In addition to the stars, in the domestic show business there are many people on whom the image of artists depends. It is they who decide how and in what form to present this or that information about music artists, actors and other celebrities. Ilya Legostaev is one of such specialists who knows everything about music and criticism. Who is he? What does he do? And where could you see him?
Who is Ilya Legostaev?
Ilya Stanislavovich Legostaev is a popular Russian journalist, TV presenter and fair music critic. At the moment, it is he who is in the position of editor-in-chief in the famous domestic publication MK-Boulevard.
Brief curriculum vitae about Ilya: school and institute
Ilya Legostaev was born on May 30, 1970 in the Moscow region. His hometown is Reutov, with the origin of which many legends and traditions were associated. Some believed that the name came from the word "roar, " since it was here that the relatives of the Decembrists stopped, who shed tears, sending their loved ones to Siberia. Others talked about the presence of howler bears, etc.
In Reutov, Ilya graduated from high school number 4, and then went to enter the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. V. Kuibyshev. It was here that the future journalist filed documents, successfully passed the exams, and later graduated from high school with an engineering degree.
Military service and abrupt change of course in the profession
Despite having a higher engineering education, Ilya Legostaev did not begin to work by profession. After graduation, the young man went to the army, where he served in the military for a year. It was there that the future TV presenter became interested in journalism. According to him, he had to conjure for a long time over the local wall newspaper and with a notebook in his hands went in search of new army news.
Returning from service, in early 1992, Ilya submitted a resume to the Moskovsky Komsomolets publication as a reporter. According to him, he did not hope for success, but "on this day the stars came together successfully" and he got a job. They just took him as an observer for the column entitled "Soundtrack." By the way, Legostaev has been working at MK for over 20 years. Despite his current position, he continues to publish his notes and articles.
Legostaev's debut on television
Who would have thought that a sharp change of course in the profession would lead to excellent results. Before Ilya Legostaev got used to his new position, fate brought him to new people who opened the way for him to television.
According to the stories of the journalist himself, in early 1993, in search of additional income, he went to the casting for Demidov and got the job of a correspondent in the project “Muzoboz”. There he worked for more than a year, and after he was invited to the VID television company. As the journalist says with a smile, the company had problems with financing, which is why they “took anyone.” So Legostaev began to conduct daily "POST-music news."
"Sharks of a feather" in the life of Legostaev
About a year later, Ilya Legostaev (the biography of this journalist, as you see, is filled with bright events and unexpected turns in his career) was invited by the representative office of TV-6. It was here that he was offered the role of not just a journalist, but the host of the modern scandalous talk show under the promising title of "Sharks of the Pen." And away we go …
From that moment, the program began to occupy a huge place in the life of the presenter. She brought him popularity, allowed him to meet new interesting people, and also grow as a person. By the way, it was this project that allowed Ilya to receive an award in the Ovation nomination.
For all the time the show has existed, at different times, stars like Vanessa May, Pet Shop Boys and Ace of Base came here. From domestic celebrities, questions were answered by the journalist: Valery Leontyev, members of the Ivanushki, Chayf and others.
“The patient is more likely dead than alive”
Around 1998, the Sharks of the Feather project was closed due to a lack of funding and an emerging crisis of the genre. As a result, Ilya was forced to return to the good old MK. However, his calm was short-lived, since in mid-2009 they decided to reanimate the program. This time, the revival of the legendary show took place on TV Jam, where again they were invited to play the role of presenter Legostaev.
Here are just organizers failed to restore the former image and rating of the TV show. And the project was closed again. In 2012, the aforementioned television channel again made an attempt to regain fame. However, it is not without reason that they say that nobody has been able to enter the same river twice, and even more so three times. Therefore, the reanimation of the project “Sharks of the Pen” failed miserably.
Further career of Legostaev
Later, the following works were added to Legostaev's piggy bank:
- in the talk show of the TV-6 channel Le-Go-Go;
- in the program of the TVC channel “Silver Disc”;
- in the RTR project “Good morning, Russia!”;
- in the TV program "Morning" from NTV;
- in the project “About Cinema” from TV-3;
- in the project "Poster" and others.
