Morning star show. Elena Pinjoyan. When the stars were small. Personal life of Yuri Nikolaev

In March 1991, the first musical talent competition in the history of Russian television, the program “Morning Star,” started on ORT (“Channel One”).
The host of the show, Yuri Nikolaev, introduced the country to many future celebrities, but in 2003, the program was displaced from the air by the reality “Star Factory”... We remembered the musicians who started on the stage of the “Morning Star”.

"Lyceum"

Prokhor Chaliapin

Ani Lorak

Valeria

Yulia Nachalova

Sergey Lazarev

Vlad Topalov

Pelagia

Angelika Varum

Oh, what times those were! The program “Morning Star”, “Love at First Sight”, “Morning Mail”, “Me and My Dog”... It was impossible to get the whole country out of the house when these programs were shown on TV. And then most of them closed. Just. Without explaning the reason. Woman’s Day decided to find out where the country’s most beloved television programs went. Those whose success most modern television shows have not been able to replicate to this day.

Maxim Chizhikov, Vsevolod Eremin, Elena Selina, Olga Bekhtolt, Daria Evans· May 15, 2015

"Morning Star"

Start

In 1991, a new musical program “Morning Star” was aired on Channel One of the then Soviet television, which immediately won the hearts of all viewers.

The author and host of the program was famous TV presenter, actor and showman Yuri Nikolaev. It is worth noting that Yuri could not then find a sponsor for selecting a team, children, operators, renting premises... The author of the program had to invest his own money, borrowed from a bank on credit, into the program.

Competition rules

The program was conducted on a competitive basis, in which participants showed their skills in vocal or dance genres depending on age (age groups from 3 to 15 and from 15 to 22 years). The jury, consisting of four people, gave a score to each of the participants. Dialer greatest number points advanced to the next round. In addition, the program included a competition for presenters and a competition for young performers. classical music, held jointly with the New Names Foundation.

It must be said that “Morning Star” paved the way to fame for many now famous pop performers, such as Ani Lorak, Yulia Nachalova, Sergei Lazarev, and many others. The program, which lasted 12 years, was repeatedly awarded the highest awards, including international ones.

Latest issue

In 2002, it migrated from Channel One to TVC, where it existed until 2003. On November 16, 2003, the last episode of the program took place.

The creator of the program, which will forever be remembered by everyone, happily recalls the past years and is sad that his brainchild was closed.

In his opinion, today domestic television there are few programs for teenagers, and he would very much like to revive “Morning Star”, but, unfortunately, this does not depend on him.

“When I conceived the program, I thought that if it lasts for several years, it will be great,” recalls Yuri Alexandrovich. – As a result, the program lasted 13 years. For the program, I think this is a very good indicator. Nevertheless, television is moving forward, new formats have appeared, Channel One has new views. “Star Factory” appeared, which was considered similar to “Morning Star”, and my program was closed. It’s not that I’m offended, it’s just that this is my brainchild, and probably I should have moved on, developed more. Although I was constantly introducing some new ideas, nominations, decorations. But, probably, it was necessary to change the form itself in accordance with the times. Of course, I dream of resuming “Morning Star”, but I think that it would hardly be aired on Channel One. Now there is a children's “Voice”, a very good program. Perhaps she would have gone on another channel. You see, now all channels have transformed my idea in one form or another, and now every channel has children’s programs. Of course, what I came up with is the author's program. Now, alas, there are practically no copyrighted programs, and I don’t remember that since 1990 anyone has promoted their own brand. I succeeded and I’m happy that I did it.”

"Love at first sight"

Start

Love at First Sight is a television romance game show. Aired from January 12, 1991 to August 31, 1999 on the RTR television channel. The very first episode of the program was filmed in London, in the studio where the English version of “Love at first sight” was filmed. The hosts of the program were Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk. And Hook’s voice is now heard in the program “What? Where? When?".

In 2011, an attempt was made to revive the show with slightly modified rules on MTV, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The program lasted in this form for less than six months.

There are still analogues of the game show, but “Love at First Sight” remains one of the brightest and most unusual programs for our TV viewers. Soviet period. First of all, viewers loved her for her mystery and romance. There was no vulgarity in it, which is now in abundance on modern television.

Rules of the game

The action took place in two stages. On the first day, three girls and three guys met for the first time in the studio, where they answered the hosts' treacherous questions. At the end of the game, pressing the buttons simultaneously determined who sympathized with whom. If the participants' opinions coincided with the computer's, the happy couple went to a restaurant to get to know each other better and prepare for the next stage.

The next day, participants were asked to answer the presenters’ questions about how their partner(s) would behave in a given situation. The correct answer gave the right to one shot, which was realized at the end of the game. Shooting was carried out in sectors behind which various prizes were located, including the main one - “Romantic Journey”. When hitting " Broken heart“The game stopped and the couple was deprived of everything “that had been acquired through back-breaking labor.”

Subsequently, the rules changed somewhat - the pair for the second stage began to be determined by audience voting in the studio, and the number of heart sectors decreased (but the “Broken Heart” sector disappeared). The main idea of ​​the program is to create a happy married couple, whose wedding gift would be a romantic trip, remained.

End of love

In this form, “Love” existed until the end of August 1999. After the closure of this show, Alla married for the third time and disappeared from the screens. However, she didn't stop creative activity, becoming the editor of the production center “Igra-TV”.

But Boris Kryuk remained in the public eye, hosting the program “What? Where? When?".

“You know, the story of why the program was closed is becoming legendary. In fact, the last few years of its existence were broadcast less and less. The last filming took place in 1998, right before Black Tuesday,” said Boris Kryuk. “So the economic situation had an impact. I must say that it was quite an expensive show because of the scenery, computers, etc. Alla and I grew a little during the journey and wanted to move on. As a result, “Love at First Sight” ran for some time, but still closed. Everything was by mutual agreement, no one had any complaints about this. Afterwards, a lot of analogues appeared on the screens, which could not repeat our success.

Now I have found myself so much in the program “What? Where? When?” because I’m not on the screen. I don't like it when people come up to me and want something from me. By nature I am not an actor, I don’t need to be loved, looked at, etc. I prefer to stay in the shadows."

"50x50"

About the transfer

“50x50” is an information and entertainment music program for young people who appeared on television in 1989. The symbol of the program was a branded splash screen in the form of a zebra. The TV show was popularly nicknamed “Fifty-Fifty.” The name reflected the concept of the program: half music and half information, half of the guests were already famous pop stars and half were beginners.

The information part talked about news in the world of show business and musical events.

Among other things, the program showed new video clips, interviews with stars, competitions and quizzes from the stars. Russian stage and sponsors.

First broadcast

The program first aired on the First Central Television Program in 1989. From 1989 to 1991, the host was Sergei Minaev. In 1990, Alexey Veselkin became his co-host, and they spent several episodes together.

In 1991, the program was hosted by Veselkin alone, a little later Ksenia Strizh became his co-host, and in 1993, program director Nikolai Fomenko replaced her with Dina Rubanova. Veselkin hosted some episodes alone. In 1992, the program aired on the 2x2 TV channel, but soon returned to Ostankino Channel 1. Several editions in 1992 were conducted by Nikolai Fomenko and Sergei Kalvarsky.

Closing

At the beginning of 1998, the program was closed, but on September 19, 1998 it was resumed on RTR under the name “50x50. I'll be a star." Sergey Minaev became the presenter again; some episodes were hosted by Kirill Kalyan instead. IN new version the presenter conveyed the commentary to the teenagers, each of whom dreamed of becoming a star.

Where, just like in previous issues, various clips of popular stars were shown. On April 24, 1999, the last issue was released on RTR. The last episode finally appeared in 2000 on channel TV-6, after which the program was no longer aired.

The TV show “50x50” was the most spectacular and large-scale musical project at that time. The presenters were allowed to improvise live. The program filmed its own video clips. The news component of the program consisted of interesting events Soviet and later Russian show business.

"Two Pianos"

About the transfer

Musical TV game“Two Pianos” was broadcast on the RTR channel from 1998 to 2003.

In 2004, she moved to the TVC channel, where she stayed until May 2005. It is worth noting that the program was awarded national award"Ovation-1998" in the category "Best Musical Program of the Year".

Rules of the game

Let's remember what the rules of the game were. So, two teams of three people participate: two invited guests (usually famous actors or singers) and an accompanist. Teams take turns choosing one of the closed blue screens and must guess the intended song, the line from which is encrypted on the television screens. It is impossible to guess the song based on the first word, so participants are required to sing any song where the open word appears, always in the appropriate case. If players open the red screen, the turn goes to the other team.

In the super game of the program, all six screens open at once, on which the words of the song are mixed up. Either the presenter can ask the finalist team to name a number from one to six, or invite the finalist on stage to choose one of six balls, each containing the same numbers. The number on the ball or named by the finalist team will correspond to the number of screens to be opened. If the participants of one of the teams guess the song, then the team of a certain piano becomes the winner of the program.

Presenters

The program was hosted by Sergei Minaev (1998-2001), then he was replaced by Valery Syutkin (2002-2003), and then he continued to host the program in 2004 until its closure in 2005.

"My family"

About the program

Everyone, of course, remembers the Russian family talk show with Valery Komissarov, aired on ORT from July 25 to August 29, 1996, then there was a break until October 3, 1996, after which “My Family” returned to the air again and aired on Thursdays , then on Saturdays until the end of 1997. In 1998, the program moved to RTR and aired there on Saturday evenings until 2003. And already from 2004 to 2005 there were reruns on channel TV3.

Rules

The program discussed Various types family problems. Participated as professional psychologists, as well as actors, musicians and so on. Conversations usually took place in the studio, in a makeshift large kitchen.

Closing the program

Initially, they wanted to close the program in the spring of 2003, but then the information was refuted by the presenter himself. The final decision to close it was made in the summer of 2003, when Valery Komissarov joined the United Russia party and became involved in politics, as well as new television projects.

"Morning Post"

About the transfer

The program "Morning Mail" was broadcast in 1974. It aired consistently on Sundays at 11 a.m. until the mid-90s.

The presenter was Yuri Nikolaev, but sometimes the program was broadcast by Shirvindt, Derzhavin, Shifrin, Vedeneeva, Akopyan, Shustitsky. The program was extremely popular among Soviet viewers. Even in Soviet army in the weekend routine there was the item “Watching programs “I serve” Soviet Union" and "Morning Mail".

Rules

The concept of the program is to fulfill the requests of viewers. According to the script, bags of letters arrived for the program, where viewers asked to fulfill a musical request. Nikolaev read an interesting letter and included musical number. In fact, bags of letters, of course, arrived, but no one fulfilled these requests. Nikolaev said in one of his interviews that if all requests had been fulfilled, then there would have been no one in the program except Pugacheva, Kobzon, Antonov and Rotaru. I was just writing a script with interesting story and was played out by the presenter and guests of the program, if they were invited.

Decline of popularity

In the mid-90s, Nikolaev led new project"Morning Star" and left "Morning Mail". The program immediately lost ratings and moved to the ORT channel, where it was hosted by Cabaret-Duet Academy, Sergei Minaev, and the Ponomarenko brothers. Later, Nikolaev returned to the program and tried to revive it, but to no avail. The transfer was conveniently forgotten.

"Me and my dog"

About the show

Dog show “Me and my dog” – entertainment, in which owners and their dogs took part. They participated in competitions together, overcame obstacles together, answered questions and received prizes.

In 1995, the program first appeared on the NTV channel, and in 2002 it moved to Channel One. Also in 2002, the program was broadcast on Ren TV.

The main motto of the “Dog Show” is: “If a dog cannot do something, the owner can do it for him, and vice versa.”

Rules

Any person raising a dog could take part in the show. The competitions were evaluated by a jury, which usually included theater and film artists, popular pop singers, poets, composers, writers, directors.

After the takeover of the NTV television company in April 2001, the program temporarily stopped broadcasting, and reruns of the best moments of old episodes were broadcast. In the fall of 2001, the authors of the program decided to change the concept in connection with the move to a new studio. The dog-walking yard was transformed into an elite dog club, and the image of the presenter, who became the owner of this club, also changed. But as before, entrance to the studio was open to everyone without exception. A brass band also appeared in the studio.

Closing the transfer

In September 2002, the program, together with the program “Travels of a Naturalist,” moved to Channel One.

However, the studio's style and graphic design remained the same. In 2004, the NTV channel wanted to lure “Dog Show” back to itself, but this never happened. The program finally ceased to exist in August 2005.

Achievements

The program was nominated four times for the national television competition "TEFI" (in 1996 - as best program for children, in 1997 - “Best Presenter”, in 1998 - as the best entertainment program and best presenter). Has a diploma International Festival television programs for children and youth. Its permanent presenter is Mikhail Shirvindt.

"Call of the Jungle"

Description

The children's entertainment program "Call of the Jungle" was originally broadcast on Channel One weekly on Saturday mornings from 1993 to 1995 and on ORT every Wednesday from 1995 to 2002. The first presenter of the program was Sergei Suponev. After him, the program was also broadcast by Pyotr Fedorov and Nikolai Gadomsky.

Rules of the game

As a rule, two teams took part in the game - “predators” and “herbivores”. Each team had 4 people.

Herbivores played in yellow T-shirts with pictures of animals on them. So, the participants were an elephant, a panda, a koala, and a monkey. The predators played in red jerseys: crocodile, lion, panther and leopard.

Two teams participated in competitions like “Fun Starts”. When “herbivores” won a particular competition, they were given a fake “banana” as one point. When the “predators” won, they were thrown a fake “dice.” At the end of the game, the team with the most bananas or dice in the basket at the end of the game won.

From 2006 to September 12, 2009, episodes shown on ORT from 1995 to January 12, 2002 were aired in repeats on former channel"Telenyanya." Since June 1, 2011, episodes of 1993-1994 have been repeated on the Nostalgia channel.

"Sex with Anfisa Chekhova"

About the transfer

Who do people prefer to have sex with? Where do they do this? When? How? Anfisa Chekhova shared detailed, fresh, interesting information about how to get real satisfaction from intimate life in her television erotic show “Sex with Anfisa Chekhova.”

She introduced viewers to the practical and technical side of sex life. Real intimate stories, the opinion of sexologists, the results of research by scientists. The program talked about all sides sexual relations, desire for intimacy, search for unusual experiences, one-night stands, passion, love, thirst for adventure.

The erotic show “Sex with Anfisa Chekhova” has been aired in Russia since 2000. The author of the idea and permanent presenter Anfisa Chekhova has been collecting materials for many years to introduce viewers to her conclusions. Given the nature of the program, it was usually broadcast either at midnight or a little later. Specially invited male strippers helped Anfisa reveal the innermost secrets of her sexual life.

In her program, Anfisa talked about the most interesting stories from people's personal lives. About how to become sexy and realize your deepest desires, how to return extinguished passion, win your beloved man and prevent him from going to the left.

Closing the show

Despite the show's popularity, it was not destined to last long. During the economic crisis, filming of new episodes of the program stopped. The project was frozen, and old episodes of the program until 2012 were released in repeats.

"Window"

Start

The first episode of the “Windows” program was released on the STS TV channel on May 20, 2002. And immediately gathered a huge audience at the screens. After all, spying on your neighbors through the keyhole is a curious thing and loved by many. And in the program, childish passions were in full swing: offended wives pulled out the hair of their husband’s mistresses, men fought over the slightest insults, strippers and transvestites came to the program, and, naturally, all this was accompanied by obscene language. The audience has never seen such a show! On Channel One there were similar programs with similar washing of bones and digging into dirty laundry: « Big Wash", "My family", but it seemed that there were still some boundaries there. In “Windows” they were completely erased.

There was another factor why the audience loved the show so much. He was led by the charming Dmitry Nagiyev in a shirt unbuttoned on his chest and with long curly hair. He did not mince words, sometimes he pushed guests together, and his “everything, bye, bye” is still remembered by the audience.

Plot

The idea and style of the program are copied from The Jerry Springer Show, which has been on the air since 1991.

Usually the plot of the program developed according to the following scheme: Dmitry Nagiyev explained the background of the conflict, then its participants were invited to the studio one after another. The heroes dealt with each other verbally or using force. In this case, by the way, there was a “security service” in the studio, consisting of two strong men, whose goal was to separate the fighters.

After the end of the discussion, the presenter announced a “gong” and invited the audience to speak about the problem, and each was given exactly ten seconds. So, in one program, three different stories were dealt with, unrelated to each other.

Latest issue

A few months after the program began broadcasting, the newly established TV channel TVS wanted to lure the ratings-rated “Windows” to itself. But the author of the scandalous talk show Valery Komissarov last moment changed his mind and canceled the deal.

In 2002, the new general director of the STS channel, Alexander Rodnyansky, decided to close Okna. And from July 22, 2002, the program began to air on the TNT channel. True, STS also played old issues of Windows for the rest of the summer, until September 1st.

The last block of programs was filmed in February 2005, and the same year the talk show was closed due to declining ratings. The fact is that by this moment the audience was finally convinced: all the heroes are fake actors. At first, many still believed that it was real people dared to come to the program to understand their family matters. But attentive viewers began to notice that in some episodes the characters were repeated, but the stories they told did not match.

“I’ll tell you a secret: during the existence of the program, there wasn’t a single real hero in it,” Dmitry admitted several years after the show closed. – Until now, no one has repeated the success of “Windows”. Imagine when a channel with a share of 3.4% (professionals should understand this) gives figures of 26%. It's like an ant carrying an elephant. That's roughly what it was like.

God bless the creators of the program. While working at Okna, I bought real estate in Moscow. So we still exist in a small apartment - me and my mother with a cat.”

Lolita without complexes

Start

The first episode of the program was released on Channel One on August 29, 2005. Eternal theme: family problems, relationships between fathers and children, men and women, sex, love... But there is one difference: Lolita’s emotionality. The singer talked with each guest as close girlfriend. She never judged, but she could openly express the most impartial criticism, and then cry with the hero. Her motto: “Getting rid of complexes helps a person change his attitude towards life, and therefore change his life.”

Plot

Each program was devoted to a separate topic. Lolita indicated a series of questions that she tried to answer together with her guests, each of whom told their own story at a separate table in the center of the hall. Professional psychologists and psychotherapists were also present in the studio, who gave the heroes specific advice and helped them find a way out of the most hopeless situations. And this, by the way, was a breakthrough in the talk show format. Lolita was one of the first to work in conjunction with professional commentators, for which in 2007 she was awarded the national television award “TEFI” in the category “ Talk show host».

Latest issue

The talk show was closed in 2007 on the initiative of Lolita herself. The singer admitted that this work exhausted her terribly.

“There is no secret here, I was just tired and left,” Lolita said. – I passed all the stories through myself, delved into the essence of each one, got incredibly tired and, as a result, broke down from overexertion. At that time, I had suffered greatly physically, because television was not my only job. I was also not satisfied with the editing of the program. What took place on the set was livelier and richer than what was broadcast. I'm talking about technical flaws. It happens that the operator misses, and the one who sits at the control panel in the editing room is too lazy to tell about it. I'm a perfectionist by nature, so when I see this, I swear. I’m used to delving into everything to the very essence and I don’t understand how you can work carelessly. I'm uncomfortable."

Return

After 8 years, the program has a chance to return to the screens. True, on a different channel and with a different name.

“For those who miss the program “Without Complexes”: my new show “Lolita” has been filming since August 2014,” she said good news singer. – We received the go-ahead after the pilot episodes. The program will be aired on the “Friday!” channel.

"I myself"

Start

The first truly women's talk show appeared on February 22, 1995, on the eve of the men's holiday of Defender of the Fatherland Day, as a protest against the fact that most films and programs of that time were aimed at men: politics, sports, action films, etc. In the program “I Myself” they talked only about women’s problems under the leadership of Yulia Menshova, the daughter of director Vladimir Menshov and actress Vera Alentova. Julia did not want to follow in the footsteps star parents, and this was her first attempt to do something on her own. Just a few months later she had already become one of the most popular, most recognizable TV presenters on the Russian television screen.

Plot

The studio gathered celebrities, experts in various fields and the most ordinary people to talk openly, argue about pressing problems: “I don’t love my child,” “My husband joined a sect,” etc. At different periods when the talk show aired, Yulia Menshova had co-hosts: playwright and prose writer Irina Khrisanfova, psychologist Olga Serdobova, writer Maria Arbatova.

Closing

The program “I Myself” existed until 2002, first airing on channel TV-6, and later on NTV. Over the years of its existence, the program “I Myself” repeatedly changed its style and was broadcast on different channels, but all this time it remained one of the most popular, highest-rated talk shows. In 1999, Yulia Menshova became a laureate of the national television award “TEFI” in the “Talk Show Host” category. “Until the time I worked on the show “I Myself,” my dad wasn’t too proud of my successes. Basically, they and my mother nagged me,” Yulia recalled. “And when I left their wing, theater and cinema, and took up television, some kind of objectivity came. They began to react calmer. And finally they became proud of me. After receiving the TEFI, my dad even praised me for the first time.”

Return to TV

After almost 10 years, Yulia Menshova returned to TV. Her original program “Alone with Everyone” is currently airing on Channel One, where she talks with popular people for an hour. “This is a return to home,” admitted Yulia. – Over the past 10 years, some changes have occurred on television, but they are more of a structural nature. What we once discovered as a bicycle now works automatically. And it's very nice. As for the actual recording of the program, I don’t have the feeling that there was any pause at all. I don’t feel frantic excitement, I calculate my strength and know what I can do and what I can’t. Probably, when it’s really your business, you adequately assess your strengths, without underestimating your capabilities or exaggerating.”

"Lucky case"

Start

The family quiz show appeared on domestic television in 1989. This is not the know-how of our producers, but an analogue American show"Race for the leader." Each episode was attended by two teams (families) consisting of four people. They answered intellectual questions presenter, each other, TV viewers. Based on the results of 5 rounds, the winner was determined. The team that managed to win four games in a row received unimaginable prizes at that time: a TV, a VCR and a stereo system.

Rules

The rules of the quiz have undergone changes over time. Initially, on the table in front of the teams there was a playing field with colored sectors indicating the topics of the questions. After 1994 this field disappeared. True, a new round appeared, where pop stars, actors, and athletes asked questions to the participants. Rating from " Happy occasion"was crazy until 1999. After moving from ORT to TVC, the program lasted a couple more months, and then closed completely.

Leading

From the very first issue, the quiz was hosted by Mikhail Marfin, who, one might say, along with Voroshilov, instilled in Russians a love of smart games. In addition to hosting “Happy Occasion,” Mikhail was the editor of the KVN Major League from 1992 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2009 he was a permanent member of the jury of the TNT programs “Laughter without Rules” and “Killer League.” Since 2013, he has been hosting the show “You Can’t Get Smarter” on the STV channel. Writes scripts for TV series and films.

"A woman's gaze" by Oksana Pushkina

Start

For the first time, domestic television viewers found out who Oksana Pushkina was in 1997. Upon returning to her homeland after a long stay in the United States, the journalist came to the VID company with a proposal to make an original program about the difficult destinies of women. The creators of VID liked the idea. A couple of months later, “Women’s Stories” by Oksana Pushkina appeared on the air.” Viewers instantly remembered Pushkina’s style of presentation: revelations from stars talking about their difficult lives, overcoming adversity, and a sympathetic voice-over. Oksana instantly became one of the most popular presenters.

Moving to NTV

True, despite the success, two years later Pushkina moved to NTV due to financial disagreements with the channel. They say they didn’t pay any money. Oksana’s new program began to be called “A Woman’s View” by Oksana Pushkina.” But the “first button” did not lag behind. Oerteshniks launched a twin project “Women’s Stories” with Tatyana Pushkina.” Not only do the presenters of similar programs have the same last names, but they were also very similar in appearance. As a result, the two channels had almost identical programs.

Closing

Latest issue " Female gaze..." aired in 2013. The program was closed due to Pushkina’s return to Channel One.

Talk show "Arina"

Start

The program aired on the NTV channel in 1998–1999. The host, as the name suggests, is Arina Sharapova. The genre of this show is very similar to Yulia Menshova’s project “Alone with Everyone,” which is currently airing on Channel One.

The essence of the project

Famous people came to Arina’s studio and talked about various, sometimes very personal topics. For example, on one of the talk show broadcasts there was Lyudmila Gurchenko, who talked about terrible disease, which she transferred in ’96. Sharapova's program was distinguished by very interesting, but at the same time tactful questions and, of course, the charm of the presenter.

Closing

However, in October 1999, Arina left for TV-6, and in 2001 she returned to First, where she still hosts “Good Morning”. From 2007 to 2010, Sharapova was the co-host of “Fashionable Sentence.” In 2013, she conducted several editions of the game “The Most best husband", in 2014 - host of the project "Island of Crimea". Since 2014, she has been the president of the School of Arts and Media Technologies.

"Brain Ring"

Start

Another domestically produced intellectual show from Vladimir Voroshilov. The creator of the program “What? Where? When?" conceived this project back in the early 80s. However, he managed to bring the idea to life only a decade later. The essence of the program is close to “ChGK”, however, instead of one team of experts, two teams of 6 people answer the same questions. The order of answers is determined by a button on the participants’ table: whoever pressed first is the first to answer. Accordingly, the intensity of passions increased due to competition.

Leading

The first few issues in the early 90s were conducted by Voroshilov himself. In 1991, Andrei Kozlov, one of the experts at the elite club, became the host of the project. Besides him in the "Brain Ring" in different time Alexander Druz, Boris Burda, Vladimir Belkin took part.

What now?

The program also moved frequently from channel to channel. At first it was shown on the first button, and was shown on TVC for some time. From February 6 to December 4, 2010 it aired on the STS TV channel. The hosts were Andrei Kozlov and actress Elizaveta Arzamasova (in the image of Galina Sergeevna Vasnetsova, a character in the TV series " father's daughters"). In 2013, several episodes were shown by the Zvezda channel (a special tournament among employees of the Ministry of Defense).

Also, their own versions of the show were released in Ukraine, Belarus, and Azerbaijan.

"Up to 16 and older"

Start

In 1983 at the First Program Central television USSR there was a program covering the life of young people. Moreover, it spoke not only about the achievements and successes of young Soviet citizens, but also about their problems. Homelessness, hazing in the army, drugs and rock and roll – the presenters and correspondents of “Until 16...” examined the most pressing topics. Even intimate issues were discussed in the “Tete-a-Tete” section. Famous people were often invited to the program. So, in 1988, immediately after the sensational film “Needle,” the idol of that time, Viktor Tsoi, appeared on the air.

Journalists and presenters

On initial stage issue was a magazine consisting of individual stories, reports. Later, the program became closer to the format of a talk show with a studio and guests discussing burning topics of the younger generation. Among the presenters of the show were Sergei Suponev, who since 1986 worked in the Children's Editorial Office of Central Television and prepared stories for the program “Under 16 and Over” and Alexey Veselkin.

Closing

“Under 16 and Over” lasted a long time on silver screens, until 2001. Since then, the project has been on indefinite hiatus. No one has ever fully filled this niche.

"The Domino Principle"

Start

The program started on the NTV channel in 2001. The hosts of “The Domino Principle” were Elena Ishcheeva and Elena Hanga. Issues were issued at a daily frequency. The program caused an unprecedented stir - over three television seasons of broadcasting, more than 700 programs were aired.

The essence of the program

The talk show was based on real characters and real stories. In each episode, the hosts, together with guests and experts from the program, discussed a specific situation or problem. The name “Domino Principle” was intended to reflect the essence of what was happening in the studio - the desire to study every circumstance, any factor that influences the chain of subsequent events. In a figurative sense, when one domino pushes another, the entire chain falls.

Closing

More and more often, Elena Ishcheeva and Elena Khanga had to resolve conflicts not only between the broadcast participants, but also among themselves. As Ishcheeva later admitted, she and Hanga could not work well together, but if this had happened, the program could have existed for a very, very long time. By 2006, The Domino Principle's ratings had dropped so low that the program had to be taken off the air.

"Details"

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The program appeared on the STS channel television network in 2002. The host of “Details” was Tina Kandelaki. Issues were published in live. The production of the first version of the program, aired from September to December 2002, was carried out by the VID television company. Then the program went for revision and returned to the air only in 2003.

The essence of the program

Guests came to Tina Kandelaki’s studio with whom they could have an interesting and informative conversation on various topics. From 2003 to 2007, the “Details in the Morning” program was broadcast, hosted by Sasha Markvo and Nastya Chukhrai, and the regular episode was published on weekdays at night. From this program came “Stories in Detail” and “Cinema in Detail”. Since the fall of 2006, the program was broadcast live and became interactive - anyone could call the program studio by phone and ask a question to the guest. At the same time, politicians were never invited to the program in accordance with the apolitical concept of STS broadcasting.

Closing

In November 2006, Tina Kandelaki became the winner of the TEFI award in the “Talk Show Host” category thanks to this TV show. However, in the first half of 2007, the popular program disappeared from the air on STS due to low ratings of the latest episodes. The reason for the lower ratings is the lack of updating of the format. In addition, it was mentioned that over the four years of the program’s existence, Kandelaki managed to talk with almost all possible guests.

In the summer of 2007, they decided to revive the program in updated format. Tina Kandelaki began to host it together with Renata Litvinova and Kirill Serebrennikov. However, this format did not arouse much audience interest, and after New Year's holidays In 2008, the program was finally closed.

"Weak Link"

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TV game "The Weakest Link" on Russian television became an analogue English The Weakest Link. In Russia, the program was launched on September 25, 2001. It immediately aroused increased interest among the audience and even divided it into two camps: some considered the game to be excessively cruel, revealing the most indecent qualities in people, while others, on the contrary, considered it interesting and exciting.

Rules of the game

A team of seven (before November 2001 - nine) previously strangers tries to earn a prize of up to 400,000 rubles by answering the host’s questions. A total of 6 rounds with 7 players, 7 rounds with 8 players, 8 rounds with 9 players and the final. The time for each round is limited (the duration of the first round is 2.5 minutes, each subsequent round is 10 seconds less), the time for thinking about the final questions is unlimited.

A special feature of the transfer is the removal of one of the players at the end of each game round, which is done by voting of all players.

The first question of the first round is asked to the player whose name is first in alphabetical order (in subsequent rounds - to the strongest player of the previous round according to statistics, or if the strongest link has left the game, then the player with the first name in alphabetical order or the next strongest link in statistics starts the round), then the players answer in turn. In each round you can earn up to 50,000 rubles by building chains of correct answers. In the last round, any amount earned by participants is doubled (that is, you can earn up to 100,000 rubles). Most quick way earn the maximum amount - build a chain of 8 correct answers, in this case the round ends early.

Maria Kiseleva's jokes:

– Who is dragging the whole team down?

– Who got lost in three pines?

– Who has a head just to eat in it?

– Who is suitable for the slogan “Slower, lower, weaker”?

– Whose intelligence is at the level of the plinth?

– Who will the team remove like a sore tooth?

Closing

The game aired on Channel One with Maria Kiseleva presenting it until July 2, 2005. Two years later, the license to produce its own version of the game was acquired by Channel Five; from December 2, 2007 to December 28, 2008, Nikolai Fomenko hosted the game.

"Peak hour"

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Popular in the 90s, the television program of the VID television company in the genre of television interviews, copied from Larry King's show Larry King Live, right down to the host's braces, is one of the programs that “changed the way Russians view television.” It aired live on Channel One Ostankino, and from April 3, 1995 on ORT from Monday to Thursday at 19:00. The first issue was released on May 30, 1994. Until March 1, 1995, the program was hosted by Vlad Listyev.

The essence of the program

The host of the program, Vlad Listyev, invited a guest to the studio, with whom he had conversations on current topics - in different years Kristina Orbakaite, Yuri Nikulin, Yan Arlazorov and others visited the studio.

Closing

After the murder of Vlad Listyev on the evening of March 1, 1995, many assumed that the program would be closed, but it continued to air. On the evening of March 2, 1995, an episode of the program dedicated to Vlad Listyev was released, without a host. After the launch of ORT, from April 3 to September 28, 1995, the program was alternately hosted by Sergei Shatunov and Dmitry Kiselev, from October 2, 1995 to August 29, 1996, the program was alternately hosted by Dmitry Kiselev and Andrey Razbash. Since September 2, 1996, the talk show was hosted by Andrei Razbash. In February 1998, the program covered Olympic Games in Nagano.

"Finest Hour"

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The children's television program began airing on Mondays on the ORT channel on October 19, 1992. Conducted in the format intellectual game. The first host of the program was actor Alexey Yakubov, but he was soon replaced by Vladimir Bolshov. The first few months of 1993 were hosted by Igor Bushmelev and Elena Shmeleva (Igor and Lena), from April 1993 to December 8, 2001, Sergei Suponev, who became the head of the program. Project by Vladislav Listyev.

Rules of the game

The game was played according to two fundamentally different systems of rules. To be precise, the rules differed even from game to game, in particular, the participation of parents in the rounds in the points season (in some rounds the host was released after the first) and the awarding of stars in the second.

Points season

The game consisted of three rounds and the final. 6 teams took part in the game, each of which consisted of a participant - a schoolchild of approximately 8-10 grades and one of his parents, less often a teacher or friend. Parents answered all questions at the same time as their children, earning them extra points. If the parent gave three incorrect answers, then he left the game. In the points season there was no “0” sign (there is no correct answer), no round. The difference between the first and second only affected the order in which the words were named in the final.

Star Season

A star was given for the correct answer of both the participant and the parent in the first and third rounds; in the second, the parent had the longest word, the participant had the longest word, and they received a different number of stars from game to game. The difference in stars gave a handicap in the final: the one who cannot say the word or give the star loses.

If all participants should receive a star on the same basis, then no one received it. It became especially important in the later games, since the record was 9 stars (+1 for opening a red box), and with that number no one reached the final: it was guaranteed that you could only get 3+2+2, in the first round you need three the player made a mistake, and in the third - so that the opponents give the correct answer to the same question or make a mistake.

Zero round

A gift for the presenter - a craft or a performance. At first, the presenter gave a star to those who cooked. But after everyone began to prepare, the star was given only to the best. Once the presenter gave a star the only participant who didn't prepare anything.

First tour

In the first round, participants were offered eight items or concepts indicated on a video board, and were asked questions to which these items were the answers. Answers were given by raising up tablets with numbers - answer numbers (respectively, from 1 to 8).

Second round

At the beginning of the second round, 10 large cubes with letters on the sides poured out of the pipe (later - 9 with a star replacing any letter). Those letters that ended up on the upper edges (looking up) were taken for the task. From these letters it was necessary to form words, using as many of the dropped letters as possible. The parents also composed the words. For the longest word among the parents, the participant received 50 points. For their words, all participants received 50 points for each letter. Later, a star was awarded for the participant's longest word, and another for the parent. In some cases, they got three if they matched.

There was also a game with the spectators according to the rules: the spectators who were the first to name each word, if it was the longest that was composed, came out. Then there was one prize: you had to guess which one (they took turns asking a question that could be answered “yes”/“no”). And receive a prize if the presenter answers “yes” to the exact, sometimes close, name of the item).

At least three players advanced to the third round. Those who composed the longest words came out first. Then those who composed shorter words but had the most points (stars). If the points were equal, everyone passed.

Prize competition

In the points season: the player who composed the longest word (if several, then the one who scored the most points in the 1st-2nd rounds; in case of a tie, an additional question was asked) had the right to choose a prize for himself. The prizes were hidden in five numbered boxes; you had to point to the right box. The player could keep the prize or open another one (up to three boxes). If two people had the same number of points (which was rare; equality was needed in the first round), then an additional question was asked.

IN stellar season: the player who composed the longest word (if more than one, then the one who scored the most stars) had the right to choose a prize for himself. The prizes were hidden in seven boxes of different colors and sizes; you had to point to the right box. A star was taken to open each box. If you don’t like the prize, you can leave it and open another one. In one of the boxes there was a star, giving the right to open another box for free. The red box may contain the best prize, but it may also be empty, after which it is impossible to open other boxes in any case (the rule was not introduced immediately). If two participants named a word of equal length and had an equal number of stars, they could open one box each, except for the red one. If there was a star, then he opened the second one for free, “Applause” - for a fee. Sometimes participants opened the boxes, and there was nothing there...

Third round

In the third round, 4 (later 3) objects or concepts appeared on the scoreboard. For each question, unlike the first round, different items appeared. It was necessary either to indicate which of the objects or concepts was superfluous, or by raising two signs at once to show which of the objects needed to be swapped so that they were located in a certain order. The evaluation was similar to the first round.

In the later games, parents did not answer the question, but only the first one to raise the sign and with the correct answer received it. The rule changed the strategy: for the leader (who reached the final) there was a theoretical opportunity to be the first to raise the sign, but it was necessary for both opponents to answer correctly or both to make a mistake, and so that an equal number of stars had previously been collected. The person lagging behind had to be the first to raise the sign, otherwise they would not advance to the finals. Only two players reached the final.

The final

In the finals, participants without parents (later with them) competed against each other, starting with smallest number points. The one who made the most wins short words from one long one. For a word named alone, he received 20 points. For a word named with a parent, +10. If during the game the player scored 1000 points and won the final, he won a super prize.

Closing

After tragic death host Sergei Suponev On December 8, 2001, the program ceased to exist. The last episode was broadcast on January 16, 2002. They did not find a replacement for the presenter, although they tried Sergei Belogolovtsev and Kirill Suponev as new presenters. In addition, many other ORT children's programs were closed, such as Call of the Jungle, as well as the broadcast of animated series at 15:30.

"Big Wash"

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The show was launched in July 2001, then still on the ORT channel. Presenter Andrei Malakhov recalls how his idea was born:

– I saw how popular talk shows and their hosts are in the USA: Larry King, Oprah Winfrey (Malakhov studied in America. – Website note). Moreover, they had been leading them for ten to fifteen years. And so, upon returning, in the corridors of Ostankino I met TV presenter Larisa Krivtsova (who later became the producer of The Big Streak - Antenna note), and she asked me if there were any fresh ideas. I shared my American impressions. Moreover, when talking about the talk show, I assumed that this was rather its format. But at the next meeting, she stunned me with the news that she had agreed with the channel management about new program(this was the “Big Wash”) and that I would lead it.

This show gave me a boost stellar career Andrey.

Rules of the game

The slogan of the program: “One hour - this is the automatic mode of operation.” washing machine. Now, instead of the usual soap operas, housewives, having started their laundry, will watch an hour-long talk show.” For an hour Malakhov talked with guests in the studio, discussing scandalous details personal life, both stars and ordinary people. She went out on weekdays, first at four o’clock, then at five.

Closing

The program ceased to exist in 2004. But the format of the scandalous talk show on Channel One has not disappeared. “The Big Wash” simply changed its name. First on “Five Evenings”, and then on “Let Them Talk”.

"Both on!"

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Rules

The program was quite revolutionary for the then Soviet television. The graphic design is a black and white checkered pattern, and that was the meaning: it’s chess, a taxi, and a certain element of clownery. It was a satirical program, they joked both about people and about some events. One of the most striking numbers is “Funeral of Food,” a parody of the funeral of Soviet general secretaries. In addition to Ugolnikov, the team also included a member of the “Secret” group Nikolai Fomenko, Valdis Pelsh (he directed the first few episodes), actor Evgeny Voskresensky. It was in “Oba-na!” Nonna Grishaeva and Maria Aronova, then 3rd year students of the Shchukin School, began their careers.

Closing

After Nikolai Fomenko and Evgeniy Voskresensky left the program, it was renamed “Oba-na!” Corner show." The last episode aired on December 24, 1995.

Today, in order to shine or announce your talents to the world, it’s enough to start Instagram or collect views on Youtube. Well, 25 years ago, celebrities were opened or, more precisely, lit by the “Morning Star”!

Let's remember those whose names today we might not even know if not for this popular TV show?

Yes, yes, in 1995, a young talent named Carolina Kuek was already preparing for her performance, when the presenter Yuri Nikolaev urgently demanded to change the name, due to the fact that only Carolina was already announced on the list of speakers. Then the future star simply wrote her name backwards and “torn up” the room. What he continues to do today...

How did you not know this? But back in 1992, Valeria literally managed to “jump into the last carriage” to win the competition. And all because 22 years was the maximum age for the participants...

Despite the fact that her father-producer prepared the girl for the stage from the age of 2, it was the stage of “Morning Star” that became that first launching pad, which gave her long-awaited success and victory at the age of 10!

All fans of Seryozha Lazarev know that he became popular while being one of the “Fidgets,” but leadership skills you can’t hide it... In 1997, Sergei performed solo on “Morning Star”, unconditionally winning, and at the same time stealing the hearts of millions of girls on the other side of the screen. It looks like nothing has changed since then...

Well, another “Fidget” felt cramped in the team. Yes, Vlad Topalov decided to follow the success of his friend Sergei Lazarev, with whom he performed the song “Belle” from the musical “Notre Dame de Paris” on the stage of the Morning Star. Oh, to the point of hysteria on an all-Russian scale over the duet “Smash!” only a few days left...

Well, it was only in 1999 that the whole world began to sing along with the shocking girls “I’m crazy”, and before that Yulia and Lena sang and won as part of the same restless “Fidgets” in the most long-awaited Sunday music show…

Did you know that in 1996, Pelageya, who had just turned 10 years old, won the Morning Star competition and $1000?

In 1997, with the song “Juliet’s Heart,” Zara only managed to become a finalist in the “Morning Star” competition, but you must agree, this stage is a worthy breakthrough for the first performance!

Well, here’s another discovery for you - at the age of 11, Alexey Chumakov began writing his own songs, with the first of which he won the “Morning Star”!

Are you also humming now - “Don’t offend, don’t offend the groom, the little girl”? It seems that “Morning Star” could calmly rest on its laurels just because of this discovery alone!

Yes, yes, and for Evgenia Otradnaya, the stage of “Morning Star” was the first real feeling of success and victory!

It turns out that not only today the name of Prokhor Chaliapin is mentioned in connection with another scandal or sensation in the world of domestic show business. 20 years ago, Andrei Zakharenkov also loved to play pranks... And then third place with his own song “Unreal Dream” on the stage of “Morning Star” seemed not enough for him - he decided that the rumor that he was a descendant of the famous opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin would strengthen him success is more reliable...

Admit it, have you completely forgotten this name? But Elena might not have had second place at “Star Factory-2” if a few years earlier she had not been brought to the “Morning Star” competition by the chairman of the jury of the television project. By the way, she won then...

In 1995, “Autumn” sounded in a new way across the vast expanses of our country - with the poetry and music of the song of the same name, which became business card Lyceum groups. But four years earlier these girls were just “warming up” on the “Morning Star” stage!

Come on, strain your memory! You couldn’t forget that in 1990, Anzhelika Varum made her debut on the stage of the Morning Star with the song “Midnight Cowboy”! And yes, we are shocked too...

Each of us has watched a music show at least once. Star Factory" This show gave our stage many young talents. Perhaps, if they had not come to the casting, their fate would have been completely different, and modern hits would not have been played from the speakers of our radios.

However, few people remember that “Star Factory” was preceded by a television competition “ morning star", which was broadcast on the ORT channel (Channel One). But it was here that Sergey Lazarev, Ani Lorak, Valeria and others performed for the first time contemporary performers. Let's remember how it was.

Sergey Lazarev

Young Seryozha came to the program with musical experience behind him. He was a member children's ensemble"Fidgets." In 1997, he won the Morning Star competition with his song “My way.”

Angelika Varum

No one knew about Angelica's talent until 1990, when she performed on the show with the song "Midnight Cowboy." The next year, the whole country sang her songs from the album “Good Bye, My Boy.”

Valeria

In 1992, the singer was far from a child when she appeared on this children's competition. At the age of 24, she took first place with the song “A meeting only happens once in a life.”

Ani Lorak

17-year-old Carolina Kuek impressed the judges with her vocals in 1995. Another girl was entered into the competition under the name Carolina, so the singer got out of the situation by inventing the pseudonym Ani Lorak.

"Lyceum"

Anastasia Makarevich, Elena Perova and Izolda Ishkhanishvili sang the ABBA song “One of Us” in 1991, and in 1995 they blew up the stage with the hit “Autumn”.

Yulia Nachalova

10-year-old Yulia with the song “Titmouse Bird” in 1992 became the winner of the competition, like Valeria. Only she performed in a different age category.

Vlad Topalov

In 2001, the already famous Lazarev performed on stage together with Topalov with the song “Belle” from the musical “Notre Dame de Paris”. Soon they organized the duet Smash!!

Pelagia

Pelageya took first place and became the owner of the honorary title “ Best Performer folk song in Russia 1996" and a prize of 1 thousand dollars.

Prokhor Chaliapin

Prokhor performed in 1999 with the song “Unreal Dream”. Later he became a finalist in the Star Factory 6 project.

The permanent host of the TV show throughout all the years of its existence was Yuri Nikolaev. He has been appearing on television since 1975. His last project was the show “Honestly.”

For young talents"Morning Star" became a ticket to big stage. It was thanks to this project that children had the opportunity to express themselves.

However, there were also critics of this program. Thus, pianist Nikolai Petrov spoke about the program as follows: “ “Morning Star,” in my opinion, is one of the worst programs on our television. Little children of seven years old are forced to be exposed to Moiseev and Pugacheva. I feel sorry for these children and their parents».

The author of popular children's programs, Sergei Suponev, also spoke unflatteringly about the competition: “ “Morning Star” is swarming with children like frogs, but it is not a children's program. This is a program for old grandmothers who, having neither taste nor a modern understanding of music, are simply touched by children in tuxedos and ties singing famous songs of pop stars».

Author of the article

Vyacheslav Yuryev

Vyacheslav Yuryev loves historical topics and everything related to travel. If you need brief information about some distant country, feel free to turn to Slava. This editor will dig little known facts about the life of commanders and classics of literature. At the same time, he is not alien to modern technologies, from fashionable gadgets to the exploration of outer space.

I got into Fidgets literally from the street. He was about 10 years old then. Our girl Yulia Komleva’s mother worked in a store not far from Serezha’s house. And he was an independent guy, he went to the store himself as a child. And then one day I came to the bakery, and at the same time started talking with the woman behind the counter. Yulia’s mother mentioned that her daughter is involved in the “Fidgets” ensemble.

By that time, Seryozha had heard a lot about us, because we often appeared in “Morning Star”, and Lazarev adored this program and dreamed more than anything else of getting there. Yulina’s mother introduced him to her daughter, and the two of them went to the children’s art house.

Entering the building, Seryozha stopped on the first step of the stairs and said: “No, I won’t go. Afraid". He stood there, caught his breath, resolutely went upstairs, reached the second floor: “No, I still won’t go, it’s scary!” Yulia, half-heartedly, dragged him to the third floor.

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Then he skidded in front of the door to my office. At this point Yulia began to act decisively, came in to me and said: “Lena, here’s a boy who came, without a competition, without a casting, but he really wants to show himself to you.” In general, I forced him into my room, closed the door and leaned on it from the outside so that the guy wouldn’t run away. Seryozha hesitated and blushed, but still pulled himself together and began to sing.

I understood everything immediately, without any castings. High treble of amazing purity. Very confident dance moves. In general, I told him to come the next morning and start studying right away. It was obvious from the very beginning that not taking such a guy would be a mistake.

But if I fell in love with him right away, he did not take root in the team from the first days. Lazarev had to go through a kind of initiation, which was arranged for almost all newcomers. Our star Yulia Malinovskaya, who already hosted “Morning Star” and was known throughout the country, could not pass by such a shy and sincere boy. I decided to make fun of him. He comes up and says: “Seryozha, Lena asked me to tell you that by tomorrow you must learn this dance. And if it doesn’t work out, she’ll kick you out of Fidget right away!”

The poor guy got scared, diligently rehearsed all night, the next morning he comes up to me and says: “Elena Mikhailovna, take the job, I’ve learned everything!” “What have you learned?!” I wonder. "Like what? Dance! As you requested. They won’t kick me out now.” I had to explain to him that our kids were joking like that. But after this incident, Seryozha quickly became the life of the party, and Yulia did not give him such checks anymore.

Sergey Lazarev and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (center)

One day he and I went to singing competition to the city of Cremona, Italy. Between rehearsals we had some free time, and we decided to wander around the city. While walking, we came to the square, overlooked by the town hall. We climbed up to the bell tower - an amazing view opened up from there.

“How good!” - says Seryozha and begins to sing from the fullness of his feelings. Naturally, I chose “Santa Lucia” to perform - this song suited the situation perfectly. The amazing acoustics of the bell tower greatly enhanced Serezha’s angelic treble. Literally for a second he stopped to catch his breath, and at that moment we heard a noise below. We leaned over the fence and saw, far below us, in the square, a huge crowd. Everyone looks at us and applauds. I had to finish singing and bow.

About Vlad Topalov

Little funny man

Five-year-old Vladka, then still very tiny, was brought to us for an audition by his grandmother. I just put up a notice on the doors of the Sokol Children's Creativity Center, and they just lived nearby.

Vladik was such a small, funny, plump little doll. He went out into the middle of the room, blushed and, blushing more and more with each word, sang: “A Christmas tree was born in the forest...” The baby was very embarrassed. Yulia Malinovskaya immediately drew attention to Vladik. She came up, took him by the hand and announced that “this will be my little man!”, which plunged little Vlad into even greater embarrassment.

However, he took his studies seriously. One day, six-year-old Vladka was giving an interview to some TV channel, and the journalist asked him: “You do vocals and dance here - that’s understandable. Why do you, boy, need a classic machine, explain?” And he, shrugging his shoulders, said with emphasis: “I, to be honest, don’t know myself, but my mother says that if you practice the classical machine, you will be slim and beautiful.” Coming from the mouth of a strapping six-year-old, it sounded wonderful.

Vladik grew up as an imperturbable and unusually calm guy. Once we went on tour to America, and for some reason one of the performances took place in the concert hall of some fire station. This very fire station had a very low ceiling. And now “Fidgets” is on stage, the girls are dancing, everything is very emotional and expressive. Suddenly, at some point, Zhenya Tremasova makes such a sweeping movement with her foot, and her shoe falls off. It flies to the ceiling and ricochets down from it, right on Topalov’s head. Vladka didn’t move a single muscle on his face; he continued to dance as if nothing had happened. Zhenya doesn’t show it either, and continues to dance in one shoe.

The guys worked the routine to the end, and behind the scenes Zhenya runs up to Vlad and begins to apologize: “Forgive me, I did it by accident. Did it hurt you?” And he answers her completely calmly and calmly: “Eh, Zhenya, just think of some kind of shoe. A month ago, a vase fell on my head - it fell off the cabinet - and then I had nothing. Do you see how big and strong my head is? She’s not even afraid of a vase, let alone your shoe.”

About Nastya Zadorozhnaya

The most beautiful ugly duckling

The first time I saw Nastya was backstage at the concert hall. We then performed at the Christmas tree at the city hall. It was a very responsible and important event, and I was completely overwhelmed, running from dressing room to dressing room, settling various matters. The administrator comes up to me and says: “A girl wants to see you.” “What kind of girl is there?” I wave it off as I run. Five minutes later again: “The girl is calling you,” I again ignore. The fifth time I can’t stand it, I say: “Give her here!”

I see an angel standing there. With huge eyes. With long eyelashes. And in a timid voice he says: “Take me to Fidgets!” Her dad brought her to the Christmas tree, she saw our children, plucked up courage and made her way backstage to ask to join the team. The city's arrogance is appalling: they hired Nastenka for a trial period, and then into the main team.

Lena Katina and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (left)

She had a hard time at first in our friendly and “friendly” team. There was always a catastrophic shortage of boys in Fidgets, and they were worth their weight in gold not only by teachers, but also by girls. When all the girls suddenly and without a declaration of war suddenly fell in love with anyone, the shortage of boys was felt especially acutely.

And at this very moment Nastya comes - she is beautiful and smart. Nastya has always been a beauty, and even in adolescence Zadorozhnaya remained a very pretty girl. And immediately, of course, I fell in love with our brightest boy - Seryozha Lazarev.

In general, seeing this, our girls went into all sorts of troubles. We decided to eliminate our competitor. From the very first day they began to convince Zadorozhnaya that she was ugly. Jokes, jokes, sometimes even outright bullying - it got to the point that Nastya really believed that she was an ugly duckling. She cried, suffered, was sad, but did not give up. Then she admitted more than once in interviews that she went through such a powerful life school in “Fidgets” - all subsequent tests seemed like baby talk.

Thanks to "Fidgets" it also began actor career. Directors and producers often contacted us in search of performers for children's roles. Our children are bright, talented, and relaxed. In addition, at the Fidget school we teach stage speech and stage movement. Our fidgets starred in various episodes of Yeralash.

While on vacation at Orlyonok, we were approached by producers from the Cinebridge television company, who were filming the first teenage series on our television, Simple Truths. Their first composition young actors He has already grown up and even graduated from school according to the script. They were looking for new actors. Their choice immediately fell on Nastya.

Episodes of “Simple Truths” were published every day on RTR. Therefore, I had to film a lot. During the day, Nastya went to school, then went to the music school, from there to “Fidgets,” and in the evenings, weekends and holidays she also managed to film - she has been a workaholic since childhood. This useful quality later helped her greatly in her future career.

About Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina

A thin leader and a head on his shoulders

Yulia Volkova... I say her name, and a picture pops up in my memory. “Fidgets” are still completely new, we study at Sokol, in the center of creativity for children and youth. We are conducting a casting and choosing a new addition. It’s a small hall, the stage is elevated, and kids walk along it. We are watching them closely. And then a girl appears on stage - a blonde in a velvet dark blue dress, pretty - you can’t take your eyes off her. Everything is clean, fragile, transparent. She came out and sang, “Oh, it’s not evening, it’s not evening,” and her voice is like a bell. And he sings the notes very well. As it turned out later, she studied at a music school, and she was doing great there. In general, it was some kind of angel. We, of course, took it without any hesitation.

At first, Volkova didn’t stand out in any way, but about a year later we all went to Artek together. This was a common practice, we went there every summer, a special “fidget” detachment was organized in the camp, they had their own counselors, their own buildings and their own schedule.

A week passed, and suddenly, out of the blue, walkers - our “fidgets” - reached out to me. One or two at a time they came and said thoughtfully: “Len, it turns out that Yulia Volkova is such a cool girl, we couldn’t even think of it!”, “Oh, Len, it’s so great with Volkova!” And since then I’ve only heard from them “Volkova, Volkova, Volkova”, “Yulia this, Julia that.” She became not just the soul of the party - the ruler of thoughts. She won the trust of our leaders - Lazarev and Malinovskaya. This couple usually worked as our main clowns, and now the three of them with Volkova were amusing the whole squad until they dropped.

Vlad Topalov, Sergey Lazarev and Yulia Malinovskaya (bottom row) and Lena Katina (top right)

Volkova also had her own trick - she loved to treat everyone. Since she herself was a thin, frail girl and at first quite sickly, her parents packed a whole chest with a variety of tablets, ointments and pills. And Yulka generously fed them to all the suffering. "Do you have a headache? On you, aspirin, take it! Do you have a tummy? Here's activated carbon for you." It is clear that her mother did not give her any serious medications with her to the camp, knowing full well that it was dangerous, but she was still in charge of all the patches and brilliant greens and earned the fame of Doctor Sorreltail.

Girls were especially drawn to Yulka: in addition to everything else, she also had the talent of a stylist and makeup artist and loved doing hair, dressing up, and applying makeup. This was a rare combination of kindness and sparkling, infectious fun. And also the unique ability to become one of the people and a leader in any team. Not a girl, but a treasure.

Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina (left) and Sergey Lazarev (right)

Her future partner in the duet “Tattoo” Lena Katina came to us at “Fidgets” later than Volkova. And her story is completely different. Lenin's dad is a professional composer and sound engineer. We met him at the studio when we were recording one of the songs with Fidgets. After a while he called me and said: “Len, listen to my girl? She’s involved in some kind of singing group, she sings Spanish songs with a guitar, it turns out interesting.”

A girl of about 12 came. She was bright, red-haired, and these hemp plants were charming. Well, she's a beauty, not a girl! The voice is amazing, the timbre is very pleasant. And she herself is calm, mature, quiet. Naturally I took it.

Yulia Malinovskaya and Nastya Zadorozhnaya (center) and Lena Katina (right)

It’s not easy to join a long-established team, but Lena managed not to come into conflict with anyone. The old-timers, of course, tried to reward the “new redhead” with a portion of ridicule and jokes. But Lena reacted to this extremely philosophically and calmly. This calmness and “maturity” have always distinguished Katina. Even after the stormy rise of Tatu, Lena managed to keep her head on her shoulders. And she remained completely unspoiled by success, money and fame.

About first love

Lovers Lazarev, Zadorozhnaya, Topalov and Volkova