Best Youtuber: TARAS MAKSIMUK vs VIKTORIYA YERMOLYEVA

TARAS MAKSIMUK

TechRax is a YouTube channel that focuses on making videos about the destruction of cell phones (particularly Apple iPhones and Samsungs Galaxy S and...

TechRax is a YouTube channel that focuses on making videos about the destruction of cell phones (particularly Apple iPhones and Samsungs Galaxy S and Note Series) and other technological devices. The channel was founded by Taras Maksimuk (Ukrainian: Тара́с Ма́ксимук) on September 20, 2009, and its most popular video is "Taking a Bath in a Giant 1,500 Gallon Coca-Cola Swimming Pool!" which surpassed 30,000,000 views in under one month. As of September 23, 2020, the channel has over 7.08 million subscribers and over 1.693 billion total views. Maksimuk began the TechRax channel as a standard tech blog but switched over to tech destruction videos in 2012 after discovering a demand for them. Maksimuk used the advertising revenue to finance his college studies. The first destruction he did is "iPhone 5 Hammer Smash Drop Test -Episode #1-". The destruction of Apple products are the most popular on the channel.

Read more ↓ Vote

VIKTORIYA YERMOLYEVA

Viktoriya Yermolyeva (Ukrainian: Вікторія Єрмольєва, born 2 November 1978, also known as vkgoeswild and Vika) is a German pianist born in Ukraine. In...

Viktoriya Yermolyeva (Ukrainian: Вікторія Єрмольєва, born 2 November 1978, also known as vkgoeswild and Vika) is a German pianist born in Ukraine. In her early career she studied and played classical music, winning several awards. Later, she became known for piano covers of famous rock and heavy metal songs. Yermolyeva started playing piano at the age of 4. After studying at the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Ukraine (2000), she completed her graduate studies at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT in Weimar, and the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, Italy, with the famous pianist Lazar Berman. Further studies took her to the Codarts Academy of Music and Modern Dance, at Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands. In the early classical phase of her career, she won a variety of piano competitions, such as 1st Prize at "Filippo Trevisan" competition for Piano Interpretation in Italy, winner of The Grachtenfestival 2005 Amsterdam, 1st Prize at 35th International Competition "Vincenzo Bellini" in Italy, 1st Prize at 20th International Piano Competition "Citta di Marsala", 1st Prize at International Piano Competition “Citta' Di Trani”, 1st Prize at 4th Sigismund Thalberg International Competition, and the Grand Prix at 9th Pierre Lantier International Music Competition in duet with V. Dmitriev (flute) in France. In 2003, Yermolyeva explored jazz music and studied with Leonid Chizhik. Since 2008, she has focused her career on playing rock music, concentrating on heavy metal covers by many famous metal bands. Her web videos have over 80 million views. On 29 January 2011 she performed her first live rock concert in Reykjavík, Iceland (VIGGIE & VIKA: Live in Iceland) collaborating with drummer Brian Viglione. In 2016, Yermolyeva released an album that was a mix of covers and original compositions. It was funded via the crowdfunding platform PledgeMusic, and was entitled "Fan's Edition". In 2020, Yermolyeva released the album Happiness is not the Point consisting of original compositions. On the album she plays the piano as well as providing singing parts as well as spoken words.

Read more ↓ Vote