Dmitry Borisov is one of the main stars and the face of Channel One. Despite his youth, he has solid experience in television. He started as a presenter of news programs, hosted live broadcasts, was engaged in production activities. However, Borisov really loudly declared himself when he replaced the presenter Andrei Malakhov on the popular talk show "Let them talk."
Biography: childhood, family, education
Borisov Dmitry Dmitrievich was born on August 15, 1985 in the small Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi, located near the Romanian border. As can be seen from his full name, he was named after his father, while leaving his mother's surname. In an interview, the TV presenter said that on these conditions, the parents "shared" their son. The mother yielded to the father's desire to name the child in her honor, and he, in turn, gave her the right to the surname. Dmitry Borisov has two younger sisters.
His father, Dmitry Petrovich Bak, is a person no less famous than his son. He is a well-known philologist, journalist, professor at the Russian State Humanitarian University and director of the State Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V. I. Dahl. Mother - Borisova Elena Borisovna - is also engaged in philology and teaching. It is she who still monitors the culture of speech and the correct pronunciation of Dmitry.
Borisov lived in Chernivtsi for less than a year. Frightened by the Chernobyl disaster, the parents sent their son to his grandmother in Lithuania. There he lived until reaching school age. And I also managed to visit Nizhny Novgorod and Kemerovo, where my parents worked for some time. However, Dmitry considers Moscow to be his most dear and beloved city, where he has been living since his school days.
Following the example of his parents, he chose a philological education, having studied at the Faculty of History and Philology of the Russian State University for the Humanities. In 2007 Borisov received his diploma and continued his postgraduate studies. He specialized in culture, history, literature of Russia, France and Germany, prepared a dissertation. Her defense was thwarted by her professional workload on television. However, Dmitry does not leave hopes of someday continuing his scientific activity. His brilliant mental abilities are also evidenced by the fact that Borisov knows several languages (English, French, German, Latin, Ukrainian, Italian).
Career in radio and television
Dmitry Borisov began his professional career at the age of 15. Since his family rarely turned on the TV, the young man drew information from books or radio broadcasts. He especially liked the radio "Echo of Moscow". Plucking up courage, Dmitry wrote a letter to the editor-in-chief, proposed the idea of a new program. He was noticed and invited to an internship, and then to the information service. He worked on radio until June 2016. Conducted programs "Silver", "Fellow travelers", "Echodrom". Perseverance and hard work helped Dmitry successfully combine work and study.
In 2006, he came to work on Channel One, and hosted morning, afternoon and evening news broadcasts. Since 2011, Borisov was entrusted, if necessary, to replace his colleagues in the country's main news program - the Vremya program. In August 2011, his own project "Evening News" was launched, aired at 18:00. By the decision of the management, this program changed the format, new headings were added, sports reviews were expanded, and sometimes eminent guests were invited. The previous presenters were replaced by new young faces of the channel - Dmitry Borisov and Yulia Pankratova.
The next round of the TV presenter's career took place in October 2015. He took over as general producer of Channel One. World Wide Web”responsible for the development of the TV company around the world.
In addition to stationary work in a television studio, Borisov showed himself well in live broadcasts and business trips. Among the most notable television events with his participation are:
- live broadcast of the parade on Red Square (May 9, 2008);
- Olympic team of Channel One at the Sochi Olympics (February 2014);
- The Whole World charity telethon (September 2013), organized to support flood victims in the Far East;
- "Direct line with Vladimir Putin" (June 2017).
According to Dmitry, he was pleased with how his television career is developing. Therefore, the proposal to replace Andrei Malakhov in the role of the host of the talk show "Let them talk", received in the summer of 2017, did not cause much enthusiasm at first. Borisov found it difficult to plunge into the entertainment field after years of news reporting. However, the consistently high ratings of Let Them Talk and the unflagging interest of the audience prove that he is still coping with this task.
Since September 2018, Channel One has launched the Exclusive program, in which Borisov communicates with famous people. The new show comes out on Saturday evenings.
Personal life, awards, hobbies
In terms of his personal life, Dmitry Borisov is a closed person. He is published alone, does not show any facts on social networks that indicate the presence of a loved one. In 2012, the press wrote about his affair with the singer Yulia Savicheva. But many did not believe in the sincerity of these relations, mistaking them for PR.
Moreover, it is not the first year that there have been rumors about the unconventional orientation of the young and attractive presenter. The audience simply refuses to believe that such an interesting man is lonely. On the Internet, you can also find dubious photographs of Borisov with young people who look like representatives of sexual minorities. Dmitry ignores all these speculations and suspicions.
A little more than ten years of work on television have already brought Dmitry Borisov the first awards:
- winner of the Channel One award as the best TV season presenter (2008);
- Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree (2014);
- winner of the TEFI award in the nomination "News program presenter" (2016 and 2017).
In his free time, Borisov likes to travel, among his favorite cities - Paris, London, New York, Miami. The TV presenter has pets - two dogs of the Russian Toy Terrier breed. Sports, reading books, and good pop music also help him to shift attention and cheer him up. Dmitry is an active participant in social networks, maintains his blog. He admits that communicating on the Internet helps to cope with emotions and nervous tension that builds up during television broadcasts.
