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Valdis Pelšs

Valdis Pelšs

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Valdis Eyzhenovich (Yevgenyevich) Pelsh[lower-alpha 1] (Russian; Валдис Евгеньевич Пельш; born 5 June 1967) is a Soviet and Russian television presenter, television director, television producer and musician, winner of two TEFI awards (in 1997 and 2005). Valdis Pelšs currently works as a screen actor and manages child programs subdivision on Channel One. He hosted several popular game shows, such as Ugadai Melodiu, Russian Roulette and Rozygrysh.[1][2] Pelšs is a former vocalist and percussion instrument player for Neschastny Sluchai, a band founded by him and Alexei Kortnev in 1983.[3][4]

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Career

Valdis Pelšs graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Philosophy. He first appeared on television as a contestant on the KVN show as part of the MSU team with his friend Alexei Kortnev (1987). Together they also participated in Oba-na. A few years earlier, in 1983, they had formed an alternative rock band called Neschastny Sluchai (the band's name meaning "unfortunate event" in Russian), which Pelšs would leave in 1997.[3][5]

In 1995 Vladislav Listyev invited him to work on the musical game show Ugadai Melodiu, a Russian version of Name That Tune aired on Channel One. The show quickly gained popularity: it achieved a viewer share of 96%, for which Valdis Pelšs was inducted in The Guinness Book of Records as the most popular Russian television personality.[6] After the death of Sergei Suponev in 2001 Pelšs manages child programs subdivision on Channel One. For his work as a TV host he received TEFI awards in 1997 and 2005.

Shows hosted

  • Ugadai Melodiu
  • Ugadai i kompania (Ugadaika)
  • Russian Roulette
  • Vlastelin Vkusa
  • Eti Zabavnye Zhyvotnye
  • Rozygrysh
  • Odni doma
  • Wheel Of Fortune (Pole Chudes) (Appears twice of each episode on 27th of December, 2002 and 30th of December, 2002)

Filmography

  • 1998: Na boykom meste
  • 2000: Brother 2 (as himself)
  • 2005: The Turkish Gambit
  • 2007: Zolushka.ru (as himself)
  • 2007: Lubov morkov
  • 2008: Snezhniy chelovek
  • 2018: Arctic Brotherhood. Documentary about Soviet and British air forces cooperation (This is a documentary about Soviet and British air forces cooperation in Murmansk mid-air during September–November of 1941)

References

  1. [1]
    Treneva, Elizaveta (2003-10-25). Это не "Розыгрыш" - Валдис Пельш вернулся в "Угадайку". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  2. [2]
    Alexeev, Vadim (2009-02-04). Барнаулец выводит из депрессии розыгрышами. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  3. [3]
    "Neschastny Sluchai" (in Russian). MoscowOut.Ru. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  4. [4]
    Концерт группы "Несчастный случай" (in Russian). Muzycalnaia Gazeta. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  5. [5]
    "Valdis Pelsh" (in Russian). Neschastny Sluchai official website. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  6. [6]
    "The most popular Russian television personality" (in Russian). Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  1. Russian: Валдис Эйженович (Евгеньевич) Пельш, Latvian: Valdis Pelšs
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