Wait for Me (TV program)
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Wait for Me (Russian: Жди меня, romanized: Zhdi menya) is an international telecast, talk show and also a popular public search service. It appeared on Russian television since March 14, 1998. It was originally broadcast on Russia-1 (1998), before being broadcast on ORT (since 2002 on Channel One Russia) (1999–2017) and currently is being broadcast on NTV. Wait for Me is also a TEFI TV Award winner (2018) [1]
The production of the program is handled by the television company VIDgital.[2] The authors of idea were journalists Oksana Naychuk and Victoria El-Mualla.[3]
In the first years of the program's existence, it was possible to find 15-20 people each month with its help,[4] and in 10 years about 150 thousand people were found.[5] By October 2017, their number had increased to 200 thousand.[6]
Since 2005, VID has begun production of Wait for Me for viewing in other countries. Since then, the program has come out in an international format.[7][8]
Also, from October 2000 to 2004 a newspaper was published with the same name.[9]
List of leading
[edit]- Oksana Naychuk (1998)
- Igor Kvasha (1998–2012)[10]
- Maria Shukshina (1999–2014)
- Sergei Nikonenko (2000, 2008)
- Chulpan Khamatova (2005–2006)
- Aleksandr Domogarov (2005)
- Mikhail Yefremov (2009–2014)
- Egor Beroev (2014)
- Aleksandr Galibin (2014–2017)[2]
- Ksenia Alfyorova (2014–2017)[2]
- Sergei Shakurov (2017–2018)
- Julia Vysotskaya (2017–2018)
- Grigory Sergeev (2017–2018)
- Aleksandr Lazarev Jr. (since 2018)
- Tatyana Arntgolts (since 2018)
- Alyona Babenko (since 2023)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Tatyana Mitkova acknowledged the failure of NTV on TEFI 2018
- ^ a b c Ксения Алфёрова о программе «Жди меня»: Мне больно и горько // Hello!
- ^ Мария Шукшина: К роли ведущей «Жди меня» я привыкала три года
- ^ Блеск и нищета российского ТВ
- ^ "Номер один: Первый канал празднует 20-летие". Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ Ведущими «Жди меня» на НТВ станут Юлия Высоцкая и Сергей Шакуров // NTV
- ^ «Жди меня» покупают американцы
- ^ «Жди меня» на Первом канале Казахстана
- ^ Жди меня // vokrug.tv
- ^ Игорь Кваша: Каждый выпуск «Жди меня» рвал мне сердце
- ^ "Стало известно, кто заменил Татьяну Арнтгольц в передаче "Жди меня"". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-06-18.