Minute of Fame () is a Russian television talent show competition originating from the Got Talent series and which started in February 2007 on 1TV. For the first two seasons it was hosted by Garik Martirosyan, replaced in the 3rd season by Alexander Tsekalo, then in the 4th season the hosts were Alexander Oleshko and Ville Haapasalo, and in the 5th and 6th seasons Julia Kovalchuk took over from Haapasalo.
Judges Alexander Maslyakov, host of KVN, head judge, seasons 1-8; Leonid Parfyonov, journalist, season 4. Tatyana Tolstaya, writer, seasons 1-3. Mariya Shukshina, TV host show season 5. Larissa Guzeyeva, TV host show seasons 6-8. In the first season, the role of third judge was filled by different visitor, but in the second season a third permanent judge appeared is Alexander Tsekalo. In the third and following seasons, the third judge was again a series of visitors. Sergei Yursky, actor, seasons 7 and 9. Sergei Svetlakov, actor, TV host, season 9. Renata Litvinova, actress, TV host, season 9. Vladimir Posner, TV journalist, writer and political thinker, season 9.
Rules In the qualifying rounds participants appear before the judges and an audience to demonstrate their talent, and from there are either rejected by the judges or moved on to the next round. In the 1st season each judge had the ability to call a halt to the demonstration with a rejection button, if all 3 judges pressed the button, the demonstration was interrupted and the participant rejected. In the 2nd this was removed and each participant could perform their full demonstration, after which each judges voted «yes» or «no», with the majority ruling and the head judge acting as tie-breaker.
Beginning with the 2nd season the semi-finals were removed, participant who passed the qualifying rounds went straight to the final round.
In the 1st-3rd seasons, the winner of the show received 1,000,000 rubles.
In the 4th season the winner of the show received 10,000,000 rubles.
From the middle of the 4th season (from October 5 to December 29, 2009) per week from network «Eldorado» played out cash prizes among viewers.
In the 5th season the winner of the show received 1,000,000 rubles, 1 kg of gold and a contract with the Moscow Circus.
In the 6th season, the show underwent a major change. Firstly the name was changed to «Minute of Fame - Dreams Come True». At the end of each qualifying round the jury picks 1 act, not necessarily one who passed on to audience voting, and gives them a choice: either have their dream fulfilled, or be entered directly into the finals without requiring the audience to vote them there, meaning they still have a chance to win the 1,000,000 rubles prizel. Second, the participants were given mentors. Carmen Rust and Edgard Zapashny, then Svetlana Druzhinina and Igor Zhizhikin from the 9th qualifying round onwards, would instruct participants in circus genres, and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Yegor Druzhinin would mentor those in other artistic genres.
In the 7th season of the show on the new scenario, part of the participants' «Minute of Fame» now is not removed in the studio and outdoors. This time, the organizers decided that participants must represent Russia, and therefore the motto of the project at this time is «Minute of Fame is sweeping the country». The participation of foreign visitors is now excluded. In honor of the five-year anniversary of the producers even changed the standard rules of the program. Now the film crew travels to cities in Russia and filmes unique acts right away from the contestants who for various reasons can't come to Moscow. By new rules it's for such numbers jury does not vote. Vote for them audience in the hall. In the semifinal get those participants for whom the vote of at least 15% of the audience in the studio. There is also no mentors, who had previously supported the contestants.
In the 8th Olympic season participants compete for the right to participate in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and to win one million rubles. In this season in the chair member of the jury, along with the usual three judges in each issue necessarily representative of the sport was alone, as this is Olympic season. Also in the VIP-box in each issue were present different guests with their exclusive gifts that they in the end of the tour participant were presented to get noticed. In the semifinals, participants fought a duel in the end only one of the duel taking place in the final, and the rest are eliminated. The finale was divided in two parts: in the first, participants fought for a million rubles, while the second are for participating in the opening ceremony of XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
In 9th Anniversary season the rules has changed. To advance the next rounds, the contestant have to get no less than three jury's «yes». If the contestant gets two «yes» and two «no», his destiny is in his own hands, he ought to toss a «coin of fame». If the side of a coin is the white, then the contestant won't leave the game, bu if it is the red, he is eliminated. Top prize is 5,000,000 rubles (second place — 3,000,000 rubles, third place — 1,000,000 rubles).
Series overview
Season 1 (2007) Finals 18.05.2007, Guest judge - Michael Zadornov. №ParticipantCityTalentAlexander MaslyakovTatiana TolstayaMichael ZadornovResult1Svetlana and Sergei ChuykoMoscowperformance with bubbles - - - -2AznavurSochiviolinist - - - -3"Cristal harmony"Saint Petersburggame on glasses - - - -4Artyom ShchukinSaratovmagician - - - -5"Lemon-show"Moscowbreakdancers - - - -6Ravil NasyrovKazanpsychic - - - -7Roman RogolevNovosibirskbalalaika - - - -8Simon OganisyanLipetskjuggler - - - -9"Udi"Omskdancers - - -favorite 19.05.2007, Guest judge - Michael Zadornov. №ParticipantCityTalentAlexander MaslyakovTatiana TolstayaMichael ZadornovResult1Irina KazakovaMoscowgymnast - - - -2Alexander and Lilia KurdyumovsOdesamusicians - - - -3"Mad heels"Vladimirстеп - - - -4Daniel and Kirill KalutskikhMoscowacrobats - - -favorites5"Duke time"Odesasingers - - - -6Maksim TokayevShchekinoaccordionist - - -winner7Georgy OganisyanLipetskjuggler - - - -8"3 sisters"Ivanovosingers - - - -9GarikSaint Petersburgmagician - - - -14Ilya Strakhov and LolitaOdesaacrobat and singer - - - - 25.05.2007, Superfinal. №ParticipantCityTalent Alexandr Abdulov Natalya Lagoda Oleg Jankovskij Marina Golub1Maria Maksimchuk and Igor NikolayevMytishchisingers 7 10 6 92Alexander Yachmenyov and Kristina OrbakayteOmsksinger and saxophonist 7 10 7 93Denis Prilipko and "Duna" groupYekaterinburgballet and singers 9 10 8 94Levan Belauri and Tamik Bayev, Anita TsoyVladikavkazdrummers and singer 8 10 8 105Georgy Oganisyan and Eugeny AldoninLipetskjugglers 9 10 9 106Alexandra Kozlova and Soso PavliashviliMoscowsingers 9 10 8 97Aznavur and "Gorod 312"Sochiviolinist and musicians 7 10 6 108Alexander Kurdyumov and Vladimir KuzminOdesamusician and singer 7 10 9 109Eugeny Kuznetsov, Ravil Nasyrov, Alexander Markov, Simon Oganisyan and "Fabrika" groupRussiadangerous stunts, psychic, stunts, juggler and singers 9 10 9 1010Garik and "Tea for two"Saint Petersburgrobo-cop and singers 9 10 6 911"Duke time" group and Tatyana OvsiyenkoOdesasingers 8 10 9 1012"Cristal harmony" and Nikolas TsiskaridzeSaint Petersburgplaying music on glasses and singer 8 10 9 1013Scott Scotch and Nox Raul -singers 8 10 8 10 26.05.2007, Award winners №ParticipantCityTalent Alexandr Tsekalo Ludmila Senchina Muslim Magomaev Dima Bilan1Maxim Tokayev and Stas PiekhaShchekinoaccordionist and singer 10 10 10 102Irina Kazakova and Dmitry MalikovMoscowgymnast and singer 10 10 9 103Michael Ilyayev, Lia Pogosyan, Alexander Fazylzyanov and "Blestyashchiye" groupRussiadancers and singers 9 10 7 94Roman Rogalyov and "Ivanushki International" groupNovosibirskbalalaika and singers 8 10 6 95Anastasia Kovalenko and Boris MoiseyevMoscowsingers 8 10 7 96Olga Bibik and the symphonic ensemble "Elegans"Moscowsinger and musicians 9 10 8 107Artyom Shchukin and Amayak AkopyanSaratovmagicians 9 10 9 108Julia Kova & Nox and "Udi" groupTomsksingers and dancers 8 10 7 99Daniil and Kirill Kalutskikh and Vladimir TurchnskyMoscowacrobats and sportsman 9 10 9 1010Olesya Pivova and "Dinamit" groupPermdancer and singers 8 10 7 911Ramil Shakirov and Oleg BezinskikhKartalysingers 8 10 6 912Viktor Tsaryov and Dmitry SychyovKhabarovskjugglers 8 10 7 913"Udi" group and "Reflex" groupTomskdancers and singers 9 10 8 1014"Mad hells" and Alexander BuynovVladimirstep and singer 9 10 8 1015"3 sisters" group and "Chelsi" groupIvanovosingers 9 10 9 10
Season 2 (2007)
Finals 11.11.2007 №ParticipantCityTalentAlexander MaslyakovTatyana TolstayaAlexander TsekaloResult1"Udi-junior"Tomskbreak dancer - - - -2"Constellation"Moscowsingers - - - -3Maya KolodinaMoscowsinger - - - -4Alexei GoloborodkoTulaplastic - - -favorite5Sosnov boarding school for orphansTambov regiondancers - - -favorite6Dmitry BubinSalaspilsjuggler - - - -7Ivan Bokov and Alina VilinskayaDomodedovostunts - - - -8Yegor KupriyanovIzhevskplastic - - - -9Narek AkopyanVolzhskysinger - - - -10"Twins"Rigadancers - - -favorite 25.11.2007 №ParticipantCityTalentAlexander MaslyakovTatyana TolstayaAlexander TsekaloResult1Galina ChogovadzeMoscowtricks with a dog - - - -2Anastasia SorokovaPodolsksinger - - -favorite3Sergei Melnikov and Oksana GrigorenkoMoscowdisguises - - - -4Denis FatkinPenzaappearance with the ladder - - -favorite5Margarita KimMoscowdancer - - - -6Quartet "Akrofly"Moscow regionacrobats - - - -7Rustem ValeyevKazanmusician - - - -8"Takeoff" ensembleOmskmutewomen - - -favorite9Rafael ZotovMoscowmagician - - - -10"Quadrate"г. Bolshaya Glushitsaa fashion show of the waste - - - -11Leysan ZagrutdinovaSestroretsksinger - - - -12Oleg KhavronichMoscowsnakes charmer - - - -13"Hope"Izhevskdancers - - - - 02.12.2007 №ParticipantCityTalentAlexander MaslyakovTatyana TolstayaAlexander TsekaloResult1Gigant showYevpatoriadancers - - - -2Oksana LepskayaRigasinger - - - -3Valeria Semyokhina, Marina Larichkina, Gulnara BayramovaKalugajugglers - - - -4Marat ShaydulinKazanjuggler - - - -5Michael MashkoUfasinger - - - -6Roman TimofeyevIrkutskbalalaika - - - -7Yekaterina and Svetlana ZaytsevsShuyaacrobats - - - -8Eugeny KorytchinkovRyazanlimericks - - - -9Albert VerkholyakPetrozavodskstep - - -favorite10Alexander OvsyannikovMelitopolplastic - - - -11Ryotr and Kirill LevinsNovosibirskstunts - - - -12"APL show"Moscowfire show - - -favorite13Dmitry BulkinKubinkaequilibrist - - -favorite 09.12.2007, Super Final №ParticipantCityTalent Alexander Tsekalo Kristina Orbakaite Ilya Reznik Dima Bilan1"APL show"Moscowfire show 6 10 9 72Anastasia SorokovaPodolsksinger 6 10 7 93"Twins" and Denis PrilipkoRiga and Yekaterinburgdancers 6 10 8 84Rafael Zotov and Artyom ShchukinMoscowmagic 3 10 3 75"Hope" collectiveIzhevskdancers 4 10 4 66Simon and Georgy Oganesyans and Denis FatkinPenzajugglers and ladder tricks 9 10 9 87"Takeoff" ensemble and "Stars factory-7"Omsksingers 9 10 7 88Sultan Khamdulayev and Eliza AnnamMakhachkala and Moscowdancers 3 10 6 99Oksana Lepskaya, Svetlana and Sergei ChuykoRigasinger, soapbubble show 4 10 7 510Alexei Goloborodko and "Crystal harmony"Tulaplastic, glass game 9 10 9 911"Udi-junior" and "Udi"Tomskdancers 8 10 4 612Dmitry Bubin and Ravil NasyrovSalaspilsjuggler, psychic 6 10 2 813Maxim Tokayev and Maya KolodinaShchekino and Moscowaccordionist and singer 9 10 7 614Albert Verkholyak and "Mad heels"Vladimirstep 7 10 9 615Sosnov boarding school for orphans and Olesya PivovaTambov regiondancers 7 10 9 916Pyotr and Kirill LevinsNovosibirskstunts 6 10 8 517Dmitry Bulkin and Irina KazakovaKubinkaequilibrists 9 10 9 1018Dmitry BulkinKubinkaequilibrist 10 10 10 10
Season 3 (2008)
Finals 07.12.2008, Guest judge - Sergey Zhigunov.