TV presenter Alla Volkova: biography, personal life. Transfer "Love at first sight"

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Unfortunately, few of today's youth can remember one of the most talented and beautiful TV presenters of the 90s of the last century. But Alla Volkova was just that. It is worth noting that during her popularity, the attitude towards television was completely different than today. The lack of satellite channels and digital analogues created an information deficit.

That is why, the light entertainment program "Love at First Sight", the first host of which was the heroine of our article, was very popular among viewers.

Mysterious host

At a time when there was no Internet as such, and the yellow press did not publish various gossip and speculation about the stars as freely as today, the life of actors and presenters who addressed the viewer from blue screens was really a secret.

Information about this TV presenter is still in the public domainlittle is provided. It is known that Alla was born in 1955. She is an English teacher by education. Alla Volkova has always been interested in the general public, and information about the personal life of the presenter has never been advertised.

And since people always need to talk about something, and even more so, the general atmosphere on the set of "Love at First Sight" seemed very romantic, the rumor immediately attributed the leading affair with her colleague on the air.

Make up romance between two hosts

Along with the young people who came to the program to find their soul mate, the audience arbitrarily came up with another pair of "Boris Kryuk and Alla Volkova". This duet was even credited with a wedding. Apparently, people liked to think that a couple of young, talented people in love with each other helps the participants of their TV show find their beloved ones. And only many years later, in one of her interviews, Alla Volkova, a TV presenter, denied such gossip, firmly stating that there had never been any romance between him and Boris.

How did Volkova get on Love at First Sight?

But a rather interesting fact is that Alla was able to get on the program beloved by thousands of viewers as a host largely thanks to Boris Kryuk's mother, Natalia Stetsenko. At that time, Alla Volkova already had some relation to television. In 1979, she worked in the youth edition of the program called “What? Where? When?". At this time, the television company "Game TV" decides to release on the domestic screen an analogue of Englishentertainment show under the original name Love at first sight. Thus, the program “Love at First Sight” appeared on the post-Soviet air.

The decision on who will act as presenters was made by Vladimir Voroshilov (not the last person in the Igra TV company) and his wife, Natalya Stetsenko (Boris Kryuk's mother). It was she who offered to take the girl from the editorial office, who turned out to be Alla Volkova, as co-host to her son.

Preparing for filming

When Boris Kryuk and Alla Volkova began to prepare for broadcasts, it turned out that in the post-Soviet space there was practically no experience in conducting such programs and what exactly was required from the presenters was not entirely clear. For this reason, the shooting of the first program took place in London, where foreign colleagues shared their experience with the presenters of the newly-made program.

It is worth noting that the English specialists supported the creators of the Russian version of the program for the next few years, since domestic television was not quite ready to shoot a show of this level. It is worth recalling that "Love at First Sight" first aired in 1991. By that time, as Alla Volkova herself now recalls, the local television center did not even have a computer, and the equipment that was used in the work was produced in 1960-1970. Foreign colleagues provided everything necessary for the television team.

Legendary Game Rules

For the post-Soviet period, the idea and format of the program were very unusual andinteresting enough. At the first stage, 6 people took part in the show: three guys and three girls. The presenters began to ask the players various interesting and sometimes tricky questions. At the same time, the participants could not see each other. They could form their idea of other players solely on the basis of the answers they heard.

Then they were asked to decide on their sympathy and click on the button to select a specific participant. Only after the choice was made, the guys and girls could see each other. If the blind choice of the participants was mutual, then a kind of pair formation took place. And this pair could continue further participation in the game. After filming, young people who chose each other went to a restaurant in order to chat and get to know each other better. On the second day of filming, the couple returned, and the hosts asked them to answer questions again, which this time were not of a general nature, but concerned each chosen one in the pair. For example, the guy had to answer how the girl would behave in this or that situation.

For each correct answer, the couple were rewarded with the opportunity to fire one shot on the computer. There was a large screen with hearts in the studio, under which various prizes (gifts for the newlyweds) were hidden. The most important prize was considered a romantic trip, and the more shots the couple earned with their correct answers, the more likely the chances of winning the main prize increased.

Intrigue and some tension inthe broadcast brought in the fact that in one of the sectors a "Broken Heart" was hiding. If a couple hit it, the game ended immediately for them.

Distributed images and roles

When the program was in the process of being developed, there were practically no requirements for the hosts, since no one had the slightest idea how to host a romantic variety show. Everything that Boris and Alla did on the set was purely improvisation.

Volkova and Hook created the impression of a very harmonious pair of presenters. Their on-screen images complemented each other perfectly. Boris has always been distinguished by intelligence and subtle humor, while it is worth noting that his jokes never had anything to do with sarcasm or irony. He was the epitome of intelligence and resourcefulness. Alla Volkova was supposed to have a lighter, more feminine type. She always knew how to attract the eyes of viewers, appearing in new outfits and changing hairstyles every broadcast.

Over time, the stylists made her blonde, but at the same time, it is worth noting that Alla Volkova is the host, who never looked vulgar or stupid. When the girl was preparing for the release of the program, knowing that the program would be mainly devoted to the relationship between men and women, she read a lot of special literature, studied the works of Freud and even went to psychology courses.

For the competent creation of a high-quality on-air image, Alla Volkova herself in today's interviews often thanks the stylist of the program Alexander Shevchuk. It is with hisfashionable, beautiful and very elegant outfits were selected for the presenter. Also, it was Shevchuk who always chose a new hairstyle and makeup for Volkova. Moreover, he knew how to change the images of Alla so masterfully and radically that sometimes colleagues on the set could only recognize Volkova by her voice.

Closing transmission

This show has been on the air for almost 8 years, which is quite a long time for a variety show. When the program closed, the reasons for this began to grow into legends. In fact, everything was banal. The last actual shooting took place in 1998, at that time there was a crisis in the yard. The cost of the transmission cost its creator a fairly large amount, and this was largely due to expensive scenery and the use of computer technology.

Over time, "Love at first sight" began to appear on the screens less and less. In one of his interviews, Boris Kryuk, recalling those times, said that the closure of the program was quite logical and happened by mutual agreement of all parties involved in the creation of the show.

Volkova's personal life

This presenter has never put her personal life on display. But apparently, she was not boring with Alla, because from various publications it becomes clear that she had only three official marriages.

It is known that the musician Igor Ivannikov became her last husband. It is also known that the TV presenter has two adult sons from a previous marriage.

Wherenow Alla Volkova?

After the closing of Love at First Sight, Alla Volkova (whose biography was never advertised in detail) did not cease to interest loyal viewers. Unlike her colleague Boris, she did not appear on the new program, and many thought that she had ceased to have anything to do with television at all. But in fact, for many years, Volkova has been quite successfully continuing her cooperation with the Igra TV television company and the production center of the same name. She is program director and editor-in-chief of programs such as Cultural Revolution and What? Where? When?”.