Potap (Alexey Potapenko)

Date of Birth: 05.08.1981

Potap (real name - Alexey Andreevich Potapenko, ukr. Oleksiy Andriyovych Potapenko) - Ukrainian producer, author and performer of songs, director, screenwriter, composer, host, water polo master, coach of the singing show 'The Voice of the Country' on 1+1. Pseudonyms: PTP, Arkady Laykin.

Place of birth, education. He was born on May 8, 1981, in Kyiv. After finishing school, he was admitted to the National University of Physical Culture and Sports in Kyiv. At the National Economic University, he obtained a second higher education degree.

Career. He founded the project 'TO KIEV-NRGO', which unites the groups 'Entrance to Changing Shoes', Ugo, and New’Z’cool.

In 2006, together with Nastya Kamensky, he founded the duo 'Potap and Nastya', where Alexey serves as producer, performer, lyricist, and music author, director, and screenwriter of videos. Already after a year, he became a laureate of the festival 'New Songs about the Most Important' as the author of the hit 'Not a Couple'.

At the III All-Russian competition 'Five Stars' in September 2007, the duo became the winner and had the honor to sing the anthem of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.

Jury member on the show 'Circus + Star' and participant in the comedy show 'GPU' on the 1+1 channel.

In 2015, Potap became one of the coaches of the second season of the Ukrainian show 'The Voice. Kids' and a coach in the humor project 'League of Laughter' on the 1+1 channel.

In 2015, Potap became one of the coaches of the show 'The Voice of the Country' on the 1+1 channel and participated in the seasons 2015-2020.

In 2017, Potap and Nastya Kamensky announced that they would pause the work of the duo and start their own solo projects: PTP and NK, respectively.

In 2020, Potap and the singer NK (Nastya Kamensky) became coaches in the tenth season of the show 'The Voice of the Country'.

Production. Potap leads his own production center MOZGI Entertainment, which represents the duo 'Potap and Nastya', the group 'Vremya i Steklo', singer Michelle Andrade, and Arkady Laykin. He is the producer, songwriter, director, and screenwriter of all projects by MOZGI Entertainment.

Family ties. The first wife (from 1999 to 2014) Irina Anatolyevna Gorovaya - financial specialist, co-producer of MOZGI Entertainment. Son Andrey Alexeevich Potapenko (b. September 6, 2008). In 2014, Alexey Potapenko and Irina Gorovaya divorced.

On May 23, 2019, he married Nastya Kamensky.

06.05.2022