Is it true that Malakhov left Channel 1? Countdown: will Malakhov return to Channel One by Monday

The work on Channel One proceeded as usual: smoothly and smoothly, and there was no information that Malakhov was leaving for another place of work due to some kind of conflict. A few days later, Andrey Malakhov put forward a refutation of this rumor, telling in a short interview about why he is not going to leave anywhere and continues to work on Channel One as usual. That technical work and some changes are taking place on the channel, in connection with which his project temporarily ceased to appear on television screens.

At the same time, the TV presenter with Tina Kandelaki pranked the audience by spreading the rumor that Malakhov was going to become one of the commentators on the Match-TV channel. The result of a joint effort and a couple of comments under the clumsily edited photo was waves of indignation from the fans and the expectation of "worst".

• What really happened
• Andrey Malakhov's opinion
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What really happened

In October 2017, the news that Malakhov was still leaving Channel One, replacing it with Russia-1, was confirmed by both the TV presenter himself and his employers. Viewers received answers to their questions quite recently. The ambitious host, who had 25 years of experience, was prompted to change his place of work by an interesting proposal to become a member of a new project. He will now be the face of the game show The Wall.

The unique program will reveal the fate of brilliant and ambitious people who, not being able to earn big money, are building the future of their beloved country. Their stories will reveal the background of events in which insignificant people doing small things improve the quality of our lives. It was such an interesting transfer that caused the change of job.

Andrey Malakhov's opinion

In the modern world, there are no longer such barbaric methods as poaching famous stars of TV shows and programs with the help of promises of higher fees and increased bonuses. Ambitious presenters with big names independently choose a place where they feel comfortable working. That is why it is impossible to say that Malakhov, having decided to leave, encroached on a financially more profitable offer than on Channel One.

He was simply tired of performing in the familiar and already boring role of a TV presenter who starred in the same type of programs and talk shows. Therefore, the offer to participate in a new project in which he can develop as a person and explore what he is really interested in became the main criterion in choosing a new job.

In recent years, Malakhov regarded work in the “Let them talk” project as an auction in which the one who pays the most wins. To take a scandalous, shocking interview, he had to persuade people to take part in this show, purposefully drawing them into the midst of not always pleasant events. Celebrities had to be bribed in various ways, which Malakhov absolutely did not like, because his character does not allow him to overstep certain principles. But the show regularly demanded to make deals with itself.

Now Andrey Malakhov does not have to sacrifice his precious time and go against his moral principles in order to create a unique and amazing show. It is enough for him to tell the truth, talking about people who, with their discoveries and inventions, make the world a better place, embodying their most secret dreams in it.

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Quite often it happens that a TV presenter who runs his project on one channel takes with him all the achievements and command staff. Malakhov, choosing the show "The Wall", did the same. But convincing others of the correctness of the decision was not as easy as it seemed at first. After all, his team is used to working at a certain, measured pace and mode in the “Let them talk” program. Not all employees wanted to change their place of work, and, accordingly, their lives. Innovations and changes are not liked by everyone and not always.

Finally, all the i's are dotted - Andrey Malakhov officially left Channel One. "I have always been subordinate. A soldier who follows orders. But I wanted to be independent. I looked at my colleagues: they became producers of their programs, they began to make decisions themselves. And suddenly an understanding came: life goes on, and you need to grow, get out of the tight framework" , Malakhov explained in an interview with Woman`s Day.

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And in an appeal to the country's chief TV doctor Elena Malysheva, published in StarHit, he was a little more specific: "We need to develop, you, as a producer of your own program, understand this better than others. male menopause "is also not bad."

Now, for people far from television cuisine, it is worth explaining what Malakhov meant. The fact is that Natalya Nikonova returned to Channel One as a producer. She returned and developed a stormy activity, seizing the reins of government with the Let Them Talk program. Employees of Channel One reported that Nikonova's task is to "shake up the socio-political block of programs." These changes were not to the liking of the star TV presenter.

It must be said that the changes were revolutionary. Firstly, Andrey, as they say, was deprived of the opportunity to form the editorial plan of the program "Let them talk." He was assigned only the role of a presenter, to whom they write questions to the heroes and in the ear monitor of which the director gives the commands “Let them fight”, “Do not approach the heroine, let her scream”, “Come to the experts in the hall”. Malakhov did not satisfy the function of the "talking head".

The second change concerns the subject matter of his program. If earlier in "Let them talk" the social sphere was touched upon, then Nikonova decided to make a political talk show out of the program, which would talk about America, Syria, Ukraine and other countries supplying news. The new format has already been tested - the first issue of "Let them talk" with a new presenter was dedicated to Mikheil Saakashvili. Malakhov, of course, is not at all interested in politics.

Finally, competitors from "Russia" are said to have offered Andrey almost double the salary. And the “best presenter of the country”, as Malakhov was introduced to the “Live broadcast” team, now needs money for diapers, rattles and strollers - at the end of the year he will become a dad.

Andrey Malakhov had a fight with the leadership of Channel One. The cause of the conflict was the desire of the new producer of the TV channel to add more political topics to the program “Let them talk”. The host does not agree with this position of Natalia Nikonova, he plans to leave for the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.

Andrey Malakhov is one of the main presenters of Channel One. He has been working on the channel for about 25 years. His first stories - then still for the 1st channel Ostankino - he began to do in the early 1990s. In 2001, he became the host of the talk show The Big Wash, which was later changed to Five Evenings. In 2005, he began hosting the talk show "Let them talk" - one of the highest rated TV shows on Russian television. In 2016, the talk show took 7th place in the rating of the most popular TV programs in Russia. In 2009, Malakhov hosted the semi-finals and the opening ceremony of Eurovision in Moscow. Since 2012, he has also hosted the Saturday talk show Tonight. In the ranking of Russian celebrities compiled by Forbes, he takes 30th place with an income of $ 1.2 million a year.

Each issue of "Let them talk", and the program comes out four times a week, is usually devoted to one topic. Among the most resonant topics of 2017 are the case of Diana Shurygina, the struggle of TV presenter Dana Borisova with drug addiction, the murder of nine people in the Tver region, which was told by the only survivor of the tragedy, domestic violence, beauty standards and the consequences of unsuccessful plastic surgeries, as well as the struggle for children - in particular , for the child of Zhanna Friske, which unfolded after the death of the singer.

Several media immediately reported the possible departure of Andrei Malakhov from Channel One. RBC cites three anonymous sources; Yegor Maksimov, a correspondent for the Current Time publication, writes about this without indicating the source of the information. According to Maksimov and RBC, Malakhov will go to work on the Russia 1 TV channel (VGTRK holding) in the Live program. Boris Korchevnikov leads it until the end of the summer, and then, according to RBC, he will focus on the position of general director of the Spas TV channel. All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company allegedly put him before a choice: either work for Spas or Rossiya. Korchevnikov was unavailable for comment.

Neither Malakhov nor the press services of the TV channels comment on the situation. Alexey Mindel, a spokesman for the TV presenter, told Meduza that they “really dislike the news that appeared in the press,” and that he, along with Malakhov, had just returned from the Heat festival in Baku. Malakhov was one of the hosts of the event, and Channel One was broadcasting it. The All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company did not confirm the information about Malakhov’s transfer: “We have all the leadership on vacation, so this physically cannot happen at the moment.” The press service of Channel One is not available for comment.

Malakhov allegedly has a conflict with other leaders of "Let them talk." RBC also writes about this, citing its sources. According to the agency, the TV presenter did not work well with the new producer of "Let them talk", appointed by the general director of the First Konstantin Ernst. According to one of the sources, "the channel has brought back a producer who worked there nine years ago, hoping that she will help raise the program's severely fallen ratings." The publication does not give her name. As RBC writes, Malakhov's colleagues are already moving to work in "Live" on the TV channel "Russia", and "Let them talk" is already selecting new presenters.

The ratings of "Let them talk" have indeed declined lately, but not too much. For example, in April 2017, according to the analytical service Mediascope, the rating of the program was 6.2% with a share of 18%. A year before, in April 2016, the rating was 6.8% with a share of 20.8%. The rating and share of the release of the program dedicated to the case of Diana Shurygina amounted to 7.1% and 19.6%, respectively. At the same time, the issue was watched more than 17 million times on the YouTube channel “Let them talk”.