The first season of the project about talented kids has come to an end. The show was attended by dozens of children who amazed the whole country with their skills. New releases are ahead of us, but for now, the editors of Woman's Day decided to recall the guys who surprised the audience the most.

Master of all sciences

Five year old Alexander Kravchenko from the city of Torzhok immediately told Maxim Galkin that he likes to watch the periodic table.

In general, I am fond of chemistry, physics, mathematics, nanotechnology, I study string theory, - the kid was dumbfounded. - I want to become an agent, a scientist, a magician, and also a builder and a researcher.

To test such versatile knowledge of Alexander, Galkin invited the chief specialist in tricky questions- host of the game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Dmitry Dibrov.

Sasha was not at all embarrassed and sat down to play. What was the surprise of Maxim and Dmitry when the boy accurately named the speed of light, the designation of the factorial of the number 7. Only the question of the nickname of the annoying dog from Krylov's fable slightly puzzled Sasha (but this is not surprising, after all, the question was not from the field of science) , the child prodigy remembered the elephant and Moska in time and answered, however, all subsequent questions.

The spectators were amazed. After all, the boy doesn’t go to school yet, and already such knowledge!

Girl with a phenomenal memory

Daria Skomoroshchenko from Brest, too, only five, but she has already read more than 100 books. Hearing this, Galkin admitted that he only learned to read at school!

But Daria's main talent is not in this. As soon as she reads a book, she remembers it.

Maxim Galkin came up with a difficult test for Daria: an improvised library appeared in the studio, Galkin randomly poked a pointer into the spine of any book from the shelf, opened it on the first page that came across, read one sentence and asked the girl to continue.

"Princess on the Pea. Suddenly, someone knocked on the city gates, ”Galkin began to read.

“And the old king went to unlock. The princess was standing outside the gate…” Daria continued.

The baby withstood six such tests with a bang. Then the writer, author of "Bad Advice" Grigory Oster was invited to the studio. He read the participant an excerpt from the book, and she told it to the end.

With such a skill among her classmates, the girl will clearly have no equal.

Star opener

eight year old Platon Kachalin from Moscow became interested in the stars after his grandmother showed him pictures of near space.

My favorite exoplanet is Bellerophon,” the young scientist shared. - I'm going to Mars in 2030, I'll take my family with me.

Plato has already discovered 4 stars! They all bear his last name. The first opening took place last year, and the last one was just recently in November. And this is eight years old! Imagine how many Kachalin stars will appear by the time he comes of age!

As a test of knowledge, Galkin offered Plato a trip into space. The boy correctly named all the stars that make up the constellation Sagittarius, Draco, Cygnus and Eagle.

virtuoso balalaika player

Curly baby Anastasia Tyurina from Tambov 6 years old, and she is in her hometown already a star.

This is my instrument, - Nastya showed the balalaika. - I recently turned six, I have been playing since the age of 4, last year there were 24 concerts.

First, Nastya demonstrated her skills to Maxim Galkin, and then a special guest came to the studio - singer Polina Gagarina. She admitted that she herself can only play the piano, and therefore she will sing to the accompaniment of Nastya.

The girl chose the jazz composition "Summertime" for the duet performance.

This is phenomenal, - commented on the performance of baby Gagarin.

But we think that such a talented performer has everything ahead.

aerial gymnast

In her large family, a six-year-old Sofia Abramovskaya from Arkhangelsk is the only one of four children who performs under the dome of the circus. Mom sent her daughter to this section because of her flexibility and did not lose.

I climb 10 meters under the dome, - Sonya told Galkin.

And to the question of Maxim, what the girl likes most about her hobby, the gymnast replied that she likes to make a cliff, that is, let go of her hands and stay under the dome with only a cable on one leg.

In order not to explain the technology of the trick for a long time, Sonya decided to demonstrate it. She climbed up to the ceiling of the studio and unexpectedly made the same cliff out of the twine, dropping the cable and hanging upside down on one leg.

The audience in the hall gasped and simply lost the power of speech. Like a future circus princess.

speed mathematician

11 year old Ali Bayzhigit from Kazakhstan loves to play football, and he also adds complex numbers instantly.

For example, what is 143 plus 287? - asked Galkin.

430,” Ali replied in less than a second.

Next, Galkin decided to give the mathematical genius a more difficult test. Maxim armed himself with a calculator, and in the meantime, pictures with various products and their calorie content began to be shown on the screen. Ali's task was to have time to add up all the numbers and calculate the result.

Is it necessary to say that the boy did it faster than Galkin and the technique?

Future grandmaster

When the three year old Misha Osipov from Moscow he came to the studio and declared with confidence: “I am interested in chess, I like the way they move,” Galkin immediately invited the kid to play a game.

The boy recklessly agreed, and then ... a surprise. Ex-world chess champion Anatoly Karpov came out from behind the scenes.

Misha, seeing the idol, was not at all taken aback and accepted the challenge. However, in the process he lost in time and burst into tears from excitement.

In fact, he never cries if he loses, ”the boy’s father, Yuri, later said. - He always accepts defeat with dignity, congratulates the opponent on the victory, and then asks me to analyze the mistakes in order to understand what went wrong.

It's just that in the studio Misha was worried, which, of course, madly touched the audience.

By the way, Karpov said that the kid played amazingly for his age. Still, in three years to master such a complex game as chess! It's just a gift.

Genius of geography

Five year old Timofey Tsoi from Moscow learned to read early, in just two years 10 months and own will. In the same way, without any help from his parents, Tim discovered geography and learned absolutely all the capitals and flags of the countries.

At first, Galkin simply asked the boy questions, and when he named the capitals of Paraguay, Madagascar and Honduras without errors, he decided to drive him over the flags. Tim looked at the images and instantly answered which country with which capital the flag belongs to.

The boy demonstrated his extraordinary ability even to our president.

At the award of the Russian Geographical Society, Timofey met Vladimir Putin.

You guess the countries, right? - the president turned to the kid. Ouagadougou is the capital of which country?

Burkina Faso,” Tima replied promptly.

Such an educated boy will certainly have a great future.

Competition of children's talents Best of all opens new stars in the world of science, literature, sports, cooking, pop art and other areas. Boys and girls from 3 to 12 years old who have incredible abilities in their chosen hobby. Young dancers, gymnasts, art historians, experts in geography and history are ready to demonstrate their talent. The youngest heroes of the program do not pronounce certain sounds well, and sometimes they are afraid of television cameras, mistaking them for a "monster", but do not want to miss the opportunity to become famous. Appearing in the studio, the children captivate the audience with their spontaneity in conversation with the presenter.

Rising on the stage, the kids cope best with the prepared tasks, confirming their success in practice. Come to our website and start watching this fascinating performance online. Little geniuses share with people composed fairy tales and poems, show the virtuosity of playing musical instruments, surprise with incomparable physical data, oratorical skills and other skills. There are no restrictions in the themes of the rooms in the project, the main condition is to have a bright and unsurpassed skill. Any gifted child deserves the support of parents and teachers, and recognition whole country help him in the future. All participants become winners, receive an award, a storm of well-deserved applause and popular love.

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The new talent show "Best of All" will show the superpowers of kids from all over Russia. A man comes out and shows unique skill. Spectators are surprised and clap their hands. Where has it already been? Projects "Minute of Glory" and " amazing people were built in a similar way. But there is one fundamental difference: new program"Best of all" is not a competition, but a talent show. It takes the load off […]

The new talent show "Best of All" will show the superpowers of kids from all over Russia

The man comes out and shows a unique skill. Spectators are surprised and clap their hands. Where has it already been? The projects "Minute of Glory" and "Amazing People" were built according to a similar scheme. But there is one fundamental difference: the new Best of All program is not a competition, but a talent show. This removes the burden of responsibility from both children and parents. Kids just go out and have fun, showing what they are capable of. The TV program magazine visited the shooting.

A guy in a yellow T-shirt (a la Brazil) mints the ball with two legs alternately. A sound engineer in a T-shirt "Best of all" enters the battle with him. A pair of dry taekwondo fighters are sculpting "mawashi" on the "paw" raised high by the coach. Dandelion girl reads poetry aloud. A three-year-old butuz dresses up in a motorcycle helmet. Right next to it is a barre for ballet, a construction for gymnastics, a piece of artificial football turf.

- Is Maxim ready? - the voice of the director sweeps through the filming pavilion. - Can we start?

The new project brought together children from all over the country - by the way, they promise that not only from Russia - at the age of 3 to 12 years. They are talented, ambitious and know how to do things that are beyond the control of an “ordinary” child. These are kids with superpowers.

One rides a motorcycle without hands, the other is worn on roller skates, giving out pas and elements from figure skating, there is a nine-year-old footballer who hits the ball 3900 times. Three thousand. Nine hundred. There is a hand walker that moves around the pavilion only upside down.

“We are getting to know the personality of the child,” Maxim Galkin explained. - Using the example of my children, I can say that a person is already born as a person. And from the first months formed. We just have to discover it for ourselves. Interests, way of thinking - ready. In this project, we also get to know talents and try to understand how this is possible. We have incredible kids. The difference from other show talents is the moment of communication.

During each number, Maxim does not just introduce the participant, after which he leaves the stage. He speaks it, tries to reveal it, to penetrate into the essence of the phenomenon and understand its genesis. Each child prodigy is presented with pomp.

Library girl! A six-year-old fan of Brodsky! Owner Nobel Prize 2037! Nicole Plieva.

With the hair of Anna Akhmatova, in a black and white dress from Silver Age, a little princess steps onto the stage with teddy bear hanging on one hand.

- You're just the Queen of Art Deco! - the host greets the girl. How many poems do you know?

- Dancing, judo, vocals.

After that, the girl gives out poems by Brodsky, Yesenin, Barto. Each of them is not at all cheerful - Galkin almost cries and trembles with his lower lip.

“Someone must love the ugly!” she ends with Brodsky's line.

“I didn’t know that you would start with me,” the host ironically.

So that the audience does not get the impression of staging circus act, Maxim takes people out of the hall. Surprisingly, Channel One TV hosts Svetlana Zeynalova and Sofiko Shevarnadze are in the forefront. And also former member show "Comedy Vumen" Elena Borshcheva.

They give the baby a task: Mandelstam, Sasha Cherny and Mayakovsky. The child is doing well.

By the way, the integration of stars is one of the features of the project. There will be a Fabrika group, and Dynamo Moscow forward Pavel Pogrebnyak, and others.

There will be no winners and competitions in the show "Best of All". As a result of each program, gifted children will receive a branded medal of the program and souvenirs.

"Best of all", First, Sunday, 16.30

Whose ambitions are satisfied by children performing in television shows who and how manage to get on them, how it changes life young talents and their parents? Maria Portnyagina recorded the story of a person who has a rich and varied experience of participating in similar projects

The hit of the TV season is a show with gifted children. As soon as they appeared, these programs immediately broke into the top TV ratings. The new fashion on TV, exploiting parental ambition and viewer sentimentality, has generated not only a chain reaction (similar contests are now held in cities and at the regional level), but also an entire industry - the market for services for promoting small stars has already formed and is growing rapidly. "Spark" investigated the phenomenon and found out that the new hobby is far from harmless. For children first of all.

Apollinaria Rtishcheva, who is familiar with her on personal experience: as a child, she starred in famous project, now works on TV, and recently her little daughter participated in a TV show.

About personal and general

About casting for the program "Best of all!" I learned on TV that talented children were being sought for a new show. There were also posts and reposts on Facebook. My daughter, she is 4 years old, reads poetry well. I shot a video, sent it, we were called to a casting. Parents are not allowed to audition in front of the camera, even with the smallest ones. As a result, the daughter did not tell poetry, but her own fairy tales, which she sometimes invents for her younger brother, he is 2 years old. I was sure that they would not take her to the shooting, but it turned out that the concept of the program was not for children to read poetry and dance (this is really interesting for parents only when performed own child), but in creating unusual numbers. For example, one wonderful girl Nicole read many different poems, and at the end - the words from Baskov's song as if it were the poetry of the Silver Age, at least. It came out funny. My daughter came up with a number " Puppet show". She was supposed to compose a story about puppet characters together with Galkin. The script was not sent to us, there had to be improvisation on the part of the daughter. We tried to prepare at home, composed stories with toys, but I didn’t think that the fairy tale would be about a traffic cop and .. Baskova again. On the day of shooting, we arrived at 4 o'clock, and we got to the shooting only at 8 pm, and then they let us out of the queue. Editors and directors, I must say, are not to blame for such delays. Over the years of work on television and in I have never seen a movie project where everything was going according to schedule, for many reasons.For my part, I am grateful to the director and editor for their patience and good relations to Yulenka. The director for me will forever remain a model of patience and love for children. He even personally carried a handkerchief to one little girl when she announced that she wanted to blow her nose.

As a result, Julia, who cheerfully writes stories at home and sprinkles pearls, smiled happily in front of the camera and did not give anything particularly funny. And now I don’t even know if it will even get into one of the releases of the program. As a mother, of course, I am proud of her: in any case, she defeated her fatigue, got her first serious experience of performing, was not afraid, did not run away. It is impossible to demand improvisation from a child. One can only hope for those very children's pearls. Julia herself was delighted with the shooting, she felt like a queen and enjoyed every moment. She seemed to be in a fairy tale, where a performance is shown for her and she is applauded. Such numbers look touching, because it is impossible to beat small children.

I have not seen a single unfortunate kid, depressed by his parents or the atmosphere of filming, behind the scenes of the project. There are really a lot of talented children, and no one forces them to perform. Children have ambitions too early age. And when they succeed, they glow with happiness.

I myself starred in Yeralash as a child. Although I did not become an actress, immersion in the world of cinema played a role: now I am a screenwriter on TV. I remember my childhood shootings as the brightest and happiest episodes. And I want my children to get the same emotions if possible. Of course, if my daughter cried at the word "poetry" or at the sight of the camera, I would not force her. But she herself said that she wants to be an actress, she asks to shoot her on video at home.

About casting and scammers

There are open castings, which are announced on the channel, on the website, editors post information about them on social networks. There is confidential information. It mainly concerns small actors and models. This, for example, auditions for advertising. If parents want their child to be filmed, they need to place the child's profile in acting agencies. it payable service. There is an indefinite placement, sometimes for a year. The portfolio needs to be constantly updated: children grow up quickly, so every six months you need to "take a picture." A professional portfolio in Moscow costs from 5 thousand rubles. The first selection is always based on the photo. Then children begin to be invited to auditions. And here everything is like in adults: you can go a hundred times, stand in two-hour lines, but never get to the shooting. Parents of child actors are reluctant to share information: the fewer competitors, the greater the chances. But there are also very sociable mothers who understand that the choice of a child is based on the type. If, for example, her son is not suitable, then he will not be accepted anyway. And the more information, the more chances to get somewhere else.

There is also a frank scam for money. Basically, these are projects with a description like "urgent, casting, for the main role, children from 3 to 16 years old." Think about how many main roles there can be? And how can there be such a blurry age? And after the casting, they still call back, praise the child, offer to do a photo shoot for 25 thousand rubles or take courses in order to get the role for sure. And the price tag is already from 80 thousand. Obsessed with glory, and not with the realization of their children, parents are often led to this. The contract states that the children will be provided with photographs or training, and not guarantees of filming in leading role. After training, parents are told that their child is well done, but another was approved for the role. You will not present any claims: the service was performed according to the contract.

About moms with ambition

Parents often try to realize their ambitions in their children. According to the principle "but my child will have the opportunity", But more often it turns out not an opportunity, but hard labor. I know this from my experience. I have been away for 8 years music school because my mother dreamed of playing the piano as a child. Ear for music I never got it, and after graduating from the instrument, I never sat down again. At the same time, I tell my daughter about musical instruments, she has a toy piano, and if she wants to learn to play the piano, I will take her to a music school. The path "just not like my childhood" is also wrong.

Moms with buried ambitions, most often modeling and acting, are better off not giving up on themselves and learning music themselves or even going to auditions for non-professional actors. Now there are many opportunities for adults to learn something from scratch. And torturing children is cruel. Especially expectations of high results, disappointments like "well, they didn’t take you again, you probably forgot the text again, but I rehearsed with you all night." This suppresses children's self-esteem, then, when the child grows up, he will feel like a zero in case of any failure.

About parenting stress

Parents sometimes watch TV shows and run to "train" the child. And then they are told from all sides: "After three it's too late." When a child becomes interested in football and you take his seven-year-old to the section, it turns out that he goes to a group for beginners, and guys who started playing at the age of 2 are running around. Naturally, if they have already reached seven, they will create fierce competition. And now you look at a three-month-old baby and think: “It seems to react to music. Maybe singing for one-year-olds? it turns out that she is too big, but she will have to start from scratch in something that everyone will be successful in for five years already!

About Super Episodes

AT Soviet time many films were made with the participation of children. Memories have been preserved of how, for the sake of a convincing shot, children were brought to tears, greatly frightened. It didn't seem out of the ordinary. Is it any wonder that almost all child actors did not become actors? Now there are laws to protect the rights of children. They are required to be fed on the set, not to shoot for more than a certain number of hours. Now no one will insult the child, yell at him. But you shouldn't relax either. It must be remembered that on television, first of all, you need a show, something that evokes vivid emotions. In the same project "Best of all!" they showed a little chess player who lost to Karpov and burst into tears. For the program, this was a super episode, then everyone "posted" it, discussed it. Of course it's touching. Is it good for a child? He is clearly unable to appreciate that he was put to play with a clearly stronger opponent and defeat was inevitable. Maybe such a loss and the disappointment experienced will motivate him to play even better. Maybe he will have a feeling of helplessness, which then comes back to haunt him. adult life. Maybe he will watch this video with laughter when he grows up, or maybe he will be offended by his parents for putting him on public display in such a situation. We cannot know this.

Parents who take their child to the show must understand that they take responsibility for their child, his psyche, his future. And ultimately for the attitude towards them when he grows up.

About surprises

After "Best of all!" Julia was invited to participate in Andrey Malakhov's program "Tonight": they celebrated the birthday of Roman Grigorievich Viktyuk. Julia was supposed to read poetry, congratulate the director. The beginning was laid when Roman Grigoryevich recalled the first girl, who was 4 years old, and he touched her nipples. It is clear that this is outrageous, but it jarred me. When Julia came out to congratulate, Roman Grigorievich did not let her read poetry, but began to teach her how to kiss. Julia was confused. I was shocked. The editors were shocked. All this looked like shocking and jokes, I myself joked in order to somehow defuse the situation. Viktyuk is a brilliant director, but big child and a well-known provocateur. In his heart, he is no older than my daughter. And I could see in his eyes that he definitely did not want to offend the child. He wanted to fool around. But Julia survived the stress, she read poetry already without inspiration. For me this is very controversial history. How did the four-year-old girl perceive the situation? She was surprised and now she does not remember anything. But when she grows up, suddenly she will be disgusted with kissing, even if this incident itself will be erased from her memory? I have a feeling that I could not protect my child. Although it was not right to make a scandal either. For someone on TV, this story will look like pedophilia, for someone as a unique chance for a child to communicate with a genius. I take extremes, but in any case there will be many opinions and not all pleasant ones.

On command, young chefs raise their hands: now judges will evaluate their dishes. And the guys are accustomed to shouting in unison: "Yes, boss!"

I blame myself for allowing such a situation, and I concluded: Yulia will no longer participate in adult programs. As for the children's programs... No matter how much you want to get there, I advise parents to first find out what the essence of the show is, how best to prepare the child. It is important to remember that in such a program, you and your child are part of the show. Whatever they tell you before shooting, after the command "Motor!" things can go wrong and you can't stop it. And either you have to agree to surprises that you do not expect, or do not start. It's bad that we decide for children, but they can't decide. If parents take on this responsibility, one must be prepared for reproaches both for "mom, why did you drag me to the shooting" and for "mom, why did they take others, but you didn't take me."

About attachments

O high hopes Oh

Parents who are far from the world of television and cinema often take their children to such programs in the hope that they will be noticed and invited to the cinema. Someone wants to brag. Someone get compensated for sleepless nights, for having invested in a child. Many sincerely admire their child and want the whole world to share this admiration. Parents are entitled to ambition and moral rewards. I don’t think that this somehow infringes on children, if it does not turn into terror (“every day you will study for 8 hours”) and humiliation in case of failure. There are parents who believe that this is how they develop the child and provide him more possibilities. The main thing is not to break the child, not to place too high hopes, which he will then painfully try to justify. This limit is set by the parents at their own responsibility.

Parents take their children to TV shows in the hope that they will be noticed and invited to the movies

Prepared by Maria Portnyagina

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moment of fame

According to most, the participation of a child in a TV show is a rash step of parents.

Parents who send their kids to TV shows...

“Doctor of all sciences in the world. Honorary Professor and Corresponding Member. Candidate for candidates of physical-chemical-mathematical sciences with a literary bias. Mega brain. Alexander Kravchenko! - this is how Maxim Galkin introduced the participant of the Gifted Children portal on the air of the Best of All! program.

The day before the broadcast, a curious entry appeared on the blog of the hero of the program, which attracted the attention of all users of the Gifted Children website: “On December 18, I will be shown on Channel One in the Best of All program with Maxim Galkin! This program is dedicated to children with different talents. And although I know what will happen there and how, I can’t wait for the broadcast! Watch Channel One! It will be interesting!"

Of course, the active participants of the portal responded to good news and unanimously promised not to miss such an event. After all, the guys, like a real team, worry about each other at crucial moments in life, support their peers and sincerely rejoice at their success. So, users have repeatedly helped friends useful tips, suggested how to improve the created work or project, shared valuable information that helped schoolchildren achieve success in various intellectual competitions. And now, under Sasha Kravchenko's blog, enthusiastic comments lined up with a single message - joy and pride for the gifted portal member!

On Sunday evening, December 18, both the participants and the team of the Gifted Children project, like a big friendly family, sat down, it would seem, in front of one TV, but in different cities Russia. The guys were looking forward to the appearance on the screen of the main character - Sasha Kravchenko. Finally it finest hour struck: the young scientist was on stage and immediately delighted the audience, who were amazed at the abilities of the preschooler. Indeed, at the age of 5, Sasha has knowledge in the field of such exact sciences as mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, cosmology! "You need to Russian academy Sciences, and not in the show "Best of All". What will I do with you? I can’t support a single topic, ”Maxim Galkin was confused when he found out about the interests of the child prodigy.

By the way, the hero of the program, despite young age felt confident and comfortable on stage. Sasha did not try to look like an adult professor, demonstrate his knowledge in various fields and speak exclusively in scientific language. On the contrary, the young scientist communicated at ease with the host of the program, talking about his hobbies: “I like to watch the periodic table and play. I also study string theory and try to understand what quantum mathematics is.” Maxim Galkin tried to find out from the child prodigy what interesting things can be seen at the age of 5 in the periodic table of D.I. Mendeleev, except for the familiar numbers. But the gifted preschooler explained that he was studying the chemical elements located in it, and the hall exploded with enthusiastic applause. Sasha also spoke in more detail about the string theory of the Universe that puzzled the presenter: “This theory says that the Universe is a huge instrument that plays ultrasounds for us.”

Sasha's hobbies amazed and delighted the audience, but the applause died down, and a dumb question hung in the hall, which Maxim Galkin guessed and voiced: “Why do you need so much knowledge at your age? If you become a deputy, you won’t need it at all.” But the child prodigy is firmly convinced that the acquired knowledge will definitely be needed in the future, because he dreams of mastering the skills of more than one profession, working as an agent, scientist, magician, builder and investigator! In addition, a gifted preschooler's desire to master several specialties at once is so great that he would like to go to college right now, bypassing schooling.

During the whole conversation, Sasha joked, radiated positive and cheerfulness. And the funny stories that the young scientist shared brought smiles from the audience and the host of the program: “Aunts in minibuses call me a child prodigy. When I drive, I chat something scientific. Well, for example, how my time machine works. I came up with it, but haven't done it yet."

Already this conversation between the presenter and the participant of the program proved not only to the audience, but to the whole country that the five-year-old Sasha Kravchenko from the city of Torzhok, Tver Region, has amazing abilities and outstanding intelligence. However, the organizers of the program “Best of all!” according to tradition, we prepared a task for a young scientist, using an unusual technique - “a show within a show”, and simulated a well-known program that can test knowledge in any field. So, Sasha was able to take part in two programs at once: “Best of all!” and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

You can watch the broadcast, and look behind the scenes of the program - right here and now, together with Sasha's mother - Lydia Kravchenko, who told us more about exciting process filming and valuable experience gained.

- How did you manage to take part in the show?

- Sasha himself expressed a desire to participate in the project. He really likes to speak in public, so he asked me to help and send a questionnaire, as well as make a video with a “self-presentation”, where he shared what he knows and can do.

Sasha promised that if he was invited to the show, he would tell Fermat's theorem and the theory big bang. By the way, he really knows this (not only this, of course, but in particular). The questionnaire interested the TV people: literally within a day we got a call from Moscow and were invited to come to the audition. However, we could not suddenly go to the capital, since Sasha was involved in holiday concerts. Then, as an alternative, we were offered to shoot a short video where Sasha answers some questions and chats, but not about what he is going to talk about, but just about everything. We completed this task, and we were approved for shooting without casting, as the organizers really liked Sasha's behavior and speech.

When we arrived in Moscow, the editor was even more delighted, because the organizers were looking for just such a child! They wanted the participant to be erudite and smart, but at the same time remain a child, and not a little old man.

How did you prepare for filming? Did everything go according to a pre-prepared scenario?

Sasha is a very active boy. Without knowing him, it is impossible to think what is going on in his head. In order for the children to simply get used to the place, the organizers hold short technical rehearsals, where they introduce the children to the studio, show them where to go, where to sit. They also talk a little with them and try to arrange for adults so that the guys feel comfortable and they can show themselves with better side. No polls, let alone rehearsals of numbers, are carried out (if only with musicians and athletes). As for the knowledge test: the organizers try not to “train” the child, so they simply check the general level of erudition.

Sasha didn’t know that he was going to play a TV quiz, and I didn’t show him the program on purpose so that he wouldn’t get scared difficult questions and refused to participate in the event when the time came.

Literally before shooting, I told him that there was a game called “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, and it was once hosted by Maxim Galkin. Now the transfer is being conducted by another person, who will play with Sasha today. That's all my son knew.

- What's behind the scenes?

- Questions for the quiz were selected according to the level of Sasha's erudition, of course, because he does not know everything in the world. But the goal was not to play for real, but to show the range of his knowledge. What happened can be seen in the TV version. However, in addition to this, Sasha recited the periodic table by heart, listing all the elements that are in it. He learned the table completely on his own, by the way. But this part was not inserted into the show, apparently due to the time limit.

Filming lasted about two hours in total, so a lot was cut. It's a pity, because the conversation with Maxim Galkin was very interesting and varied. Sasha spoke not only about his knowledge, but also about other hobbies, for example, that he loves magic tricks. By the way, on another shooting, he even showed a trick with a coin to real professionals in this field - the Safronov brothers (the video can be found on Sergei Safronov's Instagram). Sasha really liked filming, so he wants to continue to take part in various shows and programs. Although, as it turned out, this is a rather difficult and sometimes insanely tedious job.

Ekaterina Kudryavtseva, journalism student at IGUMO

29 December 2016