Lolita Milyavskaya and Alla Pugacheva: friendship, relationship, photos

Name it Lolita and Alla Borisovna. I couldn't really call them girlfriends. Even though the relationship between them has always been friendly and warm, they were more like the relationship of an experienced teacher and his student. According to Milyavskaya, Pugacheva has always been an idol for her.

"When I was in eighth grade, Alla Borisovna performed in Sochi. I managed to catch a glimpse of that concert, a piece of fluttering hoodie... And it's hard to find words to describe what was happening to the people there...".

According to Milyavskaya, it was a great honour for her to meet the diva! What's most interesting is that it was initiated Pugacheva herself:

"Sasha (Tsekalo) and I saw her, she was coming down the stairs. And she recognised us, we started a conversation... "Come and visit me," she invited us to visit. That's how our communication started"

Today Lolita calls the diva a legend and one of the greatest singers in the country! She is eternally grateful to Alla Borisovna, and constantly defends her from the attacks of colleagues and the public. But why? What does Miliavskaya owe so much to Pugacheva?

"It was frustrating, but I'm grateful."

Miliavskaya claims: sooner or later will definitely publish an extract of everything that primadonna told her.

According to the performer of "On Titanic," every word Pugacheva. valuably - even though they were presented in a very specific way.

"She gave me incredibly valuable advice. Sometimes Alla Borisovna scolded me, not hesitating to express herself. She never praised me. At the time, it upset me... It was hurtful. But it was her words - harsh but fair - that made me who I am. She made me better, stronger. Without that training, I could hardly have risen..."

A diva's gift

Few people know, but the composition "Small." from Lolita's repertoire is actually a gift from the diva. Pugacheva herself intended to perform this song, but that year the duo of Miliavskaya and Tsekalo had a bad year. "bad" on the hits:

"There was no normal material for the stage at all. And she gave us her song! She just gave us the track that eventually became a hit and brought us success! Alla Borisovna helped us a lot at that time: she invited us to her concerts, gave us useful advice... I don't know: if it wasn't for her, Sasha and I would probably have nothing to eat!"

But if Pugacheva so often helped Miliavskaya, why didn't she always invite to her "Christmas Meetings."? After all, given the warm relationship formed between them, it looks kind of strange... But Lolita believes that everything here is more than logical:

"She might not have invited someone for various reasons - there have been times when I wasn't invited simply because there was no material suitable or new. But she had every right to do that. It's her project and she's the boss of it. Maybe some people were offended by that. Not me, because I understood why she was doing it..."

"Like Shulzhenko!"

Lately, Alla Borisovna has been subjected to attacks and accusations: she abandoned her homeland and fans, left and forgot about everyone, cut off the oxygen to so many artists... And Lolita protects his "teacher," appealing to the public's conscience and compassion:

"Only untalented people can speak so badly about truly great artists... Alla Pugacheva is a legend! She's a great woman! I don't know who she cut off the oxygen to - I can say that she helped many artists, including me. Thanks to her, so many stars have become stars... I have never heard her speak ill of anyone. I repeat: she is one of the greats, and I don't see any substitute for her. Just think about it, how many generations have grown up on her songs?"

Miliavskaya continued by comparing Pugacheva to a Klavdia Shulzhenko:

"She has a unique repertoire... One song takes you out of a mope, another song gives you strength, another song helps you through a difficult period... No one can compete with this woman. Her greatness does not depend on whether she has left or not, whether she performs or not... Her music is eternal. She is like Shulzhenko!"

Milyavskaya also resented how unflattering the public now speaks unflatteringly about the diva:

"We are all witnessing the biggest names being humiliated in a second right now. "We never loved you at all!" - how can an audience say that to an artiste on whose work more than one generation has grown up?"!"

A replacement?

Well: it is unlikely that Pugacheva will return to the Russian stage - and to Russia in general. However, music critic Evgeny Babichev has already found a replacement for the diva. In his opinion, Lolita can easily replace Alla Borisovna.

"If the stars had aligned correctly, Lolita Milyavskaya would have been number one on the national stage long ago. And here it's not so much about vocals or repertoire. It's more about personality, about the power of personality..."

Milyavskaya herself is sure that she will not be able to replace the diva no one. When she turned 56, Pugacheva congratulated her on social media, writing, "Happy Birthday, Pretty Woman. To perfection one step. Be brave." To this, Lolita only replied:

"Alla Borisovna!!! Thank you very much. I will not reach perfection, but because of my love for you, I will try"