The heroes of the brightest programs and those who helped them change their lives for the better came to the festive broadcast - experts and friends “Applies to everyone”
A young mother beats her nine-month-old daughter, and the baby is accidentally saved by a complete stranger... Chained to wheelchair a girl with a rare genetic disease, at risk of death, gives birth to a child, who is called a real miracle in the perinatal center... Married couple puts her own child on a dog chain, explaining the wildest cruelty with special methods of education... A 15-year-old schoolgirl comes to rural cemetery almost every day to collect food from the graves. At school she experiences hungry fainting spells, and in the house where her parents and sister live there is not a crumb of bread...
These are not plots from thriller films or made-up stories from books. Our life often gives rise to such scenarios that even the most sophisticated imagination of a writer can envy. At the center of these chilling stories are the real fates of our contemporaries - the heroes of the country's main evening talk show, “Everyone Concerns,” which airs on the Inter TV channel, and for the fifth year now has been steadily breaking records of popularity among social media. television projects. On August 28, the anniversary special issue of the project was released - that evening the heroes of the most resonant programs, whose stories excited and touched the whole country, gathered in the studio.
Extremely frank confessions and discussions, the most high-profile criminal cases and sensitive topics about which it is impossible to remain silent, the absence of censorship and taboos - all this is closely watched by millions of Ukrainian television viewers five evenings a week - from Monday to Friday, on the most popular television “button” in the country.
What's the secret high ratings project? What goals do its creators pursue? Can television make a stalled state mechanism work, and can one TV program qualitatively change our lives? We asked you to answer these and other questions talk show host“Concerns everyone” by Andrei Danilevich.
Andrei Danilevich, even in a busy filming schedule, finds time to play sports - running and swimming
— Social talk shows today won’t surprise anyone - there are many of them on different channels. It is clear that when launching the project, its creators did not intend to join the crowd. What tasks were set and how did the project evolve?
— Our main difference from other projects is that “Concerns Everyone” is not a show in its pure form, it has a very strong social component. We do not speculate on human emotions; it is important for us to understand why people live the way they do. They need to look at themselves from the outside, draw some conclusions, so that they want to change. And everyone who works on the program makes every effort to change the lives of these people. It’s not for nothing that we say about ourselves: “A program that changes lives.”
— Was it difficult to take on this format? What problems have you encountered?
— When I was offered to lead social project, to be honest, I was wary of this at first. I had the experience and image of leading political projects. But here it’s a completely different matter. At first I was tense and strictly followed the script. And now, I admit, I began to enjoy my work.
To relax and make a program participant talk, I can come up, sit next to him on the floor, take his hand, or follow him backstage if he suddenly leaves. We managed to create a trusting atmosphere that allowed a person to open up - this is what we dreamed of. We have a social component, friends have appeared, and the trust of the audience has come. When we ask for help to a person in trouble, we hear the phones ringing and money being deposited into our account. They trust us, and this is the most important thing that we have achieved.
— In your eyeliner you always say: “A program that changes lives.” Nice slogan, but are you really sure that television can change anything? I know many people who have achieved something in life largely due to the fact that they do not watch television.
— Among my friends there are also many who don’t watch. Perhaps I myself would not have believed in the possibilities of television, thinking that these were staged things, if I had not known that everything we talk about in the program “Concerns Everyone” is pure truth. But I know this, I see the eyes of these people, I take them by the hand, and then - after a year, after two, I meet them again and see how they have changed. This, by the way, is another advantage of our project - we are always in touch with its participants, because we are responsible for them.
On our anniversary broadcast, we decided to show a kind of report on our joint work with experts and viewers. The participants of the program were the heroes of its previous releases. One of them is the same mother who needed surgery, otherwise she would never have gotten back on her feet, and her children contacted our editorial office asking for help. The woman could barely move around the apartment, but now she came to the studio on her own and even danced a waltz with the famous Ukrainian choreographer Sergei Kostetsky. It was her children's dream, and it came true. Well, isn't this a miracle? And there are hundreds of such stories.
The young guy could not walk, rarely appeared in public and dreamed of drawing. And now he has his own exhibitions in America, where his paintings are selling out at lightning speed. And even though he moves in a wheelchair, he has awakened an interest in life and the belief that dreams come true: he got married and had a healthy daughter. And recently he came to our studio and gave me a wonderful portrait. Now we are helping him organize an exhibition in Kyiv. We talk about all this throughout the country, and other people facing a similar problem gain hope for changes for the better.
Or a girl suffering from anorexia. She was on the verge of life and death, weighed 29 kg! Even the doctors no longer undertook to save her. And we turned to the Center for Food Addiction, where Valery Patonich works, a wonderful doctor with whom we collaborate. And he agreed to help, realizing that the child’s life was in his hands.
**“We don’t pay anyone for frankness. We do everything honestly”
Today you won’t recognize this girl - she is cheerful, blooming, has already gained about 15 kilograms, and most importantly, her physiology and psychology have changed, a new life has opened up for her.
Another girl came to us with a huge tumor on her face and almost wanted to commit suicide out of despair. She was helped by an excellent surgeon, Rostislav Valikhnovsky, who takes on such complex operations. Now the girl is healthy, she moved to live in Kyiv, does photo shoots, is full of energy and life.
And there are many such stories - in five years we filmed one and a half thousand programs. About the most amazing stories and destinies we tell in our anniversary program, addressing the audience: “Never despair! Your life can change too!”
“I want to beat and kill bandits!”
— Andrey, it turns out you have another one in August significant date— 15 years of service on television. By the way, you are like your own professional activity Do you treat it like a job or a service?
- Yes, you are right, I have been on television since 2003. I was hired on August 19, my birthday. So in August I don’t even have two dates, but three at once.
For me, television is, first of all, the collective work of a huge number of people. About a hundred people are working on the “Concerns Everyone” project alone. You may have some experiences or problems of your own - a toothache or something else has happened, but you have no right to slack off, because you cannot let these people down. Television is a big responsibility. And in a sense, yes, this is service, duty. It may sound pretentious, but the program is very specific - it is a social project. People watch us and learn something, change something in themselves. In any case, I would really like to believe this.
- I know that as a child you dreamed of a different service - one that was both dangerous and difficult...
- Indeed, it was such a dream. When I watched films about the police, it seemed to me that this is a very noble profession - you save people, fight evil. In a children's essay on the topic “Who do you want to be?” I wrote that “I want to beat and kill bandits!” - this quote. Moreover, I not only dreamed, but also made attempts to realize this dream - I entered the Academy of Internal Affairs in Kyiv and successfully passed the exams. And then some additional competition came into play, which my family and I were not ready for - we had to give a bribe in an envelope.
“At first I got into the radio. And it happened literally out of love. When the first FM radio stations opened in Zhitomir in 2000, a girl named Lina, who had a charming voice, worked at one of them. The whole city was in love with her, and then it turned out that she and I studied at the same institute - the Zhytomyr Engineering and Technology Institute, although in different faculties, but in adjacent classrooms. I fell in love with Lina and she brought me to the radio. Every day, Zhytomyr grandmothers, turning on their wired receiver, heard: “Say Zhitomir, seventeen years, twenty years. Listen, please, to the program schedule for today.” This was my first creative experience.
I am very grateful to the Zhytomyr regional radio, because the foundations were laid there future profession. From there I was invited to the radio station as a program presenter. Then I became interested in the news and soon headed information service FM stations.
— Your career has taken off, but you leave your hometown and go to conquer Kyiv. Wasn’t it scary to start everything from scratch, winning a place in the sun?
- For me it was bad dream to return to Zhitomir, with all my love for the city and gratitude to the people who worked with me and invested in me. Therefore, when I arrived in Kyiv in the winter of 2013, I immediately put out a call for all kinds of television castings, and I was lucky - they took me to “Plusy” as an editor for the “Limousine” project. Out of three hundred people, five lucky ones were then selected.
The project, however, died without ever going on air, but I was already “sick” with the television virus and clung to any job. Having informed everyone that I was involved in sports and wanted to work in a sports editorial office - no matter who, even if it was for free, where they would send me, I actually started by running around with a tripod at a press conference and bringing and delivering pieces of paper. This is where my practice in the sports editorial office began - before I was hired as a sports news journalist at TSN.
Then I did dubbing documentaries and TV series, where I met actors from Kyiv theaters who helped me work on my voice and speech. I voiced Fyodor Bondarchuk’s program “About Cinema” in Ukrainian, worked as an editor in the project “The Smartest” with Tina Kandelaki and the brilliant producer Vladimir Oseledchik, who tinkered with me like a child. This was also a great experience. And when the K1 channel, which was built by Anna Bezlyudnaya, was launched, I was offered to try there as a news anchor. That's how it all came together, brick by brick.
Radio and TV versus big sport
— It was the news that brought you recognition and popularity. This is the most complex television format, which requires maximum mobilization from the presenter - quick reaction, broad erudition, prompt work with a large amount of information, and physical endurance, finally. Did sports training help you in this matter?
- Undoubtedly. I always say that sport is my past and present, which I never part with. He came to the pool at the age of seven and didn’t get out until he was 22 years old. I was a professional swimmer, was in the Zhytomyr region team and in the Ukrainian youth team.
When radio and college appeared in my life, and it became very difficult to combine all this, I was faced with the problem of choosing - sports or journalism, which fascinated me more and more, I was passionate about it. And this passion overcame the desire to engage in professional sports, although I was already a candidate for master of sports in swimming and triathlon. And injuries also played a role. I had a fall at the European Triathlon Cup in Kyiv. If this trouble had not happened, I would have been guaranteed to get into the top three, and then into the Ukrainian national team. And despite the fact that I left big sport, I still perform. Last year I had four starts at the European Championship level. I competed in triathlon, aquathlon, and marathon swimming - this is my strong point, I love long distances. Sports training allows you to take third, fourth, fifth places. This happened at the international ten-kilometer marathon to conquer the Dnieper, where I finished fifth.
But it’s difficult to combine sports with television, because it’s a hell of a load. Right now we were filming the project “Coolest of all” - 15 hours a day. After that, waking up and going to work out is ruining your body. As an athlete, I understand this very well and try to approach sports wisely.
I always have two sets of equipment in my car - for swimming and for running. If there is no filming, I swim from 1.5 to 3.5 km in the pool, and in the warm season I go out to open water. I go to Trukhanov Island, where I have my own “safe haven”. I run and swim there. If it’s cold outside, I go to the Yunost pool for Friendship of Peoples.
— What did your internship at the BBC, which all media professionals dream of without exaggeration, teach you? What discoveries have you made for yourself?
— I was amazed by the television center - it’s something incredible. There are many floors where both radio and television are combined. They have everything worked out to the point of automation. At the same time, there are no multi-machine operators, as we have, when one person performs several functions - everyone is busy with their own business.
I was lucky enough to watch the creation of the legendary British show Question Time, which has been on the air for almost 40 years.
— Did you manage to borrow anything from the experience of your British colleagues?
- Without a doubt. This is openness and maximum involvement of the audience and people who came to the program in what is happening on the site. This is largely due to the show's host, David Dimbleby. For them, he is a real guru, since he led this project almost from the moment of its creation. He moderates communication so well, so subtly and cunningly, sometimes without saying anything, he involves people in dialogue - with some signs, hints - this is real art. He maneuvers very professionally and deliberately pushes his guests—top politicians—to their heads in order to catch a new message, from which a news feed is immediately born, and it is picked up by the media. This is great. And I try to use some of David Dimbleby’s techniques in my work on the show “Concerns Everyone.”
When children are wiser than their parents
— “The program that changes life” changed the life of TV presenter Andrei Danilevich?
- Certainly! Everything we talk about in the programs concerns me and everyone who watches us. This is a kind of ABC of life, a guide for you and your loved ones - what you should and shouldn’t do in different life situations. In addition, during my work in the project I became a father, my son is growing up, and I am trying to raise him correctly. On film set I’m already sharing my father’s experience and addressing parents who have turned their backs on their children: “Listen! How can you live in peace and not visit your child?! I haven’t seen Timofey for just one day, and I’m already dreaming of coming and hugging him. After all, there is nothing more beautiful than the feeling when you wake up in the morning and his little hands are lying on your chest! What could be a better feeling in the world than this?”
— In the process of working on a project, you communicate with many people with broken destinies, difficult life situations. What stories particularly shocked you?
“I am especially moved by stories where children often turn out to be smarter than their adult parents.” Because they are children, because they have no negative experiences, no selfish goals, because they are not mean or evil. And where does this wisdom beyond one’s years come from, when children forgive the mother who abandoned them? And then they come to our studio, dreaming of seeing her. And this mother disappeared inexplicably where and thought only about her own interests. It is this generosity, this pure child’s heart, the ability to forgive just because it is a mother, that shocks me most of all.
— How do you find themes and characters? Do people willingly share their secrets or do they have to pay for this frankness, as often happens on other talk shows?
“I have already said that over the years there has been a lot of confidence in the program. People come to the TV channel, drop letters in the mailbox, call, write to e-mail. Of course, we are not a good offices office. We do not give away houses, we do not divide land. Our task is to explain to a person what his problem is and help him get rid of it by qualitatively changing his life.
And of course, we don’t pay anyone for frankness. Everything is fair with us. And this is also the result of five years of collective work.
- But not every person will agree to bare his soul in front of an audience of millions...
“It’s not a shame to ask for help when the situation is really stalemate, when social protection mechanisms are not working in the state, and this role is taken on by television, in this case the program “Concerns Everyone.” Some people don’t believe in the police, others don’t believe in social services, and people come to us as last hope. I think this is no longer just a TV project. The program performs an important social function, changing people’s psychology and making those mechanisms that don’t work work.
We often turn to officials—deputies, the Prosecutor General—and ask them to pay attention to a problem that, for one reason or another, they do not notice or do not want to notice. We want the laws to work and the state to change, so that there won’t be those stories and situations that we have to tell about from the screen.
Often lawyers and representatives of various social services come to us and say that they watch our programs and learn from them. It happens that a criminal case reaches a dead end, but in our program we raise it and find many facts important for the investigation. Sometimes we manage to find important witnesses or bring a person to a revelation who does not confess to the investigator, and this happens in our program.
Ukraine is not Switzerland
— Programs are usually updated for the new television season. Are there any changes expected in your project? What will you talk about with the viewer in the upcoming episodes?
- The topics remain the same - this is what we talk about endlessly: again the land has not been divided somewhere, again mothers abandon their children, and the destinies of children are crippled. I really want to believe that we manage to prevent some of these cases - someone will look, think, stop drinking, or want to find an abandoned child. We would like to do a visiting program, but for now it is difficult organizationally. We want to help as much as possible more people, because any person, no matter how stellar he may be today, is not immune from a situation from which he cannot get out alone.
Something recently happened to our wonderful singer, Poltava resident Nina Kirso, who was a soloist in the late 90s popular group“Freestyle”, wrote and performed dozens of hits. One of the songs of this group is “Oh, what a woman!” was a real hit. When the project “Concerns Everyone” appeared, we often invited Nina to join us as an expert. And now, after a severe stroke, she has been in a coma for two and a half months. When the singer’s family asked us for help, we invited her to the studio famous artists, her colleagues in the shop, organized inclusions from Moscow with Andrei Razin, Svetlana Lazareva and other once mega-popular stars. We announced a fundraiser because Nina Kirso needs complex rehabilitation, and we will do everything to make her better.
As for other changes in the project... For the new season, our studio was updated, the host's wardrobe was updated. I now have new image, close to casual style - more comfortable and practical, but not slack. There will be no tie, but a vest will appear.
— I think that interest in social talk shows will continue until the problems that fill our lives and that concern everyone disappear. And since they will never disappear, your project is doomed to longevity.
Andrey Danilevich
The host of the project “Concerns Everyone” in an interview with the newspaper “Segodnya” spoke for the first time about the new addition to his family.
— Andrey, this summer the “Concerns Everyone” program celebrates its third anniversary. Is it psychologically difficult to work in such a project?
— Yes, the project is really difficult emotionally, but we have the best editors working for us - they are my rear and support, and thanks to this well-coordinated professional team game We're all heading towards our third anniversary together. I can't even believe it, to be honest. Professionally, the program taught me multitasking on the court and endurance. A shooting day lasts 13-14 hours, and so on for two days in a row. Not every presenter can withstand such a regime, I know this first-hand. And from a human perspective, our project taught me to forgive, no matter how difficult it may be, and to be grateful for what you have.
— How do you take a break from filming?
— It’s difficult to leave the studio and cut off everything and everyone. I'm still learning this. The main medicine for me is to exert as much physical stress on myself as possible! Exactly exercise stress and sports allow me to quickly recover psychologically. 10-15 kilometers of running, 3-5 kilometers of swimming, and after that - good dream!
— What sports and personal goals do you set for yourself?
— My main achievement this year is the birth of my son! Now I try to give him maximum attention and time, so I can’t train well. But I don’t want to go to the start line and compete just, as they say, “on talent”; I like to finish in the first row. But there are still August, September, October ahead - the height of the big starts in triathlon and swimming, I don’t exclude the possibility that I will compete somewhere else! After all, no matter what, I still try to maintain my shape.
— How did your life change with the birth of your child?
— With the advent of Timofey, our usual rhythm of life, of course, changed, but, frankly speaking, not radically. Yes, we sleep little, but in general we learn to do everything together with Timofey - we go shopping, we can dine in a restaurant, and we go to visit friends. My son is growing up to be a real man - he’s not capricious at all (pah-pah-pah), and if he screams, it’s on point! In general, the birth of a son is a great happiness! I am very grateful to Timofey for showing me what is most important in life.
— What is your ideal vacation?
- Best leisure for me it’s yachting! In previous years we big company went to the open sea on a yacht. It was always unforgettable. Well, this year, due to the addition to the family, my wife, son and I are spending the summer at home - we go to visit our grandparents, we went twice to the village to visit my grandmother in the Zhitomir region. After the island of Capri, this is the second place on Earth where I always want to come. It’s very nice there, calm and homely - we set up a big table in the garden, cook barbecue, grandma bakes pies and her signature garlic donuts, invite neighbors, have intimate conversations, and sometimes even start songs at the table.
— Do you often get recognized on the street?
— Yes, they recognize you on the streets and, as a rule, they say good words and thank you for your work. It's nice. They also say that in real life I look younger than on the screen.
Andrey Danilevich: Interesting facts from life
A fairly popular Ukrainian presenter, Andrey Danilevich, was born in Zhitomir (Ukraine) in 1979. Graduated from the Zhytomyr Engineering and Technology Institute. Vedt healthy image life and is actively involved in sports, preference is swimming.
He began his career at the local radio station Zhitomirskaya Khvylya, where he worked from 1996 to 2002.
Since 2002, he mastered the profession of a journalist and in the same year passed the casting of the 1+1 channel and became one of the editors of this channel.
Not married, but has a beloved woman (photo below). There are no children yet either.
IN currently acts as the host of the popular program in Ukraine Affects everyone.
Andrey Danilevich was born in 1979 in Zhitomir (Ukraine). Since childhood, he worked as best he could, he even jokes that his first car was a tractor, because during the summer he worked on a collective farm in the village of Vrublevka with his grandmother. By the way, she loves her grandmother very much and now, whenever possible, she goes to visit her to eat her signature borscht.
After school I wanted to enter the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it didn’t work out. He entered the Zhytomyr Institute of Engineering and Technology, which he graduated in 2002.
He earned the title of Master of Sports in triathlon, loves the pool, and has been swimming for 13 years. Left the sport due to injury
Dreams of learning to surf.
He has been working on television since 1999. Worked on channels K1, Inter, Ukraine. Hosted programs One Day, News, Details of the Week, Freedom on Inter, Open Access and Events of the Week (Ukraine).
In 2009, Andrei Danilevich was awarded the title Person of the Year for his numerous achievements in the nomination Journalist of the Year in the field of electronic media.
He loves his job very much, he has been striving for this for a long time and therefore now he doesn’t even go on vacation, although he really loves to relax in Bali.
Regarding his personal life he says:
Popular TV presenter Andrei Danilevich was born on August 19, 1979 in Zhitomir (Ukraine). He recently turned 36 years old.
As a child, Andrei dreamed of being a policeman, but he went to study at the Zhytomyr Institute of Engineering and Technology, which he successfully graduated from.
Andrei Danilevich not only works successfully in the media industry, but also managed to receive the title of Master of Sports in triathlon. However, an injury prevented him from going into big-time sports. Maybe this is for the best. The charming TV presenter copes well with his duties, and is loved by many.
Andrey is not married, but assures that his heart is not free.
Zodiac Sign: Leo.
He is not married, no children.
That is, an eligible bachelor.
Graduated from the Zhytomyr Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Woody TV, journalist.
Born in Zhitomer.
At the age of 9, he already earned his first money working on a collective farm.
In 2003 he came to Kyiv and got on television - it was on his birthday.
Before that he worked in radio.
First television earnings - $500. Then it was money for Andrey.
From an interview with Andrey:
Andrey is a former athlete and master of sports in triathlon.
Nevertheless, he continues to train and take part in competitions and marathons.
On August 15, 2015, he took 5th place in the overall standings in the international swim across the Dnieper (10 km in 2 hours 36 minutes).
Andrey constantly appears in public with various ladies.
But there are also rumors about his non-traditional orientation.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find such data about height and weight, but I think that Andrey is tall - above 180 cm and more than 80 kg.
Andrey Danilevich was born in the city of Zhitomir (Ukraine) in 1979. He is 36.
On this moment Danilevich is not married and has no children. This does not suit such a handsome man at such a wonderful age.
Andrey is not only a journalist, but also a TV presenter.
At one time he was a TV presenter of the following programs:
He is familiar to many as the News presenter on the Inter TV channel.
On August 15, 2015, Inter TV presenter Andrei Danilevich also became famous for taking part in a 10-kilometer swim across the Dnieper River and taking one of the prizes.
Popular presenter Andrei Danilevich is from Ukraine. Born in 1979 in Zhitomir (the birthplace of Sergei Korolev).
In 2002 he graduated from the Zhytomyr Institute of Engineering and Technology with a degree in engineering. information technologies.
He was fond of sports and received a Master of Sports in triathlon. After an injury, he left the sport.
He began his presenter career in 1999 at a local Zhytomyr television and radio company. Then he worked on the channels Inter, Ukraine, K1.
In 2009, he received the title of Person of the Year for achievements in journalism.
Little is known about his personal life, since Andrei Danilevich himself does not talk about it.
Andrey Danilevich, a charming presenter of the Inter TV channel, was born in 1979 in Zhitomir. He was involved in sports professionally, and being interested in cycling, he chose triathlon - in which, as you know, swimming, cycling and running alternate. It was on a bicycle that he had the most significant accident of his life, when he was simply bombarded by other riders at a competition. By first education, I am an information technology engineer and therefore well versed in computers. in 1999, he started working at the local Zhytomyr television and radio company, then he made brilliant career on central television. Named Person of the Year in 2009. While single and one of the most desirable men Ukraine. There is no exact data about his height, but it can be approximately estimated at 182-185 centimeters.
Andrey Danilevich works on the Inter channel and is now the host of the program Concerns Everyone. At the beginning, critics reacted negatively to his appearance in this program, but the management was satisfied and left him. He has a younger brother, the presenter himself does not like social gatherings, his first salary on TV was five hundred dollars. He went in for swimming and values the opinions of his mother and grandmother. Never would have married.
Until 2014, Andrey Danilevich worked in programs
One day
Details of the week
Freedom on Inter
Open access
He appeared on TV sixteen years ago. His place of birth is in the city of Zhitomir, date of birth August 19, 1979.
Andrei Danilevich was born in 1979, so he is 35 years old. However, he is a very versatile person. Currently he is a famous TV presenter. But it is known that he did not limit himself to just working on television. He also holds the title of Master of Sports in triathlon. In 2013 he was awarded the Person of the Year award. At one time, he even graduated from the Zhytomyr Institute of Engineering and Technology. In terms of recreation, Andrei Danilevich chooses travel. In one of his interviews, he vividly talks about his trip to Italy, in which he was with his friends. In general, Andrei Danilevich is a very interesting, talented person.
On the Inter TV channel, the popular program Concerns Everyone is broadcast on weekdays, hosted by a rather young and attractive presenter Andrei Danilevich. He has to talk on air and meet people who have made many mistakes in their lives. Andrey himself seems ideal.
The future presenter was born in Zhitomir (Ukraine) in 1979.
Andrey Danilevich - eligible bachelor, but he has a girlfriend, so his heart is busy.
Viewers are more accustomed to seeing a TV presenter in a studio where they sound dramatic stories and serious passions are boiling. But September 9 will appear in a new role - in a children's talent show The coolest from the TV channel Inter. TV Week found out what talents he himself can boast of Danilevich, why he became a lawyer and what kind of doctor he is.
Battle with a star
Andrey, was it difficult to switch to a children’s talent show after the highly social project “Concerns Everyone”?
In terms of television production, everything was clear to me: there is a format with clear rules and its own specifics. Here the main characters are children and their amazing talents. They and we, the presenters, need to perform in front of the public on stage. And this is a completely different feeling than on the set of “Concerns Everyone,” where the audience is behind me and we talk mainly with adults about complex everyday topics. Therefore, yes, from the point of view of both emotions and format, this is a professional challenge for me. And at the same time a sip fresh air, an opportunity to express yourself in a new way.
To be honest, I’m a little worried about what we’ll end up with and how the audience will react to the premiere.
What attracted you to the project?
In addition to what was said earlier, because it is about children, and I love them very much. “The Coolest of All” is a talent show in which children do not have to compete with each other. It is they, and not me or my co-host Andrei Domansky, who are the main characters. In each episode of the program we will show several participants who, thanks to their passion, were able to become cooler than others. Some of them are already officially record holders and champions at 3-4 years old. They demonstrate their abilities, we try to give them more difficult tasks, and sometimes we invite their idols to a friendly battle.
We will be glad if this project shows how important it is to spend time with your child. Each of them is talented, you just need to help him, give him the opportunity to do what he likes. If we draw parallels with “Concerns Everyone,” then for me the most exciting stories were always those that dealt with children. And thank God that in “The Coolest of All” we see happy, cheerful, talented children who are cared for by their parents.
They are all bright, spontaneous and at the same time very serious, passionate about their sport or hobby. All free time dedicate themselves to some unimaginable activities. As a person who is passionate about sports (Andrey is involved in triathlon - editor's note), I am amazed at little people who can solve a Rubik's cube for 5-6 hours a day. Or a five-year-old child who knows 80 brands of cars and can tell everything about them. Or a girl who, at 3.5 years old, knows all the countries of the world, their capitals, and can even determine what country it is by its geographical outline. This is incredible!
How to deal with pink shoes
It is believed that it is more difficult to photograph children than adults. How did this feel in your case?
I can predict the answer of an adult, because adults think in certain stereotypes, rules, they are hostages of their profession and existing relationships. And a child is always a surprise. It so happened that Domansky and I distributed “responsibilities” from the very beginning: he to a greater extent I was responsible for the entertainment, and I was responsible for the conversational part. That is, I sat down with the children on the sofa and asked questions about their hobbies and talked with their parents. Or he simply talked about adult topics that, in general, do not relate to the child’s specific hobby. But it’s always interesting - how a five-year-old or eight-year-old interlocutor talks about relationships, about life values and about life in general.
There were also funny situations that puzzled us. For example, I ask a girl how she learned to draw. And she responded: “And today I’m wearing pink shoes, I like them” (laughs). You always need to be on guard, because it is unknown how the child will behave, at what moment he may start talking, switch to something else, or even withdraw. It is necessary to feel children very subtly. In most cases this was successful.
There is some personal recipe from Andrei Danilevich - what to do if a child does not make contact or talks about pink shoes?
At such moments, I asked some questions completely unrelated to the topic of hobbies, but interesting to me. Let’s say: “Listen, do you like that there are so many people in the hall and they all applaud you? Is this your first time on television? What do you do when you're tired? I work on television and sometimes I get very tired. What do you advise me? The main thing is to involve the child in dialogue, and then return to his hobby. Sometimes Andrei Domansky and I asked very adult questions: “Why do you need to study?” Or they asked about the girls. It is very interesting to listen to how little children talk about the relationships between boys and girls, husbands and wives, about who should earn money in the family, and so on.
I especially remember the girl Zlata (the one who knows all the countries of the world and capitals). We started communicating with her on behalf of a toy horse, because Zlata really loves horses! It looked like this - I held the toy and said: “Golden, the horse is wondering if it’s true that you know so much about geography?” And only later, when he saw that the baby had relaxed and was comfortable, he began to communicate without “intermediaries.”
What conclusions did you draw for yourself from communicating with children and their parents?
I definitely understood that the child should be given the opportunity to choose what he wants to do. Of course, I would like my son Timofey to go in for sports, but... I can already see how vividly he reacts to music, how he dances, how interested he is in the piano. And I don’t mind at all if he chooses music or dancing. Children who are passionate about something are happy children. And parents who are passionate about their children are happy parents.
Tractor? As easy as pie!
Were there any children who particularly surprised you? Or maybe they encouraged you to learn something?
I wouldn’t say that thanks to the project I found a hobby for myself. But I was deeply impressed with his performance by a boy from Belarus dancing in the jazz-modern style. How artistic and flexible he is! And how he acted out every emotion! We asked him to play kindness - and he played kindness. Love or sadness? Here's love and sadness for you. A bad mark in mathematics, the boy liked a girl from a parallel class - she can depict anything. This is simply incredible! Talent!
What are you the coolest at? Besides swimming, which he is a pro at.
I'm the coolest dad, I think (laughs). True, I don’t know how I could demonstrate this, but it’s true - I enjoy fatherhood. And in the show... I would probably show how I can drive a tractor and mow grass - I can do this very well.
And where did you learn to drive a tractor?
In the village with my grandmother. This, one might say, was my first car.
Your son is one year and three months old. Are you raising him using some newfangled methods that almost from birth recommend teaching him languages, drawing, and so on?
There are no fashion programs. There is maximum attention, care and love.
Is it a matter of principle not to force a child’s development? Some parents are sure that the child should have carefree childhood. At least before school...
I don’t know if it’s before school, but at least until the age of five, you definitely shouldn’t overload him. There will be sports, this fall we want to send Timofey to swimming, but without any special stress, but for fun. Languages? Maybe, but from the age of three or four. I don’t want him to know everything in the world at three years old. It’s better to go to the sea with him once again, take a walk, swim, play enough.
With the birth of your child, did you have to give up your sporting interests?
Of course, I don’t have time to do everything. Both sports and other hobbies faded into the background at first. And now, when my son is getting older, thanks to his grandmothers and nanny, he is able to find time for himself. Last year, for example, I hardly trained, but this year I returned to my normal sports regime.
And even taking part in triathlon or swimming competitions again?
In July, in Kyiv, I took part in a 3.8 km marathon swim. A little earlier in Vyshgorod - at the Ukrainian Aquathlon Championship. In both starts he won first place in his category and was in the top ten in the overall standings. So I'm happy with the result.
Any plans for the fall?
Yes, I have registered for the World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam, which will take place in mid-September. I hope you can go. It all depends on the shooting schedule.
Is it true that there is a clause in the contracts of TV presenters according to which they do not have the right to gain more than a certain number of kilograms?
To be honest, I never bothered with my weight. Sports have always been in my life, and, fortunately, I don’t know what it’s like to gain a lot of weight. But it is clear that, within reasonable limits, we undertake to live up to the image - not to cut our hair bald, not to grow a green mohawk, or not to gain 20 kilos.
I exchange all inclusive for a stool and potatoes on the grill
Is Timofey one of those children who is always and everywhere with his parents - on a trip, visiting, at a presentation, in a store? Or do you prefer to take him out of his “comfort zone” only as a last resort?
No, he is always and everywhere with us. The boy is very sociable. It turned out that it was interesting to travel with him: both at customs and on the plane he smiled at everyone, making eyes at both the neighbors in front of us and those behind us. In the end, everyone is fascinated.
What surprises you about him besides his communication skills?
He has a very conscious, mature look. Everyone notes this. And he is already showing character. If you ask him for something, he won’t do it if he doesn’t want to.
Don't you regret spending the summer at work?
It’s a pity, of course... I couldn’t even go on vacation with my child in the summer. Maybe it will work out in the fall. But this is the nature of the work, and the family understands this. But sometimes I have a whole week without filming, when I can escape somewhere for two or three days. I try not to miss this opportunity.
What is a vacation for you anyway - contemplating the sunset from the window of a five-star hotel or changing activities, for example, digging potatoes in the village?
I have a great rest when I go to my native Zhitomir, where my godfathers and I sit on stools in the kitchen or have gatherings in the backyard of the house. Without pathos, without waiters and catering - in shorts and T-shirts we cook meat and vegetables on the grill... But in a five-star hotel, where the mode of doing nothing is activated, I feel no less comfortable. Everything can become boring, so if possible, you need to alternate between a simple vacation and a rich vacation (smiles). By the way, children need to be taught this too. After all, life is not always five stars.
If things work out with your vacation in the fall, have you already thought about where you will go?
To sea. Maybe it will be Greece. It is important that the child is interested. By the way, before Timofey was born, I did not rest so passively. Probably in last time I was in Turkey in all inclusive in 2004. And then for more than ten years he preferred to belong to himself - to rent an apartment. You don't even have to stay at a hotel! The main thing is to decide for yourself where to have lunch and where to go today.
And even better - and it was the most unforgettable vacation! - when for three years in a row my friends and I rented a yacht and, under the guidance of an experienced skipper, sailed on it in the Mediterranean Sea. Every day we went to a new marina, swam wherever we wanted, and cooked our own food - right on the yacht. But this holiday is not for small children. Now we have to make serious allowances for the child, because it is better for him when he has all the amenities.
And the Swede, and the reaper, and the lawyer
This means that cooking on a yacht is not a problem for you. What else can you do? Are you generally a handy guy?
Without undue modesty I will answer: yes! (Laughs.) Indeed, I can do everything around the house, moreover, I love to do it. I grew up in a family where my dad was a jack of all trades. To the point that he made the cabinets and laid the parquet himself. We looked at him and also tried to cope with all the tasks ourselves - both in the house and in my grandmother’s garden: we mowed, and dug, and planted, and built. In general, I know what a pound of salt is. Therefore, if you need to fasten shelves at home or fix something, I’ll be happy to do it! I’m not afraid of work... And if you also praise me, then I’ll definitely do everything in the world (laughs).
Last year you decided to get a second higher education— entered the law department of the Institute of Postgraduate Education of the KNU named after. Taras Shevchenko. How did this happen and why this faculty?
I have long wanted to get a second higher education and at some point I decided: I’ll do it this way, no, no. Why jurisprudence? At a minimum, because in our country a legal education does not hurt anyone. And at the most, what if I want to go into politics someday? (Laughs.) Then this science will come in handy! In general, it’s important for me to constantly occupy my brain with something new. Not because there is a lot of free time, but so as not to stop developing.
How I met you selection committee? There were no questions like: “Oh, what are you doing here?”
We were surprised. They asked: “Are you going to study with us?” He answered: “I hope so. If I do." This is not to say that recognition helped. But it definitely didn’t interfere.
How do you pass the sessions? Are you cheating?
Well, so far I only had one. I prepared responsibly. During the exam, by the way, I came across a ticket with questions about the functions, composition and principles of activity of the Cabinet of Ministers - and I had the answer thanks to my experience working in information programs.
“Prepare responsibly” - this is probably at night?
Well, just to cram all night long - then no. Although sometimes I had to rush straight from filming to the institute and catch up on something along the way. Or already right at the exam.
Do the teachers meet you halfway? You can complain: “Oh, my shooting was so difficult...” - and the score immediately appears?
I am very grateful to the teaching staff of the Institute of Postgraduate Education and its leadership: they know how to be both demanding and understanding. For example, when I had a shoot on the day of the exam, there was no way I could show up at the institute. A little later I came to the dean’s office, explained why I couldn’t take the subject with the group, and they took my exam on another day. Passed!
Five minutes to go traumatologist
At the beginning of its television career You were involved in dubbing films on TV channels. And one of the heroes big cinema speaks in your voice?
In the films that he dubbed for cinemas, there were only minor roles. The last one is “Real Hogs”, about bikers. But in most cases I had to work on television series, including Latin American soap operas. They usually don't have superstars, you voice several characters at once.
It was an interesting practice. Voice work resonated with my radio experience. Plus I met many actors. For me then it was a very honor to work with them and study, study and study again. Moreover, the selection was very strict. My teacher, Stanislav Boleslavovich Chernilevsky, not everyone professional actors admitted to voice acting. He worked with me quite seriously, for which I am immensely grateful to him! I remember when they offered to try out as a TV presenter, I even doubted for some time whether to go on camera or continue to work behind the scenes, since I like to work in voice acting.
Children - when you had to speak for little boys in a thin voice.
By the way, you shared that you would like to take up acting. Have you made any progress in this direction?
A little. I haven’t completed the course yet, although I am friends with actors, I love cinema, I go to cinema and theater - this is something that has always been interesting to me. But I recently passed a casting for one of the TV series for the Inter TV channel - I was approved for the role of a traumatologist. Why not? I'm interested from a professional point of view!
Every weekday, the Inter TV channel broadcasts the popular program “Concerns Everyone.” It is led by a young talented journalist, recognizable in every Ukrainian family, Andrey Danilevich. He has to tell a lot of stories on air about different people, both about those who are able to delight with their wonderful deeds, and about those who have made many mistakes.
How is life for the host of one of the highest-rated social talk shows in Ukraine? How does he live? What does he dream about? Where does your inspiration come from? Who are his loved ones? Who does Andrei Danilevich love and whom does he especially value? The article offers information about the biography and personal life of the journalist.
Acquaintance
Andrey Danilevich (photo presented in the article) is famous TV presenter channel "Inter". He started working on television in 1999. In 2012, he was awarded the title “Person of the Year” (nomination “Journalist of the Year in the field of electronic media”). In 2014, he began working as a presenter in Ukraine’s highest-rated program “Concerns Everyone” (social talk show).
short biography
The past of Andrei Danilevich is known from his numerous interviews. The popular presenter comes from Zhitomir (Ukraine). Born in 1979 (August 19) in a simple family. In 2002, Andrei Danilevich graduated from the Engineering and Technology Institute in his hometown, receiving a degree in information technology engineer. It is known that the journalist has been fond of sports all his life and is a master of sports in triathlon. After suffering an injury, I had to give up this activity.
The biography of Andrei Danilevich as a TV presenter dates back to 1999. Here he made his debut as a journalist in the Zhitomir shopping and entertainment center. Then he worked on the channels K1, “Ukraine”, “Inter”. In 2012, he was awarded the title “Person of the Year” for his success in the profession. Little is known about Andrei Danilevich’s personal life, since the popular presenter himself does not like to talk about it.
Profession
What he likes most about journalism is access to information. A media employee is the first to learn important news and has the opportunity to influence processes by processing information in a high-quality manner and conveying it to the viewer. This places a huge responsibility on the journalist.
"Concerns everyone"
The social talk show “Concerns Everyone,” hosted by Andrei Danilevich (produced by the Inter TV channel), continues to gain momentum in the new season in popularity and love from viewers. People are not indifferent to the sensitive topics raised by the program. Premiere episodes of television programs traditionally become the undisputed leaders of daily viewing among the mass Ukrainian audience.
It is known that in November the program set several records at once. The maximum share in 2 years (20.1%) in the 18+ mass audience was collected on November 1 by the release “In the Dump of Life” about the shocking story of a resident of Mukachevo, Eva Kunak, who in her later years found herself in a garbage dump, where she was thrown out, sick and blind , native children.
This record was broken by the release on November 15 of “A Foreign Woman” (share 20.2%) about the story of the Pynzar spouses from Kiev, whose marriage broke up after they went abroad together to work. On November 22, a week later, this record was repeated by the release of “Belated Recognition,” which tells the story of a family from Zhitomir. Happy marriage Ukrainian Elena and Iranian Said was destroyed by the confession of the woman’s daughter from her first marriage that her mother’s husband showed no paternal interest in her.
The real record holder (21.2%) was the November 30 release of the “Matchmaker” program about the conflict between two grandmothers from the Rivne region, who have different visions for the future of their grandchildren living in different boarding schools.
According to Danilevich, the “Concerns Everyone” program is a mirror of society, reflecting all the problems of our life. And the project team is doing everything possible to not only understand this or that situation, but also to help the characters in the plot find the right way out. This is the secret of the project’s popularity: every evening, TV viewers look for answers in the program’s episodes on how to avoid mistakes in various life circumstances. The journalist calls “Concerns Everyone” a very strong project, which, he hopes, will remain popular with viewers for a long time and will change their lives for as long as necessary.
"The coolest"
Andrey considers his participation in the project “Coolest of All” (the premiere took place in 2017) to be a professional challenge, a breath of fresh air and at the same time an opportunity to express himself in a new way. This program is about children, and, according to the journalist, he loves them very much.
In this talent show, kids do not have to compete with each other. The main characters of the program are the children, not the presenters, the adults. In each episode, the audience is presented with several participants at once, who, thanks to their passion, have reached certain heights. Some of them, at only 3-4 years old, are already official record holders and champions. This project should show viewers how important it is to devote time to a child, Danilevich believes. Each of them has some kind of talent of his own; you just need to help him, give him the opportunity to do what he loves.
Sport
The journalist’s idols know that Danilevich is a former athlete and master of sports in triathlon. Today he continues to train and takes an active part in various marathons and competitions. In 2015, on August 15, the journalist took 5th place in the overall standings in the international swim across the Dnieper River (result: 10 km in 2 hours 36 minutes).
Hobbies
In his interviews, the presenter admits that he loves to travel. He does not miss the opportunity to discover new countries every year. In addition, Danilevich enjoys reading books, loves history and music. His reading priorities include historical books. More recently, the journalist shares, he was fascinated by the exciting and interesting story about royal family, I also read with great pleasure one of the books of the Ukrainian writer Irina Teteri. Andrey regrets that reading books in his motley and rich life there is so little time left.
Music, he says, is also of great importance to him. His favorite bands may seem heavy and sad to some, but Danilevich loves Radiohead and dreams of going to her concert. He is well acquainted with the work of Thom Yorke, listens to him often, and has read a lot about him. The journalist is listening to Coldplay in the car. Among Ukrainian groups, he gives preference to fellow countrymen from the group “Druha Rika”.
Andrey Danilevich: personal life, wife, children
The TV presenter of the rating program “Concerns Everyone” (“Inter”) almost every day has the opportunity to tell viewers about the vicissitudes and various difficult situations in other people's families, but few people know about the family of the journalist himself.
Fans often wonder if Andrei Danilevich has a wife? Personal life and everything that constitutes his existence, besides the project, is usually carefully hidden by the presenter. In this way he tries to protect his loved ones from unnecessary gossip.
Son
However, journalists managed to find out that their famous colleague is married and happy. Information about his wife is not disclosed. But son Timofey, who is only one year and five months old, is one of those children who are always and everywhere with their parents - in the store, visiting, at a presentation, on a trip. The journalist said in one of his interviews that the boy is growing up very sociable. It turns out that traveling with him is incredibly interesting: everywhere - at customs, on the plane, etc. - he makes eyes at everyone, charming those around him. In addition to his sociability, Danilevich is surprised by his son’s unusually mature, conscious gaze. Already in this at a young age the child begins to show character.
The spouses do not intend to use any newfangled programs in raising their son, the journalist shares. Maximum care, love and attention is all that a child needs at this stage, he believes. Not forcing the baby’s development is a fundamental issue for parents. A child should certainly have a carefree childhood. Until the age of five, it should not be overloaded. Their son will definitely have sports; this fall the baby was sent to swimming. Timofey will begin to study languages at the age of three or four. Andrei does not want his son to know everything in the world at three years old. It’s better to go to the sea with your child once again, play enough, swim, take a walk.
Andrei Danilevich still does not know what case his son will be involved in. But he knows for sure that Timofey will definitely be successful. The young dad believes that curiosity and perseverance will help him realize his talents. And he, for his part, undertakes to teach his son never to give up.
Dream
Andrei Danilevich, how he confessed to one of his candid interviews, dreams of the opportunity to someday have his own large, spacious home. Children will definitely frolic in it, and relatives will come and sit together at the table: parents, brothers, grandmothers. For Andrei Danilevich, family is the main thing. This is exactly the kind of well-being a journalist dreams of.
