Childhood
The future YouTube star was born and spent her childhood in Moscow. The girl was actively involved in various sports, preferring swimming, horse riding, figure skating, golf and tennis. However, Sasha was a fragile and sickly child, and at the age of 7, doctors diagnosed her with asthma. Alexandra needed a warm and dry climate, so her parents decided to move to Cyprus. After changing her place of residence, the girl quickly recovered.
Sasha Spielberg spent her childhood in Cyprus
She went to first grade in Cyprus, but over the years of her studies Sasha changed several schools. The girl liked to study, she had many friends and a lot of opportunities for development. In his early school years, Sasha showed musical abilities. In the 5th grade, she first appeared on the school stage as part of an amateur musical group. Sasha Spielberg's first song Soon the family returned to Moscow, but the girl greatly missed her many Cypriot friends. Sasha had a hard time getting used to the new environment and it was during this period that she became interested in virtual reality. To distract their daughter from the Internet and provide her with a quality education, her parents sent her to an American boarding school. Alexandra did not like the new educational institution, but this experience provided her with excellent knowledge of the English language.
Biography
Sasha Spielberg was born on November 27, 1997 in Moscow. The girl's real name is Balkovskaya. However, the girl herself does not tell and does not use it. She lived in Russia until she was 7 years old, but after she was diagnosed with asthma, her parents decided to take care of the girl’s health. To do this, the whole family moved to Cyprus, where the climate is warmer and is conducive to treatment.
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This decision turned out to be justified, and over time Sasha felt much better. And if before that, the girl was lethargic and immobile, then there she began to play sports. She was interested in tennis, horse riding, figure skating, and golf. While still in elementary school, she decided to connect her life with music. She often performed at school events with a group of classmates.
Upon returning to Moscow, Sasha began to actively develop her vocal abilities. The biggest problem was missing my friends who remained in Cyprus. In order to maintain close communication with them, the girl sat at the computer for a long time, immersed in correspondence. During the same period of her life, she began posting her first covers on YouTube.
The parents were concerned that their daughter was spending all her free time on the Internet, and decided to send her to study at a boarding school located in America. But even there, Sasha found time to record and post videos.
Video blogger career
After returning from Cyprus to Moscow, Alexandra withdrew into herself, spent a lot of time at the computer and communicated via the Internet with Cypriot friends.
Especially for them, she began to post various videos prepared in English online. Suddenly, the videos of the 14-year-old girl became interested in many other foreigners, and therefore the number of her subscribers grew rapidly. The life of Sasha Spielberg, drawn by herself After the girl began regularly posting interesting videos in her native language, the number of subscribers broke all records. In 2010, Sasha opened her personal YouTube channel, where she posted mainly musical content. It should be noted that Sasha Spielberg is a pseudonym that the girl was forced to take by agreement with her parents. They gave her complete freedom online with the condition that no one would know her real name. Of course, the great secrecy gave rise to numerous rumors. According to one version, the blogger’s real name is Alexandra Balkovskaya, but there was no reliable confirmation of this information.
Sasha Spielberg about his pseudonym
Two years later, Sasha decided to create a second channel, which turned into her personal blog. There the girl shared her impressions about clothes, fashion, cosmetics, travel, etc. Moreover, the blog began to bring Spielberg considerable income, because she actively advertised the products of the most famous brands, for example, Procter & Gamble.
This company had a bad reputation for testing cosmetic products on animals, so some Internet users were critical of Sasha’s cooperation with this company, and even the monetization of his video blog in general. It was the blogger’s colleagues who especially often expressed dissatisfaction: Dima Vector, Dmitry Larin, Milena Chizhova, Igor Sinyak. But the girl was not worried about such remarks, especially since she knew the blogger “kitchen” very well. On this topic, Sasha once stated: “I’ll say, without naming names, that those who say they don’t do advertising are simply lying.”
Sasha Spielberg plays Sims 4 Sasha Spielberg's projects have become increasingly popular and in demand. This was even appreciated by the organizers of YouTube, who presented the blogger with the “Golden Button” award. This prize is awarded only to millionaire YouTubers, i.e. owners of channels with a million subscribers or more.
Sasha Spielberg and cats
At the same time, Sasha did not forget about her long-time passion for singing. She covered many hits of other artists, and then began working on her own hits. Since 2013, the girl began performing in Moscow clubs. As Sasha Spielberg herself said, there was some luck here: “I was very lucky with the first concert. A fan of the late Amy Winehouse found a video of me singing her song on YouTube and suggested I perform at a concert. I rehearsed for a month and sang in a Moscow club at a private party. They paid me 60 thousand.”
Sasha Spielberg is one of the most popular video bloggers
At the same concert, the girl resorted to a little trick. She performed one of her songs, passing it off as Amy's early composition. The concert organizer appreciated the resourcefulness of the aspiring singer and advised her to continue working on her own creativity.
In October 2013, the number of subscribers on Sasha’s second channel reached 100 thousand. In honor of this event, Sasha posted a video in which she announced the release of her debut music album in the spring of 2014.
Sasha Spielberg's songs are consistently successful
Among her first works, the most successful was the composition “Gatsby’s Girl”, written after reading F. Fitzgerald’s famous novel “The Great Gatsby” and the release of the film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daisy Buchanan.
Of course, the success of the young girl aroused increased interest and criticism invariably followed. Thus, many claimed that Sasha received a huge number of subscribers thanks to advertising purchased by her parents on Omsk television. The young blogger was harshly criticized by her “colleagues” Dmitry Kiselev and Anna Lilika, who released a series of videos entitled “You are not reviewers, you are shit.”
In 2014, at the Video People festival, a scandal occurred between Sasha Spielberg and beauty blogger Milena Chizhova, in which even the mothers of both girls were involved. It was alleged that Milena constantly criticized Sasha for advertising Procter & Gamble. For this reason, at the end of the festival, Sasha’s mother allegedly attacked Milena and began to choke her, demanding that she no longer insult her daughter. In turn, her mother came to Milena’s aid. It all ended in a fight. As a result, Milena’s mother even went to court, but she was denied consideration of the case. However, many PR experts and video bloggers argued that this was not a real conflict, but a well-thought-out PR campaign.
Sasha Spielberg had a conflict with blogger Milena Chizhova
In 2015, Sasha prepared a special program, which was broadcast on the RU TV channel. The 17-year-old blogger was entrusted with talking about numerous new products appearing on the Internet. 24 three-minute episodes were aired, but then the show closed. Sasha was also a guest on the talk show “Let Them Talk” (Channel One) and “Main Stage” (Russia 1).
Sasha’s musical career was also actively developing. Thus, in 2015, special attention was attracted by the release of such compositions as “Your Shadow” and “I Promise,” performed in a duet with Alexander Panayotov.
Sasha Spielberg and Alexander Panayotov - I promise In addition, Sasha Spielberg’s ballad “Love is Scary” became the soundtrack to the film “He is the Dragon” (2015). Sasha Spielberg even managed to act as a fashion model. In 2015, it was her photo that graced the cover of one of the issues of Elle Girl magazine.
Sasha Spielberg posed for the cover of Elle Girl
In 2021, the blogger delighted fans with the new song “Melt the Ice,” prepared together with the talented DJ RUDENKO. This composition was created specifically to support the youth ice cream brand Cornetto. Sasha Spielberg – Melt the Ice (ft. RUDENKO) In October of the same year, the joint composition of Sasha Spielberg and Alexey Vorobyov was released.
Musician and blogger recorded a song together
At the same time, Sasha Spielberg, in the company of other popular “YouTubers” (Maryana Ro and Ivangay), appeared in the film “Hack Bloggers” produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The girl also played a cameo in the fifth part of the New Year comedy “Christmas Trees” (2016).
Career path of Sasha Spielberg
After returning home, Sasha really missed her friends left in Cyprus and constantly communicated with them via the Internet. She began recording cover versions of popular songs and her own musical works, uploading them to a YouTube channel created in 2010. The activity was aimed at an English-speaking audience. This period was marked by the appearance of the first English-speaking, and later Russian-speaking subscribers. In the same year, Spielberg became the official owner of a music channel on YouTube as a minor.
In 2012, Sasha is creating a second channel, on which she describes cosmetics, fashion trends, clothing, fashion, and travel.
Sasha tries to bring positivity to the audience and cares about quality content: she films, edits, writes the script and selects music herself.
In the fall of 2013, the number of subscribers reached 100,000, in honor of which Spielberg released a special video in which she shared her plans to create her first music album. During this same period, advertising offers begin to arrive. So for her first description of cosmetics, Sasha earned 100,000 rubles.
On her channel, Sasha performed an Amy Winehouse song, and the singer’s fans invited the blogger to a private party in a Moscow club. After a month-long rehearsal in 2013, she gave a concert, and her work was appreciated. Spielberg earned 60,000 rubles.
In 2015, the music channel Ru.tv began airing the author’s show “Spielberg Vlog,” where for three minutes Sasha described new developments and tendencies on the Internet. After 24 episodes, the show closed. The press service of the Russian Media Group reported that this was an experiment with the video blog format; the issue of further development of the direction has not yet been resolved.
During the same period, not only numerous fans, but also enemies appeared in the blogger’s biography. During her activities, Sasha managed to quarrel with her colleagues: Milena Chizhova, Ekaterina Trofimova (Katya Klap), Igor Sinyak, Dmitry Larin.
Sasha Spielberg not only runs a YouTube channel, but also sings in Russian and English. At the same time, the girl often independently composes the words and music for her songs.
Sasha’s singing biography dates back to 2013, her first song is Love. Currently, the blogger’s discography includes more than a dozen songs, each of which has a video filmed.
Spielberg starred in several films where she played herself:
- “Hack the Bloggers” (2016);
- “Yolki 5” (2016);
- “The last Christmas trees” (2018).
Interviews with the blogger were published in various magazines, including Sobaka.ru, OOPS, Yes. In 2015, a photograph of the girl graced the cover of Elle Girl.
The young Internet star is the owner of the silver and gold YouTube buttons - awards awarded by the portal to channel authors when they reach a certain number of subscribers.
Alexandra Balkovskaya in the State Duma
In the spring of 2021, Alexandra Balkovskaya conducts a nine-minute video interview with Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. Subsequently, the Internet star described the government official very positively, but at the same time admitted that she was very worried.
In May of the same year, the girl participates in parliamentary hearings, where she describes the activities of bloggers and her view on youth policy. According to Sasha herself, her mission is to establish connections between the state and society, which includes the beginning of dialogue.
Sasha’s speech in the Duma was negatively received by the majority of colleagues who consider Spielberg an unworthy representative of the blogging community.
Personal life of Sasha Spielberg
In high school, Sasha studied at a closed boarding school, which she really disliked. But it was within its walls that the girl first fell in love. The first love turned out to be bright, but short-lived. After Sasha returned to Russia, her relationship with her boyfriend gradually faded away.
Officially verified YouTube channel owner
The YouTube star has always carefully hidden her personal life. Of course, she was often credited with having affairs with other video bloggers. So, there was talk about the blogger’s romantic relationship with Ivan Rudsky (Ivangay). But later it turned out that this was nothing more than wild fantasies of fans.
Sasha Spielberg at a bloggers' meeting
In June 2021, Sasha Spielberg publicly announced her relationship for the first time. Sasha’s lover was Parul, a young man from San Francisco whom she met at one of the friendly parties. Now Parul is a regular guest in Sasha’s videos.
Who is Sasha Spielberg: how old, real name
Sasha Spielberg's real name is Balkovskaya. Born on November 27, 1997, currently lives in Moscow. She lived and studied abroad for a long time (in Italy, Switzerland), so she speaks excellent English. On his channel he talks about his personal life and writes music. In addition, she acts in films and is a model. The activity began in 2010.
Sasha is one of the most popular bloggers
The first reward she received for advertising cosmetic products was about 100,000 rubles. Moreover, she holds the championship among teenagers in gaining 100 thousand and a million subscribers on the channel.
Sasha’s earnings, according to her dad, are about a million rubles a month (from advertising).
Father Alexander Balkovsky is a co-owner of Z-Agency, a YouTube partner company that promotes bloggers (hence his daughter’s popularity). In 2021, together with Ivangay and Maryana Ro, Sasha Spielberg appeared in Timur Bekmambetov’s extremely unsuccessful film “Hack the Bloggers.”
The girl is actively engaged in modeling
Interestingly, the girl herself is a fan of blogger Bethany Mota, and her favorite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio. Moreover, the blogger managed to speak in the State Duma on May 22, 2021, where she advised deputies to focus on pursuing their policies on the Internet.
Sasha Spielberg today
Unlike other bloggers who started their activities at the same time as Sasha, her career continues to rise and has long gone beyond YouTube. By the way, in 2021, the number of views of Sasha’s videos on the video platform reached 1 billion – this is how Spielberg became the most popular female blogger in Russia. At the same time, she released two musical compositions with videos - the songs “Medlyak” and “Time is Water.” Both videos were watched by a million people. Sasha Spielberg - Medlyak In 2021, Sasha Spielberg became the host of the television project “Dom-2”. In the first few episodes, the blogger worked in “test” mode - according to the organizers of the program, it was necessary to check whether Sasha would work well with the team and whether the audience would like it. Obviously, it was successful - since the summer of 2020, Spielberg has been the full-fledged host of the project. In the fall of the same year, she visited the television program “You are Super!” as a celebrity guest.
Sasha Spielberg became a frequent guest on TV.
At the end of September 2021, Sasha Spielberg presented her first solo album in Russian. “Gabion” includes 12 compositions that combine hip-hop and pop styles.
