Volodymyr Ihorovych Hudkov (Ukrainian: Володимир Ігорович Гудков; born 28 June 1988), known professionally as Volodymyr Dantes (Володимир Дантес), is a Ukrainian singer, TV and radio personality. He is currently a solo-singer under the name of Dantes and was a member of the band "DiO.filmy"(Ukrainian: ДіО.Фільми).[1]
Volodymyr Dantes Володимир Дантес | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Volodymyr Ihorovych Hudkov Володимир Ігорович Гудков |
| Born | June 28, 1988 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Genres | pop-music, pop-punk, power-pop |
| Occupation(s) | TV personality, radio personality, singer |
| Instrument | vocal |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Formerly of | DiO.filmy |
| Spouse | Nadia Dorofeeva (married 2015–2022) |
| Partner | Dasha Katsurina |
Biography
editEarly years
editBorn in a family of a policeman[2]. Attended Kharkiv's school № 36. Graduated from a music school in Kharkiv and studied economics at the Kharkiv Polytechnic institute ("Financial management of business" faculty).[3]
DiO.filmy
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In November of 2008 together with Vadym Oliinyk won in "Fabryka zirok-2", forming a duet "Dantes & Oliinyk". Borys Bronshtein and Natalia Mohylevska became their producers with the centre "Talant Group". On 4 March 2010 they released their debut album "Mne uzhe 20".
Singles
edit- 2009 - Мне уже 20(Russian: Мне уже 20, romanized: Mne uzhe dvadzat', lit. 'I'm 20 already')
- 2010 - Rington(Рингтон, 'Ringtone')
- 2011 - Ty zria yemu dala(Ты зря ему дала, 'You gave it to him in vain')
- 2012 - Otkrytaya rana(Открытая рана, 'An open wound')
- 2012 - Medlyak(Медляк, 'Power ballade')
- 2013 - Naoborot(Наоборот, 'The other way')
After the band ended their existence in April of 2015, Volodymyr chose to continue as a TV and radio personality.
Career
editRadio
editDantes is a radio personailty of a Ukrainian radio station "Lux FM"[4].
Television
editDantes often starred on various television programs on Ukrainian and a few Russian TV channels.
Since October 2012, he has been hosting the "Blyzhche do tila" program together with Victoria Batui on the Novyi Kanal.[5] In 2014–2015 Dantes was the host of the culinary travel show "Yizha, ya lyublyu tebe" on the "Friday!" Russian TV channel.[6] Since 11 October 2015 Dantes was one of the coaches of the children's talent show "Malenki hihanty" on the 1+1 TV channel. He was a guest star in the fourth season of the show "Liga Smikhu" in 2018 and a coach-joker in the fifth season of the same show in 2019. In 2021 was a judge of the show "Masquerade" on "1+1"[7], and in 2022–2023 was host of the show "Ya lyublyu Ukrayinu" on the "TET" TV channel.[8]
YouTube
editIn 2021 Dantes started his first YouTube show “Stand up 380”, in which he aims to introduce interesting Ukrainian stand-up comedians and to popularise Ukrainian stand-up among a wider audience.
Between 2020 and 2022 Dantes hosted the project "Mama, ya delayu bizness"(Мама, я делаю бизнес, 'Mama, I do business'), the purpose of which was to talk about Ukrainian startups, introduce their founders, and show how Ukrainian local businesses develop.
In 2022-2023 Dantes was the host of the travel show "Mama ya haniayu tachky"(Мама, я ганяю тачки, 'Mama, I drive cars') the goal of which was to deliver cars from Europe to Ukraine to help the military. According to him, during the program, "people, businesses, programs, volunteer hubs that continue to do something cool for Ukraine" are filmed.[8]
In 2023 Dantes started the "Budynok Kultury"(Будинок культури, 'House of culture') project, which is filmed in the de-occupied territories. The goal of the project is to revive the Ukrainian culture and remind it to Ukrainians. In each episode, Volodymyr and an invited guest organize a concert, creating "revivals in the houses of culture".
Musical solo career
editIn 2021 Dantes released his first solo-album "Tvoya lubimaya muzika"(Твоя любимая музыка, 'Your favorite music')[9]. Multiple Ukrainian musical artists Dorofeeva, Jerry Heil, Potap, Maxim Fadeev took part in the album.
In 2022 Dantes released singles "Obiimy"(Обійми, 'Hug[me]'), "Not a refugee" and "Tilky my"(Тільки ми, 'Only us').
In 2023 he released the single "Chuiesh" and the second solo album "KITY"(КИТИ, 'WHALES'), which included the new tracks "Chuiesh"(Чуєш, '[You]Hear'), "Kyty"(Кити, 'Whales'), "My ne odyn narod"(Ми не один народ, 'We are not one people'), "Buty z toboyu"(Бути з тобою, 'To be with you'), "Kolyskova"(Колискова, 'Lullaby') and the translation of the singles "Devochka Olya"(Твоя любимая музыка, 'Your favorite music'), "Sasha"(Саша), "Grustnye tantsy"(Грустные танці, 'Sad dances').[8]
Discography
edit- Tvoya liubimaya muzyka(Твоя любимая музыка, 'Your favorite music', 2021)
- Kiti(Кити, 'Whales', 2023)
Personal life
editOn 8 July 2015 Volodymyr married Vryema i Steklo's member Nadiya Dorofeeva. They got divorced in 2022.[10] Starting from September 2022 Volodymyr is in a relationship with Dasha Katsurina.[8]
Music videos
edit| № | Name | Year | Producer |
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| 1 | «Теперь Тебе 30»[8] | 2019 | Leonid Kolossovskiy |
| 2 | «Более или Менее» | 2020 | |
| 3 | «Одноклассница» | ||
| 4 | «ЕСЛИ БЫ» | ||
| 5 | "Грустные танцы" | 2021 | |
| 6 | "Обійми" | 2022 | |
| 7 | "Not a refugee" | 2022 | |
| 8 | "Чуєш" | 2023 | Yulia Paskal |
| 9 | "Кити" | 2023 |
References
edit- ^ "Володимир Дантес - новини сьогодні, біографія, фото, відео, історія життя| OBOZ.UA". OBOZREVATEL (in Ukrainian). 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Дантес та Олійник не терплять фанаток (ОГО, 22 квітня 2010)". Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Володимир Дантес - детальна біографія, фото". znaki.fm (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Владимир Дантес на Люкс FM". Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Дантес і Батуі обирають партнерів за запахом // Новий канал". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Еда, я люблю тебя // Пятница!". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Володимир Дантес: досьє на зірку і цікаві факти" (in Ukrainian). 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Володимир Дантес - детальна біографія, фото". znaki.fm (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Найкращі нові альбоми: Tyler, the Creator, Shortparis, DANTES та інші". СЛУХ — онлайн-медіа про музику та все, що навколо неї. 2021-06-25. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ ""Ніхто не хотів напружуватися": Володимир Дантес про розлучення з Дорофеєвою". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-29.