contestants and was among the best. She turned out to be the youngest participant in the project. Many viewers wondered: how old is Zina Kupriyanovich? Let us answer that at the time of the selection process and the start of the show, she was 14, but in the third week of participation in the “factory” the young singer celebrated her 15th birthday. During the reporting concerts, the girl was lucky enough to work with such celebrities as Nyusha, the rock group “Gorod-312”, Alexander Rybak, as well as Dzhigan and Valeria. Moreover, Zina brilliantly managed to combine her participation in the popular music project with recording their own new hits.
On my personal page on the social network VKontakte, the girl even promised that for 50 thousand “likes” she would make a video clip for her new song“Knock-knock,” which the artist sang during one of the reporting concerts. We also add that, despite such young age, the artist already has many admirers and suitors. Among those who have tender feelings for the girl is the finalist of the KhaliHalo vocal competition, Arseny Akopyan. The young performer even came to the girl’s “star house” for her birthday, touchingly confessed his love to the beauty, and even gave Zina a luxurious ring with an elegant diamond. Also, many viewers were convinced that Zina and another participant in the television project, 24-year-old Elman Zeynalov secret romance, these guys looked very tender and romantic together. But, to the disappointment of the majority, soon the young man on his personal Instagram page refuted all these speculations, noting that he treats the girl with trepidation, but as his little sister. On her 15th birthday, young Zina’s father and mother decided to give the heiress a tattoo, which the girl had dreamed of for a very long time. Drawing on the body in the form small flower The peony was made for the girl by the most famous tattoo artist in Belarus named Ales Tabolich.
) each occupied their own niche on the musical horizon, becoming popular, sought-after performers.
In the fall of 2017, the “New Star Factory” started on the Muz-TV channel. The television project once again provided young, ambitious artists with the opportunity, with the help of mentors, to sharpen their talent, making it shine with a new, hitherto unprecedented strength. One of the participants in the program was the finalist of the national selection of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and Junior Eurovision 2016, Belarusian singer Zina Kupriyanovich.
Childhood
Zinaida Aleksandrovna Kupriyanovich was born on September 17, 2002 in the capital of Belarus, Minsk. The vocalist's father, Alexander Igorevich, is the director of the Super Duper production center, and her mother, Nelly Nikolaevna, is a family psychologist. The head of the family had a tremendous influence on the formation of his daughter’s artistic personality. Since childhood, the man instilled in the heiress a love of art.
This is how the girl’s future was predetermined when the head of the family first brought a hot beloved child to her production center “Super Duper”, where Zina heard her peers singing. Since then, Kupriyanovich has become a voluntary captive of the illusory world of sounds.
As a child, the performer of the song “Cosmos” was an easily captivated person, so it is not surprising that in addition to her passion for music, she was also interested in painting, sports, and dancing. As a child, Zina attended many sections and different time dreamed of careers as a ballerina, artist and actress.
It is known that in school years the future participant of the “New Star Factory” took drawing lessons, learned the basics of playing the piano, and in her free time skateboarded and roller-skated.
It is also worth noting that, despite being busy, the young singer never had problems with her studies. The teachers were very supportive young talent, and if she fell behind the program due to performances, they stayed with her after class, explaining this or that material.
Zina also developed warm relationships with her classmates. On the air of the Calendar program, the performer told the presenters that in life she tries not to turn up her nose and act friendly. This position allows the artist to win over even those who initially think about her in a negative way. According to Kupriyanovich, her parents did everything possible to ensure that, against the backdrop of success, she did not develop star fever.
Music
Kupriyanovich’s piano teacher was the first to notice the musical qualities and memorable timbre of Kupriyanovich’s voice. It was she who advised the mother to send her daughter to a vocal class, which the parent did with great pleasure. As a result, in 2008, six-year-old Zina was enrolled in the Zaranak ensemble out of competition. National Center musical art named after Vladimir Georgievich Mulyavin.
In 2010, the singer left the Zaranak ensemble and entered the choral department at Minsk children's music school No. 8 named after Grigory Romanovich Shirma. In the period from 2011 to 2012, Zinaida participated in music competitions, taking only prizes in them.
In 2013, Zina reached the finals of the Children's New wave" After a successful performance, the composer invited the young talent to join the choir performing under his leadership. As part of the ensemble, the artist appeared on stage with, and. In December of the same year, she performed with the group “5sta family”, performing their hit “I’ll be with you” on the stage of the Olimpiysky sports complex.
In 2014, Zina took first place in children's competition“Slavic Bazaar” with the songs “Smile” and “Novy Zen”. Also, Kupriyanovich’s collection of musical tandems was replenished with a duet with the group “IOWA”. The young vocalist performed the song “Simple Song” with the members of the group. Zina’s debut video “Towards the Wind” was also released this year.
In 2015, the singer became a finalist in the national selection of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Peace”. In 2016, the premieres of 4 original songs by Zina took place: “Space”, “Everything will work out”, “Peace” (remix) and “We are the new generation”. In August, as part of the “Children's New Wave”, Zina performed on the same stage in a duet with (single “Bit Bombit”) and (as part of the “New Wave” choir).
Also this year, representatives of the Disney company, who studied the vocalist’s work from the age of 6, invited Kupriyanovich to voice the main character of the animated film “Moana”. The artist also sang the title track of the film - the song “What awaits me” (second title “My Heart”). It is known that in addition to Zinaida, the leader of the Mumiy Troll group, an actor, artists and others participated in the dubbing.
In 2017, the management of the Muz-TV channel revived popular show“Star Factory” announced the recruitment of new contestants. In the summer, young singers sent their applications to the organizers and participated in qualifying auditions. By the beginning of autumn, large-scale castings were completed, and the jury selected 16 talented artists, among whom was Zina. The vocalist, along with other performers, settled in a specially equipped cottage in the Moscow region, coming under 24-hour surveillance by video cameras.
To become professional singer, Kupriyanovich will have to hone his stage skills for a couple of months under the supervision of star mentors. During her time on the project, the vocalist has already managed to sing a duet with, and. The audience also noted the song “Winter Garden” performed in tandem with the singer.
Personal life
Despite her rather young age, the press is already attributing Zina to a relationship with the winner of the international competition “Hali-Halo” in 2012, aspiring singer Arseny Akopyan.
Rumors that the guys are connected not only by friendship appeared after the young people began posting joint pictures on their social networks. In the “Question and Answer” video blog, the aspiring artists denied this information, saying that there was nothing between them other than friendly sympathy.
Zina Kupriyanovich now
In 2017, Zina skillfully combines participation in the “Star Factory” with the release of new singles. In July-September, on her YouTube channel, the singer published videos for the compositions “Everything will work out,” “Golden Brick” and “Mint.” Kupriyanovich – active user social networks. IN "Instagram" the singer of the song “Towards the Wind” regularly posts photos from personal archive and backstage footage from performances.
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Zina Kupriyanovich is a Belarusian singer who became famous at the age of 11 after performing at the Children's New Wave competition. The youngest participant in the show “New Star Factory” - a restart of the once most popular music reality show, which started in September 2017 on the Muz-TV channel.Childhood and family of Zina Kupriyanovich
Zina was born on September 17, 2002 in Minsk and became the first child in the family. Later she had a sister, Lyubava, and a brother, Semyon. 
Parents, Alexander (director of the production center "Super Duper" and mentor at the dad-school) and Nelly Kupriyanovich (family psychologist), invested a lot of effort in creative development babies. Zinaida did gymnastics, ballet, and attended art school.
The little girl’s idol was the singer Rihanna - as a child, Zina dreamed of singing exactly like her, and enjoyed coming up with stage costumes and interesting hairstyles.
The first steps to fame of Zina Kupriyanovich
While still a preschooler, Zina was enrolled in a music school, piano class. Her teacher discovered that the girl had excellent ear for music. So, at the age of 6, Kupriyanovich, out of competition, was enrolled in the famous vocal ensemble"Zaranak." Zina performed in its composition for two years as a soloist, and then directed all her strength to classes in the choir department of music school No. 8. 
The general public learned about Zina in 2013, after reaching the finals of the Children's New Wave competition. However, the triumph was preceded by many victories at city, national and international competitions: “Little Fairy”, “Blooming Czech Republic”, “Starry Simeiz”, “Starry Rain”,
In 2012, the girl reached the professional level, studying at the art studio “Belarusy” under the auspices of the production center “Golden Voices”. In 2013, as noted above, she became a laureate (6th place) at the “Children’s New Wave” competition. The successful performance at the famous vocal competition impressed producer Igor Krutoy. He began to invite Kupriyanovich to other projects: “Christmas Song of the Year”, “New Wave”, “Children’s Song of the Year”.
By the end of 2013, Zina managed to sing with such famous artists as 5sta family, Ani Lorak, Lev Leshchenko, Joseph Kobzon, Mitya Fomin and Lara Fabian.
2014 was no less successful for the young artist: the first video for the song “Towards the Wind”, which collected 1.5 million views, frequent performances with famous artists and a victory at the children’s competition “Slavic Bazaar”, for which the girl had been preparing for a whole year.
Zina Kupriyanovich - Towards the wind
IN next year Zina reached the final of the selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the composition “MIR”. In the fall of 2015, Zina released a video for this song, as well as a joint song with Denis Klyaver, “I’ll be back.”
Zina Kupriyanovich - World
In 2016, Kupriyanovich toured with singers Alena Lanskaya and Anastasia Tikhanovich in different cities of Belarus, released 4 new songs and 2 videos and reached the final of the Junior Eurovision competition with the composition “Cosmos”.
In the same year, Zina was entrusted with voice acting main character animated film“Moana” and a role in the show musical “The Magical World of Disney”, which took place at the Moscow Concert Hall. At the end of 2016, the girl took the Grand Prix in the “Variety Vocal” category of the “Young Talents of Belarus” radio competition.
In the winter of 2017, Zina presented her first album, “Cosmos,” and six months later, videos for her songs “Mint” and “Everything will work out” were released.
Personal life of Zina Kupriyanovich
Despite her young age, Zina had many suitors - among them was the winner of the Khali-Halo 2012 competition, Arseny Akopyan. The young singer came to the factory owners’ house for Kupriyanovich’s birthday, confessed his love to the girl and gave her a ring with diamonds. 
Many TV viewers were sure that there was more than just friendship between Zina and another participant in the show, Elman Zeynalov. However, on its page in Instagram guy denied all the rumors, saying that he treats Zina like a younger sister.
For her 15th birthday, Zina’s parents gave their daughter a tattoo – the girl had been dreaming about it for a long time. Kupriyanovich got the tattoo (in the form of a peony) by the famous Belarusian tattoo artist Ales Tabolich.
Zina Kupriyanovich now
In September 2017, the show “New Star Factory” started on the MUZ-TV channel, one of the participants of which was Kupriyanovich. Zina turned out to be the youngest factory owner: in the third week of the show she turned 15 years old. Among other minor participants there was only Lolita Voloshina from Rostov-on-Don.Participant name: Zina Kupriyanovich
Age (birthday): 17.09.2002
Minsk city
Job: singer
Family: single
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The youngest participant in the New Star Factory was Zinaida Kupriyanovich. The girl was born on September 17, 2002 in the capital of Belarus. Zina's father is the director of a production center, and her mother is a family psychologist. At all castings, the young factory owner was supported by her father.
Since childhood, Zina has been active, and therefore her parents decided to channel her energy into useful work, so she was enrolled in creative and sports clubs.
All the teachers agreed that Zina was very talented child, seeing a good future for her as a ballerina, artist or gymnast.
Only the first piano teacher noticed that her 4-year-old student had excellent musical abilities.
Already at the age of 6, Zina became a member of the Zaranak ensemble., without even going through the selection process.
In 2010, she left the group and went to study in the choir department at a music school.
Over the next two years, she actively took part in a lot of competitions and concerts.
In 2013, she became one of the artists of the Super Duper Production Center, whose director is her father. Since 2013, she has been receiving invitations from I. Krutoy himself, having successfully presented herself at the finals of the Children's New Wave competition in Jurmala.
Zinaida is a member of the New Wave choir. She has joint duets with Ani Lorak, L. Leshchenko and even such artists as I. Kobzon, L. Fabian.
In 2014, she won the children's Slavic Bazaar. It was released in the same year debut video"Towards the wind." A year later she became a finalist in the national selection for Junior Eurovision. Her song became the anthem for the Legends Race.
In 2016 she took part in tour A. Lanskoy and A. Tikhanovich, released 4 original songs, sang at the “Children’s New Wave” together with Dominic Joker, A. Rosenbaum, became a finalist in the national selection “Junior Eurovision - 2016”, received the Grand Prix in the radio competition “Young Talents of Belarus” .
At the first concert of the New Star Factory, she sang the song “She’s Not Yours” in a trio together with S. Piekha and one of the manufacturers, as well as Valeria.
In March 2019, Kupriyanovich won the national selection for the adult Eurovision Song Contest. Zina will go to Tel Aviv under the pseudonym ZENA, where she will represent Belarus.
Photo by Zina
The girl has about 100 thousand subscribers on Instagram.
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