Wait for the presenter of the program. Yulia Vysotskaya was torn to smithereens after the release of the first issue of the updated program “Wait for me”
As a source familiar with the situation told the site, the new team, which was recruited by the television company after the dismissal of the creator of “Wait for Me” Sergei Kushnerev, quarreled with the presenter Alexander Galibin and fired him. However, no one informed the channel about this. In turn, the First, whom the presenter was completely satisfied with, tried to return him, but “VID” refused to do this.
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Ultimately, the manufacturer and the channel did not agree on negotiations. The television company offered the First to leave Ksenia Alferova in this position, making her co-host of actor Sergei Zhigunov or his colleague Andrei Sokolov. As a result, it was not possible to find a consensus, and now “Wait for me” will be broadcast on “Russia 1”.
Let us remind you that in the new season on Channel One there was a global reshuffle of personnel. Andrei Malakhov left, Alexander Oleshko with the show "Exactly Exactly", Yulia Menshova with the program "Alone with Everyone", Roza Syabitova with "Let's Get Married!", Alexander Vasiliev with "Fashionable Sentence", Timur Kizyakov with “For now everyone is at home,” and Alexander Galibin left the “Wait for me” program.
The "Wait for Me" program has been broadcast since 1998. The first episodes were shown by the RTR TV channel (now Rossiya-1), and since 1999 it has been broadcast on ORT (now Channel One). The hosts of “Wait for Me” were artists Igor Kvasha, Maria Shukshina, Mikhail Efremov, Alexander Domogarov, Egor Beroev, Chulpan Khamatova. The program is dedicated to searching for missing and lost people. The program’s website provides data on more than 200 thousand missing people found with the help of “Wait for Me.”
" The premiere will be marked by personnel changes. Instead of Yulia Vysotskaya and Sergei Shakurov, TV viewers will see the actress and People's Artist of the Russian Federation in the role of hosts of the popular project.
“Becoming part of the Wait for Me project is a very big responsibility. I was amazed by the team, which sincerely empathizes with every person who asks for help. And I was even more impressed by the fact that the “Wait for Me” team is not only the editorial office. It turns out that these are thousands of volunteer helpers around the world who constantly go somewhere and double-check something. The scale is incredible. This is a truly people's project, and it is an honor for me to participate in it. This program proves with every broadcast that there are still many more good people than bad ones,” Arntgolts shared her impressions.
According to Alexander Lazarev, his new role prompted him to take a fresh look at the program, which has been on the air for 20 years: “Watching “Wait for Me” on TV and being inside this program are completely different things. I used to empathize with the heroes of the program who lost each other, but when I found myself in the role of host, I felt a huge responsibility for their destinies. Every time I met people on the set - honest, sincere, with unimaginable emotions, I felt joy and felt great satisfaction that now everything is fine with our heroes. The “Wait for Me” program is engaged in socially important work. And what’s nice is that the stories that the guests of the program tell are not far-fetched, not turned inside out. Their stories are written by life itself. And it’s nice.”
Still from filming the program "Wait for me"
Tatyana Arntgolts and Alexander Lazarev became the new hosts of the “Wait for Me” program
It is worth noting that during the existence of “Wait for Me” more than 200,000 people were found. Based on the program, a network of volunteer assistants has been created in Russia, the CIS countries and abroad. To date, more than 500 people have helped Wait for Me. In addition, the program fruitfully cooperates with the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Let us remind you that at the beginning of September 2017 it became known that one of the most popular programs on television is “Wait for me”. It turned out that the VID television company did not renew the contract with the presenter, offering to replace him with or. Representatives of Channel One were against the dismissal of the presenter, so they decided to close the program.
A month later, rumors appeared that NTV would become the new “home” of “Wait for Me.” A little later, the information was confirmed by the general producer of the NTV channel Timur Weinstein. “It was difficult to imagine two years ago that such a project as “Wait for Me” could appear on NTV. However, today “Wait for Me” fits harmoniously into NTV’s new content policy. This is a project with a long history that has absorbed a huge number of good deeds, and we are proud that it will appear on the channel’s airwaves, adding to the line of socially oriented projects,” said Weinstein. popular actress Yulia Vysotskaya, theater and film actor Sergei Shakurov and founder of the search and rescue organization " Lisa Alert» Grigory Sergeev. It has not yet been reported why the channel did not renew the contract with them.
Yulia Vysotskaya and Sergei Shakurov as hosts of “Wait for Me”
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Sergei Shakurov and Yulia Vysotskaya will be replaced in the new season by Alexander Lazarev and Tatyana Arntgolts.
TV viewers mercilessly criticized Shakurov and Vysotskaya last season. Many did not like their style of presenting, and every now and then the couple was compared with their predecessors - Igor Kvasha and Maria Shukshina, Alexander Galibin and Ksenia Alferova, who hosted the program when it was broadcast on Channel One.
It all basically began with Galibin’s unexpected dismissal - “Wait for Me” was abandoned on Channel One, and it migrated to NTV. But so far on the fourth button it seems that the program is only looking for its audience, and, well, its presenters. Now the time has come for Alexander Lazarev and Tatyana Arntgolts to prove themselves.
Watching “Wait for Me” on TV and being inside this program are completely different things, says Alexander Lazarev. - I used to empathize with the heroes of the program who lost each other, but when I found myself in the role of host, I felt a huge responsibility for their destinies. The “Wait for Me” program is engaged in socially important work. And what’s nice is that the stories that the guests of the program tell are not far-fetched, not turned inside out. Their stories are written by life itself.
Becoming part of the “Wait for Me” project is a very big responsibility,” Tatyana Arntgolts, in turn, notes. - I was amazed by the team, which sincerely empathizes with every person who asks for help. And I was even more impressed by the fact that the “Wait for Me” team is not only the editorial office. It turns out that these are thousands of volunteer helpers around the world who constantly go somewhere and double-check something. The scale is incredible! This is a truly popular project and it is an honor for me to participate in it.
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During the existence of “Wait for me”, more than 200,000 people were found. Based on the program, a network of volunteer assistants has been created in Russia, the CIS countries and abroad. To date, “Wait for Me” helps more than 500 people.
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One of the longest-term projects on Channel One is the program “Wait for Me.” Over the many years of its existence, several presenters have changed. Despite this, the program has not lost its popularity.
What is the show about?
With the help of the project, people who have been missing for a long time are being sought, and even law enforcement agencies cannot find them. Children meet their parents after many years, there are close relatives and good friends.
The stories are amazing when people don’t see each other for decades and then meet right here. It is difficult to find another program that would focus so many positive emotions.
The popularity of the project is also determined by the high-quality work of its employees. Who hosts the program "Wait for me"? Over the years, the “faces” of the program have changed several times. But each time they were selected specifically for the project concept.
The first presenters of the program "Wait for me"
In 1998, the program began airing on the RTR channel. The presenters were Oksana Naychuk and Igor Kvasha. Then the broadcast continued on Channel One, and Maria Shukshina joined the famous actor.
For many years they lived together the story of each guest. Viewers could not imagine that the program would be hosted by anyone else. and Igor Kvasha became the standard of the project.
In 2005, the actress went on maternity leave and gave birth to twins Thomas and Foku. She understands that she needs time for the kids to grow up, and she cannot go to work right away. Who is hosting the “Wait for Me” program at this time?
Until March 2006, Maria was replaced by Chulpan Khamatova. During the same period, Igor Kvasha could not work for several months, and Alexander Domogarov took his place. The actor admitted that it is very difficult mentally to host a program of this format; he takes off his hat to the permanent presenters.
in "Wait for me"
This legendary actor lived a difficult life, which is why he took every story of the program’s hero so close to his heart. Igor Vladimirovich was born in 1933 into a family of intellectuals. His father was a researcher, and his mother was a teacher of the deaf.
The actor's childhood was during the war years. He remembered well how much grief the Second World War brought to families. My father died in the war. Therefore, in the program he was especially sensitive to stories related to that terrible period.
From 1956 to 2005 he played at the Sovremennik Theater. Igor Vladimirovich still managed to work on the radio and acted in films. The actor also actively took part in their dubbing. In total, more than 70 films were released in which this actor can be seen.
Kvasha left the “Wait for Me” project just a few months before his death. The legendary actor died on August 30, 2012 at the age of 80. He suffered from lung disease for a long time.
Maria Shukshina
I have been working on this project for many years, using moral and physical strength. She worried about each participant in the program; you could often see tears on her face on air.
The actress was born into the family of the famous director Vasily Shukshin and Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina. Already at the age of one and a half years, the girl first participated in the filming of a film. Therefore, I couldn’t imagine any other career other than acting, although I trained as a translator.
She starred in more than 40 films and played a large number of roles in the theater. Maria Shukshina devoted about 15 years to the “Wait for Me” program and left the project in 2014. She admitted that she was mentally exhausted and decided to redirect her energy to filming films and devote more of herself to her family and her recently born grandson.
Who else ran the program?
Throughout the entire broadcast of the program on Channel One, several presenters were replaced for various reasons. Often Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha could not participate in filming for health reasons. Maria went on maternity leave.
During one of these periods, Kvasha was replaced by Mikhail Efremov. Then, until 2012, he worked alternately with Igor Vladimirovich. After the death of the main presenter, Efremov stayed in the project for another 2 years and left. An actor took his place
Who is hosting the “Wait for Me” program after Maria Shukshina left? She was replaced by Ksenia Alferova in the project. They worked together with Galibin until August 2017. Then, unfortunately, Channel One did not renew the contract with the project, and the broadcast of the program was stopped.
Program "Wait for me" on NTV
Since the end of October, the project has been airing on another channel. The hosts of the “Wait for Me” program have changed again. Now viewers will see Yulia Vysotskaya and Sergei Shakurov on screens. The concept of the transfer will not change.
Viewers will see a spacious, updated studio and the same real stories from people’s lives, which are sometimes hard to believe. It was decided to reveal the secrets of the process of searching for missing people and show how the “Wait for Me” center works.
The updated project will feature another presenter, who has been heading the Lisa Alert search team for a long time. Grigory Sergeev will tell you how difficult it is to find a person about whom there has been no information for many years.
New presenters Yulia Vysotskaya and (“Wait for me”), after filming the first episodes with their participation, admitted that it was emotionally very difficult to live through the stories of the program’s guests. But they are sure that the hope of meeting dear people should help them live on and move forward.
Viewers of the program, after watching it, understand that there is still a place for miracles and true love in the world. The first episodes on NTV have already aired, and discussions about some changes in the program have begun actively. Some people like the new version, while others are not happy with something. But the main thing is that the project continues to live on and people meet after many years of separation. And who hosts the “Wait for Me” program on NTV will no longer be a secret.
The legendary project “Wait for me” - on NTV from October 27! The program, beloved by viewers for almost 20 years, will retain its individual style and social significance on NTV.
During the existence of “Wait for me”, more than 200,000 people were found. On its basis, a network of volunteer assistants has been created in Russia, the CIS countries and abroad. To date, more than 500 people have helped Wait for Me. In addition, the program fruitfully cooperates with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Wait for me on NTV: presenters of the program, who will host the program
The program will be hosted by the popular actress and TV presenter, winner of the TEFI and Nika awards Yulia Vysotskaya (Eat at Home, Smart Home, etc.), as well as the famous theater and film actor, winner of the TEFI and Golden Eagle awards Sergei Shakurov and the founder of the search and rescue organization “Lisa Alert” Grigory Sergeev.
Timur Weinstein about the program Wait for me on NTV
“It was difficult to imagine two years ago that such a project as “Wait for Me” could appear on NTV. However, today “Wait for me” fits harmoniously into NTV’s new content policy. This is a project with a long history that has absorbed a huge number of good deeds, and we are proud that it will appear on the channel’s airwaves, adding to the line of socially oriented projects,” says Timur Weinstein, general producer of the NTV channel.
Alexander Lyubimov about the program Wait for me on NTV
Alexander Lyubimov, general producer of the VID television company: “As before, every week in the “Wait for Me” program people who have lost each other will meet. As before, these will be incredible stories about real life. But now all this will happen in a new, modern studio, the boundaries of which will expand. For the first time, viewers will see how the search is actually carried out: in direct contact with the studio there will be a search center “Wait for me” working daily and around the clock. There will be a third presenter who will talk about how the search is going. This is Grigory Sergeev, head of the “Lisa Alert” search team, which has recently been working closely with the “Wait for Me” program.
Why was the “Wait for me” program closed on Channel One?
Wait for me: watch the last episode of the program in 2017 online on Channel One. Release dated September 1, 2017 (YouTube video).
According to RBC's interlocutor on Channel One, the contract for the production of another popular program produced by VID - Field of Miracles - has been re-signed. “Everything is fine with “Field of Miracles”. The contract for it was extended, as has been done automatically over the past 20 years,” he explained.
As a source on Channel One explained to RBC, the main reason for the non-renewal of the contract with VID for the production of “Wait for Me” is “the personnel policy of the new program team.”
Why is there no Wait for me program on Channel One? Causes.
“They [the new “Wait for Me” team] fired the program’s presenter, Alexander Galibin, without the consent of Channel One. And at the moment, the producer has not presented a candidate for the presenter that would suit Channel One,” he said, adding that as a result it was decided not to renew the contract with VID for the production of the program.
A source told RBC that the television company nominated actor and producer Sergei Zhigunov for the role of host of “Wait for Me,” but Channel One rejected it.
“The show will no longer air on Channel One,” another RBC source said. “On September 15, there will be a repeat of one of the old episodes.”
He confirms that “the conflict between the producer and the TV channel was provoked by creative differences over the candidacy of the program host.”
The producer of the program, TV Company VID, declined to comment to RBC. Channel One did not respond to RBC’s request.