Biography
Yana Churikova is a Russian TV presenter and producer. During her career, she grew from a TV presenter on the Russian channel MTV to the head of the youth and music broadcasting channels of the Viacom holding (MTV Russia, MTV Live HD, MTV Rocks, MTV Hits, MTV Dance, VH1 and VH1 Classic). Permanent host of the Star Factory project for ten years.
Yana Alekseevna Churikova was born on November 6, 1978 in Moscow. Yana spent her childhood in Hungary, where her father served in the military. Mom Elena Churikova is an economist by training.
TV presenter and producer Yana Churikova
In 1985, her parents sent the girl to primary school in the city of Tököl, in the center of Hungary. Yana’s childhood memories are connected with these places: together with her friends, she looked for shell casings and cartridges, explored trenches from the Second World War, an airfield, and a radar. At the beginning of the 2000s, already a popular TV presenter, Yana made a pilgrimage to the places of her childhood, but found the remains of a garrison that had fallen into disrepair.
As a child, Yana was attracted to many professions, but, in her own words, for the most part this was due to their external attributes. Among his childhood hobbies were paleontology, zoology, music and much more, including the profession of a dentist. And one of the brightest impressions in her life was a visit to the opera house, where the girl was amazed not only by the music and scenery, but also by the solemn, luxurious outfits of the audience. Later, Yana decided that she could learn more about all professions at once if she herself became a journalist.
Yana Churikova
Yana Churikova's family returned to Moscow in the late eighties, when Soviet troops were leaving Hungary. At first, the girl had no friends, and the capital itself left a painful impression - a dark, scary city, where evil people walk the streets, as Churikova comments on her memories of this time.
The girl’s life changed when she began studying at the youth newspaper “Glagol,” which was an alternative to “Pionerskaya Pravda.” Children with a penchant for writing came to this newspaper, where they were taught the basics of the journalistic profession. There Yana made new friends and the work of her life. In 1994, the girl took second place at the Literary Olympiad in Moscow. Also, while working in “Verb”, Yana sang for some time in the rock group “Fairy Tales for Adults”, which, after playing several concerts, broke up.
TV presenter Yana Churikova
In 1995, Yana Churikova entered the Faculty of Television and Radio Broadcasting at Moscow State University. Her graduation project was called “The influence of music television on mass consciousness using the example of the MTV channel.” After completing her studies, she entered graduate school, where her area of scientific interest was the process of socialization of youth audiences under the influence of television.
Biography of Denis Lazarev
Denis Viktorovich was born in April 1978 in Moscow. After graduating from school, he entered the Aviation Technological University of the capital, majoring in finance and auditing.”
At the age of 28, Denis Lazarev became the head of the press service of the Federal Tourism Agency, and a couple of years later he took the position of PR director of the United Media Management Company.
The young man was a co-owner of the glossy publication VIVA, where Churikova came to find work as an editor. This is how Yana and Denis met. Initially, the future spouses did not tell anyone about their romance, and their meetings took place secretly.
Career
During the 1996 election debates, young journalists were invited to Vladimir Pozner’s “We” program, including Yana Churikova. Yana’s brief speech attracted the attention of Kira Proshutinskaya, an experienced journalist and producer of the ATV channel, who invited Churikova to practice. The first project of the aspiring journalist was the “Vremechko” program under the leadership of Lev Novozhenov. For some time, Yana was not allowed on the air because, according to the managers, her voice was too childish. But three months later, Yana Churikova nevertheless released her debut report.
Yana Churikova
A year later, the young journalist gets a job in television, first as an editor and then as a TV presenter. According to Yana, she even had to credit herself with several years in the application form in order to receive an invitation to this job. Later, when this circumstance was revealed, the girl had already established herself as a conscientious employee.
In the early stages of her work, Yana Churikova gained experience in many specialties related to television, which gave her the opportunity to later become the leader of her own team. In an interview on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Yana Churikova notes that she understands what needs to be achieved from people, how to organize the team’s work in such a way that each participant feels comfortable.
Yana Churikova at the Star Factory
Among the projects that brought popularity to Yana Churikova, a special place is occupied by the program “12 Evil Spectators,” which she hosted from July 1999 to January 2002. The concept of the program was that invited participants watched the clip and tried to objectively evaluate the video. Since the evaluation was often negative, a star was invited to defend the video. Based on the results of the program, a vote was held for the worst clip.
Yana Churikova’s professionalism as the host of this show was noticed, and she was invited to work on Channel One. At first, Yana hosted the youth television program “Objective”, then for some time she worked in the “Good Morning” program.
Sergei Zverev, Yana Churikova and Dan Balan at the Golden Gramophone award
The most successful project in the TV presenter’s creative biography is the musical show “Star Factory,” which Yana Churikova hosted for eight seasons. Working on “Star Factory” cannot be called easy. In one interview, Yana Churikova admits that this project takes up 90% of her time, and sometimes she even has to spend the night at work. But all these difficult circumstances only emphasize the popularity of the show among the viewing audience, and, therefore, all the difficulties of production will not be in vain.
Yana Churikova is considered one of the most sought-after presenters in Russia. Her projects include “Golden Gramophone,” which Yana co-hosted with popular TV presenter Andrei Malakhov, “The History of a Song,” and the extreme show “Cruel Intentions,” which viewers remember, in which participants undergo difficult tests on an obstacle course in order to win.
Since October 2013, Yana Churikova has been the general director of the MTV Russia channel.
Since 2007, the television journalist has been working in the Red Square studio, which exists on the basis of the television. Twice she acts as the host of the musical hit parade of the best songs of the year “Red Star”. Also, Yana Churikova, together with producer Yuri Aksyuta, was a commentator for the Eurovision 2015 song contest.
Since October 2013, Yana Churikova has held the post of General Director of the MTV Russia channel. In addition to her leadership position, Yana continues to demonstrate creative abilities in other areas. In the same 2013, the musical project “Universal Artist” was released on Channel One with the participation of Churikova; she also hosted the opening ceremony at the Universiade in Kazan and some events of the Olympics in Sochi. In 2014, the journalist became the voice of the Friday! TV channel.
Personal life
Yana’s first husband is director and TV presenter Ivan Tsybin, whom the girl was introduced to by her mother. Yana liked Ivan’s professionalism and his personal qualities. The couple lived in marriage for four years, after which Yana initiated the divorce, as she began an affair with businessman and director of a PR agency Denis Lazarev.
Denis Lazarev and Yana Churikova
In May 2009, the couple had a daughter, Taisiya Lazareva. In an interview, Yana Churikova reveals the secret of successful motherhood: you just need to shift your own ego to the background and not interfere with your children finding their own path in life. In 2020, there were changes in the personal life of the TV presenter: it became known that the couple had separated.
Yana Churikova and her daughter Taisiya Lazareva
From the first years of working on television, Yana Churikova was faced with the question of whether she was a relative of Inna Churikova. As the TV presenter clarifies, the resemblance to the star of the Soviet and Russian screen impressed her, and Yana even calls the actress her “metaphysical mother,” but there is no true relationship between the women. Yana and Inna are only namesakes. In 2017, the first meeting between the TV presenter and actress took place after Inna Churikova’s performance at the Theater of Nations. Yana posted the photo on Instagram.
Yana Churikova and Inna Churikova are not relatives
Now Yana Churikova is in ideal physical shape, which is noted by her subscribers. According to Yana, with a height of 175 cm, her weight now fluctuates around 67-73 kg, depending on the time of year. But Yana did not always have such parameters. As a 20-year-old student who was just starting to work on television, Yana gained up to 95 kg of weight. This build did not bother the girl until she got into the picture, where she appeared as a co-host of Anton Komolov in the MTV channel program. Compared to the slender young man, Yana looked, according to her, four times larger.
The girl began the fight against extra pounds in a simple way - she refused to eat, drank only water with lemon and achieved the desired result: her clothing size began to rapidly decrease. After a while, Churikova began to have health problems: hand tremors appeared and memory loss affected her. Soon the help of an endocrinologist was needed.
TV presenter and producer Yana Churikova
The girl overcame difficulties and eventually found harmony. She prefers to use meat, fish and vegetables in her diet, excludes refined foods, and does Pilates and yoga to help maintain her physical shape. A new haircut adds freshness to Yana Churikova’s appearance.
Wife. Love story
- November 23, 2018
She rarely gives interviews about her personal life, but for Kira Proshutinskaya, under whose leadership she began her television career, she could not refuse. TV presenter Yana Churikova talks about problems with weight and attitude towards her own appearance, the men in her life and her beloved daughter in the program “Wife. Love story".
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Yana Churikova’s childhood, in her own words, was absolutely happy. She was born in Moscow in the family of an economist and a military man. But soon she moved with her parents to Hungary, where her father was sent to serve.
“Our garrison was behind barbed wire, everything was as it should be.” But we children had a hole there. We went out into the Hungarian territory and played with the Hungarian children. They returned to Moscow in 1989 or 1990.
She was never an excellent student, but she studied quite well and attended a music school. And then, at the suggestion of her grandmother, 13-year-old Yana went to the Glagol newspaper as a young journalist. In general, this is where her career began. Already at the age of 18 she worked on television, just together with Kira Proshutinskaya. Then I got on the fashion channel MTV Russia. “How did editor Yana Churikova become a presenter?” asked Kira Alexandrovna.
– Editor Yana Churikova, weighing 95 kilograms... What do you want? I was an editor on TV, writing texts around the clock. There was also a bakery next to us on Zvezdny Boulevard. And you walk from the metro to work in the morning, and it smells like crackers with vanilla and poppy seeds... And then one day we needed a person who knows all the text, will go into the frame and say. This person turned out to be just me... And if in life you weigh 95 kilograms, then in the frame - all 195. It was the “Big Cinema” program, where Anton Kamolov and I portrayed agents Mulder and Scully from the series “The X-Files”. And then, seeing myself on the screen, I realized that crackers would not bring any good... Then I decided to lose weight.
What disastrous results did the diet lead to? What did Yana understand about herself then? And what did you wish for TV viewers? Why does she talk so little about her father? How did Grigory Aleksanyan appear in her life, with whom she moved to live? Find out from the program release.
Yana's first official husband was director Ivan Tsybin.
– We met him on the set. I must say that Vanya’s professionalism is a different story. He is a pedant, attentive to details. And I love such people. And I liked this man as a professional. In this case, it was synonymous with a high feeling... I moved to him on Yugo-Zapadnaya. And then for some reason I decided: I need Vanya to formally ask for my hand...
And he asked, and from her mother. However, the mother was not delighted with her daughter’s future husband. Why? Churikova also tells Kira Proshutinskaya about this.
The second husband of the TV presenter was Denis Lazarev. Moreover, when they met, neither Yana nor Denis were free, although their previous marriages were already falling apart. And soon they had a daughter, Taisiya - Tasya, as Yana calls her. True, the birth of a child did not strengthen the marriage, and in 2020 Churikova divorced for the second time. Why?
– I have now drawn conclusions. You can’t allow yourself to be stepped on and taken away from you. As soon as this starts to happen, it’s an alarm bell. Don't forget yourself in a relationship.
What was Yana's first love? Why shouldn't she be praised? What interests her about parachuting and diving? Why does Yana’s grandmother consider Valdis Pelsh almost an enemy? This is in the program.
Her friend, producer and presenter Valdis Pelsh, as well as her 9-year-old daughter Taisiya Lazareva, also share stories and impressions that were completely unexpected for both TV viewers and Yana.
Yana Churikova now
In 2020, a number of significant events occurred in the professional life of Yana Churikova. The TV presenter became the federal ambassador of the World Cup. The Moscow metro launched a thematic composition dedicated to the upcoming event, in which stations are announced in the voice of Yana Churikova.
Yana Churikova acted as a commentator for Eurovision 2018
At the beginning of the year, with her participation on the Yandex. Music" began broadcasting a weekly music talk show. The co-host of the broadcast was Alexander Listyev, the son of TV journalist Vladislav Listyev.
In May 2020, Yana Churikova acted as a commentator for the international music competition Eurovision. On her Instagram page, Yana, at the request of her fans, compiled a list of her favorite performances.
FIRST MARRIAGE
Yana Churikova met her husband Denis Lazarev, a PR specialist, eight years ago. Their love story looked somewhat exotic from the outside. After all, at the time she met Denis, Yana was married.
Churikova met her first husband, producer and director Ivan Tsybin, thanks to her mother. She persistently advised her daughter to pay attention to a pleasant young man (they worked together in the editorial office of music programs). However, Ivan was not very impressed with Yana at first. And only when they began to work together on the program “Idols + Idols,” directed by Tsybin, did she take a closer look and suddenly saw a bunch of positive qualities.
The couple lived together for just over three years. From time to time, the press assured that Yana was finally pregnant and would soon become a mother. But it soon turned out that these were just more rumors. Until the spring of 2009, Churikova’s colleagues confirmed: yes, indeed, this time Yana is definitely expecting a child.
When journalists rushed to congratulate the TV presenter and her husband on such a long-awaited event in their life together, an unexpected piquant detail suddenly became clear: Yana is really pregnant, only the father of her unborn child is not Ivan at all, but a completely different man.
