Childhood and youth
Lyusya Chebotina (real name - Lyudmila Andreevna Chebotina) was born on April 26, 1997 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In an interview, the singer says that the connection with music appeared in her life already in infancy. The voice of the newborn girl was so memorable that she was easily recognized among other babies. In the maternity hospital, the future Runet star was nicknamed “Zykina” - there is an assumption that she received her name in honor of the great singer Lyudmila Zykina.
Singer Lyusya Chebotina
Later, in kindergarten, a music teacher noticed Lucy’s abilities, began studying with her, and even prepared her to participate in a city competition. She strongly recommended that the girl’s parents develop her nascent talent. When Chebotina was 5 years old, the family moved to Moscow.
It was not possible to enroll in a music school, but Lucy did not stop singing - she listened to recordings of her favorite singer Whitney Houston, but did not copy her style, but tried to find her own vocal “tricks”.
Lyusya Chebotina in childhood with her father
After graduating from 9th grade, the girl decided to get a professional music education. She entered both the music school in the direction of “choral singing” and the vocal department of the College of Pop and Jazz Arts (GMUEDI). In addition, Chebotina continued to practice singing at home, recording her experiments - first for herself, and then for a wider audience.
Songs and duets by Lucy
So, let's get back to her creativity and path to success. At first, she recorded covers of popular artists; she shared with us that her first work was the song “Teddy bear” by the artist “Kadebostany”. That same evening, the girl uploaded the video to her Instagram page. The next day she wakes up famous, her track received a huge number of reposts and positive reviews. The video began to appear on large public pages and communities on the World Wide Web. Only two months have passed, and more than 100 thousand fans have signed up for it.
When she turns 18, she receives many offers, one of which was participation in the “Voice of Ukraine” project, which was aimed at finding new talents and musicians. We learned about our heroine thanks to her work on the Internet. The organizers of the program appreciated the young singer’s pleasant appearance, unique voice and presentation and invited her to the casting.
Our heroine knew very well that each competition gives her a good opportunity to develop her skills and promote herself. The girl was simply happy and could not refuse such an offer. With the consent of her parents, she goes to a neighboring country to loudly make herself known.
At the first stage of audition and casting, the girl chose a song by one of her favorite performers, Sia Furler, the track was called “Chandelier”. Our heroine passes the first part of the competition without any problems and moves on to the list of main participants. The lead singer of the group “Okean Elzy”, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, became the leader and mentor of the young singer.
The work was in full swing; for her first composition she chose the Ukrainian folk song “Why didn’t you come,” as well as the work of Edith Piaf. At that time, the performer had no experience of performing on the big stage, but despite this she managed to captivate the audience and the jury. Thanks to her emotional performance and excellent presentation, the girl reaches the finals of the project. An interesting fact is that she previously tried herself on the Russian version of “The Voice”, but during the blind audition she was not given a chance to express herself.
She comes from a foreign country full of hope and confident in her abilities; the girl does not stop at the result achieved and tries herself in other television projects. Next on his path was the second season of the Main Stage program. At the qualifying level, Lyusya chooses Allegrova’s song “The Thief.”
At the same time, she managed to transform the track from aggressive and energetic to calm and melodic. As a result, she was praised for her risky experiment, and the audience was delighted. Diana Arbenina spoke positively about the work of the young participant, but she did not manage to break into the first positions. This mistake does not affect the purposeful girl in any way, and she begins to work on herself more seriously.
In 2021, our heroine sets off to conquer an international competition among performers called “New Wave”. Unfortunately, here too, Lucy was unable to make it to the final list, but she was ranked among the most stylish and fashionable participants, for which she was awarded a certificate for a free professional photo shoot.
In the next period, he went to colorful India, where an analogue of the domestic show “The Voice” was held, but the difference was that the tracks were performed in Hindi. To do this, she had to learn a peculiar dialect. At the same time, Chebotina continues to develop her solo creativity and is creating her own compositions. The first track released under her name was called “No Problems,” which was about teenage love and relationships.
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This was followed by new releases, including “Pina Colada”, “Freebie”, “Night and Day”, “Two Shots”. The young singer’s songs increasingly began to appear in the top ratings and playlists of modern listeners.
At the same time, she actively collaborates with other musicians and releases songs in duets. She is credited with a collaboration with Doni, a representative of the Black Star label, the composition was called “Rendezvous”. At the same time, a video of the same name is released. Next came the song “No Cry” with rapper Luxor. In 2021, she is attending the “Mediaity” creative camp together with the famous actress Nonna Grishaeva and young people from the “Voice” competition. Children".
The event took place near Batumi, where our heroine shared the secrets of her creativity and success with equally talented guys. During this period, she does not forget about creating covers and releases new videos on her Instagram page.
Now the performer is in demand and promising, takes part in all ongoing competitions. Most recently, Lyusya went on a major tour of Russian cities, where she gathers full houses and new crowds of fans.
The article talked in detail about the biography of Lucy Chebotina. You learned how a young and purposeful girl from an ordinary family managed to tell the whole world about herself and become a sought-after performer. Our heroine is an example of a strong and self-confident girl who, despite failures in many vocal competitions, continued to do what she loved. We wish her further victories and new creations.
Music
Lucy started posting videos with cover versions of popular songs on social networks on the advice of her mother and friends. In an interview, the girl recalls that the first video she shared with subscribers was a cover of the song “Teddy bear” by the Swiss group “Kadebostany”. In the evening, Chebotina uploaded the video to Instagram, and the next morning she discovered that it had gone viral on several public pages at once. In just two months, the number of her followers grew from 6 thousand to 100 thousand.
Song by Lucy Chebotina “Mimosa”
In parallel with her promotion on the Internet, the girl tried to conquer numerous musical projects. For 3 years she went to auditions for the Channel One show “The Voice”, selected unusual compositions for casting, but the jury remained adamant. Then Lyusya decided to try her luck on the Ukrainian version of the project.
At the “Blind Auditions,” an 18-year-old Muscovite performed the hit “Chandelier” by singer Sia. Two mentors turned to Chebotina at once - Alexey Potapenko (Potap) and Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, frontman of the group “Okean Elzy”. Lyusya chose Vakarchuk.
Lyusya Chebotina in the show “Voice of Ukraine”
Under his leadership, the girl performed on the project the folk song “Chom ti ne prishov”, “Earth song” by Michael Jackson and “Non, je ne regrette rien”, the most famous performer of which was Edith Piaf. Chebotina dropped out of “Voice of Ukraine” after the first live broadcast.
Then the girl took part in the second season of the “Main Stage” project. For the qualifying stage, Lyudmila chose Irina Allegrova’s song “The Thief,” turning this energetic hit into a slow melodic ballad. The choice was risky, because the performer of the original version sat on the jury. However, Allegrova praised Chebotina for her gentle, harmonious interpretation. Warm words addressed to the participant were also heard from Diana Arbenina. However, the girl did not stay on the “Main Stage”.
Lyusya Chebotina in the show “Main Stage”
In 2021, Lyusya took part in the international competition of young performers “New Wave”. The main prize went to another performer, but Chebotina was not left without an award. The portal WMJ.ru noted the fragile girl (her weight is 55 kg with a height of 164 cm) as the most stylish participant in the competition. She was awarded a special prize - a certificate for a fashion photo shoot.
In the same year, a new page appeared in the performer’s creative biography. Lucy took part in the Indian project “Dil Hai Hindustani” - a kind of analogue of “The Voice”, where contestants sing songs from Bollywood films in Hindi.
Song by Lucy Chebotina “Pina Colada”
Performances at competitions and festivals did not crowd out solo work from the singer’s life. In addition to covers, she records original songs. In the first track, “No Problems,” Lucy told the story of her youthful love. It was followed by the singles “You’re Just Yours,” “Pina Colada,” and “Freebie.”
Chebotina also collaborates with other increasingly popular performers - for example, together with DONI, a ward of the Black Star music label, she recorded the song “Rendezvous”. The director of the video, released in 2021, was Rustam Romanov.
Song by Lucy Chebotina “Rendezvous”
In addition, the girl has acting experience behind her. True, Lucy cannot yet boast of an extensive filmography. She starred in episodes of the children's humor magazine "Yeralash", in extras in feature films, and played the little goat Dora in the family musical "Toothy Nanny".
Music career
Lyusya Chebotina gained fame thanks to her cover version of the song “Teddy bear” by the group Kadebostany. The singer’s friends and parents advised her to post a video of the re-sings online. The girl did just that, and in the morning she discovered that her video had been posted on several public pages. Over the next couple of months, the number of her subscribers increased to 100 thousand people.
Lucy tried her hand at the Ukrainian show “The Voice”
At the same time as promoting her own page, Lucy tried to participate in music television shows. She went to auditions for the Russian show “The Voice” three times, choosing unusual compositions to perform, but she failed to hook the jury. Then Lucy decided to try her hand at the Ukrainian show “The Voice”.
To perform at the blind audition, the girl chose the song “Chandelier” by singer Sia. Two members of the jury – Potap and Stanislav Vakarchuk – liked the girl’s performance. Lyusya decided to join Vakarchuk’s team and, under his leadership, performed 4 compositions. Lucy dropped out of this project after the first live broadcast.
During this period, Lyudmila begins to perform compositions of her own composition. Her very first works:
- "No problem";
- "Freebie";
- “You’re just your...”;
- "Let's forget."
Lyusya also recorded joint music tracks with Dzhigan (“Let Go”) and Alexander Fomenkov (“Breathing”).
Lyusya Chebotina joked with her subscribers by posting a post “after plastic surgery”
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The next TV show in which the girl decided to take part was the 2nd season of the show “Main Stage”. Lyusya performed the song “The Hijacker” by Irina Allegrova, who was sitting on the jury at that moment. Irina liked the slow variation of the song, as did another jury member, Diana Arbenina. However, Lucy still did not manage to stay in the project for a long time.
In 2021, Chebotina took part in the New Wave competition. The girl performed her own song “Pina Colada”, Alena Sviridova’s song “Poor Sheep” and “Wind Of Change” by the Scorpions group. Despite the fact that the main prize went to another participant, Lucy was noted as the most stylish participant in the competition and was awarded a prize - a certificate for a photo shoot.
The singer’s decision to take part in the Indian TV show “Dil Hai Hindustani” was unusual, where contestants sing songs from Bollywood films in the original language. Lyudmila says that she and her mother have long been fans of Indian films, and therefore it was especially important for her to represent Russia in this competition.
At the end of 2021, Lyusya Chebotina also became one of the jury members of the children's talent competition “Who are you?”
In addition to her musical career, Lucy also took part in filming. Thus, she has several filmed episodes for the video magazine “Yeralash” and a cameo role in the musical “Toothy Nanny”.
While participating in an Indian talent competition
Personal life
Fans can only guess about what is happening in Chebotina’s personal life. In 2015, at the “Blind Auditions” in the “Voice of Ukraine”, the girl said that she came here to win the heart of Nikita Alekseev.
Lyusya Chebotina and Nikita Alekseev
A young, attractive resident of Kiev participated in the previous season of the project, his mentor was singer Ani Lorak. The guy did not remain indifferent to Lucy’s words and spoke warmly about Chebotina’s performance, noting her vocal skill and sincerity. However, their relationship did not receive any further development.
Lyusya Chebotina
The singer does not share the details of her current personal life with anyone. Rumors regularly appear on the Internet about Lucy's affairs with popular bloggers, but none of them have been confirmed. In one of the interviews, the girl noted that she devotes herself entirely to music, so there is no time left for love yet.
Lyusya Chebotina now
Lucy continues to record cover versions of other people's hits and original songs. On her social networks, the girl shares thoughts with fans on various topics, uploads videos and photos.
Lyusya Chebotina in 2018
Chebotina had the opportunity to participate in the festival of creative youth “Generation Next”, which was held in Sochi. And on August 24, 2021, her first solo concert took place in Sukhumi (Abkhazia). The singer’s immediate plans include recording new singles and a debut album.
