In Russia it is difficult to find a person who does not know who Valdis Pelsh is, whose biography is quite interesting. This is a well-known Russian TV presenter, participant and author of many television projects, a member of the Civil Power party. He was the director of many entertainment programs on ORT and a member of the music group "Accident". Acted in films. Winner of many television awards. Pelsch's Guess the Melody program is featured in the Guinness Book of Records. Now he is one of the leaders of Channel One.
A family
Who is Valdis Pelsh by nationality? His family was mixed. According to the passport he is Latvian. Pels was born on the fifth of June 1967 in Riga (at that time the Latvian SSR). His father Eugenijs Pelsh worked as a journalist, radio presenter and economist. Died in 2015. Valdis mother Ella Pelsh is ethnic Russian. She is an engineer by profession.
He has an older brother (step) Alexander, who works as a cameraman on TV. He lives in Moscow. Periodically, their work with Valdis intersects in show business. When Pelsh was thirteen years old, the younger sister Sabina was born, who had already left as an adult for permanent residence in the United States of America. Now she lives in San Jose.
The Pelsha family always spoke two languages - Latvian and Russian. Valdis Pelsh, whose biography says that he is more Russian, considers himself to be a Latvian anyway, despite his Russian citizenship. His parents have long been divorced. My father lived in Riga, and his mother went to Israel.
Education
Valdis graduated from the school with in-depth study of the French language. He was an excellent student. After leaving school, in the eighty-third year, he left for Moscow, where he entered the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. Lomonosov. He graduated in eighty-eighth. He passed the exams without problems, with ease. Initially, he had to live in a dormitory.
During his studies, he was an activist in student life: he played in the theater, in KVN. Not even a month after entering the university, Pelsh went to the youth theater of a Moscow university, where actors watched. Even after Valdis received his diploma, he played in his student troupe until the ninety-fifth year. And his first broadcast took place at one of the performances of the KVN team of the Major League.
Accident Group
Valdis Pelsh, whose biography is closely related to show business, began playing in the theater as a student, where he met with Alexei Kortnev. They became the creators of the "Accident" group. She was a great success. Valdis was responsible for the musical part. The songs were humorous, funny, which attracted the attention of the group, and she found her fans.
Valdis was part of the "Accident" until the ninety-seventh year. Then he took a “creative vacation” and a few steps away from the team. Although sometimes he participated in some performances. But only at big concerts.
In 2003, he returned to the group, but did not perform, but participated in the recording of the anniversary album. They could see him on stage only in 2006 at a concert dedicated to the album “Prime numbers”. In 2008, the “Accident” group celebrated its anniversary.
In its composition, Valdis became twice (1996, 1997) the laureate of the Golden Gramophone. The last time he was seen in the group was in 2010, when the presentation of the new album “The Tunnel at the End of the World” was on.
Career
After graduation, Valdis got a job at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR as a junior research fellow. But this activity did not appeal to him. And he decided to try himself on television. He became a director and created the first two issues of the Oba-na! Program with the then-popular comedian Igor Ugolnikov.
But then he started creating his own projects: Cabaret “Blue Nights”, “And that’s all”, “Pilot”. His program "Debiliad" was released in only one issue. After that, it was closed, and Pelsha was almost fired. He tried to become a producer. But success in this field has not been achieved.
"Guess the melody"
How old was Valdis Pelsh when he appeared in the Guess the Tune program? This program was created in the ninety-fifth year. So, at that time, Pelsh was twenty-eight years old. The ORT leadership has offered Valdis the place of the host of this music program. This was his stellar take-off on television.
He not only fit perfectly into the program, but also thanks to his efforts, the program won a huge audience of viewers. In 1995, “Guess the melody” was added to the Guinness Book of Records for popularity. At the same time, 132 million people watched this program. Pelsh worked as a leader in this program until the ninety-ninth year.
In 1996, Pelsh participated in MuzOboz. In the late 90s and early 2000s, he appeared in the programs “Guess”, “Lord of Taste”, “Practical Joke”, “Alone at Home” and a number of others. In 2001, Pelsh was offered leadership of the First Channel Directorate. Valdis agreed. But, according to him, simply because there were no other candidates.
A fairly diverse personality Valdis Pelsh. His biography is constantly updated with innovations in the field of show business. In January 2002, Valdis became the head of entertainment programs. And in March he was appointed presenter in the show "Russian Roulette". In 2004, Pelsch himself volunteered to relieve himself of the burden of responsibility and become a simple presenter.
Valdis Pelsh starred in several films: “In a Lively Place”, “Brother-2”, “Turkish Gambit”. He participated in the program “What? Where? When?". He was on the jury of the television show "Surprise Me" and more than once judged KVN games, where Alexander Maslyakov often invited him.
Programs and projects with the participation of Pelsh
In 1999, Valdis began leading the Guess and Co. program. Sometimes fans of his work are interested in the question: “How old was Valdis Pelsh when he appeared in this program?” At that time he was thirty-two years old.
Pelsch wrote the script for the television project "These Funny Animals." And he himself became its director. The "Draw" program began to be released in the early 2000s. Thanks to Valdis Pelsh, she became quite popular among the audience.
He also appeared in the Golden Gramophone and on Russian Radio. Pelsh along with Vadim Galygin also starred in Comedy Club commercials. They were ordered for Eldorado supermarkets.
Awards and prizes
In the ninety-fifth year, Valdis received Ovation for the best entertainment program. In the ninety-sixth year he was awarded the “Silver Olive” (at the TV show festival in Montenegro) and “TEFI” as the best presenter. In ninety-seventh he received the “Quality Mark” (Union of Journalists Award).
Pelsh got into the Guinness Book of Records not only thanks to the project “Guess the melody”. In the ninety-fifth year, he together with the team starred in 143 program exits, the shooting of which was never interrupted even for one day.
In the Guinness Book of Records, the daughter of Pelsh, Eugene, is also listed. She is the youngest diver on the planet to dive in Antarctica. At that time, Eugene was only fourteen years old.
Political activity
In 2006, Valdis Pelsh (a photo of him can be found in this article) supported the party “Free Russia”, headed by M. Barshchevsky. According to Pelsh, he was not a member of it. Just publicly supported. He liked her directions, and was attracted to the difference from other Russian parties. In 2007, the party was renamed Civil Power. Pelsh remained in it, but not as a member, but was on the supervisory board.
Pelsh disease
On a July night in 2007, Valdis Pelsh was brought to a Moscow hospital. For some reason, his illness was shrouded in many rumors. An ambulance called Valdis spouse. According to her, he recently complained of constant pain and drank analgesics that helped him poorly.
But I didn’t go to the doctors. In the hospital, it turned out that the pain was due to pancreas and liver dystrophy. The condition was rated as serious, but, according to doctors, the operation could have been avoided. Some believed that these were consequences of the celebration of the anniversary. According to other sources, Valdis’s disease arose due to an amateur boxing match that took place as part of the King of the Ring entertainment show.
During a fight with singer Narcissus, Pelsch received a sprain. In addition, his joints still hurt. Doctors agreed that the aggravation of the diagnosis, with which Valdis was hospitalized, could very well provoke an infection, which caused inflammation of the ligaments.
But the very next day after Pelsh was taken away by ambulance, he was transferred to another clinic and began to be prepared for an urgent operation. The media reported that he had ascites (accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity). These secretions flowed from the pancreas. But everything turned out well, the operation was done, and Valdis, finally, was at home.
Hobbies Pelsh
From childhood, Valdis was distinguished by his abilities from other children. For example, any languages were given to him with ease. Valdis Pelsh, whose personal life was successful (and the family required attention), nevertheless finds time for his hobbies. He has been engaged in aerial acrobatics for a long time. Skydiver in category "C". Master of diving.
It can dive to a depth of below fifty meters. And this is dangerous, since in this case emergency ascent is almost impossible due to the danger of decompression. It has been shooting at targets for a long time. Collects military helmets and black postcards (cities at night). He is fond of music.
Valdis Pelsh: biography, personal life of a star
Valdis married twice. They met with their first wife Olga at the university, in the last year. Her father later became deputy minister of the Russian Interior Ministry. The young people got married and lived married for seventeen years. By profession, the first wife of Valdis Pelsha is a lawyer. They had a daughter, who was named Eizen. Divorced Olga and Pelsh in 2005
After the divorce, Valdis was not a bachelor for long. A year later, he married a second time. His chosen one was Svetlana Akimova. I must say that they started dating her when Valdis lived with Olga. The wife knew about his connection, but tried to save the marriage. The children of Valdis Pelsha were not all born in a legal marriage, since they started dating Svetlana back when he was married to Olga. Their daughter Ilva was born in 2002. And sons were born already in a legal marriage. In 2009, Einer, and in 2014, Ivar.
Thus, it turns out that a large father is Valdis Pelsh. His personal life was completely successful. He is happy in his second marriage. Svetlana runs the agency for the selection of servants for rich people. Also in her department is an agency that designs clothes for pop stars.
Valdis Pelsh about himself
Valdis considers himself tolerant in communicating with others. He noticed that he was very punctual, he did not accept being late. Assesses his character as quick-tempered. But he is trying to approach everything more calmly, to be balanced. He considers his name a grave "legacy." Because of this, all children now have Latvian names. Because the Russian name along with it (as a middle name) does not look very beautiful.
To the question of whether he himself had to guess the melody in the program that he leads, he answered “yes”. But only once in a lifetime. Kirkorov was in the lead, and Pelsh, along with Rastorguev and Meladze, were participants.