Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh

'Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh (; born 27 January 1964) is an actor, singer, comedian and mime. He worked with Theatre Buff in Leningrad and won the All-Union Competition of Variety Artists in 1987. His screen credits include Kira Muratova's 1994 film Passions and the television drama Po imeni Baron. In 2023, 20 minutos described him as the contestant who had accumulated the most Golden Buzzers in the format, citing awards in Georgia, Germany, Romania and Greece. He also contributed vocals to Earthside's 2023 album Let the Truth Speak.

Early life and education Tkachenko-Papizh was born in Petropavlovsk, then in the Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan), in 1964.

The New York Times reported that as a child he imitated musical instruments such as the guitar and ukulele and learned to produce sounds using both his mouth and nose.

His screen credits include the 1989 television musical film Muzykalnye igry and Kira Muratova's 1994 film Passions. During the 2016–17 New Year season, he played Chronos in Masha and the Bear + Three Bogatyrs at Crocus City Hall in Moscow.

Television competitions In 2014, Tkachenko-Papizh reached the final of the sixth season of Ukraine's Got Talent as one of nine finalists. In 2019, he appeared on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions.

In 2020, he competed in the tenth season of the Romanian series Românii au talent. PRO TV reported that he received a Golden Buzzer and reached the final. In 2022, he was one of twelve finalists on Greece's Got Talent. 20 minutos later reported that his Greek appearance was one of four national editions in which he had received a Golden Buzzer. In coverage published before his appearance, 20 minutos described him as the contestant who had accumulated the most Golden Buzzers in the Got Talent format, citing awards in Germany, Greece, Romania and Georgia.

Music In its 2016 profile, The New York Times reported that nature-sound imitation had not been a central part of Tkachenko-Papizh's earlier repertory and that he generally preferred improvisation to fixed rehearsal in these vocal performances.

Tkachenko-Papizh contributed vocals to two tracks on Earthside's 2023 album Let the Truth Speak: "Vespers", with VikKe, and the title track, with Daniel Tompkins of Tesseract.