Childhood and youth
Erica Herceg is the real name of the artist. She was born in July 1988 (zodiac sign - Cancer) in Transcarpathia, not far from the border with Hungary. Her nationality is half Hungarian and half Ukrainian. Residents of their native village spoke mainly Hungarian, and few people knew Russian and Ukrainian, including Eric. Now, of course, she speaks Russian fluently, albeit with a noticeable accent.
The head of the family worked as a firefighter. The mother, giving birth to her son Nikolai, received mental trauma from which she never recovered. The father began to drown his grief with alcohol, and the girl, in fact, was left without the support of loved ones.
However, the persistence of the parents influenced the further biography of their daughter. It was they who insisted that Erica go to the casting announced by Konstantin Meladze.
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Herceg has been interested in music since childhood, was a soloist in a church choir, but after school she entered college to become a manager-economist. At the same time, she worked part-time as a waitress or in a call center.
At the age of 20, she accomplished a real feat - she lost 30 extra pounds, had plastic surgery to enlarge her breasts, and started a new life as a model. Photos of the beauty before losing weight, whose weight is now 52 kg with a height of 175 cm, cannot be found even on her Instagram account.
In 2011, Erica moved to Kyiv to achieve success in the capital. Here the girl made a number of useful acquaintances, and also appeared twice for Playboy magazine.
Personal life
The lead singer of VIA Gra began her first relationship in her youth. One gentleman himself abandoned a plump girl as not corresponding to his ideas of beauty.
When Herceg gained her slim figure, a new boyfriend appeared. The next chosen one came from a wealthy family and gave Erica money “for her chest.” Returning from the hospital, she found her beloved with someone else.
For 4 years, Herceg dated a wealthy man, whose name she did not disclose. According to the singer, this man helped her get a job in Kyiv, since the model’s salary was not enough to meet all her needs. There were rumors that the artist’s lover was the Hungarian consul in Ukraine.
The chosen one, Herceg, was glad that his girlfriend became the new soloist of the VIA Gra group, and supported her in her endeavors. But due to the man’s infidelities and causeless jealousy, the couple broke up. Erica had a hard time with the breakup, and the support of her bandmates played an important role in her moral recovery.
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In January 2021, fans spotted a gorgeous ring on the ring finger of Erica’s right hand. She recorded a New Year's video greeting for Instagram subscribers, in which she wished love, health and happiness and, as if by chance, “demonstrated” the decoration. Fans took this as a hint of an engagement. After all, shortly before this, a photo appeared on the performer’s microblog with a man turning his back to the lens, accompanied by a romantic comment.
Of course, the game “Guess Who?” immediately began on the Internet. Some claimed that this was the Latvian singer Markus Riva, others argued that this was the Ukrainian hero of the show “The Bachelor” Dmitry Cherkasov or the lead singer of the MBAND group Artem Pindyura. But, unfortunately, as before, Herceg chose not to reveal the name of her chosen one.
And in 2019, the online community suspected the singer of having an affair with the group’s producer. Some media even wrote that the girl was pregnant from Meladze. One of the reasons for the rumors was that Konstantin Shotaevich took the artist to the Maldives. However, the real purpose of the trip was not romantic, but work - a video was being filmed on the island. It got to the point that the producer’s wife Vera Brezhneva published a post in which she assured that everything was the same with her husband and there was no reason to worry.
Erica has an attractive appearance, which can be judged from the photo without makeup. By the way, the blonde is strikingly similar to her predecessor in VIA Gre - just as slender and beautiful. The media wrote that the girl had plastic surgery more than once. The surgeons worked not only on the blonde’s bust, but also on her nose. She may have also removed Bisha's lumps and regularly resorts to "beauty injections."
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Erica Herceg and Misha Romanova
Herceg also shared her secrets of losing weight with journalists. There was no talk of a fitness club in the village. She changed her diet - switched to yogurts, vegetables and fruits, fish and dairy products. No fast food or soda, no sweets - only before lunch. Now Erica works out with a trainer in the gym, dances and swims. She often shows off her figure in a swimsuit.
“A wonderful transformation occurred not only with the body. I think it’s like this in many ways: at first you put in maximum effort and work on yourself, and then one day - and fate picks you up and opens up new opportunities, as a kind of bonus and a chance to achieve even more. And other tasks and goals appear. The main thing is to believe that anything is possible.”
In October 2021, it became known that Erica Herceg was in a civil marriage. In an interview, she talked a little about her lover:
“My husband is Kazakh. He is very handsome, there is only a year difference in our ages, he is a promising young businessman. And he's unmarried. I couldn’t be a second wife - I’m very jealous. He works in other countries, but we talk on the phone every evening. We've been together for three years."
It was in order to arrange her personal life that Erica moved to Kazakhstan. Now the artist is truly happy and does not regret anything.
Erica Herceg's departure from VIA Gra was associated with a love story
Erica is a Ukrainian singer and model who, with her personal example, motivated many girls and proved that everything in life is possible if you really want it (and have the means for it, of course).
At the age of 17, she weighed 80 kg, and then lost 30, had breast augmentation surgery and began to successfully engage in modeling - she starred for Playboy magazine, and collaborated with a world-famous French lingerie brand. In 2013, she took part in the show “I Want V VIA Gro”.
The mentors of the contestants who fought for a place in the sun in the new composition of the team were six of its ex-members - Nadezhda Granovskaya, Anna Sedokova, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Alena Vinnitskaya, Meseda Bagaudinova and Santa Dimopoulos, and one of the presenters was Vera Brezhneva. Castings took place in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
As a result, along with Erica, the group included Misha Romanova and Anastasia Kozhevnikova (all of them were included in Granovskaya’s team at the competition). In 2018, Misha Romanova was replaced by vocalist Olga Meganskaya. This happened at a concert in Tbilisi. Moreover, Misha’s departure became known only two days before the performance. The departure of Erica Herceg also came as a bolt from the blue. However, according to the artist, she will finish her singing in the group for some time:
“The situation has developed that we are looking for a girl – charismatic, beautiful – to join the VIA Gra group instead of me. I’ve been thinking a lot since the beginning of the year and decided that I would have to leave slowly. I then talked to Kostya, Kostya supported me, and I’m working in the group until the New Year until we find a girl, and, of course, we need to rehearse, teach her all the songs in the program.
And I’m still with you, so, God willing, when the borders open, we’ll see you: in Turkey, and in Sochi, and in Europe, because we already had concerts planned in advance in different places. We will see each other again at VIA Gra concerts, but I will slowly begin my solo journey. I am preparing a lot of surprises for my fans and I hope they support me. I even know that they support me, love me, and it’s absolutely mutual!
In response to the resignation announcement on social media, excited fans began sending emotional comments and questions. “Erika, it turns out that Meladze asked you to leave, wouldn’t you leave yourself? Hmmm, if you leave the group, then it won’t be VIA Gra, but it’s not clear what.” "I asked. It’s time, after all, 7 years have passed,” Erica answered. “I think it was said that you will be under the wing of MM. And they even promised the release of a solo song. Why did the plans change?" - asked another listener. “They didn’t promise this,” Herceg objected, “I always said that I was preparing my solo project myself.”
Whether the girl will be able to make a successful solo career – time will tell. The fans are determined and froze in anticipation of new songs. The fate of the former members of the team developed differently. Its “golden cast” included Anna Sedokova and the already mentioned Vera Brezhneva and Nadezhda Granovskaya.
Sedokova was the leading soloist. The red-haired girl turned the heads of many fans, and then left show business for the sake of family happiness, but did not last long in a safe haven, again later trying to storm the star world. Now she often acts as host of various awards and is engaged in solo activities, showing the public explicit clips.
In due time, her place was taken by Svetlana Loboda, who, however, stayed in the group for less than a year and was remembered by listeners in its composition only for the “Biology” video. Then a real scandal broke out when spectators boycotted the band’s concerts and returned previously purchased tickets. Because of this, they decided to quickly replace Loboda with Albina Dzhanabaeva, but, as you know, the former’s creative destiny ended up being much more successful.
Granovskaya was the most “peaceful” member of VIA Gra, she was never seen in scandals with the producer, and after two of her departures she returned to the team again. God loves the trinity, and after the third, she still made a firm decision to move on on her own, but in a completely different direction. Nadezhda took up academic vocals, began writing poetry, starred in a serial film, took part in a parody show, became a producer herself and released her own capsule collection of clothes. Now she is happily married and has three children.
Vera Brezhneva, having become Konstantin’s main muse even before marrying him, tore off all her laurels. Her path turned out ideally in this sense: she began to perform herself, but with Meladze’s songs, which became the key to her growing popularity and in her personal musical journey, she starred in several major films that thundered throughout the country, such as “Love in the City” and "Christmas trees." She is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador and has established her own charitable foundation to help children with oncohematological diseases.
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Music
Since 2013, Erica Herceg has been a member of the updated lineup of the sexiest group in the country. Misha Romanova and Anastasia Kozhevnikova then passed the selection along with her.
From the first rounds, the blonde made it clear that she has a freedom-loving character and is not inclined to follow the generally accepted rules of the game. Not having time to learn the Russian lyrics of the song in a day, she simply sang the same thing in Hungarian. Another time, contestants cut off their concert dresses without permission. The girls were threatened with expulsion, but Nadezhda Meikher-Granovskaya stood up for them.
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Erica Herceg in the VIA Gra group
Herceg plunged headlong into her work. The new lineup of VIA Gra toured the CIS countries, recorded albums, and adapted old material to fit their discography. Including the hit “I Fell in Love with a Monster” was released in 2021.
Over time, the composition of the trio changed. Nastya and Misha, who preferred personal life to show business, were replaced by Olga Meganskaya and Ulyana Sinetskaya.
Erica Herceg: biography, personal life, family
The trio “VIA Gra” is considered the most successful project of our show business from the beginning of the 21st century to the present day, but the group has also had stunning ups and downs. It seemed that after the next renewal of the team in 2005, it was no longer possible to revive the “golden line-up”, the girls replaced one another, their permanent leader Konstantin Meladze wrote new songs, but it was not possible to return their former popularity. In 2014, a grandiose attempt was made to raise the group to its former heights - at the casting “I Want V VIA Gro”, open to all interested talented singers, there was a strict selection of new soloists. Erika Herceg, unknown to anyone in the music world until that moment, showed off her versatile talents most brightly and became part of the updated line-up.
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One of the most desirable brides in Russia and Ukraine, Erica is currently single, but the minds of many fans are excited by rumors about her imminent (allegedly) wedding and alleged pregnancy. Fans are also concerned about the smallest details of her biography. How did a “chubby” woman weighing more than 80 kilos manage to lose weight so quickly? Is she born blonde, or is her gorgeous blonde hair the result of the work of an experienced makeup artist? Is the successful, stunning lead singer of “VIA Gra” going to leave the group soon, or will she continue to delight the army of fans with her magical voice and perfect appearance?
Erica Herceg now
In May 2021, Erica Herceg left the VIA Gra group to begin a solo career in show business. Konstantin Meladze agreed to this.
The artist did not stay in Russia, but moved to Kazakhstan. Rumors immediately arose on the Internet that Herceg’s decision was influenced by Vera Brezhneva. They say that Meladze’s wife did not tolerate a competitor next to her.
In a recent interview on the YouTube show Balu KZ, Erica denied all fan speculation. She said that Vera Brezhneva had nothing to do with her moving to another country:
“I don’t know Vera closely, we don’t communicate. I don't know what she is like. But she is a wise adult woman, she has a family, projects, business, she is great. Well, what kind of competitor am I? I never wanted someone else's happiness and someone else's success. I don't think there was Vera. "I think she's minding her own business and when she saw the news about the affair she was upset."
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Erica Herceg and Konstantin Meladze
The singer also noted that she was shocked when she saw what the media were saying about her and the former producer. That evening, Erica and her common-law husband were already getting ready to go to bed when she read what they were writing on the Internet. Herceg could not hold back her tears and burst into tears. The lover supported the artist, saying that this is free PR, she should be happy, since she doesn’t have to pay and do “garbage.”
Now Erica Herceg is engaged in her solo career. She is recording new songs. Her repertoire even includes compositions in her native Hungarian language. In the future, she wants to record a song in Kazakh. You can follow the singer’s work through Instagram; she does not have an official website.
Erica Herceg started an affair with Meladze - Vera Brezhneva gave her comment
Vera Brezhneva gave her comment on the rumors about the romance between Meladze and Herceg.
She chose to turn everything into a joke and said that she admires her beloved, as he manages to write songs, lead several projects and at the same time have an affair with his mistress. Many are sure that there is currently discord in the couple of Vera Brezhneva and Meladze, since rumors about an affair with Erica have spread for a reason, and besides, Vera herself has removed all joint spouses with her husband from her social networks. Although the singer herself said that in this way she simply does not want to give food for thought to her envious people.
