Many of us are very familiar with all these people whom we could very often see on TV screens in the past, and some of whom we still see. Next, we invite you to remember popular TV presenters from the 90s, and also find out how their future fates turned out.

Arina Sharapova started as the host of the Vesti program on Channel 2, and from 1996 to 1998 she became the host of the Vremya (ORT) information program.

Then Sharapova moved to the “Good Morning” program, and after that she began to rarely appear on air.

In 2014, Arina became president of the School of Arts and Media Technologies, and in the same year she appeared as the host of the Crimea Island project.

Boris Kryuk. From January 13, 1991 to 1999, Boris was the permanent presenter and director of the TV game “Love at First Sight.”

Boris did not disappear from television, he simply became invisible - since May 2001, he became the presenter, director, scriptwriter and general producer of the television game "What? Where? When?"

The audience hears only his voice. In the first time after the death of the creator and permanent presenter of the program, Vladimir Voroshilov, the editors hid the name of the new presenter from both viewers and experts: his voice was distorted using a computer.

Alla Volkova was the host of the romantic television show "Love at First Sight" along with Boris Kryuk.

After the closure of this show, Alla married for the third time, works as an editor of all programs produced by the production center "Igra-TV" - "What? Where? When?", "Songs of the 20th Century" and "Cultural Revolution".

Alexander Lyubimov. He came to television as a correspondent and then host of the “Vzglyad” program. From 1995-1998 he became the author and host of the “One on One” program.

Since 2007, he has been an employee of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and hosted the “Senate” program on the “Russia” channel. Later he was appointed first deputy general director of the Rossiya TV channel.

In August 2011, he left VGTRK, becoming a member of the Right Cause political party. In November of the same year, he left the party and headed the RBC TV channel; at the end of 2014, he left the post, but remained on the board of directors.

Svetlana Sorokina. From 1991 to 1997, she was a political commentator and host of the daily news program Vesti. Sorokina’s signature “farewell” songs, with which she closed each issue of Vesti, became especially famous.

From May 2001 to January 2002, she worked on the TV-6 channel in the information program “Today on TV-6” and the talk show “Voice of the People.”

Now Svetlana is a member of the Academy of Russian Television, a former member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2011), a teacher at the Higher School of Economics, the host of the “In the Circle of Light” program on the radio station “Echo of Moscow” and the “Sorokina” program on the Dozhd TV channel "

In the 80s and early 90s, Tatyana Vedeneeva was perhaps the most popular TV presenter. She led "Alarm Clock", "Good night, kids!" and “Visiting a Fairy Tale” (Aunt Tanya), the program “Morning”, “Song of the Year” and many other television shows.

Vedeneeva left television quite suddenly. While vacationing in London, the presenter was delighted with him and decided to extend the trip for a week. I called my work and asked for a few days off.

In Ostankino, no one shared the presenter’s joy about England; Tatiana was categorically offered to return on time or... write a letter of resignation. Vedeneeva did not take the threat seriously. And they took her statement quite seriously.

Now Tatyana is engaged in business. One day, her husband brought her tkemali sauce from Tbilisi. The ex-presenter was inspired by the idea of ​​launching the production of tkemali in Russia. It took several years to study recipes and organize production. Now Tatyana is the owner of the Trest B corporation, and in every metropolitan supermarket you can buy sauces from Vedeneeva.

The peak of Igor Ugolnikov's popularity occurred in the early nineties. First, the program “Both-on!” was aired, followed by the equally funny “Angle Show!” In 1996, Igor released the series of programs “Doctor Angle”.

Afterwards the programs “Good Evening” and “It’s Not Serious!” appeared. But they did not gain popularity.

The official version of Russian television regarding the closure of “Good Evening” is “The program sucks up a lot of money,” Igor said in an interview. “And this is fair: it was daily, a large number of people worked in it.”

For some time, Igor tried himself in a different role: he held the position of vice-president of the Russian Cultural Foundation, and was the director of the House of Cinema. But television didn’t let me go.

Now he produces the TV magazine "Wick". He does not forget the acting profession. He starred in several TV series and films.

Ksenia Strizh hosted the programs “At Ksyusha’s”, “Strizh and others”, “Night Rendezvous”... She never had such wild popularity and recognition as during her work in the program “At Ksyusha’s”. In the early 90s, there was little music on TV, and Swift invited the most interesting artists to her show.

In 1997, Swift returned from television to radio: there she felt at ease. She was a presenter on the La Minor television channel. After a scandal related to the fact that she appeared on air drunk and laughed at the teeth of her guest Alexander Solodukha, information appeared about her dismissal, but now Ksenia is working on the channel again.

Shenderovich’s last program, which was seen by the mass Russian audience, was called “Free Cheese” and aired on TVS. When TVS closed, Shenderovich gave up on big television.

He began writing for Novaya Gazeta and the Gazeta newspaper, and acquired his own programs on Ekho Moskvy and Radio Liberty. True, Shenderovich didn’t manage to quit TV completely.

On the "Russian Channel Abroad" on Sundays in the final analytical program "Russian Panorama" he hosts his own column - "A Cup of Coffee with Shenderovich", in which he tells former compatriots who have gone to live in Israel and Germany how things are here in Russia.

Ivan Demidov was the permanent presenter of the music program "MuzOboz". But the mysterious image with the constant dark glasses is a thing of the past.

Demidov chose the post of Deputy Minister of Culture over a television career, and now he heads the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art.

The duet of Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov is an amazing example of professional compatibility and long-term friendship.

After the closure of MTV, the tandem was temporarily revived on the Zvezda channel in the show Starry Evening with Anton Komolov and Olga Shelest, but did not repeat its former success.

Currently, Olga is the permanent host of the entertainment show “Girls” and the music competition “Artist” on the Russia-1 channel, the host of the TV game “Understand Me” on the “Carousel” channel, as well as the co-host of the “Temporarily Available” program with Dmitry Dibrov on the TVC channel .

Anton has worked on various TV channels, and since September 5, 2011, together with Elena Abitaeva, he has been hosting the “RUSH-RadioActive Show” on the radio station Europe Plus

Elena Hanga is remembered for her bold and frank program “About This,” which aired on the NTV channel from 1997 to 2000. And if today the topic of sex is a common thing, then for the late 90s it was a real breakthrough.

Later, Hanga hosted the daytime and, of course, much less loud talk show “The Domino Principle”; at various times, her co-hosts were Elena Starostina, Elena Ishcheeva and Dana Borisova.

Since the fall of 2009, he has been working in unnoticeable projects: he hosts the weekly talk show “Cross Talk” on the Russian English-language channel Russia Today, and broadcasts on the radio station “Komsomolskaya Pravda”.

Valery Komissarov. The program “My Family” dealt with the most pressing topics of family life: diverse characters willingly “washed dirty linen in public”, discussing their problems live on the state channel “Russia”.

Housewives watched the program with bated breath (not least because of the impressive host Valery Komissarov) from 1996 to 2003, until it was canceled.

From November 16 to December 30, 2015 - director and host of the “Our Man” program on Russia 1 channel, as well as the creator and owner of the “My Family” food brand.

In addition to Arina Sharapova, there were several other memorable news anchors on ORT/Channel One. One of them is Alexandra Burataeva. In 1995, she moved to work on the ORT television channel and from the same year began hosting the “Time” and “News” programs until 1999.

On December 19, 1999, she was elected to the State Duma in the single-mandate Kalmyk electoral district and was re-elected in 2003 on the United Russia list.

From March to August 2013, Alexandra worked as PR director of the Sergei Bezrukov Theater, and from September 2013 - president of the production company So-Druzhestvo.

Igor Vykhukholev is also a former presenter of the news programs “News” and “Time” on Channel One. In 2000-2004, he sometimes replaced his colleagues in the Vremya information program.

Went for a promotion. Since 2005 - chief editor of night and morning news broadcasts of the Directorate of Information Programs of Channel One. In 2006 he moved to VGTRK. Since 2006, he has recorded interviews with political figures for the Vesti 24 news channel.

Igor Gmyza. In 1995, after the creation of the ORT television channel, he received an invitation to become the host of the “Time” program. He hosted the program in 1996-1998, alternating with Arina Sharapova.

He worked as the presenter of Novosti until the spring of 2004: at first he hosted daytime and evening broadcasts, towards the end of his work he switched to morning broadcasts, after which he left Channel One.

After a short experience as a political press secretary, he went to radio. Since January 2006 - political commentator for Radio Russia, host of the daily interactive talk show "Minority Opinion"

Sergey Dorenko. In the early 90s he was a political observer at VGTRK and host of the Vesti program. Then the host of the “Time” program on the first channel “Ostankino”, and from January 1994 - the host of the “Podrobnosti” program on the RTR channel.

Then he was the chief producer of the Directorate of Information Programs and Analytical Broadcasting of ORT and the host of the daily program "Time".

Despite the fact that he gained his fame thanks to television, Dorenko has repeatedly stated that he does not watch television. Currently he hosts his own program on YouTube, and since 2014 he has been the editor-in-chief of the radio station “Moscow Speaks”.

The end of the famous era of “three channels” on Russian television was marked by the appearance of programs of a new format, already popular in the West. Devoid of ideological and informational orientation, they immediately gained popularity among viewers. “Field of Miracles” already had its audience; in January 1992, another game TV show appeared on the ORT channel, but this time “about love” - the “Love at First Sight” program.

It was a licensed game bought by Russian television from the English studio Action Time. According to the rules, 3 girls and 3 young men who were not married and dreamed of meeting their “soul mate” took part in it. During the airtime, young people who had not previously met each other answered various questions from the presenters at the first stage. Based on the answers, a first impression of each other was formed; the participants chose the ones they liked best. As a result, the computer selected matching pairs. They went to the restaurant to get to know each other better.
The next day, the winners of the first stage answered questions about their partner’s behavior in various situations. They scored points based on the number of correct answers. One point was equivalent to one shot from a gun in sectors with drawn hearts. Behind each of them was hidden either a prize (books, TV, film cameras, etc.), a romantic trip, a broken heart - it meant the end of the game.
When the first episode of the program was being prepared for broadcast, its creators faced a number of specific difficulties. There was no experience in holding a show of this format, it was not known how the presenters were supposed to behave, there was not even a computer in the studio - they used equipment from the 60s and 70s. It was decided that the entire film crew, along with the participants and presenters, would go to London to record the program. Later, British colleagues provided the necessary equipment.
The calling card of the new TV show was its hosts, Boris Kryuk and Alla Volkova. This is how she was presented - the “incomparable” Alla. The light and feminine type was always skillfully maintained - the presenter smiled radiantly all the time, very often giggled inappropriately, but very often changed outfits and hairstyles, and in the first episodes she spoke very little. Boris is an intellectual with a subtle sense of humor. But what was especially attractive about his manner of hosting the program was the lack of sarcasm and irony in his jokes. Hook and Volkova skillfully supported rumors about an office romance between them. Millions of people waited impatiently: when will they finally get married?
The program, especially in the first years of its existence, had a lot of fans, especially among female audiences of absolutely all ages. Schoolgirls with their mothers and grandmothers dropped everything and sat down in front of the blue screen. They commented on the questions and discussed successful answers to them, in the first minutes they made assumptions about a possible ideal couple, identified favorites, rooted for them with all their hearts and sincerely wanted to win a romantic trip.
It was clear from the behavior of the participants that they came here for different reasons. Some wanted to win prizes, others wanted to test and show themselves, others wanted to go on an interesting trip with an interesting partner. But to find love? This probably happened too. They said that the program even kept statistics on the number of marriages.
In 1998, during the default, like many other projects, “Love at First Sight” was closed. Later they tried to revive it, but it was not the same: in the genre it was more for “adults” and with other presenters, they talked very openly about everything.

Many still remember and love the very first couple of presenters - Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk (later Pavel Kostitsyn and Katya Vinogradova were on Inter, and now Andrei Domansky and Vasilisa Frolova). Boris and Alla looked so harmonious that from time to time there were persistent rumors that they had become husband and wife.

After the show, Volkova actually got married (and for the third time), but not to Boris at all, but to Igor Ivannikov, the former lead singer of the Doctor Watson group, with whom she is still happily married today.

In 2000, when the program was closed, Alla disappeared from television screens, but did not stop her creative work on TV, taking the place of program director at the television company "Igra-TV" ("What? Where? When?", "Brain Ring", "Cultural revolution", etc.), where he still works under the leadership of... Boris Kryuk.

Volkova has two adult sons, Yuli and Arthur, and a grandson and a granddaughter. Lives in a country house in the Moscow region. She loves baking pies, riding a bike, dogs (she has several of them) and weaving baubles from natural stones.

We managed to talk with Alla about “Love at first sight” and more.

"It was completely improvised"

- Alla, remember your reaction to the offer to become the host of the “Love at First Sight” program?

I remember that I was pleasantly surprised and, as a responsible person, rushed to the libraries to read Freud. Believe it or not, I even took two years of psychology courses taught by my friend, university rector Olga Potemkina! Before all this, I was an “expert”; in 1979 I came to the youth editorial office for the program “What? Where? When?” The decision - who to take as host of the program - was made by two people: Vladimir Voroshilov and Natalia Stetsenko (Voroshilov’s wife, Boris Kryuk’s mother, TV editor - Author).

- This was the first entertainment show; I had no experience of hosting such programs yet. What did they ask of you?

They didn’t demand anything from us, it was complete improvisation. The British helped us for several years. We didn't have computers! When they saw equipment from 1970 or even 1967 on our television center, they grabbed their heads. And they were very surprised when the result was a perfect picture. They brought us computers that weren't on our TV at the time, and their computer guy Chris Goss did all the cutscenes for us, the hearts flying out, the archery.

- What was our specialty?

Presenters. Boris is intellect, intelligence, wonderful humor. And Alla the presenter is lightness, outfits, hairstyles. They even dyed my hair blonde. Yes, I myself added frivolity to my image.

- Were you comfortable as a blonde?

I am a completely different person in real life! But we have a lot of different characters inside us. And at different moments a person manifests himself differently. We had a good stylist Alexander Shevchuk. So when he changed my appearance, everyone applauded him! Every time our group looked at me in surprise, because every time he drew me a new face! For this I am very grateful to him, because they recognize me only by my voice (laughs). He also selected the costumes.

“I’m glad there were no tabloids back then.”

- Did you feel like a star?

They recognized us. But this was the post-Soviet space. You cannot compare the concept of a star then and now. Nowadays it denotes a glamorous lifestyle. And then we didn’t even know such a word! For us, work and creativity came first.

- Probably, you were constantly “married” to Boris Hook. How did you disown this?

The thing is that it didn’t really bother us. If we had an affair, we would get married. Moreover, it is so convenient to produce a program for ten years and be together (laughs). If we didn’t get married, it means there was no romance.

Actually, I love Boris very much, I have such a sisterly love for him. And the fruit of this love is this program. Boris also always treated me and still treats me very tenderly. But he has a completely different type of woman in his head that he will marry (laughs).

I am terribly glad that my program was published for so long and that then there was, in fact, no yellow press that would come up with all sorts of tall tales. It’s just that my children and my mother, who was still alive at that time, could not stand all this horror and nightmare when they discuss who and what, where and with whom.

- Did your acquaintances ask to participate in the project “through connections”?

No. As in the case of "What? Where? When?" not a single friend of mine, not a single relative sent a single question or received any money.

- Do you think the modern viewer has a need for such projects now?

I think this program is for all time.

"This is life, and everyone steps on their own rake"

- Now in Ukraine, the updated project “Love at First Sight” has just started on the “Inter” channel. But this is no longer a youth show - its characters are mainly those who are about 30 or over 30...

More experienced heroes are a very correct approach. After all, they have something to say! We also had different heroes. And there were young people. There were even children who had very funny sayings. One little girl, 5 years old, answered the question “What is happiness”? replied: “This is a room full of gold.” Like this!

- How do you feel about the fact that now communication between men and women has moved to the virtual level?

They will have to meet someday! The fact is that in this way they expand their social circle. You can’t sit in a cafe and talk to 9 applicants! And here you can meet everyone and reject someone (laughs). This is life, and everyone steps on their own rake.

- Do you believe in love at first sight?

This is probably what happens - at first glance. From him, everyone decides whether this person is his or not.

From the history of TV shows

“Colleagues did not recognize the program”

Stephen Leahy (the author of the program, at that time the director of the Action Time company, from which they bought the license for the show. - Author) brought a whole bag of different programs, formats that his company produced, recalls Alla Volkova. - Vladimir Voroshilov and Natalia Stetsenko chose “Love at First Sight” because it amazed them. They didn't want to buy some new quiz or something like "What? Where? When?"

As for the audience, they were divided. Some believed that this was a revolutionary show and drew parallels with the fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall. And someone thought that this was an immodest program and that some things related to the relationship between men and women should not be discussed.

By the way, all the programs of our television company - “What? Where? When?”, “Brain Ring”, “Cultural Revolution”, “Life is Beautiful” - have been awarded the TEFI award more than once. And “Love at First Sight,” although it was published for almost 10 years (from 1991 to 2000), has no awards. Her colleagues did not recognize her. They thought that this was too frivolous a show for our people.

The management also had an ambivalent attitude towards this program... We were assigned at twelve o'clock at night. But still the ratings went through the roof.

I remember one of the critics wrote that we send potential brides and grooms on a romantic trip in couples in cabins. In fact, there was nothing like that! Participants won a romantic trip, at the end of the year we collected them and sent them all on one ship. Naturally, no one lived with each other. Boys were placed with boys, girls with girls. We did not set our goal to get married. Although, indeed, some couples got married, and then we invited them to the studio.

June 14, 2017

Nowadays, many different shows are aired on television, the participants of which must find their soulmate in front of millions of viewers. It all started back in the 90s. The first project of this kind on Russian television was called “Love at First Sight.”

website found out why this unforgettable program is stillis one of the best domestic ones shows of this genre that have ever aired in our country.

In general, the show “Love at First Sight” was the first project in the history of our country that was filmed under a foreign license. The premiere of the first episode of the Russian adaptation of the British television program “Love at first sight” took place in early 1991. The Iron Curtain collapsed, and a flood of foreign films and all kinds of television shows poured into our country. The authors of the domestic version of the competition, in which three guys and three girls answered questions from the hosts about each other and passed interactive tests in the fight for the main prize - a romantic trip, approached the matter with great enthusiasm. As a result, millions of viewers of all ages gathered around their televisions during the broadcast of “Love at First Sight.” Young people dreamed of taking part in the filming, and older people watched with great interest what was happening on the screen and sincerely worried about the newly made couples.

Still from the program

At that time there were no mobile phones, social networks and dating sites, so participation in a romantic show was a real opportunity for its participants to meet their love. Filming of the first episodes of the program took place in London, since domestic television workers had no experience in creating a show of this kind. British specialists were happy to share with their Russian colleagues all their knowledge about working on site during the production of a romantic program.

Still from the program

Boris Kryuk, stepson of Soviet and Russian television star Vladimir Voroshilov, and Alla Volkova, an English teacher, were appointed hosts of the “Love at First Sight” show. The filming of each program took place according to the script, but the presenters had to improvise a lot to make the show more soulful and lively. Fans of the show still remember this magnificent tandem with great warmth - there was no vulgarity or sarcasm in the manner of their communication with the participants and viewers. Boris Kryuk was always an intelligent man with a subtle sense of humor, which helped him more than once while working on the project. Alla Volkova very carefully prepared for the filming of each episode of the show - she studied books on psychology and attended special courses where teachers talked about the scientific approach to people’s love relationships, and her elegant outfits and hairstyles delighted TV viewers.

Still from the program

Now Boris Kryuk continues to work on television - after the death of Voroshilov, he took the place of the host of the cult TV game “What? Where? When?". In addition, he was the author and director of the popular project “Brain Ring”. Much less is known about Alla Volkova. She is not a public person. There is information on the network that Volkova also did not leave television. According to some reports, she works as an editor for the programs “Cultural Revolution” and “What? Where? When?" By the way, many fans of the show for a long time considered Boris and Alla a couple in love, but in fact, each of them had their own personal life and the relationship between them was always exclusively friendly and working.

The program lived for almost 8 years - in 1998, a serious crisis occurred in our country and the expensive project had to be curtailed (during the filming of “Love at First Sight”, then unprecedented moving scenery and modern computer equipment were used). Several attempts were made on Russian and Ukrainian television to revive this popular show, but the authors of the new versions failed to achieve the indicators of the 90s.

Serious relationships arose between many participants and winners of the original “Love at First Sight” program. Thanks to this show, several dozen strong, happy families were created.

« Love at first sight” is a television game show dedicated to the relationship between a man and a woman. The goal of the game is a happily completed search for the other half and a romantic journey that will only lead the newly-acquainted couple to marriage.

“Love at First Sight” became the first licensed game purchased by Russian television in the West. The rights to it belong to the English studio Action Time.

Show Rules " Love at first sight"Initially very simple. Three young men and three girls took part in the game. At the first stage, the game participants had to answer tricky questions from the presenters. At the same time, the players were hidden from each other and made up a performance only on the basis of the answers they heard. Then the girls and boys chose a pair by pressing buttons, and the computer determined which pairs matched. Those who experienced love at first sight went to a restaurant, and the next day the second stage of the game began. Each member of the couple had to answer questions about the expected behavior of the partner in a given situation. Each correct answer earned one shot. After this stage was completed, the couple agreed on who would shoot the drawn hearts. A prize was hidden under each heart; if the shooter hit the heart, the couple received the prize.

The constant hosts of the show " Love at first sight" were Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk.

The super prize was a romantic trip for two. There was also "heartbreak", which meant the end of the game.

In later editions, the rules of the game changed slightly. Now, among the matched pairs, TV viewers chose one, which immediately moved on to the second stage - answering questions about each other and playing for prizes. The criterion for the audience's choice was screaming - the couple for whom they screamed longer and louder won.

It is not known for certain whether there were so-called “decoy couples” at that time, when specially invited actors participated in the show “Love at First Sight,” but the program did not hear a single announcement of insincerity.

The program first aired on the ORT channel on January 12, 1992, and the last episode of the show took place in 1996. From 1997 to 1998, the program was broadcast on the RTR channel.

On March 1, 2011, the show was resumed. Love at first sight", can now be seen on MTV. Modern topics (and participants) are more relaxed in questions and answers than their predecessors, and therefore the show "Love at First Sight" is gradually moving into the category of "programs for adults."

Hosts of the revived show Love at first sight" - Tair Mamedov and Evelina Bledans.

In 2000, the ORT company launched a program, the prototype of which was “Love at First Sight” - “The Seventh Sense”. Igor Vernik became the host, but the program did not live up to the expectations of its authors and was closed.

The first presenters of the show " Love at first sight», Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk, after several months of working on the program, they got married.