Olga Yurievna Polyakova is a Ukrainian singer, TV presenter, actress.
Place of Birth, Education
She was born on January 17, 1984 in Vinnytsia. His father worked as a diplomat and served as ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to Cuba, and his mother was a pediatrician.
She received her higher education at the Vinnytsia Music College of Culture and Arts named after Leontovych.
She also studied at the Kyiv National University of Culture in the class of pop vocals and the National Music Academy of Ukraine named after Tchaikovsky.
Career
In childhood, she starred in several issues of the film magazine “Yeralash”.
Music career
On April 12, 2000, at the press conference of “KM Studio”, dedicated to the launch of the project “Production of Ukrainian Performers”, it was announced the release of Polyakova’s first album “Come to me”. The debut work includes 11 compositions.
The video for the song “It Doesn’t Happen” was first shown in the “Territory A” program.
In 2005, the singer began to collaborate with Alexander Revzin. At this time, Polyakova released a joint album with Lyubasha and recorded the song “Hug Me” together with the group “Chai dvokh”.
In 2008, the single “Super Blonde” was released, which was the start of a new stage image of Polyakova and gave the name to her show program of the same name. During this period, she also began to collaborate with technical director and production manager Yuri Barybin.
In 2011, she presented the composition “Hello”, recorded together with pop singer Lyudmila Gurchenko.
At the end of 2012, she began working with the CEO of EA Secret Service, Mikhail Yasinsky.
In May 2013, Polyakova presented the single “#Шлепки”. After that, another composition was released – “Lula”.
In 2014, she presented the songs “Abandoned Kitten”, “Astalavist, Separatist!” and shot a video for the New Year’s track “Happy New Year!”.
On March 2, 2015, the premiere of the song “Love-Carrot” took place, and on July 29 – the single “The First Summer Without It”.
On April 11, 2016, she presented the song “Oh God, how it hurts!”.
On October 26, 2018, at the Kyiv Palace of Sports, the singer presented a new show “Queen of the Night”, within the framework of which she performed a number of new compositions: “Called”, “Ice Broke”, “Semiramis”, “Mistress” and “Madonna”.
Television career
In 2010, Polyakova, together with Sergei Lob, became the winner of the second season of the show “People’s Star”. In the third and fourth seasons of the project, she was the host of the show.
In 2011, together with actor Georgy Deliev, she took part in the second season of the Star+Star project. The duo reached the super final and took second place.
In the same year, her author’s show “Hello, Maternity Leave!” appeared on the M1 TV channel.
She was also a participant in the Ukrainian version of the show “50 Blondes” – “Who Is Against Blondes?”, was a member of the jury of the program “Parade of Advice” and was a commentator on the show “Goddess of Shopping”.
In 2011 and 2012, she was the host together with showman Ivan Urgant at the VIVA!.
In 2013, she won the reincarnation show “Like Two Drops”. In particular, she took part in the Vyshka project.
In 2014, she appeared in the TV show “Dolce Vita Caput”.
In 2015, she was a member of the jury of the musical project “Sing Like a Star” on the TV channel “Ukraine”.
In 2017, she became the host of the entertainment show “Star Eggs”.
Since February 2019, she has been a judge of the Strange People program. In particular, she joined the jury of the 10th season of the X-Factor project.
In 2021, she became a star detective in the show “The Mask” – the Ukrainian adaptation of “Masked Singer”.
She was also the coach of the 12th season of the vocal show “The Voice of the Country”.
Marital Status
In 2004, she married businessman Vadim Buryakovsky. The couple has two children: Masha, born in 2005 and Alice, born in 2011.
