Zhanna Badoeva

Zhanna Iosifovna Badoeva (Russian: Жа́нна Ио́сифовна Бадо́ева, née Dolgopolskaya, Долгопо́льская; born 18 March 1976) is a TV personality and producer. She is most known for being the host and onscreen moderator of the travel program Oryol i Reshka.[1] In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Zhanna for her support of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Iosifovna and the family name is Badoeva.
Zhanna Badoeva
Born
Zhanna Iosifovna Dolgopolskaya

(1976-03-18) 18 March 1976
Mažeikiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Lithuania)
Occupation(s)Producer, TV personality, actress, designer, traveller, TV director, tutor
Spouses
Igor Kurachenko
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(m. 1996; div. 1998)​

Alan Badoev
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(m. 2003; div. 2012)​

Vasily Melnichyn
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(m. 2015)​
Children2
Websitezhannabadoeva.com

Television career

Badoeva is the first female resident of the popular show, Comedy Club U.A. She participated in the development of the following TV projects: Dancing for You on the channel 1+1, Superstar, Sharmanka (Hurdy-gurdy), and Lyalechka. She conducted an acting technique course at the University of Culture.[4] In 2011, in cooperation with Yevgen Synelnykov and Elena Synelnykova, and with the help of Natella Krapivina, Badoeva worked on the program Oryol i Reshka, on which Badoeva and her husband, Alan Badoev, acted as onscreen moderators. She left the project in 2012, after the conclusion of the third season, and was succeeded by Lesya Nikitjuk.

On 8 February 2015, the coverage of a jubilee 10th season of the program Oryol i Reshka commenced, and Badoeva participated in the show together with her colleagues.[5] In November 2017 it was revealed that Badoeva would come back to participate in an episode of the "Stars" season.[6]

On 5 March 2015, on the TV channel Pyatnitsa!, a debut of the show Beauty Salons Battle occurred, which Badoeva hosted for the first and the second season.[7][8] In September 2015, Badoeva introduced her new show #ZhannaPozheny (Zhanna Marry Us Off), also on Pyatnitsa!. The concept of the show was to demonstrate various types of marriages, which Badoeva had arranged and organized in different locations around the world.[9][10] This project was subsequently terminated.

In 2016, Badoeva was filmed for the program Dangerous Gigs. Vladimir Petrov, also known as Vova-the-Meat, together with Badoeva, explored the realities of European marginal life.[11][12]

On 17 October 2016, Badoeva presented her debut shoe collection ZHANNA BADOEVA, in cooperation with well-known Italian designer Ernesto Esposito, and in 2017 she launched an online store.[13][14]

In 2017, Badoeva acted as a host of her auteur project ZhannaPomogy (or Zhanna Help). The program aimed to help girls who felt insecure with themselves choose real-life relations over online dating.[15]

In 2018, Badoeva participated in the program Oryol i Reshka, Russia with Ida Galich.[16] During the production of the Russian season, Badoeva has participated in 8 episodes that were filmed in Kazan, Krasnodar, Astrakhan, Kaliningrad, Caucasian Spas, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok and Yakutsk.

Personal life

Badoeva was born in Mažeikiai town, Lithuanian SSR, USSR.

In 1996, she married Igor Kurachenko and the pair had a son, Boris. Badoeva and Kurachenko divorced in 1998.

In 2003, Badoeva married Alan Badoev, with whom she had previously worked with. Together, they had a daughter, Lolita, and divorced in 2012.

In 2013, Badoeva moved to Italy with her children.[17]

In 2015, Badoeva married Vasily Melnichyn, a Ukrainian businessman based in Italy.[18][19]

Sanctions

In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Zhanna Badoeva for promoting Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[20]

TV projects
  • Oryol i Reshka (Inter., Pyatnitsa!), program host (seasons 1–3, 10)
  • MasterChef Ukraine (STB), jury panel member (2nd season)
  • Beauty Salons Battle (Pyatnitsa!), program host
  • #ZhannaPozheny (Pyatnitsa!), program host
  • Dangerous Gigs (Pyatnitsa!), program host
  • ZhannaPomogy (Pyatnitsa!), program host

Notes
  1. "TV compound "Ukraine": who produces entertainment hits for the Russian TV". RBK. 2017-11-16.
  2. "Zelensky imposes sanctions against 119 Russian cultural and sports figures". Meduza. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  3. "Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian, pro-Russian celebrities". The Kyiv Independent. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  4. "Zhanna Badoeva: "Not waiting for the right conditions. Just like"".
  5. "Badoeva, Bednyakov, Serga… The best hosts are returning to the show "Heads and Tails"!". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2015-02-05.
  6. "Zhanna Badoeva made an intrigue by her coming back to the show "Heads and Tails". Teleweek UA. 2017-11-07.
  7. "Zhanna Badoeva changed travels for a beauty salon". Woman’s Day. 2015-03-03.
  8. "Beauty salons battle" on the site of the TV channel "Pyatnitsa!"".
  9. "#ZhannaPozheny" on the site of the TV channel "Pyatnitsa!"".
  10. "Zhanna Badoeva will try on a wedding gown in her auteur project". 2015-09-15.
  11. "Zhanna Badoeva betook herself in "Dangerous gigs"". Vokrug TV. 2016-06-01.
  12. ""Dangerous gigs" on the site of the TV channel "Pyatnitsa!"".
  13. "Zhanna Badoeva presented a debut shoe collection". Hello!. 2016-10-18.
  14. "Zhanna Badoeva will start a career of a shoe designer". StarHit. 2016-10-05.
  15. ""ZhannaPomogy" on the site of the TV channel "Pyatnitsa!"".
  16. "Ида Галич намекнула, что стала новой ведущей тревел-шоу "Орел и решка"". www.wmj.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  17. "Zhanna Badoeva told about her life in Italy with a new husband".
  18. "Zhanna Badoeva – biography, personal life, photo and TV projects, hot news". 24SMI.
  19. "Interview with Zhanna Badoeva". Vokrug TV. 2015-10-28.
  20. Зеленский ввел санкции против Михалкова, Киркорова, Симоньян и еще 116 российских артистов и других публичных лиц//«Настоящее Время», 7 января 2023 года

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