Taffy Award - Russian analogue of Emmy: 20 years of successful existence

In the XX century. it is fashionable to participate in various ratings, as well as become a nominee for various awards and awards. Figures of television art have their own prestigious award - the Taffy Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1995. How was this award established and who became its owner?

Prize History

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The Tefi Award (which stands for “Television Broadcast” in decoding) was established in 1994 by a foundation sponsored by the Russian Television Academy. At that time, this fund was supported by a dozen domestic television companies: Channel One, TVC, Russia, REN-TV, STS, Domashny, Red Square and others.

The television prize “Tefi” was to be awarded annually for special merits in the field of television art in several categories. Prize nominees, and then winners, are determined by a jury vote that takes place behind closed doors. The jury, in turn, consists of 20 representatives from each founder television company.

The first ceremony took place in May 1995 at the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov. It was possible to watch the event live on the RTR television channel, and the program leaders were Vladimir Pozner and Arina Sharapova.

Vesti on RTR was recognized as the best news program in the 95th, and the New Year Television program on NTV was the best entertainment program.

Nominations

The Taffy Award in different years has a different number of nominations. Today, they are all divided into two large groups: “Daytime broadcast” and “Evening Prime”.

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In the “Daytime Air” there are nominations dedicated to sports programs, television games, morning programs, including a nomination for the best host. The prize is also awarded to the best talk shows, entertainment and educational programs. Recently, journalistic programs on the theme “Man and Law” have become popular - this category of programs is also nominated for “Tefi”.

Almost every year, the jury selects the best telenovela and the best sitcom. Programs for young viewers and even advertising announcements of upcoming TV shows did not ignore.

In the “Evening Prime” category, first of all, the best news program and the best evening talk show are selected. The award also nominates news program hosts and reporting reporters or operators.

Winners until 2014

The Taffy Prize has been awarded for over ten years, so listing all the winners is simply impossible. Almost all programs that exist on Russian television were on the list of nominees and winners of the ceremony.

So who got the Taffy Award in 96th? The winners in various nominations were television shows: Today (NTV), Itogi (NTV), While Everyone is at Home (ORT), Clever Women and Wise Men (ORT), Russians on American ice "(" ORT "), the cycle" Kuchugury and surroundings "(" RTR ") and others.

In 2000, the TV show's favorites were: Rush Hour (TV-2); TV sketch of Alexander Zinenko, “Profession: Reporter” (“NTV”); “Ebola Fever - The Secret of the Death Virus” (REN-TV); the television series "Deadly Force" ("ORT"), the television program "Voice of the People" ("NTV").

In 2005, the winners in various nominations were: “News of the Week” (“Russia”), “Stories in Details” (“STS”), “Draw” (“Channel One”), a documentary film about the famous Soviet actor Frunzik Mkrtchyan ("Russia") and other programs.

2014 Ceremony

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In 2014, the presentation of the prize was first organized not by the Academy of Russian Television, but by the Committee of Industrial Television Prizes. The award ceremony was held in the first studio of the Ostankino shopping center.

TV show "Eat at home!" was named the best morning program, and its presenter Julia Vysotskaya won another award as the best TV presenter according to Taffy.

In 2014, the Open Studio talk show, which aired on Channel Five, outperformed its competitors. The program "Eagle and Tails", which goes on the TV / Cinema "Friday!", Turned out to be the best among entertainment TV shows.

For the umpteenth time, the television game What? Where? When ”, as well as the journalistic program“ The Investigation Waged ... ”, the leader of which for many years has always been Leonid Kanevsky. The Polyglot educational program dedicated to accelerated learning of German (Russia-K) was also awarded a high prize. Among sports programs, the program “First Olympic”, which was broadcast on the “First Channel”, was recognized as the best.

In addition, the jury noted the professionalism of the creators of the telenovela “While the Village Sleeps” and the sitcom “Kitchen”.

2015 Presentation Ceremony

The presentation of the Taffy Prize in 2015 took place in June at Ostankino. Among the morning programs, the winner was the Good Morning program broadcast on Channel One. In addition, the presenters Anastasia Chernobrovina, whose company was composed by Vladislav Zavyalov (Morning of Russia), took home the award.

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Among the talk shows, the Observer (Russia-K) was recognized as the best. "Fashionable sentence", in turn, has become a leader among entertainment programs.

The show “My Game” was the best television game of 2015, and among the journalistic programs, the program “Investigation Waged ...” on the NTV TV channel broke out again in the lead. Fizruk was recognized as the sitcom-winner, and “Return of Mukhtar” on NTV as the winner of the telenovela-winner.

The announcement of the upcoming Tchaikovsky competition, which was broadcast on the Russia-K channel, was named as the best advertisement. The best informational program was Vesti with Dmitry Kiselyov at the TV-channel Russia-1.


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