On the popular dance show "Dancing with the Stars" two pairs of presenters changed. In 2006-2009, the program was hosted by Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Yuri Nikolaev. In 2009, they were replaced by Maxim Galkin and Daria Spiridonova, they are also the hosts of the program at the present time.
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was born in Astrakhan in 1971. She was educated at the Moscow Art Theater School, after which she became an actress in the Oleg Tabakov's studio theater, where she worked for more than 10 years. Nastya managed to achieve truly nationwide popularity only in 2004, when she got the role of Vicki's nanny in the TV series "My Fair Nanny". The series was very successful and stayed on air for 4 years. On the wave of success, Zavorotnyuk played two more main roles in the films "Code of the Apocalypse" and "Shakespeare never dreamed of", but they did not receive recognition from the audience. Now Anastasia appears on the TV screen mainly as the host of various music and entertainment shows, in particular, she hosted "Ice Age", "Dancing with the Stars", "Marriage Games". In 2012, her personal humorous talk show "Nastya" was released on Channel One, but after 3 months it was taken off the air due to low ratings.
Zavorotnyuk's personal life was much more turbulent. With her first husband, German by birth, she lived only a year. The actress took her second husband, businessman Dmitry Stryukov, away from the family. They were married for 10 years, some of which they spent in the United States, where Anastasia worked as a real estate agent. Two children appeared in the marriage - daughter Anna and son Michael. Zavorotnyuk left her husband because of an affair that began with a filming partner Sergei Zhigunov, who was married. For the sake of Nastya Zhigunov left the family, but the romance lasted only two years. Zhigunov returned to his wife, and Anastasia married for the third time, this time for the figure skater Pyotr Chernyshov.
Yuri Nikolaev
The master of Soviet and Russian television was born in 1948 in Chisinau. After graduating from GITIS, he was an artist of the Pushkin Theater, acted in films, on his account of the role in the films "Walking through the agony", "Big runs", "Trainers". In 1975, Nikolaev came to television. Until 1991, he was the permanent host of the most rated musical program of the Soviet TV "Morning Mail", in 1991 he created his own production company, which released "Morning Star" and "Guess the Melody". At present, Yuri Nikolaev is hosting the musical show "Dostoyanie of the Republic" on the First Channel.
"Dancing with the Stars" has been on the Rossiya1 TV channel since 2006, at the moment 8 seasons have been filmed. In 2006, the TV show received the TEFI award.
With his second wife, Eleanor Nikolaev, they have been together for over thirty years. The couple, to their general regret, did not have children. The popularly beloved presenter had big problems with alcohol. On one occasion, he even allowed himself to appear drunk on live television. Nikolaev was naturally suspended from work, but the love of the audience saved him, who flooded the editorial office with requests to return the presenter to the screen. In 2007, Nikolaev was diagnosed with a malignant tumor, he underwent many operations and a course of chemotherapy. The TV presenter bravely endured all these hardships and did not even give up work for the period of treatment, he managed to overcome the craving for alcohol, but he could not quit smoking yet.
Maksim Galkin
Maxim Galkin was born in 1976 into a military family, as a child he had to travel around the country before the Galkin family settled in Moscow. Educated at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Maxim graduated from the Faculty of Linguistics, he is fluent in English, French and German. His talent as a parodist was noticed and appreciated by such stars of the genre as Boris Brunov and Mikhail Zadornov, who invited Maxim to participate in their programs. Since 2001, Galkin's career began as a presenter. He was a regular host of the show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", He hosted concerts and programs on Channel One. In 2008, Maxim switched to channel Russia 1, where he is involved in the programs "Dancing with the Stars" and "Ten Million".
At various times, Anastasia Volochkova, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Yegor Druzhinin, Irina Viner and Elena Tchaikovskaya have been on the jury of the project.
The wife of Maxim Galkin is the prima donna of all Russian show business Alla Pugacheva. They got married in December 2011, although they began to live together back in 2005. In September 2013, the most talked about news was the birth of twins Harry and Elizabeth Galkin, who were born thanks to surrogacy. Maxim claims that he is very happy, but journalists do not get tired of looking for evidence that their marriage with Pugacheva is nothing more than a screen covering Galkin's unconventional sexual orientation.
Daria Spiridonova
Daria was born in 1977. She studied at Moscow State University, at the Faculty of Journalism. She began working for television on the NTV channel, and first worked behind the scenes. In 2004, Spiridonova switched to channel Russia 1, where she became the host of the morning program. Since 2009, the host of "Dancing with the Stars". In addition, on the Kultura channel, Spiridonova has a White Studio project, where she interviews famous directors, poets and musicians.
Daria lived with her first husband, businessman Leonid Spiridonov, for more than 10 years, she said many times that he is the closest and dearest person to her. The couple looked very happy and harmonious, the more unexpected the divorce that happened in 2011 was. Daria chose not to talk about the reasons, especially since very soon she married a second time, to the general director of the Russia TV channel and gave birth to a son, Lev.
