Pelageya Sergeyevna Telegina

About

Russian folk singer who was a coach of the Russian reality talent show The Voice. During the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, she performed the Russian folk song Oy, to ne vecher.

Before Fame

At the age of nine, she was awarded the title Best folk-singer of Russia in 1996 on a television contest.

Trivia

In 1997, she sang at Moscow's 850th Anniversary Pageant concert and was the sole performer at the Heads of Government of Three States Summit.

Family Life

In 2010, she married director Dmitry Efimovich. They divorced two years later. In 2016, she married Russian hockey player, Ivan Telegin. They have a daughter named Taisiya.

Associated With

She has performed for Jacques Chirac, Helmut Kohl and Boris Yeltsin.