Love at first sight year of release. "Love at first sight": the history of the most rated romantic show on Russian television

There are many television broadcasts these days. various shows, whose participants must find their soul mate in front of millions of viewers. It all started back in the 90s. The first project of its kind in Russian television It was called Love at First Sight.

website found out why this unforgettable transmission is stillis one of the best domestic shows of a similar genre that have ever aired in our country.

In general, the show "Love at First Sight" was the first project in the history of our country, which was filmed under a foreign license. Premiere of the first issue of the Russian adaptation of the British TV show"Love at first sight" took place in early 1991. The "Iron Curtain" collapsed, and a flood of foreign films and all kinds of TV shows poured into our country. The authors of the domestic version of the competition, in which three guys and three girls answered questions from the hosts about each other and passed interactive tests in the struggle for Grand Prize - romantic trip approached the matter with great enthusiasm. As a result, millions of viewers of all ages gathered at the televisions during the broadcast of "Love at First Sight". Young people dreamed of taking part in the filming, and older people watched what was happening on the screen with great interest and sincerely worried about the newly-made couples.

At that time there was no mobile phones, social networks and dating sites, so participating in a romantic show was a real opportunity for its participant to meet their love. The filming of the first episodes of the program took place in London, as domestic television people had no experience in creating shows of this kind. British experts were happy to share with their Russian colleagues all the knowledge about working on the set during the production of a romantic program.

Frame from the transmission

Boris Kryuk, the stepson of the Soviet and Russian television star Vladimir Voroshilov, and Alla Volkova, a teacher, were appointed hosts of the show "Love at First Sight" in English. Filming of each program took place according to the script, but the presenters had to improvise a lot to make the show more soulful and alive. Fans of the show still remember this magnificent tandem with great warmth - there was no vulgarity and sarcasm in the manner of their communication with the participants and viewers. Boris Kryuk was always an intelligent person with a subtle sense of humor, which helped him more than once while working on the project. Alla Volkova prepared very scrupulously for the filming of each episode of the show - she studied books on psychology and attended special courses where teachers talked about a scientific approach to people's love relationships, and her elegant outfits and hairstyles delighted viewers.

Now Boris Kryuk continues to work on television - after the death of Voroshilov, he took the place of the host of the cult television game “What? Where? When?". In addition, he was the author and director of the popular Brain Ring project. Much less is known about Alla Volkova. She is not a public person. The network has information that Volkova also did not leave television. According to some reports, she works as an editor for the Cultural Revolution and What? Where? When?" By the way, many fans of the show for a long time Boris and Alla were considered a couple in love, but in fact each of them had their own personal life and the relationship between them has always been exceptionally friendly and working.

The program lived for almost 8 years - in 1998, a serious crisis occurred in our country and the expensive project had to be curtailed (during the filming of Love at First Sight, then unprecedented moving scenery and modern computer equipment were used). On Russian and Ukrainian television, there have been several attempts to revive this popular show, however, the authors of new versions did not manage to achieve the indicators of the 90s.

Between the many contestants and winners of the original Love at First Sight show, serious relationship. Thanks to this show, several dozen strong happy families were created.

Many of us are well acquainted with all these people whom we could very often see not on TV screens in the past, and we still see some of them. Next, we suggest recalling popular TV presenters from the 90s, as well as finding out how their further fate.

Arina Sharapova started as the host of the Vesti program on the second channel, and from 1996 to 1998 she became the host of the information program Vremya (ORT).

Sharapova then moved on to the program “ Good morning”, and then began to rarely appear on the air at all.

In 2014, Arina became the president of the "School of Arts and Media Technologies", in the same year she appeared as the host of the "Island of Crimea" project.

Boris Kryuk. From January 13, 1991 to 1999, Boris was the permanent host and director of the TV game Love at First Sight.

Boris did not disappear from television, he simply became invisible - since May 2001 he became the host, director, scriptwriter and general producer TV games "What? Where? When?"

The audience only hears his voice. At first, after the death of the creator and permanent host of the program, Vladimir Voroshilov, the editors hid the name of the new host from both viewers and experts: his voice was distorted using a computer.

Alla Volkova was the host of the romantic television show "Love at First Sight" along with Boris Kryuk.

After the closing of this show, Alla got married for the third time, works as an editor for all the programs that the production center "Igra-TV" produces - "What? Where? When?", "Songs of the 20th century" and "Cultural Revolution".

Alexander Lyubimov. He came to television as a correspondent, and then as the host of the Vzglyad program. From 1995-1998 he became the author and host of the One on One program.

Since 2007 - an employee of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, hosted the Senate program on the Rossiya channel. Later he was appointed first deputy CEO TV channel "Russia".

In August 2011, he left the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, becoming a member political party"Just cause". In November of the same year, he left the party and headed the RBC television channel, at the end of 2014 he left the post, but at the same time remained on the board of directors.

Svetlana Sorokina. From 1991 to 1997 she was a political columnist, host of the daily news program Vesti. Sorokina's branded farewells, with which she closed each issue of Vesti, were especially famous.

From May 2001 to January 2002, she worked on the TV-6 channel in the news program "Today on TV-6" and the talk show "Voice of the People".

Now Svetlana is a member of the Russian Television Academy, former member Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2011), lecturer high school Economics, host of the program "In the Circle of Light" on the radio station "Echo of Moscow" and the program "Sorokina" on the TV channel "Rain"

In the 80s and early 90s, Tatyana Vedeneeva was perhaps the most popular TV presenter. She hosted "Alarm Clock", " Good night, kids!" and "Visiting a fairy tale" (Aunt Tanya), the program "Morning", "Song of the Year" and many other television shows.

Vedeneeva left television quite suddenly. Resting in London, the presenter was delighted with him and decided to extend the trip for a week. Called work and asked for a few days off.

In Ostankino, no one shared the host's joy over England; Tatyana was categorically offered to return on time or ... write a letter of resignation. Vedeneeva did not take the threat seriously. And her statement was taken quite seriously.

Now Tatyana is engaged in business. Once her husband brought her tkemali sauce from Tbilisi. The ex-leader was on fire with the idea of ​​​​arranging the production of tkemali in Russia. It took several years to study recipes and organize production. Now Tatyana is the owner of the Trest B corporation, and in every metropolitan supermarket you can buy sauces from Vedeneyeva.

The peak of Igor Ugolnikov's popularity came in the early nineties. First, the program "Oba-na!" was aired, followed by the equally funny "Corner Show!" In 1996, Igor released a series of programs "Doctor Angle".

After that, the programs "Good evening" and "It's not serious!" appeared. But they did not gain popularity.

The official version of Russian television regarding the closure " Good evening"-" The transfer sucks out a lot of money, - Igor said in an interview. - And rightly so: it was daily, it worked a large number of people."

For some time, Igor tried himself in a different role: he served as vice president of the Russian Cultural Foundation, was the director of the House of Cinema. But the television did not let go.

Now he is a producer of the TV magazine "Wick". Do not forget the acting profession. He has acted in several series and films.

Ksenia Strizh hosted the programs "At Ksyusha", "Swift and Others", "Night Rendezvous" ... She never had such wild popularity and recognition as while working in the program "At Ksyusha". In the early 90s, there was little music on TV, and Strizh invited the most interesting artists.

In 1997, Strizh returned from television to radio: there she feels at ease. She was a host on the television channel "La Minor". After the scandal associated with the fact that she appeared on the air drunk and laughed at the teeth of her guest Alexander Solodukha, information appeared about her dismissal, but now Ksenia is working on the channel again.

The last program of Shenderovich, which was seen by the mass Russian audience, was called "Free Cheese" and went to TVS. When the TVS was closed, Shenderovich spat on the big television.

He began writing for Novaya Gazeta and the Gazeta newspaper, got his own programs on Ekho Moskvy and Radio Liberty. True, Shenderovich did not succeed in completely tying up with TV.

On the Russian Channel Abroad, on Sundays, in the final analytical program "Russian Panorama", he leads his own column - "A Cup of Coffee with Shenderovich", in which he tells his former compatriots who left to live in Israel and Germany, how things are in Russia.

Ivan Demidov was the permanent host of the musical program "MuzOboz". But the mysterious image with the same dark glasses remained in the past.

Demidov preferred the position of Deputy Minister of Culture to a television career, and now he heads the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art.

Duet of Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov - amazing example professional compatibility and long-term friendship.

After the closure of MTV, the tandem was temporarily revived on the Zvezda channel in the show Starry Evening with Anton Komolov and Olga Shelest, but did not repeat its former success.

Currently, Olga is a permanent host entertainment show"Girls" and music competition"Artist" on the channel Russia-1, the host of the game "Understand me" on the channel "Carousel", as well as the co-host of the program "Temporarily available" with Dmitry Dibrov on the TVC channel.

Anton worked on various TV channels, and since September 5, 2011, together with Elena Abitaeva, he has been hosting the "RUSh-RadioActive Show" at the Europa Plus radio station

Elena Khanga was remembered for her bold and frank program "About This", which aired on the NTV channel from 1997 to 2000. And if today the topic of sex is a common thing, then for the late 90s it was a real breakthrough.

Hanga later hosted the daytime and certainly much less high-profile talk show The Domino Principle, in different time its co-hosts were Elena Starostina, Elena Ischeeva and Dana Borisova.

Since the autumn of 2009, he has been working in low-profile projects: he hosts the weekly talk show "Cross Talk" on the Russian English-language channel Russia Today, broadcasts on radio stations " TVNZ".

Valery Komissarov. On the program "My Family" dealt with the most burning topics family life: heroes of various colors willingly "made dirty linen in public", discussing their problems in live state channel "Russia".

Housewives watched the program with bated breath (not least because of the imposing presenter Valery Komissarov) from 1996 to 2003, until it was closed.

From November 16 to December 30, 2015 - director and host of the Our Man program on Russia 1 channel, as well as the creator and owner of the My Family food brand.

In addition to Arina Sharapova, there were several other memorable news anchors on ORT/Channel One. One of them is Alexandra Burataeva. In 1995, she moved to work on the ORT television channel and from the same year began to host the Vremya and Novosti programs until 1999.

On December 19, 1999, she was elected to the State Duma in the single-mandate Kalmyk constituency and re-elected in 2003 on the list " United Russia".

From March to August 2013, Alexandra worked as a PR director for the Sergei Bezrukov Theatre, and from September 2013 as president of the So-druzhestvo production company.

Igor Vykhuholev is also a former presenter information programs"News" and "Time" on Channel One. In 2000-2004, he sometimes replaced his colleagues in the Vremya information program.

Went for a promotion. Since 2005 - chief editor of night and morning information broadcasting of the Directorate of Information Programs of the First Channel. In 2006 he moved to VGTRK. Since 2006, he has been recording interviews with politicians for the Vesti 24 news channel.

Igor Gmyza. In 1995, after the creation of the ORT TV channel, he received an invitation to become the host of the Vremya program. He led the program in 1996-1998, alternating with Arina Sharapova.

He worked as the host of Novosti until the spring of 2004: at first he led daytime and evening editions, towards the end of the work switched to morning broadcasts, after which he left Channel One.

After a short experience as a political press secretary, he left for the radio. Since January 2006 - political observer for Radio Russia, host of the daily interactive talk show "Special Opinion"

Sergei Dorenko. In the early 1990s, he was a political observer for the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and host of the Vesti program. Then the host of the program "Time" on the first channel "Ostankino", and since January 1994 - the host of the program "Details" on the RTR channel.

Then he was the chief producer of the Directorate of Information Programs and Analytical Broadcasting of ORT and the host of the daily program "Vremya".

Despite the fact that he gained his fame thanks to television, Dorenko repeatedly claimed that he did not watch TV. Currently, he runs an author's program on YouTube, and since 2014 he has been the editor-in-chief of the radio station "Moscow Speaks".

Magront Maria Viktorovna (Akhvlediani) - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of Journalism and Television of the Higher School of Economics (Faculty) of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, author, director and producer of television programs and films, laureate international festivals and competitions. Academician International Academy Television and Radio (IATR), member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio Broadcasting, member of the Russian Union of Journalists, member of the International Union of Journalists. Awarded with the medal “Academician A.I. Berg" in 2015 Author teaching aids and monographs.

Spring will see the light A new book Maria Magront - "TV behind the scenes." It is dedicated to the history of the creation of the legendary domestic television programs: “Come on, girls!”, “What? Where? When?", "Love at first sight", " Lucky case and others. For many, these names evoke fond memories and nostalgia. Many people know the presenters, but how were these programs created? Who are the heroes behind the scenes? What funny things happened on the sites? All this in the book of Maria Magront "TV behind the scenes."

Love at first sight. 25 years later

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the iconic Love at First Sight program. For many years this TV show has not appeared on our screens, but how can you forget the charming Alla and her co-host Boris Kryuk. It book could not pass by this touching and funny anniversary. We publish an excerpt from a wonderful book by Maria Magront, dedicated to the iconic programs of Russian television.

The book is based on exclusive interviews creators and producers of programs, and some scripts are published for the first time.

In 1990, specialists from the GUVS - the Main Directorate of Foreign Relations went to the TV market in Cannes. Valentin Lazutkin received permission from Vladimir Voroshilov and Natalia Stetsenko to sell What? Where? When?". Several cassettes were recorded, and although the format was not sold to the West, it was of interest. And just a month or two later, a producer from England, Stephen Leahy, the head of Action Time and the author of the idea of ​​Love at First Sight, came to N. I. Stetsenko, who brought two suitcases with cassettes. It was obvious to Natalia Ivanovna that no one and nothing would buy from us in the West, it was politically unprofitable for them - they buy what America offers them.

Natalia Stetsenko:“Even then they told us that if America buys and they go, then everyone else will buy. And to sell so that we can buy - that's welcome! We understood this then, and Stephen brought different programs, and when I began to watch them, there were mostly quizzes, and I was not interested in doing all this. After all, we then had a Brain-ring with great success, So what? Where? When? ”, And suddenly I took this cassette“ Love at First Sight ”, I looked, it was something completely different, another plane, unfamiliar to us. And I decided to do it, it turned out to be a completely new format in England, and they told us that we would be the first or second to do it.

A group of television specialists from Holland and the then Soviet Union were met in London. The hospitable hosts first introduced the Soviet TV crew to the capital of Great Britain, and then moved to Nottinghamshire, England, since the production was located in the city of Nottingham, where the Igra-TV company filmed the pilot version of Love at First Sight. The quality of technology was amazing, and teamwork turned out to be useful and interesting. But Natalia Ivanovna did not begin to trace the program in everything. With the British, everything is written through endless “stop” commands, the work of the director and cameramen is scheduled for cameras - camera No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, just take the editor and press the buttons. Natalia Stetsenko told her people that our company is working live, and if someone dares to announce “Stop!” in the studio, they will be fired tomorrow. All broadcasts, regardless of whether they are recorded or live, are filmed by the Igra-TV television company live.

In fact, the show costs money, and in the West it is well understood. And since Soviet side there was no money to shoot the "pilot", then the British financed the whole process.

Natalia Stetsenko:“So they gave us 100 pounds as employees, I bought this cross there for 10 pounds and have not taken it off since then.”

At that time, the British had such an interest in the Soviet Union, in Russia, that three young heroes of the program flew on one plane, and three heroines on another plane, lived in different hotels, accompanied by different editors. The hosts of the program were Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk. Alla spoke good English, Boris spoke it a little. Every lunch and dinner, the English gathered the whole group, and during the dinner, Stephen clapped his hands several times, and everyone moved from their seats to others. So everyone got to know each other.

Natalia Stetsenko:“I’m not talking about the fact that we didn’t understand at first, they showed how their know-how schedule was not only for shooting, but for the whole day, so that boys and girls would not meet on the set. And they had it planned down to the minute - who enters which dressing room when, who enters the studio, who meets whom at the subway, then they filmed like that. Shooting technology is rigidly prescribed by the minute, i.e. we had to do everything exactly to the minute.”

The only thing the Russian team stumbled over was computers, because we didn’t have any computers at all in our country, and answers to questions had to be written on computers, and these large computers were brought to us from England. A special computer engineer, Chris Goss, arrived and needed to be accommodated in a hotel, and then there was also a problem with this. Then there was a problem with radio microphones, in our country no one knew what it was, and those that we had, so that the participants could communicate with each other, jammed them - the Ostankino Tower, in general, it was a nightmare. When Natalia Ivanovna Stetsenko told Stephen Leahy about this, he replied that they had chosen the most technologically sophisticated, most advanced transmission.

Natalia Stetsenko:“And this program gave us a lot, although then everyone scolded us! How much Boris went through then, how much Alla went through! But it was a revolutionary game, youth poured in! Our office was littered with letters, just like at ChGK, they wrote from all over the country and the popularity was crazy!”

The Russian side bought a hat and music from the British, but they refused a set of questions, taking only two or three from them, because some of the questions in the English version were absurd and unacceptable for us. Natalia Ivanovna also admits that only in England she realized that we are very gloomy people, we are busy and can neither smile nor relax.

Natalia Stetsenko: “Of course, we were very worried, Andrey Kozlov was then a novice director, who at that time had not yet filmed a single program on his own, Boris Kryuk, who directed the Brain Ring, but had never hosted a single program, and I remember that I came to the hotel, where I had a huge bed in my room, which I was afraid to approach, turned back the bedspread, and lay down on the edge. The stress is monstrous!”

Alla Volkova, host of the program recalls the situation at the end of November 1990 in Nottingham. “There was an unusually warm, friendly and sunny atmosphere in the studio. And the director on the set before I went on the “stage” said: “Smile and do not forget that you are not talking to the camera, but are referring to your beloved friend, neighbor. You will come to visit them every week!”

Soviet TV people walked tense and gloomy, while the British had a completely different principle, they entered the studio and they had a rule - no matter who entered: the administrator, assistant, producer or owner of the channel, to the music of Love at First Sight, everyone began to dance. Everyone did it!

Natalia Stetsenko:“And when we came in, they kept asking: “Are you in trouble?” We didn't know what to answer. And we learned to relax and smile.”

Photos from the archive of TC "IGRA-TV".

Surely, everyone who is over 20 years old perfectly remembers the show of their youth - "Love at First Sight". This TV show can really be called a legend of the 90s, as it was one of a kind. Guys and girls of all ages gathered in front of the TVs to watch “love at first sight”, watching what was happening on the screen with equal interest. Literally every second viewer dreamed of becoming a participant in this program, winning valuable prizes and, of course, find your love.

Show history

January 12, 1991 was a special date for many people who lived in the Soviet Union. It was on this day that the program first appeared on the screens, which won the hearts of millions - “Love at First Sight”. For almost ten years every week, people of all ages have been literally chained to their TV screens, waiting for the latest release of an interesting reality show.

However, the idea of ​​the show was not new. The Russian television company bought it from its British colleagues, by the way, from the same ones from whom the idea of ​​the no less legendary program “What? Where? When?".
Throughout the entire time the show went on the air, it had permanent hosts - Boris Kryuk and Alla Volk. They were the soul of the program and its face. By the way, in 2011, this pair of presenters teamed up to create their own show like Love at First Sight, but, alas, nothing came of them.

As for the participants of the show, their fates were different. Some of them really managed to find their soul mate on the show, some did not. But be that as it may, all the participants in the program gave their viewers extraordinary emotions, delight and happiness. They inspired the most romantic notes in the souls of the audience.
A feature of the program, for which it is still being reviewed, was complete absence obscenities. Unlike modern shows that show, come from Soviet Union, was bright, clean, but no less exciting.

Rules of the game

The original rules of the Love at First Sight game were interesting and exciting. The participants fulfilled the conditions and tasks of the presenters with pleasure, and the audience in the hall and in front of the TV screens watched the participants with interest.

Each game was divided into two stages and took place over two days. In the first stage, three young guys and girls who had not known each other before took part. For a certain period of time, the presenter asked the participants a wide variety of questions (sometimes very tricky), and the participants answered them, trying to demonstrate themselves as much as possible and please the representatives of the opposite sex.

After the questions, when the participants got to know each other a little, They simultaneously (and secretly) pressed the buttons with the representative of the opposite sex they liked. If two people chose each other, they became a "couple". All matched couples were sent to a restaurant where they could chat and get to know each other even better.

The game continued the next day. The host asked one of the partners questions about how his couple would behave in a given situation. For each correct answer, the couple got the opportunity to shoot at the scoreboard with prizes. The scoreboard itself was a set of cells at which one of the partners fired with a joystick. 10 hearts were hidden on the cage - cells with prizes, which had to be found. In addition, there were two special cells on the scoreboard - "romantic trip" and "heartbreak".

In case of falling out of the "romantic trip" sector, the game was stopped, and the participants received the main prize, for which they came to the show - a vacation for two at the resort. If the “broken heart” sector fell out, the game also stopped and the couple lost all the gifts received before.

Subsequently, the rules of the game have changed somewhat. The number of prizes on the field has decreased, and the "broken heart" sector has disappeared. However, the game did not become less exciting from this.

Unfortunately, few of today's youth can remember one of the most talented and beautiful TV presenters 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 absence 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.

The mysterious host of the program

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 it does today, the life of actors and presenters who addressed the viewer from the blue screens was really a secret.

There is little information about this TV presenter in the public domain today. It is known that Alla was born in 1955. She is an English teacher by training. Alla Volkova has always been interested in the general public, and information about the personal life of the host has never been advertised.

And since people always need something to discuss, and even more so, general atmosphere on film set“Love at first sight” seemed very romantic, rumor immediately attributed the host to an affair with her colleague on the air.

Fictional 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 enough interesting fact is that Alla was able to get on the program beloved by thousands of viewers as a host largely thanks to the mother of Boris Kryuk - Natalya 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 the English entertainment show under original name Love at first sight. Thus, the program “Love at First Sight” appeared on the post-Soviet air.

The decision on who would act as presenters was made by Vladimir Voroshilov (far from last person in the TV company "Game") and his wife - Natalia Stetsenko (the mother of Boris Kryuk). It was she who offered to take on the role of co-host to her son a girl from the editorial office, which turned out to be Alla Volkova.

Preparing for filming

When 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 of 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 turned out to be not quite ready for filming 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. The TV team was supplied with everything necessary by foreign colleagues.

Rules of the legendary game

For the post-Soviet period, the idea and format of the program were very unusual and quite interesting. 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 a little 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.

Next, 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 boys 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 presenters invited them to answer questions again, which this time they had no general character, but concerned each chosen one in a pair. For example, the guy had to answer how the girl would behave in a given situation.

For each correct answer, the couple received as a reward 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 a couple earned with their correct answers, the more likely the chances of winning the main prize increased.

Intrigue and some tension on the air were brought by the fact that in one of the sectors was hiding " Broken heart". If a couple hit it, the game ended immediately for them.

Distributed images and roles

When the program was in the development process, there were practically no requirements for the hosts, since no one had the slightest idea how exactly to host a romantic variety show. Everything that Boris and Alla did on the set was exclusively 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 to herself, each broadcast appearing in new outfits and changing hairstyles.

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 relations between men and women, she read a lot of specialized literature, studied Freud's works 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 was from his submission that fashionable, beautiful and very elegant outfits were selected for the presenter. Also, it was Shevchuk who always selected for Volkova new hairstyle and makeup. Moreover, he knew how to change the images of Alla so masterfully and radically that sometimes colleagues on the site could only recognize Volkova by her voice.

Closing the transfer

This program aired for almost 8 years, which is a very long time for an entertainment 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 enough a large sum, 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 mutual consent 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 boring with Alla, since 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.

Where is Alla Volkova now?

After the closure 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 cooperating with the television company Igra TV 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?".