For many years in a row, the Iron Galosha ironic award has riveted millions of viewers and thousands of listeners to the screens. This is a humorous and satirical ceremony at the same time, which is awarded "for the most dubious achievements in the world of show business."
History of occurrence
For the first time in Russia, they began to encourage celebrities who distinguished themselves not in the best light on the Silver Rain radio. The award was officially registered on behalf of the radio station in 1996. Since then, the stars have been very difficult, so as not to fall into the category of shameful prizes. The "Silver Ear" is intended to ridicule, but not insult, those who distinguished themselves. At the same time, not everyone can adequately perceive criticism. Someone calmly endures shame and jokes about failures with a smile, while others constantly sue the organizers.
origin of name
First of all, it is worth noting that the second word in the name of the nomination is taken from the well-known expression "get on the galoshe". In the people it is used to denote failure, defeat, failure. The phrase "put in a galosh" means a deliberate desire to put someone in an awkward or funny position.
And silver was called galosh, most likely in honor of the radio creator "Silver Rain". A similar award exists in the United States and is called Golden Raspberry. She is awarded for the most unsuccessful cinematic films.
Features
The Silver Galosh ceremony is a private event that can only be accessed by invitation. But any listener of Silver Rain radio has the opportunity to get a free ticket, which is played out every year before the ceremony. The rest of those who wish can watch the life of stars from TV screens. Most often, the event is broadcast on the leading Russian channels: Channel One, STS, Ren TV.
The Silver Galosh Award has another distinguishing feature. All her nominations change from year to year and practically do not repeat. Only one remains unchanged - “Plagiarism of the year”. Thanks to this approach, the ceremony will never lose its relevance.
An interesting installation is exhibited in the lobby of the building where the celebration takes place. She has not posted photos of stars who won in the nominations most often. This is Philip Kirkorov, Nikolai Baskov, Tina Kandelaki, Dima Bilan, Anastasia Volochkova.
Loud scandals. Precedent No. 1
Presentation of the "Silver galosh" is often accompanied by loud scandals. But the most famous are three of them, whose cases have reached the court. The first offended maid was the TV presenter Olga Rodionova. In 2009, she was awarded the victory in the Naked and Funny nomination. The reason was the book released the day before with candid photos of Olga The book of Olga. As the TV presenter herself admits, the issue was intended for foreign collectors and lovers of beauty.
The girl won the court and even received compensation in the amount of 20 thousand rubles.
Scandal №2
The Silver Galosh nominations are striking in their unpredictability. One of them seriously offended Anna Chapman in 2011. The girl was nominated for an award for her covert activities. The position was called "Promotion of the Year." But she did not receive her well-deserved statuette, giving the championship to Vasily Kiselev "For Charity Fondue".
And the story with Chapman began like that. In 2011, she worked undercover in the United States and conducted a spy investigation. The activity was made public, and a serious scandal erupted. Chapman’s lawyers sent an angry letter to the main producer of the show demanding that they stop joking with Anna, as they ridiculed serious and serious work abroad.
Scandal №3
The third high-profile precedent happened in the same 2011. Productivity stood out "Silver galosh". This time the hero was Alexei Vorobyov. In 2011, he had the honor of representing Russia at the Eurovision international music competition. In one of the broadcasts, he allowed himself obscene remarks, for which he received an honorary award in the nomination "Learn abroad".
But everything could just end like this, if not for a verbal squabble with Ksenia Sobchak during the presentation of the award. Having risen on the stage, Alex allowed himself and at home to insult not only the people who watched all this, but also his fellow artists. Loud chuckles were heard in the hall, and the singer’s unintelligent behavior was discussed for a long time in the media.
