Zmei Gorynich/Змей Горыныч is a masked celebrity group contestant on the fifth Russian season of Маска
Appearence[]
Zmei Gorynich's costume consists of two parts: the dragons themselves and their common "body". The dragons look similar and differ only in color: one is green, the other is yellow, the third is brown. They are all dressed in leather jackets. They also wore sunglasses during some of their performaces. The other part of the costume is a green car designed like a dragon's body. It has two wings and four paws.
Songs[]
Week | Song Selection | Result |
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1 | "Fire" by Scooter | WIN |
2 | "Терминатор" by Leningrad | SAFE |
3 | "Кукла" by Ivanushki International | WIN |
"Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees | WIN | |
4 | "Nessun dorma" by Giacomo Puccini | WIN |
5 | "Лесник" by Korol i Shut | WIN |
6 | "Конь" by Lyube | WIN |
7 | "Wannabe" by Spice Girls | WIN |
8 | "Ты сделана из огня" by Vadim Uslanov | WIN |
9 | "The Final Countdown" by Europe | BTM3 |
10 | "Euphoria" by Loreen | WIN |
11 | "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John | FOURTH PLACE |
"Верни мне музыку" by Muslim Magomaev |
Specials[]
Episode | Song Selection | Partner |
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NYS 2025 | "Песенка о Снежинке" by Olga Rozhdestvenskaya | Solo performance |
Final Guesses[]
Week | Dima's Guess | Valeria's Guess | Philipp's Guess | Regina's Guess | Timur's Guess | Sergey's Guess |
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11 | Zurab Matua, Andrey Averin & Dmitry Sorokin | Fabrika | Zurab Matua, Andrey Averin & Dmitry Sorokin |
Trivia[]
- Zmei Gorynich are the first group contestants to compete on Маска.
- However, they are not the first group celebrities in general. The first ones were Korol i Koroleva from New Years Special 2021.
- According to the very first unused concept design of the mask, Zmei Gorynich was originally supposed to be a huge green dragon with three heads, vaguely reminiscent the Hydra. That appearence is actualy closer to the mask's prototype from slavic folklore.
- According to Weit Media's producer Julia Sumasheva, Zmei Gorynich's weight is about 300 kilograms, which makes them the heaviest Russian mask of all Russian seasons. The previous record belonged to Drakon (50 kilograms).
- Сoincidentally, both Drakon and Zmei Gorynich are dragons.
- Zmei Gorynich are currently the Russian mask with the most wins in a row, at 7. The previous record belonged to Gornostay. They also beat another record, having 9 wins in total.
- Zmey Gorynich are the first Russian contestants to sing a song in the clue package, namely in Episode 7.
- Each Zmei Gorynich member has their own nickname based on the costume's color:
- "Зелёный" (Green) - Zurab Matua
- "Рыжий" (Ginger) - Dmitry Sorokin
- "Коричневый" (Brown) - Andrey Averin
- One of the "running gags" related to Zmei was comparing the Ginger dragon with the redhead member of Ivanushki International, Andrey Grigoryev-Appolonov.
- Another one was the e-mail gorynich@ntv.ru where they received letters from viewers.
- Dinozavr, a guest mask from season 1, made an appearence in Zmei Gorynich's 9th, 11th and 13th performances.
- Zmei Gorynich performed a song that had already been performed by another contestant: