A child from Moscow suffered a fiasco on the Russian "Golos", but became a discovery in the British
11-year-old Yaroslav Yakubchuk from Moscow dreams of becoming a great artist.
On the Russian auditions of the show "Voice. Children" he could not even pass the qualifying round, his song was not included in the filmed version of the program.
Then the persistent student decided to try his luck at a similar show in the United Kingdom. He performed the aria from Puccini's Turandot opera, and all three teachers turned to him.
The young Russian chose a rapper, multi-instrumentalist, actor and producer William Adams, known by the pseudonym will.i.am, as his mentor.
Now the little Russian in the semi-final of the British show.
English artists and producers were shocked by the boy’s story that in Russia they didn’t even pay attention to him.
The organizers of the show said that with a talented child even the biggest world stars would be happy to work.