Fragile blonde, ex-soloist of the group “Brilliant”, popular host of various shows, Yulia Kovalchuk, long ago and not so long ago married her stage colleague Alexei Chumakov. The relationship between the two bright stars of Russian show business has lasted for almost ten years, which is a serious period for the free morals of this world.

How it all began

Before Alexey Chumakov and Yulia Kovalchuk started living together, they had known each other for five years. At the same time, Yulia considered Alexey to be a representative of a non-traditional orientation.

Although Yulia has noted Alexey for herself since the time of the “People’s Artist” project, in which the singer participated at the dawn of his career. Julia always liked this type of man.

They began to communicate on the project “Dancing on Ice. Velvet Season" in 2007. One day, Yulia unexpectedly opened up and admitted to a stranger at that time, a colleague on the project Alexey Chumakov, that she wanted to leave Blestyashchie. Quite unexpectedly for the girl, Alexey supported her: “You will succeed.”

After the project, he invited the singer to his concert, and she invited him to the presentation. After one of the events, Alexey Chumakov and Yulia Kovalchuk met at the after-party - and that’s it, chemistry arose!

Long road to the registry office

Despite the chemistry, the lovers did not formalize their relationship for a long time. At first, they completely hid their romance, but the world of show business is small, and they still had to show their cards.

In numerous interviews, Yulia noted that the stamp in the passport is not the main thing, it is not a guarantee of a happy family life and fidelity.

Alexey admitted that he sometimes noticed that Yulia was waiting for this step from him, but he himself was not ready.

He said that Yulia was a smart girl, and never even started talking about marriage.

Perhaps she immediately realized that Alexei could not be put under pressure. A man brought up in Eastern traditions (Alexey from Samarkand), he always believed that a man should make serious decisions himself.

Julia just waited patiently and waited.

This happened shortly after the couple purchased a house in Spain, on the Costa Brava. The young people began to spend several months a year together - the sea, the sun, and romance did their job, and Alexey proposed to Yulia.

They got married in 2013 in one of the Moscow registry offices. There were no witnesses, no guests, only the bride and groom. They signed and kissed. “Hey, you, husband!”, -, !Hey, you, wife!” We jumped out of the registry office; it was raining outside.

The wedding took place in Spain in an old Catalan mansion.

Julia's pregnancy and the birth of her daughter

In 2017, the public learned that stars Alexey Chumakov and Yulia Kovalchuk were expecting an addition to the family. The couple was in their own spirit - they hid this fact until the last. Julia actively performed, starred in a video, and recorded an album. And when the girl’s shape acquired very unambiguous shapes, the artists decided to interview Vadim Vernik.

Alexey said that his wife behaves “like a real man” during pregnancy, no whims and messages for cucumbers in the desert. Yulia said that Alexey is very supportive of her and always finds the right words to calm her down.

Publication from Singer, Tv Presenter, Actress(@juliakovalchuk) Oct 14, 2017 at 12:19 pm PDT

It soon became known that Alexey Chumakov and Yulia Kovalchuk became parents: a girl was born to the couple in one of the Moscow clinics. The happy mother posted a photo of her little heels on Instagram, and Alexey congratulated his wife on the release of a new video clip for the song “The Sky in Your Eyes,” in which pregnant Julia starred.

Family life and trust

At the very beginning of the relationship, the lovers agreed that everything would be built only on trust. Alexey has a lot of fans, Julia has also always been the center of attention of men. When two such bright, attractive and popular people begin to live together, it is simply impossible to do otherwise than on trust.

They also had their own agreements. If neither he nor she is on tour, then they always spend the night together. For some time they lived outside the city, and the journey took about three hours. Despite this, the young always tried to get home.

One day, during intense filming in the “One on One” project, Alexey called and said that he was staying overnight in Moscow, at a hotel. Julia only doubted for a second, but then pulled herself together. The filming was indeed difficult; the makeup process alone took several hours.

Interesting notes:

Alexey Chumakov and Yulia Kovalchuk admit that trust for them is not just nice words. Spouses practically do not give each other reasons for jealousy. Even scandal-hungry reporters are unable to catch them cheating.

Once on Instagram, Julia jokingly posted a photo against the backdrop of a tree, the branches looked like antlers. “My husband cheated on me. He says just once." Subscribers did not understand the humor, and began to discuss with all their might the unfaithful Alexei, and the unscrupulous homewreckers, and in general, “men-goats.” Julia noted that this was just a joke, but the fans could not be stopped.

The creativity of the star couple overlaps, but not in terms of music. Alexey says that Yulia has her own audience - young and reckless, like herself. Alexey has a more restrained, thoughtful audience. Therefore, the couple does not arrange joint concerts.

Meanwhile, they starred in the film “I’ll Get Married Urgently,” where they played the main roles. The script was written for them, but the couple made a requirement - a separate dressing room. Because you can’t be together 24 hours a day. Especially spouses. Perhaps this is the secret of the couple's longevity.

Julia Kovalchuk(married - Chumakova) was born on November 12, 1982 in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region. Her mother, Svetlana Vasilievna, was a teacher at a polytechnic college, and her father, Oleg Alexandrovich, was the chief designer of a design institute. Julia grew up in the company of her older sister Zhanna.

Yulia Kovalchuk: “My dad and I went fishing almost every weekend. I knew everything about her, but, unfortunately, I wasn’t very interested in books. There just wasn't enough time for them. School, clubs... I didn’t even go out as often as my peers. But I don’t regret it at all: it was my choice. I am sure that in order to achieve something, you need to work. At least nothing has ever fallen from the sky on me.”

Yulia Kovalchuk was persistent and showed leadership qualities even as a child. The girl did gymnastics, but during a competition, performing a somersault, she seriously injured her back. Yulia’s mother made a decision - her daughter would leave sports for a choreography club, although the doctors convinced her that after a rehabilitation course her sports career could be continued. From preschool age, Yulia was interested in dancing. From the age of six she danced at the Rusinka center, and later moved to the Venets folk ensemble. Despite all the additional workload, Kovalchuk devoted a lot of time to her homework; often her parents carried the sleeping girl from her desk to bed in her arms. A little later, Yulia became an activist of the city committee for youth affairs: the girl was entrusted with public work. At the age of 14, she earned a ticket to Orlyonok.

“From there I returned matured and declared that I wanted to sing. I entered an evening music school and in two years, instead of the required four, I graduated from the guitar class.”

From the age of seventeen, Yulia Kovalchuk performed in her own pop dance group “Elite”. Her group became the best in the region and represented the city at a dance competition in St. Petersburg.

Yulia was advised to enroll in the choreography department of the Moscow University of Arts by its dean, who noted the girl’s talent at the festival. Recruitment to the prestigious university for the choreography department took place every three years. The enrollment year was in the 10th grade. Then the future artist set herself the task of finishing the 10th and 11th grades in a year. After 9th grade, she goes to study at a technical school, where in the first year they take the program for two senior classes at once, and at the same time attend classes at evening school. She graduated from the educational institution with honors and left for Moscow. The course recruited 25 people, of which there were eight budget places. Yulia Kovalchuk successfully passed the exams, entered on a free basis and began a new life in the capital.

Yulia Kovalchuk: “In my life, everything works out only when I strive very hard for something. Nothing just attracts me, I need to want and achieve. But even if something doesn’t work out yet, I know how to improve my mood.”

Creative career of Yulia Kovalchuk

In 2001, on the advice of friends, Julia went to the casting of the group “ Shiny", where dancers were recruited for a new program. While in line, the producer of a pop group noticed her, and he immediately liked the girl. At the casting, she performed several of her songs and left coordinates. Afterwards, Kovalchuk went to rest with peace of mind; this was her last student summer. On July 31, a call came from Moscow: Yulia was expected in the capital to work as the lead singer of the group “Brilliant”. In 2001, she already performed in the ballet “Brilliant”, and then became a soloist, taking the place of the departed Olga Orlova. Together with the group, Julia released three CDs, recording a total of about 40 songs. Her debut as a member of the star team took place in the video clip “Ay-Ay”, after which the singer appeared in eight more music videos “ Brilliant».

Yulia Kovalchuk: “I always understood that “Brilliant” for me was a kind of school from which sooner or later I would have to leave. I didn’t sing exactly the songs that I wanted, I didn’t work with the dedication with which I could have - no matter what I did on stage, there were still four of us, and the general feeling was that of a collective, and not of an individual.” .

In 2006, Yulia received a diploma with honors from the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, and a year later she became a participant in Drive Dance School, a master class of English choreographers. In 2007, the artist took part in the program "Dancing on Ice. The Velvet season", ice show on the Rossiya TV channel. Her partner was the five-time US champion Peter Chernyshev. In 2009, she performed together with Roman Kostomarov in the First Channel project “Ice Age. A fabulous continuation." What is noteworthy is that in both television competitions, Yulia and her partner took first place.

In the winter of 2008, the girl left the group "Brilliant" and launched a solo career under the guidance of a famous producer Marata Khairutdinova.

Yulia Kovalchuk: “I told the producers about leaving. This was in the summer of 2007. “Are you crazy? Don’t go, we’ll make you a solo career here too.” And I answered: “No, I want to do everything myself, everything is different, everything from the beginning.” We agreed that I would work in the group for another six months to prepare a replacement for myself. Because before that Ksyusha Novikova and Anya Semenovich left - the team was replaced almost completely.”

Julia's debut solo song was the composition "Push me" which the composer wrote Konstantin Arsenev. The track topped the music charts and was in heavy rotation. Kovalchuk’s career, therefore, was immediately successful. In the fall of the same year, she dared to take part in the seventh season of the reality show “The Last Hero” and took second place.

Yulia Kovalchuk: “Now it won’t be difficult for me to clean fish with a can of canned food. Or catch fish, for example, with a mosquito net: we caught tiny fish with it, then made a stew out of them, it was very tasty! On Survivor, part of my finger was cut off after five days on the island. Everything in life was difficult and is still being given, every second there is a certain test and awareness of oneself. Probably, there, on the island, I once again realized that I was a fairly strong person. When it comes to difficult situations, I can probably handle a lot. For me, the island became a serious and unique life test.”

Songs Yuli Kovalchuk- “The Last Hero”, “Fly Away”, “Right in the Heart” - sound on different radio waves: “Russian Radio”, “Europe Plus”, “First Popular”, “Humor FM”, “Mayak”, “Love radio”, "Autoradio". And the composition “The Last Hero” was recorded together with showman Tahir Mamedov immediately after participating in the 2008 Channel One project “The Last Hero. Forgotten in Paradise ", where Yulia took second place. The singer did not intend to stop there and in 2009 joined the Russian national team in the “Big Race” project, which defeated the teams of the USA, China and Belarus.

On June 18, 2015, the singer’s debut solo album, JK 2015, was released, the name of which is formed by Julia’s initials, written in Latin, and the year the disc was released. The words and music of four songs from this album, work on which lasted five years, were written by Yulia herself. The video clip for the first single from this album, the song “Into the Smoke,” was directed by Denis Khrushchev, and the main role in it was played by Mikhail Evgrafov, a participant in the “Dancing” show on TNT.

Apart from a musical career Yulia Kovalchuk works on television projects. She became the host of a press lunch for the state project “Winners Forum” in 2009, the program "Real Sports" on the Internet channel POST TV, hit parade “cool hit TOP 10” on the MUSIC BOX channel and the author’s program “ We are talented"on "Children's Radio".

Yulia Kovalchuk: “You won’t find a person in the creative profession who wouldn’t want to play in a movie. So I decided to try it. Like most actors, I had to go through an audition. So I honestly got my role. Mikhail Efremov and Ivan Okhlobystin are real professionals, I couldn’t even dream that I would be on the same stage with them. For me this is great happiness and a great life experience.”

In 2010, the singer acted as a presenter at the “New Wave” music competition in Jurmala, and in 2011 she hosted the anniversary “New Wave”. In the fall of 2011, the “Minute of Glory” project was launched, which was also led by Yulia. She is also constantly busy as a presenter at various ceremonies and projects, for example, “People’s Brand” (First, 2010, 2011), “75 years of the traffic police” (First, 2011), a gala reception in honor of National Unity Day, “1000 days before Olympics" (TVC, 2011), "We love you, Moscow!" (TVC, 2011), “Miss Russia” (NTV, 2012), “Prom Carnival” (MUZ-TV, 2010), “Product of the Year” (MUZ-TV, 2010), “Prom on MTV” (2011), “ Miss Russian Radio" (RU-TV, 2011), Horse racing Grand Prix radio "Monte Carlo" (2011) and many others.

In 2011, she became a participant in a new non-standard television project on Channel One, “Special Assignment,” where she experienced all the hardships of army life. Also, whenever possible, the artist does not miss the chance to take part in the “Great Races”, making a significant contribution to the victories of the Russian team within the framework of the project.

In 2011 Yulia Kovalchuk broke up with the producer and started doing business on her own. She also starred in a cameo role in the comedy “The Best Movie 3-de”. On the TVC channel on New Year's Eve from December 31, 2011 to January 1, 2012, the premiere of the musical film “ New Year's SMS", in which the artist also played the main female role.

Since April 18, 2015, Yulia Kovalchuk has been the host of the rating project of the STS channel “Weighted People”, in which participants Those suffering from excess weight radically change their lives, getting rid of annoying kilograms. Kovalchuk’s colleagues on the show were coaches Irina Turchinskaya and Denis Semenikhin.

In 2016, Kovalchuk, together with Igor Vernik, hosted the fourth season of the show “One to One! "on the channel "Russia 1".

In 2018, Julia herself became the heroine of the program - she took part in the project “Muscovites Season 2” on the Domashny channel.

Personal life of Yulia Kovalchuk

Since 2008, Yulia began dating singer Alexei Chumakov, with whom they declared themselves a couple in 2009, a year after they met. However, the artists were in no hurry to register their union. Signed at the registry office Julia and Alexey October 1, 2013. They went to Italy to celebrate the celebration, where they have their own housing.

Yulia Kovalchuk: “I consider myself a very happy woman now, because I have a strong shoulder, reliability and calm next to me. Sometimes my independence takes over, but I remember in time: “No, I can’t do this on my own!” We had a stage in our lives when we, both leaders, did not want to give in to each other. But it is important for a man to understand that he is in charge. And I began to adapt. As soon as I began to give in, he began to give in too.”

Kovalchuk and Chumakov often appear together in various projects, and not only perform in the same music programs or appear as invited guests or participants on TV shows (“Where is the logic?”), but also host award ceremonies (Muz TV Prize) and programs in tandem (“Who’s on top?”, “Our Exit”), voice cartoons (“ Dazzling Barry and the Disco Worms"), act in films (" The best 3D movie"). In 2011, they played the main roles in the television musical " New Year's SMS”, and in 2015 - in the romantic comedy “I’ll Get Married Urgently”.

On July 1, 2014, the presentation of the first joint video clip between Yulia and Alexey, entitled “In Notes,” took place.

At the beginning of July 2017, information appeared in the media that the 34-year-old Yulia Kovalchuk expecting her first child. The news was confirmed by Yulia’s friend and colleague on the show “Weighted People” Irina Turchinskaya. The couple carefully hid the fact that a new addition was coming to their family. Only shortly before the birth of their first child, Alexey and Yulia gave an interview in which the singer admitted that she only recently realized that she was ripe for motherhood.

Yulia Kovalchuk: “It was important for me to achieve success in my work - this is no secret. I was a real careerist, especially at the age of 25, when I left Blestyashchie. It was morally necessary for me to prove to everyone that I could assert myself in this difficult business and become needed in the profession, even without having a producer. At that moment, Lesha was also undergoing important career changes. He left producer Evgeniy Fridlyand, and he also had to build his musical history from scratch. Therefore, to be honest, we didn’t even have time to think about children. But from the age of thirty, thoughts about motherhood began to come to me more and more often and that with all my being I was ready for this. But here our schedule made its own adjustments. We just weren't physically there at the right time in the right place. And at some point we decided to relax, realizing that everything would happen when it was supposed to happen.”

On October 13, the star couple had a daughter. The night before Alexey Chumakov presented a video for the song “The Sky is in Your Eyes,” the highlight of which was the appearance of pregnant Yulia in the frame. Filming took place on the Mediterranean coast, where the couple relaxed before the happy event.

The couple is trying to protect their daughter from media attention as best as possible. It is not only impossible to find photographs of the child on the Internet, but it is even impossible to find out the girl’s name.

The future pop star had a strong lisp as a child, and only at the age of 14, after hard studies, driven by the desire to become an artist, Yulia learned to correctly pronounce the sound “r”.

In parallel with his studies at the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts Yulia Kovalchuk I studied in absentia for two and a half years at the Saratov Socio-Economic University. Julia was prevented from graduating from a university in Saratov with a degree in municipal management by being very busy - by that time she had already become one of the “Brilliants”.

Kovalchuk dedicated the concert-presentation of the album JK 2015 to her former colleague from the group “Brilliant” Zhanna Friske, who died three days before. The singer transferred all proceeds from the sale of tickets to the event to the Konstantin Khabensky charity foundation.

Julia refused several times to take part in the show " Last Hero": firstly, she feared for her health, and secondly, she did not want to part with her for a long time Alexem Chumakov, a relationship with whom she was just beginning.

The video, which Yulia Kovalchuk and her husband filmed on a portable video camera, won the “Your Own Director” category at the RU TV Channel Awards.

When her daughter was three months old, Julia decided to take a “maternity leave” for herself: together with her baby and her husband, she flew to Spain, where the family spent a month and a half. According to the singer, the rest allowed her to fully restore her strength after the birth of her child and gave her many creative ideas for further work.

Discography of Yulia Kovalchuk

• As part of the group« Shiny»
• Oriental Tales (2005)
  Orange Paradise (2003)
  Beyond the Four Seas (2002)
  
  
• Singles
  Tili dough (2007)
  Agent 007 (2006)
  Palm trees in pairs (2005)
  My brother is a paratrooper (2005)
  Oriental Tales (2005)
  Sea Captain (2005)
  Honestly speaking (feat. Boris Moiseev) (2005)
  Like a Star (2005)
  Believed (2005)
  New Year's song (2004)
  Me and You (2003)
  Orange Song (2003)
  Crane (2002)
  And I kept flying (2002)
  Beyond the Four Seas (2002)
  Ay-ay (2001)
  
  
• Solo career
• JK 2015 (2015)
• Singles
• Between Us (2012)
  Fly Away (remix) (2009)
  Fly Away (2009)
  The Last Hero (duet with Tair Mamedov (Comedy Club)) (2009)
  Look into my eyes (duet with the group Chai together) (2008)
  Push Me (remix)
  Push Me (2008)

Filmography of Yulia Kovalchuk

I'll get married urgently (2015)
Where is the logic? (TV series 2015)
Weighted People (TV series, 2015 – ...)
The Big Question (TV series 2014)
Who's on top? (TV series 2013)
One to One (TV series, 2013 – ...)
I'm going out to look for you 2 (TV series, 2012)
Evening Urgant (TV series, 2012 – ...)
He People (TV series 2011–2013)
Long time no see (TV series, 2011)
Criminal circumstances (2011)
New Year's SMS (TV, 2011)
The best movie 3-DE (2011)
Olivier Show 2011 (TV, 2010)
New adventures of Alyonushka and Yerema (2009); voice acting
Ural dumplings (TV series, 2009 – ...)
Big Difference (TV series, 2008–2014)
My truth (TV series, 2007 – ...)
Thank God you came! (TV series, 2006–2010)
Star Factory (TV series, 2002–2007)
The Last Hero (TV series 2001–2009)

Yulia Chumakova (Kovalchuk)

Yulia Olegovna Chumakova (nee Kovalchuk). Born on November 12, 1982 in Volzhsky. Russian singer, TV presenter.

His mother was a teacher at a polytechnic school, and his father was the chief designer of a design institute.

Has a sister who is 7 years older.

At the age of five, her mother took her to rhythmic gymnastics. Julia herself trained without enthusiasm. “I didn’t have enough creativity in gymnastics. And once I was doing a flip, threw a mace, and it fell on my back. There was a severe hematoma, after which my mother said: “That’s enough!”,” she recalled.

Then I went to the dance. In addition, I attended various clubs: a puppet theater, courses in macrame, foreign languages, and went to an art studio.

What occupied her most was the choreography. “I lived and suffered from this,” said Yulia.

From the age of seventeen, Yulia Kovalchuk performed in her own pop dance group “Elite”.

After school, I went to Moscow for entrance exams at the University of Arts, but found out that there was no enrollment in the pop department. Therefore, she entered the Saratov Socio-Economic University to major in economics.

But a year later she came to Moscow again and entered the pop and choreographic department.

In 2001, she became a member of the group, replacing the one who had left. Yulia’s debut in the group was the song and video “Ay-ay”, recorded at the end of 2001.

During the 6 years and 4 months that Yulia was in the Blestyashchie group, 3 CDs were released, about 40 songs were recorded and 9 video clips were shot.

On December 31, 2007, after the expiration of the contract, Julia left the group and began a solo career.

On January 16, 2008, Julia began her solo career. The singer's producer was Marat Khairutdinov. Together with composer Konstantin Arsenyev, Yulia recorded her debut song “Push Me,” for which a video was shot. Later the song “Fly Away” was recorded.

Julia’s first duet was the song “Look into my eyes” with the group “Tea for Two”.

On July 1, 2014, Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexey Chumakov presented their first joint video clip, “In Notes,” filmed independently on a small video camera. At the RU TV Channel Awards, the video won in the “Myself Director” category.

On June 18, 2015, the debut album JK2015 was released. A video clip was presented for the first single from this album, “Into the Smoke,” in which the main role was played by Mikhail Evgrafov, a participant in the “Dancing” show on TNT. The video director was Denis Khrushchev.

Participated in various TV projects.

In 2007, paired with Pyotr Chernyshev, she won the project “Dancing on Ice. The Velvet season".

In the fall of 2008, she took part in the reality show “The Last Hero. Forgotten in paradise. Season 6”, where she took second place.

In 2009, together with Roman Kostomarov, she won the project “Ice Age. A fabulous continuation."

In 2015, she was invited to the show “Empire of Illusions” on the STS channel, being one of the jury members in the 1st season of the 5th episode.

Since 2010 she has been working as a TV presenter.

In October 2017. The singer gave birth in one of the Moscow clinics.

Discography of Yulia Chumakova (Kovalchuk):

“Brilliant” includes:

2002 - Beyond the Four Seas
2003 - Orange Paradise
2005 - Oriental Tales

Solo:

Singles by Yulia Chumakova (Kovalchuk):

“Brilliant” includes:

2001 - Au-ay
2002 - Crane
2002 - And I kept flying
2002 - Beyond the Four Seas
2003 - Me and You
2003 - Orange Song
2004 - New Year's song
2005 - Palm trees in pairs
2005 - My brother is a paratrooper
2005 - Oriental Tales
2005 - Sea captain
2005 - Honestly speaking (together with Boris Moiseev)
2005 - Like a star
2005 - Believed
2006 - Agent 007
2007 - Tili dough

Solo:

2008 Push me
2008 Look into my eyes
2009 Fly away
2009 Your girlfriend
2009 The Last Hero
2010 Me and you
2010 When they burn
2010 Margarita
2010 Call me loving
2010 Drawn
2010 Samurai
2010 Straight to the heart
2011 Generation of Summer
2012 Between Us
2013 Mojito
2014 In Notes (feat. Alexey Chumakov)
2015 Into the smoke
2016 Become strangers

Video clips of Yulia Chumakova (Kovalchuk):

“Brilliant” includes:

2001 "Ay-ay"
2002 “Over the Four Seas...”
2002 “And I kept flying”
2003 "Orange Song"
2004 “New Year’s Song”
2005 “Palm trees in pairs”
2005 “My Brother Paratrooper”
2005 “Oriental Tales”
2006 "Agent 007"

Solo:

2008 “Push Me”
2009 “The Last Hero”
2010 “Straight to the Heart”
2012 “Between Us”
2013 "Mojito"
2014 “In notes feat. Alexey Chumakov"
2015 “Into the Smoke”
2016 “Becoming strangers” (feat. Vova)

Yulia Kovalchuk is a Russian pop singer who, since 2001, has been a member of the main group of the popular group “” for 7 years. Listeners remembered the singles of the musical group “And I still flew”, “Over the Four Seas”, “Oriental Tales”, performed by Yulia. Later, the artist successfully combined her solo career with her activities as a TV presenter of the projects “Who’s on top?”, “Minute of Fame”, “Weighted People”.

Childhood and youth

On November 2, 1982, in the town of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, a daughter, Yulia, was born into the Kovalchuk family. Mom Svetlana Vasilievna worked as a teacher at a local technical school. Oleg Alexandrovich, the father of the future singer, held the position of chief designer at the design institute.

Alexey Chumakov and Yulia Kovalchuk - “In Notes”

In addition to hits from her repertoire, the artist often performed on stage with musical compositions from the Soviet era. So, at the concert in honor of Victory Day, which takes place annually on Poklonnaya Hill, in 2013, Yulia performed the song “Three Tankers”. The performance was warmly received by the audience.

Yulia Kovalchuk’s debut album, called “JK2015,” was released on June 18, 2015. The track list of the album consisted of 14 compositions, among which were the popular “Between Us”, “Into Notes”, “Into the Smoke”. The singer donated the funds collected from the presentation of the album to the fund.

A television

In 2008, Julia conquered the heights of the reality show “” in the filming of the 6th season. 2nd place did not upset her; it is not the victory that is important, but the participation. She found new friends on the project - and...

“Ice Age” - Yulia Kovalchuk and Roman Kostomarov

In 2009, she once again returned to the ice with the skater in the show “”, once again demonstrating to all of Russia the highest level of artistry, plasticity and grace.

In 2010, the public met Yulia Kovalchuk in the role of a cordial TV presenter: together with the “Minute of Fame” show, she met artists. At the same time, she appeared on the “We are Talented” program on “Children’s Radio.”

At the beginning of 2013, Yulia Kovalchuk, together with Alexei Chumakov, hosted the show “Who’s on Top?” on the TV channel “Yu,” which was a quiz with questions about intergender relationships. The show “Our Way Out,” in which singing families competed for the right to 1st place, was also co-hosted by the couple.

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Yulia Kovalchuk and Ivan Urgant

Yulia Kovalchuk showed herself to be a talented presenter. Since March 2014, the show “One to One! “she hosted with, and since April 2015, the reality project “Weighted People” on the STS channel opened up another new facet of Yulia for viewers. Participation in such top-rated shows is the best way to confirm her star status.

In 2016, Yulia Kovalchuk continues to collaborate with the Yu channel in the same show “Who’s on top?” and the Rossiya channel in the project “Our Way Out”.

Personal life

The singer always hid the facts and details of her personal life until Alexei Chumakov appeared in her life. They had known each other since 2003, when the girl was just beginning her career in “Brilliant”, and Alexey received 3rd place in the show “People’s Artist”. Even then, a spark flew between them; in their own words, at the first meeting, purely professional, they felt the magical “chemistry” of love.

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In 2009, out of old friendship, Alexey invited Yulia to his solo concert. Kovalchuk, in turn, in response to the invitation, presented him with a ticket to her next performance. Chumakov arrived at the concert with a huge bouquet of flowers, after which the couple had dinner at a restaurant. And that same evening, the young people admitted that they could not live without each other.

The couple lived in a civil marriage for 5 years. Alexey was in no hurry to propose marriage to his beloved girl, not at all because of indecision. This is the singer’s character trait; he thought through everything down to the smallest detail. As it turned out, the size of the ring that Alexey presented to Yulia during their engagement was found out through the singer’s producer, so as not to arouse suspicion among his beloved.

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Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexey Chumakov

In 2014, Alexey Chumakov became the official husband of Yulia Kovalchuk. Only the bride and groom attended the secret wedding ceremony. The wedding and associated celebrations were organized for immediate family and friends and took place in Spain. Only 12 guests were invited, none of their colleagues, in order to avoid information leakage and paparazzi attention. In order for the corner dear to their hearts not to be forgotten, the couple purchased an apartment in Spain, where Alexey and Yulia vacation several times a year, admiring the beauty of the country.

The star couple revealed their secret of eternal love, based on understanding and kindness towards each other. Not only do they live in “two houses” together with their beloved pets, but also when they participate in joint projects, they always ask for different dressing rooms for each other. In order not to get tired and angry at each other, you need to have personal free space. This was the case on the set of the romantic film “I’ll Get Married Urgently,” in which the star couple starred in tandem. Moreover, Yulia and Alexey were the prototypes of the heroes of the picture.

There is probably no person in the Russian Federation or neighboring countries who does not know who Yulia Kovalchuk is. But it was not always so. After all, not everyone is born a celebrity. Children born into ordinary families have to achieve everything themselves, and often the path to fame is thorny and difficult.

Actress, singer, TV presenter and participant in many shows - these are not all the credentials that can be attributed to Yulia. A kind, cheerful, positive and “brilliant” girl has achieved everything herself and continues to actively work, conquering new heights of television.

The future star was born in the small town of Volzhsky on November 12, 1982. Yulia's mother's name is Svetlana Vasilievna. She was a teacher at a technical school. Dad's name is Oleg Alexandrovich. Then he worked as a designer at a design institute. The absolutely uncreative atmosphere that reigned in the family did not prevent the girl from developing her abilities in music and dancing.

From an early age, Yulia Kovalchuk began doing gymnastics. Hard hours of training strengthened the girl’s character. But a back injury forced Yulia to leave this sport, and her dream of conquering the Olympic heights became unattainable.

During this difficult time, my mother decided to send her daughter to choreography. Good physical preparation and excellent stretching helped to achieve good results in this field.

Dancing was the girl's outlet. But after some time in the Orlyonok camp, Yulia became interested in music and vocals. At a music school, the future famous artist studied playing the . The girl was happy, because now she could compose songs.

Active social activities did not prevent the girl from studying well at school and subsequently enrolling in a socio-economic university, where the girl did not study for so long. After all, exact sciences did not attract her. Therefore, she soon became a student again, only at the choreographic department of the University of Culture and Arts in Moscow.

The beginning of a creative career - the group "Brilliant"

After studying for a year at the university, Kovalchuk decided to try her luck at the casting of the fashionable and very popular band “Brilliant” at that time. Songs of one's own composition and active dancing became a pass to the group, but only for backup dancers. However, Julia was not in the background for long. A couple of months later, she joined the main team, where she remained for almost six and a half years.

Large halls, a huge army of fans and the first significant fees - all this gave the artist participation in the group. Tiring and long tours around foreign countries and their native Russia exhausted the girls, but the energy with which people greeted them filled them and helped them move on.

The girls recorded more than forty songs during their participation in the group. Many of them became hits and were heard from all radio stations. Awards and love from fans did not keep Yulia in the group. She wanted to sing solo and set sail freely.

At the end of 2007, Julia completed her work in the group and began to rapidly develop solo. The new song with which Yulia Kovalchuk broke into the music charts was called “Push Me.” The video shot for the song immediately became popular on music channels.

Talent and hard work have helped me achieve popularity and success in my career on my own. Recorded duets with star artists (“Tea for Two,” Alexey Chumakov) immediately became popular.

Hard work made it possible to record a debut album, but this happened only in 2015. The star wrote four songs included in the album herself. True, work on them was carried out over five years. The album received a fairly simple name – JK2015.

The artist spends a lot of her time participating in shows, programs and broadcasts on domestic television. The girl looks especially bright as a presenter.

Participation in television projects

Limitless talent allows the artist to try herself in different roles. Recently, Yulia can be seen more often as a presenter or participating in various shows.

Before leaving the group, the girl plunged into figure skating and became a participant in “Dancing on Ice” together with Chernyshev. Participation in the show brought enormous popularity to the girl. Plastic exercises and excellent stretching helped me excel in this sport.

Then the “brilliant” decided to test her strength and went to the reality show “The Last Hero” in 2008. Adrenaline and difficult filming conditions not only did not undermine the artist’s inner state, but also brought a lot of impressions and new acquaintances.

Later, the star decided to repeat the success of figure skating, but only in another show called “Ice Age”. And, as always, she was on top!

Yulia began broadcasting television programs in 2010 with the program “Minute of Fame” paired with star presenter Alexander Aleshko. Her kindness and openness helped her encourage the participants behind the scenes.

This year is also significant because Kovalchuk hosted the world-famous music competition “New Wave”; a year later she repeated her success on this show and again as a presenter.

Every year she is involved as a presenter in several shows and programs at once. Among them: “1000 days before the Olympics”, “Miss Russia”, “Product of the Year”, “Prom on MTV”, “Graduation Carnival” and others.

The latest popular jobs were hosting the “One to One!” programs, where Julia’s husband participated, and “Weighted People,” where overweight participants get rid of extra pounds. In another project called “Muscovites Season 2” of the Domashny channel, Kovalchuk participates in the role of the heroine.

Julia is great at voicing cartoons. The singer also actively acts in films and not only in the background. She often gets the leading roles. So, in 2011, our celebrity starred in the leading role in the film “New Year’s SMS,” and in 2015, together with her husband, in the film “I’ll Get Married Urgently.” This is not all of the artist’s work as an actress.

Before leaving Brilliant, Yulia’s private life was carefully hidden, perhaps this was a clause in the contract. However, later everyone found out that she was actively communicating with the then already famous Alexei Chumakov. This happened in 2008. The young people made their relationship public a year later.

The man was the initiator of the relationship, and after a while it became clear to both that they were made for each other. Relations developed rapidly and quite quickly. However, legal marriage was postponed for an indefinite period. So their civil marriage lasted a little more than five years. During this time, the couple bought an apartment in the capital and real estate in Spain.

The long-awaited marriage proposal for Yulia, which the future bride had no idea about, arrived in 2013. For her it was a pleasant surprise, but Alexei had thought out everything in advance. Of course, the singer agreed to Chumakov’s proposal.

The wedding itself took place in 2014, secretly from everyone, so that the photos would not leak to the Internet. Apart from the newlyweds, no one else was present at the ceremony, but twelve close people of the couple were invited to the celebration. The guests went to Spain to celebrate and celebrate.

The couple is an example of love and strong relationships in show business. There have never been any high-profile scandals associated with them. The guys often work together (hosting TV shows or acting in films). And in order not to get tired of each other, they occupy separate dressing rooms, and sometimes live separately, so as to make each other less angry and tense.

Yulia Kovalchuk now – latest news

Most of the gossip related to the singer’s life was aimed at the fact that she was in an “interesting” situation. However, this was just gossip. And only in 2017 it became known that the couple was actually expecting their first child. The guys had been planning their child's future for a long time, and finally the long-awaited event happened.

Yulia Kovalchuk was sensitive to her situation and went to spend her maternity leave in warm Spain, where she has a house near Barcelona. And in the same year in October, the couple became the parents of a girl named Amelia. She looks very much like her father and has dark hair and eyes like Alexei's. Until now, the young parents have not yet shown their daughter to the general public.

Now Julia’s main role is to be a mother. Walking with my daughter in the fresh air, peace and quiet have a positive effect on the artist. In addition, the couple celebrated the tenth anniversary of their relationship. And, like many people, they also have problems and crises. But love and a little daughter do not allow matters to lead to serious disagreements.

The couple’s last collaboration was a song dedicated to the anniversary of their marriage, called “Turn on the light in me.” Now the artist often attends various show business events.

Conclusion

A wonderful singer, actress, gymnast, dancer, presenter, and now mother, Yulia Kovalchuk has always achieved her goals. Now she is happily married and has a full-fledged family, which she has been looking for for so long.

One can only envy her success on the stage, but the famous artist is not going to stop at the achieved results. Now raising her daughter comes first for her, but we believe that soon Yulia will break into Russian show business again with new interesting works.