Biography of Lera Didkovskaya
Lera Didkovskaya is one of the five bright and talented members of the Open Kids girl band, who managed to captivate the audience with her voice, charm and excellent movement. Since 2012, fans of the group have watched their favorite girl grow up and discover new facets of creativity. In 2021, Lera also proved herself as an actress, starring in the playful comedy-detective film “11 Children from Morshyn.”
Singer and actress Lera Didkovskaya
History of the group
The first video of the group “Open Kids” was released in 2012, this year is considered to be the year the group appeared. But the recruitment of girls into the group began much earlier. Future participants were recruited from students of the Kyiv art school “Open Art Studio” who were engaged in choreography and vocals. The girls were selected based on their dissimilar appearance; none of them knew the others before the project.
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The ideological master of the children's project was Yuri Petrov. His goal was to create a group that would be interesting to children aged 8-13. Young artists had to create the image of a bright, fashionable, modern girl, passionate about the right things, and negative about bad habits. It must arouse interest and pleasant impressions among young people so that they want to imitate it.
Yura Petrov, creating the image of “Kids”, decided that it should be something completely opposite to the scandalous duet “Tatu”, whose popularity is due to the demonstration of teenage intimate relationships and non-traditional sexual orientation.
The original composition of the Open Kids group was as follows:
- Angelina Romanovskaya – 11 years old;
- Yulia Gamaliy – 9 years old;
- Vika Vernik – 12 years old;
- Lera Didkovskaya – 11 years old;
- Anya Bobrovskaya – 9 years old.
Childhood
Kiev resident Valeria Didkovskaya was born on April 17, 2000 in the family of Snezhana and Ruslan Didkovsky. Lera grew up with her older brother Vladislav, from childhood she showed creative abilities and dreamed that one day she would become a singer.
Lera Didkovskaya in childhood
In 2010, Lera’s parents took Lera to the Kyiv “talent forge,” the famous Open Art Studio, where teachers were able to help the girl unlock her potential. The young artist studied vocal skills with Tanya Panshina, and choreography with Yana Zaets; the girl also studied percussion instruments, combining her studies at school with a busy schedule of classes.
In 2011, the founder and director of the studio, Yuri Petrov, conceived a bold project: to create a teen group whose work would not only be interesting to children of all ages, but would also be an example for them and a powerful incentive for development.
Lera Didkovskaya as a child with her family
Based on the results of mentors’ observations and casting, five bright, talented girls were selected for the girl band, among whom was Lera. Lera called the moment when she found out that she would become part of the group the happiest in her life. Also participating in the youth project, which was destined to become a powerful teenage trendsetter and one of the most beautiful and professional girl groups, were Anya Bobrovskaya, Vika Vernik (later left the group), Angelina Romanovskaya and Yulia Gamaliy.
Lera Didkovskaya and Vika Vernik
Liza Didkovskaya and Lera Didkovskaya
Lisa often films joint videos with other bloggers and media personalities. In one video, the guests were Lera Didkovskaya, a member of a popular pop group. The joint video received a record number of views for the girl’s channel.
Lisa and Lera Didkovsky in the joint video “It Was or Wasn’t”
Many subscribers began to have thoughts about the relationship between the girls. Surprisingly, they are similar in many ways. Both were born in April, live in Kyiv and have the same last name. In addition, the blogger and singer have similar names. Soon Lisa denied the rumors. She noted that they only have friendly relations with Lera. The rest of the points are just a coincidence.
Such PR was beneficial to both girls. After the joint video, their audience increased significantly. Especially Lisa. After the video was released, several thousand people subscribed to her channel.
Be Open! Be yourself!
Since 2012, the biography of the young star has been inseparable from the history of Open Kids. The release of the first video clip of the new teen group caused an enthusiastic reaction from both teenage audiences and adult viewers. The composition “Show Girls” became a loud statement for the group’s future victories, and after the girls’ first appearance on TV, where they performed in support of the participants in the show “Everybody Dance,” the whole country started talking about the young artists. Lera Didkovskaya in the Open Kids group with the first song “Show Girls” During the first three years of its existence, the popularity of the Ukrainian girl band spread beyond the borders of its native Ukraine, and teenagers from the CIS countries and neighboring countries joined the large army of girls’ fans. Video clips for the compositions “For Dessert”, “It Seems”, “Don’t Dance” received an incredible number of views on YouTube. In 2015, the group gave its first solo concert in one of the most fashionable clubs in Kyiv, and in 2021 they already went on a tour of Ukrainian cities and performed in Moscow. In the same year, the collection of creative victories of young artists was replenished with the MusicBox award, and the following year with the RU.TV and Main Characters awards.
Lera Didkovskaya in the group “Open Kids”
Although each girl in the group has excellent vocal abilities and dancing skills, Lera still stands out among them as the most accomplished, although very young, artist. An undoubted factor that influenced the growth of Lera’s popularity is her appearance, which corresponds to the canons of the modeling business: with a fairly high height of 170 centimeters, the girl’s weight is only 45 kilograms.
Valeria also writes poetry, she is the co-author of many of the group’s songs, which were included in the long-awaited debut album under the original name “Hulla Bubba”.
Creative activity
In 2012, Yuri Petrov, together with the leader of the Nerves group, decided to create a new project. They chose the five most promising girls from the Open Kids Studio school and united them into a musical group. Valeria Didkovskaya was also among the participants. In addition to her, the team included: Anna Bobrovskaya, Angelina Romanovskaya, Yulia Gamaliy and Elizaveta Kostyakina. This is how the famous group “Open Kids” was formed.
A warm relationship quickly developed between the girls. In 2012, the group loudly announced itself for the first time with the “Show Girls” video. Since then, the artists have been constantly adding new songs to their repertoire. In 2015, a video for the song “Don’t Dance” was shot. He received the Breakthrough Award from Europe Plus TV.
In 2021, Lera, as part of the group, went on her first full tour of the cities of Ukraine.
Over the next years, Didkovskaya did a lot of work as part of the Open Kids group. One of the most successful was the song “Coolest of All,” recorded together with Quest Pistols Show. In 2020, the team pleased fans with videos for the songs “Exboyfriend”, “Crime”, “LMNP”.
Personal life of Lera Didkovskaya
The young star leads an active life on the Internet, which is what Valeria calls one of the most important components of success.
In an interview, the girl says that no matter how busy she is, she always finds time to communicate with fans on VKontakte and Instagram and firmly follows the principles of “saying what you think” and “doing what you love.” After graduating from school in 2021, Valeria became a student at the Kyiv University of Theater, Film and Television. The personal life of the star is of particular interest to her fans, but Lera claims that she has not yet met a guy with whom she would agree to date. It is known that the girl lives in Kyiv with her parents, and devotes her free time to hobbies - playing percussion instruments, reading, going to the cinema and walking with her dog, a baby Yorkie named Porsche.
Lera Didkovskaya’s height is 167 cm
By the way, Porsche is an Instagram star; by the beginning of 2021, almost 15 thousand subscribers had subscribed to him! Porsche is a very fashionable guy, he loves to play, dress in bright suits, try on glasses and caps, and take pictures, however, it is not Lera who runs the funny dog’s page, but her dad Ruslan.
Lera Didkovskaya's pet
Lisa Didkovskaya and Nastya Tropitsel
Nastya Tropitsel is a blogger who managed to earn her first million at the age of 15. It is not surprising that the girls made joint content. They started releasing videos in 2021. Their collaborations allowed them to increase their audience. According to the girls, they had a strong friendship. Unfortunately, their paths diverged.
Lera Didkovskaya now
After the release of the album “Hulla Bubba,” Lera, like other members of the group, published a post on social networks about preparations for the farewell tour, which upset a large and multinational army of fans.
But in fact, the girls meant the beginning of a new, adult stage of their creativity. At the beginning of 2021, the group will visit many cities in Russia, and will also perform in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Open Kids - Pod Morning It is also known that Lera took part in the filming of the adventure-comedy detective story “11 Children from Morshyn”, in which she plays one of the main characters. Also in the film were Ada Rogovtseva, Sergei Babkin, Alexander Skichko and other Ukrainian stars. The Ukrainian premiere of the film took place in January 2021. Sergey Babkin, the Detki group, and, of course, Open Kids performed in front of the guests who came to the most anticipated premiere of the film season.
What does he do in his free time?
Elizaveta Didkovskaya spends all her free time filming videos for YouTube. The fact is that it takes several days to prepare one plot. Lisa has her own operator. Recently, a blogger came up with a series of interesting stories for YouTube called “One Day in a New Profession.” Lisa has already tried herself as a teacher, salesperson, and waiter.
At the end of January 2021, the girl posted a new work on YouTube - “24 hours salesperson in Nadya Dorofeeva’s store.” In just a month, this video received 124 thousand views.
There are several videos on Elizabeth's YouTube about what she likes to do on the weekends. The girl loves to swim in the pool. If this is not possible, she simply does exercises at home or runs outside. In the summer, Lisa prefers to relax in southern resorts. During each trip, the girl always takes several pictures for Instagram and videos for YouTube.
Fame
The date of birth of the group is considered to be October 11, 2012. On this day, the premiere of the “Show Girls” video took place. However, success came to the girls gradually, the reason for this was the underdevelopment of social networks, where the group could also be advertised. The only place for promotion was TV.
In 2014, the money spent on a bright video straight from Germany completely paid off thanks to the charming song “For Dessert.” After which a series of compositions flashed by and already in 2015 Open Kids won the “Europa Plus TV” chart. Broadcasting the clips on the TV channel will bring the girls incredible popularity, which is why their first solo concert will be organized in the same year.
In 2021 Anna Muzafarova joins the group. With her appearance, things began to go much better, because they, newcomers to the industry, managed to get a collaboration with Quest Pistols. The joint track was called “Coolest of all.” The hard work was appreciated at the annual music ceremony; Open Kids, although they did not win the “Project of the Year” nomination, but according to the listeners, they were definitely in the running for it.
The girls are growing up, and romantic lyrics are replacing fiery compositions. The song dedicated to teenage love is called very simply - “It seems.” Fans consider this particular time to be a turning point for the creativity of Open Kids. All subsequent works will deal with important social and global issues.
The news came as a huge shock in 2021. Are Open Kids ending their careers? A farewell post appeared on Instagram. The participants urged their listeners not to be sad, even though the tour across the country in 2021 will be the last. However, the producer of the group, Yuri Petrov, denies the disintegration of the composition, most likely Open Kids is transforming into its improved version, after all, the girls are no longer 13.
Currently, the album Hulla Bubba has been released, consisting of 7 tracks. In March, the group received an award from the Nickelodeon Choice Awards for Favorite Music Video.
Creative path
In 2010, the girl’s creative path began. Then the parents sent Leroux to the Open Art Studio, where children and teenagers practice singing, playing various musical instruments, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, drawing and acting. Lera began studying vocals and drumming, and she also became one of the best students in her dance group.
In 2012, Yuri Petrov, producer of Open Art Studio and, later, producer of the Open Kids group, and Evgeny Milkovsky, leader of the Nerves group, invited Lera and four other girls to become members of a new musical group.
In her interviews, Valeria said that the offer was quite unexpected: the girls did not think that they would be one of the best in the studio. The main difficulty in creating the group, according to the grown-up participants, was doubting parents. The relatives of not all the girls were ready to give their consent to their daughter’s participation in the group, but through joint efforts the adults were convinced, and for good reason.
In addition to Didkovskaya, the group included Angelina Romanovskaya, Anya Bobrovskaya, Yulia Gimaliy and Vika Vernik. The last member left the group in 2015, having managed to record several hits with the girls. In the same year, Anya Muzafarova, and later Lisa Kostyakina, became a new colleague of Lera and other Open Kids participants.
Lera is the oldest of the Open Kids, although all the girls in the group are about the same age. In the first years of the team’s existence, Didkovskaya shared that she sometimes kept an eye on the other girls.
Open Kids' first success came at the end of 2012, when their first hit "Show Girls" was released. There, the girls showed their vocal skills in several musical genres at once: pop, hip-hop, R&B and mixed genres. At the same time, Lera gained her first popularity, like the rest of the girls.
In 2015, the girls’ song “Don’t Dance” and its video were awarded the “Breakthrough” nomination according to the Europa Plus TV channel.
The following year, Open Kids managed to organize a big tour of Russia; in the same year, the girls recorded the song “Coolest of All” with the famous group Quest Pistols Show and filmed a video in one of the Kyiv schools.
For reasons still unknown, most recently, in the fall of 2021, the group’s producer Yuri Petrov announced a complete change in the composition of the group. Over these 8 years, Open Kids have recorded more than a dozen hits that have become favorites for many girls and boys. Valeria shared her thoughts that she believes that the Open Kids group has every chance of becoming world famous, and one day this will certainly happen.
In addition to music, Leroux is also attracted to acting: in 2021, the young singer starred in the series “11 Children from Morshyn.”
Family and childhood
Valeria Didkovskaya was born on April 17, 2000; this spring the already established artist turned 20 years old.
Lera spent her childhood in the capital of Ukraine - Kyiv. Lera has said many times that she has always been drawn to creativity. According to Valeria’s confessions, her parents supported their daughter in this, and therefore, when the future star turned 10 years old, her parents sent her to a large creative studio.
Lera is currently studying at the Kiev University of Theatre, Film and Television. There the girl receives a profession as a TV presenter.