Casting for the popular children's talent show has started on Pervy. It is enough to fill out a questionnaire and wait for an invitation from the producers.

The first channel announced the casting for the children's show "Best of all!"

“Best of all” is a show in which a child demonstrates to others everything he is capable of. However, it is important not only to be able to amaze with talents, but also to have a “suspended tongue”.

“If your child shows extraordinary creativity, sports or science. If he sings better than others, dances, stands on his head, shows tricks, mints a ball, or knows how to do something bright and amazing. If he feels comfortable in a dialogue with an adult, dreams of a big stage and is ready to take part in the new project of Channel One! Take part in the casting! Fill out the form on the Channel One website! – call the authors of the program.

The project leader was Maksim Galkin who easily found an approach to young participants. And the children who appeared in the project have already become all-Russian celebrities. Three year old chess player Misha Osipov brought genuine tears of tenderness from the audience. But the real star of last season without a doubt was a charming cook Polina Simonova from Lyubertsy, who captivated the public with a serious approach to cooking Olivier salad and her pink bonnet.

Whose ambitions are satisfied by children performing in television shows, who and how manages to get them, how does this change the lives of young talents and their parents? Maria Portnyagina recorded the story of a person who has a rich and varied experience of participating in such 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 knows her from personal experience, told about the kitchen of children's television to Ogonyok: as a child, she starred in a well-known project, now she 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 looking 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 by their own child), but to create 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 the number "Puppet theater". 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, made up stories with toys, but I didn’t think that the fairy tale would be about a traffic cop and ... again, Baskov. On the day of the shooting, we arrived at 4 o'clock, and only got to the shooting at 8 pm, and then they let us out of the queue. Editors and directors, it must be said, are not to blame for such delays. In my years of work on television and in films, I have never met a project where everything would happen on schedule, due to many reasons. For my part, I am grateful to the director and editor for their patience and kind attitude towards Yulenka. The director for me will forever remain a model of patience and love for children. He even personally took out 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 the 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 also have ambitions from an 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 classified information. It mainly concerns small actors and models. This is, for example, auditions for advertising. If parents want their child to be filmed, they need to place the child's profile in acting agencies. This is a paid 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 the lead 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 went to a music school for 8 years, because my mother dreamed of playing the piano as a child. I never had an ear for music, and after graduating from my studies, I never played an instrument 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, you were not taken 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 tough 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

In Soviet times, 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 in adulthood. 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 a 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 a very controversial story. 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 children's shows... 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

About great hopes

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 them with more opportunities. 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

Interview

moment of glory

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...

The third season of one of the most popular shows "Best of All", which plays a win-win card for finding young talents. This version of the talent show has been airing on Channel One since last 2016 and has already passed two seasons, and now you have the third one in front of you.

The show is hosted by Maxim Galkin and a charming girl named Yaroslav Degtyareva.

In this project, all Russians who are three years old and under thirteen are given a chance to show their talent to the whole vast homeland, declaring themselves from the blue screen.

The "Best of All" contestant must have some sort of talent or incredible ability. It can be traditional vocals, dances or something original - for example, the ability to stand on your head or have an equivalent discussion on various topics with adult opponents. In general, if a small citizen can do something very well, then he may well get on the stage of this project. Any genres and directions are suitable here - both sports, and science, and any direction in creativity.

For example, in the first season, Stefan Otto opened the program. He was then only six years old, but he can rightly be called a real ballet dancer, although he still did not know what a fee was ...

In the show "Best of All" there are neither winners nor losers, there is no jury that evaluates their talents. Children are simply given a stage and airtime, and they can do whatever they can there. Even if someone has several talents, he may well first, for example, play the violin, and then read a poem or dance. Why not?! After all, versatility is also welcomed by kinotochka.club viewers - these are the most benevolent judges of talent, and the most merciless. Only they can give a standing ovation or stun silence ... But this has never happened on this wonderful program, and each of the participants received their share of the audience's warmth.

So, we have to get acquainted with a new batch of growing Russian talents, and in the third season of "Best of All" little virtuosos are again waiting for us: circus performers and dancers, chess geniuses, reciters of poetry and prose, actors deep beyond their years, vocal nuggets, promising athletes... And all this with childlike sincerity and spontaneity, framed in the sparkling manner of leading a well-known presenter. And besides, adult stars from the world of show business, sports, theater will appear on the stage, who came to support their little colleagues.

This season we have to plunge into the atmosphere of amazing emotions that bright talents evoke in sensitive hearts.

The casting of participants for this season started at the beginning of the summer of this year, and more than three thousand children from all over our vast Russia managed to take part in it.

Recall that in the second season we managed to get acquainted with Timofei Lapshin, an outstanding young billiard player from Kazan, Vladimir Tretyakov, an eight-year-old cello virtuoso from St. Petersburg, a very original dancer from Yakutia, Diana Egorova, martial arts master Veronika Korobkina, and many other talented children.

There is no doubt that in the new season we will have the same unforgettable meetings with extraordinary, deep, incredibly talented, albeit still very small personalities.

The talent show on Channel One Best of all season 3 all issues can be watched online for free on our website at any time of the day!

Transfer of Galkin with children “Best of all!” causes mixed feelings among spectators and participants. Some praise, share pleasant sensations, others consider this television show unsuccessful.

Transfer Overview

Children between the ages of three and twelve are invited to participate in the program. The project allows each of them to declare themselves to the whole country. We are not talking about any phenomenal abilities, although many of the young participants leave the audience impressed.

By design, the show is attended by children with outstanding abilities in sports, creativity or science, which surprise:

• splendid singing;
• excellent dancing skills
• masterful juggling and demonstration of tricks;
• an amazing memory even by the standards of an adult.

The rosary and football players, gymnasts and taekwondo players perform on stage. The latter masterfully demonstrate the execution of a side kick on a high-set paw.

The first episode of the program was released on November 6, 2016. Host - Maxim Galkin. The first participant is the six-year-old ballet dancer Stefan Otto, who previously demonstrated his skills on the stage of the Musical Hall and the Alexandria Theatre.

How is it filmed?

To become a participant in the transfer, you must have outstanding abilities. This must be indicated in the application.

Preparing for the show begins with the work of editors looking for young participants through various sources, browsing and studying:

• Hundreds and thousands of questionnaires;
• · regional news;
• Links on the web
• stories of acquaintances.

Thus, there are children who professionally blog or have extraordinary knowledge about the myths of Greece.

The effect of surprise, which is demonstrated on stage at the meeting between Maxim Galkin and the young talent, is not feigned.

The presenter really meets the child on stage for the first time. This allows you to convey the effect of real acquaintance, surprise. However, such conditions are sometimes violated by the written script - it is difficult to predict the reaction of the baby, as was the case with a three-year-old chess player who caught even experienced operators by surprise with his crying.

Children's achievements

The performances of children do not leave indifferent the audience, in whatever area their talent is manifested. Yaroslava Degtyareva, at the age of 8, performed the Queen song "The Show Must Go On" on the Maxim Galkin show.

Six-year-old Varya Gordeeva, with her gymnastic performance, made the hall applaud, was awarded a medal and a gift from the presenter personally - a Cocker Spaniel puppy. Not being able to regularly attend gyms, the girl works out according to the recordings of Alina Kabaeva's performances.

Four-year-old Sophia from Podolsk impressed with her knowledge of geography, easily naming the capitals of France, Brussels or the Philippines. And five-year-old Daniil demonstrated the ability of a climber, conquering a height of 6 meters.

Alexander Beyleryan surprised the audience and the audience with his phenomenal memory. At six, he calmly proclaimed Shakespeare in the original. Backstage, he admitted that he can sing songs and poems in Italian, Spanish, French, Georgian and Korean. He admitted that the last language is the most difficult, and to confirm that these are not easy words, he immediately sang his favorite song Chans de lise.

“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 the 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. Thus, users have repeatedly helped friends with useful advice, suggested how to improve the created work or project, shared valuable information that helped schoolchildren achieve success in various intellectual competitions. And now, under the blog of Sasha Kravchenko, 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 the same TV, but in different cities of Russia. The guys were looking forward to the appearance on the screen of the main character - Sasha Kravchenko. Finally, his finest hour struck: the young scientist appeared on the stage and immediately delighted the audience, who were amazed by 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 go to the Russian Academy of Sciences, not to 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 his 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 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, they 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 of the program, and look behind the scenes of the program - right here and now, together with Sasha's mother - Lydia Kravchenko, who told us more about the exciting process of filming and the 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 Big Bang theory. 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 them with adults so that the guys are comfortable and they can show their best 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 did not know that he would play a game show, and I deliberately did not show him the program so that he would not be afraid of difficult questions and would not refuse 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 it contains. 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 Sergey 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