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Minuta slavy

Минута славы
Minuta Slavy
Presented by Garik Martirosyan (seasons 1-2)
Alexander Tsekalo (season 3)
Alexander Oleshko (seasons 4-8)
Ville Haapasalo (season 4)
Yuliya Kovalchuk (seasons 5-7)
Dmitry Shepelev (seasons 6-8)
Mikhail Boyarsky (season 9)
Judges Alexander Maslyakov (seasons 1-8)
Larisa Guzeyeva (seasons 6-8)
Tatyana Tolstaya (seasons 1-2)
Leonid Parfyonov (season 4)
Maria Shukshina (season 5)
Sergei Yursky (seasons 7, 9)
Sergei Svetlakov (season 9)
Renata Litvinova (season 9)
Vladimir Posner (season 9)
Country of origin Russia
No. of seasons 9
No. of episodes 164 (April 5, 2015)
Production
Producer(s) Krasnyi Kvadrat (2009–present)
Belaya Studiya (2009–present)
Soho Production (2007–08)
VID (2007–08)
Location(s) Moscow
Running time 110 minutes
Release
Original network 1TV
Original release February 17, 2007 – present
External links
Website http://www.1tv.ru/moment

Minute of Fame (Russian: Минута славы, tr. Minuta slavy; IPA: [mʲɪˈnutə ˈslavɨ]) 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.

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.


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