Vitaly Tolochkin goes to the finals of “You’re Super!” competition for the 2nd time
May 31, 2019 update: I learned today that Vitaly did not place in this year’s competition. In the opinion of his voice teacher and our friend Olga Fleshler, the song he chose for the final round was not the best showcase for his abilities. (Olga thought it a bit dull.) Still, he was asked to perform in a big annual concert in Moscow and was invited as mentioned below to try his hand at acting in the children’s TV show “Yeralash”.
NOTE: This is an automatic translation (www.deepl.com) with edits by Tom Dickinson of the article at www.mkchita.ru news website. The article was sent to us today (May 21) from the Children’s Center in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, and we wanted to share their pride and excitement in Vitaly’s success as quickly as possible!
MAY 21, 2019: Vitaly Tolochkin moved to the finals of “You’re super!” and invited to the “Yeralash.”
Vitaly Tolochkin, a child living at the Petrovsk-Zabaikalsk Children’s Center “Unity”, reached the final of the third season of the “You’re Super! In addition, the 12-year-old performer was invited to take part in the children’s television show “Yeralash”. Vitaly sang Russian pop star Alexeyev’s hit song “Drunken Sun”.
NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions we cannot embed Vitaly’s performance and encounter with the Jury as it appears at YouTube and NTV. However, the following links will open in new tabs so you can enjoy his singing and charm.
This is the YouTube link to just the performance: https://youtu.be/2_NqXgepjRk
This is the link to the entire show, one portion of the semi-finals broadcast live this past Saturday, May 19th: https://www.ntv.ru/peredacha/Super/m75320/o549177/video/ . It is a two and a half hour show. Vitaly’s introduction begins at about 33:30. His performance begins at about 37:22. The comments by the Jury and his meeting with TV producer Boris Grachevsky begins at about 40:20.
Jury Member Yolka (Elizaveta Ivantsiv, famed Russian pop singer) rose from her seat during the performance and listened standing up. The same thing was done at the very end by fellow Jury Member, producer Viktor Drobysh, who did not show his feelings to the performer the longest of all the judges. “I watched how he can sing in conditions close to “combat” when one “boor” [himself] sits in the jury and does not press the button,” said Drobysh, “Vitaly’s cool. Just incredibly cool.” But the first to press the button was Jury Member Diana Arbenina, who admitted that she heard “Young Meladze, Alexeyev and, most interestingly, Yolka’s intonations at some point” in Tolochkin’s performance. At the same time, she admitted that “the boy is filled with his own meaning,” not just copying the singers listed above. Producer Igor Krutoy, the 4th and final Jury Member, reminded the young finalist of his coming voice change and the need to consult with doctors on this matter. After that, Boris Grachevsky, producer of the TV show “Yeralash”was invited to the stage, and he invited Vitaly Tolochkin to take part in his show.
Recall that in the first season of the “You’re Super!” competition in 2017 Tolochkin took second place. One more child of the same Center, Zoya Chizhkova, did not pass in the final at that time, but received the prize of audience favorite, and they both performed at a concert in the Kremlin. More news – at www.mkchita.ru
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
