# Three Bogatyrs AI Trend: The Back to Back Lip Sync With Your Photo

> The Three Bogatyrs trend is a back to back lip sync with folk-epic heroes: two characters stand back to back at night, hands joined toward the phone, and sing in turn over the shoulder.

Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend
Updated: 2026-10-25
Published: 2026-10-25
Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about)
Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai)

The **Three Bogatyrs trend** is a back to back lip sync with folk-epic heroes: two characters stand back to back at night, hands joined toward the phone, and sing in turn over the shoulder. The **three bogatyrs ai trend** started on TikTok on 19 October 2026. From one photo, MakeViral puts you in that clip, with the song.

Night on an old cobbled square, red-brick towers, warm street lamps: a young folk hero and a huge bald steppe warrior stand back to back, hands joined toward the camera, and take turns singing over the shoulder. Add your photo and the hero is you.

Also called: Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin AI trend, Back to back lip sync AI, Three Bogatyrs lip sync trend.

**Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend/create). 1 photo · 12 s · 9:16 with sound · 183 credits, charged once · ready in up to several minutes · no prompt to write.

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## What is the Three Bogatyrs AI trend, and where did it start?

The back to back lip sync is a 2026 TikTok meme: two friends stand back to back, join their outside hands, stretch them toward the phone and take turns singing over the shoulder. Its sound is "original sound - .ink_111", a clip of a t.A.T.u. song uploaded in January 2022 (the trend's captions name the band). Real people made it big: @sergikdrug (7 September 2026, 12.4 million views) and, on a rainy night road, @lukicevv (18 October 2026, 4.0 million). People search it as the back to back singing trend.

On 19 October 2026 @pouzato7 posted the AI version: Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey, two folk heroes known from the Russian animated film series "Three Bogatyrs" (the film "Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey" came out in 2004), as live-action AI characters doing the lip sync at night in central Moscow. It had 5.7 million views and 1.15 million likes by 25 October, and the top comments say "I first thought this was real life" and "how did we live without AI". He made more clips with the film's heroes (853,000 views on 22 October, 990,000 on 24 October) and wrote guides on how he makes them: a trend video of real people, a picture of each character, and an AI video model that swaps them in. On 24 October phone-editor template promos made it a one-photo effect: a man becomes a young hero in chainmail and a pointed helmet, a woman a folk maiden in a red sarafan, each back to back with the huge warrior. In the US, The Three Bogatyrs were already known from the July 2026 cosplay trend (#thethreebogatyrs).

### Three Bogatyrs AI trend timeline

- **2022-01-29**: @.ink_111 uploads the song clip whose sound, "original sound - .ink_111", later carries the back to back lip sync (the trend's captions name it a t.A.T.u. song). Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@.ink_111/video/7058705159622249730).
- **2026-07-18**: US cosplay creators start the #thethreebogatyrs trend (@voro.fx, 3.3 million views), so the name is known outside Russian-speaking TikTok. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@voro.fx/video/7663847799213067551).
- **2026-09-07**: @sergikdrug posts a back to back lip sync of two men in a hallway, the first big one we found: 12.4 million views by October 2026, the biggest post on the sound. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@sergikdrug/video/7682661288392133906).
- **2026-10-19**: @pouzato7 posts the AI version with Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey at night in central Moscow (15:48 UTC): 5.7 million views and 1.15 million likes by 25 October. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@pouzato7/video/7698406259539643670).
- **2026-10-24**: Phone-editor template promos turn it into a one-photo effect: "how to make the back to back lip sync with the Three Bogatyrs from your photo" (120,000 views on the biggest by 25 October). Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@lapgbdnjgcuyz/video/7700197143847636254).

## What the Three Bogatyrs AI video looks like

The example is the creator's own AI clip: both heroes are AI-made characters, not real people. Your result keeps the clip's place, moves and timing and puts you in a folk outfit of your own.

- **Example 1** (12 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The original reel by @pouzato7 (19 October 2026): the first AI clip of the trend, two folk-epic heroes doing the back to back lip sync at night on a square in central Moscow. Both versions copy this clip.
  - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend/original-main-v2.mp4
  - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend/original-main-v1.jpg

## How to make the Three Bogatyrs AI video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark.

### The one-tap way (no prompt to write)

1. **Add your photo.** Press "Make yours" and add you (18+), face clear, from the waist up. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend/create
2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the Three Bogatyrs AI trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 12 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt.
3. **Download or share.** The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos.

### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts

The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The video prompt animates your own photo directly. To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Video.

#### Variant: You

Settings: 1 photo (you (18+), face clear, from the waist up) · Seedance 2.5 · 12 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 183 credits in one tap.

1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 12 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt:

   ```text
   Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same night on a wide cobbled square, warm street lamps, red-brick buildings with towers and a white gate with two green spires, the same handheld phone shot from the thighs up, the same timing, head turns, mouth moves and facial expressions. The ONLY change: the slim young man on the right is now the person in [Image 1], in a new outfit.

[Image 1] replaces the slim young man on the RIGHT (wavy blond hair to the chin), in EVERY shot: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles). NO wavy blond hair unless [Image 1] shows it. The same real person from the first second to the last, so their friends recognize them at once, also while singing with the mouth wide open and when only the side of the head shows. Never morph, never drift back to the original young man's face.

The outfit: never the clothes from [Image 1] and never the young man's grey tunic with the zigzag trim. A man wears a knee-length chainmail shirt over a red tunic, a leather belt, a sword on the back and a pointed steel helmet that shows the whole face. A woman wears a long red sarafan over a white full-sleeved blouse and a red headscarf with white polka dots tied under the chin.

The huge bald warrior on the LEFT stays exactly as in the video, with his own face, body, clothes and moves. He never gets the face from [Image 1].

Shots (one continuous shot, no cuts):
0-2 s: the two stand back to back, the big one LEFT, the slim one RIGHT, the outside hands joined and stretched to the camera; both look away.
2-4.5 s: the one on the LEFT turns the head over the shoulder to the camera and sings with big mouth moves and a cheeky grin.
4.5-6.5 s: the one on the RIGHT turns over the shoulder to the camera and sings, eyebrows up, mouth wide open.
6.5-9 s: the one on the LEFT sings to the camera again with a wide grin.
9-11.7 s: the one on the RIGHT sings the last line to the camera and smiles.
The joined hands stay in the middle of the frame, close to the camera.

Exactly two people, both adults: one head each, five fingers on each hand, the joined hands stay joined. Passers-by far behind stay small and blurred. No captions, no added text, no flags, no emblems on the towers, no logos, no watermark.
   ```

2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4.

One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend/create

#### Variant: Duo

Settings: 2 photos (person 1 (18+), on the right, face clear + person 2 (18+), on the left, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 12 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 183 credits in one tap.

1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 12 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt:

   ```text
   Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same night on a wide cobbled square, warm street lamps, red-brick buildings with towers and a white gate with two green spires, the same handheld phone shot from the thighs up, the same timing, head turns, mouth moves and facial expressions. Two people change and everything else stays: the slim young man on the right is now the person in [Image 1], the huge bald warrior on the left is now the person in [Image 2], both in new outfits.

[Image 1] replaces the slim young man on the RIGHT, in EVERY shot: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles). NO wavy blond hair unless [Image 1] shows it. The outfit: never the clothes from [Image 1] and never the young man's grey tunic with the zigzag trim. A man wears a knee-length chainmail shirt over a red tunic, a leather belt, a sword on the back and a pointed steel helmet that shows the whole face. A woman wears a long red sarafan over a white full-sleeved blouse and a red headscarf with white polka dots tied under the chin.

[Image 2] replaces the huge bald warrior on the LEFT, in EVERY shot: copy the exact face from [Image 2] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles), with their own body size and hair: NO bald head, NO black topknot, NO drooping mustache, NO bare belly unless [Image 2] shows them. The outfit, never the clothes from [Image 2]: a man wears a dark red tunic with a wide leather belt, dark red baggy trousers and studded leather arm cuffs; a woman wears the same sarafan and polka-dot headscarf.

The same two real people in every frame, so their friends recognize them at once. Never morph, never blend the faces, never drift back to the men in [Video 1]: [Image 1] is only the one on the right, [Image 2] only the one on the left. Both change: no one from [Video 1] stays, also when only the side of a head shows.

Shots (one continuous shot, no cuts):
0-2 s: the two stand back to back, the big one LEFT, the slim one RIGHT, the outside hands joined and stretched to the camera; both look away.
2-4.5 s: the one on the LEFT turns the head over the shoulder to the camera and sings with big mouth moves and a cheeky grin.
4.5-6.5 s: the one on the RIGHT turns over the shoulder to the camera and sings, eyebrows up, mouth wide open.
6.5-9 s: the one on the LEFT sings to the camera again with a wide grin.
9-11.7 s: the one on the RIGHT sings the last line to the camera and smiles.
The joined hands stay in the middle of the frame, close to the camera.

Exactly two people, both adults: one head each, five fingers on each hand, the joined hands stay joined. Passers-by far behind stay small and blurred. No captions, no added text, no flags, no emblems on the towers, no logos, no watermark.
   ```

2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4.

One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/three-bogatyrs-ai-trend/create?variant=duo

### Which photo works best?

You need **one photo** for You and **two photos** for Duo.

- One person per photo, face to the camera, sharp and well lit. From the waist up works best: the clip is filmed from the thighs up and you turn your head over the shoulder.
- No sunglasses, no mask, no hat, no beauty filter, nobody else in the photo.
- Your face and hair come from your photo; the outfit comes from the trend: a man gets chainmail and a pointed helmet, a woman a red sarafan and a polka-dot headscarf.
- Duo: photo 1 stands on the right, photo 2 on the left, in place of the huge warrior.
- This template is for adults. Use your own photo or one of an adult friend who agreed. Never a celebrity, a stranger or a child.

## How many credits does it cost?

You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the scene photo and the video, charged once. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

| Video model | Settings | Credits |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seedance 2.5 (this template) | 12 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap | 183 |

Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back.

## What happens in the Three Bogatyrs AI video, second by second?

The video copies the original AI clip shot for shot: one handheld night shot, 12 seconds, vertical, with you in it:

| Seconds | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0-2 | You and the warrior stand back to back, outside hands joined and stretched to the camera, both looking away |
| 2-4.5 | The warrior turns over his shoulder and sings with a cheeky grin |
| 4.5-6.5 | You turn over your shoulder and sing your line, eyebrows up |
| 6.5-9 | The warrior sings to the camera again |
| 9-12 | You sing the last line to the camera and smile |

The square, the red-brick towers, the street lamps and the moves stay as in the clip. The song goes back on after the run, on the same seconds, so the clip is ready to post on TikTok as your three bogatyrs lip sync. The videos come from top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5. Every run is a new take, so results differ a little.

## You or Duo: what each version gives

| | You | Duo |
|---|---|---|
| Photos | 1: you | 2: you and a friend or your partner |
| Who is in it | You, back to back with the huge bald steppe warrior of the clip | The two of you, back to back; nobody from the clip stays |
| Outfits | A man: chainmail and a pointed helmet. A woman: a red sarafan and a polka-dot headscarf | Photo 1 as above; photo 2: a red steppe warrior outfit (a man) or the sarafan (a woman) |
| Frame | Vertical 9:16, 720p | Vertical 9:16, 720p |
| Length | 12 seconds | 12 seconds |
| Sound | The clip's song, put back on after the run; you can turn it off | The same |

The back to back lip sync is a pair trend by nature, so Duo is the version for couples and best friends: a man and a woman make the hero and the folk maiden of the template promos. MakeViral makes this three bogatyrs ai video from photo on the web: no app, no editing, no prompt. The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything.

## What can go wrong and how to fix it

| Problem | Why | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The face looks a little off when you turn | The face is side-on over the shoulder for most of the clip | Use a sharp, front-facing photo with good light and run it again |
| Blond wavy hair you do not have | The young hero in the clip has it | The prompt bans it unless your photo shows it; run it again if it comes back |
| The outfit is not the one you expected | The AI changes the clip's costume into a folk outfit | Run it again; every run is a new take |
| The mouth is a little off the words near the end | The video comes out about 0.2 seconds shorter than the clip | It is close to the words but not exact lip sync; it reads fine on a phone |

One person per photo. A far photo with a small face gives the AI less to work with.

## Posting tips: song, hashtags and caption

The video comes with the trend's sound on the same seconds. You can turn it off on the result screen and pick the sound on TikTok when you post instead. The song is by t.A.T.u. and belongs to its owners; MakeViral gives you no rights to it, so check the platform's music rules before you use the clip in an ad.

**Hashtags:** #трибогатыря, #алешапопович and #тугаринзмей (the trend's own tags), plus #threebogatyrs for English-speaking TikTok. Keep the platform's AI label on: the video is AI-made.

**Caption ideas:** "Back to back with Tugarin", "POV: the folk epic got a TikTok" or "three bogatyrs tiktok, but it's me". Tag the friend you want for the Duo.

Want more duo trends? Try the [APT AI duo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/apt-ai-trend), the [Oouuh kitchen duet](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/oouuh-ai-trend) or [I'm With You](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/im-with-you-ai-trend).

## Three Bogatyrs AI trend questions

### What is the Three Bogatyrs trend?

The Three Bogatyrs trend of October 2026 is the back to back lip sync done by AI-made folk-epic heroes: Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey stand back to back at night, hands joined toward the camera, and sing in turn over the shoulder. It is also called the Three Bogatyrs lip sync trend, the back to back lip sync AI or the Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin AI trend. In Russian people search три богатыря тренд and три богатыря ии.

### How do I make the Three Bogatyrs AI video?

Press "Create your own", pick You (one photo) or Duo (two photos), add the photos and press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get a 12-second clip on the night square, back to back, with the song on it. No prompt and no editing.

### What is the back to back lip sync trend?

The back to back lip sync trend (also the back to back singing trend, or the back to back trend tiktok) is a 2026 meme: two people stand back to back, join their outside hands toward the phone and take turns singing over the shoulder to a t.A.T.u. song. People also call it the tatu lip sync trend. The biggest post on its sound has 12.4 million views (September 2026). The back to back singing tiktok trend got its AI twist on 19 October 2026 with the Three Bogatyrs heroes.

### Who are Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin?

Alyosha Popovich is one of the three bogatyrs, the heroes of old Russian folk epics (byliny), and Tugarin Zmey is the steppe villain he fights. Many people know Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin from the 2004 Russian animated film of that name, part of the Three Bogatyrs series (searched as алеша попович и тугарин змей). MakeViral is not tied to the film: your video gives you a generic folk hero or folk maiden outfit, never a film costume, back to back with a huge bald steppe warrior, and uses no film footage.

### Is there a Three Bogatyrs filter?

There is no TikTok filter: the trend is made with AI video tools, and phone-editor template promos called it a three bogatyrs filter from 24 October 2026. MakeViral makes it on the web from your photo, as an alyosha popovich ai video with you in the hero's place, and you see the price before you start.

### Can I make it with my partner or a friend?

Yes, pick Duo. Photo 1 stands on the right, photo 2 on the left. The back to back lip sync is a pair trend, so it fits couples and best friends. Both people must be adults.

### Will I look like the three bogatyrs characters from the film?

No. The three bogatyrs characters belong to the film. You keep your own face and hair and get a generic folk outfit: chainmail and a pointed helmet for a man, a red sarafan with a polka-dot headscarf for a woman. In You, the huge warrior next to you is the AI character of the original clip; tugarin zmey is the name the trend uses for him.

### Does the video come with the song?

Yes. The trend's sound goes back on after the run, on the same 12 seconds, so you can post it as it is. You can turn it off on the result screen. The song belongs to its owners.

### Can I make it with my pet?

Not yet. Every clip of the trend we found shows two people. If a pet version takes off, we will add it here.

## Other AI video templates and tools

- [APT AI Video: You and a Friend in the Pink APT. Studio](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/apt-ai-trend): One of you plays the red drums, the other kneels on the pink floor and sings into the mic, then you hug, sing to the camera and dance side by side. Add two photos, or two pets, and get the 15-second clip with its sound.
- [Fredo Bang Oouuh AI Trend: Put the Two of You in the Kitchen](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/oouuh-ai-trend): One of you strums a ukulele, the other sings "Oouuh" and dances toward the phone, in one take in a small kitchen. Two photos of you and a friend: 14 seconds, with the song.
- [I'm With You Trend: Sing Avril Lavigne on the Roller Coaster](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/im-with-you-ai-trend): Add one photo and take Boy Marinho's front seat in his viral roller coaster reel: you sing I'm With You with your eyes closed in the station, then at the top of your voice as the train rolls out into the sun.
- [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator)
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## Make your own Three Bogatyrs AI video

Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 183 credits, charged once.

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