Valdis Pelšs
Soviet-Russian TV presenter, director, producer and musician (born 1967)
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Valdis Eyzhenovich (Yevgenyevich) Pelsh[a] (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]
5 June 1967
Pelšs at Central Children's Store on Lubyanka in 2016 | |
| Born | Valdis Pelšs 5 June 1967 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupations | television director, presenter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Television | Name That Tune |
| Awards | TEFI 1997 ("game show presenter") Zolotoi Grammofon 1996, 1997 (in Neschastny Sluchai band) |
| Website | valdis-pelsh |
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
- The Field of Wonders (Pole Chudes) (Each the episode aired as a special series twice, on 27 December 2002 and 30 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)