Erika Herceg

Erika Mykolayivna Herceg (Ukrainian: Еріка Миколаївна Герцег; Hungarian: Herceg Erika; born 5 July 1988) is a Ukrainian singer and model. She was formerly a member of the Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos from 2013 until 2020, and has since begun a career as a solo artist.

Erika Herceg
Еріка Герцег
Herceg performing with Nu Virgos in 2019
Born
Erika Mykolayivna Herceg

(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988
Mala Dobron, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Occupation
  • Singer
  • model
Years active2013–present
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Musical career
GenresPop
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Associated acts

Early life

Herceg was born on 5 July 1988 in Mala Dobron, a small village in Zakarpattia Oblast primarily populated by Ukraine's Hungarian minority. Herceg is of Hungarian origin, being born to a Hungarian father and a Ukrainian mother of half-Hungarian origin. In her early life, Herceg attended a school in the town of Záhony in Hungary, not far from the Hungary–Ukraine border, but as border crossings became more difficult between the two countries, Herceg transferred to a school in her village.[1] As a teenager, Herceg studied at the Church Reformed Lyceum in nearby Velyka Dobron, where she sang in Hungarian in the church choir and won several regional competitions.[2]

In 2006, Herceg was admitted to study in the Department of Economics and Management at the Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute in Berehove. While a university student, Herceg also worked as a waitress and call centre operator, before graduating with her degree in 2009.[3][4] After graduating, Herceg found work as a professional model. In 2011, she moved from Western Ukraine to Kyiv, and began working as a lingerie model. In 2012, she appeared in the November issue of the Ukrainian version of Playboy.[5]

Music career

2013–2020: Nu Virgos

In 2013, Herceg took part in the show Khochu v Via Gru, which she ultimately won along with Anastasia Kozhevnikova and Misha Romanova. As part of their winning prize, the three were announced as the new lineup of the Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos.[6] After seven years with the group, Herceg announced her plans to depart in order to begin a solo career in May 2020, and ultimately left the group that December.[7][8][9]

2020–present: Solo career

In September 2020, Herceg relocated from Kyiv to Almaty in Kazakhstan.[10] She later teased snippets of upcoming solo music the following month, before releasing her debut solo single "Imitatsiya" in November. Her second solo single "Tolko dlya tebya" was released later that month.[11][12] After taking a year-long break from music, Herceg returned to the spotlight with the single "Otpusti" in December 2021.[13][14]

Discography
Further information: Nu Virgos

Singles
Single Year Album
"Imitatsiya" 2020 Non-album singles
"Tolko dlya tebya"
"Otpusti" 2021

References
  1. tengrinews.kz (2020-10-29). ""Мой муж - казах". Экс-солистка "ВИА Гры" рассказала о переезде в Алматы". Главные новости Казахстана - Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. "Детали из жизни Эрики Герцег: в школе будущая ВИА ГРА пела в церковном хоре". КП в Украине | КП в Україні | KP in Ukraine (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  3. "Они хотели в «ВИА Гру»: истории новых солисток группы". Cosmopolitan (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. "В новую ВИА Гру от Меладзе вошли звезда "Плейбоя"и экс-заика Миша". КП в Украине | КП в Україні | KP in Ukraine (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  5. "Участница новой "ВИА Гры" снялась для Playboy: опубликованы фото". glavred.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  6. ""ВИА Гра" Эрика Герцег оголилась в новом драматическом клипе группы". ТСН.ua (in Russian). 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  7. "Эрика Герцег уходит из группы «ВИА Гра» | StarHit.ru". www.starhit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  8. "Экс-участница «ВИА Гры» Эрика Герцег уехала в Казахстан и готовит сольный проект (видео)". ФОКУС (in Russian). 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  9. "Вышел новый клип «ВИА Гры» на песню «Я полюбила монстра»". Журнал «ЗОЛОТОЙ» (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  10. "«Лучше, чем в «ВИА Гре»: Эрика Герцег в пикантном платье привела соцсети в восторг". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  11. Эрика Герцег: о муже, Меладзе и Брежневой, уходе из ВиаГры, переезде и сольной карьере в Казахстане, retrieved 2022-04-10
  12. "Эрика Герцег поработала с казахами и выпустила сольный сингл «Имитация» | Музолента". Русские новинки музыки - блог Музолента (in Russian). 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  13. "Супер талантливый @kirillvena автор #Отпусти . Это моя первая песня в сольной карьере, которая родилась 3 года назад. Я решила не выпускать ее сразу, потому что поняла, что пока не время". www.instagram.com. 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Головная боль Веры Брежневой и "любовница" Меладзе: Эрика Герцег из ВИАГры, исчезнувшая год назад, снова вернулась". znaj.ua (in Russian). 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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